Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-09-27
NO. 1e.
WHERE ARE WE AT?

Now let us stop a moment, take an inventory
of ourselves and see ''where we are at" There's
a whole lot of us houndering around like
flock without leader and pulling more or less
at cross purposes. Our hearts are together, and
very much need to get our heads in the
same desirable position.
For instance, we have a certain New York
paper Jumping onto and criticisng the Tribune
almost every week because it claims that con-
tracted volume of currency is one of the prime
causes of our disjointed condition.
Then we have another one or more exchanges
saying that free coinage of silver is remedy,
and advising reformers to have nothing to do
with that ISSUE and to make the fight for
greenbacks pure and simple.
Then we have others saying the only way is
to drop everything but the silver question.
Still others are contending against socialism
or anything that smells of it.
Some say Coxey's bond scheme is side
tracker, and will injure the cause.
A few there are who berate the single-taxe
and say they can't ride on the Populist band
wagon.
Many think we must hold TO every feature of
the Omaha platform and be careful not to add
single or q.
And others say let's all get together on one
plank, the Initiative and Referendum OH which
all can agree, and march to victory
Now, we are all in accord on one thing; that
we are in a TERRIBLE fix; that horde of idle,
useless, lazy parasites, of this and foreign
lands, are pilfering us of eight-tenths of our
products, and so staggering industry that mil
lions are stranded without the means of live
lihood; that those who have a chance to toll
are not permitted the privilege of enjoying the
fruits thereof that we have not government
of for and by the people, but one Of, for and
by few thieving dictators, and what we all
want is to convert this oligarchy into govern
ment wherein there will be equal and exact
justice to all, and special privileges to none.
If we all get together, we should do, we
can accomplish our desires.
If we continue to fuss and quibble among
ourselves as to insignificant technicaities and
details, we will not be able to get together, and
will never accomplish any reforms, but will go
on being robbed plundered and starved until,
like several former nations, we will go down in
a bloody revolution, maybe to rise no more for
generations.
This is time when good, patriotic judgment
is needed. Our nation, our welfare, our liber-
ties, our lives are at stake and in great jeop-
ardy. We must rise to the occasion and save
the wreck. How can we do it?
Why, by simply getting together.
All Populsts, all single-taXers, all socialists,
all Coxeyites, most all Prohibitonists, nearly
all free-silverites and all producers and workers
are or should be, anti-lnonopolists, anti-pluto-
Gratis, anti-usurers.
These, combined, compose large majority
Of the voters of America Together they could
control the government TO their own liking.
They should get together.
BY droppine hobbies and details they
10 it.
Let them resolve to do so. 1t is not now so
much a question of what measures are to be
as it is to wrench the power of
government from those who would enslave us.
Let us, 10, 900, 900 of us, join hands, as anti
and vote for freedom, justice and
right, and then peacefully and quietly settle
among ourselves what shall be done after we
have the power TO do.
If we, through prejudice and other divisive
strifes, cannot unite the Omaha platform,
then let us simply declare for democratic
government, pure and simple, set up for our
banner, around which to rally, the Initiative
and Referendum, and march on to victory
Farmers Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa.