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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
Only Mortally Honest.

The World and Sun have been striv.
ing hard to make it appear that the At
torney General is about to resign in
consequence of the Pan Electric scan,
dial, and that the President has long de-
sired his retirement on that account.
There is no truth whatever in the
statements.
Mr.. Garland has done no wrong. Mr..
Cleveland has the utmost faith in him.
There is nothing strained in the rela-
tionship of the two. Neither envious
Democrats nor partisan Republicans
can strain them. The code of morals
the enemies of the Attorney General
set up, is not to be reached by anything
short of angels, and Democrats only
claim to be MORALLY good.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

'66; March ?, March %, %, 26 and 80,
'67; Feb. 3, July 20, '6S; Feb. 10. "a, $50;
July IA, Dec. %, 20; May 1, June6, 10;
June %, IA; Feb. S, March s, rs, In
December, as, the Democrats took
possession of the lower house of Con-
gress and, except during the years 81
80, they have had it ever since.
1t appears, therefore-and these facts
are taken from the official recOrd-that
the men who rail so loudly about tariff
tinkering, tinkered with the tariff,
during fifteen years, in just twenty
seven different acts, and that what they
call a system is not system at all,
but the bulked result of these twenty
seven tinkerings, every one of them adj
ding to the taxes imposed upon the
American people at the behest and for
the benefit of some favored clique or
ring engaged in certain special indus
| tries.
| The real tariff thinkers, therefore, are
those who are loudest in their object
ions to tariff tinkering.-W. b. Union
| Leader.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
Detroit Dots.

Mrs. W. H. Lamb has returned from
Excelsior Springs, Mo-, where she was
visiting for her health and we are ga
to learn that She mas been greatly be-"
fitted by so doing.
R. Z. Munsel is sick with the material
fever. DR. Brooks in attendance.
Mrs. Fred KilgOre has gone to Illinois,
being called there by the death of her
father, Mr.. Crum.
Miss May Shea, of Sherman township,
was visiting Detroit friends last week.
Kirkpatrick Brothers are engaged in
threshing wheat for the Wagner boys
who have 200 acres of this cereal, yield
ing from 20 to 80 bushels per acre.
The following teachers enrolled at
the Normal Institute Monday, w. IL.
Wagner, Miss May Taylor, B. F. Smith
and Miss Nettie Lawson.
Mr. E. F. Finley, L. S. Post Office
Inspector was in town Monday looking
up the interests of the Department.
Mr.. F. is a very clever gentleman, a
good talker and, best of all, genuine
Democrat from the State of Kentucky
where Republicanism has long since
ceased to grow luXuriently.
DEFENDER.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
Chapman Chips.

The hog market ispretty we'll cleared
up around Chapman.
Some of the newly thrashed winter
wheat is finding its way to Dawson Il
Ellison's elevator. 1t is of fine quality
but the price makes the farmer ''get up
and howl'' at the railroad monopolists.
There are no real estate transactions
in these hard times. Land business has
come to a dead stand still, and the
agents long for some improvements to
give them courage.
There is quite an amount of old
wheat and corn coming in to the eleva-
tors. There is considerable of this old
grain in the country and farmers will
not desire to carry it over another year.
The sooner it is sold the better.
The rain fell in torrents last Monday
morning about o'clock. People had
waited patiently many weary days and
nights, praying ~ for this, and at last
it came; but, the question now Is, how
much good can the rain that fell in half
an hour do towards perfecti.. an i'm
mence corn crop. Probably half crop
will be the final result, and this Will be
large when one considers the vast acre
age planted to that cereal in this vicini-
ty.
The gardens about town are on the
dried up list and do not furnish many
vegetables.
There is photographer who has 10
Gated near Whitehead'S store.
There was trouble last Saturday IN
the Baker Restaurant, or billiard room
under the Opera House.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
A Mass Convention.

