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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-04-14
Judge BrOWn's Financial
Views

Our Representative in Congress,
Judge w. r. Brown, has written
letter to L. B. Kellogg, Of this city,
and gives his views on the money
question substantially as follows:
1 am satisfied that the country,
under the resumption act, will not
reach specie payments by the time
specified, and l favor the modifi-
cation of the bill, but l could not
favor an unconditional repeal with
out putting something in its place,
looking eventually to 3 return 10 a
gold basis. I believe that gold is
the measure of values fixed by the
civilized world and we cannot af-
ford to abandon that basis and go
| off into wild and untried financial
themes. My own judgment is that
there is much good sense in the
proposition to fund the legal tend
er in q long time gold bond bearing
not less than $500 per cent. inter-
est and making the bond converti-
BILE into legal tenders at the option
of the holder. Such q bond wonld
almost reach par, and the passage
of the act would make it impossible
that greenbacks should ever fall
lower than their present value. ]
can see some objections to the bill
but believe the promise of the
government to pay q dollar means
q dollar according to the regular
meaning of the term, q coined dol
lar, and that promise must be full
filled and it seems right that the
holders of these legal tenders should
haye the right to fund them in (
gold bond, promise to pay golC
> dollars, aud by providing that q
no time should the government
. keep ont more than it's present vol
ume OF currency the result would
be that higher priced bonds WoulC
be redeemed and replaced by thOs
bearing less interest. Hardly thinI
{ we shall have any legislation o.
D the question this winter, bat l an
p determined so far as my own vot
is concerned that we take no ste
backward.
lam not in favor of legislatio
r as would Immediately contract tn
| currency to q degree detrimental L
the business of the country and
am sure we can haye no objectio
to having the country make curren
cy provided it appreciates its valu
: and makes it equal to gold.
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Bully Hackney.

We are sorry to see thatW.P.Hack-
ney, who represented Cowley coun-
ty In the last legislature, and made
some notorIety as the mover of va
rious motions to indefinitely post
pone" the appropriations for our
educational institutions, Is disposed
to play the roll of Bully Brooks. A
personal communication appeared
In the Peabody Gazette during the
session of the legislature, rejecting
severely on Hackney's course in
stabbing the educational interests OF
the State, which Hon. John II.
Folks, Secretary of the State SEN
ate, copied into his paper, the Sum-
ner County Press, which is printed
where Hackney formerly resided.
This made Hackney ferocious, and
. few days ago, meeting Folks, he
attacked him in a brutal manner
Bystanders interfered and no harm
resulted, although it is said Hack.
ney drew his pistol. Hackney is 6
man Of ability, and might be useful
In his section of the State, but we
must condemn, in uumeasured
terms, this cowardly act, and ex.
press the hope that 1t will be the
last time he will undertake to vent
hir ire in this way. We take Mr.
Folks to be q man who will moi
"scare," and who will do as hi
judgment dictates. Many of Hack
ney's best friends were sorry he saw
fit to pursue the course he did las
winter, but they were willing to d,
him justice, and to believe he actet
from conscientious motives. Hi
attack on Folks for the publication
of that communication may lea,
them to think it pressed his toes
little, and that it is truth that hurt
q man. We had supposed this
Hackney had learned that the bully
ing game does not work in Kansas
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EMPORIA NEWS.
FRIDAY. APRIL IA. 1876.
I.Ieutenanr GovernOr.

We have heard the name of Hon.
William Martindale, OF Greenwood
county, mentioned as a candidate
fer Lieutenant Governor. We pre-
sumo this is done without his sane
ton, but we wish to say that should
he be nominated such action would
meet with the hearty appreciation
of his friends here, and throughout
Southern Kansas. Mr.. NJ. is known
Is level headed and we'll posted
self-made mao. He has represent
ed this district four years in the
State Senate, and was two years in
the House from Greenwood county.
He has an excellent knowledge OF
legislation and of parliamentary
tactics, and IL in every way well fit
ted to preside over the Senate. We
have seen no name mentioned for
this Office, that would add more
strength to the ticket than that OF
Mr.. Martindale.
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NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, APRIL f.


