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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1901
Page
4
The Friday morning report says the president had a restless night and grave fears for his recovery. Citizens hope for the best and condemn the act of violence against the leader, wishing the assassin just punishment for the murder or attempted murder.
The passage condemns Republican papers for blaming Socialists and reformers for the McKinley assassination. It argues against laws restricting criticism of leaders, questions if opposing cartoons would have sparked the attack, and calls for temperate discourse rather than rabid accusations from Populists, Socialists, or Democrats.
Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage is urged by the Clearing House Committee to address treasury surplus funds. A telegram from New York dated Sept 9 requests measures to replace excess treasury money in circulation to aid business and crop movement.
Secretary Gage is appealed to by several New York financial institutions to ease the money market by increasing deposits in national banks. Representations claim that while the interior demands money for business, the financial system needs more liquidity.
Public funds pile up in the treasury causing concern. Secretary Gage plans to divert five million dollars from treasury vaults and solicit sales of 20 million dollars in new bonds to relieve pressure. He will be in Washington in the morning to consider actions and won’t announce decisions until on the ground. The Topeka State Journal editorial notes Wall Street anxiety and urges relief through bond market shifts, while the Topeka Herald dispatch details directed reallocations and bond proposals for 3 and 4 percent issues.
An analysis argues that labor’s political power counterweights trusts, noting the federal anti trust law’s weak use. It links trust influence to party shifts, cites Presidents Shafer and Gompers, and envisions 400 000 workers uniting to curb plutocracy and alter U S politics.
The passage argues that voters could force representatives to end special privileges and abolish class advantages, making government truly by, of and for the people, and it warns that the plutocratic class dreads such population-driven reform.
The piece warns that stock watering has surged since 1870s practice, citing New York Central and Erie precedents, and projects $50 million in Beaumont oil, $500 million cotton trust. It argues profits would fall to producers and consumers if these stocks fail, foreseeing a tighter money market and potential panic if earnings do not materialize within a year.
Paola Times notes that between 1861 and 1871 the government offered 135,800,000 acres to railroad companies. The piece questions fairness in distributing scarce farm opportunities amid a wheel of fortune approach for 13,000 of 175,000 applicants.
A quoted line from Public Opinion in Osage City contrasts secret planning to crush an independent manufacturer with open persuasion of labor demands as intimidation. It notes five men meeting in secret to financiering versus five hundred men openly urging support for organized labor, punished by prison sentences.
Petition to call a special session of the Board of County Commissioners to meet in Garnett Kansas to review architect George Washburns plans for courthouse furniture and fixtures and to advertise for bids. Board orders sealed proposals due at 1 pm, adjournment noted. later petitions and adjournments recorded by County Clerk J K Calvert.
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