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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

and said to Wall street, 'I'll fight it
out on this line if 1t takes all sum-
mcr.n
This West demand, honest, honsra-
BILE payment of every farthing of the
debt, as contracted and written in the
bond, and they also demand all the
fair and honest facilities with which
God and nature have endowed them
to honestly accomplish this purpose,
aud they erpect TO hare IL too.
When you thus presume to threaten
the West, don't forget TO remember
that we have an Eads, jetties, a Missis-
sippi river, and Pacific coast, and all
internal maritime harbor for twenty
feet draft vessels preparing, of 1900
miles into the very heart of this great
world of commonwealth, which Of
fers TO us, free as your wind-beaten
coast does to you, every crystal waye
of the broad Atlantic, and says TO US,
without you desire you need not wip e
YOUR feet on the threshold of an At
lantie State. Hence our noble states
men will not quail, inundated by
your threats, in as much as they gem
orally descend from sircs whose gene
alogy traces back to that colonial age
which fought an arrogant foreign dom
inaiion for 163 years 30 al independ
ence, aud since then ever an audacious
presumption of British diplomacy and
English gold. And we believe we
speak for the American masses, GER
tainly of the mighty West, thatif this
gold bandit autocracy shall, by their
designing oppression of the masses,
emulate a popular confusion, the
swords that fought the rebellion on
either side, would rust in their scab-
bord whilst tho wrongs of the multi
tude were asserting their equitable
rights II you force it, we that have
built your fortunes can despise your
gold. Your humble servant,
w. c. WooDMAN.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
For the EAGLE.
FACTS ABOUT UNITED STATES COIN.
Rely to the. Hon. s. N. Wood.

Mr.. EDITOR In your paper of the
10th inst. notice an article from the
Hon. S. n. Wood, in answer to an ar
ticle !. in your issue Of the Sd inst,
signed "Quicunque SIM" If l should
take it for granted that your readers
were non compos mentiS | might ar
rive at the conclusion that friend
Wood had entirely demolished the ar
ticle referred to, but knowing that
the majority Of your readers possess
considerable common sense, | will
state that either friend Wood wrote
his article very hurriedly, or elee he
was not well Informed as to facts.
Mr.. Wood says: "We say that the
trade dollar shall contain APO grains,
but we do not make it money, it is
not legal tender. But we say that
II 1-2 grains of standard silver shall
be half dollar, and tender for So
and under. A dollar of it con-
tains thirty-six grams (thirty-six
grams he means) less than the trade
dollar, yet it is worth more all over
the country and isquoted higher, COM
pared to gold or greenbacks, than the
trade dollar"
Now, Mr.. Editor, submit to you,
if it is not preposter0us, that 3S5
grains of silver, 900 fine, is worth
more than 420 grains of silver of the
same fneness. fit is, the American
people must be crazy, sure enough,
and the less silver there is in piece
of money the greater the value there
of. If that be true, a five-cent piece
must be worth more than dollar, be-
cause it coutains less silver. But Mr..
Wood says the trade dollar is mot
money" that it is mot alegal tender"
Again Mr.. Wood is not posted. "He
does not know whereof he writes"
| think he would not have written in
that manner if he had ever read the
revised statutes of he United States.
For the benefit of friend Wood | viii
quote sections 3,513 and 1888, Revised
Statutes United States, and probably
Mr.. Wood will detect his error.
"SEC. 1913. The silver coins of the
United States shall be trade dollar,
half dollar or fiftv-cent piece, a
quarter dollar or twenty-five cent
piece, dime or ten-cent piece; aud
the weight of the trade dollar shall
be four hundred and twenty grains
Troy: the weight of the half dollar
shall be twelve grams and one-half
gram; the quarter dollar and the
dime shall be respectively one-half
and one-fifth of the weight of said
half dollar"
"SEC. 1886. The silver coins of the
United States shall be legal tender
at their nominal value for any amount
not exceeding five dollars in any one
payment"
Will any sane man who reads these
sections say that the trade dollar is
not legal tender for five dollars ? or
will any sane man say that dollar
which contains 420 grains of silver,
900 fine, is worth less than a dollar
which contains only 9S5 grains, 900
fine?
1t would be too tedious to take up
the remainder of friend Woods ar
ticle and show how sadly he mistakes
facts, but suffice it TO say that the
whole article abounds in such glaring
errors and absurdities as those men,
toned above. Yours truly,
QUICUNQUE SIM.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
For the EAGLE
A Conundrum for ths U. s. Supreme Court.
WICHITA, KAN. January 10, 1873.

