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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21
EoBEyGU BEBR

Every few persons" remarks an ex-
change, except those directly interest
ed in the trade have auy idea of the ra-
pidity with which The consumption of
foreign beers has increased in this coun-
try. Commencing ten or twelve years
ago with small importations of Pilscner
and one OF two other of the light-color-
ed brands from Bohemia. the business has
continued TO grow, until now IN scores
of places in New York there is 10 be
found continually on draught Pilsener,
Budweis, Culmbacher, St. Paule, and
other beers from Bohemia, Bavaria and
Bremen. Nor is the business confined
to this city. The three firms winch
control it have recently extended their
connections to a number of western cit
les, and now Chicago, st. Louis, Cincin-
natl and Cleveland are in regular week.
ly receipt of from 200 to 600 barrels of
imported lager beer of various kinds.
The taste for this class of beverage
but as It's cost, because of import duties.
with freight added, is so great that II
can only be retailed at very small
profit, numerous efforts have been made
within the last few years to successfully
initiate it in the breweries of this coun-
try. New York. st. Louis. Chicago and
Philadelphia have all made efforts in
this direction, but for time ST. Louis
took the lead of all competitors and con-
trolled much of the trade of the west
and of the Pacific coast. Now, however,
because of the superior adaptability of
the water, or tor some other cause, Phil
adelphia seems TO be taking the lead in
the manufacture of light beers made af-
ter the Bohemian method. Yesterday
the first car l0ad'of Philadelphia Bud
weis was shipped from that city to San
Francisco, and, much to the discontinue
of the brewers of the west, there is now
every prospect that the important and
growing trade OF the gold coast will be
controlled by the principal mandatory
of our neighbor city"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21
A pREnICTL0N

Atchison Patriot: IAN effort will be
made at Topeka this winter 10 secure a
railroad commission of five members
to be appointed by the joint session of
the legislature. The Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railroad and the Missouri
Pacific will not undertake 10 defeat this
measure, hut will reserve all their force
to secure the appointment of the right
men; failing In that they will use their
best endeavors To have the law so
phrased rs to have il go into effect two
years from date Meanwhile they can ma
nipuIaie things to their liking. We do
not speak as one having authority, nor
have we been closcted with any one.
But on our own responsibility, we I'M
dertake 10 say that the interests of the
people of Kansas could be much better
cared Tor, il these to bt-railroad COM
missioners were left to be appointed by
the governor of the state. Whatever
may be alleged against Governor Click
as a partisan no one has ever had the
boldness to charge his excellency with
want of justice. And the people of
Kansas will during the next two years
have reason to feel that man can be
governor of Kansas, and not sacrifice
those high traits of character which
have made his public record bright as
! monday"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21

The New York Evangelist has the fol-
lowing interesting facts concerning the
working of the high license liquor law
in Nebraska:
While prohibition has received a
check IN Kansas and Iowa, their neigh
Dor (Nebrasza) is experimenting with a
high license law that went into opera
ton q year and half ago. The law is
a compromise measure, upon which the
prohibitionlsts and low license people
agreed. 1t fixes the license for selling
Intoxicating liquors in cities having
over &c, 200 inhabitants at 81 600, aud In
cities having less than 5000 Inhabitants
as $780, The number of bar-rooms has
been diminished about two-thlrds, and
in many Of the smaller towns there is
no liquor sold, as result Of the heavy
| license tax But the city of Omaha
with SIS 1000 Inhabitants, still supports
ninety saloons, and the city of Lincoln
with q population of 1000 inhabitants
maintains ten. The money from The
| sale Of license goes to the school fund
| 1t is said that the prohibitionists are
satisfied to let the law stand as it is, an6
are now working TO pass an act provid
! ing for the Acknowledgement for flvt
years of persons convicted of drunken
ness.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21
RARE,s RAILRoAD RLLL.

