09 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1903
Page
1
The Lawrence World Republican notes that defeating Roosevelt will be a hard task for Republicans. Roosevelt is popular in Kansas but lacks appeal in the East and does not gain confidence from capital or labor, placing him between opposing pressures.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Oklahoma adopts resolutions criticizing Secretary Hitchcock for riding in Adolphus Busch's private car and allegedly distributing beer. They point to a territorial prohibition act and demand cabinet members respect local liquor laws when visiting the territory.
The Lawrence World urges Kansas Republicans to re nominate the entire state ticket despite scandals surrounding the state administration. It defends treasurer Tom Kelly and Governor Bailey as good officials and argues the party must stay united.
The piece attacks political knockers as parasites on a community, praising only the beneficial knocker like Joe Folk of St. Louis. It urges ostracism of persistent critics and argues locals should move if they dislike their town.
The poem pleads for labor and shared duty. It extols co workers with God and denounces masters and idlers. It envisions a glorious destiny for workers and a world rid of social slurs.
Toledo Mayor Samuel M. Jones, famed for the Golden Rule, condemns political and labor organizations as relics of savagery, argues strikes harm workers, and envisions a future where poverty ends under universal love and moral law. He recites verses on labor, laments Clinton murder victims, and criticizes party abstention.
A Minneapolis clipping from the Labor Compendium portrays Parry, head of the Manufacturers' Association, as domineering and vindictive. It recounts him blocking a cripple grocer near his works with wagons, defying police, and threatening to fire any employee who trades with the cripple, a pattern the piece says reflects many similar men.
The note highlights Jos Paintine praised as the best, with oysters served in any style at a Red Light venue.
A satirical parable told as Want-a-Heap the chief studies white labor and surplus, tests two economies, and ends with Indians fed by a feast on surplus. The tale follows buffalo hunts, wages, and the clash of native and white systems, ending with government troops and land seized. The narrator critiques surplus, exploitation, and cultural conflict through a fable-style dialogue.
F H Crosby formerly of Kansas City was arrested in Denver on multiple charges including stealing a mail pouch containing negotiable papers valued at about half a million dollars at Philadelphia on September 3. He had been active for some time before his capture.
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