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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1892
Page
10
The piece discusses Kansas politics as Perkins is named to the U S Senate to fill a vacancy. It argues Perkins is as competent as any nominee, though likely a tool of money power, with Peffer the lone defender of state interests in the chamber.
The piece denounces the Republican press for misrepresenting farmers and People's party candidates. It applauds Senator Peffer Jerry Simpson John Davis as able and dignified representatives and condemns Republican leaders for their insult to Kansas.
The text rails against sermons urging sinners to stay in a political party tainted by Wall Street control, bootleggers, thugs, gamblers, boodlers, extortioners, and saloon pimps. It accuses party leaders of hypocrisy, corruption, intolerance, and coarse behavior unseen in any civilized country.
The whisky lobby in Albany, New York, 1879, acknowledged spending about $100,000 to secure whisky legislation. They argued this was not class legislation nor unconstitutional since consumers pay the high tariff and other monopoly taxes.
The February issue features Prof A de Rougemont’s article on learning French, plus abundant illustrations and varied stories. It highlights “Cupid and Psyche,” “At the Home of a Florida Cracker,” “The Home of a Specialist,” and “A Small Garden, and What It Produced,” with home and garden ideas for readers with limited space. Published by W Jennings Demorest, 15 East 14th Street, New York City for $2, twelve issues yearly.
Observation compares office seekers to hunting dogs, noting they cluster around headquarters after a senator or officer dies, ready to seize appointment opportunities. The piece satirically describes opportunists from distant places watching the process like dogs around a kennel, seeking favorable positions.
The Northern Farmers' Alliance of Minnesota re elected Ignatina Donnelly as president after a meeting. He denounced option dealers for allegedly defrauding farmers of ten million dollars on the grave wheat crop and was unanimously endorsed for president in 1882.
In Birdsboro Pennsylvania the Brooke Iron Co cuts wages under the McKinley tariff. Jobbers fall from 3.50 to 3.25 per ton while sheet mill workers face 60 cent per ton cuts and nail ere workers see about a ten percent decrease. The ad argues prosperity under the McKinley law is too great.
The Paola Times-Signal reports a change in ownership with John W. Bell taking the paper from Cyrue Corning. It notes Eisner W. Parsins, a resident of Washington City, and asks how many U S senators Washington City is entitled to.
A described variation of the traditional figure of justice places Judge Botkin in court. He is depicted with eyes unblindfolded and arms loaded, one hand gripping a revolver and a Winchester rifle, signaling a stark, controversial take on balance, justice, and power in a courtroom setting.
The speech extols a broad labor unity including a third party while noting thousands in Chicago seek work and many children endure low wages. References surface to People's Party bills in Congress from Kanes as the Second district’s response remains silent. Questions about appointments for Ingalla and Elina flash as historical echoes.
French finance minister Ma Tinaro criticizes the McKinley bill as barbarous, stirring strong feeling in Ohio where McKinley’s supporters spent heavily to win. He recalls Republicans in 1891 backing Kansas battles and predicts the People's party will oppose a Republican rival in 1893.
In a speech Tu of New York warned that Congress would not pass free coinage. He said the New York Democracy would not yield to any federal money legislation unless it was based on silver, the only legal tender per the 1874 Tilden platform.
The Topeka Capital laments soldier pensioners paid in flat money amid a broader stink over wartime payments. It accuses the paper of hypocrisy while insisting pensioners were really harmed by bondholder interests and flat money misalignment.
The true elder son of the Prince of Wales, heir to the throne, died recently. Reports say his death was not mourned by the common people who breathed a sigh of relief, judging him an overbearing simpleton. He shared his father’s traits as a gambler and libertine.
Unstit March 1 1892 the subscription price of the Alliance Tribune at Topeka Kansas will be fifty cents per year The Tribune a six column eight page paper of Alliance and People's party advocates reform A first class domestic sewing machine will be awarded as a premium to the person sending in the largest list of cash subscriptions on or before March 1 1892 Address Alliance Tribune Publishing Company Topeka Kansas
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