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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16
.I.aatton Means war"

e,bt over the question of initiating the
-. crows more bitter, and the East be-
.o,,.s more excited as the fact becomes more ap-
narept that there is majority for imitation LUG
rost ia becoming actually b"mbaStic and Iiuieu-
,ons The New York Herald raises the aiari,l'os
,rv that initiation means war between Inc East
"a the West That is precisely the threat 'he
Sor,b nscd TO make against the East ana tne
VS., IN Tighten them on the Slavery question; /;
t,, they did not frighten to any alarming extent,
"a the attempt to carry out the threat did not
So, vary Ipckv for the South Now that the
W, .,d south are united in a common interest,
,ho East undertakes the same little game, with
the experience of the Soath to serve as fright
full example.
W. do mot understand the questions of finance
and currency-are lost in the wilderness when it
,oes beyond 81 ,OOO-but the West and the South
are laboriur under financial depression, and il
il claimed that there is not sufficient currency
for the purposes Of business The East takes the
opposite grunnd, and opposes an increase, prefer
ring. rather, still nearer approach to specie
uayueut As there are able advocates on both
sides. we guess We shall not dscuss the merits
of the question: but submit to the decision OF the
We suspect that submission TO the majority Il
what hurts the East. When the South and Wes'
had acquired q large majority of the population
the East, by shrewd management, strove lone
and persistently to retain majority in Congress
by fighting against fair apPortionment. HsT
ing failed in that, and the West and South nov
having q majority in Congress, the East still as
sumes to control legislatiOn-even resortins t'
arrogance and threats. The East regulates th'
prices Of Western produce, and the tariff fol
transporting it 10 market. When the specula
tors and money gamblers in the East bring about
disorder in finances and stocks, the West SUI
fers from the panic When the West asks toi
sufficient currency to carry on business, the Eas'
interposes its veto--in short, the East not only
regulates the entire business of the West but lie
mands the right 10 dictate laws to her.
There should he no unfriendly feeling between
sections; but inasmuch rs the interests Of the
great producing regions, the West and the South,
are Identical and the East sets herself up in op-
position to them, is it not about time for the
West and the South to not only exercise the pow
er of their majority, but to depend upon their
own resourcesf
The threat of war means nothing hut slight
"inhstion" of language; but even if it should
come to that, the West aud the South would
have no reason TO fear the result.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

A LOSING GRASGE.-The Grange at Rienzi,
Miss, rrcsived last week from Liverpool the sum
Of 5000 in gold in return for cotton shipped
there on account of its members, the result of
which experiment proves to be n seriOns loss.-
Had the cotton been shipped to Memphis, the re-
alization in currency wonld have purchased over
5000 in gold. 1t is evident that the zeal of the
Changers is leading them into serious errors, be-
sides which there are many Of our country friends
who Seem so have no appreciation of the relation
of fgreenbacks and gold to one another. For ex-
ample, one of the members Of the above grange,
wishing more gold than his proportion of the
shipment spoken Of, paid another member $50 in
currency for $40 in coin. In Memphis be could
have bought the gold for s44.s0.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16
The Vote ON Currency.

Inc Snieago Tribune, an opponent OF tne nnan a,,.
eiai policy adopted by the Senate, makes tne
ioliowing political and sectional analysis oil tue
senate vote on that policy:
FOR INFLATION.
R-publicans-Allison,B Boreman. Cameron, Car
pehter, CLAYTON, Dorsey, Ferry, (1ilcl,) harvey
ffhrhcnck, ingalls,, Lewis, Logan, Morton, Ogies-
by, Patterson, Pease, Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson,
spencer, West, Window. Absent. but woni"
have voted yea-Sprague, Brownlow, Conover,
0iInert, wright, Mitchell, Alcoru-29.
Demoerats-Bogy. Goldthwaite, Johnston, Me,
Creery, Merriinon, Norwood. Absent, bnt wouid
nave voted yea-Dennis, Gordon, Ransoni-S.
Liberal-Tiptou-1.
ATTENUATION.
Repul'licans-AnthOny, Chandler. Conkling,
Cragin, Frrlinghuysen, Ramlin, Howe, Jones,
Morrill,, (Vt.) Sargent. Scott, Sherman, Stewart,
Wadleigh. Absent but would have voted nay
buckingham, Ferry, (Coun.) Boutwell,, Edinun'is,
Morrill,, (Me.) Flanagau-z0.
Democrats-Cooper, Davis, Hager, Hamilton
iMd.) Kelly, salisbury, Thurman. Absent, but
would have voted nay-Bay ard, Stockton, Steven
son-1p.
Liberals-Fenton, Hamilton, (Tcxas,) Schnrz
B.
The Initiation majority in the Senate is 8. Of
% votes fur imitation, the fifteen old slave States
furnish: Virginia. p North Carolina, 2; south
Carolina, 2; Genrgia. 2; Alabama, =; Florida, y
Louisisna, l; Mississippi, 2; Arkansas, =; Tennes
sre. 1; Kentucky, 1; Missouri l; Mary land, l-or
u in all. Frum the y Northern States there
are but 1s votes, all given by Republicans. The
vote according to the old classification may lie
thus stated:
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

