Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-06-02


upon which the people of Toledo re-
Gently Endorsed his candidacy by a
practically unanimous vote. The an
Nouncement of his candidacy, lately is
sued, said: HE will accept the Republic
can nomination il given and if not will
run as an Independent. 1t is said that
10000 Ohio workingmen will be in
Columbus June LIST when the Republic
can convention meets"
Political disaster Is yawning for the
Hannacracy in Ohio, as we'll as else
where. OF course, nobody ever expect
ed Mark Hanna to nominate Mayor
Jones for governor. Besides being
thorough anti-monopoist of the Pin
gree type and champion of the rights
of labor (Which is enough to make
him most distasteful to the corporation
bosses and hirelings who control the
Republican party, Mayor Jones is too
close to Charles H. Kurtz to ever re-
ceive any countenance from Hanna.
Jones has no business in the Republic
Soii Pdl ~ HlOCONtl it hllON ~ wig
well, and will not be found there again.
1t seems that the candidacy of Mayor
Jones has enough steam behind it to
badly beat the Hanna ticket in Ohio
next November, which would be an en-
couragement to the enemies Of monop-
oily.
Perry Belmont, the man Richard
tCroker thinks would make good pres
ident, recently married highly aristo-
cratic lady" the same day she was
divorced by her husband on the
grounds of adultery. Mrs Belmont's
social standing in New York's 400 is
unimpaired, which shows how moral
are these people to whom the people
living west of the Alleghanies now
turn over the bulk of the wealth they
produce.
Every man and woman in the Brit
ish Empire 1--WE will have an American
Empire" after a while) has to do an
extra hours work every day to main
tain the military establishment. So
says Sir John Lubbock. Hanna, Alger
and Mckinney, and last, but really the
whole thing, the Wall street inner cir
Gle, has decreed that this country must |
have a standing army as large as that |
of England. Every man and woman |
in the United States will no doubt |
be glad to work an additional hour |
daily to pay the expense Of such an |
army.
The treasury department has in |
formed president" Dole, of Hawaii
chow comes there to be such 'presi-
dent" when the islands have been an
nexed?) that the contract labor laws !
remain there in full force which is in
clear defiance of American law. This
permits the importation of Japanese
to any extent, to be turned loose on
this coast to cheaper labor as fast as
their contracts expire, says the San
Francisco Star. Before the annexation
was consummated, its advocates siren
uously denied that such a result would
follow, as they now deny the same
thing as to the Philippines. Both an
nexations are designed to cheaper la
Dor, among other evils
The twisting, squirming, and man
euvering Of politicians to avoid the
odium of trusts and take advantage of
the unpopularity of the enormous
recently formed furnish
a subject for serious thought. There is
no doubt that all parties in the next
national campaign will adopt platforms
against trusts, says the Ma
tional Waterman. The Republican
party will be so vindictive in its Ian
guage against those institutions that
no other party can exceed its violent
abuse. The question to be solved is:
vii. the people ever find out who is re-
,ponsible for trusts? The gold stan
lard is the father of all trusts because
gold standard contraction creates fall
ng prices, which make it necessary for
business men to combine to save them
,elves from bankruptcy. Who is re-
,ponsible for the gold standard, the
,arty led by Mckinley or the party led
~ Bryan? Every trust organization in ,
he United States will contribute its !
money and its influence to elect the
Republican candidate. Will that fact ,
atisfy the people that the Republican =,
,arty is the party responsible for
rusts? Why should every trust in the ,
United States be Republican, from the i
,old combination down to the manu-
acturers of matches? If the American +
PEOPLE are not stark mad they will {
lave no difficulty in finding out which
'arty is responsible for the trusts. and 7
( they are really opposed to the trusts 5
hey will vote for the other side. I'm t
ess the majority of the Amer. an peo- /
lie vote as the trusts vote the Repub- Il
lean candidate will stand no show e
1hatever of winning in 1900.
Notwithstanding the enormous
,eight of taxes bearing upon the pro-
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