Four powder magazines exploded
near Salt Lake City, Utah. All the
glass were broken in the city, and
some buildings shaken down.
One lady died from fright. The
damage to town aud glass alone is
S5O,OO0.-$55, 900 fire at Great Falls,
N. H, and B. D. Hill and sister,
and Mrs Cuzzans, a Boston lady,
were burned to death.-Gold1 III 7-S
FRIDAY, APRIL z.
At Aberdeen, Scotland, ferry
boat crossing the river Dee, with
So persons, was upset, and thirty oil
them drowned.-The Mexican In
surgents having captured Matamo.
ras, talk about marching to the city
of Monterey next.-A great mass
meeting was held in San Francisco
to protest against Chinese immigra.
ton. The police force guarded
Chinese town, but no assaults were
attempted.-At Lily s. Sons, var.
nish works, Indianapolis, q varnisl
kettle boiled over, and burned Mis-
Mary Leester, to death.-Brocketl
and Wilbour's elevators at Marshal
town, Iowa, burned loss $50, O00,-
Vue de Leon hotel, Hampton Roads
burned loss $4,000.
SATURDAY, APRIL 8.
Sanford Green, a well known
cattle dealer, fell from the top of I
moving car, near Chicago, and wa
cut to pieces.-The following new
freight rates haYe been adopted
From Chicago to Kansas City, fire
class, 20 cents second class, so cts.
third class, 40 cts; fourth class, q
cts. special, % cents. From 81
Louis to Kansas City-first class
so cents; second Glass; 40; thir,
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Posta, card Correspondence.
TOLEDO, O., April 9th,

TOLEDO, o., April 9th, '76.
EDITOR NEws-In travelling from
Cincinnati to this place on the night
train, one does not see much of South
ern Ohio, but in the northern part he
will see q monOtonous, fiat country.
heavily timbered and now partly COW
cred with water, with snow in the
shady places. We saw no prospect fol-
wheat crop this year; think it will be
q failure in northwestern Ohio.
Business dull here. Lake navigation
not opened yet on account of ice.
Price: Wheat, best white, $1.3S;
corn, last year, 20 cents-this year, 81
cents, with a downward tendency
which will not probably last Longer
than the opening of navigation.
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We must pause to remind the
sad and disconsolate Democrat that
the country continues to pine. In
this connection, it is our duty
further to refer to the fact that the
Democracy has had charge of the
lower House of Congress now for
four months and yet the lawful
contraction" of the currency contin-
ues. Why is this thus?
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The Lawrence journal, hard money
and contraction advocate now says, that
II greenback Is made exchangable for q
bond which Is at par with gold, the green
back Is at gold basis, even II there Is lit
tie or no gold in the Treasury" Yet this
10 just what resumption law men have
been always opposing.-EMPoRIA NEWS.
The News is In error. The Gre
sumption law men," If that express
sion means men In favor of resump-
tion, have always favored the fund
Ing Of the greenbacks as the quick
est, safest, and surest method of re-
sumption. The NEWS probably re-
fers 10 the "interconVertible bond"
scheme, which lie an entirely differ
ent thing. The funding scheme IL
to fund the greenbacks into bonds,
and then destroy the Rreenbacks.
The interconvertible bond scheme
10 to have the greenbacks exchang-
able into bonds, which are exchang-
able back into greenbacks. Some
propose to have these bonds pay
able, principal and interest, In gold,
but the advanced thinkers, THE
true and original Jacobs-go for
making the Kreenbacks payable in
bonds, and these bonds, principal
and interest, payable in greenbachs.
The bond "redeems' the green
bAcks,a the greenbacks ''redeems''
the bond.-Journal.
The Avowed object of the specie
Resumption law Is to make green
backs redeemable in gold, mot to de.
stroy them. If the advocates of the
law propose to simply destroy the
greenback circulation, by fund
ing the grsenbacks into GOLD
bonds, and keeping them there
they ought to amend the reSump-
tion law SO that the people would
understand what they mean to do
We infer from the Journals re
marks that there are three kinds o
specie resumption men in the coun
try, ~ follows:
1. Those who propose to keeE
greenbacks In circulation and max,
them redeemable in gold on AM
after Jan. i, 1879, by simply stick.
ing TO the present resumption law
2. Those who also propose t,
keep greenbacks in circulation, on
practically gold basis, by making
them receivable for custom dutie
and interconvertible for 3 60 gol
Interest and principal bonds.
3. Those who propose to destro
Iho greenbacks by fuading theT
int0 gold interest and princips
bonds, and keeping them there.
AS to the men who are not in Il
vor OF making and keeping greeu
backs as good as gold, we are nc
talking about them or for them.
Will the Journal please stick I
Its text and say to which Of tn
hree above described classes of n
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CHEEK.-The Kansas City Times
is celebrated for display of 'jowl."
But decidedly the brassiest PROPOSE
ton we have had is to publish three
quarter column lottery advertise
ment gotten up by it to induce peo-
pie to send it money, and an edito-
rial notice (Which two would come
to at least $25 at our advertising
rates) for the sake Of an exchan &c
with it's Dailyl We await the result
of our refusal to comply with Its
dead beat request with painful anx.
| iety.
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The two american Rag..

