Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-21
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From Brvan's Commoner
Ii remains to be seen whether lie grand ur,
is as easily handled by the beef trust as Mr.
Garfield seems to have heen.
Peace will come very quickly when the Rus
sian grand dukes are compelled to lead rein
forcements instead of sending them.
The proposition to christen the new battle
ship Kansas with Kansas crude oil does no
meet with the approval of the committee or
arrangements. The committee probably teels
that enough of oil was used in getting the con
tracts properly placed.
Some of the insurance companies are threat
enpg to leave Arkansas because of the passags
of an anti-combination bill. If the people Of
Arkansas will now establish All insurance de.
partment and furnish insurance for their owr
people at cost, the companies hat retite will
not be missed.
Rev. Herbert S. johnson, of the Warren
Avenue Baptist church of Boston, in opposing
the Rockefeller gift, said tina. his influence
upon Young men was "a thousand times worse
than the influence of a saloon keeper or the
proprietor of den of vice, and that for a
church to accept his money would ALLEVIATE
more than ever the great laboriug classes from
the church." "l.aboring men," he says,
''cale nothing that business man engages in
family prayer if he raises the price of coal
during coal famine"
The Sioux City minister who asserts that he
'would take money from the Devil, !" if offered,
and use it to promote religious work, certainly
has some queer ideas concerning courtesy, as
we'll as some queer ideas about religious
work" man who would accept favor and
then turn around and refuse return favor, TO
say nothing OF rendering thanks would be ac-
cused OF lacking the instincts of a gentleman.
And if the 'Devils money" is good for relig-
ious work, why not have churches with saloon,
gambling house and social evil adjuncts?-three
means by which considerable of "DeviPs
money" may be accumulated. Accepting gifts
from men like Rockefeller is an dffense to thou
sands of Christian men and women, and the
minister who would talk as this Sioux City
minister IS said to have talked certainly has
forgotten St. Paul's words: "If eating meat
inaketh my brother to offend, will eat no
meat while the world stands"
From the Nebraska Independent
When it comes to electing governors out in
Colorado, votes are not taken into conSidera-
ton at all. If the corporations want some
other man than those voted for, they SIMPLY in
stall MIN in office, and that ends it. The peo.
pie submit, for it won't do to disturb business"
The patient stupidity of the people of Colorado
j. something wonderful. The corporations al
low them all the liberty that they are capable
of enjoying.
Of all the sneaking gratis that have ever
been perpetrated during the last year that con-
eressional iunket to the Philippines at the ex
pense OF the poor Filipinos is the most d,srep-
ntable The congressman are to take their
wives ,~their cousins and their aunts, and the
expenses are Ia be taxed out of the Filipinos
and paid by the Philippine government. That
is a little lower down than congressman ever
got before. The Fiipinos canuot help them
selves There is United States army over
there to see to it that the natives put up the
money.