Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-24


press is bought up and owned by the money
power" Ben is right; but what is the evil
dence? Let us see. Take the Kansas City
Star, for instance. 1t claims to be independent,
but it has always been for Cleveland and gold
standard. It's ascent weekly was as good as
the dollar week1ies of other papers, and was
gotten up for farmers. Either the Star was is
sued at loss, or the profits on old-established
papers was enormous. What was the object of
a cheap paper, if not to debauch the public
The Chicago Record, a cheap daily, is for gold,
although it claims to be independent The
New York Recorder gave away in premiums an
amount equal to the price of the paper. 1t has
two prominent features Morton and gold An
attempt to make the Times of Chicago free
silver paper precipitated crisis, and, in the
wind-up, it came out for gold, under a new
editor The Topeka Capital was wrecked un-
der Hudson, as a straddler. Under the new
management, the Topeka banker runs a
straight-out gold paper
From all points come a weakening of the city
press of both old party papers. One paper in
Kansas City stayed with the people; one in
Cincinnati; but all elsewhere throughout the
land, one by one, weakened, became silent, or
went into the camp of the gold conspirators
What wrought the change? 1t was not public
sentiment 1t was not the expression of either
of the old parties in national platforms. 1t was
not that prosperity had demonstrated that gold
standard was best. In brief, nothing upon the
surface can be produced to account for SO
notable and universal a change.
Tillman is right 1t was Wall street gold. 1t
was Jew-B British gold that brought about the
universal and otherwise unaccountable change.
Another strange and unaccountable attitude
of the metropolitan press is the continuous and
untruthful warfare waged upon free-sllver men
or Populists PETER, Allen Butler and Tillman
have been subjected to more calumny than any
other men who have appeared in American his
tory; and their crime, and only crime, is the
brave and vigorous fight they have made for
change in our monetary system that would take
away from Wall street the power to control
American finances. A few men i'll congress
have stood up for, not only the people, bit i'll
response to public interest and popular senti
ment.
The metropolitan press has braved all to
destroy men of the people, well knowing that
sentiment, without leadership, must wither and
perish Thank God, the spell will not work.
The witch's caldron will be broken.
PETER and Tillman are heard by more people
than any other men i'll the United States
senate.
A press that is not metropolitan, but rural, is
being read with growing attention. The power
to destroy through calumniation is being les
sened as the people become more enlightened.
These are the signs for encouragement, but, the
battle is not nearly won. We are really on the
skirlnish line. Our great generals who mould,
equip and lead are still few in number, and not
sufficiently trusted to render most efficient serv-
ice. A strong leadership is appearing, will
appear, and then the army of reform will be
marshalled under one flag We must be
patient and persistent for both are elements of
greatness, and without them success is i'm
possible. Keep heart, and forget not to strike
whenever and wherever a foe is in striking dis
lance.