Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-06-09
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the people to trust themselves.
The initiative and referendum Is the
key to all other reform movements.
The trusts had just as well pack their
trunks; they have got to go. The bust
ness has been over-worked.
If Jefferson was alive to-day, he would
not be eligible to some of the banquets
given in his honor.
The insurance companies have suspend.
cd operations in Arkansas. Why not the
state organize an insurance company?
When the people take the law-making
power in their own hands through the
system of direct legislation, it will put a
stop to bribery
Some people seem to think that reform
consists merely in change of pie-eaters,
AS matter of fact it consists in a change
OF systems.
Machine politics must go. The life. of
the republic is of more account than the
ambition and greed OF the boss politician,
II few men can control whole line
of business, why should not the people
do it and save the profits that make
millionaircs of the few?
Why not call the Filipinos in and put a
mortgage on EN-? That will civilize
them quicker than ANYTHING and it's al
most as fatal as shooting at EN-.
Machine politics must go down before
the initiative and referendum. The boss
will be eliminated, intense partisan spirit
disappear, and the people will rule them
selves.
The beef investigation cost the gov
eminent $4,000, but it was worth a
hundred times that to the people. 1t
shows up thc method of both trusts and
politicians.
No one thing will cure existing evils,
but the initiative and referendum pro-
vides the way to apply all necessary
remedies. Without it we are power'ess;
therefore, it should stand first in order
If we can ever catch the dadgummed
Filipinos and get them to read our Bibles
and drink our whisky, we can "assimi-
late" them all right. Uncle Sam ought
to have contracted for theme. o. d..
It's going to cost more to catch EN- than
what we paid for them.
The work of dsntegration Is going on
In all political parties, but there will be a
grand coming together some OF these
days, and a final reckoning had with the
would-be wreckers of the republic. Di-
rect legislation will be the means to ac-
complishing it.
Government ownership of pubic utili-
ties is rapidly gaining favor The unjust
exactions of corporations are opening
the eyes of the people. The more bur
dens they pile on, the sooner will como
the end. Sock it to us, o, trusts. until
we have sense enough to come out of the
rain.
In this age of inycntian and progress,
no man can define radicalism That
which appears radical to-day is conscrv-
alive tomorrow. The lcaycn of higher
and better civilization is working in the
hearts and minds of the people, and the
day of emancipation from false systems
draws near.
!, The difference between direct lcgisla-
} ton and representative government is
that, with direct legislation, the people
vote for the measure on its merits, while
as it is now, we vote for tn, man on his
promises. The lobby and bribery have
made representative government fail
urc.
Mayor Jones, WHO was a candidate for
reelection III Toledo. and who ran upon
a Golden Rule platform against two old
party candidates, only received the sup
mort OF one DTCuNIlcl' hitiiNuSii III w o'
elected by large majority, receiving
many more votes than both the other
candidates together, the clergy was
against him. 1t seems that the church
has gone daft after "thc world, the flesh
and the devil" What's the matter with
the Golden Rule!
There are great many people who do
not know what the initiative and refer
endum Isl yet, 1t exists to some extent In
every state in the Union except Delaware.
1t is the means we use to amend our
state constitutions. No amendment can
be made without being submitted to the
people. What we need Is an extension OF
this system to apply to all important
laws. Only that, and nothing more. We
already. have it, and it is good. We
want more of 1t.