Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-10
NOTES AND COMMENT.
What the People Arc Thinking. Saying,
and Doing.

What the People Are Thinking, saying
and Doing.
"Mr. ]. Pierpont Morgan and his syn
dictate constitute gold ring In no es-
sential respect different from the Fisk
Gould ring under Grant. Why should
President Cleveland give such specula-
tors the confidence and support of his
administration ?"-Naw York World.
That's easy: because he's bird of the
same feather. A great many hard
things have been said against Gen.
Grant-we've said some Of them-but
with all his inclination to Nepotism,
and his propensity to accept presents
ranging all the way from bull pups to
cottages on the sea shore, Grant was
saint when compared with Cleveland.
He possessed the merit Of patriotism
and downed the Fisk and Gould con-
spiracy without ceremony.
Republican record in congress Febru-
airy IA, 1896: For silver. "a; against
silver. 1874. majority OF republicans
voted to repeal the Sherman silver pur-
chasing law. 1t was republican con-
gress that demonetized silver In 1873.
1t was republican administration that
first gave to the bankers and brokers
the option to demand gold for obliga-
tions that were by law payable in coin.
The republican party Is gold stand
ard party without the courage to say
so. Its platforms mean anything and
nothing. The democratic party is
mere ,mitator Of the republican party
and its financial policy.
The first telegraph line ever con-
structed in this country was owned and
operated by the government (from 1874
to 1S4O and when 1t was turned over to
a private corporation the great Wing
statesman, Henry Clay, and the demo-
cratic postmaster general. entered a
vigorous protest against 1t. A major
ity Of the nations of the world own their
telegraph lines and the cost Of sending
a message Is usually less than half Of
what 1t Is in the United States. Gov
eminent ownership Of the telegraph
lines is one of the demands of the
Omaha platform which I'VE can recall"
with great deal Of pleasure. 1t is one
on which the people should instruct
their delegates to the st. Louis con-
vention.
1.-THE French are said to have in
vested $500. 000, 900 In the South African
gold mines and much larger amount
in Russian stocks and Spanish bonds.
The payment Of the German war indem-
nifty and the Panama canal losses ap-
pear to have made very little impress
sion on French wealth. Globe Demo-
crat.
Yes, in France they do things quite
different from what they do in the
United States. In France they have a
money circulation of over $50 per cap
tia, and most Of 1t is in circulation. In
France they don't permit lot OF gold
thieves to raid the treasury to get gold
to export to other countries. In
France, when a president and his cabi-
met or ministry get Out OIL llue Win tno
people they have enough patriotism
and good sense to resign at once. But
this government is run, evidently, for
the sole benefit Of the gold thieves and
the politicians.
"A New York court has just given
John Coughlin six cents damages Tor
the killing OF his two-year-old daugh-
ter by street car. Six cents for two
year-old white children! Black babies
forty years ago would bring $500. Six
cents for two-year-old white babies!
For all the love a mother and father
could give. For all the pains and care
and cost Six cents for white babies! |
Who will furnish them for less? Cents
are cents these days, but children are
plentiful. Dollars are no longer dear, |
but cents are dear. Great God, how |
long will people grovel at the feet of
corrupt courts AID judicial gamblers
and legislative robbers and sell their
babies at six cents per head? Knock