Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-02-26

WuGu senator Ben llllDdH, VI IoOuLH
Carolina, got the roor in the senate TO
speak on the free coinage substitute, he
spoke TO a packed floor and galleries
and received the undivided attention Of
his hearers
Tho senator said that he would use
plain Anslo-SaX0n. the language Of
the common people, for nc was one of
them. He spoke bitterly OF the essay
reading indulged IN by senator's charg-
ing that that body was not the delibera-
tivA body that it was intended 1t should
be by the fathers who framed tho con-
stiiution. How much" he said, "of
this so-called senatorial dignity Of
which We hear so much and see so
much Is worthy or preservation? 1t
hangs over this chamber like wet
blanket; 1t smother5 down independ-
ent action; it obliterates the man and
we are here the puppets, the cogs in
the wheel Of party. to do the bidding
OF the manipulntors Of the party ma
chimes. (Applausc)
Speeches here change no votes.
There Is not man on this floor vino
on any question affecting his party has
ever been budged one inch from his po-
aition by speech from n man on the
ether side. ] have 4 higher conception
OF my duty than to feel or believe. that
South Cardinals interests alone arc in
my Keeping. ] ON an American sem
ator. have one vote out OF ninety
which deal with tho lives and liberties
and property OF the people of this
country.
SO far as I know / am the only
farmer pure and simple in this august
body Yet out OF tho 70, 900 900 people
in this country, S5.050,0G0 are engaged
IN agricultural pursuits alone. II,
then, one farmer has broken down the
barriers and forced his way here, upon
his head rests the responsibility of CIV
ing utterance to the feelings, the aspi-
ration of his fellows and OF giving ut
tcrance to ;he sense of wrong they
have. Therefore, Mr.. Prchident, 1 feel
cor Estrained to-day to raise my voice to
speak, and before / set through you
will realize tAe fact that speak plainly
and bluntly and use Anglo-SaXon, the
Vernacular, the language Of the COM
mon people, for l am one of them, and
expect to tell you how tkey feel and
what they think and what they want.
THE senator from Ohio Chr. Sher-
MANI said the other day that the ques-
tion Of the free coinage OF silver is old
straw, that It has been thraShed and
thraahed and thrQshed; that thee ia
nothing new in it. 1t has been thrashed
sir, by lawyers; it has been thrashed
by railroad mGgnates; it has been
thrashed b. the president of this cor
Doration and the attorney OF that cor
pcration. II has not yet been handled
on the pitchfork of the farmer. l am
hero to sec If l cannot get q few grains
more of truth in the straw, therefore
fh.. smile OF the statement is good
They use pitchforks 10 handle manure
and perhaps I shall fnd some of that
in my pathway beto.e get through 81
Speaking OF Cleveland ana Sherman
he said: Tn what lesract co they
diner? MIR. Ahernan wants coin bonds
+, Mr. Cleveland wants gold bonds. Mr.
= sherman wants higher tariff Mr.
Cleveland wants the present tariff
Mr.. Sherman. rs 4 means of relief Ia
stop the endless chain, which is a pat
ent contrivancA, With thieves at one
end ard dishonest officials at the ether
TO rob the American people. wants to
keep the redeemed greenbacks IN the
treasury so no oGo can get them to raid
the treasury, Hhile the president SAYS
lie oaly refuge he sees is to redeem, tc
hot cat aid ISSUE Sonds in place oil
every solitary piece OF paper that cir
culstes without interest. And both OF
them moan contraction, lower prices
harder times"
lie referred 10 the present derange-
.Ecnt OF our finances as a "damnable
scheme OF robbery" which had for its
object the destruction of silver. the in
crease of tho debt and the surrender
10 corporations ot the power to issue
money ard give 10 them a monopoly OF
that function. He called attention to
the .act that the election of a presi-
dent who would veto a silver bill in
the comiaE campaign means continued
disaster 10 our Industries and increased
poverty to the masses of the people.
Speaking o; the last campaign. he
saic: I'll the secret history Of the year
1892 shall ever be written 1t will dis
close the fact, which cannot be proven
now. but OF which have not the slight
cst doubt, that the gold ring of New
York, which embraces nearly all of the
baEkers in the eastern and middle
states and the stock gamblers Of Wall
street, controlled the presidential nom
lrationS ot both the democratic and