White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-06-17

WOMAN SUFFaAGs.-The enemies OF
Womsn Suffrage conld never have de-
vised means to kill the cause as e6ectu-
ally as the female leaders Of it are them.
selves doing. They started ont BY max
ing war upon the Only p-rty thst could.
or was likely in the fu urs to grant
thrm the righ. ofsnfrne-. .nd cour,isg
tie party ,shots very fousa.,iss u op-
position to sll .uch rsfor,.. AMI they
have per.ever.d in mskins ihesselser as
overbe.ring. as dis.sr.-.s.lr. ssi e OBJ
nox;ons a. possible to alI reasonable
people. and proving that women are CO.
pa ble Of becoming as perfect, polikcal
demsgoRues and rowdirs as the men.
They have disgusted and driven from
them many who were earnest friends ol
their csns.. which ia not asstiong TO- day
as it was Eve or ten years ago. Progress
sive Massachusetts. the nursery Of such
reforms. where most Of their besvy work
has recently been done. has just rejected
Woman Suffrage BY very large majority
ia the Legislature. n ths question were
t, be submitted in Kansas The coming
Fall. it ~ooh not receive half the num.
Der Of votes il did two years ago. W.
arc thinking that the JEALOUS women who
expect to live to see the day when women
vote. will be enjoying EquaI Rights IN
der the sod many a long yssr beforeth
timc arrives that they ars looking for
unlsaa they change their tactics speedily
and radically.
The Quaker Indian Policy - A
Thrifty Friend-A Quaker Ring
Looming Up.
There seems to Be general impression
that the appointment of Qrakers ss In
dian agents is IN entirely new thing
whereas the fact is that the plsc was tried
under President Lincoln with no very
Rattering result. In the early part Of hi,
administration "Old Abe" com m issionei
IN Indiana Quaker to look after the '.Lo'
family, located West Of Arkansas. The
honest Quaker. whom l will desienat,
% Friend William. ia said 10 have provst
. very expensive article. On . sslsry
oftwo thousssd dollars he accumulated
It is alleged. one handred aud fifty ihous
and dollars in . short time. and " Is able
TO pay Of . large Indebtedness tha
weighed him down when he accepted tb,
Office Of Indian Superindent. Ia fact. j
is said he was completely bankrupt xbel
he commenced his off i.l career. hut nov
has lots Of greenhacks invested in th'
stock of Q national bank ont West, AM
is altogether in a highly n 'nrishing con
dition. Bnt Friend Wllliam. it seems
was not satisfied with his former success
and therefor" managed. cnrion.ly enongh
To have the Qnsksr delegation that recent
ly waited npon President Grant rrc.en
bis name for the same OIL position. a.
man en,iuen'ly qualified end sni,4bls< il
oil respects. The delegation for Ion,
time insisted npon "Willi.m's" appoint
ment. bnt were finally compelled to Civ,
up. on being told that the Senate wnul,
not confirm him. SO mnch for the frs
experiment Of Qnsker Indian manage
ment. This is not cited in disp.rsgs
ment OF the Friends. bat 10 show tha
the idea is not new, and that the aect. !
very likely to be imposed upon by cunnin,
men who know how to take advantae
Of the foibles Of the Qnskers already. an,
have laid all their plans for . prof. .bl
Quaker ring. President Grant and
SECRETARY Cox will hsve to keep q shsry
lookout for these fellows.
The above is q Washington dispatcl
to the New York Herald of May 5,h
Some people 10 Lsavenworth and il
Kansas may not know who "Frien1
William" is. and then there are som
who may know. The Herald does no
give his "maiden name" becense "
suppose the Herald does not wish to mis-
lead. Blu, he seems to be Quaker. an,
bis "front name" appears to bs William
This "Friend William may be in tn
new Quaker Ring. and II be is he ma,
"go through it" like . dose Of salts. ]
thee thinkest well Of thine order thee mus
put money in thy pure Conservative.
HABITUAL CcsrivESEss OR CoSsrlpA
TToN From this sfil'ction arises m .ny
OF the ailings OF mankind. In our every
day walks Of lifs we hear people compl.i,