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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15
CORRESPONDENCE.
Taber Talks.

EDITORS AGrrAToR: The Spanish bonds
held by Pierpont Morgan will have to be paid,
and as there is no one else able or willing to
pay them except the fool ax-payers of the Be-
nghted States, the fool taxpayers will have to
pay them. The game is being played very
fine. 1t began with that little fare.up between
De Lone and MacFnley-a high-toned gentle
mans letter distracted from the mails.
No; didn't say that the day Of miracles has
returned but do say that the only decent,
honest, well-managed department of govern
ment ought not to be insulted. stand by the
postal service.
De LONE was not kicked out Of Washington
he left with flying colors and the universal re-
grets of snobocracy. He played his part and
stepped behind the curtains. Meanwhile, the
farce goes merrily on amid the hullabaoo of
war WAR;! WARRR!!!
1t is just possible that big sham battle with
blank cartridges may be fought, away out on
the high seas, and thousands upon thousands
of imaginary Spaniards torn and mangled and
sunk in the deep blue sea all of which will be
duly chroniced by the great Gee Whizz thro'
the daily press.
We have had enough of government thea!-
ricas. What about the danger line OF that sa-
cred fraud, "gold reserve?
Essex, Iowa. VIM. J. TABER.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15
From Captain Lloyd.

EDITORS AGITAToR: Thanks for editorial
about the war situation. Mckinley is certainly
earning his salary. He got his Office by cheat
on the question. The way of the transgres-
sor is hard. Amen!
| see that Senator Perkins said in the United
States senate, Oh the 5th: "The great battle
ship Maine, flying the Stars and Stripes at her
peak" Will the Senator please inform the
American people what part of the Maine the
United States flag was on? The place for the
flags of the country to which the vessel belongs
is about midship. Don't you forget it!
New Rochelle, N. Y. G. w. LLOYD.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15
When MOneybagS Wants War.

What does Philip D. Armour regard as le-
etimate cause for war!
If Spanish troops are to invade the stock
wards and drive off Mr. Armour's cattle and
kill Mr.. Armour's hogs, Mr.. Armour would
rage and fume and call upon the United States
government TO avenge the wrong The murder
of hogs-his hogs-in a manner not allied
with the business of packing pork is legiti-
mate cause of war to Mr. Armour.
If the employees of his packing houses, tiied
of long hours and short wages, strike, Mr.. Ar
nour is the first man to call upon the state to
send troops to guard his interests, and, If need
be, shed human blood in Packingtown. Strikes
strikes against Mr.. Armour-are legitimate
cause of war to Mr. Armour
If drunken demagogue conspires with TOOL
isf workingnien to leave their employment,
and if, in concession with this enterprise, var
ious vagabonds create public tumut and burn
railway cars and intimidate pedestrians, Mr..
Armour smiles at the announcement that Unit
ed States troops are descending upon Chicago,
and positively dances with joy when the order
of the general in command announces that
state of war exists. Public tumults which in
volve railways-his railways-arc legitimate
cause of war to Mr.. Armour.
But when sailors-Amercan sailors, who
have gone to sea in a hattle-ship to protect the
meat he sends abroad to feed the European ar
mies-wheu the American sailors are murdered
in their sleep, when their bones rot and the
kites fly over the flag they carried, there must
be no wal.
For a HOG, HOUSE or RAILWAY SHARE,
Armour goes to war, but for murdered human
being, he deprecates war.
Does Mr.. Philip D. Armour, with his lofty
view of the dut es of citizenship, represent the
people of Chicago? We doubt it. For our
part, we know Of at least 100000 persons in
Chicago and its vicinity who, by their private
virtues and their public acts, are twenty times
hetter qualified 10 speak for this community
than Mr. Armour, for all his wealth and all his
ability.-Chicago Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15

Suup, e when the slaves were emanclpated
j., this country generation ago, 1t had been
~, Il. n condition of their freedom that they
!, ,oull p,v the expenses that the Southern con-
]..racy had incurred in trying to keep them in
+, uda.e. What would you have said to the
propo ;i,ion? 1t would have been equivalent to
K :, ping them in slavery, of course. The bur-
den of the debt would have been greater than
,r.v could possibly bear. 1t would have been
IN mock them with the name of freemen while
nnroinp them into servtude more CALLING
,bau before. OF course, no one for moment
thought of attaching any such conditions to alb
clifton, and only suggest the idea now to H.
lustrate how the proposal to make the Cubans
vino have struggled SO long and so valantly
fn liberty, pay the Spaniards for trying to re-
e,slave them strikes me. 1t is monstrous and
inhunan to ask that the yoke they have thrown
off shall be pressed down again unon their
Bleeding necks, and the labor of generations
unborn lnortgaged to keep up the incomes OF
th. money changers who furnished the fails to
beat them. If the government OF the Uuited
States attempts to impose any such terms upon
the Cubans we ought to write "Ichabod' on
our netional monuments and beinoan our base
ness and degeneracy in sack cloth and ashes.-
Star and kansan:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15
Kansas Leads Them All,

