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UNCLE BEn's SON.

Many people believe themselves CONTROL.
ed by the purest and highest of principles
alone, until some selfish interest arises to
to open their eyes. This class OF people
are cranks or extremists generally. Few
fathers, with a starving wife and babe at
home, will hesitate to stop the cry of his
own flesh and blood without reference to
the penalty for stealing bread. Uncle Ber
Fisher has always been wild-eyed prohi.
bitionist. He would vote for no man who
was not pronounced on his side Of the cues.
ton. He was controlled only, of course
by principle, and desire for the highest
good Of society. But Uncle Ben now has q
boy running for sheriff, who don't train
with, nor believe in the prohibition side &C
he wildly howls for mass convention, moi
TO nominate n man for sheriff against his
liberal son SO much as to nominate man
who will divide the Republican vote, and
elect his liberal son. Uncle Ben will not
ask next Saturdays convention TO nomin.
ate his son, but ask it to nominate some.
body to beat Murray Myers.
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THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

The largest, ablest and most represents
tive county convention ever held in sedg.
wick county met in this city last Thursday
A glance at the list Of delegates will show
1t 10 have been composed Of men OF high
standing and representative character from
all parts Of the county. Taken all in all, {,
was a splendid body OF men. There were
among them gray-haired sires who had
helped organize the party and had stood by
1t in its days OF weakness, who have been
with it in all its struggles and triumphs.
There were among them men who rejoice
In the proud fact that their first vote was
cast for Honest Old Abe, and during all the
dark hours and troublesome times Of his
administration stood by him and held up
his hands. There were among them men
who were with Mcclellan on the Chicka.
hominy, with Hancock in the Wilderness.
and with Grant at Appomattox. There
were among them men who stood upon the
battlements Of Donaldson, withstoOd the
leaden hail of Shiloh, and made glorious the
name Of "Rock OF Chickamauga.r who
.tormed up the sleeps of Mission Ridge and
carried the Gag above The clouds; who
fought one hundred days from Dalton TO
Atlanta and carried their banners grandly
with Sherman 10 the sea. There were
among them young men whose fathers had
stood by Lincoln and Grant and Garfield,
and whose hearts burned with pride in TAX
ing up the work Of carrying on party of
such just principles and glorious traditions,
and who wait the coming OF another year
when they will fling their banners TO the
breeze bearing upon them the historic
names Of old Bin sherman and young Bob
Lincoln, and march with them to an old
time victory.
II was convention OF earnest men, OF
earnest purpose and profound convictions.
In such a convention of such men it was
natural that tbore should be intense feeling
and earnest work II was natural to expect
severe disappointment, il not bad blood.
But it was but just to expect from such a
convention splendid ticket.
We congratulate the Republicans and the
whole people OF the county upon the char
acter of that convention. and We douby
congratulate Republicans upon the splen-
did result of its labors. They have given
Us for candidates for the principal Offices
four unwayering Republicans, four old sol
diers, each having glorious record gained
in the service Of our country; four Of our
fellow-citizens upon whose lives and char
acter there is not stain; four men, in hon
oring whom we honor ourselves. We have
had splendid convention, we have got
splendid ticket, now let us have a splendid
victory.
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THE NEGRO CONVENTION.

