Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-09-14
FROM STACEY'S RIP-SAW.


A. G. Stacey's paper, the Parsons Independ-
ent, should be called the Rip-Saw After read
ing the following selections you'll think so
The Atcfison Champion says "there is no
partisanship in the Grand Army reunions. y
As Lieut.. Gov. Felt has attended many Of these
reunions in company with other Republicans,
and has listened to political speeches delivered
there, he has forgotten The writer attended
the Baxter Springs reunion a few years ago
when the entire list of speakers was composed
of L. U. Humphrey, Bill Higgins, Tim Nc
earthly, and Lew Hanback,. All but Hanback,
were candidates for reelection. Pictures OF
Harrison, Logan and Grant embeished the
walls of the pavilion. The speeches were all
of the most intense partisan nature. Other re-
unions were OF the same character. They
were simply Republican rallies without conceal
ment They are the same this year.
Artz left the Peoples party because it was
too corrupt and joined the Republicans At
wood, Leavenworth's most brilliant lawyer, lett
the Democratic party because it had depart
ed from all its traditions, and joined the Peo-
pies party. We are all willing to make many
such trades.
Morrill, enlisted in the army and acknowledge
ed himself coward and refused commission
in his company, but sought and obtained a
place in the quartermaster department. Lew
cling, though but IS years old, enlisted twice
and was taken out by his parents, and then
joined bridge building company and perform
ed his work in the face of the enemy. Which
should the old soldier respect
In furnishing mental food for the old soldiers
attending the Baxter Springs reunion the COM
mittee very generously provided the following
speakers T. n. Morrill,, Dick Blue, J. J. In
gals, J. R. Burton, Lew Hanback,, Bernard
Kelly, S. S. Kirkpatrick, Jim Troutman and
lin Hallowell. Here was a glorious combina-
nation of old soldiers
And now Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania, is
going to desert the Republicans, and join the
Populists, following the example of Senator
ZONES. And thus we are dying out
"David Overmyer and the Democratic candi-
dates are strictly i'll it ~ Oh Hold lis down
while we laugh In it Yes, i'll the soup so
badly they will never be heard from again i'll
Kansas. The Democrats will not poll 1900
votes in November The leaders never intend
ed they should Overnyer is to be railroad
commissioner if Morrill, is elected. That is all
there is to his campaign.
We are asked by the Republicans to return
that party to power, and thus redeem Kansas.
They would redeem Kansas by displacing re-
spectacle, virtuous girls i'll the state house with
the scum of the earth. They would redeem
Kansas by replacing the present governor with
a man who took from the owners their homes
in northern Kansas after they had been almost
paid for. They would redeem Kansas by
fastening upon it a man who had robbed
his employees and defrauded his creditors
They would redeem Kansas by covering up all
delinquencies of that party in the past Oh,
YES They would redeem Kansas
There cannot be found an old soldier Ill the
Republican state central committee, nor one
emploved in the committees offices. Cy Le-
land and Morrill, have about as much use for
the veterans as they have for the negroes-both
are able to vote Morrill, let old brute Smith,
The Soldiers Home, imprison veterans in a
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