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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-06-26

The burden u ightened, however, by
the host OF earnest men who support
my candidacy, many Of EAom add, as
docs your honorable e1mnittee the
cheer of personal fIdstp 9 the
pledge Of political fsky. A more
formal acceptance Will atqEslly Is ex-
pected, and will in due se4son d com
munlcated. II may nas e. 6e in
appropriate ct this time b say shea /
have already made careful study of the
principles announced by the national
convention, and that in whole and in de-
tail sheE haRo nv keAEaaeak sympathies
and my unqualified approval
Apare from pour official errend, gen.
tIerneu, I am extremely happy 70 well
come you ala tony ho9ses With many
of YOU have already shared the duties
OF public service aod hays enjoyed your
most cordial friendship. / trust your
Journey from all parts of the Great Re
public has been agreeable and that dur
ing your stay in Maine yon
will feel that you are moi
/ among strangers but with friends. In
/ voking the blessing Of God upon Tia
great Gauss which We Jointly represent
/ let Us turn 70 the future without feal
and with manly hearts.
| At the concI1sioH OF Hr. Blalnes reply
the members Of the committee were In
iroduced to him individually and an hou
was spent in social and informal con
versatioB. The members Of the com
mites then repaired to the residence o
Col. OsgOod where they were entertainet
at lunch. At one O'Clock they left 70
Portland where there viii be reception
kthis evening.
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iSETTLED WTTHOUT WAR.

Railroad Commissioner Gillstt return
ed from Topeka last week, whore he at
tended q meeting Of the board. He IN
forms US that all matters in relation to
freight tariffs on the railroads are now
amicably settled. A schedule OF rates
has been adopted, which 1t Is thought
is fair and equitable to all the roads, as
we'll as to the shippers. The roads will
agree to the new rates, and they will go
into effect on the 25th of this month. By
the new rates there il . total reduction of
little over twenty per cent. 1t lie believ-
ed that this arrangement will prove
satisfactory to all and that fight with
the roads, which would result to the in
jury Of all the commercial interests OF
the state, has been averted. The CON-
missioners have been at work for two OF
three months faithfully upon this knotiy
problem, and think they have solved il
in the best possible manner for the pres
enl. Other reductions may be made az
the necessities may require, but for the
present the question Of freight rates is
settled, and il is believed on q basis that
will prove generally satisfactory.
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OVER THE STATE.

LOwenthal Bros, jewellers of Topeka,
have failed. Liabilities placed at
$4,000.
FL Dorado Times: Wichita claims
population of thirteen thousand. An
increase of five thousand for the year.
The average reader will not believe this
statement.
The peach crop in Kansas will be
somewhat short this year, but when it
comes TO corn and the men who used to
go to school with Blaine, don't forget 70
put US down for the banner.
During the thunder storm of Monday
night, Asa Taylor, q prominent farmer Of
Cottonwood Falls, was instantly killed,
Is he was walking from the barn to has
house. A silver dollar in his pocket
was partly melted by the heat.
Atchison Champion: There were
forty delegates in the LeavenwOrth
county convention. The vote on the
resolution asking q resubmission Of the
amendment was taken after nearly half
OF the delegates had left the hall. Only
% delegates voted upon it, Is for and
against, 30 that 1t received the votes OF
less than One-thIrd Of the convention.
Kansas ProhibitionIst: Col. Martin
wrote 70 one of our county officials last
Saturday that If LesvenWorth was going
to send delegates TO the state convention
opposed to prohibition he did not ex
pect or wish them 70 vote for him fol
governor. This has the right ring 20 it
The editor Of the Topeka Critic wal
severely casllgAted the other day by tbs
proprietor of Crawford's opera hous'
for . Islander which he had perpetrateG
upon that gentleman. We have liked
Crawford ever since We first knew hin
a. q page In the Kansas house o
representatives.
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INJUN LosT OR RIGRAN LOsT1

