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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
Charles Francis Adams ON Rallroad
CO0BOl1datiOD,

Charles Francis Adams on Railroad
Consolidation.
At this juucture . great deal of light may
be obtained from the volume of Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams upon the "Origin and Prob
lens of Railroads" No man IN the United
States has studied the subject of Transport
tation go profoundly, and though his book
was written nearly two years sgo, he clearly
forecast in it the present situation. 10 dis
cuesing the tendencies of railroad manage
ment he points out the evident advances
making or made by all railroad systems to-
wards consolidation, and from the example
of England particularly he draws conclu-
ent hysterical alarmist outcries against the
Vanderbilt-Gou combination. The jeal-
ousy of great corporations, he elbows, is not
confined to Americans. ut is only . very
few years since the pr. sent Sir Henry Tyler
in one of the reports of the Board of Trade
of Great Britain formulated the PROPOSE
ton that the time was at hand when
the State must control the rail-
roads or else the railroads would control
the State Yet, when the Parliamentary
Committee on Authorizations considered
this question in 1872, they were Obliged
to report that the growth of the corpora.
tons had not brought with it the evils gen.
orally anticipated. ," And be says further:
"The popular apprehension of imaginary
dangers to be apprehended from raiIrosd
consolidatiOn lie not considered. With
those who have most ref ected On the sub
isct it is safe to say that the idea If
combination of all the railroad interests of
the country into the hands of three or four
corporations though they might
practically be creatures of triumvirate's
will-would excite no apprehension. That
or those who composed that
would refrain power only BY
most carefully abstaining from all abuse Of
power"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

Snow is plenty in the Michigan lumber
districts, and men are being sent to the
woods in large numbers. Full stocks for
the mills 1t Muskegon are to be secured.
Ehe fgures published q few weeks ago,
placing the amount of lumber held over at
Muskeeon at O,OOO. 600 feetwere too large
Nv half According to figures now sent in,
t6smx- e the mills will fall short OF
5000 600 feet The crop for 1880 will
e.ch nearly 500, 0OO, 600 feet, as shown by
contracts made M TO this date.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
Tho Western National Fair Associa
o1On.

LAwREsCE, Ks., Dec 1.-THE FIRST meet
ing of the directors Of the Western Nation
al Fair Association was held in this city
this afternoon B sides the Director living
in the city there ware present j. F. Keeny,
of Trego county; Dr.. WSsop, of Ottawa;
Gen. Rlce, OF Miami; and Ssvory, OF En-
poria
J. F. Keeney wa unanimously chosen
President. Upon taking the chair Mr..
Kseney said:
'GENTLkMEs:-Ith thank You for the honor.
esteem il . very great honor. shall do
all in my power 70 advertise this fair
not only in Kansa- and the United States
bu, throughout. the world. The success of
this pr ice, depends upon you and me ard
it will Dc no mere play We must work from
nov, on. The advantages in the way of
adyer isiDg to this State can hardly be esu.
mated. In 1876 attended the centennial
celebration Al Philade'phia and saw the
grand exhibition that X ansas made at that
time. / knew almost nothing of the agri-
cultural resources of this State, but sss
seized with . desire to come here and 20
out beyond anybody else and start in. L
purchased several thousand acres of land,
800 miles vest Of here, two years ago, upon
which 10 laid down on the
map ~ the Great Desert. Peo-
pie tried to discourage US
BY saying that 1t never rained there that
We could neither raise or grain there.
Notwithstanding learned professor has
said that west of the Tooth meridian it I.
never rains, wheat grows, corn grows and
Ersss grows, and, 10 fact all manner of
and how We b We . population
II 200. l believe the time will come
shen Kansas will Be the bert State in the
Union"
Joseph E Riggs was inside Secretary and
!. B. BoweEsock, President Of the Douglas
ounty bank, Treasurer.
A COMMITTEES w. appointed to prepare
nd pressot bylaws for the govssnnent Of
be associatioa, aitsR which he board Cd
purssd 10 9 o'eleek ths svsniae.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

