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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
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The Republicanism Of the Leavenworth
TINES having been doubted or impugned
by some contemporary journals, its editor
in the following vigorous sentences defines
his position and vIndicates his right To lie
regarded as thorough-going Republican.
An assertion that calls in question the Re-
publicanism Of the TINS I. quIre> no answer
in Kansas. Wherever II Is known ats maine
is SYNONYMOUS with R-publicanism of
the most radical ype; hut IT has never
given its consent 10 the policy that the but
Zionist, have SO long been striving 10 fssten
upon the party. IL regards the Republican,
parry a. the party OF The people, the cham.
pion of liberty and human rights, the iricnd
of the laboring man and TN. hd drocs,ie oi JUS
tice and equality tor all Every attempt Ia
pledge the Republican party toany a her line
OF policy than this, II has opposed, and II al
ways expects 10 oppose every such attempt.
L. has fought earnestly and persistent
against the policy which the money power
has dictated TO the party Tor the last ten
years-Ihe policy that has steadily and sure
Iy been making the ricn richer and the poor
poorer II has opposed the policy OF building
up a favored class in the United States IL
has opposed the financial PoIicy winch
makes II possible for one man TO escape ms
lust share of the public burdens, and Ell all
D.nefit thai TN govei O. mtnt all Irus al tt.
expense OF his neignbOrs. II has oppO, Il the
fiLancisl policy whicn concentrates all Tue
wealth of the country In The hands OF few
great corporations, and grinds down the
millions Of hon st labor-r. INTO abJ CT pow
erty. II has iavbTed the policy of perfect
equality for all; II has favored The policy oil
shaping our finances that The man VINO
abors shall receive enough Tor his labor 10
afford him "A comfortable living for hiu,s-lt
and family; IL has favored the olicy OF pro-
tee ing the III ~ Of the country against lhe
a=gresSions OF ca'ltal. IL has Insisted that
the burdens oT government should be borne
and its b-nefits enjoyed equally by al. IL
has insist, Il that AT all times and und' All
,.iFs N Il l.tsDrtr worthy al his
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
A GRAsSIlOPPEiR BA>sS.

In Governor An,hony's labored argument
in behalf OF The bullionists, made AT
Laing's Hall about ten days ago, he made
one extraordinary point-a point which all
the other champions OF the bondholder
have thus far overlooked-aDd in this the
Governor is entitled to credit as discover
er. He endeavored to show his audience
that the wall which is going up from mil
lions of unemployed poor, in all portions
of the country, about "hard time and the
"scarcity Of money" is 4 false cry-that the
grinding process through which We have
been obliged to pass, in order 10 hrirg Us
to gold basis, has not made any actual
scarcity OF money,-an assertion which he
proved by the statement that the vaults OF
all the banks in the east are full Of curren-
cy-a condition Of things which could not
exist if money was "scarce"-and then he
illustrated his position by the statement
that Immediately after Kansas had been
devastated by the grasshopper scourge,
when our substance had been devoured, our
fields laid waste, and thousands OF our peo-
pie were dependent for subsistence upon the
contributions of other States, money was
plenty in Kansas; this he could state from
positive knowledge, because his position as
Federal Collector for Kansas enabled him
tc knou that the banks of Kansas never
held a. much money, before or since, as
they held at the time when the whole State
was crying "hard times" because of the
grasshoppers.
Now, doesn't the Governor prove just a
little too much by this witness? a? If the
contraction necessary to force the country
down to gold basis, which has Frustrated
our industries and filled the land with
tramps, has been good thing because it
has made the banks Of the country pletho-
ric of money, was not the grasshopper
scourge, which laid waste the State, a few
years ago, better thing still than contrac-
tion,., because it drove into the banks more
money than they have ever held before or
"gold basis" is desirable because
it gives the banks plenty of money, is not
a "grasshopper basis" much more to be de-
sired, because it gives the banks much
more money?
II the general prosperity Of the masses is
to be measured by the amount OF money |
in the vaults of the banks, then according
to the Governors logic, Kansas never was
80 prosperous, before or since, as when she |
sat in sackcloth and ashes and fed upon |
the charity Of the world. Is this the kind |
Of prosperity" that we are to expect from
a gold basis ?"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07