INJUN LOST OR WIGWAH LOST?
New York Tribune: ''The nomination
OF Blaine" says Harper's Weekly, "al-
though it Ia doubtless agreeable to q ma
jority OF the party, as shown At Ohic1go.
because large part Of the apparsDt OPP
position. a. in Indiana and IHinols. end
even In the Ohio delegation, was friend
ly 70 his nomination, ought to alarm
honest Republicans, a. showing how
dangerously far the Republican standard
has fallen"
This sort of reasoning wildly recalls
the story of the red man who was found
wandering In . dazed condition in the
depths OF the forest. The party that dis
covered him inquired II he was lost.
"No," replied the naughty child Of ma
ture. drawing himself up TO his full
height, "IDjun not lost-IDjun here
-Wigwam lost"
The fact that Mr.. Blaine was cOnced-
eddy not only the choice Of the majority
of the delegates to the Chicago conven
ton, but OF the Republican constituen-
cies standing behind the delegates Ger
tsinly is well calculated 20 "alarm non
est Republicans" who are now arTaYec
against the party. 1t ought u
do more than alarm them
1t ought to convince them that
they are occupying untenable ground
They argue that it lie the Republican
masses that are lost. But the great ma
jority Is not lost any more than the wig
wan was. Everybody knows more thar
anybody. Minorities have rights, bu
the right to assume that they have high
er regard for the standard" than tn
majority, is not one Of them.
The Republican wigwam stands wher
It always has stood, hard by the tree o
liberty. The sooner the lost boiler
"get out OF the wilderness" the bette
for themselves-and their logic.
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Atchison Champion: The statement
Is repeated that Gov. St John will not
vote for the nominees of the national
Republican convention. This means
that Gov. St. John no longer considers
himself Republican. We regret ex-
tremely that he should take this step /;
we regret II on account of the Republl-
can party for which he did good service
in former years, and on his own
account. This step separates him
from the only political party with which
he naturally sympathizes, and we
can see no political future for him. He
deprives himself, alse, OF the power TO
act Tor the cause nearest TO HIM, the pro
motion of tenn pCrAnce. He will find nc
friends in the Democratic ranks. He
might as we'll seek help in a distilleFy
and third party has never yet brought
about any reform in this country. VIZ
are not inclined to join in the bitter cen
sure which is visited upon Coy. st. JohI
for his action. We only say. that, IS fal
to him and his cause are con
md warrA he has made q great mistake.
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EVEN YAN BENNETT FALLS

Kansas ProhibtiohIst, June Is: Last
week delegation from one OF the cOun.
ties of Kansas was offered TO Col. John
A. Martin instructed for him, but on q
resubmission platform. The colonel
said to the delegation: 81 would prefer
that you vote for some other candidate
If those are your views-and, gentle
men," said the colonel, 81 shall not &C.
cept nomination for governor by the
Republican party of Kansas except on q
prohibition platform" This is all we
have ever asked of any candidate E;
to stand square before the people, and 1t
makes no difference 10 US who the lucky
man Is so he reflects the sentiment and
wishes of the temperance people OF Kan
sas. If this is true, and from the source
and character OF our informant, we have
no reason to doubt 1t, We can give John
A. Martin as warm . support as any
other man. What The prohIbitionists Of
Kansas want is TO be certain the inter
est OF temperance will not be leopard.
lied In the executive office of the state
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REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.


