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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1899
Page
3
A compendium of political glimpses and social notes from 1895 1896 including cabinet resignations and tariff fallout. It references McKinley Bryan Eskridge and Fusion tickets, labor disputes in Havana and Manila, coinage debates, anti Philippines sentiment, and counterfeiting arrests with partisan leanings. It paints a vivid snapshot of era tensions and public anxieties.
General Charles W. Blair prominent Kansas lawyer politician and public figure died Sunday at Coronado Beach near San Diego California at age 70. A longtime resident of Ft Scott Leavenworth and Kansas City he built a notable career and earned his rank as lieutenant colonel before rising through bravery in service to the country. Kansas loses a staunch friend and champion.
Governor Stanley and Insurance Superintendent Church have confronted each other over “road agents” sent to audit insurers. The agents kept collected funds instead of turning them into the state treasury, despite Church denying a legal duty to pay. After initial resistance, Stanley relented and the money remains with the inspectors.
Cy Leland proposes a special legislative session to appropriate funds to bring the Twentieth Kansas volunteers home from San Francisco. He favors quick railroad payments and questions constitutional validity should Godard rule on the issue. The remark highlights railroads as a priority and the constitutional risk of such a session.
The author questions U S policy on Spain and the Philippine purchase calling it wasteful and dangerous and argues for an imperative mandate to allow recall of false officials. The piece critiques McKinley era actions and contemplates shorter or more controllable terms of office through voter power.
Miss Nancy Scranley reiterates a vow to close the Klondike saloons. Saloon keepers mock the threats and boast of entering politics to back sympathetic candidates. They deny fear of Stanley and demand proof before belief. Church supporters back their preferred nominees regardless.
Goparp urges federal action to regulate trusts while United States Attorney-General Griggs argues that the national government cannot, leaving regulation to the states. The debate centers on whether federal or state authority should govern trust regulation.
The piece attacks McKinley for keeping wheat prices low and warns of drought risks for Europe and India. It mocks Republican leaders claiming “we the people” privilege, mentions Mark Hanna and others, praises antitrust rhetoric, and quips about Bowersock’s silence and a public memory of his “hide.”
The mayor and council of Garnett mourn the passing of the city clerk of Garnett. They express sympathy to the family and friends and order a copy of the resolutions sent to the deceased’s county and published in Moody newspapers.
Kansas City Kansas chapter of the Ladies G A R announces Sunflower Circle No 02 officers led by President Mrs Rhoda Trildpe and lists several roles. The group plans a Saturday event to elect officers, notes aims to support veterans and families, and offers honorary membership to Civil War veterans of good character with working membership limited to female relatives of veterans. The subdivision operates under strong social and charitable commitments.
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In England, so called copperheads label traitors who oppose Great Britain’s war on the Transvaal republic. They compare such opponents to American patriots who reject murder of Filipinos to seize their lands.
Frusu beef killed in Kansas City goes to the Liverpool market at two cents per pound below local prices while Wichita flour, produced in Wichita, sells in Liverpool at six cents per hundred less than Wichita consumer prices. The claim is that Republican protection does not reach the people of this country.
Prohibitionists urge Stanney to clean out the Klondike roots to leverage political power. They claim his success against the Klondike would prove his ability to purge joints in every city and town in the state, causing Miss Nancy to sweat blood over the pressure.
A humorously clipped exchange recalls concerns over favoritism as a governor appoints his wife to a new role at a $100 daily rate. The lines imply public skepticism about nepotism while joking that such favors would entangle family and state.
Major Harvey, acting lieutenant governor, is named as a gubernatorial candidate against Stanley in 1900. Stanley views Harvey as a strong foe and seeks to remove him by granting him an army appointment, but this tactic is unlikely to succeed.
Bryan spoke before about 15,000 people at St Marya yesterday. He urged focus on silver policy anti trust and anti imperialism in his speech.
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