Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-18
NOT DEAD.

The Republican press has again proclaimed
to the world that the Populists are again "bur
led too deep for resurrection" This is the
third time that Popuism has been buried, ano
always too deep for resurrection" We are
getting used to being buried, and we thrive
Upon it, To be buried by Republicans, and
resurrect ourselves, is very healthy for reform
ers. Populism can better afford to be buried
occasionally than to be corrupt, apathetic OF
negligent. AS party, the fusion party has
not been corrupt, but many of the members Of
the party have been indifferent, or have neg
lected the duties that devolve upon good citi-
*zens. We unhesitatingly affirm that it was
not the principles of the party that led to our
defeat in the late campaign. In so many words,
it was the people against combined capital, and
combined capital won, because the people are
so blindly partisan OF densely ignorant, or were
grossly deceived. Not man on the Repub-
lican ticket is friendly to labor. Not man on
the fusion ticket is unfriendy to labor. Not
man on the Republican ticket has ever pretend
edto be friendly to the aboring man. Not
man on the fusion ticket but has shown by his
works that he is friendly to labor. The labor
ing man was vastly in the majority, as to num-
bers, yet the corporations won.
- If, as is alleged, there was stay-at-home
vote friendly to the fusion ticket, that friend
ship may as we'll nave been enmity for all the
good it did. If, as alleged, some laboring men
sold their votes, such laboring men should be
held in universal execration, and there should
be law to forever deprive them of the right to
vote.
The man who cannot see that the political
battle is between money and manhood ought to
be subject of the Sultan of Turkey, where
men are not required to see. The man who
does see, and voted the Republican ticket is a
traitor to American institutions. The man who
buys votes and deceives the ignorant for the
purpose of building up government OF the
corporations, by the corporations, for the cor
porations, is blacker traitor thar Benedict
Arnold, and more ignoble than Judas Iscariot
But we had another enemy, viz, the man who
wanted an office, and for whom there was no Of
{, fee. The disappointed office seeking enemy
was bitter, INSCRIPTIONS, malignant, devlish
There is no hate like the hate of an office. seek
er whose friendship is turned to enmity.
To sum it all up, we have fought money, ig'
norance, partisanship, treason, and for every
class we can find suitable place except the
traitor within our ranks. For him the Arctic
region is too hot, and hog heaven too good.
AS matter of fact, no man or principle is
dead. No party is dead. The corporations
are stronger. The partisan is the same old
bundle of prejudice. The ignorant is glorious
ly unaware that anything in particular has
TRANSFERRED The man who sold his vote has
spent the money for drink. The man who
bought votes will be appointed to Office The
disappointed man who knitted his party will
grin, but nobody will grin with him. His new
friends will despise him, and Satan will not re-
ceive him.
Defeated as we are, with Legislature that
legislated for the people; an administration that
executed laws for the people, we feel infinitely
superior to any or all of our enemies. Not a
principle has gone down. Not man of our
candidates but we are proud of. Defeated as
we are we will stand higher in history than
orr predecessors or the men who defeated us;
and, therefore, with honor and principle, we
renew the conflict, with the certain conviction
that manhood will win in the battle against