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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
Prohibition and the Party.
junction City Union.

The extracts we published last
week from the state papers showing
the extent to which the prohibitOry
clans were gnawing at the vitals of
the grand old party excited cOnsid-
cradle comment among our readers
in Davis county. One republican
who began voting for Fremont and
kept it up consistently until he vot-
ed for CLICK, and who is a tetotaler
who owns and manages a 900 acre
farm, remarked to lis last Monday
that he guessed "we had better re-
elect CLICK" About a month ago
leading prohibitionist told us he
would certainly scratch JOHN ~.
MARTY if he was nominated. These
two men are representative republi-
cans and good citizens. We quote
them to show the distance apart.
Both of them as republicans would
not hesitate a moment to give JOHN
A. MARTIN the most enthusiastic
support, if republicanism pure and
simple was the sole consideration.
But they are estranged by difference
on another question.
The prohibitionist we quote is a
sample of the men who will control
the selection of delegates from DAY.
is county. We have an idea how
ever that the majority of them may
relent and give MARTIN the dele
gates. But under no circumstances
can MARTIN or any other republican
carry the county at the November
election on prohibitory platform.
Three hundred republicans in Davis
county voted for CLICK, and we
doubt if fifty of them could be got
back to candidate on prohi-
bition plank. The county has al
ways given majority for a republic
can state ticket, except in the contest
between john MARTIN and GEORGE
T. ANTHONY. We are not saving
what we will do, but are only dis
cussing the chances of the party.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22

Gen. BENZ. BUTLER was nominal
ed for President last week at Chica-
go by the anti-monopolists. Ben is
a brainy fellow, and he will secure
at least one vote in this county. Our
good greenback friend of Buckeye,
Mr.LIvINGsToN,sa says that he will vote
for him. There is no doubt that his
vote would count for more should it
be cast for the democratic nominee,
but Mr.. LIVINGSTON will no doubt
suit himself. While on this subject
it might be well to ask the Init
Nonop0liSt of Enterprise if it will
support Mr.. BUTLER?
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
Come Thou, Gentle Peace.

The unpleasantness which showed
itself in the democratic convention
last Saturday between those two
good democrats, A. II. MARTIN and
W.N. HENDRICKS, and their immed-
late friends, should not be allowed
an abiding place in the hearts of the
gentlemen.
Messrs. MARTIN and HENDRICKS
are good democrats, strong in the
faith, both of them, and in the ira
ditional spirit of democracy they
should amicably meet, smoke the
calumet of peace and adjust their
grievances, supposed or real.
1t is a certain fact that both of
them cannot be sent as delegates to
Chicago, and if one or the other
does not give way Dickinson county
stands no show whatever of securing
a national delegate. Let sweet peace
calm the troubled waters, and as the
difference is not a very serious affair
the gentle spirit will be probably
put to no great trouble. Dickinson'S
delegation should be placed in po-
sitiOn to make a strong pull for some
Dickinson county man.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
Not A Matter of Great Moment.

1t is matter of very little con-
Germ to democrats whom the re-
publicans may nominate for Cover
nor of Kansas.
The issue is made up and joined,
and the candidate will not affect the
result. MARTIN, the eleventh hour
convert to prohibition, will be forced
to stand on the same platform
that Mr.. TEACHER, an original pro-
hibitionist, would stand upon should
he secure the nomination. And the
most important plank in that plat
form will declare against re-submit-
ting the constitutional prohibitory
amendment.
The people of Kansas have asked
for re-submission, and a republican
Legislature has refused to grant that
request. 1t will be emphasized at the
polls this fall.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
Is It To Be Made A Political Organ
ization?

