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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

MORE BIAsPHEMY.-We are again compelled
to outrage the feelings of Carl Schurz's pocket
pieces, including the one in the Atchson Courier
Office, by showing up the hypocrisy and decep-
tion of the big humbug whom they worship. 1t
is but few weeks since Schurz went to Boston,
and delivered bigh-fown oration in eulOgy of
Senator Sumner, before an immense audieuce OF
the dead statesman's neighbors and friends
Among other things, he announced that he as
sumed the mantle of the departed Senator, and
proposed to fight out the battle which that emi-
nent statesman had so long prosecuted. Sum-
ners dying words were, "Take care of my Civil
Rights Bill" But few days ago, the final
struggle over that bill took place in the Senate.
The session continued throughout the entire night,
and the debate was fierce and bitter. Schurz
was not there, and never opened his head on the
question. The final vote wastaken-Schurz was
not paired off with any opponent of the bill, nor
did he vote aye or nay upon it. He skulked
-sneaked, cowardly ard pusllanimously. Thus
he has fulfilled his pledge to Summers friends.
The truth is Schurz is trying to build up Schurz
party in Missouri, and expects much of his
strength from the negro-hating element; hence
his skulking. He is treacherous, aud wholly un-
reliable-true to nobody but Schurz.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

The FREE EXCHANGE QUEsTIoN.-The Spring,
field Republican, not being country newsps-
per-" calls the latter "a class "f mendcants, Of
whom we heartily ashamed, because the
House has passed a bill restoring the freedom of
newspaper exchanges, and of circulation in the
counties of publication. The newspapers of the
country have survived for a year the loss of the
privilege above referred to, and have tanght Con-
gress that free, independent criticism cannot be
suppressed by depriving them of their free mail
facilities. If now, Congress chooses to restore
that privilege, the press will have no reason 10
complain, unless of the journals should find
it more profitable to advertise their disiutercst-
edness by Objecting, than they would to save a
few dollars year from postage on exchanges
We have never uttered a word of complaint at
the legislation of last year on this question, nor
have we lifted finger to have it reversed. In "a
large newspaper office the postage ON exchanges,
considerable in itself, is comparatively small
Still, if rural newspapers strongly in favor of
the free exchange system, we believe that there
are good reasons why they should be gratified,
and the fact does not certainly enttle them the
reproschfnl sneer Of the Springfield Republican,
when it calls them mendicants.- Er-
press
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

There has been considerable curiosity not to
say anxiety, among the patrons of hnsbandry,
concerning the accounts of the national grange
for the year ending December 81, 1873. The
Globe will do what the organs of the grange have
not yet dOne-lay before the patrons and public
at large a crudeused statement of the accounts
reserving till future occasion an analysis there
of. The receipts for the year were Sl32 Isl %
of which all but some $1,000 came from dispensa-
tions, over $500 of which were issued. The
balance WAS made mp from interest (onIy s73O).
quarterly dnes (paid only by Wisconsin, two
quarters, and Iowa and Illinois, one quarter each)
and sales of mammals. The expenses were in all
S79S3353, OF which SO, ,303 80 were for printing
and resaa sll 400 for salaries, sl3,5iO for clerk
hire, express charges, freight, etc. OF the bal
lance of sS2,el115 in the treasury, s39 5I25O are
invested in government skies, aud sl3. l52 20 are
in the Washington loan and trust cnmpanv. Mr..
Kelly. the secretary, received s., 400 salary and
s2.2l.74 arrears, besides some other small per-
qulsites, which altogether make up nearly as
work ON the farm.-St. Louis Globe.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

THE REAsON.-None appreciate or can give
better reasons for the scarcity of mouey in the
West, and the plethora in the East, with the re-
markably high interest in the former, and the
low rate in the latter, than can the New York
papers. Nor is it at all unapplcable to Kansas
men we know of. The money employed in one
day in non-productive and demoralizing stock
gambling-yes, the money loaned by the banks
for this Purpose-would, if applied to legitimate
business and enterprise, employ many thousands
of working people and add greatly to the national
wealth. There is ample security for money in
the property and industry of the country, and a
good interest to be obtained, but the banks and
capitalists prefer loaning to stock spectators on
cOllaterals, upon the pawnbrokine principle of
business because they make more by that Even
the country banks supposed to be established
for the benefit of the people in their several To-
calities, send their money aud that of their de-
pOstors to New York to be used in atke
street." and leave the farmers, traders and manu.
facturers at home without means.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

