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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
4
A dated letter from the Republican committee urges statewide turnout arguing 1900 stakes. It claims 1897 saw a large GOP win and warns off-year rhetoric. It promotes neighborhood meetings, candidate presence, and canvassing to boost Republican votes and oppose Populists and imperialists. It predicts Eugene V. Whittington’s election in Kansas despite campaign absence.
Oppose imperialism gold standard and trusts. If you stand against a large standing army and national bank control, vote Republican. Support George McAdam for county commissioner and Dr Geo Schoonover for coroner, C E Grass for sheriff, and Harry Bolson for county clerk. Tim Funston may return to Manila. endorse McKinley policy or vote your own ticket from top to bottom.
Anderson county praises Jr W Shields as the county treasurer noting unmatched honesty care and efficiency. The article argues for a second term asserting the office is well managed and that residents will reelect him.
In an Ohio speech Bryan condemned the idea that God guided American presence in the Philippines and warned that when God acts He will not use Mark Hanna as a mouthpiece.
The Populist statement condemns GOP offers to trade Dan Moore for votes or for other ticket candidates. It declares no Democrat or true Populist will participate in such schemes and urges voters to cast ballots for the entire Populist slate from top to bottom.
The text claims Britons are not cutting a wide swath in the Transvaal as reported and that Boers are fighting well and winning many battles. It asserts news is suppressed and doctored, accusing Britishers of copying American imperialists in propaganda.
A dated criticism argues that electing Republican officers would prove endorsement of imperialistic doctrines, predicting arrogance and abuse next year. It condemns Populists who vote for a single Republican candidate for not deserving the label, calling such voters poor and unworthy.
Foxp Funston stated the Catholic friars in the Philippines were to blame for the war and urged driving out the friars and confiscating their lands. The Topeka Capital seeks to deny the claim, but Funston's remarks were published in all daily papers.
The president replies via a cabinet officer to petitions sent through the New York World. He says the United States will not offend England, unlikely Boers will gain support, and that intervention could invite foreign involvement. If Boers seek aid, the request will be ignored.
Speech excerpts criticize President McKinley for imperialism and the Philippine War. The piece argues expansion lacks congressional ratification, condemns taxation and oppression of Filipinos, and urges keeping the flag pure by rejecting imperialist policy and protecting liberty as in Yorktown and Appomattox.
Dispatches report the Forty-sixth Massachusetts volunteers bound for Manila were delayed in Cincinnati by a drum head court martial for drunkenness. Whiskey was secretly carried aboard trains and plenty of it was aboard. Skepticism rises about sending such men to "christianize" the Filipinos and calls grow for ministers to condemn what is termed God's war.
The writer questions supporters of J. W. Rice for exploiting sympathy due to his disability and contrasts his single leg with Joe Yokum who has one arm. They argue it is foolish to claim a man will end in the poor house if he fails to win office.
Gillhooley's Reception is a roaring farce comedy coming to the Opera House on Friday November 3rd. Patrons recall the show fondly and a big crowd is anticipated.
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