People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11

that bought the last issue of bonds at
10412 and Immediately resold them at
1161z to 119. The very broad hints
thrown out in the papers all over the
country that the president and his Sec
rotary shared in this deal are not to
be mistaken as touching popular SEN
timent in this matter
Notwithstanding the cotton planters
Of the country produced, picked, and
marketed 71,5lS,924 more pounds Of
cotton in 1894 than they did in 1892
the crop Of last fell short over s45,-
100000 Of the crop of 1892. The wheat
raisers lost s136,OO0,OOO in 1894 over the
crop Of 1892. There has been a CORE
spending loss in all other products,
the aggregate amounting to hundreds
Of millions OF dollars. II is astonish-
ing to contemplate the patience and
forbearance Of the American people.
Judging by the tone of the republic
an press 1t is quite apparent that the
republican leaders are not losing any
sleep over the fact that they will not
| have a majority in the neyt senate: As
that parry las no intention of doing
anything to relieve the people, but is
as fully committed to the interests Of
plutocracy as the democrats are, they
are really pleased that the senate is
under control of Populist minority.
as that will serve as an excuse for not
doing anything and enable them to
come up with the old excuse used by
the democrats for so many years. We
can do nothing because the senate and
president are against US"
In 1892 the Populists elected 3i6
members to the several state legisla-
lures and in 1894 they elected 615, be-
sides nearly doubling theaggregate vote
throughout the country. Look around
you and count the men in your circle
Of acquaintance who have left the
Peoples party since the election last
fall and then count those you know
have Joined the new party, or swear
they will never again vote an old
party ticket. Strike the difference and
see if Populism is dying.
J. A. Hamilton, conductor on the At
lantic & Pacific railway, went out on
the strike last year. Since that time
he has Travelled over the entire west,
but everywhere he found the dread
blacklist ahead Of him. When he was
successful in getting work it was only
for day or two until he was identified
as striker and then he would be dis
missed. As last resort he wrote his
old uainmaster a few days ago and
received a letter in reply saving he
could not promise anything to man
who had taken part in the strike of
the A. r. U. On receipt of this letter
Hamilton put ball through his head
at the American house in Denver,
where he had registered. The record
Of suicides last year was 4,911, of
which nearly One-half were caused by
dependency. The daily papers report
a half dozen to dozen in almost every
issue and in the most Of cases "out of
work." "out of money" or financial
troubles" are assigned as the causes
What fearful record for our boosted
Christian civilization!
The Associated Press dispatches re-
ported the Populist members Of the leg
islature as favoring a single-plank, or
silver, platform. This report is false.
Eight of the twelve are for the Omaha
platform, three favor a single plank,
while one will go with the majority.
There is nothing surer than the fact,
as lately shown in the thousands Of
letters appearing in our reform papers
from all over the country, that nine
teen-twentieths of the rank and file of
the peoples party are bitterly opposed
to any changes in the Omaha platform,
and most emphatic are the declarations
against the adoption of single plank,
or silver, platform, alone. Our people
are in no mood for temporizing or re-
sorting to doubtful expedients. We
are building not for a day, but for all
time and on a sure foundation, and
the people are not only building, but
are bossing the structure.
The Rev. John A. B. Wilson of New
REORGANIZATION the streets Of that
great city recently and says 10000 men
walk the streets to keep from freezing,
and their condition was more horrible
than tongue or pen can picture. Can
anything else be expected where the
Astors, Vanderbilts, Goulds, and other
multi-millionaires are squandering
millions annually on poodle dogs, pur-
chasing foreign titles, building yachts,
loading to royalty, airing their linen
in divorce courts, and lavishing their
wealth upon their mistresses? AS
long as the foolish people vote with
the millionaires they must expect the
army of tramps to increase and the
greed and avarice Of these wealthy
drones to grow rather than diminish.
From Maine to California, from the