Atchison Champion; Hon. Eugene
r. Ware, state senator from Bourbon
county, has printed pamphlet contain
ing RAILROAD Commissioner Law
which ne proposes TO submit TO the next
Legislature. He prefaces it with a brief
letter. IN which he says that eleven states
have railroad commissioner laws; that
in no state where this system has been
adopted have any proceedings been had
looking towards It's abolition that there
appears 10 be but little friction between
the railroads and the commissioners,
and where II occurs, The railroads yield,
Mr. Ware further argues that the com
missioner system forms no barrier to
railroad prosperity; and serves TO pro-
tect alike>the interests nj the public and
the stockholders. He adds:
THE railroad problem is a problem
that no one can solve. The railroads
cannot solve il themselves. There is no
use waiting for solution; all that can
be done Is TO regulate partially, after a
JaGhi0n, the best toe can, and all such reg
ulatIon must be flexible, because in that
sphere all is progress, invention and ac-
tivIty."
Il is evident that Senator Ware has
devoted much patient thought and re-
search TO the preparation oflhispIoposed
law. He has examined the laws, decis-
Ions and constitutional enactments Of all
commissioner states. and reproduced. in
his bill, all that are thought to be appli-
cable TO Kansas. There are forty sec
lions in the proposed law, aud IL Occu-
pies eighteen pamphlet pages. We have
examined il with interest, though not
with such careful study as q law of this
character should have bestowed upon it
by those charged with the making of
laws. II appears 10 US, however, that its
deinition OF the rights and duties OF
corporations, their liabilities as common
determinations and exIoruons, are
unusually complete and lucid. and that
powers and duties of the board are
stated with great clearness aDd vigor.
We are not prepared to say that bet
ter law cannot be suggested, or that SEN
aior Wares act cannot be improved.
Bur 1t is gratifying to know that a clear
Drained and capable lawyer, whose in
tegrity is beyond suspicion. and who
cannot justly be accused of any lack of
sincerity, has given this important ques
ton So much careful study, and intends,
in the legislature. to urge intelligent ac-
ton upon the railroad question,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21

John L. Hayes, president OF the tariff
commission, is reported as saying in an
interview:
The report of the commission is
meeting with more favor than / expect
ed. lave received letters from prom.
inent men in Philadelphia. who are
most affected by the schedules proposed,
and they say that while they are more
hurt than any oae, they think much
the wisest plan will be to pass the
bill recommended by the commission
| in exactly that form. as it will set
| tie q disturbing question. and do some
thing 90 take the tariff out of pol
| itics- A number OF New England
senators have carefully examined the
bill. and have given their advice tn
| leading representatives 10 take the CON-
mission bill just as 1t was reported.
have myself urged Senator Morrill, e
do this IN the senate. l think it is the
| best measure We can get. OF course
/ am q strong protectlonist and had e
make concessions ali the way through
There were many things 10 which oh
| iected. thought it was unjust, for in
stance, to take the tariff of wood pulp
bat the bill il the result of mutual con
cessIons, and think il is successful
The best thing Ia IL, in my judgment. l
the Customs Court That feature cel
tainly ought TO be adopted right away
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21
THAT DTYORGE.

The LaCygne Journal advises the Re-
publican party of Kansas not TO marry
prohibition again unless 1t wants an
other divorce suit on its hands.-Leaven-
worth Times.
There lived once an old Scotch chief
tain, whose faithful servant didn't like
his drinking bouts. The old grey-head-
ed serYitor had been in the family fifty
years, and had become Il little dictate
rial. The lord chafed under the rebukes
of the old man and faithful servant, IN
til al last il became. q question whether
he should strengthen up, or put the old
servant off with pension, as was Gus
tomary. He thought the matter over a
long time. He felt in his heart that II
would be better 10 take the advice of the
servant, and give up his cups, but the
habit was too strong for him. and he de-
termined to get rid of the old fellow.
So, alter u weeks further thought. be
called the old chap into the library. and,
with tears in his eyes. said: "Jonn, you
have been faithful friend; you carried
me, an infant, in your arms; dislike 10
say it, but We must part" The old fel-
low looked at him in perfect amazemeni
| and tremblingly, said: "Whyl where
the devil are you going to?"
This is something the way the
prohibition element feel. They
have given the republican party IFS sue
cess, its standing. its character. And
| now that there is talk of divorce, they
feel like saying, Where the deyil are
you gong. Dosage County Chronicle.
If either portion goes OFF by itself i
leaves the farm in the possession of thu
democrats. The prohibition partner
may use Addisnn's lines:
low,
Thou'rr such touchy. testy. pleasant fe,
low;
Hast 80 much wit, and mirth. and spleer
There IS no living with thee. nor wlthou
thee
Betsey and sre out. just now. but al
/ ter we have gone TO lawyer Clicks offici
| to get our papers We shall kiss and max
up and tell Click 10 slight out'' of on
"chebang" Business viii be resumes
by the old firm at the old stand.-Hia
watha World.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21
APpORTIONMEyT

