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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-10-26
WILL NOT KLTHDRAK.

A report is in circulation that Gov
ernor st. John, after having a stormy
meeting with q number of prominent
Republicans and members of the state
central committee, Sunday, finally con-
cluded to withdraw as a candidate for
governor, and that such conclusion will
soon be made public. A statement to
this effect has not only been published
in the evening papers, but has, we un-
derstand, been telegraphed to Kansas
City and Chicago. We learn that
number of prominent Republicans
waited on st. John, Sunday, and in
formed him very plainly that his candi-
dacy was jeopardizing the ticket, and
that unless the most extraordinary eff
forts were put forth his chances for
election we're slim, but we do not under
stand that the governors name is to be
taken from the ticket-Commonwealth.
The above is but another evidence of
the extraordinary means, fair and unfair,
which are being used by the political
tricksters to defeat st. John. We do not
say the Commonwealth is a party to
such work, as weunderstand it gives the
above simply as news item. We are
of the opinion that st. John has no more
idea of Withdrawing than he has of 60
ing on trip TO the moon. His with
drawal is not demanded by the Republi-
cans, and if there are attempts by sore
heads TO influence him to that end, they
are made in the interest of Click 1t
would be q cowardly and dastardly
piece of business for the Repbu-
llcans to nominate st. John by the ma
jority he had in the Republican state
convention and then go back on him be-
fore the election. They would not be
guilty of such work. There is no rea-
son for the defeat of the governor more
than existed at the meeting of the con-
vention. We are satisfied that he is as
popular with his party now as he was
then, and that the Republicans are going
to stand by their own work. We be-
lieve st. John will have at least % 900
more votes than his highest competitor.
If there is much more of this sort of
dirty work by cowardlY politicians at
Topeka to defeat him his majority will
be much greater than that The Repub-
lican voters of Kansas will see that
St John shall have fair play at least,
and that the tricks which are now being
played to weaken his influence and lead
to his final defeat, probably engineered
in the back ground by Democratic and
Greenback managers, will only amount
to an increased majority for HIM at the
polls.
The Republicans ought TO resolve that
from now until election they will do
good work-that they will stand by their
ticket-every man on it-from top TO
bottom, and that they will show the
"uneasy politicians" who congregate
about Topeka to work for their own
selfish interests that their tricks cut but
a sorry figure in Kansas politics.
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MILLINERY OPENING.
Saturday. October ssth. at Mrs. ID. Kid
der's Rooms,

Saturday, October ssth, at Mrs D. Kid
der's Rooms,
Where she will be pleased To receive
her many friends and all who desire to
inspect the elegant line of hats aud bon
nets which she will have on exhibition.
Mr., T. L. Lewis, of the firm, OF Lewis
Bros, informed News reporter that
they were now carrying a larger stock
than ever before. He is we'll pleased with
the business they are doing. Their
stock of ready-made clothing is inn
mensc and seems remarkably cheap.
They have boys suits at from 81 to SIS
and mems suits from So 80 TO SIS.
Overcoats for boys from So TO SIT and
mems sizes retail as low as So and as
high as $a4 for the finer grades. The
Lewis Bros. pay especial attention to
| their
MERCHANT TAILORING DEPARTMENT
| aad are always up with the times. They
have only recently employed another
| first class cutter, Mr.. I. Flanagan, who
for fifteen years worked in the best cs-
adjustments of New York city, and
whose "cur' has that style and appear
ance about it that is only secured by one
who has made a long study of his bust
ness and is master of his art. The Tits
Mr. Flanagan makes are par exceilente
and many of our business men have al
ready found this out. In order 10 make
up goods at the very lowest margin and
turn out the very best this firm has just
concluded the purchase of 81. 500 worth
of imported piece goods which are to be
shipped direct from London to this
point. In this connection Lewis Broth
ers desire 10 call attention 10 the fact
that they are taking orders TOR h. a.
Flctcher's celebrated arrowhead SHIRTS
MADE 10 measure
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-10-26
HERE AND THERE.

