Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-12-09

of 1900 there will be fought in this
country the greatest battle in the his
tory of civilization. 1t will be veri-
table Armageddon, in which the powers
of light and truth will contend against
the combined forces OF. greed and
wrong. The campaign which has just
closed is the first skirmish Of the great
contest. This article Is written before
the results OF the election are known;
but We care not what they may be,
they cannot and will not affect the
eventual triumph OF the people.
The bank and monocratic party Is
preparing for it's final struggle. The
issue is the control of the worlds
finances and the subsection Of the peo-
pie to the ruthless sway of moneyed
aristocracy. The clandestine and
criminal demonstration of silver in
1873 was the preliminary movement.
The infamous McCleary banking bill is
the elimination and sum of the whole
villainy. This bill is the product of the
busy brain of Lyman Gage, secretary
of the treasury-as smooth trickster
as ever estimated usurious interest or
fingered bank notes. But, knowing as
he did, that he was regarded by ma
jority of the people as hypocrite and
a scoundrel, he caused his bill to be
introduced under the cover Of another
name, says the Journal of Agriculture,
in order that the suspicious of the peo-
pie might not be too quickly aroused.
This bill, il enacted into law, will give
few monster banks in Europe and
America absolute control of the peo-
pies money, and the power to crush
and ruin every business man and
property owner. The Rothschilds OF
London and Paris are the head and
soul of the movement, and IL success
full they will be masters of the world.
The battle is on, and it is time that
the people were aroused. The contest
will be desperate and final. Before the
end comes thousands of men now
buoyant with life and health will be
driven by want and desperation into
suicides graves. There will be no
blare of trumpets, no shouting OF COM
batauts, no thunder Of cannons, but
all over the land fresh mounds OF earth
will bear mute witness to the san
culinary character OF the struggle.
Widows weeds and the emblems OF
mourning will hang over our devoted
country like a pail Little children
will cry for bread. and gaunt hunger
will stalk where abundance should pre-
vail.
All these things we shall witness
within the next two years. The enemy
that we have to meet is ruthless and
desperate, and the stake that he is
playing for is the kingdom of the
world.
But in the end truth will prevail.
The people will conquer, and some OF
the fruits of the victory will be
/. A paper currency sufficient to
meet the requirements of commerce is
sued by the government (Which is the
people) to the people direct.
2. The free and unlimited coinage OF
both gold and silver at the legal ratio
of 16 to /.
3. The ownership and control of the
railroads and telegraphs by the gov
ernment-that is to say, the people.
4. The election of all public officers,
including president, senators and
Judges of all the courts, by the direct
vote of the people.
s. An income tax graded and ad-
justed so as to prohibit the dangerous
concentration of wealth for all future
time.
These are some Of the results of the
victory that the people will win. The
pendulum of fate never stops in the
center. 1t swings from extreme to ex-
IRENE. The monocratic party has
uncovered its masked batteries and
thrown down the gage of battle. The
people accept it and will settle the con-
test to suit themselves.