John Clark Ridpath, editor OF the Arena, in
the current number of his magazine has an i'll
teresting article in which he compares the two
theories of human government--imperaisn
and democracy. He asserts that the adherents
of these two systems are in battle array tor su-
premacy, and that there can be 10 lasting peace
until the one side or the other permanently
abandon the field. The theories are diametiic
opposites and civilization must go to the one ex-
treme or the other
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15

You have heard divers sermons from the text,
nRemember the Sabbath day and keeplt holy, "
OF you shall not labor on Sundays but did you
ever hear high-toned preacher preach Oh the
text. "Six days shalt thou labor? How would
|, sound to hear Talmage tell his rich church
members to labor six days in the week and obey
the command of God? How long would they
NV him Sac, 900 yeai to preach for them, If
he ,old them that it was as great sin to be idle
six davs as it is to work on Sunday? No, you
don't hear preaching of that kind. And to-
dav, week day breaking is doing more harm to
the world THOUSAND times than Sabbath break
ing.-F.ee Lance, Burnside, Ky.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15
Star and Kansan:

Star and kanSan
Somebody is going to get excited here in
Kansas one of these days when he attempts to
get new ticket on the official ballot and finds
he can't do it without petition signed by five
per cent. of the voters to back him.
Pingree has incurred the eternal enmity of
the Michigan corporations. The railroads in
that state promptly cancel the passes of every
editor who says word in praise of the COVER
nor or who prints anything he says. That is
an excellent way for those fellows to show their
devotion to the principles of free press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15
Star and Kansan:

As giving an inside glimpse of things in
Washington and showing just what some of our
public men think as to the probabilities of war,
quote the following from letter just receiv-
ed from Gen. w. III. Sears, of the Kansas Ma
tional Guard, vino is now acting as private sec
retary for Senator Harris:
A few days ago l went into the smoking room
on the Democratic side and sat down on sofa.
Near me sat Senator Allen. He gave me
"Wheeling Stoga,' and as we smoked we
talked about Cuba. Soon Senators Kyle, .Berrie
and Turpie Joined us, and the conversation be-
came general All believed that there would
be war except Allen. He said Gentlemen,
DO YOU think Wall street wants WARP" All
said, emo" "Well," said The senator, ''there
will he no war, then"
1t would bother the fellows who are Cen
dorsing' McKiney's Cuban policy to tell what
that policy is.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15
WAR---lF! +!

The long looked for message from Mckinley
w,s delivered to congress, Monday. 1t was not
What his apologis,s promised the people it
would be, but it is a sad disappointment. 10
say there are some mad men in congress is put
ting it very mild
Further particulars on editorial page.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15

THE body of Frances E. Willard was cremat-
ed last Saturday, and the ashes placed in an
urn. Services were held on Sunday, aud the
ashes were then placed in Rose Hill cemetery,
beside the grave of Miss Willard's father. The
cremation was in accordance with the wish OF
Miss Willard.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15
GARNETT, KANSAS, APRIL IS, 1898.
ALABAMA TO KANSAS.
REPLY TO'IRONQUILL. ]

Bet your life, bet your life, Kansas boy,
The Yankee and the Johnny are for Cuba
lust hail me with your fife, Kansas boy;
I'll answer with my Alabama tufA.
Count me in, count me in;
eager to begin
Kansas boy
Here's my hand here's my hand Kansas boy;
The cotton. bloom to suufower sends greeting.
On the ocean and the land Kansas boy,
Soon the erandees and the dons We'll be meeting.
North and South, heart to heart
Nevernore will fight apart
Kansas boy.
Get your flag, get your flag Kansas boy;
If you fall will anchor it i'll glory.
'Tis not fol- to bag, Kansas boy
fought it once-but that's another story.
Light is come wrong is past;
Now Pm Union to the last,
Louis Republic. Kansas boy
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-15

