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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1892
Page
9
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A public critique notes 135000 pensioners average six and a quarter cents daily, total pensions around 100 million dollars, while 300 receive ten thousand annually. The piece argues pensions favor a few and burden the poor, urging scaling of large pensions and fair treatment for private soldiers. It cites widespread poverty and claims the pension system profits the few at the expense of laborers. It ends with a call to aid starving families like the Husalana and a Cincinnati starvation case.
A fragment quotes Lary Foster asserting that poverty in the United States is the fault of the individual. The remark foregrounds personal accountability in economic hardship.
A historical note recalls the year long Kansas Republican and New York Democratic clashes over U S senator Ingalls to secure re election. A strong lobby aided railroads and GAR petitions and delegations amid derision of People’s party members. Now Ingalls praised as a loyal soldier friend amid shifting party sentiments.
The piece condemns intolerance as a root of evil citing biblical examples and political cruelty. It alleges intolerance sparked persecutions against abolitionists and presses, mentions figures like Governor St John and Polk, and claims police and millionaires provoked social strife to defend subscriptions amid financial failures.
A scathing, misspelled critique lauds Mr. Hudson as editor of The Capital at Tupeke, claims he supports labor and downtrodden bankers while bankrolling railroads, challenges his senate bid, and accuses him of political bravado and defeats as voters ignore him.
The proposal would grant a monthly pension to all honorably discharged soldiers not on rolls, set at one cent per day of service, raise current pensioners to the legal maximum, and issue legal tender notes to fund the increases while cutting unused pensions. It claims to fund without taxes, but faces opposition from Wall Street backed by editorials in the Topeka Capital.
Matt Quay seeks the nest secretary of state position after Mr Lapinguig's second term, stating readiness to serve and support government functions.
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