The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-10-13

seems vet to stand sentinel over the valley.
Here we may pause and give last look to
the valley, beset with evergreens Of live oak
and pine, and refreshed and made green by
the cool, clear waters Of the Sierras, As they
are loosed from their snowy bed by the rays
Of the sun, and sent dashing and foaming
and roaring down canon, chasm and cascade
until they reach the mountain wall Of granite
rock that imprisons the little valley, where
they shoot over, and, striking the projecting
rocks below, are sent streaming Outwartis,
and are caught up BY the winds, and are
whirlel and spun off into space like rockets,
while the sun rays, glittering in their paths,
make beautiful and brilliant display. But
it would be difficult to say which are the
more admired, the variel waterfalls or the
mountains with their different forms, peaks
and shapes and towering gradeur. l have
made this too long already, and have no
space to speak Of the giants Of Calaveras. 1
may refer to them hereafter. PACIFIC.
Sol. Miller and the Wsrkine Mea..
To the Editor Of The Times:
1t appears that the White Cloud Cnief,
published by one Solomon Miller, at White
Cloud, has been throwing dirt at the Work
ingmen's Convention lately held at Topeka,
to the great disgust Of Mr.. &. F. Sylvis, one
of the most active and intelligent Of the
,Workingmcn at Ieavenworth City, who re-
plies to Solomon" somewhat in kind,
through the columns Of THE TINES.
That Mr.. Sylvis, who may be found almost
any day of the week Sundays exceptedl with
sleeves rolled up, and
''Forhcad wet with honest sweat
at his shop in Shawnee street, laboring hard
to sustain himself and family. should be
grieved at being stigmatized as ''loafer''
and "shyster," is natural enough, for Mr..
Sylvis was delegate at the workingmen''
Convention, and most Of his colleagues were,
like himself, active working men.
A convention Of only twenty-seven men,
| representing so small vote as the White
Cloud Chief would have us believe that con
vention did, is surely not the place wher'
one would expect to find loafers and shysters
II am correct in my observations Of politi
cal affairs, loafers and shysters have horror
o., minoritics. They prefer to take ''th'
chances in large anti Enthusiastic conven
tions, representing dominant parties, where
to lie nominated is equivalent TO an election
As the editor Of The TIMES has very prop
| crly stated, 'thcrc is vital and forcefu
idea lying at the foundation Of the laborine
mans movement" But this idea to be fell
and recognized, must have expression other
wise than by the clink Of the anvil and tn
hum Of the factory. This Mr.. Sylvis ant
his co-workers will understand; and so they
have met in convention to see what can b,
done for the advancement Of workingmens
interests by politics. Capital is dominatin,
and aggressive, and the most sOrrowful page
in the worlds history, are those which
record its triumph and Nominations owe
labor. Furthermore, it is a startling fact
one which number Of our most eminent pub
licists have recently madethe subject Of grav'
dicIssion-that railroad and manufacturin,
monopolists are attaining dangerous ascen
dency in the business and political concern
Of our free republic. II the Workingmen'
movement serves the purpose Of an alarm
bell, to rouse the public to a sense ofthes
things, its mission will not have been il
vain, though they accomplish nothing more
The action Of the Workingmen at ToPek
is to be commended in this respect instca'
Of raking over the rubbish of by gone an
played ont issues to find material for thei
platform, and rarading the usual amount O
buncon,bc they pronounced boldly an
squarely upon Issues and principles, which
at this day, challenge discussion a the fire
side of every inhabitant of this state an
county. The first resolution in their plat
form is the laconic expression of principle
which lately shaped the decision Of tn
Supreme Court of Michigan, in case touch
ing the validity of bonds voted in aid Of rail
roads and other schemes; principl
which, had it not been ignored for so man
years in Kansas and in Leavenworth county
would have saved us from a most onerou
burthcn Of taxation, enabling farmers to er
| joy many thousands Of their hard-earned do
lars, which have been jnggled into the hand
of commissioners and other officials ~ col
ruption fund, to tempt the capacity Of thies
ing politicians and railroad rings.
agree with TIE TINES, that the Whit
Cloud Chit by no means reflects the PR
vaiIing sentiment Of the Republican party
as 10 Mr.. Sylvis and his movement. l ais
insist that II is too early in the day to de
nounce the Republican party, which but yes
terday, as Il were, lifted three millions G
laIorers ont of slavery into the condition {
freemen and citizens, as inimical to the in
terests Of labor. -i0
i The masses Of the Republican party
will not speak too confidently Of the leader
arc laboring men. But they are also in
telligent men; men who know their right
and knowing dare maintain" Under an
leadership that would make the party par
der 10 those who grind the faces Of the poo
and tax labor 10 satisfy the greed Of soulle'
corporations and selfish noncrcaists, III
party wouH inevitably go to the dog: an
this its leaders as we'll as those whom the
lead we'll know. j. a. B.
i PARAMOUNT, Oct. 4, 1870.
October.
i II !. y,cw yellow Autumn, NO lcnser d
vided from summer by the plumy sheaf an
lingering flowers, but with features Of il
own, marked with slow decay. There is
rich hectic red on its cheek, too beautiful I
last long, and every wind that blows pale
the crimson hue, o. scatters Its beauty On tn
empty air, for everywhere around US 500
the leaves will fall and nature prepare itsel
for the livery of bleak and dreaIy white,
October, so-called from being the eight
in tie year, according to the old Allan 0
Latin calendar. was by our Sayon ancestor
styled WA Moneth lmodern Teinmonaf) O
the wine month. 1t was also called BY tn
ancient Germans Winterfhlih, from the ar
proach of winter with the full moon Of tn
month.
| In some Of the ancient Saxon calendar
this month Is allegorized by the figure Of
husbandman carrying a sack on his shoalde
and sowing corn, in allusion to the practic
of sowing the winter grain, which take
place in October.
Though q melancholy feeling il associate,