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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29
THE ELECTION OF JUDGES.
Ex-President Harrison's objection to the

Ex-President Harrlson's Objection to the
Mode of Selection.
Ex-President Harrison writes OF
1.-THE Judicial Department of the Gov
eminent" in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal, and says with reference to the gen.
eral mode Of selecting Judges in the
majority of states: There has beer
much discussion as to the proper ten
ure for the judicial Office, and the ten
dency, as expressed in the later State
constitutions, has been In favor of
limited terms. The earlier state con-
situations gave the appointment of the
Judges to the governor or the Legisla-
ture, but along with the demand for
limited terms for the judges came an
other for their election by the people,
and in a majority of the states they are
now nominated in the party conven-
tious and elected by popular vote, just
a. Governor or Sheriff is chosen.
do not think that either Of these
changes is reform. Limited terms, K
they are long, may be supported by
many considerations; but short terms.
combined with popular elections, have
not, in my opinion, secured as high a
judicial standard as prevailed before.
A judge who must go at short inter-
walls before political convention for
a nomination, and before the people
for an election, cannot have the same
sense Of independence and security
that he would have If his term were
long OF during good behavior. The
judicial office should be so organized
that men of the best abilities and at
tainments would enter it as a career.
and give their lives and their am
billions wholly to it,"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

DR.. Babbage, the well known mathe'
matician, was so struck with the vast
ness Of the power represented in the
ocean tides that he made calculation
of the energy which the tides Of the
Atlantic could exert in day. His es-
alone were stored up for twenty-four
hours and converted into mechanical
force, the power would be sufficient to
drive all the machinery then existing
in the world for It's 900 900 years. What
a pull the moon must have on "the
distracted globew And if this esti-
mate is exaggerated by one half, still
the mechanical force of the tides must
be almost beyond comprehension, fol
this power is in constant exertion. To
give one more concrete notion of this
power it may be stated that Professor
Sylvanus P. Thompson made the start
ling assertion that at one English port
(BristoD the displacement of the vol
ume of water up and down each tide
was represented by a force of twenty
billion foot pounds Of energy each year,
or fifty billion foot pounds at the
mouth of the river, which is five miles
distant. A tenth part Of the tidal en-
ergy in the gorge of the Avon, the
professor states, would light the city
of Bristol, and tenth part Of the tidal
energy in the channel of the Severn
would light every city in Great Britain,
and, in addition, turn every loom, spin
die and axle which British manufac-
turerS possess.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29
Domestic Life in Bethlehe m.

I went 10 Bethlehem several times,
returning usually towards dusk. con-
stantly met the "BethleheL men," as
they are called-mechanics, masons,
carpenters, Understanding on foot
from their long and hard days work
in Jerusalem. The hours of labor in
the east are from sunrise to sunset;
and these men would leave Bethlehem
early in the morning, and, after walk
ing the six miles to their daily task.
work all day, and walk back at dusk
to their late and scanty supper. The
younger men looked worn out; the old.
err men seemed to have lost all
strength, and their eyes frequently
looked dull and almost glazed. I was
Invited to visit family in Bethlehem.
Their home was on the second floor OF
a building. 1t consisted of single
room about fifteen feet square, con.
crete floor, and not a single article OF
furniture save tiny charcoal stove.
1t was clean, there were plenty of win
dows, and the window stills were broad
and were used instead of chairs There
were little cupboards built in the walls
which held the food and the few dishes.
At one side Of the room was larger
recess, perhaps two feet deep, three feet
high, and six feet long. Here were
piled blankets, rugs and quilts, neatly
folded. At night the rugs were spread
on the floor, using the blankets and
quilts for covering. On great occasions
q little circular table, about three feet
across and one foot high, was used as
a dining tables. S. Mcclure, in the
McClure's Magazine.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Philadelphia has been called upon to
return the modern triumphal arch IN
der which Gen. Washington passed at
Trenton on his way to the presidential
Inauguration in 1889. 1t has been de-
manded by the owner and will be placed
in one of the rooms in the Trenton
Battle monument. The arch was loan
ed to the city during the centennial,
and was deposited in Independence
Hall, subject to demand of the owner,
Miss Mary Armstrong owned it then
and was given a receipt for the arch
from Col. Frank M. Etting, now de-
ceased. Miss Armstrong died in 1882,
and her legal heir, Elmer Ewing Green,
has asked the return of the arch
through Gen. w. S. Stryker.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29
Pointing q Moral.