There was held in Louisville, last week.
national convention by colored men, the
principal aim and object Of which seems to
have been chance to spout. The conven-
ton could do no business not even pass a
resolution for the excessive chin music. II
was a national convention OF national ora.
tors. The speech made by Fred Douglass
we publish on the first page. 1t is charac-
teristic OF the man. After perusing it we
would ask our readers TO note the following
comments from the Atchison Champion
which reflects our views exactly:
We think the convention will do some
good, but it will be through the gathering,
the Exposition" if we may use the ex-
preston, of educated and talented men,
bers OF once prescribed race. When the
people Of Louisville, and of the country,
see weIl-dressed and cultivated men. they
viii consider it an advance made by the
race for which these men speak. In that
point OF view the convention is good adj
vertisement.
The mistake made by Mr.. Douglass. and
many other men Of his color, Is in holding
up Office as the only goal OF the black man.
To read the speech of Mr.. Douglass, one
would think that to hold an Office was the
supremest joy OF human being the pin
nacle OF human happiness and greatness;
and that all the sutferings inflicted on the
negro in this country have been nothing to
the burning wrong Of failing to appoint
him TO Office. Mr.. Douglass seems in.
clined to turn and rend the Republican par
ty for this failure. In this he shows mean
and ungrateful spirit. Mr.. Douglass GER
tainly has no personal cause Of complaint,
since be, for six years, held Federal ONCE
worth $50 900 year by the appointment Of
. Republican President. 1t would seem
proper that Mr.. Douglass should restrain
his indignation until he can show that the
Democratic party has done, or IL likely 70
do, any better by him or his.
Another mistake made, is in attrfbuting |
ali the evils which coiored flesh is heir to,
to the hostility Of the white people. So
FAR. this convention has said nothing to
he negroes about elevating themselves,
md vet such advice would be emineutly |
proper. These people are, many Of them.
poor, but they are not paupers; they are
accommodating property. Whyl
rot tell them to use this property In pro-
noting their own Advancement. There are
Iipgle colored men in this country who
,ould sufIlcIently endow An tnstatution Ike
Wilbsriorcc University. why not snggsst
II Why this perpetual hanging % he
white mans coat tail, clawing aad sersan-
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UNION AND GRANT,

The only unpleasant feeling left by on
late convention is caused by the disappoint
ments in Union and Grant townships. Thes
are two of the largest townships in tn
county and heretofore have always been re
lied on to give good, round Republican ma
jorities. Both deserve well OF the Repub
licans of the county. and it would have beer
most fitting thing if the steadfast Repub
licans of Grant township could have beer
recognized by being awarded a place O
honor upon the ticket.
The temporary organization of the con
yention was placed IN the hands OF the del
egation from Grant. There were contest.
ing delegations from Union. One was IA.
vorable TO Grant townships candidate, and
the other favorable to Captain Myers. The
committee on credentials reported in favor
OF the latter, and the convention confirmed
the report. 1t seems probable that II a
proper statement of the case had been made
TO the convention different result would
have been reached. There was probably
never convention of any interest or I'm.
portance in which there were not contests,
and such contests are rarely ever decided to
the satisfaction Of both sides. Neither is a
lawsuit by jury, nor an election by the
people. But somebody must decide, and
some decision must be made. We believe
the credentials committee was honest, and
made their decision regardless OF how it
might affect the chances Of any candidate.
Probably the best and only way to determ-
inc the business Of their decision is to refer
it TO the next primary in Union township.
IL certainly cannot be determined at the
coming election. and the Republicans of
Union and Grant will not desire 10 carry il
there.
1t is not always the case that exact justice
is done in Republican conventions, and such
a thing as justice is wholly unknown and
unexpected in. Democratic conventions.
Democrats are now vigorously engaged in
Grant and Union sore spots. The
fact is, Democrats have no other use for a
Republican except TO .rritate his sore spot.
Democracy is a wonderful irritater, aud it
dotes on sores. How democracy sympa-
thises with a Republican who has been de.
feated in convention. It's the same sort of
sympathy il used 10 bestow on discouraged
and absconding soldiers during the war.
It's only use for them is to vote 'em. Re.
publicans OF Grant and Union, beware OF
Democratic svmnathy,
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EXECUTIVE ABILITY"

