Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-11-04

must repeal 1t.
This is the rule Of the majority
one more than half. 1t is Demo
cracy and it is right and | am
for it. (FrOm speech of Geo. A.
.Neeley at Liberal
-Four years ago your congress
man promised you if elected that
he would secure the election of
United States senator's by the
direct vote of the people. You ha
confidence in his promises and
sent him to Washington as your
representative. Two years ago
he came back to you and you ask
ed him if he had secured the elec-
ton Of United States senators
by direct vote of the people and
he said "NO." You then asked
him if he had made any speeches
for it and he answered "NO;" if
he had made any fight for it
and he answered "NO;" if he ha
made any motions for it and he
answered ono" But he has
told you if you would send him
back for two years more, that
he would do something to secure
that result. Having confidence
in him you sent him back with
a handsome majority.
He comes back to you again
this Fall and you ask him if he
had secured the election of
United States senator's by direct
vote of the people and he am
swered mo-" you then asked if
he had made any speeches for
it and he answered "NO;" you
then asked if he had made any
motions for it and he answered
mo-" if he had a fight for it
md he answered "NO;" then you
asked him if President Taft was
in favor Of it and he said, ooh,
yeS;" in his letter Of acceptance
he said that he was in favor of
it. Then you wanted to know
if the lower house was Republi-
can and he answered "Yes;" by
a majority Of AZ was the senate
Republican, overwhelmingly.
Then Mr.. Madison, if you are
such an influential member of
congress and wanted to do some
thing for your constituents, why
didn't you secure that result, or
at least make a fight for it?And
he answered, 81 don't know, but
Ill tell you what l will do, if
you'll give me two years more,
honest I'll do something the next
TIM"
There ism a man in this audi
ence but knows that this is true,
yet you are asked to line up for
a man who has been your rep
reSentative four years without
making a single speech or leadin
any fight to accomplish the re-
suits desired by you. (FrOm Geo
A. Neeley's speech at Larned.) J
If one Of you employ me to
wOFk for you and within two or
three days you come to my Of
flee and make inquiry as to what
| have done, and find that |
have done nothing, you pay me
off and discharge me, but if YOU
hire your congressman, he can
so to bed the next day after he
is elected and sleep the entire
two years and get 81, 800 per yea
for ii, and goodness knows there
are three hundred of them that
have been asleep for years. They
have not been in bed all of the
time, but you would have been
better off had they been there.
| telieve in cutting off the
horde Of useless officials who art
parasites upon the body polite
cutting out every graft and re
ducntg the expenses OF the admin
iStra.lOn of affairs so that every
emplOye will give a dollar of ser
vice for every dollar Of pay.
Tie Republican party in tn,
last campaign pledged that it
policy would be one of retrench
ment, yet there was $l4,OOO,OO'
more appropriated for salaries o
i. public officials by the last con
greSs than ever before in tn
history of the country and 80.
600 more pap-suckers hanging o,
4bo ,,,1l,a 4ooA w. -o-o.-.,.