People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-11
HON. JERRY SIMPSON
Addresses the Populist Convention
One of the Best Efforts of His
Career-A Large Crowd
Very Much Enthusiasm.

Very Much Enthusiasm.
The Populi5t convention was held In
the opera house at l o'clock Saturday
to elect eight delegates to the judicial
convention in Wichita June 23rd. V.
c. Sleeper occupied the chair and
Ivan D. Rogers acted as secretary.
The following delegates were elected;
Frank Logan, B. B. Wilson, ]. L.
Myers, q. G. Handy, Ivan Rogers,
Preston WyckOff, W. B. COldwell and
W. r. Savage, delegates to select
their own alternateS.
The delegates were instructed to
vote for Judge DennisOn for Judge Of
appellate court. The following resO-
buttons by Mr.. Lambe were carried by
a unanimous standing vote:
WHEREAS, at the recent meeting Of
the Seventh congressional committee,
Sumner county was reported as Op-
posed to the Hon. Jerry Simpson, and
the public press of the district took
considerable pains to publish the
same, therefore be it
RESOLVED, By the Populists Of
Sumner county, in mass convention
assembled, that we denOunce said
report as unauthorized, unwarranUed
and utterly void of the truth, and be
it further
RESOLVED, That we have the ut
most confidence in his integrity and
ability, and pledge him our hearty
support at the nominating convention
and at the polls.
At the close of the convention,
Jerry Simpson addressed a crowded
house, at some length, on the political
issues of the day in general, and the
financial question in particular.
Jerry was at his best and delivered
one Of the most powerful aud effective
speeches which has ever been listened
to by ii wellington audience. He has
lost none OF his old time magnetism,
and that he is still the idol Of tire
farmers of Sumner county is shown
by the way they turned out tn hear
him. Ia spite cf the heat and the
fAct that this il for them the busiest
season Of the year, the opera house
was crowded and they stayed and
sweltered and listened tn him for
nearly three hours.
After Cevoting some time to the
condition OF the country, in which he
pointed out how cheap human life is
comm. to be held, especially by the
autocrats and milliOnaires of the east
he took up the various arguments fol
and against the unlimited coinage OF
gold and silver, treating them in hi,
own inimitable style, not forgetting
now and then to "point the moral
by one Of his telling stories. -
He discussed at length the origin
use and and qualities of money; thu
object of the decentralization and tht
influence of law upon money; discuss
ed the influence Of supply and demaDS
and showed that money was under its
domain. He devoted some time Il
refuting the common falIacy that tn,
value of any commodity is measured
by It's labor value or the amount o
labor that was necessary to produc,
it. He touched upon the influence o
silver ia the silver using oountrie
upon our manufactures; showed tn
wonderful and disastrous appreciation
of debts caused by the gold standard
He quoted from McKinley's Ottawi
speech last year, that the hope ant
bulwark of free America is free home
and then showed how fast we ar
drifting from free homes under tn
present system.
Jerry closed with mighty appea
for united action in breaking tn
chains forged about the people in '7S
calling attention to the dire result
that must follow the election Of
gold president and congress in tn
coming campaign. He proclaime'
himself as willing to rise above par
tisanship and fight it out Oh the grea
battlefield OF principle.
Referring to himself, he said b
was in the hands of the people.
they chose to nominate him agains
Chester Long, all we'll and good. L
conclusion he expressed the intentio
Of again speaking TO the people q
Sumner county, and said he would il
vite Chester l. to share the platfOrI
and explain the faith that is 10 hin
Adjudged Insane.
Thomas Crimble Of Geuda Spring