WICHITA, KAN. January 10, 1873.
Hon. N. H. Murdock
DEAR SIR i beg the indulgence Of
your columns to submit, in the inter-
est of the working classes, to their
true tribunal, the Supreme Bench of
the United States, the following ques-
tions:
Respectfully Greeting:
WHEREAS, In 1860 4121-2 grains OF
silver composed Government stand
ard dollar, aud being the declared
standard by which all commodities
and contracts were measured and de-
termined, as gold, iron, cereals, labor,
lands, notes, Bonds, contracts-in
short all things into which specific
values entered; and whereas, the
Government (being partysof the first
parD in 1862 commenced borrowing
money in billions of dollars, on bonds
was there no standard for their base
IL not, was it an established debt !?
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

If not, are they not technically void,
and dc they not revert TO equity TO
scttle--on just basis of considera-
ton of their cost? Upon the contra
nv, if there was standard basis, was
it not 4l2 1-2 grains of silver concen-
trated in the silver dollar of that era,
and did not the loaners (being parties
of the second parD loan their money
on the basis Of this silver dollar !? In
short, did not each of the contracting
parties, in good faith, confirm their
contracts on this basis, and was it
not fully confirmed by Ten Years ac-
quiescense by each party in this let
ter, spirit and foundation
Now, can the Congress of the Unit
ed States (being party of the first
parD, WHILST these contracts remain
unpaid, depreciate an important val
liable element of the collateral and
legally change this standard .-at will,
under any plea short of petition in
bankruptcy Or, upon the other
hand, can the parties .of the second
part alter, erase or demand other con-
ditions, without jeopardising the
force and validity of their bonds ?
AS we of the West understand it,
this question involves the constitu-
tionality of the demonstration OF
silver cngrossing the validity OF
bonded contracts generally--an d
humbly pray, in the interest of the
multitudes, with deep and sincere re-
spcct. an early public reply from the
only tribunal from which they can
hope to have the question definitely
settled, upon which now is pending
SO many contracts, the validity
of which this PRECEDENT may deter
NINE. Most respectfully yours,
WIN. G. WooDMAN.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

"Silvcr is unwleldy and unhandy
for general use" say the goldites. So
ii is; aud so il gold for that matter
If the only currency in use were gold
coins they would be very unpopular.
The fact is, Treasury notes comprise
the only convenient, absolutely safe,
and inexpensive currency. But if the
popular notion that such notes must
rest upon specie basis is to be re-
spected, they may as well rest upon
silver as gold, and the plentier these
metals become the more popular will
be our paper money and the quicker
it will be at par with coin.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
Silver Would Appreciate,

Those who oppose reconciliation
call for coin containing 420 grains,
upon the assumption that the origin
al dollar of 4l2 l2 grains will not be
worth the true value of a dollar, or,in
other words, that the characterization
deprecated silver more than the re-
moneiization viii appreciate it. Hay-
ing diminished the demand for gold,
while.increasing the demand for silver,
the memorable law of demand and
supply would surely compel decline
of the former and an advance of the
latter in exchangeable value. The
great fact is that money, like beet or
corn, ceases TO be dear, so to speak,
when its comparative monopoly is
away with. The Inter- Ocean puts it
in this common-sense light, which
will be understood by every reader of
the EAGLE:
Enact to-day that no kind of meat
shall be sold or eaten save that of
Beeves over three years old. and you
Immediately advance the price of the
latter and largely destroy the value of
all other kinds of animal food. Re
peal the law, and YOU increase the val
ue Of pork and veal and mutton, while
at the same time you decrease the val
ne OF the meat heretofore singled out
for preference.
IL is exactly so with money. Gold
has become dear because ii holds a
monopoly, and other species of prop
erty have shrunk, and win continue
TO shrink, as this sole standard be-
comes scarce and its power is contin-
ued.
We would pay just as many dollars
for our bonds with silver remonetized
as we will with gold alone. The diff
ference would be that dollars being
plentier they would not be so dear,
measured by other species of property
aud, consequently, the debt could be
more easily discharged,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
From reports of the mints there
we're coined OF silver dollars from
iotai. ..--....... ..-.....-'. Tl,-i1,-- %
This brings us UP to 1856 when sill