81 don't know" remarked Senator
Sorghum, "when was more impressed
with the fact that there IS frequently
a valuable lesson to be drawn from the
most trivial circumstance than was
at dinner the other day. One of the
children got the wish bone"
''Oh, yes. One takes one end and
another takes the opposite, and the
one who gets the longest is supposed
to get his wish"
EXACTLY. And took occasion then
and there to impress upon their youth
FL. minds how much in this life de-
ponds on having a good pull" Wash
ington Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

/ cent put at compound interest on
the day Christ was born at per cent
would amc unit to more now than all
the wealth of every kind on the Amer
lean continent Only 1 cent.
One dime placed at per cent com.
pound interest on the first Christmas
would now amount to over $4,000, 00O.-
100000 Of spheres as large as our earth
of solid gold. 1t would take a man
1000 years to count these globes,
counting 100 a day. 1t would make
over 100000 rows of globes as large as
the earth made of solid gold, reach
ing to the sun. Only dime.
That Is the outcome of property
money. The world is groaning under
its load and 1t is getting heavier every
hour. No wonder it crushed to pow
der Rome, Greece, Egypt, and all the
great empires Of earth.
We arc travelling the same road and
unless we face about" we will land
where they did.
But we don't propose to "face about"
We voted to stick to the gold standard
because the Republican party wanted
us to do 1t.
For thirty years or over the Repub-
ilcan and Democratic parties pretend
ed to fight each other with all their
might. The reformers told the people
that it was a sham war. The old par
ties held up the tariff before the people,
like shaking a red rag at mad bull
so as to keep the country from seeing
that they were manipulating the
money question so as to enslave them.
Now the two old parties are married
and enjoying their honeymoon.
1t was not free coinage Of silver that
both the old parties hated. This was
sham again. 1t was the income tax
government by injunction, but espe-
cially the war on national banks that
these our enemies hated.
The hard conditions OF life produced
by this heather system of money is
awful. THE destruction Of the poor
is their poverty" Bible. The harvest
of mammon worship is appalling.
In the year 1895 over two hundred
men were carried each day to drunk
ards graves. Over thirty murders
each day, and over ten suicides. Esti-
mate if you can the anguish, the tears,
the groans, the crushed hearts and
blasted lives of the wives and children
of wrecked families.
Yet we voted to worship the gold
calf on Nov. 3.
So this dance of death is to continue.
The priests of mammon rejoice. They
have gained a great victory.
They have put down anarchy. They
have crushed out reputation. They
have their feet on the neck of the toll
ers, and their slaves are subdued.
Hanna's money did it and they shout
for joy. Let the masses weep, starve,
suffer and die. What care they?
Gold is God. What is the Almighty
that we should serve him." as there
knowledge in the Most High?' Yes,
"He shall laugh at their calamity and
mock when their fear cometh," and 1t
cometh.
Richview, Ill.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Railroad corporations have done
more to corrupt our courts and legis-
latures than all other things combin-
ed. Government ownership will avoid
all this, as we'll as be great saving to
the people.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Tragedy may be associated with
cheap domestic goods, and with "bar-
gain counters" Articles are kept in
stock, and sold by competing dry goods
and other stores, the materials of which
cost almost fully the price for which
the goods may be bought The Rever-
end Doctor Parkhurst Of New York
had word to say in recent sermon
about goods into which may have been
sewed the struggle for life of many
half-starved, wretched woman. He
said: IF lady goes to store and
buys an article that she knows is mar
velously cheap, and cannot understand
how such piece of handmade work
can be sold at so pitiable price, she
knows, If she knows anything about
the industrial conditions Of the world
she lives in, that some poor girl, in
some sickly back alley, has been half
paid for her work, and she-the elegant
lady-gets the benefit Of it. This city
is full of this, and SO is every other
city. The purchaser does not kill the
girl outright, but she helps to kill her
by inches" The preachers declaration
l., mainly true. Few women, however,
stop long enough to realize that in the
purchase of such goods they are encour-
aging extortion; are taking from labor
the Just returns to which, by the law of
God and of human brotherhood, it is
entitled; and are unfolding system of
trade that, in it's cruel effects, holds
commerce with privation, and hunger,
and vice, and death itself. Purchasers
should think of this whenthey are at
tracted by the pecuniary allurements of
the bargain counter"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

