Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10


a chronic officeholder himself, but he
has never held an Office subject to the
civil service law. His activity is prob.
ably due to his propensity to NEEDLE
and to his steadfast conviction that all
the wisdom and patriotism of the ma
ton are concentrated in his person.
Gallinger is spokesman, but he is
much less offensive than busybodies
and pharisees of the Schurz stripe.
In the Pennsylvania coal regions,
where the 'lawlessness" of the miners
recently was the source of great grief
to the organs of the coal barons, a
committee of the Pennsylvania legis-
lature has made some discoveries re-
speeding the lawlessness of the mine
owners. The committee found that
many if not most of the operators are
maintaining 'pluck-me' stores in vio-
lation of the law, that some of them
use dishonest screens and dishonest
weights, and that practically all of
them are rack-rent landlords, who ex-
act from the miners yearly rent
equivalent to the total cost of the shan
ties in which they live. Comment upon
these facts would be superfluous, and 1t
would be idle to hope for betterment
of the situation revealed. Pennsyl,
vania is a hopeless rotten borough OF
monopoly and the only salvation for
the miners is to find work elsewhere
If they can.
The original idea of the congressicn-
al library having been entirely lost
sight of the librarian has recently
added to its alleged usefulness by pro-
viding room for blind readers and q
lot of books printed in raised type, and
now ladies are giving readings from
Howells in the room, and it is said a
piano is to be added presently and 9TH
er things to make it pleasant loafing
place. This is all very nice, but what
has it to do with the library of con-
gress, and why should the country pay
the bills? No wonder this is billion
uOllaf country.
In speaking of Mr.. Hanna, Colonel
Robert G. Ingersoll volunteered the re-
mark that 1.-The people suspect money
without genius" Mr. Hanna has been
accused by his political enemies of be-
ing interruptions in the use of cam
paign money but not even his enc
mics have charged him with getting
his personal fortune through dishonest
means. Colonel Ingersoll processes to
be republican, and it i'll becomes him
to cast baseless slurs upon any prom
inent man in his party. He must have
spoken carelessly.
Republican statesmen should broad
en- generally. While they take such
comprehensive view of the Hawaiian
question. they should widen out on the
tariff. 1t doesn't consist to argue that
we need midPacific station in the in
terest of extended commerce and then
regulate our tariff laws so as to de-
stroy that commerce.
Mr.. Mckinley has not yet told us
what he meant by saying that he is
highly gratified with the result in
Ohio. Such remark is calculated to
make Mr.. Hanna feel uncomfortable.
For the life of us we cannot see what
part Senator Thurston played in the
late campaign for which he should be
given credit. He left Nebraska and
went to New York, and the latter state
went democratic by majority so big
that they have not yet got done count
ing. In the meantime his absence from
Nebraska did not seem to do that state
any good, as it went democratic, too.
Either the presence or the absence OF
the senator seems to be fatal.
Mr.. Platts denunciation of the Low
in New York as lot Of rule
or-ruin factionists is the sheerest nom
sense in the light of the fact that Low
received nearly so per cent more votes
than Platt's candidate. But Platt does
not give any consideration to a small
matter like that. His position is that
Plat constitutes the republican party |
of New York, and that anyone who op-
poses him Is factionist.
We will believe somewhat of the al |
legged shame of the old soldiers at the !
frauds on the pension list when we see
some of the hundreds of thousands of |
old soldiers who are drawing pensions |
hey do not need return those pensions |
TO the treasury of the people which |
hey have robbed. Out upon country |
whose citizens are only willing to
serve it for pay!
The latest move OF the admins
.ration in its desperation to save Han
ma is to dragon poor old John Sher-
man into the senatorial race. Sher-
man is, of course, untitled for service
in the senate now. The president him
self was mainly instrumental in i'm
pressing this fact upon the country by
placing Sherman in a position where
his feebleness was displayed to the
whole world. Therefore, the talk in
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