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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
1
Partial OCR reads for an item in Gauxert Kansas note a monetary amount of 15 dollars and reference to a person named Anwar. The readable text hints at a formal or administrative matter but lacks clear details or dates. Further context is needed to confirm the event and involved entities.
The Lawrence World notes that Henderson’s success spurs Western influence and contends anti trust laws must precede the next election. It argues McKinley Hobart or Thurston would reflect trust power, while predicting a McKinley Thurston ticket to balance the ticket against Hobart.
Governor Pincre blasts the Michigan legislature for failing to equalize taxation and require railroads and corporations to pay their share. He accuses the body of bowing to tax dodgers and ignoring Republican platform promises. He also contends volunteers should receive at least $1 per day pay, not taxed to fund venders in a neighboring state.
The Republican platform of 1896 defends Civil Service law and pledges strict enforcement and expansion where possible. A Press dispatch notes President McKinley issued an order transferring about 4000 government jobs from Civil Service rules to spoils class, allowing department heads to remove personnel without cause.
The Lawrence World quotes Governor Stanley asserting leisure amid prosperity while Mayor Jones of Toledo critiques equality. It mentions a trust pursuing the Topeka vinegar factory, predicting it will win as owners offer only feeble protests.
The 1200 member Twentieth Kansas regiment has only 450 fit for duty as they head home from Manila. Washington had promised all would start home in June, but that pledge appears broken as they return wounded and ill.
A Cleveland era editorial accuses John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil of rapidly acquiring whisky trust shares. The piece predicts price hikes and church or college endowments, calling it a move to influence markets and institutions. The Eureka Union notes surprise at prison payrolls and cites Republican job seekers amid campaign activity.
The San Francisco Star recalls a message to Congress dated April 11 1898 about Cuba. The president rejects forcible annexation as criminal aggression and treason to the republic’s principle that governments derive power from the governed.
The Ohio Republican convention added an anti trust plank to its platform while also dropping Attorney General Monett. Monett, who opposed the Standard Oil trust, received only twenty six votes for renomination, a striking reversal echoed by observers.
General Bristow, a Kansas resident, notes public sentiment in favor of expansion. Joseph traveled from Kansas City to Ottawa, Kansas, then Copeland County and back, with Ottawa Republic and Times cited as sounding boards for the sentiment.
A Minneapolis Tribune analysis warns that rapid gold production may force changes in money and property values. It suggests an era of rising values as gold supply grows and questions if labor and agricultural products can stay indebted under the gold standard.
Jerry Simpson's Bayonet accuses Bowersock of selling out to the wire and nail trust after election, shutting his state's works and leaving workers unemployed. The piece paints him as a Republican anti trust champion who accepted a $10,000 yearly bonus as vice president of the trust.
The Lawrence World argues the coming year will bring a pitched fight with trusts, noting subsidies and paper scorn toward harm to business in the East while Western factories close. It contends the West bears the loss, urging all parties to shift platform focus westward.
Senator H. W. Young argues American forces abandoned nearly all Philippine territory to insurgents and would have to reconquer. He says governing the brown population without consent is futile and makes the U S look hypocritical for claiming governments derive their just powers from the governed.
Ex governor John P Altgeld argued that denunciations of trusts have failed and urged Democratic policy to secure public ownership of monopolies. He said state and federal actions are futile, trusts control the economy, and Democrats must outline concrete remedies in 1900.
The Kansas Populist accuses Gov. Stanley of using the contingent fund to aid corporations against the people, contrasting him with former Gov. Leedy who funded efforts to uphold statutes. The piece notes payments to Jas A Troutman and attorneys aiding the attorney general in challenging a special session. It hints the asylum committee faces funding limits and calls Stanley a tool of corporations while Leedy defended the public.
Industrial Free Press reports mass layoffs across multiple trusts including window glass 17000 workers and tobacco 3000 with others like wire bicycle rubber and sugar affecting hundreds more. The piece accuses trusts of profiteering by raising prices up to hundred percent and urges free trade as a remedy.
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