The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-17
CRY OF HEUNDER HALF
Jerry Simpson Comments On
Calderhead's Exciting Speech
Says CalderheadNever Admitted
There Was an Under Half
Until He Was Beaten for Congress
How His Words Are Taken in
His District.

When Congressman-e ELECT Jerry Sinp-
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 mistaken" asked Sinp-
son, doubtfully. You don't mean the
gold bug Calderhead, do you?"
Upon being handed a StateN Journal
containing a report of the speech he
appeared greatly interested and read
half aloud the opening words quoted
from the speech:
1.-The whole United States is in con-
dition of unrest"
This is just what I have been tell
ing the people and they called me ca
lanlity bowler" Then he continued to
read: THE under half of the country
believes that it is injured" CThen
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
it, and more, it knows that it is not
mistaken.)
They believe it to such an extent
that large areas of the country need
nothing but a leader of ability to give
as an instruction. That is the truth,
and that is the political storm that
will follow any attempt, direct or 1nd1-
rect, to incorporate the men named here
into a private bank with a capital of
millions of dollars, and the plea that it
IS done for the benefit of international
commerce will not answer that mob
for it is a nnob-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. >"
Mr.. Simpson laid down the paper and
said: Mr. Calderhead has known
h0c no And -fi 6n
to vote to perpetuate such condi-
ton. 1 should think he would be
ashamed to say so. Perhaps he has
only found this out since he was de-
feated. He would probably never have
seen this condition if the people of his
district had not repudiated him. 1t
takes a defeat sometimes to open a
mans eyes. am glad that Calder
head 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 1t a
mob? I am afraid 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.. Ca1derhead
that he honored men who had risen by
their genius to become wealthy, he
again laid aside the paper, and said
somewhat more forcibly and with half
a sheer: Yes, they call it genius. Be
cause a man is able to manipulate leg
islation so that he may get more than
his share of money, they call that gen
JUS. In olden times they called it
robbery, but now, in the light Of our
civilization, 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 a few men who are able to do
what they please. Mr.. Calderhead is
awakening to the condition of things,
but he has waited a long time to raise
his voice.