Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-12-25
GARNETr, KANSAS, DECEMBER IS, 1896.

benevolent; man SO forgiving. No man
died more ignomnious death No man had
so wonderful and authenticated resurrec-
ton
In Jesus name, only, have men built hos
pitals and founded charitable institutions. In
Jesus name only, have men taught, believed
and practiced that man-should love his fellow
man as himself. In Jesus name, only. have
men sought on. the poor and lriendless, the
sick and the imm ,ral, and fed, clothed healed
and reclaimed. And ye how poor and mean
a,e our eds b, side our ideal-or, if YOU
please, our God.
"Peace on Earth; Good Will to Men, meant
so much for man that the morning stars sang
together for joy; and yet we are far from the
goal Men MURDER steal and oppress the poor,
and grind the III tsses into the dust, or 90 to
war and slaughter the choice young men OF the
cities and farms, and, in wanton waste, destroy
the substance of the earth. Still, steadily we
move on and UPON to higher destiny and
mp past the morning stars, which will again
sing for joy; up t. the "Man Jesus; up to God.
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLES PARTY.
The most prosperous times we ever had was
when we had neither gold or silver in circula-
ton. During the years of greenback circula-
ton, the brain power of all the people, all the
mental faculties, all the genius and invention of
man were more fully developed than at any
other period in the history of our country.
Our greenback money was the life blood of our
nation, doing all and ten times more than gold
ever could have dose 1t gave more life ard
energy to the great masses Of the people than
was ever witnessed before, since the Declara-
ton of independence. 1t brought the sun-
shine and happiness to the poor mans door,
and every intelligent, thinking man in this ma
ton felt and realized that he was living i'll all
age of light and knowledgc-an age i'll which
science and the arts were IN lrchng onward wi h
degree of civilization and boast of our national
independence until the old fogy notion of using
gold and silver as money shall be discontinued.
We need another name Tor onr party 1t
was the old Whig party that fought the Revo-
utionary war and gave us our independence.
Come, let us again unite unde. that same old
banner, and rally all our forces under the old
Whig party of 1876, and make fight for
pure fiat paper money, without the use of the
metals as money, and stop all this confounded
racket about the gold standard and the free
coinage of silver.
We have progressed i'll science and in the
arts. We have improved our machinery in all
our agricultural pursuits and in all indus
tries i'll every department of life, but we have
failed to maintain our national independence
because we have failed to improve our system
Of money. We are slaves to the money kings.
Industrial slavery is being riveted upon lis as
it has been done i'll the British doninions. In
a republican government the maj ,rity of the
p .ople must rule. If ours is republic, the
same flag that protects the rich MN will also
protect tine poor man. The poor mn who is
without a dollar III the world, if he has an hon
est heart, is entitled to just as much respect and
as the man who has millions of i'll
gotten wealth.
Now, let us demand in Our platform fifty dol
lars per capita of government plper money,
made full legal tender for all d-bts, public
nd private; then, if the metals are used as
money, every dollar of it will be as sound as
the bank of Venice. AS long as this government