from the commencement of the govern
mert until how, have been occs-ioned BY
Violations of treaty obligations on the part
OF our ciiiz,us. assert that provisions Of
this bill are in violation Of the treaty itself,
which provides that: there shalt be no ces-
sion OF territory except with the cOnseDt of
three fourths Of the male indians cnn-
denim the bill becsu.e Coperes has no
right to resolve that 80 aRreem eut shall Be
made to break another treaty made With
any power. oppose il because it il upjust
to the Indians. / oppose it becauee Its
very advocates ssy that the Indians must
Be removed bscause they are in the way of
the white men. oppose it because it pro-
vides that the Indians shall be located in
some other part of Colorado. / oppose
it bec.uee think 1t is the duty of the
United States, With the strong arm of its
power, to protect the Indians in their
reservation This is not the first time that
. measure of this kind has been rushed
through Congress at the instig stion OF
Senators and members from q State, in
order to satisfy the greed of those who want
the Indians lands. Let this matter re-
main over until We come together again
| and it shall be known what ia right and
what IL just and how this government may
hsnorabIy and fairly fulfill its treaty r u-
tations. If We have the power to protect
the Indians there let US increa-e that
power BY increasing the army. We sent q
little band of 140 men among the
de6les of those mountairs without any
object in view, and with no prospect OF
averting q collision. and We left them there
to be ambushed and msssacred The only
redeeming thing about that mass acre il the
desperate and heroic courage of our off
Gers and men and the glory which they
added to our arms, even in the fsr-of
mountains, where they fought d fell
and that other additional thing that sur
vivors were rescued from thei. peril BY tn,
co,ored troops"
The debate vas continued at mucl
length, and wss further participated II
by Representative Gortschalk, VINO com
mended Willism PENIS Indian policy; b,
Representative Haskell, of Kansas, VII,
asserted the right of the President to pro
claim the entire abroga,i,n of the u
treaty; BY Representative Belford, Who re
, minded Representative Conger that the bill
denounced BY him as fraud has been pre-
, pared BY the Secretary of the Interior; b
Representative Keller and Others, includ
ing Representative Frye. who snRyeete
( that the bill be made not to the Ute trib
of Indians, but to fusionist sclls of hi
own State.
Il The committee rose without action.
IL Adjourned.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

The Blunaer and Flunaer in Maine
let Louis Post Dispafch-Democratic.l
AL decent and intelligent Democrat,
will hear with regret that the Democratic
Governor and Council in Maize have
counted out enough Republican member.
to secure . Democratic Legislature in both
houses, which, in turn, will secure the cleo
ton of . Democratic Governor AID State
administration another year.
We consider this . great wrong, and,
what in politics lie even wore, . grave
blunder.
Not only will conduct like this deprive
the Democracy of much moral prestige and
comparatively justify the Returning Board
frauds in the South-not only will it fur
nish every Republican with an easy
answer to the Democratic charges of fraud
and tend to confirm the idea that counting
in" is not confined to one party-but Vorse,
much worse. is yet to come.
1t viii invite, provoke, and to . certain
dseree justify Republican retaliation.
And the Republicans have in the New
York Legislature taffible power to retail
late. That Legislature msy elect Presiden-
tial electors and thereby settle the Preei-
dency in favor of the Republicans
1t i not pleasant to say il, but this 90
called Democratic success in Maine il
worse than The worst defeat il has sus-
tanned for years. The party could afford
to b defeated IN honor. 1t cannot aflord
10 succeed IN dishoaoe.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

ABOUT TELLING THE TRUTH.
) The business Of . Newspaper il, primari
Fly, 10 pu6liBh the news, but it must, at the
same tine, have . regard for the truth, OF
people will loss con6dence in is "nevs" 1t
has always bssa our rule in The T1xRs to
pgbliahouly such matter q We have good
reason 70 believe n true. One of our
SstandinG orders to all assistant. editors is
10 write and publish only the truth. In
obedience to this rule We frequently have to
'Publiah articles which We should prefer to
leave out or change, but q it is the bust.
nsss Of q uevspsper to state facts, and not
to make them, Ne conscientiously endeavor
to publish things just - they are, no matter
how much Ne might desire to have them
otheViss. And We do not believe that
public journal can be made permanent,
suoosafhl upon any other basis.
Untruthfulnsa may give to q
joofnal an ephemeral potoriety
for ssasationalism, but people win not b.
cone attached to newspaper and adopt it
Into their families unless experience teaches
thea that they can rely upon the truth Of
shat hey Bead in its columns. Not only
= tA6 tine In regard to great matteRs, bot
- saAllsr a6ain also. Take the matter of
pablie amusement, ia. instance: The
people look b thsir nevgpaper 70 tell them
vAsth9 - actor. singe q letufsr b worth
- psies aiksd 70 - - hear him. When
- as1ue eoo0 10 Lssvenwbrth. Ee tell
en- ssadsn bsfurshaad What has bssa aid
aheat Hin n Other PLACES whore b hH
1aaysl Air. - has bsr, Azs, and vi
hassan ~ hsasd lin, - expess oar
IS - - ~ bslisvs|
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