The Grand Army of the Republic
is an organization with the only and
avOwed purposes of keeping alive
the spirit of comradeship which was
formed in the camp, on the march
and on the battle field between vet
Grams of the late war, and of perpet-
uating and honOring the memories
of the brave fellows who died that
the old flag might float over a united
sisterhood of states.
That these grand and noble OBJ
jects might not be debased nor per-
verted, the organization has repeat
eddy set its face against all attempts
to drag it into the dust of partisan
politics.
But in this age of peace and pros
perity and good-fellowship the active
supporters of JOHN A. MARTIN have
seen fit to openly call on the Grand
Army to support their candidate in
his efforts TO secure the republican
nomination for governor of Kansas.
1t is well enough and proper
enoug for the Grand Army to recog-
nize and honor the war record of
Mr.. MARTIN, but will it do so at the
expense of its own integrity and in
the face of its repeated avowals to
eschew all political alliances?
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22

Dickinson county's delegation tc
Topeka should vote for Gov. CLICK
as one of the delegates-at-large
That grand old democrat should be
made chairman of the national dele.
CATION from Kansas. Judge Hun
PHREY, of Junction City, should be
supported for the position of dele
gate-at-large.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
q. RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
Has Not Enough Been Done?

The recent disgraceful failure of
the banking firm of GRANT & WARD
is said to have resulted in great pc
cuniary loss to Gen. L. S. GRANT,
and the United States senate has
seen fit to suspend all other business
for the purpose of passing a bill
which places the General on the re-
tired list with the rank and full pay
of general-$l8,OO0 per annum.
The banking firm of GRANT d
WARD, of which Gen. GRANT was
the most prominent member, was
conducted on novel not to say ques-
tionable business principles. Gen.
GRANTS great influence in govern
ment circles was made the basis for
the claim that the firm was favored
with exceptionally profitable govern
ment contracts, as result of which
they could afford to pay as high as
five per cent. per month for
money. Whether these claims were
believed or not, they resulted in
placing millions of dollars in the
hands of the firm, and rendered pos
sible failure for S14,OOO,0OO.
1t is said that Gen. GRANT knew
nothing of these transactions. But
the use of his name was necessary
to secure money, and is it possible
that he was so careless, so negligent
as to know nothing of these things ?
Could he,an operator in Wall street,
be innocent of the use of his name
by the streets brokers and dealers
1t presupposcS a very generous as
well as very credulous soul to be-
lieve that he, a prominent member
of firm, should be spending money
and be ignorant of the source from
whence it came.
But it may be that the action of
the senate was not influenced by the
failure, and was but a substantial
recognition of the services of dis
tinguished soldier, the successful
leader of the federal armies.
The Republic cannot be charged
with ingratitude if it refuses to place
Gen. GRANT on the retired list. At
the close of the war he voluntarily
resigned from the army and was
twice elected President of a CRATE
full and generous nation. Substan-
tial favors were showered upon this
most highly honored of Americas
brave sons; monies and laurels were
given to him, and to-day he is enjoy
ing the interest of n trust fund of
S25O,OOO which was raised for him
by the people. Besides this he has
a valuable farm near St. Louis.
With an income of SOC, 900 or So, 900
per year, Gen. GRANT can hardly be
called pauper.
In the light of the above facts it
would seem that Gen. GRANT has re-
ceived magnificent treatment from
he Republic. 1t would seem that to
place him on the retired list with
yearly income of $4,000 would be a
superhuouS addition to what has al |
ready been done, especially as there |
are hundreds of volunteer officers
who helped him to save the Union
and who have to depend upon their
individual energies to make a living
and to accumulate property.
The bill should be killed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22

New Jersey and Virginia demo-
Gratis have held their state conven-
tions and declared for TILDEN &
HENDRICKS. Kansas democrats will
do the same thing next week.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22

The various democratic county
conventions held in this state last
Saturday were unanimous in declar-
ing for the "old ticket" and it is al
most a certainty that the Kansas
delegation to the Chicago conven-
ton in July will be solid for TILDEN
and HENDRICKS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22

The real revenue reformers should
now come to the front and deal with
the surplus by reforming the war taxes
of the internal revenue.-N. Y. Sun.
They should do no such thing. The
American people have not yet reached
that point where they will vote them
selves free whisky and tobacco and tax
their sugar, salt and other necessaries.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22

Dickinson county democrats will
send representative delegation to
the Topeka convention.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
The Wall Street Estimate of General
Grant.
y. Y. Sun.

