Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

tnelr financial views, DOM eQudIiy Op-
livious to the constitutional require
ment that the metals be on equal terms.
1t was the Ohio senator who originated
the evil of selling bonds to syndicate.
The Peoples party has plenty OF gen.
erals but not enough privates. Let us
devote our time now to mastering ana
organizing recruits-when the proper
time arrives we can select our generals;
Industrial Leader.
That is only part Of the truth,
Brother Royelle; but it is mighty good
as far as 1t goes. The Peoples party
has too many so called generals. And
some of them are generals, too,-gen-
eral nuisances. One of the drawbacks
to progression is that too many men
think they are born to lead, who are
actually not fit to lead mule to water.
All the trouble that has ever come to
the Peoples party has come through
its generals(O You are right; what
we need now is recruits-privates. And
here is the field for the would-be gen.
erals to work. Let them organize and
equip an army and then they are en-
titled to be called generals. Some OF
them could not, or would not organize
corporal's guard. Yet many of just
such men frequently make the most
noise in our conventions. The trouble
with many of our people is, they got
the impression in their old party that
patriotism consisted more in making
noise than anything else, and they
can't divest themselves of the habit.
What we need is voters and you can't
get them by making noise. Go to
work and organize.
J. A. Wayland in Appeal To Reason,
states the following indications of
coming revolutions:
zone has to turn away from the pages
of great daily sick at heart at the aw-
full daily recital of crime. Crime,
crime, crime. In every column. On
every page Mothers killing their chill
dren and themselves to escape linger-
ing starvation. Suicides, murders,
holdups, burglaries, perjury, forgery,
embezzlement, violation Of trusts, pub
lie and private. And in the midst Of it
another class giving great balls, ban
quets and extravagances, decked in
silks, satins, diamonds, totally unmind-
full Of the terrible anarchy their avarice
is creating all about them! Such con-
| trasts only appeared near the end of the
nation that produced them. But this
| time it is worldwide, in every nation,
| and the cataclysm will be correspond
ingly great"
1t was ever thus. History repeats
itself. 1t was to be hoped that in a
popular government, with popular edu-
| cation, and with the fearful examples
OF history before us, we might es-
cape the doom which' concentrated
capital and the establishment of privi-
| legged classes bring in their train. But
| the greed of gain is stronger than the
| fear of destruction, and prejudice throt-
ties intelligent action. The abyss of
revolution yawns, but the roar Of the
storm is drowned in the subsidized cry
of anarchy" "paternalism," "lunacy,"
''isms," and "impracticables." But the
| end will come.
At this juncture of our strained re-
lations with Great Britain, the testi-
mony of Benjamin Franklin before
committee of the House Of Commons,
in 1776, will be interesting. In answer
to the question, What was the temper
Of America to Great Britain before
| 1872" he answered:
1.-THE best in the world. They SUBJ
mitted willingly to the government OF
the Crown, and all their courts paid obe-
dience to acts of Parliament. Numer-
GUS as the people are in the several old
provinces, they cost you nothing In
forts, citidels, garrisons, or armies to
keep them in subsection. They were
governed by this country at the ex-
pense only of a little pen, ink and paper.
They were led by thread. They had
not only regard but affection for Great
Britain. for it's laws, it's customs, its
manners and even a fondness for its
fashions, that greatly increased its
commerce. Natives of Britain were al
ways treated with particular regard;
and to be an old England man was OF
itself a chaacter of some respect and
gave a kind of rank among us. The
British government took away from
America its representative money,
commanded that no more paper bills OF
credit should be issued, that they
should cease to be legal tender, and
collected the tax in silver. This was in
1773. Now mark the consequences.
This contraction of the circulating
medium paralyzed all the industrial
energies of the people. Ruin seized
upon these once flourishing colonies;
the most severe distress was brought
home to every family; discomfort was
urged on to desperation, till at last hui
man nature arose and asserted its
rightw
To-day we are practically under the
domination of English financiers. 1t