Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-09-28
Party and Party worship.

EDITOR AGlTATOR: sec Wy ehc
current political reports in the metro
politan dailies of Chicago that the
Democratic and Republican octopus
parties are sending out their tenta
Giles all over the country to suck in
the purbllnd partyites, who, for 10
these many years, have kept them
in power to the detriment of the
country. They sing the same old
siren songs, make the same old
promises, "point with pride" as of
yore, declare themselves the embod-
iment of political morality, the
founders and perpetrators OF this
republic, on which they both hold a
political lien, and if either is not
placed in power again, chaos will
come to the country. They both
sing sweet dulcet songs as to the
happy, happy day that will strike
this country when England gives
them (the old parties) leave to re-
monetize silver and go back to the
days of our fathers, prior to 1873,
when the Republican party robbed
the country of one.half its money
standard, and put the gold-bugs in
the saddle The Republican party,
however, forgcts to have its ex-
Founders inform the people how
this steal was perpetrated, and that,
for "a years, that party has taken
no step to redress the wrong done
the American people. 1t is true,
they have in their party platforms
"paltred in double sense, holding
the word of promise to the ear and
breaking it to the hope" but they
have the cheek and audacity of the
regular mountebank to promise now
that they will return to gold and
silver as money in this country, if
England will permit them to do it.
England paid them 100000 in
British sovereigns to demonetize sill
yer in 1878, and now they (the Re-
publicans must have their consent to
90 back to constitutional money IN
this country. That the human mind
can be warped and befuddled to such
an extent as to follow in the wake
of such a party appears to be in
credible.
A party is a medium through
which an aggregation of people try
to carry out correct principles for
the common good of all. When the
medium becomes foul, it is like the
damned spot" on Lady Macbeth's
hand call the waters OF the sea"
would not wipe it out. Therefore,
why will men, otherwise intelligent
and apparently of sound mind,
make god out of one of these par
ties, and fall down and worship it
as the Hotteutot does his household
fetch
Men say: al love my party; |
have always voted with it and
through 1t, and ! can see no wrong
in it," Why do you love your
party? There would be an apology
for you loving your dog, but the
party is a mere entity-a thing OF
the mind-a medium to act through
and when that medium becomes
potent for evil, lays hold of the peo-
ple's money and hands it over to
England and the New York bankers
and Wall street to manipulate, why
should you love-so intensely love
your party as to overlook or con-
done this great wrong? There is
no escaping from the responsibility,
and to further vote with the party
you must necessarily become a par
ticipant in the wrong done the coun-
try
But with the miserable history
that clings to the Republican party,
as the shirt chung to the back OF
of Nessus, party worshipers will be
bound to worship it as the Chinese
worship joss. The only pity is that
the worship was not directed to a
dumb god like Joss, instead Of a
sentient number of voters form
ing a party that may be potent for
evil or good, and worshiping this.
Slowly, but surely, the people are
: Catching on" The "mene, meme
tekel, upharson," translated by
, Daniel on the walls Of Belshazzar's
palace, is being slowly unfolded to
even the rabid Republicans OF to
day, aud Cyrus is at the gates of the
; of the Republican Babylon to carry
(; the sentence out,
From the best Information ! cal
d gather from the Topeka correspond
e ence to the Chicago Times, Banke
Morrill, and his gold-bug ticket arr
e going TO have "hard road to trav
: ell" while his Demo-Republicsr