Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-13

room, the school house. the press, tn
church, the politicians and the govern
ment Yet a couple of years were sufi
Client to overthrow 1t and expose Its awful
rottenness. Hear what George w. Curtii
said of the slave power In even the
Northern states In his day: Slavery sa
supreme In the White House and made
laws at the capital. Courts of Justice
were its ministers and legislatures itl
lackeys 1t silenced the preacher In thu
pulpit II muzzled the editor at his desk
and the professor In his lecture room. II
set price upon the head of peaceful cit
liens, 1t robbed the malls and denounced
the vital principles Of the Declaration oil
Independence as treason. In states where
laws did not tolerate slavery 1t yet ruled
the club and the drawing room, the fac.
tory and the office. 1t staggered at the
dinner table and scourged with scorn a
cowardly society. 1t tore the golden rule
from school books and from the prayer
book the pictured benignity Of Christ"
An Awful Picture to Behold.
My friends. this is an awful picture of
supreme power The men and the women
who opposed this institution did not ex-
pect change for centuries, but the
great clock in the chamber Of the Omnip-
otent never stands STILL L licked away
: SiV yNuio 40 IL hSu t'Shcu dWay
the centuries, until finally 1; struck the
hour The world heard the tread Of a
million armed men, and slavery persisted
| from America forever. Mr.. Curtis de-
scripton exactly fits these times. The
money power sits supreme In the White
| House and makes laws at the capital.
| Courts of Justice are its ministers and
| legislatures are It's lackeys. 1t silences
the preacher in his pulpit, the editor at
his desk and the professor "a his lecture
room.
Intelligence of the Country with tho
Party.
But the infalllble finger Of Its growing
insolence shows that the hour Of its de-
structon Is near. Remember that thirty
thousand votes properly distributed In '96
would have elected Mr. Bryan. The pa
triotic intelligence of the land Is already
with us. Deduct from Mr.. Mckinley the
negro vote and he Is lost: deduct the
ignorant city slum votes which he got
and he is lost. Deduct the vote pur-
chased with Hanna's Doodle and he is
lost. Deduct the false returns made by
corrupt election judges and he is lost.
He was elected by tainted dollars. and
his future must rest on them. The ele-
ments of corruption are his mainstay and
nothing can stand long on rotten foun-
dalton. Remember. too. that not single
devotee of '96 has deserted. Flesh pot
patriots may weary. but our mighty army
still has its face to the sun and our only
course Is forward.
This Is Gods Fight.
All, say you, this is a fight against
money, and we have none. That is true.
But no great moral and political reform
ever yet rested on money. The Almighty
has never yet tried to sprout the seeds
of justice in the garden of lucre. Only
poisonous vines will grow there. Noble
manhood perishes there. 1t is moral force
that, In the end, moves the world. Had
Christ been furnished a million Of dol
lars by a syndicate to introduce his re-
ligion, 1t would have been failure.
True, we must have money for hall rent.
printing, ETC., but we must get 1t from
those who give with a blessing and not
from the men who demand the selling Of
souls and the surrender Of manhood.
Money Cannot Win It.
II the sugar trust or the Standard OIL
trust would give US ten millions of dol
lars to make a campaign with our cause
would be lost. 1t would be Clevelandism
over again. Even IL we won the election
our moral force would be gone, and we
would accomplish nothing. 1t Is the ar
dor of devotees that shakes empires and
we must win this fight by a self-sac-
rficing manhood. Men with flesh pots
cannot help u.s. hear the derlsive laugh
ter of Mark Hanna at the mention Of
manhood. But, my friends. American
manhood will yet survive to throw the
deodorizing lime of oblivion upon his pol
luted grave.
No Time, No Peace for Trimmers.
We are in a crisis. The liberties of a
mighty people are at stake. There is
no neutral ground; trimming and trad
ing can no longer be tolerated. The
world demands earnestness and candor.
do not believe in the black flag; give
every honorable enemy quarters. But we
have sacred black motto which we
must keep to the front, and that is:
Woe unto him who tribes with the con- |
ndence of the American democracy"
Grover Cleveland is dead, and he left no |
friends to whom to send the obituary no. |
tees. Scores of wabbling statesmen are |
today looking through the fence into the |
for a burial place. because |
they were hit By the wrath of deceived |
people. Each age furnishes a weapon for |
the people. The weapon for this age is |
Initiative and Referendum. Through 1t |
we can restore democracy.
Then fill our people with the spirit of |
Andrew Jackson, and the corruption of |
as well as the hypocrisy of |
will no longer threaten or |
disgrace our land.
why We Honor Jackson.
Why do we honor the memory of Jack
son? He was not a great scholar. not
great orator not a great publicist, not
great military man, and yet he stands
like a mighty rock IN the ocean towering
high In air, while thousands of scholars.
orators, publicists, generals and states
men who have come since his time are
lost in oblivion. 1t is because of his char
acter. Amid temptation and threats OF
destruction he fixed his eye on the star of
Justice, shook his fist in the face Of power
and delivered the American people. This
needs more Andrew Jacksons-
and the people believe that they have
found one in William Bryan