Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-10-12

EDITOR AGITATOR L nave Deeh
very close student, during my days,
in political "science"-gauging the
trend of political opinion, and the
outcome at the polls. My diagnosis
for Kansas is this: Woman suffrage
will win, Glands down. The Pop
ulists will win on the state and con-
gressional delegation, only three
districts being at all in doubt; but
they must look well to the leglsla
tive districts. A United States
senator is a six.year prize that 1t Is
worse than folly to throw away. What
the Populists should do in Kansas
is to close up their ranks and march
to the polls as the old Roman legions
marched to victory. Time has long
since passed for party chickering's
and personal aggraudizement. The
battle they are fighting is fought
with more imminent Importance TO
the actual condition of the people
than the victories of Concord, Bun
ker I'LL and Yorktown to the Amer
lean republic. There is no differ
ence at all in the conditions. we
were then like Canada is to-day
simply colonies of Great Britain.
The evoke was easy and the burden
was light" then as compared TO the
miserable Plutocracy we are living
under to-day The principal charge
we could bring against Great Britain
was that she undertook to put tax
of one penny q cents) on tea and
instituted stamp tax on the colo
MES, and governed by imported
governors, as in Canada Add to
this the refusal of England to allow
rs representation in parliament while
assuming to tax us, and you have
all our forefathers' grievances.
Now, take all this and make the
greatest possible aggregate out OF 1t
YOU can, and contrast it with the
condition that "machine" politics IN
this country has brought us to, and
we were in the Garden of Eden I'M
der old Mother England as compared
with the condition we are in through
the Vaccinations of designing and
rascally politicians using party me-
diums controlled by Hamiltonian
Plutocrats to reign in this country
instead of King George Ill or
Queen Victoria.
You can't put your finger on one
line of congressional action for the
last thirty years that is strictly in
the interest of the poor man. Not
one law to shield him from seridom
under his employer, yet we have
tome on tome of statutes in the d.
rect interest Of the employer, the
manufacturer the corporation, the
trust. etc-and all this is done I'M
der the specioug and deceptive plea
of protection to American indus
triesn-to American workmen.
To-day, in this city OF Peoria, the
old rotten shibboleth OF the Repub'
lican party is being enunciated as
the winning confidence" card OF
that party. The "bloody Shirt has
been washed and hung up to dry
and the "bloody chasm" has been
filled up. Hence, the party this
wear has to fall back on the ancient
chestnut, protection to American
industries"-a new way to grind
ont Plutocratic millionaires by the
thousand and reduce the common
people to scrfs and mendicants.
OF course, you must take into
account that Cleveland has killed
his throttled it in the inter
cat OF these same Republican Pluto
Gratis that took possession OF con
gress by bribery and corruption in
1878 and demonetized silver, throw
ing TO the winds the parity OF the
two metals that has run unlnter'
rupted for 1000 years, and, at the
dictation of the directors. OF the
Bank of England, enthroned gold
as the single standard of money in
this country, refusing always to
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