Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-25
THE PEOPLES PRESS.

houses over Uno country. Lave you
heard of any bondholders going to poor
houses of late observation-disclosures.
The men who wrote and signed the
Declaration of Independence were con-
sidered cranks IN their day because
they favored popular government
Peoples Paper, Windfall, Ind.
Democrats are to remember that they
are to Withhold their opinions, if they
have any, on the currency question, I'M
the democratic national convention
meets. All good democrats are sup.
posed TO obey this mandate.
Behind the great deficit of the Phila-
delphia city treasury there turns out to
be national bank fraud. But then the
nationalol bank swindlers have nearly
had their day. The curtain will soon
be rung down on them.-Plow Share
and Pruning Hook.
up every greenback; to enslave the
people. Now let peoples congress
send out legal tender greenback to
swallow up every United States bond
and set the people free.-Custer county
(Nebr.) Beacon.
One of the greatest causes OF the
farmers and laDorers' distress is that
they stick closer to the nominees OF the
old parties than they do to their own
.avocations; their work is neglected,
and their farms grow up in briars and
bushes. kentucky Wheel.
It is poor commentary on the intel
ligence of our public men, and of the
residents of cities that they cannot COM
prehend that the alliance measures are
as much for the cities as for the coun-
try. Legislation for the farm Is legis-
lation for the city.-Red Oak, Iowa,
Progress.
If all the anarchists in this country
were hung, as they should be if there
is law to authorize it, the old parties
would fall short many votes, while not
q peoples party man would stretch
hemp. You fellows who are charging
the farmers with being anarchists, chaw
on this fact awhile.-MO. World.
The essential difference between the
national bank system and the sub-treas-
ury is that under the former less than
5000 people enjoy special privilege of
distributing the peoples money to the
people, and of taxing the people for
this service all they can wiring from
them. Under the sub-treasury plan of
distribution this privilege will be ex-
tended to some 63,00O,0O0 people, and
the distribution will be made at COST
Cotton Plant, Orangeburg, S. G.
The M. K. & T. railway. under the
skillful control of Jay Gould, could not
pay its debts, so Uncle Sam took charge
of it for couple of years, paid off the
debts, paid big salaries to two receivers,
lots of court expenses, and has just turn
ed it over to its owners in tip top shape.
And yet they tell us the government
cannot run railroads. During the war
the government built and operated
many railroads with the greatest sue
cess. -Jeffersonion.
The government can guarantee loans
for railroad corporations and pay the in
terest besides; it can loan it's credit to
national banks and furnish them money
without interest; it can take the liquid
damnation of the distiller. issue deposit
checks for what his trust says it is
worth, and give him time on his taxes;
but to issue warehouse certificates on
the farmers corn or cotton would be
constitutional Western Advocate,
MankatO, Kan.
Reform never comes through old
party legislation. 1t is not in the his
Tory of parties. Political parties are
bornd to develope a principle. When
that principle receives recognition and
legislative endorsement, the par ty Is at
its meridian of usefulness. After be-
coming strong and powerful it becomes
tyrannOus and oppressive. Then new
principle is evolved, a name is given it
and new party is formed TO engraft
the DrinciDle into Statute and cOnpres-
siOnal law.-Leader, Belmont, New
York.
Those people who pretend to oppose