The good old times have come again in
Georgia. They are chasing nesroes with
hounds. Recently a negro escaped from a
convict camp. The Atlanta Co~stttu, on de
scrlbes his recspture: "Mr. Wallis Jar
rell, accompanied by Captain W. ii. Red
ding and his pack of trained dogs, Jump
ed" the negro at daybre in bed. He fled
in very scanty attire, and, says the reporter,
"a fine chase ensned. The negro ran like a
scared rabbit, leaping bushes and fences as
he came to them. The dogs, seeing their
game, started after the negro at full speed.
Mr. Redding and Mr.. FARRELL leaped hur-
riedly into their saddles, and started in hot
pursuit. After run of about two miles
the negro was captured. The dogs had ia
ken hold of him, and but for the timely ar
rival Of the two men he would in all prob
ability have been badly bitten. When
the negro was standing in the
middle Of cotton-feld battling with the
dogs. Captain Redding and Mr.. FARRELL
are winning fine reputation in the detec-
live service. The formers pack of dogs
have no superior in the State"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
InsurrecfiOn in Macedonia.
lSt. Louis Times, s9.l

The insurrectionists in Macedonia are
giving the Turkish rulers serious trouble,
and the latest news states that Turkish re-
Inducements have been sent for. Can it be
possible that the old fire OF that spirit which
swept over eastern Europe and Western
Asia like awhirlwind has been smoulderipg
during so many centuries to arouse the
people in these lonesome latter days" to a
love of liberty? The Greeks, long op-
pressed by Turkish tyranny, seem to have
renewed the traditions OF their ancient
glory. Thessaly, Epirus, "the isles OF
Greece" and now old Macedonia, have
caught the fire, and freedom Is the cry
throughout the dominion of the classic
land. The sympathy of all free people i,
with them and every voice is ireighted with
God speed you" :"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
EDISON,s ILLNESS,

The New York Graphic says thereport Of
Mr.. Edison's illness is true-that he is ser
iously sick-and thinks if he RECEIVERS that
this attack ought to suggest to him what
his friends have long seen, that his career
will be as brief as it is brilliant unless he
condescends to take better care of his
health. The Graphic adds:
During the last ten years Edison's life has
been like a military campaign, and he has
been rs exposed as S soldier. The laws OF
health are ineXorable, and the human body
will not be trified with. II n man neglects TO
take regular meals, and eats whatever is put
before him, wherever and whenever he can
catch II, II he subjects himself to extreme al
formation of heat and cold, and above all, IL
he turns night into day, and refuses to go to
bed until sunrise for the frivolous reason
that he "has got an idea" he will have to
pay for his prudence In neuralgia, brain dis
eases fevers, and early death. Edison's en-
gine runs at too high pressure, and apparent
ly without any safety-valve. He must go
slower IL he wishes to enjoy any of the fruits
of his marvellous ingenuity.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
NEVER FOUND AMONG THE FALxE
PROPH ETS.

EDITOR TIMEs:-I was glad 10 see your
remarks upon Wendell Phillips and your
extract from his letter. Let any one OF
discernment compare the deep and broad
views expressed in this letter with the plat
itudes and shallow jokes Of some OF the
so-called patty leaders, and l need not say
who will suffer by the comparison. Mot
OF the measures advocated by Mr.. Phillips
since he became public man, the history
of this country, for the past twenty years,
has vindicated in characters never 10 lie ef-
faced. Therefore let no friend of his coun-
try or of his fellowmen fail to carefully
consider the opinions and arguments Of
this man who has never yet been found
among the false prophets. W F. NJ.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
ComMerctaI Sense Of the '.Heainen
Chinee."

Dennis Kearney's almond-eyed Celestial
has more sense to the square inch above
his eyebrows than ever Denny or his fol-
lowers can hope to measure. A delegation
of Baltimore merchants called upon the
Chinese Ambassador at Washington, and
stated that the object of their visit was to
request that the artiicially colored teas
from China be discontinued, and the Am
blandly told them that the way to
stop the expectation OF such teas was to
stop calling for them. That 20 long rs
American merchants preferred impure to
pure tea, the Chinese dealers would con-
iinue to furnish it. That the right thing
to do was TO develop the demand for pure
tea and they would get it. The Baltimore
merchants left under the impression that
hey had met with . man who understood
he trade and the laws BY which n is legu-
lated, If - vo . shsythen Chinee."
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07

