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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10

Senator Hill has been heard from
on the silver issue aud, as on every
other public question In the last two
years, he agrees with Mr.. Cleveland
absolutely in the matter. Both these
candidates for the Democratic presi.
Dental nomination express them
selves as unequivocally against fee
aud independent coinage Of silver by
the United States. and Senator Hill
goes farther and states that he would
neither buy nor coin au ounce OF
silver until other nations can be in
duced to 90 in with US for bimetal-
lism. This is more lucid than Mr..
Hills talks on silver have been hith-
ertO."
No more lucid, however, than the
Republican platform at the present
time.
1t was democracy that was opposing
silver then; it is republicanism now
makes difference, you know.
-
In the same issue he quotes the
following from his them free-silyer
godfather, the Kansas City Journal:
"'One of the favorite arguments in.
dulged in by the anti-silver writer's
and orators is TO picture the alleged
uuhappy condition Of Mexico under
its load OF silver" 1t seems never to
occur to them that there is another
side to the question, even ia Mexico.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10
MAY II, ] 95
DEFENDS "COIN. y

"We think a number of our ex.
changes are making a grave mistake
10 their manner of treating Coins
Financial School and similar publica-
tiOns. For instance the Dighton
Herald says of it: 1t is a house with
out foundation and its position can
not be maintained This may sound
learned and wise, bit the man whose
influence is most liable to be Influenced
by Coin asks more than this in refu-
tatiOn of his arguments and theories.
If Coins influence is to be counter
acted, it must be done by pointing out
any miSStatements he has made and
showing up the fallaCy Of his argu-
ments. The great majority of those
whose votes can be influenced accept
his statement Of facts as true, and,
accepting his premises, it must be ad-
mitted that his arguments are spec
i0us and often apparently conclusive"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10
NAV ID. 1906 /
ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT.

AS cOrrObOrative evidence Of what
was the unit of value under the coin
age law of 1892. we cite Mail readers
to the coins themselves, mined under
that law. B. f. Jones, the express
agent in this city, has in his possession
a silver dollar coined in 1901. On the
edge thereof appears this legend:
Hundred Cents, One Dollar or Unit.
In those days every silver dollar pro
claimed TO the people that SILVER
WAS THE UNIT OF VALUE"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10
WELLINGTON SUMNER COUNTY, KANSAS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER TO- 1896

was taken adyisedly, after thoroughly
considering Mr.. HamiltOn's PROPOSE
tiOn for double standard, and that
the policy thus adopted was founded
in WISDOM. PATRIOTISM AND
STATESMANSHIP.n
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10
Mail, May 3. 1851

"We are in receipt Of another batch
OF literature from that internal, pesky
Sound Currency committee Of New
York City. We really suspect that
the one on States as Bankers is inter-
esting reading. But the circular let
ter that accompanies it is what gets
US. 1t gives the price Of this pamph-
let at ten cents each and it probably
costs all Of ten cents to publish it.
Then confidential note to the editor
is added saying; we shall be glad
to furnish you 100 copies free Of
charge Why should these people
furnish US $1,000 worth Of these pamph-
lets, each week, or $500 worth per year
free of charger Who pays this $500?
Why do they pay it? II they are so
anxious to send $500 worth of printed
matter to Us, how much money are
they figuring on spending throughout
the United States? Where does this
money come from and why does it
Gomez"
3WOnder If andy didn't write them
to keep their "pesky' books and send
him the $52O?)
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10

buys dollars worth Of cotton and
wheat at Bombay with his 60 and SO
celt silver bought of our mines, and
has the margin to beat our farmers
on. That is bed rock business fact"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10
BEFORE AND AFTER TAKING
Silver Turns to Gold in the Twink
ling of an Eye.
GENUINE PARTY SLAVE
Here Is the Silver Record Of Wellington
Editor Who Now Outlines for His
Readers the Beauties and Uti1-
tiles Of the Gold Standard.

