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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1891
Page
4
The piece argues that Republicans in Kansas oppose labor interests and reform, accusing leaders of aligning with money power and deceiving the public. It praises Senator Peffer for aligning with reform and the People’s party, contrasting him with Ingalls and forecasting a pivotal historical era.
Estimated damages from late Indian troubles place the government at about $2,000,000 in costs. The figure reflects direct expenditures and relief allocations tied to the unrest and its financial impact.
The Midland notes Kansas voters and legislature retire Ingalls from the senate for views on moral law in politics. It praises Christians who vote by conscience and condemns party-driven critics blinded by prejudice and partisan lies.
A Greenfield Argus excerpt relays Thomas Skaggs dream of 1892 a split Democratic north versus south with Republicans shuttered. Spradly interprets as a broader North South East West unity in 1892 though Kansas shows Republican decline signaling real party turmoil.
The state faces a troubled post election scene as J J Tugalls on the Republican banner, a southern sympathizer, stands amid a chorus of regret from saloon supporters. Peffer, once loyal to the north, remains loyal to both sides, and the result harms bond holders while stirring old soldiers.
A writer denounces bond-holders and the two old parties for feeding misleading claims from unnamed Alliance papers. They accuse the press of serving a Demo-Republican banking elite aimed at reuniting soldiers, farmers, and business men with poverty under masked batteries of plutocracy.
Readers note a lack of republication in papers from that era of John Jems Senate remarks on January 14 1891. The query questions why extracts and commentary are absent despite noted grand speeches against ex rebel brigades tariff protection and illness.
At the ratification meeting county attorney Man ford Schoonaver argued that capitalists hold both mortgages and the means to pay them, urging voters to pressure lawmakers. He condemned both major parties for backing free coinage and warned against Wall Street influence and whisky, urging honesty to voters.
The passage mocks political parties cornered by the Alliance and People's party, accusing opponents of ignoring the movement while discrediting it with stench and falsehoods. It says they deny the movement until it harms their political money power, then resort to dirty tactics from their press.
The new secretary of the treasury is praised for aligning with Deacon Morrison and Grover Cleveland’s stance against free coinage. The appointment appears a quid pro quo for influence in Chicago in 1888, rewarding support for the Deacon’s nomination and now pleasing the appointee.
A fragment quotes a critic arguing that the lenders holding farm mortgages profit from the credit strengthening act, suggesting the promised prosperity has not reached farmers and the policy primarily benefits creditors.
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