Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-24

has ever filed Hutchinson. The pop
uist committees had advertised the
discussion far and wide. They had
let no effort slip which might conduce
to large hearing.
For some reason the republicans
we're direlict in this work until nearly
the last moment. Nevertheless there
was a good sprinkle Of republicans in
the audience, though it appeared that
Jerry had the heaviest part of the
crowd.
The doors were not opened until
nearly time to begin speaking and then
ensued rush and jam in which it is
remarkable if no one was hurt. In a
very short space Of time the auditorium
was filed to the last inch Of standing
room and probably somewhere from
500 to 1000 people some Of whom had
come forty or fifty miles In wagons
turned away with disappointment pic
tured on their faces not being able to
hear anything, some were angry, and
an effort was made to take the meet
ing to the grove out side. Messrs
Simpson and Long had conference
in which Mr.. Simpson expressed him
self favorable to such procedure but
Mr.. Long opposed it and Lad opposed
it all day.
AT the appearance Of the speakers
there was the usual prOtracted cheering
and we are sorry to say more than the
usual amount of back talk and calling
from the galleries. 1t appears that
there are some people on both sides who
always attend such meeting and never
learn how they should deport them.
selves.
Mr.. Simpsons opening speech was
one hour in length. In it he laid out
very lucidly the cumulative theory of
money; explained the evil effects of
falling prices on producers, and the
happy effect fer those who live on fixed
incomes. lie gave something Of the
history of monetary legislation of the
past thirty years, showing how the war
debt, first payable in lawful money was
refunded into coin obligations; then by
demonstration, it was attempted to
make the payment in gold alone. Then
he showed how we have been paying
off the principle of this debt for thirty
years and still will take more cotton
and wheat to pay it than at first.
He also anticipated some of Mr..
Longs arguments and contradictory
statements as for example, when he op-
posed free coinage because it would
drive gold out of circulation, he called
upon an expression from every man in
the audience who had any gold to hold
up his hand and some half dozen in all
the vast concOurse was all that re-
sponded. He also showed how Mr..
Long claimed free coinage would drive
gold out of circulation and contract the
currency and then persisted in showing
that free coinage would lead to a de-
preciated and cheapened currency,
which are clearly contradictory.
One would have thought that after
Mr.. Simpson had doubled him up on
this usual proposition of his be would
have been careful to avoid the contra
diction, but it was evidently part of
his stereotyped speech and he couldn't
break the plates, His speech is the
same he has been delivering all over the
district except the omission of y few
personalities about Jerry.
He admitted in general the quanti-
tive theory of money, then tried to show
other things inteIferred with it and
finally ended again by saying that
nevertheless an increasing volume of
money was needed. But he didn't tell
how the republicans would give it.
One of the first things he said was to
rebuke Jerry for appealing to class
prejudices and this was one of the FIRST
things Jerry answered in his closing
speech. He said it was with ill grace
such rebuke came from him who ap-
pealled to the pensioners not to vote
for free silver because it would denim
ish the purchasing power of their dol
lars, also as he had attempted to set
the labOrer against that policy because
he claimed it would diminish the pur.
chasing power of his wages. He also
the corporations for attempt |
to buldoze their laborers into voting
for gold and asked if that didn't SAVIOR
Of class activity in politics on the other
side.
But the audience seemed to appre-
ciate Jerry best when in reply to Longs
statement that the national debt is not
paid in wheat and cotton etc., he asked
how in the name of God and Bill Nc
Kinley 1t is paid, then closed with the
remark that he didn't wonder Long
had been careful to tell the dear peo-
Pile he hadn't been to college.
During Jerry's closing speech the