Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-01


senator from Kentucky. During this
time his salary has been going on at
the rate of $500 or $500 month, which
the people have to pay. Likewise
Senator Jones has been spending con-
siderable time in Arkansas to the emu
of strengthening his political fences. IL
seems now that when man is once
elected to congress his sole object ana
greatest ambition is to keep right on
succeeding himself.
This Is all right but he should make
his record in congress such that the
people could not see their way clear 10
spare him or exchange for another. AS
1t Is the average congressman mas u
go home and explain things to his con-
stituents and indulge in the usual de-
nunciations of the other fellows. A
machine that needs to be constantly
creased is a poor excuse at any rate.
Think of Webster, Clay, or Cal
houn going home during the session Oh
congress to foot their own horn for
reelection Verify American statesman
ship has the dry rot.
We have before US report for the
agricultural department. 1t shows the
corn crop of 1894 to be 65,5S2, 900 acres,
from which was gathered LIKELIHOOD
bushels, worth 1854, 10000. The crop
of 1895 was sO,O75, $3.50 acres, from which
was gathered 2,151 10000 bushels
worth only S567 100000. In other words
$4,000 900 acres more In area, with
about $50 100000 more bushels, In 1898,
only brought s13,OOO,OOO more money
than the crop of 1894. There's moth
ing like having something to sell, you
know. With oats the farmer Jared
worse. He received about S5O,O0o,OOo
less for 1924, 444,OO0 bushels in 1895 than
he did for G62 ,0S6,929 bushels In 1894.
The farmer has been producing on a
falling market for twenty-five years,
while the money lenders crop has been
advancing In value. And the former
has been voting for so-called honest
dollars instead Of honest bushels
a
Soon after the present congress met
Congressman Joe Cannon. speaking OF
what would likely be accomplished
said:
"There'Il be lot of fiddlin' an talk
in an resolutin', an investigatin an
blufIin' an maxim faces, an playln'
buncombe, an firm the popular heart,
hit when we get through We'll find we
have not done blamed thing but pass
the appropriation bills"
And this is just what congress has
been doing and is doing, and is all II
intends to do.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat Is wor-
ried over the action of the southern re-
publicans. In a recent issue II says:
"If the southern republicans would
fight the democrats with as much
energy as they fight one another, thelr
marty would have more reason to point
to them with pride"
The trouble with the southern repub-
licans is that they have nothing to
fight for but spoils and there Is not
enough Of that to go around. The re-
nublicans in the south stand about as
much show as a one-legged man would
in footrace.
OF course there are few localltles
where they succeed in electing county
officers. But it only results in another
set of men drawing the salaries. Wnen
a republican president is elected the
Federal pie counter is also open to as
n;rants-and there's no dearth OF them.
Then during presidential year dele
gates vote is worth something. 1t mas
a market value-sometimes 1t has Two
of them. OF course the south Is not ex-
pected to furnish single electoral vote,
hut all presidential aspirants look to
the southern field as more or less
.nrodtable one to invest what spare cash
he has. It is sometimes reported that
the man who buys last buys best. Thls
is perhaps the reason there is SO much
.wrangling among the southern repuoll-
cans.
Ex-Coy. Campbell has warned the
democratic party Of the dangers wnlch
,heset it. 81 say it with firmness,' ne
exclaims, "for it is my unquallhed be-
lief that should the party be split at
the Chicago convention, it will then ana
there meet its DEATH" 1t was in the
national democratic convention IN 1882
that Henry Watterson said that II
cleveland was nominated the party
would "march through the slaughter
house to an open grave" The slaughter
house scene has been experienced, and
now in the detection in the party which
promises a split at the Chicago conven-
ton. is the "open grave" which GOV.
campbell sees. But how to avoid 1t Is
the question. Cleveland, Carlisle and
Co. are riding the party with rough
spur. 1t is being dashed along the gold
standard road at furious rate. Sena-
tors Jones, Vest, Harris and others, 1t
ia true, have bound themselves to the
flyipg chariot, and declared their pur-
nose to follow it to the jumping-or
Mace. But there are Tillman, Bryan
and others who are not SO pliable. The
g., will thou hOlt the Chi