+ Much difficulty will be experiencei
at the approaching session of the leEis-
lature in dividing the state into seven
congressional districts. Every plos-
pective Congressman, aud there are p,T
haps 10000 of these IN the state, will
desire the districts 10 be framed to fiji
what he may regard AS his future
many different schemes of apportion-
ment as there are members nf the two
branches of the Legislature. At least
such was the experience ten years ago,
when Kansas was first allowed three
members, and compromise of all the
bills into the one that was finally passed
was reached only after the most exhaus-
tive work. The fight in this case will
be the more complicated because there
are four more districts to make.
The papers have already begun to
make apporiionments, the first to lead
off being the Atchison Champion. This
paper divides the state into seven dis
tricts very evenly as to population, and
BlNluR uAA tnC Oub VuG ~ tAC
publicans, but we judge not very salts
| factOrily when it comes to community
of interest. 1t puts Lyon county in the
third district. which is composed of the
following countie.: Miami, franklin,
Linn, Anderson, Bourbon, Allen, Usage,
Coffey, WOodson and Lyon There is as
little community of interest in this dis
trict as it conld be possible TO make in
ten counties. Lyon, Usage and Coffey
will do very well In one district, but
between the balance of the counties there
has never been any sort of political as
ISOLATION, and there is scarcely any
acquaintance among the people of
the eastern and western portions of the
proposed district. So far as Lyon
county is concerned, we think we may
safely say The Champions arrangement
will not suit at all. Emporia is rather
too important town to be stuck off at
the very west end of district nearly 100
miles long. Ii she is allowed to have
any voice in the making of the congnes-
sional districts she would prefer to lac as
socIated with her friends and acquain-
iances with whom she has business and
other interests to be subserved by a rep
resentalive in congress
A gentleman furnishes the editor of
the Wichita Eagle an arrangement of
districts which seems to Us better in sew
eral particulars than that of the Cham.
pion. Its fifth district is as fol-
lows: Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Lyon,
CofEey, Chase, Morris, Diekin-
son, Marion and Mcpherson, which
contain . population of 143.447. By
striking Dickinson and Mcpherson oul
of this proposed district, aad adding
Usage, and either Woodson or Green.
wood, it seems 10 us the district would
be about as near right as 1t could b.
made. This would form district com
, posed of counties whose people have al
extensive acquaintance with each other
, and whose interests are identical. ant
who have, as rule, worked togeshei
. for each others benefit.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21
RATLRO4D TAXES

Atchison Champion: The report Of
the state auditor shows that the always
of this state pay taxes aggregating $74O,-
1861, on their road beds, track, rolling
stock, etc, not including the taxes they
pay on their lands. Railroads traverse
sixty-six organized and seven morgan
lied counties, seventy three in all. The
largest amount of railroad taxes paid In
any one county is in Labette, 500. 024 ST /;
the smallest amount is in Woodsnn
county, $1,71T.S2 Ia Aichison county
the railroads pay taxes aggregating
$17,672 65. They pay larger aggregate
in seven other counties, and over 0,000
in each of thirty-six counties of the
state.
The AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad company pays taxes int in
GLIDING those on its lands) on it's main
lire aggregs,ing sl23,5II7 60; the Gen.
trail Branch U. p, and its branches. $74.-
167.03; the Kansas Division U. p. and
branches, 1924 303,1 the Missouri Pa
cific, $50, 124 Il; the Missouri, Kansas
& Taxas, $52, 32O.65; the Aichison &
Nebraska. $7,59S 20; the Atchisnn Union
Depot ca, 81 ,53e So; the ST. Joseph &
Western, $21,759,1i; and the Kansas
Central, $12,s59 20.
We do not know, under their various
names, all the railways Of the state thai
are owned and controlled by the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe company, but
ten OF these companies pay taxes ag.
gregaiing $I62, s06.s5, making a TOTAL
with the taxes paid on the main line ol
that company rs stated above, of $2S3,
1921 or more than one-third of all the
railway taxes of the stale. The roads %
the Gould system pay taxes sggregatIng
$3.50, 139 80. These two great railway
systems, the Atchison road and the
Gould roads, pay taxes in Kansas aggre
eating sofa, 601 50.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21

