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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1897
Page
4
The text argues there is no law against lying except divine law and that lying harms fair elections and liberty. It questions the value of a free ballot without basic needs and equates political manipulation to keeping workers in bondage, comparing Hanna’s aims to old slaveholders.
Analyzing claims by Republicans and Democrats, a columnist argues elections are not free across North or South. Coercion, poverty, debt, and intimidation shape voting, with former slaveholders and Hanna era tactics cited. The piece warns of a growing silent majority at ballots and the danger to the republic.
Hon. Davin Overmyer was invited to a traveling men's banquet in Linewin, Nebraska, addressed by William Jennings Bryan and others. Overmyer could not attend but sent a letter that created a stir. Bryan offers some good advice. Publication of the letter postponed to next week.
Congressman-elect J. D. Botkin, recently from Neodesha, now in Winfield to help his son attend college, urged the U S to intervene in Cuba. He favored granting belligerent rights to aid Cuban insurgents and called for a firm stand to halt the butcheries and killings. The remarks were reported from the Topeka State Journal.
New York opinion poll asked prominent men if bank failures in Chicago and St Louis stemmed from the presidential election. Senator Peffer answered that business failures reflect faulty business principles and a vicious monetary system, likening large commerce to hauling hay on a bicycle with gold.
Governor McIntire receives a letter proposing Colorado funds to build a silver bullion depository with certificates usable as money. Nebraskan senator Do. W. Brat aims to push a bill this winter if silver advocates back the plan. Also notes reformers seeking state printer reforms and the suicide of Jos. B. McCaLLAn of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Garnett judge-elect Schoonover tells Journal he opposes a constitutional convention citing cost and hard times. He supports enforcement of the prohibitory law, prefers amendments to the current constitution, and urges temperance workers to unite across parties for enforcement. Eaton named court clerk in his district.
Poem fragment expresses desire for crimson poppies to cover the speaker's breast at death. Images of color and warmth replace cold white flowers, with a plea for bright symbolism and eventual rest. Attributions and archaic phrasing reference Ella Higginsons in Penny Magazine.
A column argues that friendly bonds between men and women are natural and noble, promoting virtue, gentleness, and mutual respect. It laments social fixation on engagement and marriage, and criticizes censorious behavior that blocks platonic cross sex friendship despite its moral and social benefits.
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