TAKE NoTICE.-It is our desire, from time ia
time, to give Judge Price notes to work on
when that thing comes to be "strained over"
1t may be in accordance with the rules Of the
Court for him to get up before the jury and man
ufacture evidence that was not given, or to I'M
peach evidence that was given; but leading
lawyer should endcavOr to he true to history.
When he saystha: scroggs and Jeffries bad moth
ing to do with hanging men for libel, but that
it was for treason and perhapsit would
be well enongh for him to brush up little, and
ascertain whether Jefries did not condemn Al
gernon Sydney to death, simply because in his
house was found an unfinished manuscript, (not
yet published,) In which 1t ~Hs asserted thai
''the King derived his power from the people,
and he was accountable to the people for the
abuse of that power"-iu plain words, for deny
ing the "Divine right of Kings"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

EFrom the complaints and charges that are
being piled up against our United States Srua-
tors, We judge that they are not giving mani
nous satisfaction. Without expressing an opin-
ion as to the truthfulness of any of the charges,
the Chief still sdhcres to the opinion which it has
never had cause to change, that Notwithstanding
all the charges against Pomeruy, and even if he
attempted to briTe York aud others, il was an
unfortunate day for Kansas " hen h, was d,f-at-
ed. The people of Kansas are not likely to erect
the traitor York iRto a saint, nor to make ho,;.
day. of the date when 'houesty aud brains w.r,
recognized and rewarded.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16
NEWSPAPER LAW IN JAPAN.-The following rs
a summary of newspaper law in japan, under the
present liberal rule:

No pewspaper is in future to be publishcd in Japan
without The permission Of the government. and each i'm
prrssinn must the date Of publication the address 81
the printing Office and the name OF the editor and pub
lisher Newspapers give and eomment upon news of
extraordinary naTrtl phenomena frrs, commercial
events births marriages and deaths and literary and off
aI but articles Of evil tendency
arr TO be published Il is also forbidden To attack the
government discuss the laws 20 impede the working Of
internal by representing the views Of foreign
rrs In regard % them confuse and demoralize the peo
pie to attack officials while they dschargns their
public functions any of having committed
plantations to the laws published in the paper The pub
Usher is bound give information to the authorities
that may be required Of him.
We are Just beginning to find ont under what
law We were tried for libel. 1t was very clearly
the law of Japan. That was the law we volat-
cd We "attackcd an official while he was dis
charging his public functions" and accused one
of having committed an offence on mere rumor."
These acts having been committed, nothing more
could be said-no excuse circumstances of jus
tification could be permitted. And we suppose,
if that jury hadn't hung, hut had brought in a
verdict of guilty, the sentence would have been
death by hari kari.
When the thing is /" strained over" Judge Price
should not fail to produce the law Of Japan among
his authorities.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

A wARNING.-We have recently heard vast
deal about the abuse of the freedom of the press
that it should be kept within reasonable
bounds, because many of its publications are
calculated to "excite men 70 wrath, and create
breaches of the peace" Grant 1t. Now, abont
the very time that the above was being said,
lawyer in Arkansas named Aldridge, shot and
killed Judge FoA, account of words spoken
when Judge Fox was on the bench. As a mat
ter of right and consistency, We contend that
Judges should be prohibited, under penalty of
fine OF imprisonment, frum speaking while on
the bench, and from giving decisions or instruct
ing juries, which must necessarily be distastefnl
and unsatisfactory to at least one party in the
case; for this is calculated to excite that party
to wrath, and provoke a breach of the peace, as
in the case of Judge Fox.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16
Our New Postmaster.

