Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-03
THE SILVER SECESSION.
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Inc silver revolt will sweep the west between
the missouri and Pacific. You may buy gold
plank IN Dakota and again in Oregon, but Won
can Duy the people; you can't bride the public
III the wide region named from the coast to the
Missouri, from the Rio Grande to the English
line. Silver will sweep all before it. Teller
Will get most of them, but at least Mckinley
mas lost every electoral vote after you leave the
missouri river. They will go to Populists to
democrats, to silver Republicans, but they will
none OF them 60 to Mckinley, that candidate
hand made by Hanna on platform to which
IN his heart of hearts he is false.
Heaven hates coward, and Mckinley has
not been brave. The people are against him
and the gods will not fight on his side Give
the west to silver, California, Oregon, Wash
1ngton, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada. Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Nebraska Kan
sas and Texas. Silver has already conquered
them all. And the south-McKinley cannot
win or hold foot of it. Every former slave
state bar Delaware, will go Democratic There
IS no doubt In national war with the Dem
ocracy tor free silver of such states as Missouri,
Kentucky and Maryland. Even West Virginia
would be hard to hold. Mckinley may kiss
nope goodbye so far as Missouri, Arkansas;
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas,
Virginia and Maryland are involved. He'll get
none of them.
Nonnt up the others, and see if he'd have
enough should he carry them all. He'll be.
made to sup defeat But even were they
enough, faith has hot decided that Mckinley
can carry the others. He can carry Name.
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut, the five New
England states. Reed, the Republican Achil-
les, will sulk in his tent, but his region will go
for Mckinley. Unless split occur at Chicago,
and it we'll may happen, and gold Democrat
do in the east what Teller is doing in the west.
Mckinley will carry New Jersey and Del
aware.
Mckinley is sue, too, of Pennsylvania,
despite the cloud of Cameron and his silver lin
ing, Steve Elkins adept, may steal him West
Virginia, There is streak of solemn Dutch
all through Wisconsin that may save 70 Nc
Kinley that sober commonwealth. For ths
decency OF the thing count Ohio fol- Mckinley,
albeit should the Democrats name Campbell,
Mckinley would be driven to the Ruck eye wall
in a moment. Count all these states for Nc
kinlev. But the qthers Of the mort. Mime.
sofa Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, AND
New York, are debatable fighting ground
Mckinley is not sure OF any OF them. In ting
doctrine of chances, he's sure to lose one-third
Of them, Illinois, in instance, is almost Ger:
tain to turn i1 I'll RepubleaHisM a4d reno It:
Tanner, whom the Republicans named for
governor, Is bad, and ths people know #, At
gs after rome one &C. gets ne afGss @ 4s . atA
saw and all concede it, The state is a-riot for
fteYs silver. Mckinley can't carry country Of
chtv IL that stare. Illinois is about as certain
? ajggaaipqsst Mckinley as 'Texas itselE' '''
7Vhen tbs Rehl9ocrats come together at Chi
eag ti we viii kuow more, But we are already
assured of McKinley's defeat. A bolt at Chi.
caeo hurts him. 1t Is a paradox OF politics,
but it's true. All Mckinley has is the gold
, strength. A bolt at Chicago means the division
of that strength. For one thing, it would make
his overthrow in New York, which seems sure
aiready certain. ,e JOHN INGALLS,, -
r 17fF 49, Hz-!H3FAited States Senator
: ~-l-4..tI IlI1fa- as.L =, D. .itui.
e DISPATCHES give accounts Of the shutting
down Of rqlHgmills and other iron-werks in
Pennsylvania, several large print mills In New
: England and other factories In various parts OF
I the country, The cause given is ''over-pro'
ductiou," We are reminded of remark made
2 by Republican of this city, the other day.
4 He said: "We want high protective tariff,
so as to enable us to have factory by the side
1 of every farm, which would give employment
S to our idle men," If the factories we HOW
have ,overlproduce, what would more factories
f, do2 Wouldn't We have more 'dvef- productions
BARNEY SHERIDAN, of the Paola Spirit
(Dem. y is opposed to Manford Schoonover for
: appellate Judge. He says that III case Seh9aA;
over is elected, corporations will suffer at his
hands Barney is right as to what the corpo-
i rations will get. Mahford Schoonover IS op-
d posed to corporations combines ana trusts. n
$ is friend of the people and the common peo-
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