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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-17
Fact and Fiction.

Upon the hustings the favorite cry
of the Republican orator during the
last campaign was that to put the
Democratic party into power would
be reducing our laboring population
to the standard of the ragged, half
starved "pauper laborer" of Europe.
Mr.. w. D. Howell, of the city of
Boston, Massachusetts,, a long mall
ufacturcr, has recently been visiting
the principal cities of Europe. Mr..
Howell comes from city that is as
much center of the high protected
tariff industries as is either Philadel-
phia or Pittsburg, Pa. In Florence,
Italy, he naturally looked-as most
persons would be led to expect from
the oratory of Republican politicians
to find large numbers of the "pau-
per labor" Of that country, but in de-
scribing his views of the place he
says: What strikes one first in
the Florentine crowd is that it is so
we'll dressed. l do not mean that
the average of fashion is so great
as with us, but that the average of
raggedness is less. Florence is not
only better dressed on the average
than Boston, but, with little over
half the population, there are. !
should think, nearly twice as many
carriages in the former oity." The
high protection advocates of Boston
had better recall Mr.. Howell or be
may destroy one of their pet and
most effective arguments with the
American voter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-17
A Few Words on the Other Side.



How often, these times, the sword
of arbitrary will must be brought
down 20 sever legal Gordian knots
The Jewish population of this coun-
try are highly respectable, according
to all the ordinary methods of esti-
mating respectabllity-especiallyt the
most popular one, that of wealth
measurement. They are people OF
bright intelligence, good morality.
average culture and refinement, and
they are numerous enough in some
sections to hold the balance of over
in popular elections. AS class,
they are most excellent citizens; this
all admit. But their holy day is not
the Christians holy day; and we are
told the couDtry's civilization is en-
phatically Christian civilization.
Suppose, how, Congress should
enact a law compelling the Jews of
any one or all of the Territories to
observe the first day of the week as
holy would not such a meas
ure be justly denounced by all right
thinking men Except few religious
bigots in whose souls still lurk the
dark pulpit influences of the last
century, as despotic and subversive
of that freedom of religious opinion
guaranteed to all under the constitu.
ton? Undoubtedly; yet such OBJ
noxious laws could be justified by
the main argument advanced to JUS
tify the anti-polygamy enactments-
that no religion can claim the pro-
lection of the constitutional guaran-
tee that is subversive of Christian
civilization
The next argument (and most
conclusive one) against the Mormon
marriage institution is, that polyga-
nous marriages are grossly immoral;
and that, therefore, they may, like
the obligations arising under other
contracts immoral in their nature, be
suppressed by legal enactpent, and
the parties thereto made to answer
for their wrong doing under the Pc
nal code. And yet bawdy houses are
licensed in many of the great cities
of tho country, aud thus the most
loathsome and degrading degree of
immortality. without any pretense of
justification on religious or any other
ground. is specially fostered and
protected by the laws of our boasted
Christian civilization
In this connection it might be
we'll to state the facts, amply proved
by the statistics, that the Mormons
are the most industrious, the most
temperate, the most quiet and order
ly Tin their own internal polity) com.
munity in America; and, aside from
barbarizing polygamy, they are the
most moral. There is rot and never
was Mormon gambling den or a
house of prostitution in Utah. Such
things are the embellishments of the
engrafted Gentle civilization. In
insulting the national colors by half
masting them on Independence Day
the Mormons have done that which
this country would quickly resent,
and, on refusal to apologize, make a
casus beHi, did they constitute a
foreign nation, big or little; but the
Talk cannot lose sight of the fact
that no Mormons were more pleased
over the treason-implying act than
certain mischief brewing Gentiles CT
Salt Lake City.
Is it not we'll enough, just now,
when it is so fashionable to pour out
columns of editorial wrath upon the
heads of the Mormons, to look at the
question On ali sides?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-17

A gain of over hundred per cent.
in eight years ought to he sufficient
to please the most fastidious citizen
Of Jefferson county.
SysrEx lightens labor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-17

The United States law prohibiting
the importation of contract labor
the fruit Of Democratic agitation
which went into effect in March last,
is having already a good effect. The
law imposes fine of $1,000 on each
person imported for the contractors
to pay, and $500 for each person i'm
ported for the captain of the vessel
to pay. On the Goth of last month,
in New York, a steamer, the City
Of Richmond, arrived bringing over
nine girls aud one man who had
been hired to work in spinning
mill. They said that they had been
spinners in the mill of Dunbar, Nc
Masters T. Co., at Guilford, and at
other mills in Belfast, Ireland.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-17

