Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-02-12
MORGAN'S HOT SHOT.
THE ELOQUENT ARKANSAN ON
CURRENT EVENTS.
Snapshots" Taken at the Passing Pro-
cession-The Church Is Moving Away
from the Established Truths of Christ
Sarcastic Comment.

meeting of the eminent financiers at
Indianapolis in February might prop
erly be classed among the long felt
wants" They have had the finances
of this country under their control now
for thirty years, and pretty mess they
have made of it.
II the failures, and general stagna-
ton had happened under Populist au-
ministration the plutocratic press
would have got upon it's hind legs anu
howled itself hoarse, and swore the
country was going to the demnitlon
bow-wows. AS it is these eminent
financiers" (eminently unfit will pass
some resolutions against the green
backs and free silver craze, and recon-
mend that the government go out OF
the banking business-and the govern
ing business Also for that matter.
1t would be interesting TO KNOW
where the silverites and all those VINO
place so much stress on the free silver
issue would go, provided the Republic
an party redeemed its platform prom
Use and gave us free silver through IN
ternational agreement. OF course we
are not risking our reputation by
prophesying that the Republican party
will do any such thing, but 1t IS
among the possibilities, and about as
probable as that the Democrats would
adopt a free silver platform was at
this time last year. If the Republicans
would take this tack on us we woulo
be almost flanked.
The trusts and corporations Will
not always be able to debase the pa
triotism, honor and intelligence OF the
people. The very fact that men OF tai
ent are paid large sums to work LOT
the interests of corporations Is Great
ing a demand for talent that promises
to so stimulate our young men that
there will be more than the corpora
tions will need and can pagan over
production, as it were. Then equal tai
ent will be employed on the side OF the
people and when Greek meets Greek
then comes the tug of war; At any
rate there's going to be trouble IN the
camp when it comes to shutting out
young America because he don't nap
pen to have a pull with some corpora
ton.
The Philadelphia gas works are a
source of profit to the city. They al
ways have been profitable except for
brief period Immediately after the re-
duction of the price from $3.50 to 81 per
thousand feet. This reduction caused
a slight deficiency at first, which was
soon more than made good by the in
creased consumption which dollar gas
brought about. For the year 1895 the
receipts of the Philadelphia gas bureau
were $3,155956. The current expenses
were S2,9S5,513. This leaves a net
profit of $17O,443, of which $54,5S9 were
expended in permanent improvements
in connection with the gas plant and
s115,S5i were added to the revenue OF
the city available for other depart
ments. In addition to this the city got
Its gas free to an amount which If sold
at the usual rate would have added to
the city treasury $63S, 49S.
Rev. Dwight l.. Moody was recently
quoted by the New York World as say
ing that there is hardly a name so
unpopular in the world to-day as that
of Jesus Christ" In this we think
Mr.. Moody very much mistaken. We
think no name is so popular as that of
Jesus Christ. Mr.. Moody should not
think that because people do not at
tend church that they do not reverence
Christ and Christianity. If Mr.. Moody
had said churchianity was unpopular
he would have been nearer the mark
The fact is the church has alienated
itself from the people to such an ex-
tent that it has lost much of its power
for good. If it desires to do it's duty
It must get back to its primitive sim
plicity. Christ fed the body as well
as the spirit, and attended as much to
the physical man as to the spiritual.
A part of his mission on earth was to
attend to the wants of the poor.
No man dead or living is reverenced
like Jesus Christ. Christian and in
fidel bare their heads in reverence to
the great and good qualities Of the
man of Galilee. History, sacred and
profane, tells us he went about doing
good only. He sought not the COM
Portable homes of the rich, but rested
rather with the poor and lowly. He
fed the multitudes when they were
hungry: made wine for the wedding
sumner: forgave the erring woman and
preached the gospel to the poor. Is
the church following His example?
IF II was, through it the people would
EXPRESS their love and reverence for
Jesus Christ. Mr. Moody is in the
church and if he would get near the
neople he must bring the church near
them. In other words the church must
LET 20 of the skirts of aristocracy and
reach down to the people.
We clip the following from the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat:
1.-THE appeal for aid to be sent out
Tomorrow by the st. Louis Provident