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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1900
Page
2
A wide mix of public affairs. Barbara Frietchie fame linked to Billy Patterson, a proposed Bible reading in public schools in Argentina, and Moody's Mount Hermon project. Senate debate on foreign petitions, Samoa and Haiti arbitrations, armor contracts for Krupp, and naval armor funding amid delayed battleships. Manila to London dispatches imply vast global trade routes and pressuring secret services.
A reform-era briefing outlines a Republican drive to raise as much as 6.2 million dollars to back McKinley’s re election. A Hanna prepared letter targets major trusts with pledges from Steel, Oil, Sugar, Tobacco, Paper and Cracker groups along with others. Ohio warnings heighten party anxiety as the plan seeks to mobilize wealth to influence the election.
W J Bryan spoke in Los Angeles on April 10, 1900, denouncing a recent law. He argued that ordinary citizens lose when banks can deposit government bonds and collect interest, while wealth holders benefit. he warned the bill makes debt permanent and shifts costs to the public.
The Atlantic Constitution critiques Senator Hoar’s stance, likening his rhetoric to moral hypocrisy. It argues his support for the Republican party betrays his anti imperialist denunciations, portraying him as aligning with injustice and inhumanity despite eloquent appeals to decency and freedom.
A speaker cites the United Party’s warning about reliance on protection as an owl metaphor bows to the idea that labor leans on capital. The passage frames dependence of labor on capital through allegory and admonition about appreciation for protection.
The speaker urges the Republican party to abandon imperialism and renlat yet calls for adherence to a long held path of justice and freedom. He stresses that Congress has not embraced despotism and cautions against abandoning principles that once made the nation, party, and president great.
A New York News opinion excerpt criticizes Republican open door policies and Philippine subjugation aims as fueling foreign aggression. It argues McKinley era trusts push to extend influence worldwide, using American wealth and labor to back expansion and naval strength.
Washington correspondent from the Indianapolis News argues that tariff policy on Porto Rico would enable political leverage and blackmail against colonies. He quotes an anonymous Republican congressman warning that tariff rates could control colonial business, affecting representation in Congress and pressuring lawmakers through patronage and lobbyists.
In Los Angeles on April 10, 1900, W. J. Bryan challenged the idea that the constitution shields Americans ready to trample others' rights, prompting applause as he urged vigilance against such overreach.
The Jeffersonian Gazette argues Kansas voters are bought by a trust paying $22.5 million on 225000 voters, equating $12.50 to $12.80 per head. It claims Republicans will spend at least two million dollars in Kansas this year to sway the electorate, implying an exchange of dollars for votes and asserting the price per voter.
A concise editorial fragment criticizes the Republican Party and cites Senator Hoar of Massachusetts urging the party not to push the nation toward destruction by isolating core principles. The tone reflects partisan tension and calls for adherence to fundamental values.
An old oak and a vine argue over dependence and pride in a fable style scene. The vine claims it sustains the oak while the oak laments its fatigue from nourishment. The exchange reveals tension between support and ingratitude.
The Buffalo Times questions the New York Herald's suggestion that Admiral Dewey could win by running as an Independent against Bryan. It argues the shift from Bryan to McKinley is unclear and notes disgusted Republicans might back Dewey instead of McKinley, potentially disappointing those hoping for McKinley’s defeat.
The piece condemns abandoning constitutional limits, contrasting the 1898 war for Cuba with a call to self-government. It argues Republicans threaten Declaration of Independence principles by pursuing imperialism and trampling citizens’ constitutional rights in Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
A harsh reevaluation accuses railways of fostering monopolies across coal, grain, sugar, and standard trusts. The piece argues thirty years of discrimination enabled a few men to seize nearly all developed resources and create dominant combines. It emphasizes the Big Four Beet, bituminous coal, grain elevator, sugar, and Standard Trust as pinnacles of monopoly power.
The Cripple Creek mine owners produced about 14.7 million dollars last year with roughly three thousand dollars each after expenses. The speaker notes workers would fare better if the mines were public property but argues that the planet can be bought and sold, leaving non-owners with no rights.
It may be that a kingdom is better than a republic or an empire preferable to a democracy. The speaker questions whether people are capable of self rule and notes McKinley and others meeting on the air of Columbia in a journal setting.
The cost of constructing and maintaining a telegraph system runs about $2,000 per mile with total submarine cable investment above $200 million. Land value, while higher, is set against vast aggregate value. America's largest company now has $125 million capital, pays $8 to $10 million in salaries annually, and last year handled over 100 million messages. These figures, though incomplete, show telegraphs as a leading global business.
A fragmented OCR line suggests a late note or remark from an author. The readable portion mentions a name fragment and a timetable cue, implying a scheduling element or marginal commentary within the page.
Amateur photographers may use hood cameras at the Paris exposition without limit free, while base cameras require permits from the commissioner general. Day permits cost 25 francs, whole expo period 1,006 francs. Exhibits cannot be taken without owners’ permission. stray, unrelated marketing lines appear.
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