People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-19
FLYING SPLINTERS.

Pueblo has a popullst daily.
The European anarchist is still
nightmare to public officials.
1t is reported that Russia will re-
plenish her paper money with silver.
The Indiana coal operators have
formed trust.
In the city of Philadelphia there
are 46,S69 unemployed working peo-
pie.
The populist vote in Iowa was over
$4,000, a gain of about 1000.
Virginia came to the front with
nearly $4,000 populist votes.
The newly elected master work
man of the X. of L. - Sovereign, saws
the order will have something to say
and do in political way hereafter.
Chicago has appointed a commit
tee OF 100 to raise a charity fund of
100000 to relieve the poor that are
unemployed. 1t is said there are H.
600 OF them in the city.
Editor Stead of Chicago 81 guests
that if the millionaires and ministers
were turned out in the streets there
would be no trouble to raise a million
dollars for their relief
The big Krupp gun exhibited at
the Worlds Fair has been offered to
the United States government. The
price set is $685. 900. 1t costs $1,000 a
load to fire it.
That agitation for a new party
died a-bornin'."
Alabama populists meet in Jan.
uary to nominate a full state ticket.
1t has been decided by commits
sion, appointed by congress, that the
postal note must be abolished.
The TOrrey bankruptcy bill was
defeated in the house.
Another county in Georgia has
gone over to the populists. This
makes six out of seven in that state
where special elections have been held
thisyear.
New York statistics show that
nearly 1000 persons died in that city
last year from want of proper food
and shelter.
Fully 10000 persons are on the
verge of starvation in the vicinity of
lronwoo1, Mich. Since June 5000
miners have been idle and 500 wood
choppers have in vain sought employ
ment. Not less than 1000 children of
the miners are unable to leave their
home cabins for lack of clothing to
cover their nakedness.
The great west wants an anti-fu-
sion plank in the peoples party plat.
form.
The populists of Texas claim an
enrolled mem bership Of go, 900.
John D. Rockefeller's two dauph-
tiers will inherit about s35, 900, COO each.
Representative Doolittle of Wash
ington has introduced bill to make
the department of labor an executive
department
CONGRESSMAN Bland has in reduced
his regular annual free silver coinage
bill
1t is stated on good authority tina,
there is lots of political pie yet on the
counter.
The legislature Of Georgia is max.
ing a desperate effort to establish a
state bank system.
Gov Waite has called an extra ses.
sion of the legislature of Colorado fol-
Jan. 3, 1894.
The wholesale frauds practiced by
the democrats in the late election In
Virginia has made the old dominion
feel ashamed of itse +, and even s,me
of the democra ic papers are calling
for legislation that will put stop tC
it.
Gov. Waite Of Colorado seems to b.
making success as a failure. He /:
not only getting in bad repute himself
but is subjecting his party to criticisms
it does not deserve.
jackson c. Quinby OF Denison
Texas, said recently to a Washington
reporter: "Mr. Cleveland carried
Texas last November by majority o.
over 100000. He could not carry it a
all to-day. What is the reason? 1t i.
simply that for some reason the farm
ers and people in small communities
have gained the idea that he is hant
and glove with Wall street and tn,
money power. That's enough To-
them"
81 object to being classed popu