"TRUE BLUE" DEMOCRAT.-There is some
qualification in the discovery that Mr.. Eaton of
Connecticut, is ''true blue Democrat" for there
has been some Doubt as to what constituted the
genuine article. 1t is determined on the
authority of the "organ" of the party that be
''true blue" it is necessary tn have violently op-
posed the government in its efforts to put down
rebellion, and to profess the mast extreme dog
mas of State rights, which, put in practice, would
instantly suby1rt our whole governmental sys
TEN. All the noise Mr.. Eaton has ever made in
the world has been in this way. He is, in fact,
rewarded RDI zes1,l,saded by the Democracy for
having been dsriits the war a bitter opponent of
the government of iis country, ard for being al
ways practical secessionist in his political faith
BY Republican journals he is commended f"r
holding convictions" which he "not afraid TO
maintain against the passions of the hour"-the
desire to preserve the Unicn being manifesty
the "passion of the hour' referred to. Decidedly
the "new era" has opened, aud shortly it will be
as much as mans reputation is worth to have
it said of him that he was "UniOn man" during
the rebelion.-Ner York Times.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

THE PoUTER PIGEoN.-The Cincinnati Time
says Senator Conkling is the Wall street. sena
tor, that when Wall street strikes up the tune
Conkling dances. 1t concludes as follows:
That the President has been niisled as to the
real character of the currency bill must now
be evident to any one who has carefully consid
cred its provisions. IL was not ..inflation" that
made it obnoxious to Wall street. 1t was the
prospect of losing the handling of $4,000 900 OF
the money of the country in keeping up the
gambling in gold and stocks, which has so long
worked great detriment and disgrace to the
country. This becomes more evident every day,
as the smoke which has enveloped the conflict
disappears.
Defeated in the senate and in the house, sena-
tor Conkling fiatters himself that he is fairly set
on his feet agaiu by the veto. He will appear
in the discussions of the coming week as the
champion of Wall street, and ccntemptuously
hurl his imperial defiance at the people of the
West and South. He may gain seeming viefo-
ry for moment, but his day of reckoning will
come.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04
..MOIHER BIcKERpYKE.r.Pennls WIN ms

MOTHER BIcKERDYKE.r-People who were
familiar with our army hospital in Virginia du.
ring the war viii remember Mother Bicker-
dyke, one of the most patriotic women whose
works followed onr trooos af,er ,La - :.
appears lhe undertook some building operations
in kansaN and thereby became involved in pecu-
MARY dihieultirs, which, it is feared, have i'm.
paired her reason At all events she came east
in $50 wrnte to her son from Clifton Springs,
and thouhh she has since bsen seen in Brooklyn
and in the neighborhood of Boston, her friends
have wholly lost sight of her, and are in extreme
anxiety as to her safety. General sherman has
caused inquiries to he instituted. hut so far
without rrsnII. III the press throughout the
country will generally direct the attention 10
the matter, II may be the means of restoring to
her home and friends a woman who has lust
claims upon the patriotic gratitude of the nation
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

ANOTHER APOSTLE DEAD--The Rev. Beriah
Green, the President of the convention in Phila-
deiphla, which formed the American Anti Sla-
very Society, in 1893, died suddenly at Whites
borough, n. Y, recently, in the seventy-ninth
year OF his age. All the Survivors of that con-
ventlon will remember him as the inspired proph-
ct OF the occasion. Previously, as professor in
powerful impulse to the anti Slavery cause. and
subsequently President of the Oneida Insti-
tute at Whitesborough, n. Y, in which young
men were literally educated without regard to
color, he sent forth a host of the NEST jealous
and efficient workers for the slaves. In the
whole struggle, from 1873 to the victory, no SOL
diers stood fire better than those of his training.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

WILL Hoes BE DEAR NEXT FALLf-Tbe hogs
arriving in the various markets of tho country
are averaging very light in weight-droves upon
droves of them are mere pigs, pulling down but
$50 to .170 pounds. All hogs Of this character
now driven to -naxket deplete the packers stock
of 1915 and prospects now that much high
er figures will prevail next winter than were
paid last. The Iowa State Register. q paper prin-
ted in the very heart of an extensive hog produ-
cling region, says mere is sure to be short hog
crop next fall, aud urges farmers to save every
pig, and sell no more of their half grown shoats,
for the prices these will bring when we'll fatted
next winter will ldoubly pay for holding them
over.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04
GEO. S. HILLYER.-The Grasshopper Falls Ne

GEO. S. .HILLYER.-The Grasshopper Falls New
Era contains obituary notice of Geo. S. Hill
yer, one of the old Free-State men of early days
We clip the following extract:
. In Col Phillips History of the Conquest OF
Kansas it is recorded that in all that body
known as the Topeka constitutional convention
which met during the fall of 1855, there were
but seven who were willing to acknowledge
manhood as well under a black skin as white
and among those faithful seven We find the name
of George s. Hillyer, who quietly but firmly said
aye when a motion made to strike the
word white ont of what was intended to be the
organic act Of the future State of Kansas. In
that day when popular prejudices, even among
free state men, ran high against the negro, it
was no small sacrifice for man ambitious Of
political honors to put his convictions into prac-
tice.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