What is it, gentlemen, that floats
over our hes0s as q nation, Tapping
lsz;ly in peace, and swapping furi-
ously in the tornado of war? 1t is
nothing, gentlemen. but a rag-a
cotton rag-bnt those painted stars
and stripes change it from matter
to spirit, raise it from earth 10 heav.
en-. 1t is no longer form and weak
ness, bat sentiment and power ;
45, OO0, 600 Of people bare their heads
in love for It and all humanity raise
their hats in respect for it. And
there is another American rag, the
greenback, which fought for and
saved the red, white and blue rag
when gold skulked off to Europe
and into the miser's vaults. What
the first rag is TO US politically, the
other ought, and will be, CONNER
cially. Long live the twin rags
and while one ever waves over rs
may the other float among US.
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One of the cleanest and most sat-
isfactorY victories won by Repub-
licans in the late spring elections,
was that at Dayton, Ohio. last Fall
the city went for Allen, Governor.
by nearly $50 majority. Last week
it elected nearly all the Republican
candidates by good majorities
We congratulate our friend w. D
Bickham, of the Daily Journal, over
his good fight, and the glorious
results. Dayton is in trim for the
fall campaign.
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A. T. Stewart, the great mer-
chant of New York, and one of the
richest men in the world, died
Monday, April 10th, of inflammation
of the bowels, at an age of eighty
one years. He leaves a wife, and no
children, and has probably bequath-
ed the bulk of his immense fortune
for purposes of public beneVolence.
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A KANSAS SToRY.-Capt. Henry
King, of Topeka, has very grace
full and touching story of Kansas
life, entitled "Perky's Cross" in
Scribner's Magazine for April. 1t
is q short, but exceedingly we'll told
and vigorous sketch, and will be
read with interest by all. Capt.
King lie winning high positioH in
the domain of literature, and lie q
regular contributors to several Of the
best magazines in the country. His
literary taste is exquisite and his
sketches are always strong, full Of
interest and exceedingly graceful
-Atchison Champion.
We shall print Capt. Kings story
in The NEWS next week-should
have doneiso this, but lost our copy
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STATE ITEMS.

