Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08

it. 80 it turns loose throughout the land the
fiends of malice and hate, who fill the air with
vituperation and anathemas for those who are
clear -vsioned enough to see through their plots
and have the moral courage to expose them to
the world. Hence we have the spectacle of
great masses of the American people, of Amer
ican birth and ancestry, inspired by patriotism,
by loyalty to country, by love of freedom, yet
acting under the direction of foreign-born big
OTIS, sworn subjects of crowned head, give
their hate to men who are trying to save them
from the schemes of their ene1nies--the enemies
of the common peope-the enemies of popular
government and of civil and religious liberty.
This is the force that is to be swung to the sup
port of Levi p. Morton, the candidate par ex-
cellence of the money power the old-time ad-
vocate of IMPERIALISM, in the event of his
nomination for the presidency.
Anent VIM. Mckinley: do not for moment
infer that We consider him anywhere near right
economically, or i'll any way fairly representing
the common people, or that the interests of the
money power would suffer under his administra-
ton. Mr.. Mckinley is a typical old party
leader. He believes in the system under which
men enrich themselves by rent, interest and
profit. He would do nothing to curtai the
privilege of monopoly or advance the welfare of
the Producer simply because he believes with
most of his class that things are ordained to be
as they are. The fact that he has the endorse
ment of that sinister political force, the liquor
power, is all argument against him. That he
has moral courage is evidenced by the fact that
he refused to cater to a secret political force or
to any clique of his party, and that, too, right
i'll the face of campaign. The money power
has objects in view that they cannot rely upon
Mckinley to carry out, or be even a passive
participant therein. We Populists will do we'll
canisin left yet i'll both rank and file and
amongst the leadership of the two old parties.
They may be economically wrong, and have
very false conceptions of things, but at heart
they intend to be loyal, But little while ago
we AL belonged to one or other of the old par
as far as we knew, and if any man had ques-
toned our loyalty to the country we would have
smote him hip and thigh.
Mind you don't say, nor do l believe, that
all of the old party, rank and file or leaders, even
intend to be loyal. We said but a week or two
this country now than at the time of the revo-
luton The money power is all Tory its lick
spittles of high and low degree are Tories, and
take them altogether, they would muster
pretty large army. Recruit these with honest
people who may OF might be deceived, and they
would make formidable force.
Levi P. Morton, the money powers candidate
for president is all old man, practically in his
dotage BY instinct, by interest, by lifelong
association, he is aristocrat of the aristocrats
and in thorough sympathy with the money
powers desires; this is all intensified by the
conservatism of old age He is the plastic ma
tera that can easily be nodded to the master
conspiyators' will, who propose to play the
divided aud distracted masses against each other
as pawns on the chass-loard of national destiny
blot out civil and religious liberty, destroy pop
uar government, and on its rnins erect Imper-
ialsn1, whose coat OF arms should be humanity
on It's knees to the Almighty Dollar.
The money power is not quite certain Of its
game this year. The power it fears is the
Peoples party. Its triumph ON its present
platform, if allowed to carry it into effect, means
the dowpfsls Of monopoly, the end of the money
powers reign in this country. In the event of
Populist triumph the money power would have