The times., 1898-02-23
WOULD 4 MILLIONAIRE Be
These Sentiments are Expressed
By Hon. Jerry Simpson.
HIS REPLY TO MR.. WALKER
The Kansas Man Tells the MaSsachu-
setts Congressman That He Be-
lieves That He Conld Lend Respec-
liability to the Wealthy Class-An
Incident OF the House Debate.

During the debate yesterday over the
| sundry civil appropriation bill MIR. Walk
| er of Massachusetts went out of his way
| to inform the House why millionaires
were better qualified than others to be
appointed commissioners TO represent this
| country at the Paris exposition.
Mr.. Jerry Simpson of Kansas denied,
| first. that nlil.ionaires were better than
other people. and then read the bio
graphical sketch in the Congressional di-
rectory which he said Mr. Walker had
written himself. and in which he said of
! himself that he was a member of the
leather firm of the Walker-Oakley Com
pany, and trustee of two banks in Massa-
chusetts.
Mr.. Simpson declared that the leather
which accounted for the solicitude of Mr..
Walker for his friends in other trusts. He
paid due attention to the banking houses
the gentleman from Massachusetts was
connected with. and refuted the PROPOSE
ton OF Mr.. Walker that ii was the mill
ionaires who paid the taxes. and declared
1t was the people who wore the shoes
that were manufactured in Mr.. Walkers
factory.
Mr. Simpson said that when million
aires behaved themselves they We're, pos
sibly. as good as other people and ad-
ded:
Il am not millionaire 0aughterl, but
L would like to be (great laughtert, 1 do
not believe in hypocrisy, and l frankly
say 1 would like to be one. but the best
evidence in the world that [ cannot grind
out the lives OF others to become a mil
liOnaire is the fact that | am not one.
DO you think you would be an inn
provement on that class?" inquired Mr..
Perkins of Iowa, with an ill-concealed
sneer.
Il think, said the Kansas statesman.
with twinkle in his eye, that / would
lend respectability to them tGreat
laughter from both sides of the House.)
After declaring that Mr.. Walker, as
president of hank, filched from the poor
and as a member of the Leather Trust
robbed them, Mr.. Simpson, satisfied with
the gall and wormwood he had scattered,
resumed his seat
Mr.. Walker is a choleric old gentleman
whose most vulnerable point is ridicule.
When he arose to answer Mr. Simpson
his face was as red as a beet. and great
beads OF perspiration decorated his brow
and shining head In voice husky with
emotion he exclaimed that ne had no
connection with the Leather Trust, and
that he was glad of ii because he had been
informed that this particular trust had
lost money Gronical faughterl. He furth-
er declared that during the last twenty
years manufacturers had not made any
profit out of their employees, that the
profit had come from nature and the
inventions in machinery He protested
against cqndemning the bondholders, said
he was tired of hearing that cry, and
| hoped that people who did so much good
to the world would no longer be subject
| ed to such criticisms as Mr.. Simpson had
| made. e-s.-a
What have you done?" inquired Mr.
| Gaines, of Tennessee.
What have l done?" cried Mr. Walker
and then becoming speechless for mo-
ment he looked at the young man from
Nashville. Finding his voice and plenty
of ginger in it, the choleric old gentleman
exclaimed:
What have / done? / have given
more TO educational institutions in the
South than all Of you on that side put to-
! gether, Pointing to the Democrats, he
added: You have driven me to make
this statement, now hide your heads in
| shame.