IL the reports of the press are true, the con-
dition of the inmates of the sweaters dens OF
our large cities is as pitiable as that of the
starving cubaus, but we don't see that many
are wasting their energies in "maudlin senti-
meutalism'' over the fact Hypocrisy has
many shades,-Flaming Sword, Chicago
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24

have 60 advocate such policy NOT only
Ia Western Asia. but In Eastern Asia
ne wcll. Tho privilege % open doors"
would have 20 be extended 90 an ms
lions. Including Russia. France. and
Nurih America.
UnIcr ihs protection Of the above pol.
icy. an nations would have TO BE- Just az
Independent OF English az u Russian
favor They would have 90 be In q po-
siiiun go combine In order 10 maintain
the lnvioiacy of tho "opan doors" OF
commerce and 90 ensure The freedom "
the great straits of ihe world. should
trssia cndelVor 90 c0eet n coup de-
main. and. vico versa, they would have
To- combine wlth Russia should England
gn.lenVor 60 institute similar policy.
All the rrr 40 s'd-rl fffg-a " she world.
not only tho SuHa Canal. hrt also the
nosph1rus ana the Dirdinellos. accord.
lnE Oh ihn International proceedings nf
the Sucz Convention would have 60 o..
main neutral avenue. afforiing free
passage o. M naval and merchant
nn.fg IN 4lu 0f pence DC w"' CHI uf
VAR SAFE hlrhnfs. serving aa points
uafnuI W trade nul ua stilnnH Cor
~ s, n1. oniy ln ihs Germ MsdHef-
ran.llr. bu, ln eastern Aslh or w,L
shIuii he conceded So rN.Iv uHfhu.a.
hirrurs in tiiH Mediterranean tu fiurs.1.
1rl nlsl. t' % rm.ny ahalll 90 ia.ter
demand lh.m.
Tho policy nf annexation i1 ulr.iru-
llr clfa. iu Tunlf. NAffrtrHHr AMI
TONE KIM Would have iu ls di .uutIn.
u'd 10 china. Korea. NrsprI amin. and
Afi1 Minor. whllH ihH principle ~ Oh.
Congo hci rhuui1 %. oyi nH . So th.sf
territories an 'he riwafs ,Hsn,i y
plre1 On q position f1 f.u frfff Ground
Ne nr. who violates ih policy of n-
t"rnltIonu parity wh'tnHr he 81. upon
ihn li ph1fua. Che fuUE 'ln1L UT in
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24

grnve-- gi1om Of the wrecked vessel. II
u beat to give the story of his descent
into the dark charmed ship In h,a own
dramatic words. rs he tod Il to me
after his rcturn o. SIMPSONS fcct u
j more interesting because Il IA the
tlrst time he has Impaired 10 anyone
his experience IN the wreck
1T was horrible" he said. AS 7
descended into the dcath-ship shc dead
rose up 10 meet mo They Heated to-
wards mo with outstrctchcd arms. as II
% welcome their shirmntc. Their faces
were Tor tho most part blnated with de-
cay or burned beyond recognition. hut
here and there The light " my ilmp
dashed upon n stony face knew. which
when last saw u had smiled 70 merry
greeting. but now returned nv rlre
with staring eyes and fallen inw. Tho
dead checked tho hatchwnyf and
blocked my way from atnierHpm %
cabin. ! had to elbow my way through
thcin, as you DO In ncruw1 While 4
examined twisted iron and broken TIM
bsrs they brushed against my helmet
ANA touched my shoulders with Raid
hands. mr. 10 they sought Go tcii mo tho
sale ~ the disaster. I had often e.
rush then afide tn make MY cy1miuu.
TONS NJ The interior or the wfe,i. I
fslt Ike q live man In command W ,hr
dead From every part NJ the chin
came sighs ard whispers and Frlnna I
knew " was the rurriinr M ihH water
through tho shattered beams nni q. f.
tered Sides ~ tho vesaol. but 10 uitiH
mo shuddrr. It sounded sn murN iife
echoes N ihnt awful February u|chi =
death. The vntnr Hwnvri tho wa
20 AM frn. and kert them clust1ntiv
moving with hidnnuH armhilnrH of
ne. Trrr which way I would. rrs
confronted vs. a crtpsc."-tcrilc'H Pnru.
lar Monthly.
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iOOrtiUiIr FLASHES.