The Rev Henry Ward Beeeher, who
was interviewed at Pittsburg this week,
imputed the result Of the New York
and Pennsylvania elections to the deter
minalion OF the people Of those states
TO teach salutary lesson to Cameron
and the other bosses. He believed 1t
would be beneficial TO the country il
every port should be thrown open to
trade and all the necessary revenue
raised by internal taxation. Senator
Edmunds he believed TO be the most,
and Mr.. Blaine the least available Re
publican candidate for the presidency
In 1884, while he would not be at all
surprised if Ben Butler should be the
] Democratic standard-bsarer.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21

According 10 the Boston Journal. this
was the way in which the president had
his message put in PRINT and yet kept
from the public until the proper time.
About two weeks ago he seat for Mr..
Rounds, public printer, and gave him
part Of the MS, epioining upon him
the utmost secrecy. Mr. Rounds set up
the matter himself, assisted by Capt.
Brian, foreman, aud Mr.. Taylor, chief
clerk. The rest of the MS, when ready,
was given by Mr.. Rounds in very short
atakes'' TO . few trusty comPositors
Mr.. Rounds read the proofs himself
and made the corrections, and kept al
the MS, proof, and galleys. when not IN
use, locked up in burglar-proof safe
AS q result NOT q line leaked out, and
even the "guessers' were SO far BAT
fled that when Mr. Rounds was visiting
,he president 10 carry proofs and ge
COPY, they imagined that the president
was going TO remove him and made
serious announcement TO that effect.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21

The question at the Abilene conYeu-
ton is not whether something should
be done, but rather how to so about do
ing 1t; and We believe that there are
in the convention enough honest, capa-
BILE men sufficiently interested in pro-
tecting the people of this state against
the encroachments of the monopolies
which are seeking TO control 1t, to al
least form committee on ways and
means which will "get there" The
monopolists and their hirelings may
not think this movement in favor o.
railroad legislation is much Of q shower
but We spprehend that they will at leas
want their umbrellas and gum boot
before the weather comes Off clear.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21

Commissioner Dudley, of the pensions
bureau, has presented his report for the
last fiscal year. He recommends an en-
tire regarding of pensions, making disa-
bility rather than rank the test There
are now 1T grades of pensions. II is
proposed, as AN act OF simple justice, TO
give an officer the netit of his actual
rank. OF the 2,063,37l soldiers who en-
listed during the war, pensions have leen
applied for by ar ON account, of about
90 per cent. Il is l,elelveti that there Is
n surviving soldier population of lit
tie over a million, out of which claims
tor pensions IN future may be made by
those who incurred pensionable disa-
bilitics.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21
rhs I1nca H.rnla secs no rcaso

The Utica Herald sees no reason why
the republican party should not be re-
stored To complete health and harmony
If President Arthur is sincere in what
he says in his message, and If the Repub-
licans do not persist in facuonalism
"Mr. Arthur IL says, as experienc ed
enough in the world 10 know that fine
words butter no paEsnips. BY, and OF
ITSELF, his message Is n harbinger and q
proGering OF peace, and has gladly been
so accepted everywhere. But il does
not insure peace; nor will peace be pos
sible until the president gives the coun-
try positive evidence, in his conduct Of
his office. ihat he means precisely what
he said in his message"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21

II the present Republican congress
should go SO far as to adopt the scheme
laid down by the tariff commission
with, perhaps. slight notifications
abolish all internal revenue taxation ex.
cepting on liquors and tobacco, and
pass the best practicable measures of
civil service reform at present attaina-
bic, IL is believed that the sun of 1884
would usher IN another signal Republi-
can triumph. Itwould be worth while,
at least, to try the experiment.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21