We believe it was our brother of the
Caldwell News who suggested week
or so ago that the editor of the VOICE
was unfortunate in not having file
of the Daily Mail of last year at hand,
when discussing TIE silver question
with that paper
We have a fragmentary file-here
and there a number gone. We have
been expecting to get to them soon
and examine their contents. This
week we have gone over two months
of them from May 3 to July 2. 1895.
The catch is so large that it al
most breaks the net; we shall have to
dispose of these and then, if neCessa-
ry, cast the net upon the other side
As everyone knows the Mail has the
same editor now that it had then.
His name is andy richards. We state
this because there is so much diSpar-
ity between the editorials of last year
and this that a stranger would un-
dOubtedly get mixed.
In 1895 all of his sympathieS were
with the silver cause. Grover Cleve-
land and John &, Carlisle we're bad
men in his estimation, because they
were infiCting the gold standard upon
the people of this Union. Now they
are patriots because they oppose
"cheap dollar" Likewise is McKin-
ley and Mark Hanna and Perry Bell
mont and BOurke Cochran and ali
other gentlemen who favor Grover
Cleyeland's pOlicy-Or more latterly
speaking, the Republican party's past
and promised future policy.
But let US quote:
Mail, May 3, 1885,
ED Greer, in sizing up the Repub'
lican 2 league from a monetary
point lew, says: ANY person pres
entfher chis convention could not
louS hOntestiOn the strength of the
silveS ntiment in the Republican
partyH 1T is alive, vigorous and ag
, gressive. To be sure there is single
gold standard element, and a strong
one. Then there is a conservative
crowd, who want to wait until they
can see which way the Cat will Jump
But the greater number seem to be fOI
silver, and they didn't care who knew
it. Toe fight for silver is on in th,
Republican party and the next state
convention will be an interesting one.
AND HE is JUST ABOUT COR
RECT IN Ills DIAGNOSIS"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10


-
Following these in its issue of May
IS, the Mail publishes Judge Cald-
wells Views" Speaking editorially
of Caldwell it says:
Henry c. Caldwell is the senior
United States circuit Judge from this
judicial district. He was appointed
district judge by President Grant
and promoted to circuit judgeship
by President Harrison. He holds his
position for life. He is regarded as
one of the ablest men OF the nation.
On April 3Oth he wrote a private let
ter to an old army friend who lives in
Denver. This friend had seen fit,
without consulting Judge Caldwell.
to publish portion Of this letter
which is as follows:
Then comes the letter and be it
said to the credit of Judge Caldwell
that he still stands by the sentiment
expressed though the editor of the
Mail has recanted:
"The country is about entering up.
on another struggle for the protec-
tiOn of the rights and the promotion
of the interests of the labOrer and
producer which ISL my judgment, Of
even more moment than the first. |
have been surprised that the issue
has been so long delayed.
The fight ought to have been fore
ed years ago on the line Of absolute
aud unqualified free coinage of gold
and silver at the ratio of l6 to |, with
out regard to the action of England
or any other foreign power.
If we are TO be SubServient to Eng
land in our financial policy, why not
in other matters? The financial pol
Ii;y of a nation determines, its
strength and prosperity and the ma
tiOn which consents that another and
competing nation may regulate its
financial policy will find its producers
impoverished and its industries de-
strOyed and the nation itself will soon
be little more than mere depen-
dency of the power to which it sur
rendered the most vital function Of
government.
If we are not capable and able to
establish and maintain our own
financial policy, we ought to haul
down old Glory which you fought
so gallently TO uphold, and turn the
government over to Queen Vict0ri9,
or ask Canada to annex US.
The president has thrown down the
gauge of battle. / trust the silver
men in all parties and everywhere
will take it up. am happy in the
belief that platforms that mean any.
thing or nothing on the silver queS
tiOn will In the future 60 for nothing
with the members Of all parties.
The people have been deluded anc
deceived until their eyes are open
There has sprung up among them
that hostility tosuch platforms which
the empty and peradious hypocrisy OF
such phrases never fails in the end tC
inspire
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10

In his issue of May %, 1895, he
printed a three.column article, to
illustrate which he sent all the way
to Atlanta, Ga, for the plate Of a map
which heads it. The article is from
the Atlanta Constitution, and was
considered by him at the time a
clincher: The head lines Of the ar
ticle were sensational and read as
follows: "Object Lesson-It Is Taught
by Some Figures and Map-s2OO, 900,
600 Cone-The Gold Standard and the
Devastation Resulting from One Year
Of It-One Years Returns-The OH.
cial Figures from the Various States
and What They Mean-Big Losses
Everywhere"
The article was so convincing that
the VOICE borrowed the type and
plate and reproduced it in our next
issue. Many OF our readers will re-
member it. The editor Of the Mail
allowed US to use it very reluctantly,
because he thought he had fallen on
to a great SCOOP" 1t took the as
sessment figures Of each state for
1895 and compared them. Only
twelve showed an increase Of property
valuations. The remaining thirty
one showed almost uniform decreases.
The total increase for the twelve
states was 1897, ,SOO,753. OF this
amount 1926, 1888, ,4S2 came from New
York alone. Seventy per cent Of the
entiye valuations, as shown by these
official returns, came from the great
money center Of the union and 20 per
cent Of the remainder came from the
two states Of Pennsylvania and Mas
sachusetts, each of them strong finan-
cial centers. The total increase 10
the remaining nine states was only
$3c ,S22.O92. The article concludes as
follows:
THE table tells its own story.
"There is little need for further ex-
p'alatiOn-in fact the table aud the
map make the condition Of affairs so
patent that any explanation seems
superhuous.
The devastation has been wrought
iD one year. IL is but a beginning.
What a continuation Of the ruin
Gus gold standard would bring to the
great mass OF the people Of this coun-
try can be realized only after study
If this map aud this table, and the
knowledge that it is but the begin
ming"
-
In his issue Of June 81 we find the
| follouino oditorial.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10
Mail. Nav ID. 1SQl.

