Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-05
EDITORIAL ETCHINGS.

down to $4,000 per year. 1t is also proposed
to build $40, 900 residence for the Governor
The salary $4,000 is none too large now.
Besides, 81, 900 Governor would be very much
out of place in $4,000 mansion. Amy old
"shack" would do. If our Legislature wants
to save money to the people, let it lop off lot
of useless boards, offices and clerkships cut
down freight, express and telegraph rates, go
after the stock yards thieves and do little
trimming OH some of the county official sala-
ries. Don't try to save at the spigot and waste
at the bung-hole. Don't be penny wise and
pound foolish.
SENATOR HARRIS has introduced bill APP
propriating 81 900 to buy bronze bust of ex-
Governor Charles Robinson, deceased, to be
placed in the state house. That would be all
right if we were able to do it, but if we are too
poor to make a decent aspiration for our State
University, for goodness sake, don't spend
what have for busts Better spend the
money on our LIVE boys and girls. That, no
doubt, would be Ex-Governor Robinson's adj
vice were here. He isn't needing bust. He
can wait till the wave of prosperity comes.
VIC MURDOCH, of the Wichita Eagle, fire.
quently goes to a type setting machine and sets
s-veral columns of matter without having any
copy. He thinks as he sets. This is feat no
other newspaper man ever dd.-State Journal.
The AGIrAToR has no type-setting machines,
but the senior editor seldom writes line of
editorial, but goes to the case and puts his
thoughts in type, without any copy. DR.. Geo.
w. Cooper, founder of the Garrett Journal,
used to put his heaviest editorials in type, him
self, without copy. He was one of the ablest
editors in Kansas
LYMAN J. GAGE, the newly-appointed secre-
tary of the treasury, haStens to make hins elf
solid with Wall street. He says nothing but
gold and banl-notes have any place in our
treasury. He is opposed to silver and green
backs in any form. Now, we'll bet a cooky
that Mckinley forgot all about bimetalism
when he appointed Gage.
KANSAS bankers protest against the mort
gage-ta taxation bill. They say it will drive
capital out of the state. Now let the Kansas
farmers protest against being taxed, and pick
up and leave the state if they are taxed. What
is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Brown OF Pratt has introduced bill III ak
ing the possession of government license by
person unauthorized to sell intoxicants under
the state law priina facie evidence of the viola
ton of the prohbitory law.
THE telegraph companies object to the bill
reducing the rate from IS cents to IS cents for
the first ten words, and ore cent for each addi-
tlOnal word. lney claim tnat business IS not
sufficient to be profitable.
PAUL VANDERvooRT will try to colonize
Texas with Popuists. He has already secured
several thousand acres of land along the gulf
coast, which he will sell to Populists at $40
per acre.
AND now come the railroad companies, and
they don't want the freight rates reduced. They
lust can't stand it, and will be compelled to
reduce the wages of their employees. And so
it goes.
IT is stated that w. J. Costigan, editor of
Shows Ottawa Journal, has bemome disguised
with politics, and will engage in farming
THE two flew members of the board of char
tiles are P H Dolan, of Salina, and S. c.
Wheeler, of Concordia- both Populists.
SENATOR CALDWELL has introduced bill in
the legislature to prevent black-listing, which
has been recomme nded for passage.
CHAUNcy M. DEpEw, the Sinking aristo-
crat, will probably take Bayard's place as min
lister at the court of St. James.
AN instruction has broken out among the
people of Madrid, Spain Serious strikes and
bread riots have occurred.
CHAs G. DAWES, of Ohio, succeeds Eckles
as comptroller of the treasury. He is young
man, 32 years of age.
IT begins to like Kansas would publish her
own school books. Correct!
THE new secretary of agriculture is Con-
gresham Wilson, of Iowa
A LOT of good matter is unavoidably crowd
ed out this week
THE increase of the public debt for January
is $I4,o75,735.