Ssastoe MoRaAN, in speaking of his rss-
olutioo, said that it might b unviss to
proceed too rapidly to word the cnusumms-
ton Of the policy which ~ Theoretically
acceptable. Our present prosperity vas
likely TO prove temporary. Should We Be
Obliged to buy largely abroad, Ne would
ned al good soand money. II Wa un-
wise to withdraw any of the eurrsncy.
Senator MoleAN declared, smong other
things, that gresnbecks were kept 1t par By
. known power and the will of the people
to pay them in gold. If there ever was .
time When they should have been de-
prived of their legal tender quail
ity it was when they were below
par. The present movement for their
depreciation was in The interest of capital
lists, and it was likely that attempts would
be msde to cosrce the great political party
| into aiding the movement, under the threat
that otherwise capitalists would throw =
great many cities and States of the Union
into the camp Of the party that had always
supported monopolies against the people.
Senator THURMAN presented the memo.
rial of the citizens of Ohio largely inter-
ested in stock raiaing, aaking the appoint-
msnt Of . committee to investigate the sub.
iect of catagious diseases Of domestic ami.
mals and adopt and enforce, under the
sanction of the Secretary OF the Treasury,
rules for prevention or treatment Of such
diseases. Rdefred.
Senator PkNDLEroN, from the COMMITTEES
on census, reported bill to amend the act
70 provide for taking the tenth and subee-
quent census. 1t provides for the free
transmission through mails of correspond
ence between the census officers aud the
department of the interior. 1t also amends
said act BY striking out of the section &
much - provides for schedule four, con-
tanning the inquiry relating t.
the ownership of the public deb
of the United States. 1t also amends sec
ton II, 90 - 10 allow the reports obtainet
from railrosd corporations, expreR, tele-
graph and insurance companies to be mad,
for this fiscal yesr Of he incorporated com
pany having ita termination nearest to tn
first of June, 1880. 1t amends section l9
20 - to require the enumerations to com
merce June LIST, 1890, and to require tn
enumeration in cities having over 1000
inhabitants to be taken within two week
from that date. Ordered printed and lai
on the table.
After ehort executive session, S.nsto
Morgan introduced joint resolution. pre-
viding that within sixty days after il
enactment, all lands granted to aid in tn
, construction of railroads and telegrap
lines which have failed to comply with tn
requirements of their charters shall revel
to the United States. Among the gram
which the joint resolution proposes
4 declare forfeited are the Atlantic and P,
!, ci6c, Northern Pacific. Texas Pacific, 6
! Louis ard Iron Mountain, Little Rock an
Fort Smith and Oregon Central railroad
The resolution was laid on the table.
! A bill, exempting from duty, prizes va
! by American citizens in foreign countrie
; passed.
> Adjourned until tomorrow.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
RAILROADS,
The TnANs-SOSTINENrAL LINES