Leavenworth will take on big disgust over
the appointment of Col. D. X. Anthony as post
master of the burg. Col. Houston, of the Com
,serciaI will '.never smile again." Caldwell will
probably establish a new postoffice of his own,
and refuse to patronze Anthony's p"stotfice.-
Anthony has been in the habit of denouncing
Harvey an idiot for years, and he is the only
Republican editor that ever published the full
proceedings in the Ingalls, Osborn Delahay brib-
cry case. 1t is difficult to see what infueEees
were used to pacify Harvey and fix Ingalls,. The
suppOsitiOn is that Harvey consented tn Antho-
nys appointment through fear of his paper, and
the natural presumption from the well known
venaIity of Ingalls, is that he agrees to divide his
salary with him.
Such are the comments of the Kansas City
Times, the paper Col. Anthony extoled so highly
for a defence of him against an attack of the
Argus, of this city, last winter, upon AnthOnys 5
appointment of Postmaster. We believe, how
ever, the Times man is mistaken in his theory
We believe both Harvey and Ingalls,, by this act,
concede the truth of all Anthony has said, and
have given him the appointment for hush money.
Anthony called Harvey an i,liot incapable of
writing his own messages when governor, and
declared he cOuld not write his own name with
ont running his tongue out, upon the floor of the
joint convention that made Harvey SENATOR
Harvey hastens to make Anthony pOstma ter, and
leaves Judge Price, who was the leader of the
gallant little band of eleven that made Harvey
Senator, tO plOd ON his way unnOticed by him.
Anthony called Ingalls, liar, u thief, bribcr of
courts and corruptionist the largest scale. The
Legislature made Iugalls Senator by accident.
Ingalls, hastrns to make Anthony postmaster of
the city, and fOrgets J. C. Horton and Ben. Simp-
son, who made him Senator. Yes, leaves them
to pay his bills at Topeka, and finds it utterly
impossible to make postmaster of either. Life
books often have gilded covers, bnt when opened
find records that far from pleasing. These
covers will he stripped off and the record laid
bare to the eyes of the world. "Time at last
makes all things even."-Lear Call.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

u The reporter of the st. Louis Democrat is
correct in what lie says regarding the Anthony
Miller libel suit, the assertion of the Republican
to the contrary notwithstanding We corrected
our statement inst as soon found it was
incorrect. As the very first intimation we re-
ceived that it was untrue, was the service upon
us of the warrant Of arrest, can the Republican
show how il was possible for TO make cor
rection before our arressti We further say. that
we would have done this much moro cheerfully
without an arrest than with it; and we still fur
ther say, that the Republican man or any other
man cannot show that we ever did man injustice
that were not willing to correct whenever we
found it to be so. A great many instances can
be shown in which We have refused to correct
statements that were not shown to be incorrect
and we guess that's what's the mattcrl
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

EThe Topeka Commonwealth las some plain
talk on the proposed annual Convention and Ex-
cursion of the Kansas editors, and takes decided
ground against this annual exhibition of bum-
ming and dead heAdism, which the editors coolly
plan and carry out-making all the arrange
meuts, without so much as consulting the parties
at at whose expense they are to splurge We re-
member that, one year ago, we were stigmatized
As "black Sheep" and pointed ont as speci-
men of "moral depravity," because We would not
leave our business and go off on the hum The
thing seems to be seuring on some of them and
other "black sheep" are beginning to show signs
of 'tmoral deprayify"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16
BRONCHITIS.

This is an irritation or Inflammation of tht
bronchial tubes which carry the air we breath,
into the lungs. 1t arises from cold settled in
the throat, frnm CatarIh eS Stendins to these
parts, from scrnfulous affections, aud from severe
of the yuicc. The irritation from this latter
cause commences in the iargHr and glOttis, which
are the organs Of the voice, and, extending down
wards, produces hoarseness, coughing, and spit
blood. Ii is chiefly dangerous from its tendency
To spread into the lungs, and terminate in csn-
sumption. 1t is in the cure of severe and obsti-
nate cases nf this disease that DIR. Pierce's Col
den Medical Discovery has achieved unparalleled
success and won fhe loude't praise from all who
hnNt. nsi.n IL
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

