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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1891
Page
5
A labor aligned speaker derides government policy as pro wealth and opposes the old parties. He condemns the national banking system as a robbing mechanism for bosses and usurers, claims legislation and courts favor rulers, and warns of farmers losing farms to finance and debt through bonds and usury.
The Kansas City Times editor laments the legislature's refusal to re submit prohibition to voters. He blames the house, while Republican papers push the People’s party as a whisky party, to which he adds a sharp, resigned “Too bad.”
The passage notes Democrats and Republicans joining an Alliance, gathering men born into both parties. It stresses the duty to care for new members as they come in, with a reference to a “freeeoiler” in Anderson County Kansas who went to a store for flour and a few pounds.
A man arrives at a store with flour and bacon then faces two groups asking his politics. He first says free soiler and is beaten, then declares pro slavery and is again beaten, losing his supplies. The piece urges Demo-Republicans to join the People’s party, warning against treachery for flour and bacon.
The dialogue recounts a public critique of a mortgage measure and accuses lower house lawmakers of class bias. The speaker recalls a windy orator's line about urban populations and then notes partisan horn and hoof imagery reflecting money power amid a second reading of the criticism.
A fragmentary note from M J Terres welcomes the Alliance in a home industry effort and expresses faith it will remain industrious enough to keep both old parties or money power off its band wagon. The tone is fraternal and campaigning in nature.
The article reviews legislative actions on a railroad bill to elect commissioners and ban free passes, noting passage 82 to 25 with party splits. It details a Lupier school book bill passing 70 to 40, plus obstruction in committee as lawmakers spar over the rail measure and political rhetoric.
An editorial notes Sedgwick county mortgage indebtedness ranges from thirty to forty million dollars per an investigation. The piece urges other counties to study the figures, rebukes alarmist rhetoric, and criticizes Republican papers for misleading the public. It references a Jasper J. Brown letter from Oswego N. and defends forthcoming disclosures.
J L Axpensos a representative from Cowley county died of diphtheria in Topeka last Friday. The piece notes liquor traffic harms workers by employment figures, stating breweries with 5 million capital employ 600, while iron ore works with the same capital employ 4,800. Union Signal.
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