''Iow did it happen, asks the New
York Times, THAT the Marine Bank
trusted Ward with millions of dollars?'
Simply because the President of the
Marine Bank thought the firm of Grant
& Ward was making enormous amounts
of money out of the Government con-
tracts secretly obtained through the in
fluence of Gen. Grant.
This explanation has been offered by
Capt. Ambrose Snow, one of the direct
OrS Of the bank. We quote his words:
'sWard told him the story about the Govern
ment contracts and he believed it and left all TO
Ward Fish had his real estate to look after,
and he relied on the Government contracts,
which he supposed were obtained through Gen
Grants influence"
The suppOsition that the gold mine
of the firm consisted in Government
contracts secured by the influence of
Gen. Grant was not only entertained
by Mr. Fish. himself a partner of the
firm, but by the customers also.
Mr. Work, one Of the counsel of the
concern, is a notable example. ''IIe had
seen the books of the firm says the
Tribune, lin which the records of the
profits in the suggestions contract
was kept, and knew that vast sums were
being reaped. These books were con-
elusive arguments i'll more cases than
one to persons who were solicited to in
vest their money with Grant & Ward. !"
In fact, Wall street bit eagerly at the
bait of official corruption which Grant
& Ward held out.
Everybody knew that the exercise of
any influence which would put enOrm-
GUS profits out of Government contracts
into the pockets of UlySsuS $. Grant
would be grossly improper if not GRIM
inal. Yet hundreds, not to say thOuS-
ands, of intelligent people seem to have
assumed that Gen. Grant was a man
who would thus prostitute his influence
for the sake of gain. They entertained
no doubt that he was willing to do
wrong, and they rushed in with their
money to obtain a share of the fruits of
his wrongdoing.
Such is the shameful estimate which
Wall street formed of Gen. Grant. He
was believed to be willing to make
money out of the national treasury by
improper means. Ills friends, Fish and
Work, rated his character no higher in
this respect than comparative strangers.
So long as they regarded him in the
light they did, it is not strange that
others should share their belief.
We are now assured that this belief
was incorrect, and that Gen. Grant had
no knowledge or suspicion of the uses
to which his name was being put.
If such is the case Gen. Grant would
do well to publish the evidence on the
subject without delay.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22

Gov. CLICK, the most careful, faith
full and capable governor Kansas ever
had, telegraphs from New York, where
he had gone to look after the interest
of the State:
The funds OF the state, counties and townships
are safe. The First National bank is selected as
the fiscal agency OF Kansas. DOnnell, Lawson
q simpson will pay all their liabilities II their
creditors will give them little time.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22

The state issue this fall will be
for or against re-submission. There
will be no lodging the question.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-28

A SHORT time ago, in opposition to
his parents wishes, John w. johnson,
of Staunton, Va, a member of one of
the proudest families in the State, wooed
and won the hand of Abbie Peters, aged
nineteen, apoor girl. When the wedding
day was only a few weeks off he cruelty
wronged and deserted her. Her father,
furious at the insult, had johnson
arrested. The court last week SEN
fenced him to two years in the peniten-
.iary. The girl tried to save her lover,
and nearly cried her eyes out. Her
people locked her up, but she managed
to get out, and saw the prisoner,
begging him to marry her. The At
torney-General promised to secure a
pardon if the wedding was consum-
mated. Under the circumstances the
johnson family gladly acquiesced. The
ceremony was celebrated, and the pris-
oner was released as soon as the papers
were made out.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-28

RAILWAY officials seem to have q
first-rate memory for keeping record of
irregularities. A few years ago the
pastor of q church not far from st.
Louis resigned. and for a time refused
to surrender his half-fare permit issued
by the Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany, SC that his successor might obtain
a similar favor. This year the same
minister is preaching in Missouri at a
country town. and the agent Endorsed
his application, but no permit has been
issued. There is q mark on the COM
pany's book against him. A short time
ago IN editor loaned an annual pass,
issued by the Illinois Central people, to
. clothier, who, in return for the favor,
presented the newspaper man with a
suit of ready-msde clothing. An officer
Of tho company found it out, and re-
voked the pass. Years have gone by,
but that editor has never since rode on
an Illinois Central pass.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-28
THE MT. PULASKI TRAGEDY.