AT recent meeting of the Liverpool
Chemists Association, Mr.. n. Conway.
one of the memb rs, said that he had
lately found an explanation of social
phenomenon which had long puzzled
him. He had oEten observed with won-
der the hilarity of some of his total alb
stineace friends. Their exuberance of
joy could not reasonably be referred
merely TO clear conscience. and he had
been az loss how 10 account for it. A
recent analysIs of popular temperance
drinks" had suggested an explanation
One OF these beverages. of which he ex.
hibitesla sample 10 the association, he
had found to contain twenty i've PEI
cent of proof spirits BE further stated
that he had analysed several so-called
''non- alcoholic beers,n and found then
to contain never under three, and gener
ally five per cent Of alcohol.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21

The sect of Seventh Day Adventisis,
which has its headquarters at Battle
Creek, Michigan, has experienced con-
siderable shock, of which the eonse-
quence may be serious The widow of
The late acknowledged leader Of the sect,
Elder White. has had 3 vision in which
it was revealed to her that the editor and
the manager of the Review and Herald.
the organ of the sect, are GUILTY Of world
illness, and hence unfit for the important
positions which they occupy. The situ-
alton is an embarrassing one To disre-
gard the revelation would be tempting
Providence. but on the other hand, i;
might be extremely inconvenient IL tbs
widow White should be directly eneonr
aged 70 go on having visions. The de-
cision will be eagerly looked for.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21

Mr.. Mcpherson, the clerk of the house
of representatives, has made up the roll
ofthe next congress, and figures out the
political topography Of that body as fol-
lows: Democrats, 1911; Republicans,
121 Readjusters, O; Independent Dem
ocrats. Q; Independent Republicans, 8.
Vacancies caused by the death of
Heron, OF Louisiana. and Updegraif, Of
Ohio, 3. Democratic majority over all,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21
was a slush fund.

was siush fund
Miilen, OF Tennessee, called attention
TO the fact that the appropriations fol
the star route service had been cut dowT
to the extent of 81 ,000, 900 from the bIl
of last year. Either that the bill was
Fecklessly extravagant. or the present
one IS reprehensibly parsimonous.
CasWeiI said that the cost of the sta:
route service, under the existing con
posed an appropriation of 5000, 600
Cannon, of Illinois, defended the ac-
ton of the committee on appropria-
tions in failing to make provision for
special facilities
Anderson. of Kansas, suggested that
Massachusetts was getting something
out of special mail facilities
Robinson, of Massachusetts stated
that sixteen states paid their own postal
bills and the bills of all the rest. The
first ten on the list were the SIX New
England and the four middle states.
Ryan. of Kansas-"We have given
the postmaster general money; we have
given him power to use IL in securing
chosen to do SOL
Robson. of New Jersey, said the rea-
son the facility fund had not been ex-
pended on the lines running westward
was because those lines which ran out
of Chicago westward refused to contract
at reasonable rates, and the postmaster
general was not able to put them in
competition against each other because
they pooled their issues.
Anderson, of Kansas, said there SEEM
ed to be general impression that in
the strips of country known as New
England that when God Almighty made
the boulders up there and framed them
In with sand and put upon that region
some of the bI ightest and bravest of the
American race, He stopped. He did
not stop. New England has somewhere
about four millions of population, and
he rather fancied the remaining fifty
millions OF the American people were
just about as good and had just about
as much brains to the square inch as the
Inhabitants of New England. He could
see no good reason why, if the remain
ing fifty million people could be accord
ed facilities ON ordinary trains, the peo-
pie of New England could not be con-
tented with the same facilities.
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, made
speech on the subject of the reduction
of the rate of postage.
Reagan, of Texas, entered mis- protest
against the reduction in the rate of pos
tage. He believed that postal cards
furnished all the needful facilities for
cheap postage.
Without closing the general debate
the committee rose
A bill was introduced providing for
the forwarding of letters ON which the
postage Is unpaid or undergrad.
The bill was referred, as was the bill
authorizing the president to place Rob-
ert Smalls on the retired list of the
navy.
Adjourned.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-21


Sausage factories are multiplying
IL h encouraging rapidity throught the
-taIe. If these valuable industries meet
with the encouragement they deserve aud
The prohibition law cln be enforced for
few more years with sufficient vigor to
discourage immigration from Missouri
we shall soon have as many sheep in
Kansas as dogs.