This brings us up to 1856 when sill
yer dollars ceased to be coined, and
up TO this time only $1,274,223 had
been coined in period of sixty-four
years. Yet from 1856 to 1873 when
silver was demonetized, a period of
only seventeen years, there was coined
81 ,0O3, 056, making total of IS, 277, go.
In 1871 the silver coinage was 81, 900,-
600; in 1872 it was $2,300,O00. But
this, after all, is not the question. 1t
is not whether much or little was
coined. 1t was the change of the
Federal unit" From 1892 to 1873
the cunt" of our money, established
by law, was 442 1-2 grains of silver,
900 fine. 1t was upon this basis we
contracted the National debt. BY
changing the silver to the gold dollar
25.S standard gold we add eight per
cent TO our National debt, or over
1882, 000,0 600, and cheat the people just
that much. Yours,
S. N. WooD.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

The way to solve the question of
specie resumption is to remonetize
silver. The very fact that it is incon-
vcnient to handle in bulk is one Of
the reasons why it should be remone
tized. Anything that takes from
money its presoat excessive value as
compared with other property, and
makes il less desirable, is a move in
the right direction.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
For the EAGLE.
Explanatory Letter from Hon. s. II. Wood.

ELMDALE, KAN, Jan. IA, eS7S.
EDITOR EAGLE.:-In my hastily
written letter in the EAGLE of the
10Th, written at the Harvey House,
Topeka, on the 4th, am made to say
''The very last year before demoneti-
cation took place there was more sill
yer coined than i'll any one year for
eighty-one years before" l did not
mean to say this. 1t is either an err
ror of the types or my bungling way
of writing. intended TO say "morc
silver dollars coined; ETC."
From reports of the minis there
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
lie to the Inter- Ocean Jan 10, 1873
DEATH OF KING.
Victor Emanuel Passes Away---Ths Last Mo-
mepts,

King Victor Emanuel is dead. The
New York Herald correspondent in
Rome telegraphs that the sad intelli-
gence has filled Rome with consterna-
ton. Immense crowds have thronged
the piazza before the palace from an
early hour yesterday morning eagerly
seeking news of the Kings condition,
and. when the announcement was
made that he was no more, the wild
est EXPLANATIONS of grief burst forth
from the dense concourse of people.
Strong men burst into tears, women
tainted, and despair was depicted on
every cOuntenance. The particulars
of his death and last hours were ca
gerly asked for. and the news spread
through the city with incredible ra-
pidity. Almost instantly all shops
and places of business were closed,
and Rome went into deep mourning
The foreign ambassadors immedi-
ately went to the palace to consult on
the situation, and exchange views in
relation to the probable effect on the
foreign relations of Italy. They Of
fered their coincidence to the bereaved
royal family, and testified their re-
spect for the dead King in the most
marked manner.
The Pope evinced deep feeling when
he received the news. During the
day he had frequently sent to inquire
as TO the Kings condition, and offered
the services of his own doctor to as
sist.the Kings physician. He also
conferred the blessing in articuto
morris. The King reviewed the last
Of the Catholic Church
calmly. He then took an afliectionate
farewell of the Princes and Princesses
after which some of those who had
been familiar with him through life
were admitted. He said a few kind
words to each, and expired, sitting in
an arm chair, dressed.
The disease of which Victor Eman-
uel died was military fever, and was
repetition of that which struck him
down in 1868.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
Political Speculations.

The Commonwealth says that Gev-
ernor Anthony will not be a candidate
for the United States Senate to sue
ceed Mr. ingalls,. 1t adds:
We presume that Mr.. Anthony will
be candidate for reelection to the
office of Governor. If he is, he will
undoubtedly be renominated, and by
practically a unanimous vote. lie has
made a good officer and he has so high
al order Of talent that it is an honor
TO the State TO have that position filed
by him. We havh heard of no oppo-
sition to him among those who sup
ported his election last year, and we
do not believe there will be any.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

The Secretary OF the Treasury wants
specie resumption. Very well. Let
him pile up his millions of silver dol
lars in the Treasury, and he will have
it. Few men with crisp greenbacks
in their pockets will care to make the
change Tor silver.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
Taking Back.

