Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-27

Carolina, got the moor IN Ine beuatc ~
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 Anglo-Saxon, tho language OF
the common people, for no was one OF
them. He spoke bitterly OF the essay
reading indulged in by senator's, charg-
Ing that that body was not the dellbera-
tiya body that 1t was intended 1t should
be by the fathers who framed the con-
stltuLion. How much" he said, "ot
this so-called senatorial dignity OF
which We hear so much and see 80
much is worthy OF preservation? 1t
hangs over this chamber like wet
blanket; 1t smothers down independ-
emit action; It Obllterates the man and
we are here the puppets, the cogs In
the wheel Of party, to do the bidding
Of the manipulators Of the party ma
chimes. (Applause)
Speeches here change no votes.
There is not man on this floor who
on any question affecting his party has
ever been budged one inch from his po-
sltion by speech from man on the
other side. l have a higher conception
Of my duty than to feel or believe that
South Cardinals interests alone arc in
my keeping. I am an American SEN
ator. I have one vote out Of ninety
which deal with the lives and liberties
and property OF the people Of this
country. E,
80 far as l know I am the only
farmer pure and simple in this august
body. Yet out of the 100000 people
in this country, 100000 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
torrance to the sense Of wrong they
have. Therefore, Mr.. President, feel
constrained to-day to raise my voice to
y
will realize tho fact that speak plainly
and bluntly and use Anglo-Saxon, the
vernacular, the language Of the COM
mon people, for 1 am one Of them, and
l expect to tell you how they feel and
what they think and what they want.
1.-THE senator from Ohio (Mr. Sher-
mani said the other day that the ques-
ton of the free coinage OF silver is old
straw, that 1t has been thraShed and
thrashed and thrashed; that thsre is
nothing new in it. It has been thrashed,
sir, by lawyers; it has been thrashed
by railroad magnates; 1t has been
thrashed by the president of this cor
poration and the attorney Of that cor
poratlon. II has not yet been handled
on the pitchforl1 Of the farmer. am
here to see il cannot got few grains
moro Of truth IN tho straw, therefore
ths smile OF the statement Is good.
They use pitchforks to handle manure,
and perhaps shall fnd some Of that
in my pathway before get through"
Speaking Of Cleveland and Sherman,
no said: Tn what respect CO they
differ? Mr.. ahernan wants coin bonds.
Mr. Cleveland wants gold bonds. Mr..
Sherman wants a higher tariff. Mr..
Cleveland wants the present tariff.
Mr.. Sherman, ms a means Of relief to
stop the endless chain, which Is a pat
ent continuance, With thieves at one
end and dishonest officials at the other
to rob the American people, wants to
keep the redeemed greenbacks In the |
treasury so no one can get them to raid
the treasury while the president saws
the only refuge he Iees is to redeem. to |
blot out and Issue Sonds In place of |
every solitary piece OF paper that cir
culates without interest. And both OF
them rneaa contraction. lower prices
harder times"
He referred to the present derange-
ment OF our finances as a "damnable
scheme Of robbery" which had for ira
object the destruction Of silver the in
crease Of the debt and the surrender
to corporations Of the power to Issue
money and give TO them a monopoly of
that function. He called attention IN
the TACT that the election of a presl-
dent who would veto a silver bill IN
the comiHN campaign means continued
disaster to our Industries and Increased
poverty to the masses of the people.
Speaking OF the last camnaign bo
said; III the sacret history of the year
1892 snail ever be written It will dis
close the fact which cannot be proven
now, but Of which have not the slight
est doubt, that the gold ring Of New
York, which embraces nearly all of the
bankers in the eastern and middle
states and the stock gamblers Of wall
street controlled the presidential nom
mauonS OF both the democratic and