Will the gold mOunted whip lash
western voters into line for a single
standard?
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10
MAY 4, 1851

John j. ingalls, has been interview
ed on the silver question and expresses
himself as follows: L have just re-
turned from an extended trip over the
country, and after broad survey OF
the situation, am inclined to believe
that if the question was submitted to
the popular vote there would be ma
jOrity for bimetallism in every state
in the Union. In ether words, it has
been my observation that the masses
OF the people are in favor of the use of
silver as one of the metals of our SyS-
tem am inclined TO be apprehen-
Siye that if the Republican aud Dem
Ocratic parties continue to juggle with
the question the advocates Of the free
silver question might SWEEP THE
COUNTRY AT THE NEXT Ma
TI0NAL ELECTION. | am afraid
the unbending attitude of the East
may eventually lead to the sectional
separation. | feel it is time for the
Republican party to take a wise, pa
triotic and comprehensive view of the
situation"
="
In his issue of May II he argues at
length to prove that silver was made
the unit of value and concludes thus:
Our conclusions upon this PROPOSE
tfon is that, ia the general accepta-
tiOn of that term, and as a matter of
fact, the act of 1872 established sin
gle silver standard as the oasis of the
monetary system Of the United States.
Moreover, We believe that this step
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10

The next article in this same issue
is one from the same paper showing
the affinity between the world
prices of silver and wheat aid cotton.
This article concludes as follows:
SAT the same time this has been
going on, and for all the years since
1873, Silve: dollar buys the same
amount OF cotton in India aud Mex
leo that it always did, and does so to.
day. So that the Manchester spinner
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10

Following these in its issue of May
IS, the Mail publishes Judge Cald-
wells Views" Speaking editorially
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10

CONTINUED on eighth page.l
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-09-10

In his issue Of June 81 we find the
following editorial:
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-15
It is not an edifying spectacle to

It is not an edifying spectacle to
see the republicans OF Texas en-.
gagged in disreputable squabble for
the delegations that are to attend
the national convention. This at
tempt to corral at any cost the del
egations Of the districts, for this or
that candidate, hoping to receive
reward in the way Of party pie
when the distribution comes, is as
disreputable as anything that the
democracy Of the country show In
the way. of political crookedness'
Republicans should be above those
things.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-15
Notice of Trustees Sale.

Whereas, McLeary & Fleming, late
firm. composed of ]. II. McLeary and j.
r. Fleming, acting by and through j. H1
McLeary, a member of said firm, and j, ,
II. McLeary individually, on the oath day
of June, 1895, by their deed of trust, dated
24th day of June, 1895, did convey to w.
Il. Camp as trustee for Marie Ramp and
Anna Kamp, and Camp & Umscheid, the
following described property, to-wit:
All that certain undivided one-half in
tereSt In and to a certain house and lot
situated in the city of San Antonio,
county of Bexar. and State of Texas,
being described and bounded as follows:
On the west by Avenue c, on the north by
lot No. { In the same block. on the east by
an alley, on the south by lot No. 4 In the
same block, said lots being numbered 5
and 6 in block No. %, on the east side Of
Avenue @, and in the 5th ward of the said
city of San Antonio, Bexar county, Texas,
deed being duly recorded in the records of
said BeXar County, volume 102, pages 2O9
and 21O.
And, whereas, said conveyance was
made in trust to better secure the pay
ment of their two certain promissory
notes: one of said notes dated the 18th
day OF July. 1891, payable to the order Of
Anna and Marie Ramp, in the sum Of
two thousand (S2 ,00O) dollars, due on the
18th day Of July, 1892, and bearing inter-
from date of said note until paid; and the
other note dated the oath day Of June,
1895, payable to the order of Camp & UNI
scheid, for the sum of two hundred 5000
doll airs due on the oath day of December,
1895, and bearing interest at the rate of 8
per cent per annum from date thereof
And, whereas, default has been made in
the payment of both of said notes, and
the same are now past due, and the own
ers and holders of said notes have made
legal demand upon said trustee for the
sale Of said property.
Now, therefore, notice Is hereby given
that 1, w. r. Camp, trustee, as aforesaid,
under and by virtue OF the authority in
me vested by the terms of said deed of
trust, will, on the 4th day of February,
1896, between the hours of 10a m. and 4
d. m, sell said above described property
of the said McLeary & Fleming, and j.
III. McLeary, at public sale before the
courthouse door OF Bexar county, Texas.
| for cash, for the purpose of paying the
| Indebtedness of the said McLeary &
Fleming. and j. ii. McLeary, secured by
| said deed of trust, and all costs of exc
| cutting trust, including 10 per cent com
| mission to said trustee for executing this
| trust.
Witness my hand. at San Antonio,
Texas, this 18th day Of January, A. ID.
| 1896.
! / 10 Pit w. R. CAMP, Trustee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-15
CLINTON, MISSOURI.

