Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10
JOHN P. ST. JOHN
ON DIRECT LEGISLATION.

Tn the December number of The New Time
is symposium ON Direct Legislot1on, IN WHICH
appear the views of various eminent men oh
this subject Below, we give the views OK
pressed by Ex-Governor St. John;
"Imight write page after page on direct ies,S
1atiou. and at last the whole OF II couio NC
boiled down in the simple statement that l am
f,,,,, convinced that the initiative and referen-
dunn will be the final solution OF the question:
.How can reformers be gotten together
view of the brutal, unprovoked murder Oh tioSe
moor, unarmed, defenceless miners at Hazei'oi'
Pa, it is possible that the one great question
which will over shadow all others in 1900 Will
he the preservative and perpetuation OF human
liberty. This is day of murder, suicide, rod
berry, hunger and starvation, tine ies'''",e'o
fruits of government controlled by monopoles
and trusts, and direct legislation wouio give
back to the people control OF the government
THE American Biscuit Company and the
other thee biscuit companies OF this country
have organized themselves into one grand t1us'
or combine Their capital is $55,ooo'ooo'
stated 4.
Populist paper at Topeka, to take the place Oh
the Advocate. Mr.. Kelley's desire to step 1nto
Sen ,tor PETERS shoesis comica to say the least
WE are in RECEIPT of The Tocsin, red-hot
labor paper, from Melbourne, Australia IL IS
ABLY edited and of handsome makeup we
gladly place The Tocsin on our exchange hs''
c III; r1,fu
w. Poore, of Mound City, for congressman
the Second district. Mr.. Poore is good man.
and capable, bu: it is a little early we think to
nominate congressman.
THE Jury in the case OF DR.. Goddard, VINO
killed Fred Jackson, at Kansas City, returned
verdict of guilty of murder in the second de-
gree, and the judge gave him sixteen years IN
the penitentiary. Goddard's lawyers hleo
motion for new trial.
THE Kansas City Journal says: "The latest
Pop plan is to make resubmission the Kansas
issue next year; that they seem to have switched
over completely to the liquor question" Seems
to us if we are not nightly mistaken that the
father of every resubmission bill introduced IN
the last legislature was Republican.
OUR old friend Capt Geo. w. Lloyd, OF New
Rochelle, N. Y, writes: "Please be careful
what you say about how New York is going IN
1893 and 1000. New York has all kinds OF
people. You will see frst-class row between
the silver boys, 16 to I, and the gold-bugs IN
o8 for congressman Your advice to Bryan to
form new party is well put. Amen to 1t |
have known Tammany Hall as child, boy and
man. Tammany has sold himself to the evil
one great many times. New York is beyond
the DEVILS 'incomprehensibility Let he1 rip
The country can be saved without her"
CONGRESSMAN CURTIS says he is i'll favor OF
Cuban independence, but he thinks the Repub-
lican members should act in accord with the
administration and in harmony with the presl-
dent, and if he dosen't want the government
to interfere at this time, the Republican mem
bers should sustain Mckinley in his position.
Curtis also says cit will be waste of time tor
congress to take up the currency question 1t
will he useless disturbance of business ques-
tions.n Curtis voices the sentiment OF ma
;oritv of the members of congress, so you can
now see how much congress is going to do this
term. There will be lots of talk, but no action
beneficial to the country