Cory Evidence of the Triple MuSler, Con-
.cealed for Two Years, Brought to Light to
Aid In UnraveliDg the Mystery-The Arti-
cies Identified as HavinS Belonged to One
OF the Parties Now in Custody.
BLooNINGrON, ILL.,, March 81.
Detective Press Butler, of Bloom
ington, divulged to your correspondent 8
most important clew to the perpetratOr
of the horrible murder of McMahon,
Matheny and Carlock at Mt. Pulaski in
August, 1882. Soon after the triple
tragedy, a farmer, living not far from the
scene, discovered in the hedge upon his
farm a shirt and overalls of a peculiar
Checked pattern, which were a mass of
gore. The pants were thoroughly sat-S
urated with blood from the knees down.,
and Spiashed with stains in other parts,
as we'll also as the shirt. The farmer,
whose name for prudential reasons the
detective will not divulge, had
his attention directed to the
bloody garment by his dog, which
scented the gore and nosed out the spot.
The farmer took the clothing home and
laid 1t away, and has said nothing about.
the matter, fearing to become suspected
by dangerous and murderouS men. Butler,
1T was, Who caused the arrest of WIN.
Hoaglin, now in the Lincoln Jail, and who
accuses that man and his brother EugenA
still uncaptured, of the Mt. Pulaski muir
ders. ut the time of the murder, VIM.
Hoaglin worked for a neighbor of the
man who found the bloody garments. and
10 go home from the scene of the murdex
must have passed the hedge. He has.
since worked for the man who made thiS
discovery. Butler says that previous To
the murders Vim. HOaglin wore Il suit OF
overalls of the same peculiar check.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-28
OK SATURDAY., the 18th inst, the BODY

On Saturday, the 18th inst. the body
of a man was found in the Bath schultz,
one and a half miles north of Bath, N.
Y. From the clothing and letters and
notes in his pockets the jury identified
it as that of W. Woodruff, who drove
into the draw of the Havana wagon
bridge some months ago. Some money,
two watches and other valuables were
found in his pockets. showing that he
was not robbed and then thrown into
the river, but that he drove in. The
bridge tenders are already under in
dictment by the Fulton County Grand
Jury for manslaughter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-28
A MAN WITH A GRIEVANCE.
me Son Of a Prosecuted Pole ImaEines he
has . Mission to Remove Bismark-hs
Finds Judgement in an Insane Asylum.

me Son of n Prosecuted Pole lmagines Ne
has . Mission to Remove Bismark-hs
Finds Judgement in an Insane Asylum.
NEW YORK, March Il.
Mrs. Fanny Jacobs, wife of Mr.. Samuel
W. Jacobs, who resides at No. $40 East
Fifty-seventh street, sent to the Fifty.
ninth Street Station House, yesterday,
for assistance, saying her husband had
become violently insane after reading the
morning papers. She said that after
looking over the World he jumped up and
said, "That settles it. I'll kill him."
Then he rushed wildly through the
house. Policeman Davis was called IN
by a servant, and tOOk Jacobs to the
station house. At the station he APP
peared to be laboring under sup
pressed rage, which, from the glare
OF his eyes, was liable to break
forth at any moment. The
policemen did all they could to keep him
quiet. He positively refused to go to
Bellevue Hospital in an ambulance and
ordered a Carriage. Mr.. v. l.. ROlfe,
of No. 792 Second avenue, followed Mr..
JACOBS to the station and persuaded the
insane man to go gently to the hospital.
There Mr.. Jacobs said that he was 40 years
old ami had been born i'm Poland. He said
he had lived i'm New York for thirty years.
"Whom are you going to KILL" asked
Doctor Whitman.
Bismarck" he replied, sthc German
tyrant. | have been reading all about the
LaSker resolution and his treatment of
our Congress and his insults to German
Americans. l will remOve him from the
face of the earth. l am ready now and l
intend
TO TAKE THE FIRST STEAMER
for Germany. America will heal from
me SOON" His family would not speak
of his rawlings, but a friend said
that Mr.. Jacobs father had been a
political refugee from Poland some thirty
years ago. He fled to Germany and was
bounded almost to death because of his
politics and religion. He died in a stable
heart-brOkenSh is whole life having been
one of strife and trouble. His wife in
Stilled into her sons mind the many
wrongs his father had suffered. From
the tim of the first LaSker resolution
Jacobs took a great interest in the case,
as he was 4 friend of Herr LaSker. When
he learned that Bismarck had really re-
turned the resolution he few into q VIC
lent rage and became demented. He had
arranged his business affairs and was to
have sailed OIL the VIBRATOR Bremen mex:
Wednesday, when he vas arrested.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-28
ABOUT BOGUS BUTTER.
Report of the New York Senate Committee
on Food ..dulteratiOn.

