People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-05-18

scores and come together on the one
line of fighting the money combina.
ton. Cleveland has been working
undo. the dictation of the New York
bankers and bargaining with them in
the matter of the issue of bonds. He
promised the banks if they would - Ike
them there would be no more legisla-
ton on the silver question by this
congress.
Congress passed the seignorage act
and ne vetoed rthe bill, indicating
plainly the nature of his bargain with
the bankers. The whole thing is such
a scheme of robbery that it ought to
be impeached for it. 1t tis a shame
and a disgrace. The idea of this
government having to beg a lot Of
Shylock's assistance is so outrageous
that there is no language too strong
in which to characterize it.
Cleveland is owned body and soul
by these scoundrels; he secured. his
nomination at Chicago through the in
duence of subsidized press and with
the votes he lacked thereafter ex-
hausting such means, he bought with
promises have since been redeemed;
the goods have been delivered.
"His attempt 10 browbeat and de.
oauch the senators and representa-
tlves was outrageous in the extreme.
If these cowardly congressman uu
there had any appreciation of their
duty to their constituents at home
they would impeach him.
Consider the farce and treason to
the interests Of the masses of issuing
bonds under pretense of increasing
the gold reserve when the same gold
is paid in at one window and drawn
out at another with silver certificates
And the same procession goes on till
the silver certificates are exhausted
and the people have to pay the inter
est"
1t will be remem Dered that South
Carolina opposed the nomination Of
Cleveland in 1892 on the same grounds
that it criticises him now. 1t even
went so far as to threaten to withdraw
from the national convention if
Sc was nominated. But after all
it went into the campaign and gave
him a healthy ajority at the elect.
ion. The democrats of South Carolina,
as well as the democrats everywhere
else, knew then as we'll as they know
now that Cleveland was in favor of
the Wall street policy of finance. lie
had said so in his message, in his let
tiers and in his speeches. 1t is mere
folly for them to talk about the short
comings of Cleveland. The party is
responsible for Cleveland and respon-
siole for what he does. The demo-
Gratis of South Carolina are a part of
the democratic party and therefore
cannot escape their share of the re-
sponsibility. 1t will be no better as
long as they persist in remaining with
the democratic party. They object to
being called Populists. Then let us
call them southern dough.faces, who
follow their party though they know
it is wrong We have no confidence
in man Who'll continually ,cussing"
his party and his leaders and at the
same time voting to sustain it in
power The trouble with the honest
democratic democrats is, they are in
the minority, so to speak, and the
other fellows control the party ma
chinery and will continue to do so.
The only way man can be a true
democrat now is to get out of the
democratic party, because the party
is not democratic, and if so majority
in congress can't make it democratic
the case is hopeless