Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-23

| hiNhs VI >it'Nhthus 'eSPN'u'N
effort TO keep the rents up to the fig.
ures of last year. Mr.. Claflin paid
$500 for his pew, for which he paid
only $500 last year, and several Others
advanced the rent on their pews from
500 10 $50 each, but with all their
efforts, there was heavy falling of
and the most of the loss will come out
OF MIR Beecher's salary. Mr.. Beecher
is making the discovery also in other
directions that boiling from his
party is not SO profitable an en-
terprise as he supposed il would be
BY endorsing Cleveland and the Dem
ocrats, he has anfagonized the people
who have been his lifelong friends
and supporters. lie now discovers
that when he occupies the lecture plat
form he talks to many empty benches
1 Al recent lectures given in Brooklyn
and New York the halls were only hall
| filed. Always on former occasions
he has not been able 10 procure halls
large enough to hold his audience. His
supporters have always been Republi-
cans: The Democrats never have, and
do no care a fig for him except TO Sc
cure his political influence to help elect
their candidate. When il comes to
supporting him on the pla form or in
the pulpit, they leave that for some
one else to do.
The New York Chamber of Com
me-, ce has extended all invitation to
DIR. Peter Collier, formerly Chemist OF
he Agricultural Bureau at Washing
ton, to lecture befnre their organiza-
ton on tie subject of making sugar
nur of sorghum. IL seems that DR..
Collier thinks that sugar sorghum can
be made in this country for one cent
per pound, aud his impression is that
if the sugar industry is properly
protected, III few years the sugar
ildhtis VI Inv CHittu OtdtcS wiz VIC
able to make all the sugar the people
can ronsHme. Our annual con-ump-
ton amounts TO over $500, 10000
pounds. nearly 1900, 900 600 pounds OF
this being imp rted. The cost of our
sugar is nearly Sl00,0D0,0O0 annually,
and most of this amount is sent out o.
the country. If we could make all the
sugar we consume this $iOO,OOO,OO0
would be kept in the country to slim
ulate the enterprises of our own peo-
pie. Ii would give employment to
large number of laborers, and make
business more prosperous in all de-
partments. Five years ago he amoun'
of sorghum sugar made in the coun-
Try was only about $4,000 pounds;
last year it was 100000 pounds. an
increase of 1875 fold in five years. The
chamber of commerce is vigorously OPP
posing the Spanish treaty in regard to
the admission of sugar free into
this country. Although sugar is now
cheaper than ever before, an effort is
now being made TO take the tariff of
with view of making it sill cheaper,
but undoubtedly the effect will be to
increase rather than to diminish the
price. 1t may temporarily diminish
the price, but if the tariff is left alone
in a few years the production of do
nestle sugar will be so much increased
that the price will be lessened still
more. Germany last year exported
600 600 tens of sugar mostly made of
beets, and there is no reason why
beet and sorghum sugar shouldn't be
produced in this country sufiic to
supply ali the demands of our people.
The senatorial fight at Albany is
now interesting nearly all Republican
politicians of the state. Albany is lit
orally 'hronged with people from all
parts of the state who are interested
in the contest. The principle candi-
dates are Hon. Levi =. Morton, pres
ent minister TO Paris, and Hon. WIN.
NJ. Evarts, OF New York. Mr. Nor
ton is regarded ms the moueyed candi-
date of the party; while Mr.. Evarts is
on the ground that he is
the tittest man in the state for the po-
>ition. The Morton party seemed to
have the inside track in the election of |
speaker of the assembly but the latter
in making out the committee, has Of
Tended many supporters of Morton by |
not giving them positions such as they |
on the committee and they are
now inclined TO leave Morton and 60
'or Evarrs. The impression is abroad
hat Morton is spending good deal
of money 10 influence his election.
should he be elected the Republican
party will get the reputation of being
manipulated by the millionaire-, and
by money. The Demo-
'rats. of course, and the opposition
,ress, always make all they can of a
sentiment of that kind. Petit
ions are being sent in from
III parts of the state in favor
Il Eyarts but we do not hear of any
avor of Morton. The latter is a can
iidaie for the politicians, while Mr..
Ivarts is wholly a candidate of the
people. Were vote of the people to
re taken to-day, nearly three-fourths
# the Republicans of the state would
undoubtedly vote for Evaits as their
hoice. The caucus will be held on ,
evening next which will de-
ide as to who is to be the next
United States Senator from New
Z ork.
The fight in Dr.. Newman's church I
J still raging. DR.. Newman has been q
bsent from the city several weeks I
nd his pulpit has been filed by other
ergymen. The annual election of
rustees took place on Monday even 7
~ last. The church is the one on Il
ladison avenue, formerly occupied I
y Rev. DIR. Hepworth's congregation p
ince DIR. Hepworih went away, the q
'nstees have invited the Rev. DIR. |
ewman, formerly Of Washington to o
,cupy the pulpit. DIR. Newman is v
ethodist. and he preached for sever p
months IN the church, and finally re- q
lived a call from some ardent admir- u