People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-05-25
POLITICAL HASH.
SERVED HOT AND COLD TO
SUIT THE TASTE OF OUR
READERS.
What They Have Done, What They Are
Doing And What They Are Saving
bere' There Aud Everywhere.


Many years ago the New York Tri.
bune said:
"A good thing has been done. The
machinery is now furnished by which,
IN an emergency, the financial corpor-
atoms OF the east can act together on
a single days notice with such power
that no act of congress can overcome
or reverse their decision"
Subsequent events have shown the
correctness of the Tribune's state
ment, AT the time the statement was
made lin 1871 it was regarded as
startling in its nature. Now it is gen.
orally conceded to be true, vet it is
looked upon by the business public as
nothing extraordinary. The public
asks why the Sherman law was re.
pealed. The answer is the banks de-
manded it. Why Were bonds issued?
The banks demanded it The govern
ment, according to the messages of
the President and declarations of the
secretary of the treasury, is at the
mercy OF the banks. They are stronger
than congress. NO act of congress
can overcome or avert their decision 4"
Why? We are told that they can de.
plete the reserve in the treasury with
in few days. In other words, they
have so manipulated legislation that
the government is at their mercy.
They induced the government toadopt
gold basis, while they have a string
tied to it SO that they can pull it
out at any time they see fit They
can produce panic at their will.
They control the business of the coun-
try and the prices of products. 1t is
high time that the people were throt-
Ting this monster before all liberty
is lost.
The democratic platform adopted at
Chicago declared protective tariff to
be unconstitutional The Wilson bill,
with its senatorial trimmings, is a
protective measure. 1t is also dem.
ocratic measure. The indianapolis
Sentinel, which is the state organ of
the democratic party OF Indiana, ex-
presses its disgust of democratic prac-
tees in the follow ing food of lamen-
tatisns:
"lf our repeated declaration of
principle means anything, if our plat
form means anything, what is demo-
cratic protection or any other kind
Of protection but fraud and a rob-
berry? No man can draw any distinc-
tioo. Democratic protection would
DE not only fraud and "A robbery.
but it would be barefaced and shame
less, because it is in direct conflict
with all democratic professions. Re-
pub'icans can make some show of ex-
cuse for it because they have main
tanned that it was right, but demo.
Gratis can make none whatever. There
is not democratic paper in the coun
try that has not denounced the Nc
kinley bill donation to the sugar
trust, and now comes this senate re.
port with bonus quite as great in
any event, and probably three times
as great. There is not a democratic
paper that has not denounced Attor-
neY-General Miller's failure to prose-
cute the whisky trust, or failed
to rebuke the dismissal of the prose-
cutions instituted against it I'm
der Cleveland's former administra-
ton, yet here comes this senate report
with an unheard of, inexcusable, un-
justidable grant of FIVE years time to
this trust on It's taxes. There is not a
democratic newspaper that has not
denounced the infamous iron-coal-rail-
road combine, YET here comes this
senate report with special, useless, un.
warranted donations to this band of
thieves. There is not a democratic
newspaper that has not denounced the
oppression of cigar makers BY the alb.
surd Mckinley duty on Sumatra leaf,
yet here comes this report with a duty
OF 81 per pound on Sumatra leaf and
an increased internal revenue tax of
8: per thousand.