At a meeting of the representative
men from the Fifth Congressman Dis
trict, held in Topeka, July S, it was
unanimously
Resolred, That a call for a mass
meeting of Republicans and others,
who disapprove of the action of the
COncordia convention in comprising
the defeat of Hon. John y. Anderson,
in opposition to the instructions given
by the people; and by series of frauds
which make the action of the conven-
ton to be not binding upon the party;
said mass convention to be held at Clay
Center, July %, 1856, at p. N.
G. II. NICHOLS, Chairman.
c. A. CAMPBELL, Secretary.-Jimction
City Union.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

Socialism and Communism ought
never to be upheld by any man who is
in favor of good government. But who
are the most guilty, the one who makes
communistic speeches or the one who
instead of preaching it practices it..
Herr Most was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for using his mouth toe freely,
but all over the country are sharks who
are looked up to as the leading men of
the different towns who are carrying
out the very doctrine that he advocated.
Farm after farm and the little home in
town is swept away from the pennilesS
victim, of the two and three per cent.
month socialist. They call it business.
A man goes into bankruptcy and de-
frauds honest men, he has his money
and he moves in society, but the man
who advocates a division of wealth is
called a red-mouthed socialist. The
man who practices it and skins his
neighbors is called shreWd.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
Whiskey and Water.

The funniest thing in contemporary
politics is the desperate effort of the
Republicans to keep hold of the prohi-
tionists without losing the license men.
Unfortunately, the ProhibitiOnistS have
a clear idea Of what they want, and are
not to be bamboozled by beautiful resO-
lutions at conferences Of anti-SalOOn
Republicans who claim that rum is a
curse. The prohibitionists made up
their mind about the qualities of rum
long ago, and believe that the way to
stop the curse is TO stop the sale.
The Republicans are working for
votes and the ProhibitlOnists for a prin-
ciple. 1t will be difficult to establish a
1loduS r1rendi between them in any
state in which the prohibition element
is not indisputeably the greater.
Nothing but water for us" cry the
Republicans in a seeming ecstacy of
virtue; but when they think the Prohi-
tionists are out of hearing, they add,
for the consolation of the saloon men,
"Whiskey for water, of course But
the Prohibitionists are looking, and
they catch the Republicans looking to-
ward the saloon men and smiling.
1t Will not be the fault of the PrOhi-
bitionists if the Republican party
doesn't smile out of the other side Of
its mouth after the State elections.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
Tariff Tinkering.

Monopoly tarifites have a habit of
protesting very blatantly and very fire.
quently against what they call tariff
"tmkerlng', and at the same time of
highly lauding what they call the pres
ent tariff system
The thief who cries stop thief to dis
tract the pursueing crowd is an angel
OF light In the matter OF attempted de-
ceptlon, as compared with those who
denounce tariff reformers as tariff
thinkers. What they call the present
tarltt system is tie result of acts
severally passed as follows; March 2,
Aug 8 and Dec. "a, '6I; July 1, '62:
March IS; June 80 '64; March 3 '65;
March 10: May Is, June l and July s,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

John \. Anderson has written a let
ter to the republican congressional
committee in which he states that he
will be candidate, yet he must be con-
sidered solely in the hands of republic
cans, and gives as one of the reasons
for committing himself entirely in the
hands of the republican voters, ''that
he is sincere and thorough republican,
believing the republican principles to
be the best for the people, This
makes the fight directly between Wilson
and Anderson, and between the two,
Anderson viii poll nearly two republic
can votes to Wilson's one, and he ought
to,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

Senator ingalls,, of this State, voted
against the continuation of J. G Matt
hewS, the cOlOred appointee of Presi-
dent Cleveland as Recorder of Deeds in
the District of Columbia. Mr.. Ingalls,
sole reason for thus voting is avowed to
have been the fact that Mr.. Matthews,
who was shown by evidence before the
committee to be good man, was a
Democrat and that it would be bad
politics to put SO good q colOred Demo-
crat in office.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

n. F. Acers, U. S. Collector for the
District of Kansas, has forwarded to
the Department his report for the yeal
ending June 3Oth, 1886. AS compared
with last year, the following it the re
suit. For the year ending June 3Oth,
1885, the receipts were $40, 2O2. OF.
For the year ending June 3Oth, 1856.
1921 ,146.4S, increase of S33, 943.46. A
pretty good showing for prohibition
sas.-Labette Democrat.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

While the republicans are full of
Boosting as to their love for prohibition
neither the Chronicle or Gazette dare
publish the full proceedings of the Pro-
hibition State Convention, but the Re-
FLECToR besides being a democratic
paper and in favor of high license is a
paper in the interest of the people and
for the people, so our prohibition
friends can find full proceedings Of the
State Convention on the inside of this
paper.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
WednesdaV. Jnlv % 1886.