Mr.. A. L. Armstrong, an old
druggist, and prominent citizen
of this enterprising town, says: 81
sell some forty different kinds of
cough medicines, but have never
in my experience sold so much of
any one article as l have of Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup. All who
use it say it is the mos perfect
remedy for cough, cold, consump-
ton, and all other diseases of the
throat and lungs, they have ever
tried" 1t is a specific for Group
and whooping cough. 1t will re-
lieve a cough in one minute. Con-
tains no opiates.
Sold by Kslteyer & Schuchard,
A. Dreiss, F. Kalteyer & Son, James
Clavin, druggists, San Antonio,
Texas,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-15

Had Gladstone been at the head
of the British government there
would not have been this present
trouble in South Africa. In the
first place Chamberlain, would not
have had direction of colonial af-
fairs; this would have prevented
the premier of the South African
country from his bold stroke, for
the colonial secretary under Glad
stone would not have winked at so
fragrant a violation of the treaty
made with the Transvaal, guaran-
teeing its Independent form of gov
eminent.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-15

Cecil Rhodes is good man to
keep out of South Africa If it is the
intention of the British govern
ment to keep faith with the Trans
vaal and prevent any interference
with it's government.
There is more talk of the demon
stration of the powers in the Ar
menian country. This is to be re-
GREETED, as Intervention there only
means continued persecution and
more horrible butchery.
The cattlemen will take this
damp weather as an earnest oil
what the rain dispenser proposes
to bless their ranges with during
the coming summer.
The open door Of opportunity
that is set before San Antonio car
only be shut by her own hand.
January is half out and there IL
at present no prospect Of that un
usually severe winter which wa!
promised by Foster.
That shoe factory will be the
nest egg which will induce othel
hens to lay in our Industrial nest
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-15
WED'SDAY, JANUARY Is, '9t

There are some very severe criti'
cisms passed upon the presidents
message in the Venezuela matter
by those who are writing on ques
tions of political economy in the
best periodicals Of the country. A
parallel is drawn between the
course Of the president in this mat.
ter and in that Of Hawaii, and the
consistency of the presidential
policy is shown to be conspicuous
for its absence. This Monroe doc
trine is protection to republics,
pure and simple; this idea was
violated in every movement made
by the president in the Hawaii
matter, and is out Of line with
everything else that Cleveland has
ever said in any Of his state papers.
The inference is therefore drawn
that his Venezuelan message was
only a bit of buncomb for the elm
ination of political capital.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-15

Cecil Rhodes says that his career
has not terminated yet in South
Africa and that his work for that
country has just begun. He will
be brought up with a short turn
some of these days and Kruger
will see that he is not left to fill up
the measure Of his treachery
Such men can very we'll be spared,
and the president of the Transvaal
is not the man to hesitate on an
occasion like that. If Rhodes
wants a speedy translation tc
the thither he had better tramp or
Kruger's toes once more.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-15
tiquity Of gambling and prostitu-

tiquity Of gambling and prostitu-
ton.
OF course, they are evils, but
should you put to death every
gambler, drunkard and prostitute
now In existence, In the world, a
new crop OF them would soon ap-
pear to take the places Of those
murdered. You would have to
have a wholesale execution Of
them every twenty years till time
ended
The memorable logic Of facts is
resistless. We may, knock our
brains out in butting against their
logic, but to overcome it, is i'm
possible, so long as man is man.
But, shall we repeal all laws
against drunkness, gambling, and
prostitution, and give them carte
blanche? Not a bit more than we
should repeal the laws against
theft, perjury and murder.
When it is impossible to ex-
terminate on evil by laws, fines,
prisons and gibbets, prudence and
wisdom dictate, that we diminish
the evil just as much as possible,
both by prevention and regula.
ton.
The rich gamble more than do
the poor. Hundreds of W ell-to-do
church members are annually
guilty of embezzlement, forgery
and gambling in futures. The
poor have little money to wager
on any game.
Rich and refined women become
prostitutes as we'll as poor women.
Poverty is not the sole cause
either OF gambling, or prostitution !;
consequently, the removal of
poverty would not exterminate
them, out Of society.
Church mem bership does not
prevent men from gambling, nor
women from sliding into prostitu-
ton. Married women frequently
leave rich husbands and children
and elope with scamps and poor
len, and do the same thing.
Parson Craig will end where he
started and the world will jog
along at it's old pace.