All the principal towns throughout
the western States are holding meet
ings and pressing resolutions demand
ing of Congress the passage of the re-
monetization bill. Indiana, Ohio, IL
linois, Iowa and Missouri are flooding
Washington with such appeals.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

When Senator Jones made his hard
money speech few years ago in the
Senate, he became the particular pet
of tho bullionists, and was rendered a
banquet by the Gradgrinds. The
gentleman has thoroughly investigat
ed the subject since and is now a
straight out silver and greenback
man. Because he has followed his
convictions he is now bitterly de-
bounced, and charged with being Pc
cuniarily interested in the silver
measure. The fact is he owns no
stock in silver mines and will be en-
riched by the enforcement of the re-
sumption policy. His present attl-
tude is based upon thorough convic-
tions solely.-Ne,c Horen onion.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
Judge Campbsll's Speech.

The last number of the Wichita EA-
GLE is largely taken up with report
of the speeches delivered at recent
meeting held in Wichita in favor OF
the reconciliation of silver. The
speeches were all in favor of remone-
tization except one by Judge w. p.
Campbell, who seems to have been
called out by the crowd notwithstand-
ing he was known to be opposed to
the general sentiment of the meeting.
AT least the Judge had the courage OF
his convictions, aud made straight
out speech in favor of resumption up
ON a gold basis.-Lotcrence Journal.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

The colored colony in Graham
county, Kansas, has built a village,
and has made preparations for farm
ing operations on an extensive scale.
With a favorable season next year the
colony will be Oh the road to fortune.
This is better than going to Liberia.
later Ocean.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
Publication Notice.

To I'm. SicGrisf:
Yon are notified that you have been sued by,
and that the petition OF, Jacob Bissanfz and IL;
r. Butler, partners under the firm name and
style of Bssantz 4 Butler, against you - flea
in the Office Of the Clerk OF the District Court OF
the State OF Kansas, in and Tor the county OF
Sedgwick, claiming OF and from YOU the sum
Of seventy five dollars and interest on the same
from January 10. ISIS, on your certain cuatfei
mortgage dated october 10, Isl. ana due
three months after date, and praying said Court
that said action be continued until said debt
shall have mature,i, and that at that time plain
tiiIs have judgment FOR said sum and costs, and
praying further for an order 70 sell any property
attached in said action belonging to YOU. And
you are notified that IN order OF attachment
against your property has issued out OF the office
Of sand Clerk TO satisfy said debt and costs when
the same shall have matured, by virtue Of an or
der Of the Honorable W. T.. Campbell, Judge of
said Court, ut chambers, granted in pursuance
10 statutes = such cases made and provided.
And you are notified that unless you answer said
plaintiff ; petition on or before the 18th day of
February, \. ID. ISIS, the same will be consid-
cred Us ,rue. and judgment will be rendered, and
order srant,a as prayed IT said petition.
Bliss AMI K BUTLER,
81 Plaintiffs.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

Repudiators are they who repudiate
or refuse 10 be bound by their legal
contracts. How can any man be ac-
cused of reputation who is in favor
or paying the public debts exactly as
provided in the law under which they
xvora iaSuad
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
The Kansas Publishing House.
sher;f,s Sale.


District Court, 18th Judicial District, sels-
wick county. Kansas.
II. W Lewis.
Z L.WhceIer, Hell
en- d Wheeler and
by virtue Of an order OF sale Issued ont OF tho
district court Of the l3jadicial disiricf, sitting
in and for sedgwick county, Kansas, wherein
II. W Lewis - plaintiff and L. T. Wheeler, Hell
en- N. Wheeler and others are defendants, viii
Saturday, he % day Of February,
between the hours of and O'Clock p m. at
the courthouse door, beng at the front OF the
building known as Eagle Block, on Douglas Ave
nue. IN the city OF Wichita, Kansas, offer for sale
at public auction to the highest bidder for cash
in hand, all The right, title and interest Of the
defendants J.. l.. heeler. Helen NJ. Wheeler
in and to the following described real property
situated in the county OF sedswiek, state Of Kan
sls, 10 wit:
The undivided one-third Of the south bali Of
the north sest quarter OF section No. twenty-five
EN- IN township No. Iwenty-sevcG. "a south or
Range No. one ~ east Together with the loar
ing Mill and fixtures and machinery, situa-
e Il thereon; also the undivided One-thirt Of all
rights, privileges and easements. pertaining 10
the erection and maintaining mill dam on the
Little Arkansas River; and 70 Dig eXcaYaie an1
maintain an aqueUuct or mil race rom siic
dam to Chisholm Creek and az tue rights PRIV
ileges and easements concerning ine flowing
he water o. run said mill on sand land from said
dam on the Lille Arkansas River % said mill;
and to dam the water &c said mill in the same
manner and to the same extent that the same
was conveyed 10 W A. Ihoma shy deed dated
February 10, lS7G. by +. l.. Wheeler, Phillip
Sipes and others, to which deed esr more per-
feet description Ofsaid rights ard easements re-
ference is mere made, and all the interests Of lae
defendants, L. l.. " heeier and Helen N. Wheel
er, therein-
Said Real property is legisd upon as the
properly OF defendants r. J.. Wheeler end Helen
NJ. Wheeler and Will be sold to satisfy said orier
Of sale.
sheri1's Office, Wichita, Dec. 81, 1s77.
IA. W DUNNiNG,
Sheriff Of Sedgwick County, kansas.
sluss & IIatton, PlainiilT's Attorneys. 40
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

