People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-05-25
WELLINGTON KANSAS. FRIDAY. MAY25. 1884,

shoulder IN the dreadful c0nIllct
Democracy gave its Grant, Sher,
man, Sheridan, Logan, Hancock, Nc
Lelidn, Meade, Hooker, Sigel and old
Ben Butler, who fought with their
Republican compatriOtS for the pres
ervatiOn Of the union.
"The life of our republic is threat
ened. | trust | am not an alarmiSt,
but the conditions seem as grave as
in 1861. At such time let partisan
prejudice be flung to the winds and
let patriots take counsel together.
Here the speaker read an extract
from a speech made l6 years ago by
John ]. ingalls,, in which he had stated
that the nation stood upon the verge
Of an impending revolution.
II. The present method Of elect
ing president. vice-president and SEN
atOrs, must give place to election by
direct votes.
Ill MUNICIPAL MISRULE. You
don't have to go out OF your own
county to learn that the county seat
controls the politics of the county.
There is more politics to the square
inch in Wellington than in all the
balance of the county. You fellows
in the outside precincts can't do any
thing without consulting the leaders
at the county seat. You send your
delegates and the ring tells them
what to vote for. The county seat
ring gets its instructions from To-
peka, the Topeka ring gets its in
structiOnS from Washington and New
York ring and this ring cOnSultS the
money power of New York and Lon
don. As goes New York so goes New
York state. In one election it gave
the presidency to one party and the
governorShip to another. The great
er the city the greater the corruption.
Wellington and Wichita are paradiSeS
compared with Chicago and New
York. Chicago controls the state Of
Illinois. Not a platform can be con-
Structed nor ticket nominated in
Illinois without consulting Chicago.
The chief of the fire department in
New York city appointed on a salary
OF $1,000 a year is man who has
served one term in prison for murder,
and has been tried in another case for
murder. Primaries are held in sa-
loOns-and in some precincts the
christian man must 60 into saloon
to vote.
". FOREIGN IMMIGRATION. Amer
lea has many noble foreigners, men
whom we are all proud to honor
some of my dearest friends are for
eignerS. This country is big enough
for all'-say some with no thought
of character, manhood, wOmanhOOd,
and the institutions that distinguish
ours from all other countries. 1t is
numbers and dollars they want.
"There are more Germans in New
York city than any other city in the
world, except Berlin, more Irish than
10 Dublin, more Italians than in
Rome. Castle Garden is open night
and day, but the Golden gate is
closed.
1.-THE Chinese are not paupers, not
criminals, not bomb throwers-but
the Castle Garden fellows are. Why
the difference? Simply that the Chi
neSe cannot be voted. The Castle
Garden fellows are voted the day af-
ter they land, they are purchasable,
too, aud are used to turn the political
tide into the pool Of corruption. Ev-
erybody votes, except traitors, un'
pardOned criminals, insane, Except
by drink idiots and-women.
V. Fifth peril. Coxeyism? No
The conditions that produce COxey
ism. These conditions are not thu
effect or result Of OverproductiOn
There are too many millions starving
in the sight OF 10 cent wheat.
"By the way, | note in the eveninI
papers that COxey and Brown have
been enced to 20 days imprison
ment iOr walking on the grasS-tha
makes me tired"
THEN CAME THE DISTURBANCE.
1t became apparent that Mr.. Bot
kin was casting "Perils" befor
swine. ]. w. Forney, chairman O
the late Republican convention inter
rupted the speaker saying. 'DO yo
, consider the sentence illegal?" MI
, BOtkin emphatically responded, "Ur
juSt-trivial, foolish, infernal-why
. If a hundred milliOnaires had wake
! on the grass not word would hay
been said. With this the leadin
!. banker of Belle Plaine arose an
somebody shouted, Come on, boy,
let's leave the church." About tw
dozen men and women arose and lei
, the room, some of them remarkin
5 that they did not come to church [
e hear d political speech. Mr.. Botki
drummed on the pulpit with h
fingers and smiled, asking them :
y tarry. Il will divide my time wit
d you gladly if you wish to discuss th
d matter" The janitor Of the churc
, became in a moment a very impO
;. tant man, geSticulating and fumini
, The PopaliStS, who constituted ii
: greater part Of the congregation
y laughed gOOd-naturedly, and Senate
i A. G. FOrney. whose two Republica
n brothers had left the room shOutt
stay and take your medicine, boys
1t was laughable in the extrem
It The janitOr yelled as he swung hiI
): self outside by the knob of the doc
!, "YOu are hurting the pastor, NJ
"" BurnSw
At this. Mr.. BOtkin turned