Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-11-06

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hundred and nineteen private palace coaches
that had stood in the union depot shed steam
ed awav with silent ease that was but lul-
laby to their opulent owners. They were con-
tent. They had fooled some OF the people
some of the time. They had forgotten the rest
of Lincoln's maxim Lincoln's wisdom and
Lincolns ways are nothing to the masters in
the Republican party of to-day.
All the world knows Of the & gantic corrup-
ton fund that Hanna began at once to gather
up. Money poured in upon him. Money
poured in upon him. Rockefeller gave $780,
900, Sage 500, 900, Carnegie 500, 900, Wander
bilt $12o,ooo, Pullman $4,000. To give
less than 500 was to become target Tor
the wrath and rdcule of Hanna. Thank
God, no honest dollars went into this charnel
house of liberty No poor man sent his dollar
with his blessing. 1t has been buy-buy-
intimidation, coercng. But Hanna received
one shock, learned one lesson, which was this:
There are in America to-day many men who
cannot be bought, and who cannot be intiml-
dated or coerced. Out of every evil good can
come, and this campaign, however 1t terml-
mates, must teach the American people that
the policy that can build up such gigantic for
tunes and trusts has its murderous hands OH
the throat of Liberty If the money power
succeeds this time, it will but add to their IN
science and give them fancied security from
which they will surely be awakened four years
hence.
In striking contrast to all this was the Chi
caqo conventions where plain, honest man OF
the people stood lip alone and the multitude
claimed him as their leader and champion 1t
was futile for the traditional leaders to adj
wise straddle, compromise, middle man.
That was convention of and for tine people.
Bland, Stone, Altgeld and Blackburn and
others as brave and as earnest turned back the
Hills and Whitnevs and told them to their
teeth that the time had come when the west
and South WOULD be heard
Then came the Peoples party convention,
when many Scared veteran who had fought
so long and against such fearful odds, found
here his hardest task was to quit hghting, 10
ior hands with the men who were willing to
help towards one of the several reforms the
Peoples party papers had been working tor
But the rank and file were great enough to put
country and home above party. And the work
begun.
We have felt that Bryan was our man, and II
he sits in the White House, Peoples party
votes will have put him there.
That some alleged Peoples party men have
needed Mark Hanna's siren voice none cali de-
nv. That others have made unnatural alli-
ances is deplorably true. Such men are not
now, and never were, Populists. They are out
of our ranks and cannot return.
However this campaign ends, ii is not an
end to our party Its work is but begun.
There can be no real failure when the rights OF
the people, the brotherhood of humanity, is at
stake. Let every man begin the next Presi-
dental campaign November 4, 1896, so that II
we are in power, we may STAY IN, and II the
opposing party be III, VIC must begin IN time TO
trrn the rascals out. A. R.
JoE WATERS, of Topeka, when asked what
he thought OF the result of the election, said
81 smart, vet srile. Goodbye, Dawes and
his decisions. I.cedy will be a good governor
will enforce the law to the satisfaction of the
Methodist church, whose future patronage we
solicit Dick Blue will have time to harmo'
uize his silver views. Chief Justice Doster is
notwithstanding all that have said, as we'll
sounding as Chief Justice Carver, who will
next time if it is free fight, consider hlmsel
out. | would rather gain Kansas and lose
BRYAN than the vice versa of it. Joe Hudson''
term will end, and he can become all evangel
list; and the Republicans will learn few
th;ros h1t everlastiugly too late to ever regall