AS an evidence of the business boom
in Dakota, it is reported that over q
mile of freight cars are daily standing
on the side tracks in Pierce awaiting
their turn to be unloaded.
Herbert Spencer travels with hop
pillow, which, by The way, is good
thing for those troubled with insomnia,
and far more sensible way to superin-
duce sleep than to apply the hop juice
internally.
Decent people generally will COM
mend the verdict of the New York jury
awarding $l2, 500 damages to the actress,
Miss Marie Prescott, IN her suit for Ii
bel. The author of the libel was one of
the wretched blacKmailers of the New
York press, but the damages fall upon
the news company which circulated his
Infamous ISLANDERS. The verdict does
not affect him in a pecuniary way, but
it will be caution to the carbon press
and the news companies not to give cur
rency to the stories of the vile creatures
that defame peoples characters.
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IMPORTANT RAILROAD DxcIs-


The case, The People vs. the Railroads
is growing In importance every day. and
Is attracting wider and more earnest at
tention as it grows A decision has
lately been rendered by the supreme
court of Illinois which bears on the
general question, and in which the peo-
pie tailed an important victory. This
decision relates more particularly to The
infamous practice of the railroads in
discriminating against different towns
along their lines.
The question involved in this case
was one which has been discussed for
years, but not settled, and it is hardly TO
be expected that those affected by this
decision will rest content until it has
been passed upon by the supreme court
of the United States. The question was
whether the legislature possessed the
power 10 regulate the rates charged by
railroads for the transportation OF
freights to points outside that state, and
whether, IL the legislature had that pow
er, the act prohibiting unjust discrimin.
alton and exlortIOn was valid, and
not in contraventon of the con
stitution of the United States
Both of these questions have now beer
decided in the affirmative by the su
prerne court of Illinois, and the effect o.
the decision is to establish the authority
of the railroad and warehouse commits
sioners to regulate the rates charged By
the roads on freight shipped from point
within that state to points in othel
states. The proceedings in the case de
cided were instituted by Attorney Gen
eral Mccartney as a result of a com
plant filed with the railroad and ware
house commissioners. The history o
the case shows that In August, 1881, tn
Wabash, st. Louis s. Pacific railwa.
carried upon its own line from Peoria
through Gilman to Toledo, and theme
over connecting lines TO New York City
; certain freight for Elder s. Mckinney
of Peoria, and charged for such servic
4. the rate of 10 cents per hundred weigh
per car load. At the same time Bale
s. Swannell, of Gilman, shipped owe
the same lines, from Gilman to NeV
York, the distance being les
E by eighty-six miles, the sam
class of freight in car loads. an
were charged % cents per hundred pc
5 car load, an excess of 10 cents per hui
dred for carrying the same kind
freight In the same direction, at tn
same time, and less distance. Con
! plant being made to the board, by th
advice of the attorney general, suit wa
brought to recover the statutory penalt
provided by the act of May 2, 1878, fe
unjust discrimination and extortion j
8 the rates charged for the transportatiO
of freight and passengers, and the result
after much quibbling on the part of tn
G railroad company, was as stated abov
o No good citizen wants to see any OF
C pressive measures adopted against IL
/ interests of the railroads, but they ougl
8 to be restricted to square and hone
business rules in their dealings with tn
public. There are hundreds of case
Il like that cited above at, Gilman occu
i ring every month, and they should
8 stopped. Ifthe next Kansas legislator
Il does not take some steps to cure sue
: abuses in Kansas that body will fail
perform the most important duty thl
will come before il.
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OVER THE STATE.

Ex-Mayor KalIock will lecture in
Leavenworth soon.
Judge Mcfarland, commissioner of
the general land Office is visiting his
old home, Topeka.
Leavenworth is having siege with
burglars. Wonder if it is the same
crowd which worked Emporia week
before last.
More rain has fallen in Kansas during
the present month of October than at
any time in the same month for over
twenty years.
During the year ending June 80. there
were 937 1863 acres of land in Kansas en-
tered under the homestead act, and 49,
200 proved upon.
Salina, like most other Kansas towns,
is short on her school room.-Junction
City Union.
And yet the prohibition papers
are trying to make us believe that the
population of Kansas is decreasing.
According to the reliable Kansas
City Times the Cloud county bank in
this state has increased its capital stock
from seventy-five millions TO one hun
dred millions of dollars. The banking
business must be in q fourishing con-
dition up there.
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The Hon. w. G. DePauw, of New
Albany, Indiana, who proposes to give
at once $30O,000 to Asbury University,
and As per cent. of his estate after death,
ON condition that the citizens of that
vicinity shall furnish suitable grounds
for the institution and subscribe fund
of $4,000, is emphatically Hoosier
of the HOLSTERS. Born in Indiana, of
French descent, in 1922, and LEFT pen
niless orphan at the age of sixteen, he
has worked his way up to the very
foremost rank among the business men
of that state. He has been amill-owner,
a merchant, banker, and a grain-deal-
er, and is now interested in developing
the plate-glass industry. he has al
ways been ready to use freely his wealth
and influence for the good of his native
state and particularly his home city,
New-Albany. He has helped many
young men to obtain an education, has
founded and maintained large semi
nary for young ladies, and now, by his
offer to Asbury University, has con-
nected his name permanently and
prominently with the highest education
al interests of the west
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Editorial AND NEWS NOTES

