People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14

Mr.. Sibley hesitated for a moment
and then, with intense earnestness.
said: LET me tell the gentleman that
l am not talking to-day to men who
believe in going to hell in a hand car
instead of to heaven, supported by
truth. Let me tell him also that l am
not addressing men who believe more
in a bob-tail flush than a contrite
heart"
A shout of applause and laughter
greeted the statement. Mr. Sibley
proceeded to relate the experience of
Dyonizius, when he was again inter-
rupted by Mr.. Cultivate.
"Was it Dyonizius who put the pad
lock on your lips?"
Mr. Sibley made no answer and pro-
ceeded to address himself to the details
of the pending bill. Mr.. Sibley was
frequently interrupted by questions,
and when he demurred from answer
ing because he had not been given no.
tice, he said, that his time would not
be extended, although mot a man
spoke in favor of the gold trust of the
world who was not given unlimited
time"
Mr.. Pence asked that he be permit
ted to finish, but Mr.. Cultivate OBJ
jected
1--WE saw our distinguished executive
after the election of 1892" Mr. Sibley
continued, "hie himself away,,for rec
cation. Where on earth did he go?
To the classic shores of Hog island?
The Bible says that when they.are set
at liberty each man will 20 to his own
place. Where did he go? To Buz-
Yards Bay, and ever since the old ship
of state has been humping her nose
into Hog island and laundering in the
waters OF Buzzard's Bay with prosper
ity but cables length away"
There was panic being precipitated
by the vultures Of the banks, Mr.. Sib-
ley shouted besides which the last
panic was a gentle zephyr to a
shrieking cyclone. He had figures
which he had prepared last
June which at the solicita-
ton of friends he had re-
Trained from using, showing that the
banks and trust companies could not
pay so cents on the dollar. The ad-
ministration had so carried out the
democratic declaration that parity of
all kinds of money should be main
tanned, that all other kinds but gold
had become mere promissory notes for
payment in gold.
Speaking of his democratic princi-
pies Mr.. Sibley said that if he got into
what he supposed was a mahogany
wagon and found it was veneered
Eastwood being driven over a rocky
road by an experienced driver he
would jump out and would not care
much where he landed.
He drew picturesque sketch of DEM
ocrats sitting around banquet halls to-
night worshipping at the shrine OF
Andrew Jackson and talking theories
as different from his as the throne OF
hadeS is from the fruit of the tree OF
life, and if Andrew Jacksons spirit
were to appear it would, he concluded,
kick over the table and Danish those
apostates in disgust.
Mr.. Cox of Tennessee followed with
a careful argument in favor of the bill.
He pointed out the many evils of the
present system and explained at length
his view OF the results of the Carlisle
plan if put into operation.
Mr.. Stone did not believe the pend.
ing bill would relieve the treasury.
Mr.. Johnson, of Ohio, followed Mr..
Sibley's lead with caustic speech in
opposition to the measure. At the out
set he said he thought he owed an apol-
ogy to the house for speaking against
bill which was as dead as this was.
However, Mr.. johnson explained why
he believed the bill, if it could be en-
acted into law, would prone a mon
struous failure. he denied that the
bill designed to take the government
out of the banking business and as
serted that no bill could be devised for
sound currency issues which would not
place them under government super
vision and in effect make them alter