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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
1
The Lantern notes Roosevelt has become president and no vice-president remains. Senator Frye of Maine will act as president pro tem of the senate. Tar Mankatu Advocat plans a guessing contest about the number of potatoes in a glass fit, with two contests scheduled and the first guess tied to the source of the potatoes.
A reader complains the anarchist was not eligible to die and blames Democrats and Populists for the president’s assassination. The piece urges redicted immigration to bar vile pauper labor from Hanna era employers, naming Mark Hanna as a driver of anarchy.
The Pleasanton Herald comments on how eager Republican outlets and orators celebrate steel trusts gaining leverage over striking workers. The piece warns labor organizations and workers to remember this as ballots approach.
The Mining Review recalls that McKinley and Bryan were the only presidential candidates to run opposition campaigns free of personal attacks. It says both campaigns were clean and honorable, though voters showed selfish interest over money issues, more than in any prior national campaign.
A brief dispatch reports about two hundred Italian anarchists, imported by coal firms, celebrating the McKinley assassination with liquor, speeches, songs, and praise of Czolgosz. The piece notes the poor screening of workers for political beliefs and the harsh mistreatment of laborers, quoting a Clay Central Dispatch.
A Dakota Ruralist editorial condemns assassination of President McKinley as an irremediable crime that harms humanity, creates martyrs, and retards progress, noting that while history sometimes elevates assassins to notoriety, most are rightly despised.
A European and American critique taunts Democratic papers and big finance while condemning monopoly and war. References to the McKinley assassin, tariffs, shipowners, Standard Oil, Morgan, British loans, and railroads, ending with a harsh view of British war policy and Kitchener. The piece links greed to imperial conflict and calls out heartless profiteering.
The Kansas City Star notes that Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Doster is praised by lawyers across factions and by both parties. Elected in 1896 by the People's party, he has dispensed impartial, equal justice and shown scholarly attainment with opinions in the classic Lloyd tradition.
A quoted Denver era voice warns of growing anarchy as miners and machinists ousted from work face starvation and westward drift. The piece notes possible labeling by Topeka Capital and frames lawlessness as the natural harvest of greed and the violated Golden Rule.
The Farmers' Advocate in Topeka says any effort to curb anarchist propaganda will be scrutinized to prevent pretexts for suppressing truthful producer conditions and revealing capitalist schemes expanding power.
The Springfield Republican cautions that lynching and burning fatalities fuel anarchic acts by undermining social order. It argues mobs and corporations evading laws teach contempt for justice, urging a universal reign of law from top to bottom.
Dakota Ruralist contrasts scientific anarchists with Socialism, arguing true socialism seeks education before replacing existing rule. It condemns violent “anarchists of force” and defends Jeffersonian democracy while envisioning an orderly shift to industrial democracy once citizens are educated.
A Nicurra man known for carrying a potato for rheumatism reportedly sold the potato and used the proceeds to buy a ticket to Hot Springs. Hurt Scott Lantern notes the curious tale of a small act funding travel.
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