usual hoalth. ''''''''" "'N
" " again reported that tho famous
hme. Marched viii make u tour OF this
country
Apnroaebed nv , ,,,..l,s, c.,,t,.. -.
ma me ,,is,Nfha ~, ",m w AEuHt'
~. Ant. 49,. ,.., -. -.
a." H" siae nsH Iuti n''n Ihnk LOT
ps.u tin,.d u. y, '. ..a..n ~ uANjnk
,,,'.,,.. ,", s.,ts, wv" WHY "'h'' ih'
'"'F''" W"hNN'
Julia Arthur has hnrdiv mnde poan.
lind Il sucrcss m New YORK IA IL set
dawn ~ IA mrilocr. perf6rmnnee. mi
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"Ameriea's New Empire


Spain hls0t hast yielded TO the de.
mauds OF the United states. ana tblt
grcE tropical dominion the Philippine
archipehgo hnE. in addlidon 90 PORTO
Rico AMI HaNail and poFsibly cuba.
passed Into the hands u America. What
will she d. W.ch her new empire? VIII
me ~ occupy and rule % rs 10 Increase
the happiness % fhe races tlFlt dwell
within Il. and 10 develop una improve
her avn pOkcy, or viii she make the
uftt grand failure uf the Angeo-Saxon
tnr- In 9hc gOvernmffG 81 Inferior
mcea2 Will she. thlf Is, apply herself
earnestly and with slngle-mlndtiness IL
mer grcui task. or VIII she, through "a
mixture ~ moral tlmldtty, self-dlsirust
md blindness 10 her true destiny, hllf
refuse. ara SO wholly spoil, ths ersss
opportunity thus prlsenlel TO herP
These urc questions That the thinking
mart % the other hllf - she Anglo
SAXON race afr asking WIKI the deepeal
Interest ard concern. Enghrhmen trust
ini believe that America viii In the end
,lc,se the true pagh, but shey are nee
ssslrily most unNlOui that uf this tha
nrgt step, America should Nuke m
ilt7e F.lr,. W. do not strlousiy fear
iatt Rstan's anxiety leit Aiperi,,
raE neglect 20 take ~ her rcsrDnsiiJl-
tles Is In any grtgG danger u being
mlsunderstoo1 In the states. SIM ~,
1ur an ru1e should by chlnre De mis-.
rfprfsaftc1. lot ~ state clClrly thlt IN
Ne th0ugfe merely Of Englanda own
clash interests rather than OF those
~ Inc race. we should wsh America to
shrink from. and - mss, sac opr1rIt-
~ pressnied TO her. A Mlchhvnli,n
nrlpish statesman would mon. carininiv
wsh America ilrst 20 max an uneui
csssful altemIs TO govern. yul ,hon IN
,tnndln hsr OvcrScn passs tuns. n
AmN'0 fiisi, AZ the c3atin.Nrli poN,.
eiS have failed, 10 iule tropasi Apd :.
situs the giln from n narrow, selfigh
f.andpolni would be ours. But We are
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e,mnny and er,l Filth.

liiis Exr0ilency Albert won s. harie 10
the December Forrn1
In my opinion. e positive Angin-Ger.
mnn oriental policy may BE- formulated
's follow. Tho equal righi o. 20 D..
lions 90 conduct Intercourse with 40
Aslailr countries now under European
guafiihnfhip excepting such ouiv re
have already become colonies ~ ludl.
NlduN atltrs, ur. o. use fha words W
Lord Slllnbur~. "ihn policy ~ rnau
dnoff." u only romans flr an parties
cone rnrd 60 accept me and the Same
definition Of the term. England would
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In, Ghost, Of lhe "HnIne,"

Probably the mos; thrilling experience
ever mot with by any diver was Charles
MorRnn'a In the wreck Of the blttleshlp
Maine at Havana. Mr.. Morgan. who
commands The guns of the u. 3. =.
New York. u small and slender, and
one ~ the most Interesting mon Z ever
met. very bright and active. with brll-
liant black eyes ana skin bronzei
with southern seas and suns. For near
~ weeks h. remained under water In
the Maine. among tho bodies ~ the
dead. Tor several hours n day-n Won
derfui record Of endurance and nerve
considering the fact that four hours are
waters Of Havana hhrbor are also very
deop, and ~ black that he was Obliged
grave gloom ~ the wrecked vessel. II
sec hus a foot ahead OF him In the
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DEsEREr EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER a. 1898.

the spirit IN witch her people entered
up1o she recent war Ncth Spain They
"a ~ shlrk thnt duly. They mus.
inifk u ~ which are dreciiy de-
ilvod from N.--Leel y Spectator.
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rlUSIC AND DRAMA.

