02 Oct 1896
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1896
Page
1
A local letter to the State Journal argues Leedy is a trustworthy candidate and contrasts him with Morrill. The writer contends Morrill’s moral standing is debated, cites Sunday school claims, and questions ministerial support for Morrill amid Prohibition and gold-standard politics.
The piece critiques elite attacks on workers and dress codes, insults Yale for mocking William Jennings Bryan, and endorses the west’s labor movement. It cites Jeffersonian virtues, class tensions, and calls for liberty and labor rights, closing with Henrietta B. Warp’s note.
A gold bug paper mocked laboring men at the Cleveland Bryan gathering, deriding their attire and social status. The piece blames such papers for shaping public opinion to protect monopoly and wage suppression, arguing better dress would mean more work and higher production.
An audience at Free Church heard a sermon titled Ideal Money. The pastor argued the money power concentrates wealth and endangers the republic, citing Lincoln and Stowe while urging citizens to seek and spread the facts. He warned the press is silent because banks benefit from the system.
The Pointer from Providence notes a speaker’s war talk on hoarding coin, Lincoln and Chase, $60,000,000 in U S notes at par with gold, bankers winning an exception clause, gold rise to 285, banking system origins, contraction evils, a bond conspiracy, refinancing, demonetization of silver in 1873, defense of silver, labor as value, and nationalizing public interests to coin labor into a two cent dollar.
An unusual solicitations ad offers a name and address in exchange for a silver dime. Respondents are promised inclusion in select mailing lists, samples of reform papers, and two essays on financial matters by return mail. Address to A. Parga, publisher, Louisville, Kentucky.
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