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

MICHIGAN Republicans have declared for
"sound money"
ALABAMA Republicans are split up. The
nti-McKinley Republicans have gone over to
the Populists.
THE Mystic Brotherhood of TT. Scott has
membership of more than 700. Wichita's
membership is nearly 1000.
ALL the children of the White House have
the measles. The old man has been speckled
with financial rash fol long time.-Ex.
You will find that the majority of Repubi-
cans who are shouting for silver will remain
with their party if the convention goes back on
silver.
THE big nail combine has advanced prices
again, and nails are now higher than when
wheat was dollar bushel. And the claw of
supply and demand has nothing to do with it,
either.
THE Chicago Great Western road, running
between Chicago and Minneapolis and Chicago
and Kansas City, is road that is standing
boldly for the peoples rghts-The Farmers
Voice, Chicago.
SENATOR WoLcoTT of Colorado, "silver
Republican," says he will not bolt if the
national convention declares for gold stand
ard, but will abide by the decision of the con-
vention. He "don't want any Populism in
his"
If you would know more about Direct Legls-
lation, read "Bond and Industrial Slavery" by
E. A. Twitchell, of Minneapolis, Mimi By
reading this splendid book you get the milk i'll
the cocoanut. Send IS cents to the author for
a copy.
BEN TILLMAN said at Wichita: '.The next
use I make of the pitchfork will be to probe
the Pacific railroad swinde. 1t is the greatest
steal that was ever perpetrated on people.
History has no record of such gigantic fraud,
and it is time for it to be exposed"
GRANNY MORRILL, is roasted to turn by the
Topeka Temperance Monitor for April. 1t
gives a full and complete history of his treach-
cry and cowardice the question of the ell
forcement of the prohibtory law. You ought
to get copy of the Monitor and read it.
LYMAN NAUGLE, of the Wellington Voice,
is prominently mentioned as the Populst nomi-
nee for secretary of state. We know of no man
we would rather see get the nomination. Mr.
Naugle is one of the hardest workers i'll the
cause of Populism, and he is we'll fitted for the
position.
WE are in receipt of splendid little publ
cation called The Penny Magazine, published
at Philadelphia 1t is filled with the choicest
literature. Among the splendid stories is one
by Hamlin Garland, so we'll known by reform
ers of this country The price of this maya
zine is only IS cents per year.
INVESTIGATION has proved that the amounts
stolen from the B. & O. railroad by its officials
amount to more than $50 ,ooo, 900. But these
fellows will not be published. Oh, no! But if
they were poor men and had stolen something
to keep themselves and ther families from
starving, they would be "sent up" for term
of years.
THE Reform Press of Peublo, Colo. pub
fishes L. ]. Fuller's poem, "Stop Dat Calm
Names" which was written for the AGITAToR,
but fails to give this paper credit. Don't do it
any more, Brother Chamberlain. We always
give credit when we know where to credit an
article, and we would like ''the boys" to do
the same with us.
WE have received two new books from the
wel-known publishers, Charles H. Kerr &
Co., of Chicago. One is "The Modern
Banker,n one of the most interesting books yet
published. If you commence it you won't put
it down till you reach the last line. The other