EDITORIAL AND NEWS NOTES
What is the use of civil service reform
if there is not an honest ballot box?
Winnipeg has got so far along that she
has street cars and lights the streets with
electricity.
Ten sane persons have been proved to
have been immured in ssylums for the
insane in New York city during the last
six months.
A new 1-cent morning paper is TO be
started in New York November 10, the
proprietors being Joseph Pulitzer and
Stilson Hutchins.
The last census of the order of
Knights of Labor gives 1906, 2S0 men,
beers in the United States, with an esti-
mated increase of five thousand weekly.
DIR. Caudege has succeeded IN photo
graphing landscapes from the window
of train running at the rate of even
forty miles an hour, by what he calls a
gysograph.
1t is stated that the Pennsylvania
railroad company are negotiating for the
National hotel in Washington, with the
intention of building hotel that will
rival the Grand, of Paris.
A correspondent of the Scientific Amer
lean, who resides at mining camp on
the mountains in the southeastern cor.
ner of Arizona, says that the brilliancy
of the moonlight there is such thai
mountains seventy miles distant are seen
A ship load OF Mormon missionaries
will soon sail for Europe. They expect
to operate in England, Denmark and
Norway, but will shun Germany, where
there is law which shuts them out, OIL
shuts them up.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-10-26

The Rev. Granville Moody, known
during the war as. the ''hghting parson, y
is now living in Iowa. He is over six
feet in height, is portly, straight and
broad shouldered, though he has been
preaching for fifty years. Many inter.
esting anecdotes are told, illustrating
his aggressiveness. His fierce patriot
ism during the war got him into trouble
frequently, but he always came out best,
Once, while he was Stationed at Piqua,
Ohio, Frank Mckinney, we'll known,
Democrat, took umbrage at something
he had said and threatened to whip
him. He was warned that he might get
hurt, but he calculated that the preacher
would do only Quaker fighting, and
hence attacked him on the streets of
Piqua. They mad scuffle and Frank
went to grass. The reverend doctor got
his antagonists head in chancery and
pummelled it until he cried enough.
"There, Frank" said the doctor, 81 told
you might hurt YOU" In the squabble
they tumbled over a boy and broke his
leg. DR.. Moody at once took charge of
the yOungster, paid the surgeons bill
and more, and sent an account to Nc
Kinney for half the expenses which the
latter paid.
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StatIstics gather bv the Bureau

Statistics gather by the Bureau OF Ed.
ucation give some suggestive facts in re
gard to the tendencies of young men in
their choice of profession. That the
age is decidedly materialistic will be
very naturally inferred when il is stated
that there were graduated in 1880 $500
doctors and only 266 theological stu
dents. There were 1,04l law students
graduated during the same period. From
these figures il would seem that the
bodies and quarrels OF men would furn-
ish good deal more attractive field for
young aspirants than their souls. This
is probably to be attributed to the fact
that the average mortal practices a
much more rigid economy in regard to
his religion than he does in relation
to his worldly affairs. Hence the mca-
gre demand for preachers as compared
with the other professions above named.
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The Evidence in the Ford Case Finished

