Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-02-24
SIMPSON ON cALDERHEAD.

In last Wednesday evenings Topeka
Journal was published a short inter-
view with Hon. Jerry Simpson on the
recent utterances of gold bug Calder
head. one of the retiring and recently
defeated congressman of this state. 1t
is as follows and sizes his goldbugship
up about right:
when Congressman elect Jerry Simp-
son OF Medicine Lodge reached Topeka
yesterday he had not heard of the
alarming speech made by Congressman
Calderhead in the committee room of
the house of congress. A friend called
his attention to the reports.
Aren't you mlstaken?" asked Simp-
SOD, doubtfully. You don't mean the
gold bug Calderhead, do your"
Upon being handed State Journal
containing report of the speech he ap-
peared greatly interested and read
half aloud the opening words quoted
from the speech:
1.-The whole United States is IN a con.
dition of unrest"
This is just what have been tell
ing the people and they called me a ca
lamlty bowler" Then he continued to
read: The under half of the country
believes that it is injured" Then
there is an under half. These fellows
would never admit that before.) land
injured largely by the power of aggre-
gated wealth. (Of course it believes 1t,
and more, it knows that it is not mis-
taken.)
''They believe it to such an extent
that large areas of the country need
nothing but leader of ability to give
US an instruction. That IL the truth.
and that is the political storm that Will
follow any attempt, direct or indirect,
TO incorporate the men named here into
a private bank with capital of mill
ions Of dollars, and the plea that it is
done for the benefit of international
commerce will not answer that mob
for it is mob-.which only needs a
commanding general to lead it. If the
leader should happen to have the mill
tary instinct it would mean civil war. u
Mr.. Simpson laid down the paper and
said: Mr.. Calderhead has known
that, has be? And still he continued to
vote to perpetuate such a condition. ]
should think he would be ashamed to
say 80. Perhaps he has only found this
out since he was defeated. He would
probably never have seen this condition
If the people of his district had not re.
pudlated him. It takes defeat some
times to open mans eyes. 1 am glad
that Calderhead has at last found out
the truth, though it is too late for him
to be of much service. He calls the
people who are in this condition a mob
and every act that has been done by Mr.
Calderhead has helped to make the con.
dition what it is. Let me see, is it a
mob? | am afraid l cannot exactly
agree with Mr.. Calderhead about that
but in the main he is right
| When he resumed the paper and read
the statement from Mr.. Calderhead
that he honored men who had risen by
their genius to become wealthy, he
again laid aside the paper, and said
somewhat more farcibly and with hall
a sneer: Yes, they cali it genius. Be.
cause man is able to manipulate leg.
islatlon so that he may get more thar
his share of money, they call that gen.
JUS. In olden times they called it rob
berry, but now, in the light of our civ.
lization. it IS genius. How can he
blame the people for being in condi
ton of unrest when they have seen The
legislation of the country in the hands
of few men who are able to do what
they please. Mr.. Calderhead is awak
ening to the condition of things, but b,
has waited a long time to raise hi.
| voice."