The Oldest house in America stands in
Southold; l.. l., and from the date of its
erection in 1889 has been in continued oc-
cupation down to the present time. In the
year above menti oned colony Of thirteen
persons from England landed in the hor
DDr, among whom was Barnabas Horton,
the builder OF the house. A portion OF
house was used for the Court of Sessions in
the East Riding OF Yorkshire, and the
Judges bench remained in the house until
within few years. The house, as it at
present stands, consists OF three parts,-the
Oldest, built in 1889, The next in 1860, and
a wing finger finished in 1885. The Oldest
portion is small hut, thirty-one by twen-
ty-fOur feet, with six rooms on the ground
floor, and an attic. A large, sloping Chin
ney, nine feet square, was built on the out
side
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
Corn, Hhcaa and Politics.

kansas Letter in Cincinnati Gazette, 2s.l
The crops Of Kansas are large, not less
than 80, 100000 bushels of wheat, and prob
ably 100000 of corn. The hard times
are rapidly vanishing in Kansas. In the
First District the Republicans have for
candidate Hon. John A. Anderson, Presi-
deut of the Agricultural College. He is
opposed by Democratic and Greenback
candidates, and will beat them both easily.
He is the son of Rev. W. c. Anderson, at
one time of Dayton, and also President of
Miami University. DC. Haskell is max
ing his canyass for q second election in the
Second District, ~ also Hon Thomas Ryan
in the Third. The opposition in these dis
tricts may be denominated scattering, al
though Gen. Blair and Hon. P. P. Elder,
respectively Democrat and Greenbabk, are
doing what they can.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.

We give in another column, this morn
ing, statement of the elections to be held
next Tuesday, list OF the states that are
to hold elections, the offices that are to be
filled. and the names of the men at the
heads Of all the various tickets; also tables
showing how these states voted at the last
general election held, with the political
complexion of their representations in the
present House of Representatives and what
changes have been effected by elections al
ready held. 1t will be valuable to keep,
for the purpose oil making comparisons with
the returns of mex: Tuesdays election.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
COMPROMISING WITH THE Cos
ERNMENT.

The letter of Attorney-General Devens,
in reply to the application Of certain par
ties in South Carolina who desired to "com-
promise with the Government" in a case
wherein they have been Indicted for violat-
ing the election laws, is thus referred to by
the New York Tribune:
The high-born South Carolinian has grown
SO used TO compromising with the United
States Government on such little matters as
frauds upon the revenue and the like, that
ne will no noubt be greatly amazed TO re-
ceive Attorney-General Deven's indignant
reminder that a violation of the election
laws hardly comes under the same category.
The high-born South Carolinian having, by
this time, become accustomed to the Iotion
that the United States Government was es-
tsblished chiefly for the purpose of enter.
tanning him with a pleasing succession of
compromises, may think that his rights
have been degraded. But let Judge Devens
proceed with fear of his anger. The wrath OF
South arolina is not necessarily fatal !;
whereas If the United States Government gets
mad, IL usually means something.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
NONPARElL.

The first, third and fourth pages OF The
TINES. are set this morning in nonpareil,
and will 40 appear hereafter. Nonpareil Is
smaller type than We like to use for read
ing matter, but the pressure upon our ad'
vertising columns compels US to economic
SPACE, and in order to make more room
for advertisements without decreasing the
amount of reading matter, We have con-
cluded to use smaller type until after the
holidays. BY this arrangement we are en-
sbIed tn take about a column OF advertis-
ments, and at the same time give little
more reading m after than heretofore.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
Giving the Alaxs. ai Caha +. Chnnce

A royal decree has been issued that every
slave escaping from Cuba to Spain, or any of
her provinces, shall be declared free, and
their value will be paid the owners from the
public treasury. This is something on the
old Jewish system of providing .'cities o
refuge" and Is in marked contrast to the in
human fugitive slave. laws which once
disgr. ced the statute books Of civilized
America. The sword of American freemen
has severed the chains of slavery, but the old
spirit OF the driver remains q hard inheri-
tsnce for the black man. Every teaching of
civilization and humanity should prompt
the nation TO protect these uneducated peo-
PIE, whose labor and lives, for generations
selves.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07

