People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13
chester LONGS RECORD
His Most Brilliant Achievements We're
Voting Against Democrats and Dodg-
ing Pension Measures.
WAS OPPOSED 70 BATTLESHIpS.
On All Occasions He Supported Corpora
tions-A Few Extracts from the
Records Of Congress.

The somewhat noted slogan
"Charge, Chester, Charge" in tn,
campaign Of Mr.. Chester |. Long, i.
not without its significance at thi,
time. The people of his dis,rlc.
are warming up politically, and they
are charging him with more thing
than he possibly r:lishes.
They are charging him, while in
congress, with voting to throw GU
members without a hearing. See
Congressional Record, page PIG.
They are charging him with vot
ing for the Dingley Emergency Bill
See page 327.
He voted to help Boss Reed stiat
legislation. He voted to take away
from committee on coinage, weight,
and measures and banking ant
currency the privilege to report at
any time, thus putting in the handt
OF small clique controlled by Gar
Reed, the power to control legisla-
ton in favor Of the single gold
standard; page 574.
He voted against equal rights for
silver and in favor of the gold stand.
ard; page 1885.
He lodged and did not vote on
House Bill No. 5474, which would
have given the government an op-
portunity to have recovered from
the railroads by suit large quantities
of land, now illegally held by them;
page 1889.
He voted-to unseat John Tarsney
of Kansas City, the greatest outrage
of his political career; page 23Ol.
He voted against recognizing Gu
ban belligerency; page 1850.
He voted to unseat Congressman
Robbins; page $500.
He voted against action to take
up pension claims; page $500.
He voted to sustain the gold stand
ard; page 1888.
He voted to censure Ambassador
Bayard; page 1904.
He again voted denying Cuba the
right Of recognition; page 1923.
He voted to unseat Congressman
Cobb; page 1913.
He voted against Case Broderick's
substitute to the bankruptcy bill;
page 4759.
He voted against appropriation for
batlleships for the navy; page 1856.
On May 7, 1896, he voted to non.
concur, and thereby cut out all
chance for pension legislation.
He voted May Z, 1896, page 1898,
to give each member an annual
clerk, thereby saddling larger bur-
den on the taxpayers, and involving
large expense on the people.
He voted to unseat Congressman
Stokes; page 1914.
He voted TO unseat Congressman
Walsh; page 6O2l.
He voted to unseat Congressman
Elliott; page Gill.
He voted to unseat Congressman
Loekhart; page 6l67.
He voted to unseat Congressman
Downing; page 6l74.
He voted to unseat Congressman
Underwood.
He voted, on page 1874, favoring
the consideration Of the Loud bill,
which is a measure aimed at the
country newspaper, and contemplate
ed greater burden on the weekly
paper, thus limiting the circulation
Of the poor mans newspaper.
He was absent, see page SOB, at a
call of the house to secure quorum
for the consideration Of pensions to
soldiers OF the civil war.
On the consideration of the Pa.
cifc Railroad Funding Bill, pages
6SS and $50, he voted aye, although
the bill was lost.
He lodged the oleomargarine bill;
see page us.
He voted favoring the unseating
of Congressman Tucker; page 1889.
He voted to incorporate the
Washington and Gettysburg Rail-
road, allowing corporation mo-
oply over the sacred ground where
freedoms sons gave up their lives
that the union might be preserved;
page 1858.
He voted to unseat Mr.. Kendall
of Kentucky; page 1882.
He lodged when the bill was un.
der consideration to pay the men,
bers Of the ifty.third congress back
salaries that had been withheld for
non-attendance; page gill.
He voted to increase the circula-
ton of the national banks; page
1886.
He voted in favor Of sending a
commission to Europe to secure an
international agreement on the free