They are telling good story, beth
er true or not, about the Presidents
silver wedding dinner. There was no
wine on the tables, but it is said that
oranges were popular, and every one
wondered why. Every man who tast-
ed an orange was seen to wink at
some other man, who Immediately
took one. Concealed within every
orange was delicious frozen punck.
Mrs. Hayes didn't know it however.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

Read Notice.
STATE OF KANSAS,
County of sedgwick.
OFFICE OF COf-NTy- f-rPrr.


County of sedgwick.
OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK.
January sth. ISIS.
Notice Is hereby given at on the slh dav of
anuary, IS s. petition signed By John W ilKin
and others, was presented 10 the board Of county
commissioners of the county and state aforesaid
pray ing for the location OF certain road de-
scIibed As follows, viz;
beginning a. the Arkansas river opposite fst
street, running thence west 10 the southeast cor
ner ufthe northeast quarter OF section D. on Sec
tlOu line between sections 10 aad 20. town y ,
range one east, running west 10 the 9Th T.
thence north along SAID line to the Arkansas
river, thence along the bank Of said river &c the
section ltne between sections - and "a, town
y, range one west, thence west to the half sec
ton line OF section -, thence north 10 section
line between sections l. and Is, thence east eighty
rods thence north eighty rods thence east to the
Arkansas river, the tcrmiu0Us Of said rgatl
Nhere0n, the board OF county commissioners
appointed the the following named persons. VIZ:
II, =. Rhodes, W If Ransom and +. Mcdonald
as viewers, with instructions 10 meet, in con-
Junction with the county surveyor, at the vest
end Of the Wichita bridge, IN uelanO township
Friday the 22'l day of February, 4. ID. ISIS
and proceed 10 view said road, and give % all
all i hearing. By order OF the
BOARD OF COUNTY CONS,
- John Tucker, Co. Clerk.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17
DEATH OF q. W. COOK.
An Old Resident Of Wyandotts Gone Over the
River.

The intelligence was received in
Wyandotte yesterday afternoon that
Henry w. Cook had died at the insane
asylum at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, yester-
day morning.
Mr.. Cook was candidate for the
nomination at the Congressional Con-
vention at Fort Scott in June, 1876, and
was defeated. The excitement of the
contest, the hot weather, and the eff
fects Of an old sunstroke brought on
fit of nervous prostratioD from which
he never recovered.
He first came TO Kansas in 1864, and
was in the United States commissary
department at Olathe until the follow
ing year, when he removed with his
family to Wsandotte, where he en-
gagged in the practice of his profession
as a lawyer. He was elected county
attorney and served two terms in the
State Legislature, and was one of the
shining lights of his profession. Had
he lived until next June he would
have been forty-fivc years of age. He
leaves an estimable wife and daughter,
who have the sympathy of the entire
community in their affection. His
father, over eighty years of age, is now
living near Mt. Pleasant, where the de-
ceased will most likely be consigned
to his last resting place. The dispatch
announcing his death stated that Mrs.
Cook and Miss Flora arrived at Mt.
Pleasant Yesterday morning, probably
before death took place.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-17

The State of Pennsylvania has to
pay handsomely for the railroad riot.
1t foots up,in round numbers 500, 600,