oh EOou 'AuuittEttIOh.
ALBANY, n. y, March 22-The Senate
Committee on Public Health which has been
investigating the adulterltiOn of food, re-
ported Friday. They say they have discov-
cred wholesale and alarming adulteratiOn,
dangerous to the consumer and depreciating
the property in rural districts. The adul-
teratiOn of butter is by tallow oil.
bone oil and lard oil, found in
almost every town and city i'm the State and
i'm amount equals half the production of
natural butter. The imitation has been
so disguised, that it is often only dis
cOverable by chemical analysis. Out of
thirty samples of butter purchased by the
committee in New York only ten were gen
uine. No labels to distinguish pure from
bogus butter are displayed as required by
the existing law. Bogus butter is largely
purchased by saloons, boarding-hOuseS and
s~ecOnd-clasS hotels. Poorer qualities of
bogus butter sell for twenty to thirty cents
to la5Oring men; better grades thirty or
forty cents. The manufacturers cost ranges
from twelve 10 eighteen ~centS-average
fourteen cents. Several New York and
Brooklyn concerns manufacture over 3.O00,-
900 pounds each out of fats from the West.
from France and Italy. The bulk of the
bogus butter is manufactured in the West
and sold in New York to the detriment of
the States dairy interest. The dairy
farmers have been driven out of business.
The consequent loss to the State is esti-
mated at -. 900, 900 to SO, 600, 900 yearly.
The committee estimate that 40. 1000
pounds of the product are sold annually in
the State, and the illegitimate business is
breaking M our export butter trade. The
effect of the deception in trade is deleteriOus
To business morals. Butterine can be sold
at eighteen cents less than the natural but
ter. The committee quotes extensively from
the evidence to show the moral, commercial
and sanitary effects of the adulteration. The
use of nitric and sulpluric acid in deo-
doriZin@ adulterated butter is particularly
condemned. The committee recommends
the total prohibition after a given time of the
manufacture and sale of all butter adultera-
tons. The living cow. assert the commit
tee. cannot compete with the dead hog. The
committee also found POO. 900 out of SOC, 600
quarts of milk furnished in New York daily
in 1882 were water and skim milk. They
recommend the appointment of a State milk
Inspector, and that this official be chosen to
enforce Standardization laws, and be Sc
lected to represent the dairy interests.
Accompanying the report was a bill
prohibiting, under penalty of $500
six months Imprisonment the
sale of adulterated milk keeping
COWS for production of milk in UNI
healthy condition, or diluting milk with
water. 1t provides thar every manufacturer
of butter shall brand his name and the
weight of the butter on eacl: package. Cans
for the sale of milk shall be stamped with
the name of the county where the milk is
produced, unless sold exclusively in the
county. A penalty OF $500 to $1,000 and
for one year is imposed on
the sale or manufacture of bogus butter or