Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-10
THE RAMBLER.

the spring persuasion. bat . little windy.
Well, Kansas must have her winds but they
seem to be abating year after year.
heard some men at the postofice discus
sing wind yesterday, and urging high wind
as an objection to Kansas. A Kansas wind
is nothing compared to the icy breezes Of
the north. where the stony face Of nature
sleeps under q blanket Of snow four feet
deep in April, and the bowling winds come
roaring down from the great lakes. driving
every human being into his hole. Give me
the mild and playful Kansas zephyr every
time.
i heard two gentlemen discussing politics
and the silver. question at the Douglas
avenue depot yesterday morning. They
characterized the action Of congress on the
silver bill as victory for monopelists, and
said that the time was near when political
party representing labor and . poor mans
currency would be born which would down
both the political parties Of to-day. After
listening to them until the arrival Of the
train / went to the postofiice where l met
w. B. Hutchison, who was full of the Irish
question, and who said Gladstone stood to-
day the grsndest figure that ever appeared
before the world. Yes, Gladstone stands
the peer of British statesmen. He was the
central figure in the world as he stood in
the old halls of the British house OF COM
mons, whose walls in other days resounded
to the voices of Pitt and Fox and Plunkett
and Grattsn and O'Connell. He is justly
styled "the grand old man." and the name
af VIM. Evart Gladstone will illumine the
pages of future history with more dazzling
I'brilliancy than the electric light. What
grand sight it must have been to see him as
he stood in the house Of commons sur
rounded by the assembled greatness Of
that great nation, his wrinkled
brow lit up with the Intellectual
fire as he unravelled his scheme of govern
ment for Ireland and flung defiance at lord
and peer and queen alike.
Bill Hutch gave ms also his views on
silver coinage. He says that unlimited
silver coinage is equivalent to the govern
ment undertaking to find market for the
product of the mines, thus creating o
market for the millionaire mine owner. He
asks: "Wiil the government guarantee a
market for the product of the farm, the
foundry or the shoe shop. Suppose the
EAGLE and the Beacon should run their
presses constantly, turning out q hundred
thousand papers day, would the government
| undertake to sell them! This is what the
government would do with respect to the
product of the mine if unlimited coinage Of
silver was the law. While the coinage ques-
ton was on tap Capt White came in and
joined in the debate. His thunder
bolts were fired at the golden fortress.
By making good the standard Of value, he
said, all other values were subservient to the
yellow king, which, in reality, had no in
trinsic value. A Vanderbilt or a Gould
under this system could form q corner in
gold and paralyze the country at will, and
the country would continually be at the
mercy of Wall street The views of both
these gentlemen are sound SO far as they go,
but they don't go far enough, and it is be-
yond the province of the Rambler to pursue
them to the end, therefore shut her off.
VIII Robson, of our city. who has travel
ed this land from north TO south and from
east TO west, from Georgian Bay to the
Gulf, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
and who was never known to miss train,
got beautifully lett at Mulvane yesterday. 1t
is reported that VIII could actually smell the
right train, nevertheless he was left on the
platform there gazing on the train AS she
pulled out.
who lives in the north part of town
by himself, was in bad condition.
He is SO years old and perfectly help
less, not even capable of keeping himself
clean, aud depending on the neighbors to
look after him. This man says he is often
in need Of the necessaries of life.
Joe Allen says that short time since
when the coal yards were out of coal some
one got away with his fuel and as no one
but John Fisher was out at that time, be
suspects John. Well that's all right. They
both belong to the sons of Ease, and Joe is
the supply agent, therefore he is expected to
furnish supplies.
am Informed that Henry Rhodes is 60
ing into the patent soap business. and will
be prepared to take grease spots out Of
clothes. He has got the grip and stock be-
longing TO the old man who held forth at
Koh ms corner but who has been off his
base for some time.
Mr.. Parish, of Mt. Hope. was in town
yesterday and reported having seen the well
known hunters of the county: Myers, Heis-
ermsn and Wright, and that up to eight
o'clock yesterday morning they had one
brant and that they bought of boy.
Mr.. Simpson, of Anthony, who was in
the city yesterday, said it is all nonsense for
any other Kansas town talking about rival
ing Wichita, for one can hear of this town
at Puget Sound or the Bay Of Biscay. That's
about the size of it.
CITY COUNCIL.