LIEUT.. Commander Gorriuge, who
achieved fame by bringing from the
Egyptians obelisk, died in New
York, on the 9Th inst.
Twenty rIoHT States in the Union
have adopted laws restricting the
practice Of medicine to educated
persons.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-17

A STEADY INCREASE. - Jefferson
county has gained in population
both steadily and rapidly, and the
people have reason to be satisfied
with their advance. As ascertained
by Territorial censuses, the popula-
ton was as below given in the years
named.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-17

Tns ne" census Of Chicago will
show " population Of over TOO. 600,
On increase Of more than 25O. 900
since the Last census.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-17

s,inuNa N rnt Sotru ASp N rnE
NohtH Hoy ~ John. since his re-
turn irum the south, confesses
'hs, tho temperance work IN far al
sancei ~ the south Mississippi
has 90 saloons. Minnesota, with
abou, the same population. has over
1900 saloons. Arkansas ,3tl sa-
looms, California. with about the
ssae population, has y idJ saloons.
oij Bourbon kentucky has I. .iGl
saloons. anl OHIO. ~ 500 Startling
- the siatemoul may he. IN propor-
uon 'o tho population. the North
has tw'ce as many saloons "a the
South Aud yet the South is Dem
ee's,ie SUD tho North Republican
sed striving TO be prohibition also.
nF Tinted States has lG3. $40
niles Of telegraph line. or three
Vines as much ms any other country
"a The wutli Russia comes next
With %. IJG miles France. tie,
@sny. Au.lna ani Australis all rank
shssd Of Great Iiuts,n. Tho United
'a'es la. double the number OF tel
ss'aph offices aud forwards twice a.
"shs kilograms annually as any
s'hst country on The globe
haii = li,ir Il"uewsr 10 the least
""uolss"me 10 appl,. aud the most
ssssly, Of all hsir preparations.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-17
Destructive Forest tircs.


Duung the past week iir,s have
RACED in tho iot'sis north Of this
place wiih more destructive effect
than over hofoio They seem TO
have concentrated IN one locality for
The dong ~ ihcir terrible work
al ani near lIrlhngham BAY.
Back Of Whntcom. IA the direc
tiun oi \pohack. five dwellings
have been burned, aud number of
barns The country ~ 'ull oi smoke,
aud u /. almost Impossible to get
around Reports are heard of fur
lhet losses. somo 81 which wo trust
will prove exaggerated or unfounded.
The large dwelling at Chuckanut
stone quarry occupied 10y tho opcr
auvc-. was destroyed last Wclnes.
day
Al Gucmcs aleamboat landing "A
house aud "a barn we're burned
Wednesday e'oring The lire was
raging fraifullv ~ the steamer Wash.
,ngion passed by, aud Inhabitants Of
the island were doing what they
could tu subduo the flames.
y be- Sio'r logging camp on Samish
rive, was inh,n ,n hy tho Gro aud
virtually DESTROYED. including the
new pole railroad store. ste, the
damage being estimated ut upwards
81 q .Wo.
Tho McEltoy logging camp on the
Ssmish vas also visited by the
flames. and injured to the extent Of
VI 00n or more
some sh,ldrcu were picnicking
ueaf Edison tho same day the other
events above recorded occurred.
ono ~ them, the II year.old daugh.
tet of q resident named Gilmore,
wa. 80 unfortunate as to have her
clothing catch from tho hio burning
near them. She was so terribly
burned that she died ia tivo hours
rnr CorSrm EnToh. A writer
who knows all about tho trials aud
,nbulat,ons ~ the country editor.
has tbs 10 Ha, II him The country
editor IL u man who reads Bewspa-
pefs, wui's on almost any subject.
sets type, folds papers. makes up
mail. runs ertand-. saws wood.
works "a The gaidon. Is blamed for
thousandaot things he never thought
of. wofL. hard all day. helps people
into uflic, Who fuIget all about II af
tefwsrls aud very frequently gets
cheated out of bali his earnings
lie pulls aud does more to build up
the town than an, one else. and the
mlser anl the iog, are benefited,
yet they will no, take his paper, but
sill borrow y. aud read II and cuss
The editor
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-17

TIE calm succeeds the storm.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-27
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