~ The Government Architect has recently
visited Lincoln, the Capital of Nebraska, and
will at once submit plans for Post Office and
other public buildings. How comes it that Kan,
sas, about ten years older than Nebraska, as
State, has not get got anything in the shape Of
a Government bailding; while the Capital OF
Nebraska, town in its infancy, has already oh.
tained them. 1t is TO be hoped that the Kansas
Representatives may soon make their pile, and
get through quarrelling over the appointment OF
postmasters and land officers, aud put our State
mt least on an equality with the youngest and
smallest States of the Union.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

y The body of Count Harris who has been
missing since last Winter, was found Sunday in,
Platte River, Missouri, near Edgerton junction.
The feet stuck up out of the water, and the head
was imbedded in the sand. The body was much
decayed, but Harris money, gold watch, andyal-
liable gold ring and diamond pin were still about
the clothing. Two negro boys discovered the
BODY
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

THE PoNERoY CAsE.-lt comes TO MS from ex-
eellent authority that the way is made clear for
a polle 10 he entered in the case of the State
against S. C. Porneroy. The powerful influence
of the machinery of the Republican party in the
State, with the aid of Pomeroy's money, has 81
lenced all opposition from the oil party politi-
clans and the subsidized party press.-LGrrence
Standard.
Tb. Lawrence Standard prints the ab"ve para
grapb in its editorial columns, and ndulges in
other expressions on the same subject, one of
which charges the Republican press of Kansas
with urrinc q ROlle tn he entered in the case of
the State VS. Pomerry. The Republican papers
of Kansas have urged no such action. 1t is true
mination of the in that manner. but if the
Standard would take the trouble to inform itself
IL yonld ascertain that vast majority of the
papers comprising what it calls the party press,
have. shown desire To have the case tried be-
fore the courts prescribed by law, and not dis
posed of by public agaitation.
Regarding the petition asking that q noHe he
entered it will be found on examination that
MANY Democrats have signed il. Considering
the relative size of the two parties it will be
f,uud we think, that the Democrats of Kansas
are fully represented ON the petition. When OLD
Pom. was in power he gave the representatives
aud th. truth II history compels us To say that
the plumber was not refused. Very many who
are now playing the role of .'yirtuous reformers"
accepted all that was proffered and asked for
more.-LeareRTOrth Times.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

rA few years ago, the public were bored
with accounts of the Tyngchurch trial and now
they are enjoying the Swing trial. Next we shall
have the Thing trial. And it is all about some
petty difference in religious humbuggery-sueh
a i, an inch or two in the length of gown, few
drops more or less of water in baptizing. or a
difference in belief the sixtieth part of degree
Fahrenheit in the Temperature of hell. The Chi
rese will carry home bad reports of the Chris
tian Religion.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

"a CHANGE CAME O'ER," ETC-The Spring
field (Mass.) Republican is beginning to fear that
the independent journals are OVERRIDING it in
sounding the praises of Grant, and advises the
brethren to 20 slow. The subscribers of these
independent papers are wondering If the gentle
men who are now Jestowing their eulogies upon
the President on account of the veto are the
same editors who have been denounciug Grant
daily for several years the least competent and
most corrupt President the country has ever had.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04
THE VETO MESSAGE.
How IL Was Written aud Who Wrote Gt-The
President Did il with His Little Lend PEN
Washington Correspopd.pce Chicago Times.

Washington Correspondence Chicago Times.
| 1t is too late for veto talk! | have seen 81
much gossip drifting about through the papers
as to how and by whom the message was writ
! ten, that find 1T duty to throw few para
| graphs of truth into the stream. 1T was main
ly the work of Conkling," says one gadder. "Ban,
croft Davis is responsible for its symmetrical
sentences and admirable logic" gabbles another
1T was licked into shape ut four prolonged meet
ings of the cabinet" quotes still another. One
of the few men whom have not heard assigned
as partial, or entire, author of the ever-to be-
praised document i'll question, is a certain sena-
tor from Indiana. l am warranted in stating
that no euviOus detractOr of the future will be
able to lay finger upon any line and say, .MOr-
ton put that in"
Now, am little proud of my President that
he wrote this veto message himself Neither
Bancroft Davis nor COnkling saw il until il was
on paper, and the cabinet knew nothing of its
existence until it read to them complete.
There had been intimations among few of the
elect of Grants advisers that he would refuse TO
put his signature to the absurd bill which had
been so laboriously churned through congress.
Simply this aud nothing more.
The message was written by Grant in person,
not even the customary amanuensis being used.
He went into his private library, just after ses-
sion of the cabinet, and remained there nearly
the remainder ofthe day, digging with Il common
lead-pencil. The original draft written en-
tire with lead pencil, and when read to his i-
innate counsellors, was found SO perfect in style
and sense as To demand but single alteration.
1t will be remembered that the closing argument
begins as follows:
Il am not believer in any artificial method of
making paper money equal to coin, when to the
coin is not owned, or held ready to redeem, the
promise to pay"
The Italics of "artifcial- are mine. In the
original pencil document it read, 81 am not a
believer in any patent method" etc. This was
more graphic, and exactly embodied Grants SELL
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