NEW YORK, Dec. lin m article en-
Jay Goulds recent movements in getting
possession OF railroads, the Sua says that
the action of the stockholders Of the Texas
Pacific railroad in dissolvipg abe trustee
.hip, which had heretofore controlled the
company, is the forerunner Of the transfer
of that corporation to the syndicate which
obtained the Vanderbilt stock. The Could
FIeld-Sage combination aims at the control
of transcontlnental traffic. This led to the
purchase OF the Kansas Pacific, the
Wabash, the Kansas City and Northern.
and the combination with the Vanderbilt
trunk lines iron New York to Cnic.go.
The estimates OF the chief engineer Of tse
Texas Pacific show that the road can De
built, including grading culv.rtr, bridges,
ties aud iron, for about an average OF
Sl2 000 per mile, 40 that there will be
large margin of profit on the construction
account to be divided. 1t ia also stated by
well-informed persons thst the syndicate
now represented by the Vanderbilts, in
connection with Gould, Field, Sage and the
Morgans, are 10 have an interest in the
Pennsylvania railroad combination to con-
tIOl ltS WcstcIu uuuA hueb. Auc cuIeCt VI
this ia to leave without eastern connection
the 1t. LOUIS and San Francisco company,
a rival line To the Pacific along the thirty
eth parallel, controlled by capitalists who
left Gould and his crowd out. The next
move, it il said, will be to get control If
the Ohio and Mississippi and cut the Balti-
more and Ohio out of its connection with
st. Louis.
For some time the sams interes. has
been coq1etiDg with the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas snd the st. Louis and iron
Mountain railroads. The purpose Of this
ia now evident. Could and his ccnfreres
we've seeking to get control at the Kansas
Pacific, aod if they gobbled up the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas and the Iron
Mountain, the Texas Pacific would have
no outlet to the East. 1t would begin
nowhere, and end in the wilderness. Find
ing that they were about to be checkmated
the Texas Pacific people concluded an al
yapgement with the Gould Fieid-SAge
syndicate, BY which for . controlling in
terest in the company, the syndicate is TO
sdvan .he money to complete the road
10 f! Psso, where it is to meet the South
ern Poetic, and with it form another trunk
line to the Pacific. The terms OF this ar
rangement are that the syndicate furn;eh
S25 900 per mile to bnild the Texas Pacific
IRON Fort Worth to Ell Pa-o, and to take
from the came q controlling interest Of The
bonds and stock Of the company.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
REPUBLlcANISM.
r.ro~.. ,o~~yrrrr MEETING
Donald Cameron Chosen - Chairman
The New 0ecretaEy-RfxinG he Place
Of Holding the National
CSnventan.

WAsameToN, Dec. 1.-THE Republican
National committee met At noon to-day at
the Arlington hotel for the purpose Of
choosing chairman in the place of late
Senator Chandler and Of fixing the time
and place for holding the next national
convent n of the party. The committee
vas called to order ~ Secretary 4. c. Nc
Cormick and . temporary organic alton was
affected BY the choice of Elihu Mos, Of
Wisconsin, "a chairman and r G. McCor-
mick, of Arizonia, a. secretary. Nearly An
hour Va consumed in the ex animation and
peared for absent members,
A good deal of time was consumed in
discussing the claim of New, Of Indiana, u
represent also Washington Territory -
proxy. His claim Was finally rejected.
The committee then voted BY ballot fol
| Q permanent chairman. The resxlt was n
follows: Whole number of votes, AZ
Decesssry to choice, %. Donald Cameron
Of Pennsylvania, received q; Averilt, o
Minnesota, 10; blank, l.
The chsirmsnship being disposed OF
Secretary Mccormack presented his iesig
nation. He submitted that one campaigt
was .. much work .s could fairly b
imposed on one man - secretary, and .
the same time disclaimed having been n
aspirsnt to the chairmanship. Opposition
was made to the acceptance Of the resiRna.
ton, and it Was proposed that IN assist.n
secretary might be appointed, but ulti
mately the resignation was accepted, an
the convention, BY resolution, choos
Thomas B. Keogh, of North Carolina, al
other nominations having been Withdrawal
After recess claims we're presented Q
several places for holding the next Rspub
lican National Convention.
A vote was then taken and Chicago va
selected, a. follows: Chicago, "a; Sars
toga, IA; Cincinnati, 2; Indianapolis, 2.
The time for holding the next conveu
ton was fixed for Wednesday, June Sd.
, Another recess was then taken, until thl
evening, when resolutions in respect to th
memory of the late Senator Chandler vel
adopted and the convention adjourned.
CALLING THE CONVENTION.
The executive committee of the Nations
Republican committee has authorizs
Chairman Cameron to issue the call for Il
. next national convention, and to attach Il
names of members of the executive CON
| mittee thereto
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
HOUSE.