There is considerable fear expressed
among Populists at the proposition to
increase the standing army, hut a
greater danger than that threatens us.
1t is the aggressive spirit of the banks.
Having disposed of silver, as they
think, they now propose to destroy the
greenback and aysume full ,IEtrol of
the currency.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29
No Improvement.

Family Friend-I congratulate you,
my dear sir, on the marriage of Your
daughter. l see you are gradually
getting all the girls off your hands"
Old Goldbranch-Of my hands-yes;
but the worst of it is, l have to keep
all their husbands on their feet"
Boston Traveller,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The Imperative Mandate enables the
people to vote office-holders out of Of
flee when they don't do to suit them.
OF course plutocracy and the Office
holders will oppose 1t.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The law cannot make wrong right;
robbery is robbery whether violation
of law or not. Trusts, however, are
unlawful combinations and therefore
unlawful robbers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

We call our readers attention to the following
testimonial from undoubted authority on the ex-
cellence and purity of Speer's Climax BRANDY.
MIR. SPEER-I congratulate you ON q recent un-
sought stimonial TO the purity or your brandy.
Lady Duifus Harry. of London, England. an OLD
acqua ntence of mine tasting from the bottle OF
brandy we brought from Passais. Immediately
asked me to get u like one for her, which do
Tho English arlstocracy. you know. male and re-
male, are pretty good judges Of brandy remain,
Yours truly.
PRENTICE NULFoRD, Editor Graphic
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The Republicans seem to be in a
peck Of trouble; they are asked by
the bankers to retire the greenbacks
and they don't see their way clear to
do it without issuing bonds, which
they fear to do. If they do either, or
both, defeat stares them in the face at
the next election.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

A stock company recently organized
in London offers 100000 shares Of stock
to the public at penny share. AT
that price any one may become capt.
talist with invested funds.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

"His wisdom is seal upon his lips"
said Mentor of Ulysses, (which Is
never broken save for an important
purpose" Happily for congruity,
Grant instead of Bismarck was named
In honor of this fine quality in the
Greek hero.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

More rotten armor plate has been
discovered going into the construc-
ton of some of our war vessels. The
armor plate companies seem to be in
the steal business as we'll as the steel
business.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

If it is unconstitutional to tax the
rich then we should have a system
that would make it impossible for a
man to become very rich.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Elocution is in the saddle, and rid
ing hard. Every entertainment of any
sort, except funerals, is arranged of
late SO that the elocutionists will have
a chance to do turn. The Poor Food
show, at Topeka, is the latest. A num-
Der of elucotionists are on the pro
gramme, though just what connection
there is between elocution and food, no
one knows.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Flowers should be placed in water
Is soon as possible after being picked:
when wilted slightly plunge into hot
water with little sal volatile will ae-
,omplish wonders in the way of reviv-
In ~ fba,,,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Finance, Transportation and Land
constitute the main issues which con-
Germ humanity most. Let every Popu-
list continue to educate along these
lines.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The war against excessive rates Of
railroad and express companies is in
creasing in it's intensity. The logic of
events points to government owner
ship as the only remedy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29
He Was One.