Pangborn is again on the Kansas
City Times.
Senator Morton is doctoring with
the lola mineral water.
There are thirty-three lodges of col
ored Masons in Kansas.
A fellow is at Wichita trying to in
troduce prairie hay stove.
The Ottawa dam was washed away
March 3lst; damage $4,000.
Chetopa wants to compromise with
her bond holders, at 20 per cent.
In a number of places newspaper
men are offered dogs on subscrition.
Great Bend reiolces in the prospect
of a water power of fifteen feet fall.
There are millions of money to be
made In the silk business in Kansas.
Kansas Enthusiastically against green
backs and Demecracy.-Paolo Spirit.
Kansas City scrip sells for SO cents ;
her twenty year eight per cent. bonds
sell at 81 Ia.
Daniel w. Wilder h as concluded to
be a candidate for reelection to the of
fee OF Auditor of State.
Elinwood, in Barton county, Is to
have a new bridge across the Arkan-
sas it will be $50 feet long.
The drawing of the Atchison lottery.
which Was to have taken place March
20, has been postponed to Aug. 20.
They are sueing KaIloch already in
San Francisco. A furniture dealer
wants about sixty dollars from him.
The Lawrence Journal says Sam
Lappin's long and close confinement
in Jail begins TO tell upon him. physi-
cally and mentally.
The Supreme Court of KANSAS has
decided that . druggist cannot lawful
ly sell intoxicating liquors, even Iol
medicinal purposes, without license.
The A, T. & S. F. B. r. have closed
contract with the Pullman Car Com
pany to run their coaches between
the Missouri river and the Rocky
Mountains.
A Probate Judge up northwest or
dered some marriage licenses frantic
ally, as follows: 81 have q case thai
is red hot and still heating, and hav,
got no licenses"
The passenger receipts on the A., T
s S. F. road, averaged last week owe
So, 600 per day, the first week In thu
history of the road that passenger re
eeipts exceeded freight receipts.
The rainfall during the month o
March was SIS inches, which is "a
inches above the average of the las
five years, and is greater than the to
tai fall for the previous five years.
The lola well discharges water q
the rate of ninety barrels per day
and about eleven thousand cubic tee
OF gas. This discharge has CONTINUES
without interruption for three years
The Seneca court house, destroye
by fire few weeks ago, was insure
for $2O, 600, and now the companies ar
trying to get OF on the payment c
SIG, 900, but the county commissioner
sscan't see It."
The Smith County Pioneer insiste
upon the Hon. Alfred Gray, SecreGar
of the State Board of Agriculture, b
ing q candidate for Secretary of Stat
Mr GRAY resDnnd that he y1ould nS
have it If rendered unanimously.
Lawrence inangurated the NOrmi
department. of the State Universit
the other day, with good deal Of eT
thusiasm and spread-eagle. Speech'
were made by the Hon. j. s. Emer.
. Ex-Governor Charles Robinson, HoI
George A. Crawford, Chancellor Ma
/ yin, and others.
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sumption men it belongs. IF it be-
longs to the first class, how is the
resumption law to result in specie
payment, and if 1t belongs to the
third class, what kind of currency
does it propose to give the people
after the greeubscks are destroyed
The NEWS has not taken position
for or against that law. and what Fl.
nancial inquiries or comments VIC
have made are simply for the fnfor-
nation of our readers.
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The motion for q new trial for
Mr.. Mckee, of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, was overruled. A mo-
ton was then made for arrest of
judgment, which Is said can be
taken to the U. s. Supreme Court,
and postponed there for an indefin-
lite time. Mr.. Mckee, though full
ly convicted, is not afraid of getting
to the penitentiary for q good
while.
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The sensation to inculpate Secre-
tary Robson, in loaning govern
ment money to the Jay Cooke, Nc
Outlook s. Co. firm, of London, to
save them from failure in 1873, has
fallen through, as the whole official
history of the case shows that be
did nothing of the kind. The East.
ern opposition papers concede that
the charges are not sustained.
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The New York Herald speaks
very highly of bill controlling the
who lie subject of immigration, late
ly introduced by Senator Harvey,
and gives a lengthy synopsis of the
hill
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-04-14

The Chief Justice of the District
of Columbia court has issued q writ
of habeas corpus in the case of Kill
bourne, in Jail by order of Congress
for refusing to answer questions
and the question is now to be deci-
ded whether Congress or the courts
e.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-04-14

One }. S. Harrison, a banker of
indianapolis, and an ex- director of
the Union Pacific railroad, says that
prior to 1872, the directors of that
road paid Ex-Speaker Blaine $64,-
600, in exchange for worthless
Arkansas bonds. and that the draft
was paid to Blaine by MOrtin, Bliss,
& Co., New York bankers. That
firm, and E. II, Rollins, treasurer OF
the Union Pacific railroad since
April, 1871, totally deny the story,
and assert that so far as they know
or believe, Mr.. Blaine never recely
ed a cent, directly or indirectI Y
from the Union Pacific railroad.
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The Democratic Congress has
been in session four months, and
have hnd thirty-twO Democratic in
vestigating committees at work
manu- featuring political capital for
the Democratic party in the CON-
ing presidential campaign. So far
the Investigations have not "pan-
ned out" very satisfactorily, as q
large number of Democratic candi-
dates for president have been badly
damaged. We guess they will
have to go outside of the party
again for a candidate.
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Gov. Dix has written letter to
the Albany On. " Evening JOurn-
al, taking strong ground against
taxation of church property. He
deems it sacrilege.
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A large proportion of the conn
try newspapers Of Kansas are in
favor of nominating Hon. John
Guthrie for Governor. We firmly
believe that he will be nominated
And the Republican party OF Kan.
sas will have thus rewarded . t1gOod
and faithful servant" It Is refresh
ing, in these days Of political frauds,
to find now and then good and
honorable man. Such man is John
Guthrie, our candidate for Cover
nor.-Salina Journal.
"Honest John" seems to be the
choice OF the "Great Arkansas VAL
ley" 30 far a. we have been able to
learn. We have not lost faith In
him yet. We may have much more
to cav about him in the future.
Winfield Courier.
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AGLOREOUs DECISION.
The Quilted states Supreme
Court Decides 1he Usage
Land Case in Favor of
the Settlers.
Great Rejoicing by tlae
People.

