Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-11-22


above board for the nnion Of BE
formers, and does not propose t
wait one minute for the consent Q
any "leader" before shouting thi
fact from the housetops. The pee
pie have been "leadered" to death
until now after years of fighting sn'
paying out tens of thousands Of dol
lars for campaign expenses. the.
end they have simply been neutraliz
ing each others efforts and doing
mighty little good for themselves O.
the country. Every time a unioI
has been proposed. some "leader'
Ia esoh of the Reform parties hai
hurrisdly jumped to his feet ant
explained why 1T couldn't he done,
This sort of business the people are
getting thoroughly tired OF. and
there is going to be union, leaders
or no leaders. lf the leaders dom
like it and it CRATES too much on
their glorious principles. they eau
flock alone and lead themselves. ~
Grander Age.
In congress and out you will hear
it argued that the change to gold
standard and the making of money
dearer by the appreciated Of its
purchasing power hasn't hurt labor;
and indeed you will often hear it
claimed that the laborer's wages have
been increasing right along. A
prophet of the cause Of gold was
talking along this line in Chicago
the other day, when All lrishmsn,
who had been listening to him
awhile, said:
"Mister, in 1873 l was a section
hand on the railroad, and | got 81. sc
. day. had a little cottage, . good
home out here in the suburbs, where
Sally and the babies were happy,
and saved 90 a week out OF my
wages over living. and paid it on
our home. Now debt has taken our
home and am getting IS cents a
day; aud if you will tell me how l
can save So week on IS cents .
day, I'll give you the floor. Star
and Kanssn.
Yes, it rained, and many Populists
did not vote who fully intended to
do so, but some were surely indif
fsrent. Perhaps the greatest factor
| in bringing this about is reading
opposition literature. Tue Republi
cSp press is full of misrepresents
lions Of Populist principles aud OF
| 6cisls. We are not SO narrow as t6
wish Populists TO read only Populis
papers, but do not believe they
] should read opposition papers to thu
exclusion of their own. Nor would
we specially seek to present thu
claims of this paper. There are hun
dreds Of reform papers worthy o
your support.-Industrial Advocate
The Republican victories in Ken
tucky and Maryland are oul!
evidences of what the Express ha
repeatedly stated. Grover Cleve
land promised the Wall Street man
lipulators in 1892 that lie would 8,
conduct affairs that Dem ,craeywoul'
be dsnloralized, aud every possibi
effort would b, made TO insure
Republican victory in 1896. lie j
doing his part and doing it TO pei
lection. What the old party pres
are pleased TO call a Republican
landslide was in fact only the sulle
protest of dissatisfied voters win
stayed at home. Chicago Express
], Secretary Of State Billy Edward
Ia, q gone to Chicago again to boor
bis Auditorium meeting.-Stat
Journal.
Yes, and Sam Howe is Look a
ter his mining interests il Colorado
and Morrill, is looking after hi
banking interests ia Leaveworth.
the dear people do not think the r,
deemers regard public Office as
, private snap. they have not size
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