The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14
ARE POPS FOR sILvERP

Continual Justification VIII kill any
party and it is not TO be supposed that
the Populist party is exempt IN tins
matter of the sterling worth of the truth.
Right now the Populists are raising a
great hub-bub about being great friends
of silver. They have not been friends 10
silver in the past. There Is no reason TO
believe that they are friends of silver IN
sincerity TODAY. 1t is true that the great
rank and file of the Populists want
silver, Just as the rank and file OF the
Republicans want silver. But the
Populist leaders are not for silver and
never were. Simply because 4 great
popular demand for silver has recently
spread all over the nation the Populist
leaders have hastily turned front ana
come out for the white metal. Ihey
are not sincere in their expressions, no
more than they are sincere IN every
thing they champion.
Jerry Simpson is talking silver. lie
is telling the people of this, the Seventh
district, that the restoration OF silver
can be obtained only through the Popu-
list party. and on this score more than
any other, he is begging the voters TO
send him back to congress.
Simpson is very shrewd deragogue'
He is recognized as that in Washington,
and a COED many people at home are
awaking TO that fact.
Even the shrewd demagogue can not
always ply his cunning without being
caught. 1t is particularly unfortunate
for Jerry Simpson that a congressman
can not do anything in the house of rep
resentativeS without having it recorded,
and placed where it viii remain as a
menace to dishonest representatives.
The records at Washington show that
on January 8, 1892. Till was introduced
in the house by Jerry Simpson, was read
twice, referred to the committee on
judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
This bill is number 135, and is entitled,
"A bill to establish a department Of
finance and commerce and for other
purposes.
Now Jerry Simpson should get this
bill and read section 10 in 1t aud then
see if he has the gall to get up before a
Kansas audience and tel the people
that he is a champion of silver.
Here is the clause he should read:
Section -. That one year from and
after the passage of this act the coinage
of gold and silver coins above the de-
nomination of p cents shall cease and
three years fIom the passage of this act
such coin shall nc longer be legal ten
der and the United States shall provide
for the redemption of all such coin at
their face value by exchanging for them
legal tender paper money, and manu-
facture them into bars and keep the
same on sale.
This bill was introduced by Mr.. Simp-
son. 1t provides. as will be seen, for the
demonstration of silver as well as gold.
There is no doubt of the intention. II
says unmistakably that the govern
ment shall take all the silver
int coins and sell it in bars.
This ought TO be proof that Jerry
Simpson is not for silver. He is foT
cheap paper money. He always has
been. He is still. He is merely crying
free silver now because he has discov-
cred it to be popular to cry free silver.
This matter is in line with Simpsons
whole conduct as a congressman. The
more his record is Investigated the more
dupIicity he will be found to have prac.
ticed. But whatever he tells the people
they should remember distinctly that
this bill was Simpsons bill, and was not
for the restoration OF silver, but for it>
adjustment as a money metal.