A man may buy ticket, now -a-days, for 81 600
globe and back again to New York. using frat
class lines Of travel all the way. Along this
route, with the exception only Of the gap of
5000 miles made by the Pacific Ocean, run tele-
graph wires, aud work is rapidly in progress to
e6mplete TINS last break IN the cireuit. Puck
should have lived q little later in the history of
progress to see MS girdling project eelipsed.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

II The Independent" Convention, called to
meet at Topeka, last week, seems to have been
ridiculous fzzle. Even the city papers, in max
ing local item of it, treat it as bit OF pleas
antry, somewhat as they would notice of some
member of the Legislature being arrested for be-
ing found in a house of bad rePute. We doubt
whether organizing new parties is Aelius' forte
He should seek some enterprise more suited to
his capaeity-for instance, playing pins with
school BOYS
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

The Supreme Court of the State of New York
has inst rendered a decision sustaining the civil
damage clause of the liquor law of that State.
The ruling WIS 10 the effect that Ice sts,
to sell liquor are not contracts between the
State and ths person licensed, giving the
latter vested rigltS pr trcted by general prln-
cip.s and hy the Cnnstn ntion of the United States
against subsequent legislation, and that they
have neither the qualities Of a contract nor OF
property, but merely temporary permits to
do what would otherwise be an offense against
the general law
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

Ex-GovERSoR CURTIN thinks the life of the
Sonth n "a mas been extingushed. 1t has nothing
lelI ont waste, debt, and desolation. The South
must DE an excellent country in which to begin
anew. Did any reasonable, thinking person
ever think for moment that the South could
perpetrate robbery and infiict slavery on n race
of people and not suffer for itf
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04
The GovernOrshiP.

There are three gentlemen prominently before
,ha Republicans of Kansas for the nomination for
c.,v.rnor. next fall. These three are all good
men. competent and popular. This Is free
,ourtrv. where every man hTs right to be
,..rdidate for Office and where it is no dishonor
% osnire in a proper manner. But aside from
the rigbt which each person has to be candi-
date for Governor, and his own desire to win the
oesce what good reason can be shown to the peo-
uIs If Kansas why they sbonld make a change
Wherein has the State suffered under the pres
ept administration, and what improvements or
advantages do the rival candidates hold out
So doubt they would do fully as well as the
present Executive; but where is the use Of turn
ing out one man who does well, in order to put
in another 10 do just as well
Governor Osborn's Administration has been
success. and a credit to the State. He was elect
ed in spite of the most infamous charges against
him, and strong belief in the public mind that
he was not proper person for the place; but
his every act in Office has refuted these charges,
and proven TO the public that it had judged nm
fairly Of the man. He has committed errors in
his office, of course, but they have been small
and of minor consequence; while the good lie
has done has been great, and the benefits he has
rendered, important
Gov. Osborn's very first act was in securing
the removal of Federal troops, which had been
menacing the settlers of Southern Kansas for
years, aud which his predecessor had said were
necessary for the preservation of the public
peace. There haS been no disturbance since their
removal He has procured the appointment of
II Fiscal Agent for the State, in New York, to
transact our financial business safely, and with
room for speculation with the State funds.
He has secured thousands of dollars due the State
from the General Government and turned it into
followed by the Legislature, the amount would
have been thousands of dollars larger. He pro-
posed measures Of the greatest importance, which
were neglected or rejected by the Legislature, in
their blind search after Reform, by roads which
did not lead TO Reform. He is rapidly arranging
and placing in order the records and titles to the
State lands received from the General Govern
ment, which papers, under his predecessor, were
jnmbled into chaotic mass, and slowed away in
shOeboxcs and in odd hooks and corners. He
has brought system aud order out of confusion,
az well as the Legislature has permitted him to.
1t has become a sort of custem to re-elect Gov
ernOrs who have done well during their first
term and if any Governor heretofore has been
entitled to it, Gov. Osborn certainly is. At any
rate, the people should be shown some better
reason for making q change, than that his rivals
are good fellows, and qualified for the position.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-04

The distinguished representative of abdomen
adipose and arrogance, who presides with 50
mnch eeiat over the agricultural fraud on the
hlll a mile or two away, last week expelled three
students for the silly reason that they wonld not
cover their faces with their hands during prayer
But the aforesaid balloon soon took the back
track, and pitifuily begged the young gentlemen
TO return; Another victory for the new manage
ment.-NaRkattan Beacon.