SOkDACS
The following kilograms convey
news that will be very general
ly welcomed by the people of Kan
sas.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April TO-
Justice Davis to-day delivered q
mojOrity opinion on theO Dosage coed.
ed land case, affirming the deci-
sion of the Circuit Court. Judge
Goodin was On hand with q pencil
and note book, noting the line of
the argument of the learned Judge.
The Court completely demolished
all the theories and arguments of
the Railroad Attorney, holding
that railroad companies had no val
i'd claim to any of the land en-
braced in the Usage Reservation.
The decision has created q great
deal of excitement among the Kan
sas people now in this city, and all
are happy. Judge Goodin is cape
cially SO, he having, while upon the
bench in Kansas, made the first de-
cisiOn upon this question averse to
the right OF the railroads. On the
converting of the House to-mor-
row he will introduce a bill proVid-
ing for the sale of these lands to &C.
tual settlers. He avoWs his inten-
ton to have the bill sent to his own
Committee on public Lands, SO that
he can the better have charge of it.
The dissenting Justices are Fields,
Strong, Swayne, the former. deliver
ing the dissenting opinion, which is
regarded here as extremely weak
while that of Justice Davis was
powerful and convincing.
osAGEs GOING WILD.
| Usage MISSION, KAs., April TO-
The people here are wild with ex-
element over the news of the deci.
sion of the United States Supreme
Court of the Usage coded lane
case. This descision secures the
homes of three thousand families
Thee hundred guns have been fired
bells are ringing, bonfires are burn
ing, and flags are flying. Speeche
will be made this evening by Hon
W. L. Simons, DR.. McMurthen, anC
other champions of the settler
cause. Mayor Stoddart has issueC
a proclamation appointing Satur
uny VI ILLS WICK as d Jay OI ge0cT
al rejoicing over the decision. I
is expected that one thousand PEG
pie will be present.
TOPEKA, Ks., April 10.-The Su
Ipreme Court decision in favor o
the settlers on the Usage lands
caused much excitement and gener
al rejoicing here. q. S. Attorne,
Peck, is in the receipt of q iarg
number of congratulatory dispatch
es thanking Gov. Shannon and him
self in the highest manner for tn
work that they have done in behal
of the settlers.
LAWRENCE, KS. Apr. 10.-Intelli
! gence was received here this after
noon that the Supreme Court of tn
United States had decided to-da
} the Usage Coded Land case in favo
of the settlers and against The rail
, road companies. Dispatches wer
sent by Gov. Shannon, who ha
been the settlers leading lawyer, t.
: all parts of the lands, announcing
the decision. The Governors fee
in the case amount to $4,000
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Judging from present indications
the next governorship lies between
Capt. Geo. T. Anthony and Hon.
John Guthrie, either of whom the
people can trust.
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GORONER'S SALE
In DISTRICT CoURT.
LYON COUNTY KAS.
j. 8. Shedd, PIaintiR,

AEVN =
]. 8. Shedd, PLAINTIFF,
vs..
Robert L. Mcconnell and Mary A. Mcconnell.
Defendants.
TOTTCE Is hereby given thst by virtue Of
IN an order Of sale issued to me by the CLERK
Of said court. in the above entitled action,
win. on the sixteenth day Of May, 1876, at one
O'Clock p m. Of said day. at the trout door of
the court house, in Emporia, Lyon county,
Kansas, sell TO the highest bidder for cash, at
public auction. the following described real
sSsate situate u Lyoa county, Aansas to.wls i :
ship seventeen, range twelve, except two
acres IN the southwest corner previously
decided by r i. Mcconnell and wife f0r
school purposes. And the said property VIII
be sold Is the property OF the defendants, =.
l. Mcconnell and Mary A. Mcconnell.
Advertisement, ten d sllars and twenty cents
per acre. r. H. CHITTEEDEN. Coroner
15-SW Lyon county, Kansas.
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Mrs. Gen. Ben. T. Butler, died on
the 9Th inst, at the Massachusetts,
General Hospital, where she had
been taken for surgical treatment.
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A company has been organized
on substantial basis, to build q
double track narrow gauge railroad
from Toledo, Ohio, to st. Lonis.