POSTAGE IN CoSGREss.-In the House of Rep
resentatives Monday, the friends of free exchange
between newspapers, and frse circulation of
newspapers in the Counties where published,
gained a sweeping victory, in the passage of their
bill. 1t is yet to he considered by the Senate
The following are the House proceedings on the
question:
Mr.. Packer chairman Of the post ofce committee
ell suspend the rules and pass the bill for the free
change Of newspapers between publishers and the free
Transmission BY mail within the county Of their pubica
ton The motion was agreed to and bill passed Yeas
Lea. nays a.
The text Of the bill is fellows: That from and after
the passage of this act the following shall be
ed to pass free In the mallshrt newspapers, periodicals
and magazines reeprncaly exchanged between publishers
and exceeding sixteen in weight to be confined
single Of each publication; secnnd newspaper
copy each actual subscriber residing in receiving
the same within county where the same Is published
hut carriers shall not be required Distribute snch papers
unless postage is paid upon them al the usual rates
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

~ The Leavenworth Commercial prints Francis
Mahoney's "Bells of Shandon," Prefacing them
with sketch of Father Prout," (he authors
fictitious name,) evidently not knowing but that
it was his real name; and winding up with the
statement that the verses were never before
printed, except in a rare old book in which they
originally appeared. This may all be true; but
the Chief published them II couple of years ago !;
they have appeared in a great many papers; and
they may be found in Bryant's Library Of Poet
~ and Sung" printed in 1870.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

FAILED TO AGREE.-The jury failed TO agree in
the SOL. Miller and Anthony case. The next best
thlng for Anthony to do is to withdraw the suit.
miller mas made a fair, square retraetion, ac-
matter should drop. The jury that ever convicts
" Miller oil one cents damage, as we understand
the ease, practically puts ban upon criticism of
men IN official position. The press will then he
snorn oi IT'S power and deprived Of its usefulness
Ii might as well be placed upder a censorship
at once. Ncnewspaper has the right to denonnee
an orncer without reasonable grounds of belief
that the criticism is just and trua. But tn say
thst he shonid frst procure sworn evidence in
support OF his assertions is foolish aud absupl.-
The editor who is inst will show neither malice
OF fear The editor who Is pusillanimous cow
ara, toady or lickspittle is as much 70 be despsed
as ono " ho is malicious and vindictive. Jour
nailsm y: us. has no backbone to spare. We should
tend Ia fracture OF weaken the jor, az .tie spina
eelnmn-- -Pa.oss Ssp 1
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

y Sid Clarke is said to have become a regu.
lar political bummer-a vagrant, without any
visible means of support-attaching himself to
and dalying with every ism and faction, in his
endeavors to work mp some organization that
will run him for Congress next Fall. He COM
menced his career in Kansas peddler of light
ming rods; then gradually rose to be q member
of the Legislature, Provost Marshal, and Con-
gresham. But he has toppled over, and fallen so
far below his original starting point, that even
lightning will not deign to strike him.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE WoRKINGMAN.-It
the General Government can open its vaults for
the relief of merchants and brukers in "a panic,
why should it not hear and heed the claims of the
working men, who are suffering from fault of
their owni If il eau thrust its hand into Wall
street for the benefit OF bankers, why should it
not do something to tighten the burden which
has fallen On the heads uf the working people of
the whole country, and largely through its own
neglecti 1t ought, in justice and act of
sound policy, to treble its working force in all
the navy-yards and arnories aud public works,
and utilize the present moment of financial
barrassment aud uncertainty in repairing its
shattered ships and building new ones and stock
ing its arsenals and carrying out some wise plan
of Improvement for the future. All talk of re-
stricti,ig the sphere aud curtaiing the functions
of the Government is nonsense. What is a Gov
ernment good for if il do nothing for the pro-
pie in a moment of general distress, and cannot
utilize period of uncertainty and disaster for
the public adyantagei 1t had Thousand times
better spend ten millions in giving employ ment
to working men at fair wages than throw two
millions away senseless experiments and
swindling specnlations.-Grdpkic.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

Beechers last decaratiaa in church is that srreep
becks government hes that Is theology give Us
Of it-Tfoy rmes
Beecher doesn't object to receiving abont 25.-
00O "lies' per year as compensation for what he
calls preaching the gospel; besides good many
Thousand more "iies" for miscellaneous outside
work.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16
A DEBT OF GRATITUDE.

