People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-07-09

standing in the party,
An organization Of free silver
Republicans has been effected at
Topeka. No one is admitted TO
membership who is not, or has not
formerly been a Republican. Pop
ulists and Democrats are not eligi-
bic. The Journal reports that the
membership already exceeds $50.
Their declaration amounts to a bolt
and reads as follows:
"We believe that the Republican
party was right when it declared in
its national platform Of 1888 that the
Republican party is in favor Of the
use Of both silver and gold as money
and condemns the policy of the Dem
ocratic administration in its efforts
to den0netize silver.
"We believe that the Republican
party was right when in 1892 il de-
clared that "The American people
from tradition and interest favor OIL
metallism and the Republican party
demands the use of both gold and sill
yer as standard mo0ey.
"We believe that the Req ublicans
of Kansas have been right in declar-
ing for the free coinage Of silver.
1--WE believe that we'll remunerated
American labor constitutes the best
market for the American farmers and
in addition to the market Of the east
he should have a market among an
army of people employed in the sill
yer industry in the west.
"We believe that we need more
money with which to do the business
iDI this country, and that for this pur-
p Ise it is mole convenient and more
patriotic to create demand and a
market for the silver of America
rather than the gold Of the British
empire.
"We are therefore in favor OF the
free coinage Of both gold and silver
at the ratio Of l to Is and that with
cnt asking the permission Of any
other nation on the globe.
ION these propositions we dissent
from the Republican platform OF 1896
and adopt this preamble and consti-
tuition for the purpose OF disseminate
ing the foregoing principles.
The publication by the VOICE two
weeks ago Of that Romance Of a
carpet" created great deal Of com.
ment at Topeka. The Kansas City
Times representative went to the
gentlemen, and asked them if they
had anything to say. They fixed
up story that they had arranged
with Geo. Sells chief clerk in the
Secretary'S office for the carpet and
were to pay for it when the execu-
tive council named a price. Sells
has been dead for several weeks and
Of course dead men tell no tales. In
the mean time the other carpet has
not been found and no slip or entry
has turned up in the Auditors office
representing it-and Thompson,
Perry and BORN still hold their Jobs.
The Topeka Co.Operator seems
to be hot on the trail Of the missing
furniture which the Voice mention.
ed also. 1t said Thursday last:
"We find that about the time the
carpet disappeared from the State
house, articles of furniture also left
the Capitol building. A load Of such
furniture left the Capitol after dark.
Where did it 60?
About that time q resident OF Lyons
Rice county, is said to have been In
Topeka. The light was turned on
and now comes the following state
ment from a resident Of that county
sent to this paper under date Of the
30th ult.
81 see in your paper that they have
found part OF the carpet, but there
is more gone yet, Now think / can
put you on the track Of some carpet
and furniture. A man In Lyons, this
county, was down to Topeka and
bought a lot Of second hand Brussels
and lot Of furniture some time ago.
| think it will pay to inspect him.
He is one Of the big Republican
guns"
Now il this man has bought carpet
and furniture from the state, who
sold it to him and did the state get
the money and do the books show
such cash received? We make no
charges against him, but we do
charge that both carpet and furni-
ture have been stolen from the State
house and that the state officers and
their employees stole it, sold it, and
received the proceeds and appropriate
ed the same to their own use.
This is pretty tough charge to
make against Republican admins
tration. Of course nothing would
be surprising if the Pops were in
in power.
TOWNSHIP PRIMARIES.