1.-The Bluvvingtons keep up a very
imposing establishment" remarked
the cosby man who had just moved
in the neighborhood
"They do, indeed, replied the corner
grocer. "And my stores the one that's
mostly been imposed on" Washington
Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Louis A. Peltier, an Indianapolis
undertaken, has the unsurpassed record
Of having buried 10000 persons. He
has been in the business sixty years.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

If you're in the habit OF biting on
the ends of your silk thread vile sew,
ing and notice that the bitten end
gives a sweet taste, stop the practice.
Acetate of lead has been used to make
the silk heavy, and you are getting
some of it.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Men who follow their impulses are
generally as near right as when they
think, and save themselves vast
amount of worry.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

He would not break his promised wore
To teach the maid to skate;
He did not break the slender ice,
Although he worked till late.
The only break he made in fact
Tat did him airy harm,
Was when he tried to break her fall,
And broke a leg and arm.
Town TopicA
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

A number of the men who marched
in Chicago for Sound money" in the
recent campaign are now marching for
something to eat.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

A late census of Massachusetts shows,
contrary to the general understanding,
that her population includes more I'M
married men than unmarried women.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The Republicans threaten to break
up the trusts. If they do they will
earn the gratitude of a long suffering
people.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
nnlro L a Y ,tive Rrnmo Oninina Tablets. AZ

Bathing is positively the best cos
metic in the world, and any physician
will say so. Regular hours for eating
and abstinence from rich food is the
next best, and regular hours for Sleep
ing come third.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Don't depend too much upon the
question of free silver as an issue; edu-
cate along the lines of the POpulist
platform.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Did you ever think what little respect
the rich anarchists have for the laws.
They seem to think that laws are
made for the poor to observe only.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The banks have declared war on the
peoples money, now let war be declar-
ed against the banks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29
The Reason Why.

BILLY, do yo1 see that knot in that
boy constructors. tail?"
Eyes; guess he put that there his
self so that he wouldn't forget to eat
that ere rabbit. Didn't yer never put
a Fnot in yer Handkerchief to remember
suthin' ?"-Truth
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The Peoples party is no one mani
party or two mems foolishness. The
rank and file must rule.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The New York Journal is authority
for the statement that the Republic
ans had campaign fund of $16,OOO.-
900.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Agitate the question OF compelling
the banks to give full security to depos-
itors.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The world has plenty of inhabitants
who have been helped until they are
practically helpless.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The little dollar of contract and the
big dollar Of payment is what makes
the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

There are no greater wretches In the
world than many of those whom people
III general take to be happy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

1t costs about $2O,OOO,OO0 a year to
sustain the navy, and the proposition
now Is to increase this expense.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The world is going mad after wealth
and power.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

If the law does not make money,
then let us demand the repeal Of the
law which makes gold a legal tender.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The Jaw Gymnasium, alias thu
American Congress, is now IN rul
blast.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Push the work OF education on gov
eminent railroads.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

One of the demands of the times,
and one that the people will have soon,
is an income tax
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29
The Big Mckinley Horn Wrecked.

The 33-foot tin horn being carried
from Tuscola, ILL.,, to Washington, was
wrenched by hoodlums at Franklin,
Ind. Several flags decorating the horn
were burned Aquilla Moore has been
arrested and will be prosecuted, both
for smashing the horn and burning the
lag.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Unfortunately for the human race,
few of us feel that our particular
sphere is worthy of our best energies.
Milwaukee Journal
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

There is a strong mistrust that the
neat trust is hoggish.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

II we had Direct Legislation we
could wipe up the earth with the poll
ticians.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29
Congress is talking.

Professional politicians will do to
watch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

In Illinois a banker has been sent to
the penitentiary for robbing his de-
positors. Mark one for Illinois.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

There are weeds enough in tba world
to furnish employment for all who dis
like them
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

One of the principal objections which
plutocratic papers urge against Popu-
lism is PETERS whiskers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

A thing is never too often repeated
which is never sufficiently learned.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Nothing intensifies selfishness faster
than being sick.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

| A bowler for Office Is out OF his
| place in the Peoples party.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Let the war against banks OF issu
be waged all along the line.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

Banks are more dangerous thar
standing armies. Jefferson.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29
THE MONEY QUESTION
TRUE MONEY AND OUR PRES
EMIT VICIOUS SYSTEM.

The IMtrinsic Value Fallacy IL the Sam
of All Villainies and the Foundation
Of All the MOntary Evils That Ahitct
the World.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

The Republican party has a large
batch of promises to redeem. Watch 1t.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-01-29

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