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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
4
The ballot item outlines the people's ticket for the state and congressional race with N. J. Bowman as the candidate for the Second District. The notice emphasizes a structured ticket and specifies Bowman as the congressman contender.
The Populist and Democratic county conventions met in Garnett last Saturday electing temporary leaders and forming committees. They adopted a plan to nominate by majority vote in separate halls, debuting a highly praised ticket believed capable and honest to lead Anderson county. The pieces stress harmony and a goal to elect the full ticket.
The Cedar Point Democratic gathering chaired by Tom L. Johnson endorsed a reform platform. Key planks include municipal ownership, public revenue separation, sworn reports from public firms, anti–railroad favors, home rule, merit-based city services, voter approval of franchise grants, and direct senatorial elections. Johnson warned that publicity alone won’t curb monopolies and urged sweeping monopolies from law. He linked money power to the broader fight against trusts and imperial governance.
The boy follows his strenuous father on a hunting trip in the far West riding a special car from an Eastern railroad manager. His crowd roams shouting and spooking farmers. Farmers object to trampling, a follower threatens a farmer and his dog. The railroad manager dismisses farmers as agarchists.
A brief argumentative note questions why if Chinese people can be admitted to the Philippines despite a claimed US territory status and a Chinese exclusion law, similar admissions should not be allowed domestically, signaling tensions over immigration policy.
Delegates at the state convention repudiated William Jennings Bryan and the Kansas City platform, signaling a shift in party stance and aligning with a different regional or national strategy. The move reflects internal debates over currency and reform era policies.
Parkersburg dispatch reports National Guard troops sympathizing with coal field strikers. Soldiers persuaded many miners to join the strike, forcing the Rush Run detachment to relocate to avoid mine emptying. Across the New River valley hundreds of families are homeless, lacking tents and food. some soldiers have shared state meals with striking families.
On Labor Day in Chicago, six men carried two American flags in a procession and spectators were urged to toss money into the flags to help the striking miners. Throngs accepted eagerly, tossing coins from sidewalks, windows, and rooftops, filling the flags multiple times with about ten thousand dollars contributed to the strikers.
Secretary Shaw urges top banks to boost circulation quickly for heavy crop movement demand. Banks deposit bonds to secure 12.5 million in emergency notes, with up to 15 million possible, printed and held by the Treasury until banks order. Critics jibe at selective aid to banks amid miner strikes and calls for soldiers.
President Roosevelt and four others were in a carriage near Pittsfield Connecticut when struck by a trolley car. Roosevelt was bruised and cut, Cortelyou was cut and stunned, a secret-service agent was killed, Crane and the driver unhurt.
Epward Boonesiron, known for The Hoosier Schoolmaster, has died. Memorial details and burial plans have not yet been announced.
Senators Quay and Penrose of Pennsylvania move to settle the coal strike amid concerns over its effect on the election. They have so far failed to broker a lasting accord.
Juyce A H Horvon former Kansas supreme court chief justice died Tuesday evening after a protracted illness. His long service and contributions to the state judiciary were recalled by peers noting his legal acumen and dedication.
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