4 Topeka correspondent of tie
Kansas CITY Journal talks this way
about the growth OF Southwestern
Kansas towns
Minneapolis was to-day declared a
city of the sec md class. The growth
of this little city has been wonder
iuI, equalled only by some of the cities
~ southern Kansas, where the citizens
90 to sleep in small village aud wake
up TO find themselves in "a. city Of she
third class. they make out necessary
papers, send committee down Ia To-
peka to secure The governors procla-
nation to thai effect, aud within
twenty four hours telegraph to their
committee 10 stop proceedings as
they will send on another with
proper papers to create themselves
into city of the second c.ass. Such
has been the history of Cheney, Atti-
ca, Kiowa and dozen other towns in
the southern tier. Not ouly are rail-
road trains doing good service by
hauling people TO southern and south
eastern Kansas, but wagon trains will
ofteulimes with more thsn twenty
teams. may be seen headed that way,
and counties are rapidly filing up, not
only is this section being rapidly
settled. but also central, western aud
northern Kansas are being occupied
by the thrifty immigrant. Never be-
fore has there been such tide of peO-
pie impelled BY the Kansas idea.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-27

that our young friend, Melvin Ransom, from
over in the valley is to BE- the
successor to Ward & Butts, who has pur-
chased their stock of groceries, and at
this time arc going through the tedious Ia
Dor Of invoicing. Being worthy Of cause we
wish him much success. We learn that the
Baptist people in the town and vicinity
having called the Rev. Mr.. Churchill, Of
Leon. to this church, contaminated the
requisite arrangements for his coming here
permanently as citizen, which we hail
with much pleasure, knowing him to be
quite an accession in every respect. He is
not only the right man in the right place to
gather the somewhat scattered elements into
a respectable and self-sustaining church and
arouse the people 10 sense of their duty
in erecting a commodious church house at
this place for the Baptists, but he is man
of thrift and get up, with the means to back
him, who will infuse new life into the
slumbering energies of those who have been
dead weights for the little struggling town
to pull. Through fear of the temptation TO be
more explicit I'll close. II. II. HARRIS.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-27
THE OTHER SIDE.
From the Bunker Hill Gazette

]
EDITOR GAZETTE:--ln u late num-
Der If your paper a few quotations are
made from a communication from one
ii. NJ. Kelly, to CoIunn's Rural World,
ia which he sees fl, IL dcnounce what
he is pleased to call the .foiiy OF ILL
noi> farmers moving to Kansas" The
one point of excellence in MIR. Kelly's
letter is. hat he vindicates his own
state; but we wish to enter our protest
against his doing so by unfair COM
parison with Kansas. lie reports our
four or five years of successive good
crops as phenomenal seasons" but
closes his eyes To the fact that these
same seasons have been phenomenal
fixtures in Illinois. which operates as
the prime cause of the present exodus
from that state. lie tells of wonder
full yield ST timothy in certain loca-
ity. and adds that if such crop had
been produced in any portion of the
state of Kansas, il would have been
heralded TO every state in The union.
Acknowledging Mr. Kelly's tribute 10
our enterprise. we will adop, his logic,
that if we had had three successive
crop failure. in Kansas he would
doHb less have joined the chorus Of
denuucia,ion which would have spread
all over the land We submit here
that no state in the west has suffered
more from unjust criticism than Kan
sas. but he tide of immigration now
flowing into the state evinces that the
whole ruth is out, and that the masses
cannot be deterrad by scolding con-
tribniors. Mr.. Kelly claims to have
iaad in Kansas which he wishes to
"-ell and buy more in illinois," If he
has good lands in this state he can
find ready purchaser at fair
value. or he can exchange il for
farming land in any county in Iii
nois. sour Illinois," he says. sis set
IN blue grass and white claver. and
So quit feeding earlier in the spring
and begin later in the fall Than is
done in Kansas" We envy our sis
ter state the broad acres of blue
grass, but are quite content to yield
her the palm for white clover, but
The humor. yes. the irresistible fun
which Mr.. Kelly crowds iuto his last
statement, can only he appreciated by
the hapiess Kansas farmer who wades
in in;erminable snow to feed his stock
in May, and signs for the good Old
DAYS when he turned them out to
plentiful grass in Early February in
his native Illinois. kANsAN.
Wichita. Ran March II.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-27
p,,,ro.a packa+

