People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-25
ON CURRENT TOPICS.
THE SOUND" MONEY ADvo-
CATE3 ARE SCARED.
Iron IN the Hands of Kings and
Prinees"-The Railroad Corporations
Have No Use for Populists-Keep En-
on the Run.

on the Run.
1t seems to be we'll settled question
now that the currency problem will
be the leading issue in the campaign
of 1896. The labor and reform element
in the country have been pushing this
question forward for years, but have
always been told that the tariff ques-
ton was the paramount issue. Whil5
the people have been misled in this
way and fighting each other over a
sham issue, the money powers of this
country and Europe have been prepar-
ing for a struggle which they cannot
put off any longer. The Globe-Demo-
crat, the leading Republican paper OF
the Mississippi valley, commenting on
the situation, says:
The finance question will undoubt-
edly be the chief issue in 1896. 1t far
exceeds the tariff or any other uues-
ton in Importance. A campaign of ed
ucation on this issue is urgently de-
manded. The popular ignorance on
this vital subject is dense, particularly
in the west and south. Demagogues
like those who founded the Greenback
party and like those who are at the
head of the Populists and of their an
mex, the new silver party, play upon
this ignorance for their own selfish DUR
poses. Thus panics are brought about.
millions of persons are thrown out of
employment, and the country suffers
for years. The remedy for this sort of
things is correct information. This the
New York Reform club is furnishing.
The sound money cause would be in
yincible if the people had a little ele-
mentary knowledge of financial sub
Jects. 1t is neither dishonesty nor ma
lightly that impels men to clamor for
the unrestricted coinage of Accent dol
lars or the unlimited issue of incon-
vertible government paper, but mere
ly ignorance of the rudimentary prin-
clples OF finance, and the newspapers
and other agencies which are in a DO
sitiOn to dispel this ignorance ought to
begin the work at once"
In the meantime the people are be-
ing educated on the Sound money"
doctrine through a series of object les
sons that are much more impressive
than the literature which the New
York Reform club is sending out. For
ty-cent wheat and Accent cotton TO
make our money Sound" in Europe
may tickle the fancy of bankers, but it
is not a condition which the producers
in this country will exert themselves
to any great extent to perpetuate.
In Europe they have not got over the
idea that kings rule by divine right 4"
yet either to avoid troubling divinity
or to assist him in preserving a bal
ance in human affairs, they keep large
standing armies. Recently the army
in Prussia celebrated Prince Bis
marck's birthday, at which the emper-
or was present. The following extract
from the speech Of the emperor would
more fittingly come from the lips of a
cannibal than the ruler of a great ma
ton. In presenting Bismarck a sword
he said:
Your serene highness sees in the
spirit behind this band the whole band
in battle array who celebrate the day
with US. In the presence of this band
l come to hand you a gift. | could not
find a better weapon than the sword
the nOblest weapon of the Germans.
symbol of that instrument which YOU
and my blessed grandfather helped to
forge, sharpen and wield-symbol of
the great building time during which
mortar was blood. Iron is a remedy
which never fails, and which, in the
hands of kings and princes, will, in
case of need, preserve unity in the in
terror of the fatherland, even as, when
applied outside the country, 1t led to
internal union. You see engraved on
the sword the arms of the Reichslands,
and your own. May your serene high
ness look upon this as token of graft
tude for deeds recorded in history.
which were brought to q conclusion
twenty-five years ago.
Let US, comrades, shout hurrah for
his serene highness, Prince Bismarck. 4"
This speech is a declaration that all
you have to do is to put plenty of Iron
in the hands Of kings and princes"
and they will have peace if they have
to fight for it.
There is no denying the fact that the
corporations are doing everything they
can to disrupt the Peoples party. If
there was no further evidence that
the Populists are right than this fact
alone, it would be sufficient. We give
below an affidavit from an old Mis-
souri, boy which is only one of many
that might be obtained of railroad dis
elimination against employees who
we're Populists:
State of California,
County of Alameda, SIS.
&C. E. Gardner, of lawful age, being
first duly sworn, deposes and says:
Il have been in the employ of the