The stone foundation for this edicce, which
when completed, will be one of the finest
church buildings in southern Kansas, has
been laid, andfhe brick work constructed for,
to be completed in nve weeks. The lumber
and stained glass windows have been pur-
chased, and the building will be enclosed on
or before the 2,th OF Decenber The corner
stone wtll be laid With the usual imposing
Masonic ceremonies on the 18th day OF No
vemser. To enable the committee to prose-
cute the work vigorously, and to meet the
demands growing out of purchase and con-
tracts, parties who have subsci ibed, will e
called upon at once for full or partial pay
ments To this demand We trust our citizens
will RESPOND with their usual liberal prompt
ness, and otherwise extend all the aid in
their power TO complete an enterprise in
which every loyal Wellingtonian Is deeply
interested.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
MIR. PHILLIPS.

That staunch and reliable Republican
paper, the McPherson Iadependeat, speaks as
follows of the present Congressman from
this District:
VIM. A. Phillips spoke here last saturday
upon the question of finance. Mr.. Phillips
is the best posted man on that question, we
suppose, in America, having delivered the
first greenback speech in congress. He Is q
very pleasant speaker, scarcely speaking
above "A conversational tone, but never fall
ing TO interest his hearers. He made many
converts 10 the fiat money doctrine. He was
brought here by 'Greenbacks-on-a-coin
basis and these did not at all relish his ar
guments. II waa certainly a deadener on the
Honoraoles, for they themselves brough him
here and advertised his meeting They sup
posed he would advocate the doctrine that
they themselves promulgafe, that the hon
est bond-holder should be doubly paid for
his investment and that the dishonest peo-
pie should bear the load. But ala, the best
laid plans of mice and men-eic.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
The story Of = Fa,.I s,.,dn, Tour.

A happy couple married in Cape Town
crossed the seas to spend their honeymoon
in Merrie England, and halted for few
days in London to see the town shows. A
trip down the Thames was suggested, and
they went on board the Princes Alice on
the evening of the dreadful collision. By
the merest chance their bodies were recog.
mixed BY friend, Likewise on holiday in
England, who from morbid curiosity went
to Woolwich to see the bodies and happen
ed to find those whom he knew. II It had
not been for this recognition their friends
at the Cape would never have known Tie
ats Of the beids and groom.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
DANIEL wE.xrE.,s WIDOW.
The Queenly Old Lady oR Eighty
Whom . Reporter Discovered.

lNtW Ioih StsAI
A dainty blne cap, with fluttering rib
bors, worn by a white-haired woman,
caught the eye of reporter Yesterday as
he was passing the broad portico of the
Leroy mansion, in Rochelle, On the Sound.
Something in the face beneath the cap ar
rested attention. Bright hazel eyes con-
trasted strangely with the snowy ringlets of
hair and the pale, expressionless, cast OF
features. Evidences were not wanting OF
advanced age, yet graceful form, slightly
above the medium height, made the posses
sor look stately in her old age.
"Who is that queenly old lay?" was ask
ed OF gardener working near by.
Mrs. Webster, sir; the widow Of Daniel
Webster"
The widow OF Webster. Seated alone, at
the age of seventy-eight, within twenty
miles OF the great, stirring metropolis, link
between the busy present and the dead, his
toric past.
"Can you oblige me with an introduction
sir" asked the reporter of Mr.. VIM. lie.
roy, who at that moment appeared on the
ground.
with great pleasure. Mrs. Webster is
my only sister," returned thea proprietor,
But" he added, 81 am afraid she cannot
converse much. Her mental faculties are
so impaired that she is hardly cognizant OF
her surroundings, while the past is a total
blank"
The reporter was presented to the lady,
who received him with courtly grace.
Chairs were provided on the elegant little
piazza, and pleasant half hour was spen,
in conversation
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
lcl> NOT Z TRlA...

The inquiry which hs- long heen gong
O, at West Point into the case of II john
Porter, and which is not vet c'ncluded' Is
not a court inquiry nor court MARTIAL nor
:ny other military court known TO the law
II is an extra legal inquiry, ordered by the
President, to see if there are sufficient rea'
sons for granting Potter's application for
new trial. Its conclusions are only advis
ory to the President. The inquest acts a
his agent, to ascertain for him whether
grounds are shown for the application.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
aSoySyEw STRIKE.

