Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-12
Letter From George Newton,

MI. PLEASANT, Iowa, Aug. 2, '9S.
Bro. CHAMPE: Thinking that perhaps
a few items from Iowa might be of inter
est to you, will send you few.
Ofcourse, war is the first Importance.
A stranger in passing through this state
would hardly know that our country il
waging a war with another nation. a
person would not suppose that a great
loyal Republican state like Iowa
would be lukcwarm on the question, but
but it is fact, just the same.
| don't know whether the state has her
quota of soldiers raised yet or not but
rather doubt it. 1t is the LOYALTY and
integrity of the nation that our Repub-
lican brethren boast of so much, and |
don't see why it is that they are so I'M
concerned.
am proud to sec that you calamity
howlers" down in Kansas are so loyal.
am also glad to know that so many
Anderson county boys have gone to the
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that you are in sympathy with freedom
and justice. But, it is burning shame
the way the administration at Washing
ton has treated the Kansas boysin keep
ing them penned up in camp so many
months when they were SO prompt in Of
fering their services. But, that is the
way things have been run all the way
through. firmly believe it was more
for the purpose of issuing millions of
bonds, plundering the nation, finding
self places for the favored classes, than it
was for the real true purpose of freeing
Cuba. The way the war has been con-
Quoted from the first proves this beyond
a doubt.
All, no! we could not issue greenbacks.
as we did in 81, and ask the people to
take them in payments to run the war
that would be asking too much. But
we can issue hundreds of millions of
bonds, and ask our people to take them.
While we are to-day sending our brave
boys into the jaws of death, to be shot
down, or to die from exposure, for the
purpose of freeing the people of Cuba.
we are still further fastening our own
country in the shackles of debt for the
unborn generations to pay.
If that grand man Vim. J. Bryan had
been placed in the presidential chair,
Cuba would have been free long before
this, and too, without any more bonds.
The loss to America by the defeat of
Bryan will never be fully realized.
The Republican papers are shouting
themselves hoarse over the placing i'll
circulation of undepreciated American
money IN Santiago. They told us in 90
that if we adopted free silver, our money
would be depreciated-d ishonest-be-
cause the bullion in them would not be
worth 81. Now-to-day-in 1S9S-is
the silver in that dollar worth dollar
bullion value? wonder how many Re
publican brothers like to haul that dol
iti WiSit ~ hNl MY
cents for it, and in deprecated silver at
that, as they are having to do now.
What would wheat be worth if it was
not for the war and the scarcity ofwheat
all over the world at this time of year?
Fit was not for these things, the price
would be about half what it is to-day.
But, then, these are good old Republican
gold-standard times.
The Toledo Blade, the leader of rotton
plutocratic papers, say that 1.-THE farmers
will not be good business men If they sell
a single bushel of wheat for three
months" | would like to ask the Blade
If the farmers would be good business
men if they would unite and organize, as
all other branches of business do, in |
order to "hold their own" Either do |
that, or have business sense enough to
go to the ballot-boX and cast their votes !;
for party that is not run in the interest |
of high protection and cut throat hood |
lers like Mark Hanna and his clique. | |
believe the day is near at hand when
this thing will be done. How can I'M !
organized business stand against the or
gained?
am glad that the reformers of all !,
parties in Kansas have united to down
every vcstigc of monopoly and corrup-
ton. You have grand ticket in the !
field, and it ought to be supported by !
every true-blue Americanin the state.
Hurran for Bryan and Dewey! also for
HONEST money, both gold and silver 6 |
to 1. GEO. c. NEWTON.
Mrs. Lafierty has gone east after new
millinery goods.
Sheriff Keencv pulled" three Kncaid