A delegate convention OF the Republicans
Of the state OF X ansas will be held In the city
OF Topeka on Wednesday, July 10, 1854. At
o'clock .. IN. for the purpose Of placing in
nomination candidates tor state officers and
clectIng n Republican state central commit
tee. The onicers 20 be nominated are Is fol-
lows:
One Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court.
one Associate Justice OF the Supreme Court
Ito III vacancy.
% g Governor.
one Lieutenant Governor.
One Secretary Of State.
one Auditor OF State
tine Treasurer OF State.
One Attorney General.
one state Superintendent OF Public In
sLIuction.
All citizens who arc in favor Of elevAting
nnd identifying America labor, protecting
AN extending home In ,ustries, giving free
popular education TO tho masses OF the peo-
pie securing tree suffrage and an honest
counting Of ballots, and edectuAlly protect
ing all human rights, In every sec ton OF our
C1mmon country. and who are willing 20
support the nominees of the convention, are
invited TO cooperate with Republicans in the
prI nRrics and county conventions sending
delegates 20 this convention.
The basis OF representation shall be the
vote cast for Hon. James Saith, Republican
candidate for secretary OF state, at the gen
oral election held IN 1882: Each county shan
he entitled TO one delegate and one alternate
for every 300 votes SO cast, or any fraction
thereof OF 125 or over, provided that every
county shall be entitled TO st least one dele
gate and one alternate In said convention. n
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"Twsddle'' says postmaster Per-
y, OF the PaOlA Republican, in ensWer
10 our structures on Geo. b. Peck, foE
the Republicans Of thIs con-
gressional district in the Chicago con- /
and 1--WE get sick Of this domI-
dictatorial, insufezAble anump
ton Of superior merit and wisdom on /
the part Of some journals To cFitlcise the
independent acts of those men in the
conXentisR who had the sand and back
bone 70 oppose the nomination Of Blaine,
backed Is he was by an Irresistihle
boom" says he o, yen do: We i'm
agine BlsIne's nomination made you
slck-sicker than you have been since
you had the Coukling disease. Please
excuse US if We say your defense of Mr..
Peck Is very weak. The Republican
can cackle over what 1t terms Mr.
Peck's sand" and independence" in
going contrary TO the wels-known wishes
Of his constituents, but that will hardly
satisfy those whom he shamelessly
cheated. Mr.. Peck came TO the district
convention as q candidate for Chicago,
and asked votes because he was for
Blaine. He received them on that
account. He would not have received
them had he had Independence"
and backbone" enough TO say he would
not vote for Blaine.
The trouble is that Mr.. Peck got the
independence" and backbone" of
which the Republican boasts, ct the
wOrOng end OF the line. He ought to
have had his vlrtuous attack before he
asked TO be elected. Il may be all right
in the estimation of the Republican q
turn up its official nose at Wha. 1t terms
A"twaddle" aud the "domineerIng, dicta
torial, insuffeTable assumption of su.
perior merit" ETC., but Mr.. Peck was I
representative of this district, or rather
mlsrepresented it, and we propose tC
condemn his action for betraying hi
constituents without the least excuse
thst has been mentioned. 1t is small
loop hole to creep out at to say Instruc
lions were not given. and that the dele
gates were left free TO act as the,
pleased. The convention that electet
Mr.. Peck voted forty ne for Blsin
: and two tor Arthur. There was n
delibeEation over the matter of the nom
Inee at Chicago. The situation did no
require deliberAtion. There was n
hunt for the strongest man, as it wa
suggested there would be before til
election OF delegates. That questio
was settled in advance, and it was evi
dent from the first that the people wan
ed Blaine. In the Republican state
1 Blaine had about 800 votes and ATthu
{ about 90. The prattle about looking fC
the strongest man and sll that may d
: for those not parted, but there is
( very general suspicion that Mr.. Peck di
3 not lose much sleep on that account, bI
I that he may have been Influenced b
3 some other motive for the courl
> he ought not to have taken. De
: egAtes who were elected for Blair
8 ought to have voted for HIM. That's Il
8 plain English about the whole matte
9 and 81 bteriuge and assumed lndignstio
y will not answer for betrayed Republ
' cans, especially coming from edito
II who want to hold on TO post offices. n
o ADVISE the Republican to drop this SUI
IT iect.
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The outlook Of the Republican cam
psign Of 1884 is far more encouraging
than that of 1880 tor some weeks after
the nomination Of Garfield. Il will be
remembered that the attitude Of the Stall
warts was more menacing than the
squeaking ofthe Independent saints and
that Republican papers IN various parts
of the country made ominous threats.
The force and effect Of the political
i've hiFisees will be felt chiefly in New
but viii not elsewhere materially
Elijah he vote for Blaine and Logan.
'robate courtablicsns would like to carry
4 the estate of id will probably do so, we
rket without her.
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The st. Louis Morning Call says Of
Blaine: "He is q tatiooed man. The
wounds Of the fore front Of every battle
for the peoples rights during the last
quarter of the century have len their
marks upon him. He Is tattooed with
everything that is highest and noblest
and dearest in our history. The preser-
walton of the union Of the states, the re-
demplion of national credit the defeat Of
the rebels In war and the more danger
Gus traitors in peAce-with all these is
the leader tattooed. TattOoed with this
and more, tatioOed with genius that IL
marvellous; tattoOed with maEnlAcence
as leader, with generosity as an oDpo-
'nnt, with with wisdom IS a statesman
Lenned with 9 list Of deeds in public
ieteo - IN spite of calumny mark him
stry In Gern-'Tle and noble man."
-
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The photographers are practically unan-
imous for Flower.
Rose P. Flower 81 ems To lay 1t over
Gov. CLEVELAND as a baggage snatcher.
Murat Halstead says: He cometh
up as Roswell P. Flowell"
1t is st. John who has moved. The
Republican party still does business at
the old stand.
Kansas City Times: The Thacher
boom seems to haye been q mirage. In
= season Of boOms you can't always tell q
boom when you see 1t.
/ The election of Chas. Francis Adams
as president of the Union Pacific rail-
road, will, Of course, necessitate the
building Of new system of snow sheds
along that line.
Senator Warner Miller has expressed
the belief that Blaine and Logan will
come down to Harlem Bridge with the
lSrgest majority ever given to q Repub-
lican ticket in that state.
Nota Bene: No man by the name of
Flower can ever be elected president Of
the United States. The people OF this
country are more OF less aesthetic, but
the line must lie drawn somewhere.
Congress has power to declare war,
but It undertakes too much when it at
tempts to evolve soldiers from poltroons.
Fitz John Porter Is just As much of q
hero now as he proved himself to be At
Manassas.
Roswell P. Flower displayed the
highest water mark Of his genius when
he appended the constitution OF the Uni-
ted States u one of his squib speeches
IN the house. and had it reproduced in
the Record. And so he besmed upon
the world between his mutton chop whis.
kers as a champion OF the constitution.
The Democratic convention will con-
sIst of 500 delegates, or eighteen less
than the number composing the Repub
lican convention, IS NO represe niatIon ID
allowed to the territories. There will
be 500 votes required to make q nomi-
nation, however, owing to the fact thaI
the two, thirds rule prevails in Demo
cratic conventions.
Wichita Eagle: Our old friend of the
EmpOriS Republican in his fight agsins
John A. Martin, presents the mos
lonesome picture this side Of the cactuI
plains of Arizona. We can't possibly
account for his IdIosyncrasy, but We fee
sorry for him, for the man who as 3 boS
led the Kansas boys mp the rugges
sides of old Lookout Mountain Ia gnini
70 get there by large majority, unani
mousIy, If We except Eskridge.
Mr. Roswell P. Flower, the man upol
whom Tilden is willing his mantle
should fall, is described by the New
York World as q man with ga mAgnin
cent chest, . robust sppetite and hap
py disposition" who gives good dinners
and has . coat-oi-arms with the mott
@Mens conscla recti," but it Is NOT o
the Impression, with all these advanta
ges, that he can meet and successfulI,
overthrow Mr.. Blaine in the cominj
contest.
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Win the Republicans of Shawnee
county follow the example Of Leaven-
worth, and demand that the coming
state convention shall declare In favor of
,he resubmission of the prohibitory
amendment Topeka Journal.
We should say not. Then there are
several other counties to hear from
Resubmission will be so weak before the
Republican convention that 1t is doubt
ful if it will ever be heard from.
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We are compelled 10 acknowledge
that II is not all sunshine in the Repub-
licLn ranks. For instance, George
Bis has announced that he will support
Blaine and Logan. We are are waiting
anxiuusly to hear from Sam Wood.
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they Endorse 81. John as . Candidate for
PRaasaaEf


