Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-14

the chief end of man.-Globe-Demo-
crat.
There is nothing in all this wide
world that disturbs the equanimity OF
the plutocratic press like the persist
ency with which the silver agitation
insists on not dying. Scarcely day
has elapsed for the past six months
that the above paper has not announced
with clock like regularity the death OF
the silver agitation, but like Jose
Burr's mule, just when you think 1t II
effectually buried, it bobs up as large
as life and active as ever.
The process of redeeming Kansas is
still going on. A dispatch from Mary
vile dated January Is, says that Mrs.
Hildebrandt, poisoned her seven chill
dren and then hung herself. The cause
was poverty and restitution. The
wave of prosperity was greater than
they could bear. And this is only one
of many instances. We are getting
down to a solid basis, you know. A
but the value of notes and money.
Even manhood and womanhood are
losing their purity and innocent chill
dren are becoming the victims OF Shy
locks desperate greed. The world IN
going crazy after gold. We are sacri-
fcing manhood, womanhood and limo.
cent childhood to Moloch. We are bur-
dening future generations with debt.
transferring the power of government
into the hands of the few, and under
mining the republic. If foreign ma
ton should land an army of 100000
soldiers on our shores the danger to the
republic would not be as great as 1t
is to-day from the insidious encroach-
ments of the money power, corpora
lions and trusts.
Rabbi Moses, of Louisville, KY, who.
If we mistake not, Is the same that
prayed for gold standard at the re-
publican convention in that city last
summer, has written a magazine ar
ticle for the purpose Of showing that
whole communities can go crazy &C.
casionally. AS proof of his position
he cites the belief in witchcraft with
its awful attending penalties. He
thinks whole communities went insane
on that subject. The same is said Of
the Reign of Terror in France, and the
present Armenian troubles. OF course
all oit MT m
up to what Mr.. Moses originally in
tended to make the chief subject of his
article-the free silver agitation. He
says this is another example of whole
community going daft over a subject.
To a man OF the Rabbits presumable
taste and inclination for Biblical lore,
it is thousand wonders that the 1srea-
litish craze over the golden calf, at the
foot of Mt. Sinai, ever escaped him. We
call the Rabbits attention to this in
stance, not for the purpose of strength
ening his point, but as an instance more
directly in line with his calling than
either of the others mentioned, and as
illustrative of how the present so-called
rational attitude.
The treasury report for Jan. /, shows
a net cash balance on hand of one
hundred and fourteen million dollars,
not counting the gold reserve. The
sale of the pending bonds will bring
the reserve back to 100000 900 and in
crease the net cash balance to $751;
900 900. 1t is estimated that the receipts
for the current year will fall short OF
expenditures only s17,O00,0O0, which
will leave about $3.50, 100000 idle money
in the treasury. twenty-five million
dollars of this might be used in paying
the 2 per cent bonds now due. This
would leave $135,00O,000 idle money.
Henry Clews suggests that this might
be deposited in the banks. A most
happy thought. The bankers could ex-
change it for gold and buy government
bonds. 1t is a great scheme! Who
wouldn't live in such government as
this? We not only have the best
banking system in the world" but the
shrewdest bankers, and the most ac-
comodating and Jackassonian treasury
officials to assist them in the hard
of life.
One of the most comical Of burlesque
that have occurred this
year was when Hoke Smith and Hilary
Herbert made speeches on the ami
versary of the battle of New Orleans.
The first toast was THE Memory OF
Jackson" which was drunk in silence
while the guests were standing, for
which they deserve great credit, as 1t
indicates that they are not wholly lost
to shame. Had they have gone home
then and crawled under the bed and re-
manned there the balance of the day
there would have been some hope Of
their ultimate salvation. But instead of
this they remained drinking and talk
ing. Hoke Smith responded to the
toast THE Public Credit" and Hilary
Herbert spoke on Sound Money" OF
course it cut no figure with the crowd
that neither of them knew anything
about the subject on which they were