BosToS. March 25.-The annual meeting
of the Union Pacific stockholders was held
to-day at Horticultural hail. Chas. Franci:
Adams, Jr, president called the meeting t.
order and Henry Mcfarland was chosen sec
rotary. Adams, in opening the meeting
stated the voluminous character OF the full
report presented. 1t is being put into prin
and it viii be ready in fortnight.
BosToN, Mass, Marc h 25.-The director,
of the Union Pacific railway this afternoon
elected the following Offices: Charles Fran
els Adams; Jr., president; Henry MeFar
land. secretary and treasurer; o. NJ. Mink
Boston, assistant secretary and assistant
treasurer; James. w. Hall, assistant secre
tary and assistant treasurer in New York
In tine executive committee II. Baker, Of
this city, takes the place of Jay Gould, who
declined an election.
CHICAGO, March 25.-At meeting Of the
CHICAGO and Missouri river railroads to-day
the commissioner was instructed to confer
with prominent stockmen and shippers on
the advisability of uniform time schedule
for freight trains between Chicago and St
Louis and Missouri river points.
KANSAS CRY, March 25.-The Santa Fe
and Burlington and Missouri river roads to-
day signified their assent to the arrange
ment for transporting liquor into Kansa:
under the new liquor law, as mentioned in
last nights dispatches.
CHICAGO, March PA conference oil
general managers and general freight agents
of roads west Of Chicago will be held with
the managers of eastbound roads in this city
April LIST, for the purpose of devising means
by which leaks in present pool arrangements
can be prevented. The cnief trouble is
that the freight is being switched across the
country, and delivered to connecting roads
at small places, thus evadiug both the west.
ern and eastern pools.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-27

pes cherished as dearly ss in the grand
old DAYS gone by. when cranks and
fanatics were still unborn.
AS there is no law against combina-
tiohs, neither laws of the party nor
law, of the state, it Is not improbable
that one may be informed. For in.
stance, the regular Republicans may
nominate candidates acceptable to ali
reasonable people, and they may be
endorsed by the Democracy This
would avoid having three or four or
five tickets in the field. and there is no
doubt but that such ticket would be
elected 10y an overwhelming majority.
The scheme could be carried into
the legislative districts, the two par
ties giving AMI taking, and the result
would be that the close corporation
fellows would wake up some morn
ing and find themselves the unhappy
pcssessors of beautiful black (ened)
eyes.
This scheme may be a novel one,
but it is reasonable, aud the only Que
that will rid Kansas OF the burden
placed on her by politicians, and
which has been retained through the
covartlice and insincerity of the same
class of people.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-27
Rritiah calumnia

ST. PAUL, March 25.-The Evening Dis
patchs Winnipeg special says: The latest
adviees from the west state that the telegraph
operator at Duck Lake has been made q
prisoner and locked up along with the other
prisoners. No harm has been offered them
nor is likely to be. The rebels have not at
tempted to take. Fort Carleton, which is
ngiy garrisoned by mounted police.
1t is said the Dominion government has
decided to appoint commission to confer
with the rebel halfbreeds and Indians rela-
tive to their claims. In that case a settle
ment Of the present difficulties will doubt
less soon be brought about without blood
shed.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-27
CHENEY GATHERINGS.

CHENEY, March "a.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
We have to-day to record an accidental
shooting, the consequences Of which canno,
at present be fully estimated. Johnnie Harris
and Herbert Tucker met this morning near
the school house where Johnnie displayed a
revolver Of which he had just lately became
the owner, and proposed to try it. Herb
Tucker, who had some cartridges in bis
pocket, proceeded TO load it, having the pis-
tol half-cocked while loading it. But by
some, to the boys unexplsinable means, the
pistol went off, striking Johnnie Harris, who
stood nearly six feet from Tucker, about
three inches above the knee-cap, the ball
taking a downward course. Fortunately
the force of the bullet was some broken by
first hitting button ON Johnie's overcoat,
but still it penetrated the flesh to the bone,
where it glanced off and lodged somewhere
near the knee-joint. DR.. Engleman who
was called to attend the case, has been prob
ing for the bali, which is thirty-eight cal
iber, but so far, has not succeeded in finding
it. The doctor reports his little patient as
doing fairly tonight. 1t is hoped that the
effects of the shot will not prove serious to
Johnnie, and only teach him the lesson which
all other boys should heed, that they have
no business whatever to carry or handle re-
volvers.
Mr.. jim Wingert left this morning for IL
linois, to visit his mother who is quite sick
Quite number of our Masonic brethren
went to Kingman yesterday for the purpose
of posting themselves up. As Messrs. Nc
Lead and Hanlenbeck were among them, it
if safe to say they all had plenty of fun.
The newly appointed NJ. f. minister ar
rived here to-day.
The large mercantile establishment of
A. 4. Fraser received yesterday an immense
stock of fine boots and shoes direct from
Boston, Mass. FARMER JOIN.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-27
Conference Appointments.