Our correspondent, .Independent Repub.
lican, is little of on the candidates and the
contest in the Eighteenth judicial district.
lie says that Judge Harris received an en-
dorsement from the bar of the district
which beats any party endorsement, and
that Sluss' acts in the Legislature indicate
mediocre talents" Our correspondent has
SLEW of the handle" as it were, in three
distinct directions. II Harris has been en-
dorsed by the bar of the district we have
never heard Of it, while on the contrary,
Sluss has been, and that unanimously, by
Republican members in each county where
action has been taken. Then il Harris has
shown executive ability we have neither
seen nor heard of All instance when it was
tested. Only last week we understand, in
the case of the Exchange Bank versus Dun
lap he set aside the decision of jury alleg-
ing several reasons, all of which, save one,
were insufficient. On that one he set aside
the verdict for the plaintiff and ordered a
new trial. The plaintiff IS attorney pointed
out the fact that the reason assigned for set
ting aside the rrdict uas contrary to tie an
st,uction Of the court TO The jury. The judge
was equal TO the occasion, however. Ac.
knowledging his error, he set aside TIE GER
dict for the reasons whica he had Just preri-
ously decided mere insufficient. Perhaps this
is what independent Republican calls
executive ability"
And finally, concerning Sluss' record In
the State Senate, Hon. w. L. Hackney, of
Cowley county, Sluss' colleague in the Sem
ate, in recent interview, said:
"Henry Suss did more to make the rail-
road law effective and to secure the incor-
poration therein Of its best features, than
any other man in Kansas. He alone was
responsible for the three-cent rate, and but
for his indomitable energy and great ipfiu-
ence, that concession would not have been
made. He made the grandest fight for pro- |
visions empowering the commissioners to |
absolutely and arbitrarily fix the fares and
freights on railroads that has ever been |
made in Kansas Senate. His arguments
in that behalf were unassailable, and chal-
lenged the admiration of every senator on
the floor. l know what am talking about
for opposed him all through the session on
this railroad question:
While we were visitor at the capital last
winter this was our judgment of Sluss and
the Senate records, which SHOW the vote
and action on the work OF the session prove
1t.
As for his being "windy lawyer" we
don't know, most lawyers are. We do not
now recall the name OF any "independent
except our correspondent, of
course, but has wind, and mighty thin wind
1t that.-Eldorddo Times.
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TINE RAILROAD SIDE OF TIVE QUESTION.
TOPEKA, September Is, 1888

IOPEhA, september %, leS.
10 tie Editor Of the Commonwealth:
Owing to my absence from the State,
did not see until receatly an article that ap
peared In the Commonwealth Of August 25tf
entitled "A Remarkable Brief" This arti
Gle purported to give the main points in N
argument recently filed by Gov. s. J. Craw.
ford with the commissioner OF the general
land Office, fp which the astonishing state
ment is made that the Atcbison, Topeka 4
Santa Fe railroad company has fraudulent.
ly obtained $4,000 acres Of land TO which II
was not entitled, and 10 now asking for ls0,-
900 acres more.
Since the construction OF its line in Kan.
sas the Atchison, Topeka 4 Fe railroad
company has built up a reputstion for res
sonable amount oil honesty and some CON-
mon sense. and il has no intention now Of
larceny. All the questions presented In
Gov. Crawford's brief have been discussed
In the proper tribunal. l only wish % tres
pass upon your time long enough to assure
your readers and the general public:
First-That the Atchison, Topeka : Sam
t. Fe railroad company has never asked for
nor received . single acre Of land TO which
1t did not believe Itself lawfully entitled.
Second-That ever. patent ever issued 70
authorities Of THE State and Of the eenernl
government.
Third-The statement that the 80 $500
milcs Of mniu lire In Kansas includes sidc-
tracks, etc., from Atchieon 70 the west line
OF the State, 10 not true.
Fourth The Indemnity question was long
since settled. Tea years have elapsed since
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railroad capital. Yet every railroa d that
IL built have their snissaries out asking
Tie teil-eppressed farmer 10 vote their in
tersst-bsaring bonds in exchange for their
worthless stock. / say worthless because
It was never yet known that township, as
. stockholder, ever received one dollar a
dividends on the stock they hold. The
stock il not quoted on the market until the
road begins to pay largely. and then before
the township can find buyer, the stock is
watered-that 10, the directors Of the road
iss',e to themselves all the stock that they
can make tie road pay dividends on, and
township stock becomes worthless.
The farmers are told that this is Kansas
company; the charter members all residing
here. Now, it matters not who are the in
corporators, they are mere dgureheads,
who 60 before and do the begging, and
have mortgaged the road to Gould before
the first shovel Of dirt was turned. Should
you vote to exchange your interest-bearing
bonds for Gould's worthless stock, they
will 60 to increase his vast millions, or to
enrich the incorporators. Let every man
ask himself, Am out Of debt! Can give
to this road one-half Of my earnings for
transportation, and pay these heavy taxes,
and keep my family from starving?
Let no one who has q mortgage on his
farm expect sympathy, il the extortioner
takes his farm, II he recklessly votes to add
70 the already heavy burden that Is weigh
ing him down.
There never was monopoly more re-
lentiess, more oppressive than the railroad
monopoly. 1t Is as Unsuitable as the grave,
and rivals the horse leech in crying give,
give. At non-competing points they extort
from shippers such enormous rates for
transportation as to absorb almost the en-
tire value Of the farm products. They new
-er fail TO rob the shipper at points where
there is no competition. They will charge
no more for carrying freight one thousand
miles from point where there Is a compet-
ing road, than for carrying one hundred
miles where there is no competitor.
A railroad built largely by local subscrip-
lions. obtained along the line of the road.
means nothing but fraudulent device for
extorting money from the public, under
cover Of developing the country, and rem
dering great public benefit. After the road |
IL built, the men who have built the same, |
and issued and exchanged their stock fer |
township and county bonds, issue to them
selves certificates Of stock, no part of which |
have been paid up, and go into Wall street |
to unload-that is, to sell their stock. II
1t Is in good demand it will bear "water- !
ing" thereupon more stock is issued and |
sold, and by this procets men, who were
worth nothing, suddenly become immense
ly rich. and the value OF stock held by |
townships, they not being in the ring, be-
come worthless. Farmers must not expect |
to win In game they know nothing about. |
RICHMOND,
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the DRlvE-WEll FUND.
To tie Editor Of the Eagle:

To TIE Editor Of the Eagle:
rise to answer the inquiry of W. +. Ste
vens in your issue Of the 9th. Appended
Is list Of names OF those who contributed
and the amounts. This money was turned
over by me to II. &. Ruggles on the Goth OF
February, 1880, with the original subscrip-
ton list. 1 kept copy, and Mr.. Ruggles
receipt can be seen by calling at my house
in this city. If others succeeded in raising
such enormous amounts as you, Mr.. Editor.
and have reported, think it very proba-
BILE that MIR. r. is right, in saying he has
received no compensation. 1 don't doubt
for moment that It took all collected, and
great deal more, to procure testimony in
case Of as wide range as the above we'll
patent. II he undertook the case for motto.
riety. am thinking the pay is small. No.
subscription list to the 'Drive Well De-
tense Association of the Arkansas Valley"
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As We SUPPOSED.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18th Isss

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18th 1883.
TO the Editor Of the Commoxvsalth
see in your paper Of Saturday an article
clipped from the Kansas City JoxrHaEof re
cent date. to the effect that movement Il
on foot to make me the Republican candi.
date for Governor in 1884, vDd that George
W. Martin Is engineering the boom, etc.
The article, Of course, is mere newspa.
per gossip, and ordinarily l should take no
notice OF IL, but 10 view Of the work Ihave
in hand and to which intend TO adhere
until the end h reached, IL is perhaps best
Tor you to say that there IL no truth 10 the
article referred TO.
am not . candidate, and under no cir
cumstauces would I sceept the position
mentioned. Very truly yours,
]. CRAwToRD.
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A CARD.

To the Editor Of the Eagle:
understand that some one has reported
that Capt. Murray Myers was o bad charac.
ter when in the army. Murray Myers was
in the company and regiment with me from
the first Of July, 1861, to October, 1865. l
knew Captain Myers well. He was good
soldier, of good moral character, and a gen.
tleman.
Please publish and oblige yours truly,
Col. JOHN RUSSELL.
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ILLUSTRATED.