BLOOMINGTON, June 20.-The state
prohibition convention this morning
raised $2,700 for campaign purposes. A
platform was reported at noon and adopt
ed without debate. 1t declares that the
members Of the prohibition party seced
from the old parties which have persist
emily Tor years, totally disregarded the in
terest aud welfare Of the people and
have made use OF the trust placed IN
their bands for personal aggra1dizemenf
and TO secure place, power and spoils,
while the people have demanded in vain
q redress of grievances at their hands
Tho Prohibition party, therefore. ap-
pcals 10 thai only source Of power in this
government-the people-and makes
the following declaration of principles
I. The traffic in intoxicating liquors
IL the great crime of the world, and
should be suppressed Immediately by
constitutional or legislative enactment.
2 The sale of liquors is q crime and
not Q vice, and should be oVer:hroWn by
| police force.
s. A state has the right to overthrow
| anything that is destructive TO the lives
and health or morals of the people. No
high license, no matter how great
can mitigate the evil results OF the
/ traffic.
The fourth clause Of the platform de-
nounces the action of the Illinois legis'
lafure in refusing to submit prohibi-
| ton amendment tn g vote of the people.
The fifth clause rejects with disdain
the proposition to educate the children
with money derived from the sale OF
manufacture OF liquor.
The sixth declares for the enfranchise.
ment Of women.
The seventh declares in favor of radi
cal reform of the civil service.
The ninth that every child should b
educated in schools supported by thu
state, and should be taught the effect o
alcohol upon the human organization.
i The tenth. and final clause, opposes
all forms of competition between convic
and home labor.
| J.B Hobbs was nominated for COVER
nor. The vote for Hobbs was ITO
Haney 70, Harris II Hobbs' nOmina
ton was made unanImC us. DR.. Perry
man of BelleVille, was nominated TO
lIeut-goVernoF Hale johnson, of Jas
per for states attorney, both by acciama
ton.
A resolution endorsing Gov. st. John
of Kansas for president of the UnItet
States WAS unanimously adopted.
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The Boston Traveller says that the
feeling displayed at the Saturday meet
inga of the Republican clubs in Boston
SHOWS conclusively that the bolt will
have very little countenance among
Republican citizens, and no support
whatever among the recognized leaders
Oi the rarty."
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The fact has developed that the death
recently Of Hon. Hester ClYmer, Dem.
ocratic leader in Pennsylvania, was the
direct result of dose of morphine
taken with suicidal intent, on account of
financial embarrassment. He died in
uTVut nrOnV
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IL H. recommended that delegat be select
rd Ia county convention on saturday, July
IL. aud that the primaries for the same be
held saturday, July 9, in such manner rs the
erRl Republican county central commit
tees may provide.
county central committees should give at
least two weeks notice OF the time Of hold
ing conventions by publication In the county
papc's.
IL ~ ordered that delegates forward copy
OF their ere ientials to the secretary OF the
Republican state central committee at Tope-
ka. Immediately following their election.
by Or,leT Of the Republican state central
commIttre. A. l.. REDEEM, Chairman.
Attest:l WET w. WALTON,
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White Cloud has young woman who
has rasted forty-iour days. 1t is thought
she will die. One would think so. Still
there Is no telling what Kansas will do.
DR.. Tanuer can go to thunder.
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-t go there as individual