Ell DORADO. March 25.-The following i:
list of the appointments of the Southwest
Kansas Conference made by Bishop w. Y.
Ninde.
Wichita District, Thomas Audas, p. E.
Argonia, F. NJ. Kemine; Arkansas City. n.
5. Buckner; Arkansas City circuit, V. III.
Brink; Andover, j. W. Anderson; Belle
PLANE; n. Asher; Burdenville, c. K. Wood
son; Caldwell, W. H. Rose; Conway Springs,
Samuel McKibbon; Dexter, 7. c. Warren;
East Wichita, J. Woods; GODDARD, Emory c.
Beach; Hayesville, J. l.. Rose; Mulvane,
James Lull; New Salem, to be supplied by
J. Q. Knight; Oxford, N. j. Burton; South
Haven, A. q. Cluckner; Wellington, w. II.
Cline; Wellington circuit, c. n. Bottorif;
Wichita, T. S. Hodgson; South Wichita, to
be supplied; Winfield, b. Kelley.
Newton District, G. A. King, p. E.-Au-
gusta, s. Price; Augusta circuit to be sup
piled BY ID. L. Knowles; Burton, Andrew
Hooker; Canton, A. J. Bixler; Douglass, w.
w. Woodside; Ell Dorado. d. W. Phillips;
Ell Dorado circuit, |. c. Patten; Florence,
J. NJ. Archer; Halstead, L. o. Mead; Leon,
to be supplied Marion, p. F. Jones; Marion
circuit, TO be supplied by II. Pracht; New
ton, A. T. Burris; Newton circuit, TO be
supplied by Oldfeld; Peabody, II. Wait;
Sedgwick, G. w. Akers; Towanda, P. d.
Lair; Valley Center, A. Ii. Parker; Walton,
c. 4. Williams; Hutchinson, ID. d. Akin.
Lsrned District, T. G. Miller, P. E.
Brown Grove, J. NJ. Clark; Chase, Z. b.
Abbott; Conway, J. c. Sutton; Dodge City,
ID. f. Owens; Garden City, S. Brink; Gar
field to be supplied by ]. A. Vickers; Great
Bend, S. II. Enyart; Great Bend circuit, to
be supplied by r. J. Davis; Kinsley, j. II.
Romine; Larned, n. p. Tedrick; Little River
+. p. Moore: Lyons, L. NJ. Hartley; Lyons
circuit to be supplied; Mcpherson, j. ID.
Betkin; Marquette, n. A. Porter; Ness City,
to be supplied; Nickerson, A. p. George;
Pawnee Valley, l.. A. Drummond; Pawnee
Rock, to be supplied; Rush Center, ii. +.
Fleming; Spearville. to be supplied by ]. B.
Handy; Sterling, J. F. Funston.
kingman District, NJ. L. Gates, p E.
Arlington, 5. L. Stratford; Anthony, B. c.
Swartz; Anthony circuit, Cyrus Wesley;
Attica, f. 5. Hodsdon: Comanche, to be
supplied; Cheney, r Sanderson; Clarke, to
be supplied; Hutchinson circuit. A. Ham
man; Harper, l.. J. Van Landingham; Ha-
zleton. to be supplied by Ii. G.. Bosley; Iuka,
B. F. Wonder; Kingman. John A. Lucas;
kingman circuit, to be supplied by J. b.
Dooty. Mount Hope and Eldridge, w. r.
Rolingson; Medicine Lodge, W. II. Gillian;
Medicine Lodge circuit, c. II. Burleigh;
Mead, J. n. Stamper: Nickerson circuit, to
be supplied by b. +. Rhoads; Pratt, TO be
supplied; Stafford, to be supplied by !. F.
Clark; St John, A. J. TAYLOR
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-27
Democratic DoinRs.

ST. LoUIs, March 25.-Tbe Democratic
convention for the nomination of city
ticket met at Mercantile Library hall at ll:S(
this morning but did not complete an or
ganization till about p. m, since then they
have been balloting for u candidate fol
mayor, and at ll:30 tonight eighty ballots
had been taken with the result that the can
didates in nomination are Edward a. Noon
an, Judge of the court of criminal correction,
Chas. Z. Rainwater, prominent merchant,
and Robert NJ Parks, an old citizen out OF
business. The ballots have varied but little
since they commenced, and the prospect
now is that the convention will sit most OF
the night. Judge Noonan holds a slight
lead and Parks has the balance of power.
The contest is stubborn and persistent with
no sign OF q break in the ranks of either can
1iiat.