People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-09-21
FoGN,
OF the Hoch- -DougIass-Troutma
Triplets, Blows Without a
Sledge-Hammer.

Sle0ge.IlammeT.
Mr.. HOch made a remarkable speech
| in Wellington last week-remarkable
principally for what he avoided.
He never mentioned the Omaha
platform. the national republican
platfOrm, nor the state platforms of
kansas republicans and POpuliStS.
He never mentioned Major Morrill,
or Dick Blue.
He never mentioned the railroad
question. nor even irrigation.
He never mentioned equal suffrage
any further than to say he admired
women and was ladies man.
He never mentioned the banking
system.
He never mentioned government
bonds.
He never mentioned arbitration.
He never mentioned freight rates.
He never mentioned prohibition.
He never mentioned the recent rail-
way strike, and sending of trOOdS to
Chicago.
He never mentioned alien and cor
pOratiOn ownership of land.
He never mentioned the democratic
ticket in this state.
He said he was surprised at the
magnitude of the crowd preSent-and
he is probably excusable for not know
ing that half of them were POpulists.
There were about 2OOperSOns present,
hence we Judge that he is the habit OF
addressing very small audiences.
He thought every man ought to be
a politician-and we agree with him
there.
He said in the beginning that he
was not here to abuse anybOdy-but
he probably forgot that when he got
warmed up, for he didn't do anything
else.
He hOoted at Cleveland's idea of re-
pealing the Sherman law-but forgot
to mention the fact that 81 per cent
of the republicans in congress voted
for the repeal, and could have pre-
vented it had they voted the other
way.
He tried to prove that the POpulists
are not in favor of Silyer-but their
demand for free coinage at l6 to ! is
enough to settle that, and POpulist
votes in congress are solid for silver.
He said that PETER was right in de-
nOuncing the last congress as the
most stupendOus failure in the history
of the cOuntry-but he forgot that the
majority of republicans in congress
voted invariably on the side of Grover
Cleveland.
He mentioned the adoption of Tom
Reeds method of counting quorum
which we consider a wise move. We
should endorse everything good, and
not stand out simply to be contrary
but Tom Reed never invented this
rule.
He told of the months wasted in de-
batting the Wilson bill-but forgot that
more months were wasted in debating
the Mckinley bill, and that that they
are almost exactly alike.
He invited the democrats to come
and Join the republican party.
He referred to the sugar tax as rob-
berry, etc..-but forgot that it was a
protective" tariff pure and simple,
such as the republicans want to put
on everything. He also forgot that
the republicans voted sOlidly against
a bill providing for free sugar, coal
and iron.
He tried to roast the POpulists for
voting for the sugar tax steal-but
was interrupted with the suggestion
that the POpulists voted for the in
come tax which they had demanded
i'm their platform. and which no other
party had dared to demand. He was
also reminded that the POpuliSts do mot
regard the tariff question the only i'm
pOrtant one.
To this he replied with a grunt,
well. the income tax won't affect
Kansas people much-at least it don't
touch my salary" So much the bet
ter for him and other Kansas people,
it takes partOf the burden of taxation
off their shoulders and places it on
the men who are most able to pay,
and have heretofore paid least.
He wanted to discuss the men of the
| POpulist party-and referred con-
temptuously to the three ex-cOnfed
crates and democrats of Texas who
came to Kansas to organize the ALI
ance." He abused them as democrats
and rebels-but afterward in referring
to the three democrats who voted
with the republicans in the Kansa:
: legislature he called them patriots.
He said if he owned hell and Texas
he would rent out Texas and live il
hell.
He said the organization of the Pop
uliSt party was an attempt to destroy
the republican party. Nobody denie,
that being part of its Obiect-republi
can partyism is one of the greatest
cures in the land.
He asked if the Populists wer,
proud OF their two years admlnlstra
tion in Kansas. In answer we sa!
yes.
He believed the rank and file of tn,
POpuliSt party was honest, but the,
! had been deceived.
Yes; they were deceived by the re
!. publicans and left them. There is no
= clod-hOpper in Kansas but VIII,
could give Mr.. HOch reasons for thei
: action that he cannot deny nor con
ceal.
The Peoples party is composed a
most entirely Of thinking men, an
they have no bosses.
He referred to Governor Lewellin
: making labor speech at Kansas Cit
|. in hearing of ten places where hquC
q was being sold in violation Of the la
but he forgot that those ten me
were under protection of republica
: mayor, republican city counci
f 1 republican county attorne,
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