Representative BALLoU introduced bill
restoring legal tender currency to the con-
stitutionsl requirement. Referred.
The text of the bill is a. follows:
Be 1t Enacted, Etc., That section 1888 of
the revised ststutes, making United States
notes legal tender in payment of all debts,
public or private, except for duties on
imports and interest on the public debt, ia
hereby repealed, and that hereafter gold
and silver coin only shall be rendered in
payment of debts; also repeating the stamp
tax on bank checks. Referred.
Representative JONES, from the Com
mittee on Postof6ces and Post Routes,
reported bill exempting postal employees
from serving on juries. Passed.
Representative KNOTT reported back the
concurrent resolution for the appointment
of joint committee of three Senators and
five Representatives to investigate the
present system of salaries, fees and emolu.
ments allowed to officers of the several
United States Courts, to ascertain whether
any abuses exist therein, and granting such
committee power to report at any time.
Agreed to.
Representative CoNGER offered q reso-
luton, which wa adopted, asking for
information respecting the operation of the
life saving service on the great lakes.
Representative MCCoRD, from the Com.
mittee on Manufactures, reported . joint
resolution proposing . constitutional
amendment giving Congress the power to
grant, protect and regulate the exclusive
right to adopt and use trade marks. The
yeas and nays were called On ordering the
main question, there bsing strong oppos;-
ton to the resolution on the Democratic
eide. The yeas prevailed and discussion
of the resolution followed.
The resolution was At length referred to
the committee on Judiciary, with leave to
report at any time.
The consular and diplomatic appropria-
ton bill was reported, ordered printed and
recommitted.
The House then went into q committee
on the military academy appropriation
bill.
After considerable debate the committee
rose and reported the bill to the House
without amendment, and after its passage
the House adjourned.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

SENGLIR8 FARMERS COMING.
. Numerous delegations from farming
,ommunities in England and Scotland have
listed the United States and Canada in
sareh of information as to the most attrac-
tive regions for the purchase or develop
nentof farms, and very general move
M in this direction is anticipated during
the coming winter and spring. 10 dis
patch from Danville, ILL.,, to the Chicago
Tribune, mention is made of the purchase
Of farm in Vermillion county of 900
ceres, for SIC, 600 in cash. BY an Euglish-
nan recently arrived, and who is first to
come of . considerable colony expected to
settle in Illinois.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

Ma HENDRICKS, of Indiana, Is now
sixty years old, medium-sized man with
q contradictory countenance, since his ja"
is described q pugnscious, and his eyes ~
large, pacific and blue. The Washington
correspor dent of the Boston Journal says
that Mr.. Hendricks wife firmly believes
that sooner or later she will reign in tha
Whit House,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad Company has just completed In
Chicago Q new elevator, which is the
largest building of the kind in that city, II
not in the world. 1t Is known as elevator
sd" and has cspscity of 1900. 0Oo bush
e,s-oua, to 3 600 car loads of corn.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
The LeaAinG Pager.
llola IndepondeDtl

We have hitherto called attention 70 the
State news publisned In the LeavsnwoEtA
I'M This = . small Item o. The many
that 90 to make IL . valuable paper. Il pub.
nshss al the Associated ProD news md NJ
Obi Of the oupsomo Court. Also oneo Uosk
Il devos0 couple q columns % 1aE0 ed
aGl0ultuEol 0ntteU1. Amy DovU ~ me-.
We - nnAd - - ons5.1 ~ lDpeRenne 49,
No., eDA IT, - q Ill = thoe yoo - en1D|
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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

EVERY one of the candidates on the tick-
cts voted for b. the women of Boston, at
the reoot municipal election, were de-
feated. In this way the male electors
showed their dislike to their new political
associates. Nevertheless, the Springfield
Republican believes that "this campaign
can only end'in swinging wide the door to
women voters in all Issues taken to the
uolls
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

i Is stated that the Secretary OF the
Senate will refuse to pay Senator Sharon
his salary from March 9TH to July LIST, AZ
he was absent during the whole extra ses
sion. Where absence is not caused by
sickness the law requires deductions from
the pay of Representatives and Senators FOL
the time they are not present.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

A LOCAL weather prophet told US, about
ten Days ago, that the weather was to be
No farm that the river would remain open
Ill winter. Just two days after the pub
Hcation of this prediction the river fro1e
over Is solid - . rock, and remains go.
He evidently referred TO some other river.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

EAnADA's lockout of American cattle lar
q pell.d the direct shipment from our
- q some animals ordered by Eng
- from the Dominion. Prohibitions
Nh such pleasing results can be endured
in1ehnitely.