People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-10-21
A Silver Republican Speaks.

you of a promise which may be be-
ginning of being fulfilled. | have
been reading much Of late about the
wonderful wave Of prosperity that is
sweeping over tie cOu0try, more es-
pecially do wehear it 10 Kansas papers
because of the wonderful wheat crop
and the present and prospective price
and this is Mckinley prosperity. l
say ''if The election OF Mckinley was
the cause Of foreign failures let US
keep on electing him provided We
wish to prosper by the misfOrtuneS
and sufferings Of Others The same
causes bring like results. Wheat is
going up because CT foreign demand.
Silver is going down because Of no
demand. When other countries raise a
big crop and Kansas does not and the
home markets went back to less than
the cost Of production we will be rails
ing what they call "Hades." Re-
Gently the soldiers reunion was held
at this place and it reminded me once
more Of our political campaign last
fall. One man asked me if / voted as
| shOt?" answered ii voting for the
prosperity Of our government upon
the principles advocated by our fore
fathers in the Declaration Of indie
pendence, Eyes" And when l said |
stood upon the money question where
Lincoln, Blaine, Logan, Garfield and
all our great men, as well as McKin-
ley. stood three or four years ago, he
did not get angry as did a certain
man in Ryan township last fall when
asking me a similar question, and
who called my Sainted mother names
because / answered him as above, but
he quit talking to me and went to
thinking; that is what a good many
are doing. Suppose there were some
who were elected last fall that proved
themselves unfaithful, there were
some who we're and there are Others
that can be elected who will be. The
principles remain.
Most of the speakers here called US
various names, you know that kind Of
argument is as old as the school boy.
The one most used was anarchist
Estates rights and currency de-
baSers." The platforms upon which
the great Lincoln ran .Or state senator
Of Illinois and for president denouC-
ing the bred Scott decision etc. was
black abolition, but now is called by
some other names when the same
ends are sought. 1t was a judicial
tribunal that tried and convicted
Christ: his doctrine was called the
doctrine of Beelzebub the prince of
the devils. And the court against its
will dome that which was the will Of
the bosses. Preachers are now de-
nOuncing that court thatln apOlitical
sense is 4 sin and shows good cause
for calling any bad name. One poor
old comrade inspired by Kirkpatrick's
speech said he thought every old
soldier who voted for Ridgely or
Bryan ought to lose his pension. II
that is patriotism l want TO spell it
with little p aud call it phOOl.
That man showed neither fraternity
nor charitableneSs only loyalty to bis
onw ignorance. He was like the men
who say they look at the headingOf the
ticket and then "vOta 'er straight,
if he votes for a yaller dog or a Com
anChe indian.
The time is here when we must
question the sincerity OF Free Silver
Republicans, Middle of the Road Popu
lists or Democrats if when the great
objects sought ale 10 the balance, t
divide and cripple the great Ameri-
can issue that is though apparently
as some say dead but living always il
the breasts Of the honest and faith
full.
Mr. WatterSOn said at the Ken.
lucky convention Of The allied Re.
publican and sound money partie
that the silver issue was as dead a
the institution of slavery. | acknOw
ledge that to be true as well as an,
other fact because neither are dead
The silver issue will die first becaus
that question will have TO be settlet
before we are freed from the power o
a gold standard OF which we ar
"slaves" and when a man speaks OF
forty or fifty or a ninety cent dolla
or a deprecated dollar TO any exten
though he be an ex-congresSman a
Long or kirkpatrick, who took a
oath under and to support the con
stitution Of the United States, is
perjurer. Gold or silver dust G
bullion is merchandise; so is wheat
oats, corn or cotton aud all Othe
merchantable products tn be eS
changed for money. And money
nkMn Few al