Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-28

then and there be nominated. The main OBJ
ject of this platform was to cut out from the
Omaha platform all the "islns and lunacles
which now prevent ''b-metallists' from sup
porting the Peoples party, altough that party
is conceded to favor the free coinage OF silver.
To get at the inside of the Jones silver plat
form, it must be considered in connection with
the Omaha PLATFORM which it was designed to
supplant Senator Jones carefully eliminated
from the financial plank of the Omaha platform
that clause which demands the abolition OF
private and corporate banks of issue; also the
clauses which provide that government treas
urv notes shall be loaned directly to the people
on real estate or other security, or be paid out
by the government for national improvements.
Whatever construction the language OF the
Jones platform might otherwise BEAR we have
a right to assume that his platform is opposed
to the abolition of private and corporate banks
of issue, or to government loans directly to the
people, or to the payment of treasury notes tor
public improvements. Senator Jones, IN his
platform, has not only omitted the means spec
fled in the Omaha platform, but he has pro-
his government currency. We have therefore,
the further right to assume that no other means
are intended than the present national bank
system substantially as provided tor III the late
national Democratic platform. Indeed, ma
tional bank bill now receivable for United
States taxes, and in one sense a government
issue, if made legal tender (and to this,
tiona bankers will not obect), or state bank
bill on the Baltimore plan, redeemabe by the
government, if made legal tender, would fill
the bill of Senator Jones government currency,
notwithstanding such national bank and state
bank bills would also be the promssory notes
of the banker, and, therefore, yielding him in
terest on his debts.
This rotten principle of not only our present
financial system, but the financial system of
the world, is making milionaires and paupets
faster than any and all other causes combined,
and its destruction is thousand times more
important than the free coinage of silver, but
is designedly ignored by Senator Jones, al
though it is only by the resurrection of the
principles of Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln as
to the abolition of private and corporate banks
of issue, that our national liberties can be pre-
served.
THE JONES PLATFORM DISHONEST.
On this great financial question, the people
ask bread, and Senator Jones gives them
stone There is all elaborate attempt in his
platform, by the use of ambiguous language,
to induce 'greenbackers" to support, as in
harmony with the principles, all organization
Just as hostile to the actual circulation of the
lepal-tender note, and the abolition of private
and corporate banks of issue, as is either of
the two old parties. Senator Jones has an in
dividual right to take the Omaha platform to
pieces and make another to suit himself, but,
in making this platform, he was speaking for
the fusion party, if one shall be found, and in
Justice he was bound to state the issues fairly
and plainly, so that those whose diverse views
his platform is all attempt to reconcile may, at
the least understand the plan of reconciliation.
SILVER THE SOLE ISSUE.
Senator Jones knows full we'll that, with the
"bi-metallists" silver is the sole issue, and
that if the Democratic party can be forced to
adopt silver plank, or if any considerable
portion of that party can be induced to bolt a
eold-bug nomination, the silver party will 90
over in a body to the free-coinage Democrats
Should either of the old parties adopt silver
plank in the national platform, not corporal's