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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1900
Page
1
The writer recalls Congress silent on Boer suffering, noting past American sympathy for nations fighting despotic rule. It argues the current stance is subtler and less effective, praising but restraining emotion, and likens it to the restrained tribute shown during the Civil War by Blylord.
A Housewife challenges Senator Hanna’s claim no trusts exist as she faces daily cost pressures from a meat combine and broom price jumps. Broom factories are held by a $5 million trust paying $250,000 yearly, with broom prices rising from 3.25 to 6.25 per dozen over four years without wage growth for makers.
A trade and policy letter argues war boosts money circulation but spending at home would do more good. It urges investing in roads post offices homes for the aged rural routes and education for orphans over funding campaigns in Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines. It frames the war as costly to youths and advocates charity at home and domestic education.
Senator Mason argues that if one claims the right to take and govern the Philippines without consent, the same right justifies taking Canada. He contrasts the fleets of Victoria and Aguinaldo to claim imperial prerogative applies across lands, urging expansionist logic.
C NX Howard of Rochester speaking for the Young People's Christian Temperance Union of Kansas City denounces President McKinley and the Republican administration over army canteen policy. He accuses the administration of nullifying the anti canteen law, cites army morale and the Philippines, and calls for action to prevent endless war and drunkenness among soldiers.
Amid heated rhetoric on liquor and morality, voters last Tuesday backed an administration aligned with the liquor element, despite Christian calls to abolish the saloon. Critics warn the policy will bear bitter fruit, predicting repentance for those who supported MecHanne administration.
John Allen recalls a humorous darkey tale about Senator Depew and patronage. A slave steals and eats a possum, bones shown to sleeping owner who confesses the possum may have affected his constitution. The quip ends with a jab at Depew’s patronage and its supposed impact on his constituents.
David Starr Jordan of Stanford urges that U S duties in the Philippines require accepting the people’s demands to achieve lasting peace. He argues that current conquest path will never yield peace, order, safety, or prosperity once peace is established.
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