The Evidence in the Ford Case Finished.
KANSAS CRY, Oct 23.-The Times
Piattsburg. Mo-, special says that evil
dence in the Ford case was finished to-
day, and tomorrow the argument CON-
mences. No evidence of unusual in
terest was developed to-day, but the in
terest in the trial continues with but lit
tie abatement.
Dr. W. w. Mosby, vino examined the
body of Hite at the inquest, testified as
to the character of the fatal wound, 10
eating il on the right side, nearly above
the right eye.
Defense then called as witnesses sey.
eral citizens OF Richmond, who testified
that they had heard nothing derogatory
to Ford's character during his stay IN
Richmond.
The deposition of Commissioner Craig
of Kansas City, was read, showing thai
he had advised that the killing be kept
secret for time.
The statements of Liddei and Timber.
lake, as embodied in the motion for con
tihUauce at the beginning of the trial
We're then introduced, and with hrie
testimony of no special interest from 1
few other witnesses, the defense closed
The arguments will begin to-morr on
| morning.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-10-26
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
THE COUNTY CANVASS.

Republican Meetings In Lyon County
The Republican county committee an
nounce the following Republican meet
ings for Lyon county, at which good
speakers will attend:
Hartford, Oct 27.-Hon. j. Jay Buck
Hon. w. w. Scott, W. p. Gould.
Central school house, Fremont town
ship, Oct. 27.--S. b. Riggs, G. V. Esk.
ridge.
Reading, Oct. 2S.- Judge J. F. Culver
Col. ]. w. Feighan, II. F. Holmes, E. 8
Waterbury.
Fowler's school house, Oct. 2S.--Hon
w. w. Scott, Judge f. B. Peyton, LEV
elyn Jones.
Hartford, Nov. 3.-Col. ]. w. Feighan
T. N. Sedgwick, $. B. Riggs. DIR. G.. w
Sutton.
Rosean school house, Nov. 6.-Judg'
]. F. Culver, Hon. Arthur Plumb, w
NJ Duff.
Patty's mill. Nov. 4.-Col. J. w
Feighan, Hon. w. W. Scott, Hon. jane
Miles.
Americas, Nov. 6.-Judge Jay J
Buck, Judge +. w. Cunningham, Drs
T. Arthur Wright and ]. J. Wright.
Emporia, Nov Ex-senator p. b
Plumb and Gov. John p. st. John.
Other meetings will be announced
hereafter. Z. BoRToN, Chairman.
L. +. LAMBERT, Secretary.
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Kind Words for Democrats and Green

Kind Words for Democrats and Green
hackers.
If you are weak or languid, vote thS
Republican ticket.
If your flesh is flabby and your COM
plexion sallow, vote the Republican
ticket.
If you have malaria, vote the Repub
lican ticket.
If worn down with care, vote the Re
publican ticket.
If you have got the blues, vote the
Republican ticket.
If you have kept late hours and beer
diss,pated, vote the Republican ticket
If you feel old before your time, vote
the Republican ticket.
If life has become 4 burden and yoU
have gloomy forebodings, vote the Re.
publican ticket.
If you need toning up, vote the Re
publican ticket.
If you drop Democracy and Green
backism and lay hold on Republicanisn
you will feel as if you had new lease
of life. And better than all, it is tht
quickest way to get office.
Republicans will please stand back
and make way for the converts on the
front seats.
Now is the accepted time, brethren
Come right along.
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HoBrTNH B4gY

The fol- ewing letter from Leonand
Brown, who has sometimes been called
the father Of the Greenback party in
Iowa. explains some Of the reasons why
he now declares for return 10 the Re
publican party which he Lett in 1872:
AZ shall this faIl vute The Republican
ticket I consider orr Greer back move
ment, that has SO much occupied my
thoughts and time since 1872, killed
killed by General ]. B. Heayer-gailant
and glorious man he il. The movement
| is killed by its no longer standing for
any distinctive principle different from
| what the Republican party represents.
Can any one tell me the difference be-
tween tbs position Of AiT. Weaver and
| that Of the Republican party? Mr..
/ Weaver favors hard money-Ssilver and
gold" So does the Republican party.
Mr.. Weaver favurs greenbacks. So does
the Republican party. But the general
is opposed to the national banks. How
far? To their issuing currency-that is
all. But since the bonds have been
brought down to per cent, and the
banks are taxed 1 per cent. on their is
sue by the general government. and the
state taxes their stock, how much dc
they lack Of converting their bonds into
national bank notes? What is the DIFF
ference whether the bonds are paid OF
in greenbacks by the government or in
national bank script9 Now figure how
much the banks receive in interest on
bonds held fast as their "basis" beyond
the tax they pay, and then we may see
how far General Weaver is from being
at one with the Republican party on the
bank question. Il will be very small
Dcr cent of differeDcef ~
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GLLcK.s war RECORD.

