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

republican parties. and had an under
standing with the managers or with
both the candidates themselves in re-
gard to what policy should be pursued
toward our finances. They contributed
money for the booming of Mr.. Cleve-
land as the only available democratic
candidate and they abused and ridi-
culed every other democratic aspirant
They kept up such noise and
racket in the lobby of the Palmer
House that one would have thought
that pandemonium had broken loose
and all the demons Of hell had COL
lected in one group to shout for
Grover
interpreted according to the plain
use and meaning of English words, the
platform means bimetallism, but there
are conditions and ambiguous phrases
when have afforded an excuse to the
elastic conscience of the bull-headed
and self-idolatrous man who holds the
reins OF power to pursue the policy he
has. Whether the scheme was agreed
he bound himself in plain terms or not,
will, perhaps. never be known. His
course has been answering In the alb
solute contradiction of his public pro-
fessions and letter Of acceptance. The
expectations and interests of the people
have been forgotten and ignored. The
party which elected him has been be-.
trayed and it's banners now trail in the
dust of disgrace and defeat. The prac-
tical destruction of the partyhas been ac-
complshed. The republicans are now
in possession of the other branch Of
congress by majority unknown to our
history except during and Immediately
after the war. They are there not be-
cause there has been an increase in
the republican vote, but because hum
dreds and thousands of disguised dem
ocrats have stayed at home and let the
election go by default.
1.-The people by their votes Tin 1892
demanded a change from the republic
an policy A democratic president
gave them a change for the worse by
encouraging his moneyed friends who
controlled the newspapers and thus di-
rected the current of public opinion to
hurry up their operations of robbery
by means of the panic and to acceler-
ate the downward progress of the
country.
Il came up here as the governor OF
my state and stood out in the cold
around here on North Capitol street for
four hours, nearly frozen to death, to
be present at the jolliflcation and glor-
ification upon the Inauguration of a
democratic president, with democrat
ic senate and democratic house, and
God forgive me for being such a fool
naughter.) Thank God, | did all
could to keep him from being nom
mated"
The senator quoted from President
Cleveland's response to the committee
that notified him Of his nomination the
last time, and declared there was moth
ing in 1t to warrant one to expect that
the leader of the democratic party
would ignore the platform and treat
whom the people had sent to the ma
tional capital to assist in shaping legis-
lation.
He asked: "How many Of you, men
grown old and gray in the service of
the marty and of the nation, men who
were its trusted leaders before this
man from Buffalo was ever heard Of
how many, say, have been called into
his councils? Whose advice has he
followed? None but that Of the boot
ticks and sycophants which have
crawled on their knees for crumbs Of
patronage and betrayed their constitu-
ents for the offices in his gift.
'In the entire history of this country
the high Office of president has never
been so prostituted and never has the
appointing power been so abused.
Claiming to be the apostle of civil serv
ice he has made appointments only of
those whose sponsors would surrender
their manhood and, with bated breath,
walk with submissive head in his pres
ence. With relentless purpose he has
ignored his oath of Office to uphold and
obey the law and has paid out gold in
stead of coin and issued bonds to buy
more gold, by both actions overriding
the law and giving no heed to the in
terests Of any but moneyed friends-I
might say, his owners and partners.
while to this besotted tyrant coin
has come to mean gold alone, he can
not by his mere ipse dlxit' change the
law Of this land and pervert the plain
meaning of the English language.
Speaking of the parity talk he said.
1.-THE object was to have them assist
each other to hold silver up by holding
gold down. and an honest secretary OF
the treasury who would have resigned
his Office rather than submit to tbs die