The Marion Record appeared in double
form and highly illustrated last week. 1t
contained seventy.txo columns of facts and
statistics about Marion county and her
towns, with good pictures of leading bust.
ness houses and fine residences at the Gen.
ter. The edition not only evinces enter
prise and tact upon the part of the proprie-
tors, but il properly distributed will be
worth thousands of dollars to the county.
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A CHANGE OF VENUE.

Col. Jim Snoddy has been nominated for
judge, by the Republicans of his district,
embracing the counties of Linn and Bour-
bon. What terror he will be on the
bench. The average law-breaker in his
district, in the event OF failure to procure
change of venue, had as well jump the
eoupfry
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CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING.

There will be meeting OF the outgoing
and incoming Central Committees held at
the Office Of Stanley & Wall on Saturday,
October 9Th, 1883, at . O'Clock p. IN. Ali
members OF both the old and new commit
tee are urged TO be present The names of
the committee can be found on the first
page Of this issue.
w. L. STANLEY, Chairman.
JNO KELLY Secretary
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ALL TINE sPEEcMEs-.-sUPpLEmemr

Reference was made last week to Iegate's
speech 1t the State Temperance CONVENTION
1t Topeka, since which many have desired
the speech in full. We had not sufficient
room for the speech. nor for the others
made there, but we have been enabled 10
not only furnish all the speeches, but the
entire proceedings in supplemental form,
which, no doubt, will be appreciated By all
Of our readers without reference 70 their
conyfc1lona.
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submitting foregoing partial list Of books
exchange confidently challenge competition in heapa and desire
bi. By report ths sas Board Of Agriculture segw sesny
stock and sed To
special sds.h, and win dy a.ih ard ps-
cosveyse gratis and examss special properties.
wishing oba ialoatios hsysss
cordially invssd oA hssdqaass Couupessns
promptly rssabH answssd
~ Ovvscu 4 Daak u Csssss No n Dosaias svs Wa Kaa
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H. f. FIR Re N D,
Real Estate and Land Scrip Broker

100000 land for all improvement
Choice property specially
ranches per following
change many
suit the purchaser.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS rs.

To the Editor of the Eayis:
Please announce j. L. Moore, of DeIanc
township. as an Independent candidate fol
sheriff Of Sedgwick county, Kansas.
To the Voters Of Sedgwiek County:
Believing that large majority Of the del.
egates elected to the Republican county
convention was favorable to my nomination
for the Office Of county treasurer, and that
the votes actually cast gave me a majority,
but In the noise and confusion the telIers
the vote and enormously and
worngfully counted me out. Therefore
announce myself as the regularly nominat-
ed candidate Of the Republican party, and
appeal to the voters Of Sedgwick county to
vindicate my claims at the ballot. box.
III. l., TAYLOR.
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On Thursday evening, Sept. 9th, on the
road leading from Douglas ave to Hoover's
bridge, frock overcoat. The finder will
be suitably rewarded by leaving it Mt But
Ter Il Fishers hardware store.
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otai............. ................$I %
Others subscribed to this fund, but / did
not see the color Of their money.
II. +. RHODES
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Tickets will be on sale at Union depot for
the soldiers and sailors reunion at Leav-
enworth October 9Th to 18th inclusive :;
s6.b0 for the round trip. Tickets good to
return till October 18th.
j. c. LYETH. Agent.
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Husey & Kr9nert have lot of leaf tobac-
co for sheep dip purposes. Please call be-
fore buying elsewhere. 2S-4t
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CITY MARKET.
70 tie Edstor Of the Eagle

10 Ws EdsOT ~ Me EdQls.
Please announce that there will be Sun
day school convention held at the Stafford
school-house, in Gypsum township, on
on Sunday. October, 9Th, 1883. All Sunday
school workers are invited to come and help
in the good work.
W. II. HENsLEY, President.
ID. T. LEALOCK. Secretary.
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MARRIED

Al Mulvane. September 10, 1888, by Rev.
j. X. McQuown, Mr.. B. +. HUI and Miss
Maude N. DeLair, both OF Clearwater,