People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-09-08
Jerry Simpsons War Record.

Jerry Simpsons War Record.
The boldness of Republican
mendacity this year surpasses under
standing. 1t can be accounted for in
no other way than that the hope Of
success is so remote as to produce
desperation. This is especially 50
as regards the case of Chester l.
Long. 1t will require something
very forceful TO induce the thous-
ands of disaffected Republicans in
the district to pocket their insults
and vote for Mr.. Long again, hence
il they can make the deception stick
that Jerry Simpson actually opposed
the Cuban war they hope to be able
to line up some of the fellows upon
whom Mr.. Long has heaped his in
suits in favor of Chester the beautiful
and the "slick," again.
The Kansas City Journal is made
use of as the bell-wether in this
enterprise and all the little post.
office sheets throughout the Seventh
district utter their "ki-yi's" in
harmony as soon as the bell.wether
bleats.
tbs not difficult to show to any
man, who is reasonable enough
to desire the truth, the utter
falslty of such claims and incidentally
to reveal the boldness of their men
dacity, which will fill lovers of truth
and fair play with disgust and drive
thousands to Mr.. Simpsons support
who perhaps felt inclined against
him.
In a recent editorial the Kansas
City Journal said:
Jerry Simpson can stand befor. an
audience and utter a premeditated
falsehoOd with GOODNESS and
calmnes. that simply Is astonishing,
Al his Hutchinson meeting he used
this language: II wish to saw to Won
fellow citizens, that | voted for eyery
war measure without single excen.
llon'" Now, here is the record OF Mr.
Simpsons war votes, as taken from
the Congressional Record.
We desire to take each citation up
separately; Here is the first;
When the fifty million Ammonia.
tion was made for the public defense
Mr.. Simpson was absent, not voting
and not paired. Congressional Rec.
ord, March 5, 1885,
1t is true that Mr.. Simpson was
absent. He was not paired for the
reason that there was no one with
whom he could pair. Mr.. Simpson
was in Kansas on a short trip and
when he found he could not get
back in time to vote on this measure.
took sufficient interest to telegraph
his regrets to his colleague. Mr..
Vincent, and asked him to so an.
nounce to the House. On page
1880 of the Record of March 8, an.
pears the following:
Mr.. VINCENT. Mr.. Speaker, nv
colleague, Mr.. Simpson Of Kansas is
absent. II he were here he weuld
vote AYE" on this measure.
On the same page and the page
preceding there were thirty,three
other announcements of a similar
character, nearly all of the absentees
being Republicans. Was there auv
disposition shown here by Mr.. Simp.
son to oppose the war;
Take the next one:
On the resolution providing for IN.
tsrvention in Cuba, In response 10 the
Presidents message, Mr.. Simpson Was
one OF the nineteen that voted mo ~
congressional Record, April 13, 1898. J
This is the most brazen attempt
at deception in the whole case; this
is the chief sill upon which thew
base their claim for Mr.. Simpsons
opposition to the war. We have
the Record before us. This vote was
on April 10. The resolution which
finally declared war was not passed
until April is. The vote of March
Is was on the house resolution
mo. 23S). 1t stood no show o.