In a recent admirable speech at Oska-
loosa, Capt ]. B. johnson related bit
of history which is worth passing
around. We quote from n report in the
Independent:
In 1868 Col. Tom Moonlight made a
Republican speech in the court room
here. A squad of the boys who served
under him in the 18th Kansas marched
in, formed in line, and were introduced
to Col. Moonlight by Capt. johnson.
The colonel, taken by surprise, was thor
oughly aroused and made one of the
most eloquent speeches that ever fell
from his lips. During that speech he
alluded to George w. Click, who Joined
the Kansas MALTA during the Price
raid, but who insisted strenuously. at all
times, that he would never cross the line
into Missouri-that il was violation Of
the sacred rights Of states TO do such q
thing. Then Moonlight drew picture
of the boys In camp down near the
mouth of the KAw--a dark, rainy, mud
dy night, with the men shivering about
and longing for daylight-and there
was George Washington Click, down on
his knees, with dark lantern, cropping
about in the mud and trying to find the
state line, afraid lest he should get over
onto the Missouri sidel
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LfbeIIng EdItors in Tow.

Usage CRY, Oct. 23-J. MaYbeiry
and his two sons, editors and proprie.
tors of the Usage County Democrat
printed at Burlingame, this county, jusI
passed through this city in the custody
of the sheriff In the last issue of the
Democrat the charge was made that
John E. Rastall, editor of the Burlin-
game Chronicle, member of the present
legislature and Republican candidate
for reelection, who is one of the most
conspicuous prohibitionists in the state,
and the author of the celebrated con-
stabulary bill, had been drunk on sever
al occasions since his election and that
it was easily susceptible of proof. Ras-
tall has begun criminal prosecution
against the Mayberrys in the district
court of this county. The affair creates
a great deal of feeling in the county.
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Several years ago the school board OF
Boston came to the conclusion that too
much time was wasted in the public
schools on parsing and analysis, and too
little was given to composition and Ian
guage lessons. There is strong ten
dency in schools everywhere to devote
too much time in the. same. way. 1t is
unnecessary to argue that the power TO
speak and write the English language
correctly is what the boys and girls
should first acquire; all admit the fact.
1t is well known among the teachers
that in the majority of the grammar
schools children are taught difficult
parsing who cannot write respectable
letter and who speak very incorrectly.
The proper use of language should be
the end sought; only the simplest pars-
ing should be taught in the grammar
schools, and the time now devoted TO
language lessons. The teachers claim
that the fault lies in the character of the
exemiuation questions, difficult parsing
being made the test, rather than the
chtld's ability to speak and write cor
rectly. 1t is proper to state that within
afew years past great improvement has
been effected in this particular in the
better class of schools. But there is
need of further reform.
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The evil effects of boss rule in the
Republican party are strikingly Illus
trated this year by the condition OF at
fairs in New York and Pennsylvania.
In the latter state General Beaver, the
nominee OF the dominant faction, is at
the head of what now appears 10 be q
forlorn hope. Mr.. Folger seems no
better Off In Pennsylvania Mr.. Mar
shall was nominated for congressman
at-Iarge in order TO give weight and
character to the ticket. Mr.. Hepburn
was nominated at Saratoga for precisely
the same reason. Mr.. Marshall, just as
soon as he saw through the humbug
and trickery of the thing, declined. Mr..
Hepburn has followed his excel
lent example. The situation looks
gloomy enough in both of these states,
but it is perhaps better that the people
should rid themselves Of the bosses when
the party can como forth in renewed
strength and gain new victories.
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sena,nr Van Wrck- of Nehrasl

Senator Van Wyck, of Nebraska, is
taking a bald stand for reform in the
Republican party in his campaign
speeches. In an address in Freemo1t.
in his state, last week, he denounced the
levying of assessments on oficeholders,
declaring it to be as unjustifable q
means of carrying an election as the
South Carolina tissue ballots or the
Mississippi shotguns- He said that
.'The greatest enemies 10 the Republican
party are those who have practiced the
doctrine that All things are fair in poll
ties"