The "oyster shuckers" Of Baltimore are
on strike and the operations OF the exten-
sive oyster trade of that city are at stand
still in consequence. The employers refuse
to pay the "shuckers" over fifteen cents a
gallon for opening the bivalves, and the
latter demand twenty cents.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
An American Girl Narriea 70 . Prua
st3n Soldier.

Paris Dispatch to Inter Ocean, sol
fashionable marriage was sOIemnized in
the capital Tuesday, at the American Epis
copal church, Miss Grace Hoffman Burnett
daughter of General Burnett, Of New York,
being married TO Baron Victor Won Oertzen,
of the Prussian cavalry. The bridegroom Is
nephew OF the Prince de Preuss, and Is "a
years Of age, while the Americsn bride II Is.
The church was beautifully decorated with
flowers, and was crowded with fashionable
people.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
4 GhasiIS SaFcasm On Vauias and
[Globe-De mocrat, 2g.i

1t is ghastly sarcasm on vaults and
safes with walls Of triple steel and combi-
nation locks a. intricate as thought, that a
robbery like that which took S3, 10000 in
cash ard securities out of the Manha attain
Bank, New York, on Sunday morning, was
possible. The cracksmen of modern times
seem to prefer daylight to darkness. Nine
out of ten OF the leading bank robberies OF
the past five years were perpetrated during
business hours. The rame il true of many
of the boldest train and express robberies.
In the present case it all looks 20 simple,
now that it is done, that the wonder is not
that the bank was robbed, but that it was
not robbed long ago.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
In the sweet Bye and Bye.

An Exchange says''a tailor has invented
an indestructible button-ho Up in
Springer and Doolittle's districts, what they
are begging for is an indestructible button
that cannot be yanked of by candidates. No
class will welcome the November election
more gladly thsnthe pat ent wives who stitch
ed at the wasted buttons, and smeIt the beery
breath of these lords of the billot-bOx. The
time will come when people Will seek men
to represent them who will use the means of
cultivated society, instead of buying popu-
larity by the aid of the demijohL and beer
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
ONE OF THE DETECTIVES
Aasass iuauiOn in New York
Tribune, 2s.l

The attempted murder of Alderman
Morris on Sixth avenue on Saturday morn
ing, shows how easily men may be killed
in New York. The important point is not
the dastardly deed itself-it is the exis-
tence of the bastard, and the demonstra-
tion that life here is exposed in a measure
to the same peril which besets it in coun-
tries notorious for skulking and cowardly
homicides.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
Sam Wood Among the SOvereigns.

Sam Wood appeared here last Monday,
instead of Frank Doster. Mr.. ID. was kept
away by an important case in court. Sam
is brick-a genuine border stump orator,
with as much natural ability as any man
in Kansas. He is well posted upon the
finance question, and delivered an off-hand
speech OF over two hours, which carried
conviction to the minds of many of those
who had secuted the idea of Greenbackism
heretofore.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
THE CONGRESS.

The following table shows the whole num-
Der of Representatives in Congress To which
each Stale II entitled, how the several State
delegations are politically y divided In the for-
ty-fiith Congress, and how the delegations
thus far elected To the Forty-Sixth Congress-
stand. The remaining members of the lat
ter tongTess will all b. chosen on Tuesday,
November 5. except the four from California,
where the election, by special act of Congress,
has been postponed until September, ls1s. II
must not be forgotten that one mem ber is to
be chosen in Vermont November ), on &C.
count of a failure TO elect at the regular time
In September. The candidate then receiv-
ing plurality will be entitled TO the seat:
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07

In the 18th Representative District, all
the candidates for the legislature are
pledged to oppose the election Of George T.
Anthony. The Governor, seeing this state
Of things, has ordered his friends to bolt
the regular Republican nominee. His
friends are now working up new r Pub
lican candidate, pledged to Geo. 7.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07

Democrat e.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-07
T8ELaU OF SAMMY.

There was meeting of prominent Dem
ocrats recently in New York, who met to
discuss the best method Of getting rid OF
Mr.. Tilden as a candidate for 1850. Their
conference was private, but enough has
leaked out to show general belief in his
party that the cipher business will efirctu-
ally disorganize and demoraliz- MIR. Til