The rrswisys in.issrerto're ut the Thea'er
and the span Of Life at the New
Grand. the weeks Thc,iricsi A'irsc-
,,ons-.>-st week the salt Lake Opera
Go. In y Revival 81 the Chimes OF Nor-
mandy nj the rhesfsr aud The DAIMLER
Al the Grand-footiigbt Flashes.
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The nnzzler. the same jaliy, musical
farce cJmcdy. ihaf was here earlier u
mo sastn, viii make a return Nlsii
uaNt wfek shpsirlrg az The Ntw olrarii.
10 Cy.uvpve " Gran.s comedians VIII
be found jur the same merry cempiHY
~ firrgs. dgrctiy, and sprl1ly poo
ne, nat MIS- Seen here bdort' pu.
i'1i,e y was lNei N'fe, the piece hiH
bstp embehlshsd w2Ah many Hsw songs
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on Monday evening next fhe SAT-
lake opera oomriny are 10 revive The
C,Nmcs of Normandy, This IL ine most
tuneful opeia ~ the local company =
rfpef, ire, that II. the musc n llghi
md catchy and many people prefer ms
Wind 10 that " the heavler order, a.
IN the Queens Lace Handkerchief
when tn SAT- Lake Opera company
presented the Chimes In ogden on laF'
THANKSGIVING day, MIS- Lo,tle Levy
took rfe role Of Gcrmalne ard -
snlenddly was n dorf, thlt great
things are looked for from nor an Mon
day night. II VIII b. ihe MS, time ~
hls appeared Locally IN opera, F.nee ,her
retyrn from q years hay In lond1n'
WHITTIER she went 10 put the lnlsh ny
touches IN she training % her voice
The rest 0f the company, 500 are IN
good Trim, ana a very sod performance
Il assured.
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Fog Yarns.

Talk at the mess table Of tho old day
boat one morning at Albany turned on
the fog which hung over the upper
reaches OF the river The night boat
had not made her dock yet, and it was
really remarkably thick morning.
2 80 o'clock Of "a midsummer morning
and still murky. So said tho second
pilot.
II remember" began tho purser.
ION Lake Champlain. "A fog 50 thick you
couldn see the jack staff from tho pilot
house, but old Captain Sam - put
her along all right.
"Poohr" said the chief engineer.
"Wo were going through IA fog in Hay
erstraw bay in 1874 that we cut a
wake in-Ieft it clear half Il mile be.
hind us a"
well, " remarked Mate Charley
Griffin, who felt it time to say the last
word. Il was IN the - in 1868, or
1869 maybe it was, off Anthony q
Nose, when we ran into a fog bank that
stalled the old wagon, just like Il loco
motive in snowdrift; couldn't push
her ahead one inch -
my uncle in Portland, Or. ;" said
the newsboy who had no business to say
anything about fogs when his elders
were about, writes mo that the other
day his neighbor, Mr.. Perkins, was
Hhingling his roof when one Of those
Pacific coast fogs came up. Mr.. Perkins
ghingled out four feet on the fog before
be''-
But Griffin was on deck New York
Mail and Express.
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Novel Reading.

II il interesting to know the opinion
Of so hard worker and so earnest
player as Mr.. Balfour on one Of the
most easily accessible and delightful
recreations Of modern times-noyel
reading.
When entertained at the Sir Walter
Scott club, he spoke freely on the pres
ent day position Of the novel, calling it
a really necessary luxury. 1.-THE world
will insist upon tobacco, daily papers
and novels until the end Of time.
Though literature by no means carries
all the cardinal virtues in its train, still
1t Is the greatest engine for the produce
ton Of cultivated happiness ("
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-04-13

The self mado man is by no means
solely the product of modern times. Co
lumbus WAS u weaver, Franklin was
journeyman printer, Pope Sixtus V was
employed in his young days IN keeping
swine, Robert Burns was u plowman,
AGsop was slave Homer was beg
gar Daniel De Foe was apprentioed to a
hosier, Demosthenes was tho son of u
cutler, while Virgil was bakers son.
ben Jonson was n hrieklayer, Cervantes
was II common soldier, Canova's father
was stonecutter. Captain Cook com
meneed lifo rs II cabin boy, Haydn, the
musician, was the son of poor wheel
wright. Pizarro, instead of going to
school, WAS sent to keep hogs. Kirke
Whites father was butcher, and
Keats father kept n livery stable. New
York Sun.