Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-10-09

Kansas who does not favor the renonetiZatiO
of silver"
The Capital says 'the convention fairly wen
wild at the conclusion of Judge Beeklnan's re
marks" What an anarchistic lot of repuda
tionists they must have been.
J. X. Cubbison, another 'bright light" @
Republcansln, also declared for silver, I6 to I
And now comes the "great and brilliant" ]
Ralph Burton, who thinks he is big enough t
fill whole seat in the United States senate
and says to the Leaguers assembled:
"Our country has so developed that the vol
volume of money must be increased. Its thu
Republican party's7 last declaration was in ia
vor of using both gold and silver. The slve
problem that must come up in 1896 for discus
sion will be chanpioned by the Republican
party along the line of free coinage of silver
along with gold"
Congressman Charley Curtis also has wore
to say on the subject:
"There are three things that consider nee
essary to the prosperity of this country. They
are: return to the old tariff the issue of two
kinds of money, gold and silver, and the pro.
lection of American laCor by strict immigration
laws"
And Congressman Chester I. Long comes to
the front with this remark:
"We believe in the restoration of silver, and
not in the degradation of gold"
AND NOW,
These same fellows are travelling up and down
the country, telling the people that unless the
"present gold standard is sustained, the coun-
try will go to the Devil as rapidly as if "greased
for the OCCASION" Not one of those fellows
who is not now saying that "those silver luna
tics" are "analchists and repudationists. "
Will some fair-minded Republican give us a
reasonable excuse for this sudden 1op-this
lightning-ike about face? Is it not true that
the Republican national convention was totally
captured by the gold gamblers of this country
and Europe, and FORCED to adopt financial
plank to THEIR liking, and that party prejudice
alone prevents the above-named eminent"
gentlemen from chanpioning cause which
they know is right? Or, were those gentlemen
dishonest when they addressed that League?
If they were dishonest then, what reason have
we to believe they are not dishonest now? Our
columns are open to any one who can give
logical, seusble reason for this acrobatic feat
OF the RepuDCan party.
THE gold-bug Democrats have Puck, one of
the Oldest illustrated papers, and the Republic
ans have Judge, paper that has national rep
utation but, until recently, the silver forces
have been without paper Of that character.
Now, however, we have paper that is in every
way the equal if not the SUPERIOR of either
Puck or Judge The name of this paper is
Up to Date, and it is published i'll Chicago. 1t
is "hot stuff, sure, and in point of editorial
and artistic ability it is second to no other pa
per of its class. The colored cartoons, by that
brilliant young artist. Charles Champe, are the
equal of Thos. Nast's bes efforts 1t is said
that Mr.. Champe's picture of Uncle Sam wear
ing crown of thorns inspired VIM. ]. Bryan's
reference to the crown of thorns in his great
c icago speech. We hope that each reader Of
the AGTrATOR will send dollar for twenty
issues of Up to Dlte or so cents for ten mum
bers. 1t is certainly a vote-naker.
WE wish to caution our readers that unless
we elect free-s;lvcr representatives and state
senators, who will elect silver men to the Unit
ed States senate, and elect silver congressman,
the election O. Bryan will avail us nothing III
this fight for financial reform. Unless we have
a congress that is in sympathy with the presi-
dent, we can do nothing. See to it, then, that
every free-silver congressman is elected, and
that every free-slVer representative and state
senator is elected. J. d. Stevens, our nominee
for representative, and j. N Caldwell, our can
dldate for state senator are tried and true silver
men, and can be depended upon to vote for the
right man for United States senator. Don't
forget that WE MUST HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE