Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-06

called The Verdict. 1t claims to be Democrat
ic, but is not an advocate of Bryan or free sill
yer at 16 to I. However, it says 1t will sup
port both if the Democratic convention adopts
them But there is one thing about The Yer
dict which surprises and pleases us: it is op-
poses trust and favors an income tax. We
quote portion of an editorial: "Those trade
dead-falls and dollar-traps, the trusts, The
Verdict believes should be smashed. They
locusts of Egypt were mouthless breed to
them. The Verdict Is in earnest favor of cut
ting the claws OF corporations. On
half the streets of New York city the citizen is
no better than tolerated trespasser, while the
telephone and telegraph and street railway
companies are the true, real lords of the soil.
Such should have their claws cut, and the man.
touring should be short and sharp and gone
about at once' The Verdict goes after the
Vanderbilts, the Astors and their ilk in great
shape. So long as "Dsn QUINN" the editor,
keeps up his present lick, we hope The Verdict
will not be reversed.
Here is "seare head" which appeared In
last Fridays Topeka State Journal (Rep.), as
ing committee: "How 'our heroes Jared.
Sickning revelations of the rotten beef con-
tracts entered into by the government to supply
soldiers. The stories told during the war
proven true. The army officers sign written
statements about the canned meat. 1t was
putrid, it was watery, it was black. 1t caused
dysentery and other diseases. Men would not
eat it. Turned the stomachs of the soldiers,
and no wonder they bought pie and bananas"
Further down the column appeared this SUBJ
head: "1'he beet was embalmed, and smlelled
like dead human bodies prepared for burial" "
"For every dollar taken out of the Philip
pines, twenty will be taken from the people of
this country" urges Rev. Dr. Fuller, OF Bos-
ton, i'll all address opposing the new imperial
ism. Just SO; and that is exactly why the
crowd that backs the national administration is
SO supcrlaivey imperiaistic. A blind man
ought to be able to see that if this country is
going to be forced to spend immense sums of
money, it naturally follows that some lucky
dog, are going to rake money In to exactly the
same extent, Mr. Hanna and his friends can't
see who is going to have any edge on them
when the rakng begins.-Kansas City Times.
In the matter of the Philippine annexation,
the United States, the land of liberty, bids fair
to forget the self-evident truth that govern
lnents derive their just power from the con7ent
IL, TO foro
military government (for military rule is al
ways despotic) upon the Filipinos, who have
fought for their liberty, and who desire their
would not only equal the despot-
ism Of Great Britain with her American colo
MES, but surpass it, and places in danger not
pine islands, hut the liberty of the American
citizen as we'll Home Guide, Philadelphia
The Topeka Capital upholds the defiance of
law in the following item: "The railroads
seem to have scored point in getting the court
of visitation through the legislature, and they
hope to score another by getting it declared un-
They will then be in the hap
py position of having cleaned up all restrictive
legislation of whatever character at one sittiug
Of the reform extra session." If the railroads.&c.
cured the legislation they wanted, why do they
want their law declared unconstitutional? Too
thinI too thin
When Representative Grimes resolution to
expel Weilep (Populist) from membership in
the house, because he holds federal position,
was introduced, Representative Fairchild Offer
an amendment including Representatives Burtis
and Jackson (Repubicans) The Republicans