Mrs. MARY TAFT, of Elk Point, Dakota Terito-
ry, called at the Worlds Disnensary, Aug. 10
1873. to acknowledge Il debt of gratitude due
DIR. Pierce, having been entirely cured of Catarrb
complicated with Throat Disease, by the use OF
Dr.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy ana DIR. Picrcc's Col
den Medical Discovery.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

They have new epidemic in Naples. which,
says a correspondent, threatens to make n tonr
Of the world as n supplemental senurge to the
cholera. 1t is spasnodic, intermittent fever AZ
the outset, lapsing afterward into a continuon,
fever, and again becoming intermittent. 1t is
accompanied with Inflammation of TIE spleen
and brain. There is also a comatose sinner suc.
ceeded by what seems to he a recovery of health.
but the next day the patient is attacked again
sinks into q coma aud dies.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16
The CurrencY Debate.

The closing scene in the Senate finance debate
ON Tuesday last, was extraordinary and in
some respects disgraceful exhibition. The
Senators who favor contraction, and who sup
port the money mnnopoists of the East, were
not only thoroughly beaten, but evidently sore
aud raging. Messrs. Schurz, Anthony, Sargent
and Stewart betrayed an ungOveruable passion
and indulged in the most impertinent language
while commenting ON the action of the majority.
Mr. Sargent went TO the length of threatening
an alliaucs of the maritime States of the Allan
tic and Pacific against the interior continental
States West aud South. Mr.. SchHrz said that he
felt hnmliated American citizen" Mt the
triumph of the friends of expansion. and cndeav-
ore,l to burlesque the pending measure by an
ironical amendment. The minority fllibustered
for several hours, bnt the majority stood firm,
and at last the bill came tn a vote. The vote ON
Mr.. Merrimon's substitute was - to "a. On the
motion of Mr.. Sherman to substitute the Finance
Committees bill, slightly modified, there were
% tn %, each side losing q Senator. On the
final vote the bill was adopted, % Ia "a. Seve-
raj pairs were aunUnncrti that the vote woultl
have stood 36 to 81 if these had been present
There were absent impaired, Messrs Alcom.
buckingham, Dennis, Ferry of Connecticut, and
Gilbert. Of these, these three, Messrs. AlcOrn
Dennis and Gilbert. wOnld have voted for Mr.
Merrmon's substitute, that the Senate stands
~ to SS. Twoseats being vacant, il appears that
maJnrity OF the Democrats present voted with
the exTansionists. An analysis of the vote shows
there we-e in the majority p Republicans, 6
De"'VIais anu Liberal. In the minority there
were Is Republicans, Democrats and3 Liberals.
The pairs were four between Republicans and
three between Democrats The Atlantic States
North of the Potomac, twenty votes, had but
tw" Senators favorable to expansion. One was
paired and the other was absent. Pennsylvania,
OHIO and West Virginia gave two to four against.
The Southern States, including Missouri and
west virginia, which gave thirteen votes, bad
two favorable absent and three paired, leaving
SIX for the negative. The remaining majority
votes were from the West and Northwest only;
ct the Senators, Howard and Chandler voting in
the negative. The six Pacific coast votes were
cast, one for imitation and five against.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

~ Upon complaint of some law abiding, rigid
righteous person, Murat Halstead, proprietor of
the Cincinnati ComRercial has been arrested f,r
aiding and promoting lottery schemes, in viola
tion of the laws of the State, and has given bond
to appear for trial. His offence was publishing
The advertisement of the Leavenworth Gift En-
scrprise. The laws of Ohio pohibit even tn.
publication of advertisements of lotteries.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

MEMPHIS, April lib. F. Johnson, telegram
operator at Brownsville, Tenn, was shot on Snn-
day night in bagnio at that place by Sam Old
ham, class leader in the Methodist church, rho,
being caught in the bagnio by johnson, shot hin,
To prevent exposure Oldham fed. and AT last
accounts had not been captured.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-04-16

70 Many gentlemen who labored efficiently for
the election of Senator Harvey, complain that
they have written him time and again, since he
went to Washington, and have not so much rs
elected an answer from him. Bnt eau Harvey
writei Steele, his private secretary, has been
appointed to a position in the West Indies, and
the Senator has not yet supplied his place. Peo-
pie must have little patience.