utItKhlIOL, anu IuIt
During the week, Gay they did Was the
day, June 10th, we shah could be done =
tire stock of embroideries O. postmaster:
comprising over five hundred .--ou't wash.
net wholesale cost This offer, In ccou were
tion with our elegant line of white goQsags
of every description at lowest possiblSt
prices, presents an unusually favorable
opportunity to get up white dresses at
minimum cost, and We make 1t thus ear.
ly in the season that all may prepare for
the heated term which Is now upon US.
Don't wait until the stock Is broken, but
comes early.
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CHICAGO. June 21.-kiss Alice II.
Wells. Of Boston, while viewing the
machInery IN the upper floor Of 3 large
grain eleVefor on Twenty street
Yesterday, was caught in the machinery
and .cruahed to death in an instant
She was 10 years of age, and was visiting
the family Of b. n. Greedy Of this city
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A very large number Of EDpoEians
will go TO Ottawa next week To attend
the Sunday school cOnyentiOB ct that
place.
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Globe Democrat: The New York
Sun comes boldly out for Bayard. That
scIll, him. Gone to meet Holman.
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will pay his relatives a short vINterdsy Mr.
assuming his duties at DR.. JaYnesae senate
adelphia laboratory. Lem has been The
Germany for three years past, bat looks +:
as natural as ever and is welcomed by
hosts of old friends.
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G. w. NEWMAN s. Co,

STRAY NoTIcE.-Strayed May 18th, a
dark bay mare, 2 years old, star in fore
head, white on the left hind foot, black
main and tail. A liberal reward for
information leading 10 her recovery.
w. b. Holt, Hartford Kas.
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A Minister Dsposed

Troy, N. Y, June 21.-The Presbyte-
~ depOsed Rev. A. F. Vedder from the
ministry. He wss Sentenced 10 impFis-
onment for criminal malpractice.
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What n lull there Is In tariff agitation
in the Democratic ranks all at once.
You eau hear pin drop.
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o. F. Sawyer has been appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of w. II. ].
Sawyer.