Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-05-03
SWINGING ROUND THE CIRCLE.


Mckinley and his crowd are now on their
widely-advertised trip. They first went south,
and are "doing' the Southern states. Accord
ing to the dispatches, they are greeted by great
crowds of people, and the train has to be stop
ped once in while to keep from running
over the people, who, like the people OF old
who threw themselves under the car of Jugger-
naut, get in front of McKinley's train and run
the risk of being killed. However, we take
these reports with handful of salt
AS has been stated, this is the finest train
that ever travelled 1t is furnished by the Pull
man company, which company also furnishes
the eatables and drinkable-all free gratis and
for nothing. According to conservative esti-
mates, the cost of the train and the trip will
approximate $4,000. Some of McKinley's
friends say he wanted to foot the bill, but the
Pullman company wouldn't hear to it.
Mckinley has twenty-seven official guests
The crowd is waited on by one special conductor,
one comlnisary, four cooks, one chef, five wait
ers, seven porters, one barber, two electricians,
three Wallets, four ladies' maids, three type
writer's and one official photographer. These
are in addition to the regular train crew.
Mckinley has two trunks full of clothes, and
his wife has four trunks. Each man has three
or four suits of cothes-one dress suit, lnclud-
ing claw-hammer coat-for receptions and
other functions. Each woman has six or more
dresses and accompanying articles of apparel.
In the matter of food and drink nothing is
lackipg-only the best is served.
No king or potentate ever travelled in such
style-possbly never will again.
Mckinley is making numerous speeches from
the rear end of the train, and, as usual contra
diets himself In one Southern town, he said:
eve are not military people; we are not
dedicated to arms. We love peace, and the
United States never goes to war except tor
peace, and only where we can have it in no
other way We have never gone to war for
conquest, for exploitation and for territory, but
ALWAYS for liberty and humanity; and in our
recent war with Spain, the people of the whole
United States as one man, marched with the
flag for the honor of the nation to relieve the
oppressed people in Cuba"
He evidently forgot the Philippine war.
At another place, Mckinley said
"Our productive capacity has become Sc
great that we arr not only able to supply the
home markets, but we require foreign market
for our surplus, and so we are seeking the open
door in the Orient for the products of American
soil and American labor. What we must dc
now is to be prudent in our prosperity, save
while we can, and be strong if the storms
should come-and they do now and then. What
ever comes, let us be fortified by the practice Of
economy while we are all so well employed
We are not only expanding our markets, but
we are expanding our territory. The policy o.
the United States has always been to keep what
it originally started with, and hold all it honor
ably gets. We refused to divide our Original
possessions, and we will be the last to desert
our new possessions.
THE Kansas City World in speaking of tn e
reception of Mckinley in the South, says of tn {
Republicans who are rejoicing over it:
"Let them not delude themselves with vain
hopes The demonstrations in tho South are