13 Oct 1899
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
1
An Irish remark contrasts imperial policy with lived experience, urging patience toward Governor Stanley who pledged to sit out the militia for Klondike suppression. The Pittsburg Kansan cites Scott Lantern in presenting a sharp, opinionated critique.
The Kansas postmasters are urged to contribute to the Republican campaign fund in Ohio. Boss Hanna fears losing control of his own state as the current administration’s inequities risk defeating any party per The People's Voice.
The Wellington Voice denounces President McKinley for offering to pay Aguinaldo five thousand dollars annually plus the right to name all local officers, matching the Sultan of the Sulu islands offer of twelve thousand dollars, and urges public shame at the action.
A colonial era debate surfaces as Hue Gouth pushes to unseat Roberts of Utah while cranks critique McKinley era imperialism and calls to mobilize volunteers for the Philippines. The piece lampoons English suppression, Duramoore quotes, and quips about Republican papers.
At a bankers convention in Illinois ex-Comptroller Eccles urged activists to embrace the gold standard and push for federal action. Resolutions call for monetary law to be fixed by act of Congress to end political controversy and restore stable commerce.
The piece summarises McKitley’s financing, noting high deficits in 1897 to 1899, with $290 million bond funding, $74.9 million railroad payments, and $114 million war revenue. It cites rising debt from $1.7699 billion in 1896 to $1.9919 billion in 1899 and a per capita interest surge, presenting figures to criticize the administration.
A farmer rebuts claims of prosperity in a Westmoreland Signal letter. He contrasts lower prices for corn oats and wheat with higher costs for fence wire nails and farm implements, arguing farmers face rising input costs while output prices fall.
A farmer criticizes the uneven rise in prices, noting corn and other crops fall while lumber iron steel coal wagons and implements rise. He compares the situation to wartime desperation and questions Republican explanations for price disparities and overall prosperity.
The text lists numerous prominent Republicans labeled copperheads including Hoar Sherman Mason Sewell Reed Boutwell Parkhurst Edmunds Brewer Washburn Harrison Jordan and Martin. It frames dissenters as persecuted like Garrison Phillips and Lovejoy, then notes Mark Twain's Cosmopolitan essay on Christian Science and Mrs Eddy describing it as a remarkable article and Twain as both humorist and keen philosopher.
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