at o'clock p NJ, to take into consider
alton the political situation of the Fifth
Congressional District, and to place il
the field candidate for Congress.
Delegates should be sent from the
several counties in the district as
follows: Davis, ), Clay s; Cloud, 8;
Dickinson. 9; Marshall, 8; Ottowa, 6:
Republic s; Riley, 6; Saline, s, and
Washington, 8.
1t is recommended that conventions
for the election of delegates be held in
several counties on Saturday, July "a
S. d. UNDERWOOD, Chairman.
CHAs. S. DAVIS, Secretary.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

The grand jury of Green county, Mo-,
a short time ago squashed the charges
against Mrs. Molloy, the evidence not
being strong enough to hold her for
trial. Mrs. MOlloy is now visiting at
her fathers home, W. L. Barrett, in
South Bend, Ind, where she will devote
- summer in writing a book giving
tie true inWardness of her con-
nectiOn with the Graham case and re.
viewing her life and work.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
A Full Bill of Fare.

If the congressional fight in this dis
trict does not become very interesting,
it will not be the fault of the politicians,
for they are endeavoring to present our
voters with full Bill of Fare. A Re-
publican, a democratic, greenbacker,
independent and prohibition candidate
will be the chief items on this bill of
fare to select from. The man who
can't find something on this bill of fare
must be hard to please or else he is a
sufferer from indigestion.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
The Prohibition State Convention.

MEsSRS. EDIToRS.-On the morning
of the 18th inst, R. J. Finley, S. NJ.
Lesher, j. NJ. Stuart and S. 7. Haring-
ton left the cares of business in the city
of Abilene and took passage in Mr..
Stuart's bus for the city of Hope,
where they took passage on the NJ. p.
R. R., and were joined by J. II. Lucas
and the delegations from Saline and
Lincoln counties, who, as well as the
Dickinson county delegation, were on
their way to the Prohibition State Con-
vention. We found Hope, Harrington
andCOuncilGrove lively business towns,
having received a new impetus by the
acquisition of railroad communication.
The county is simply beautiful, but the
corn crop is suffering for the want OF
rain and must be failure unless rain
comes soon.
Upon arriving at EmpOria we found
the city thronged with visitors and rep
resentatives to the convention, all seem
ing to be inspired with the enthusiasm
of the occasion. The meetings were
held in the opera house. About three
hundred delegates were present. \
number of representative speakers were
there-amOng whom were DR.. Funk, OF
New Y ork, editor of the Voice; NJ. J
Tanning, the live IriShman, from Mich
] igan, and member of the VOice staff;
Prof. n. A. Hopkins, of Rochester, n.
Y; J. o. Pickering and Gov. st. John.
of Olathe. Meetings were held in the
evening in Fremont Park, at which
large concourses of people assembled
and were addressed with speeches of
great power, which did not fail to carry
conviction to the hearts of many who
were heretofore bound to old party lines
and could not give them up.
The candidates nominated on the
State ticket are all strong men, well
qualified for the positions for which
they have been nominated. They are
men of great moral and intellectual
ability and would be an honor to any
State. (FOr ticket see inside of this
paper.)
The delegates from the 9Th Congress
sional district met and resolved to hold
a mass convention at Abilene on 18th
of August, to put in nomination cam
didate for Congress. Good speakers
will be present. The good cause of
moral and political reform is moving on
to certain and triumphant victory, and
do not forget it. s. L. III.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
Editors Meeting.

The Kansas Democratic Editors
and Publishers association will meet in
the city of Leavenworth, on Tuesday,
August 3, 1856, at $50 o'clock p. m.
All members of the association are
earnestly requested to attend the meet
ing as matters of Importance to every
editor and publisher in Kansas viii be
discussed.
Every Democratic editor and pub
Usher in the state are cordially invited,
and earnestly urged to meet with the
association on the above occasion.
V. J. LANE,
President.
J. B. CHAPMAN, Secretary.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

One Rutherford B. Hayes lifts him.
self from the obScurity of six years to
complain against President Cleveland s
vetoes. The only veto which Mr.. HAYES.
at that time fraudulently occupying the
Presidential chair, attempted that of
the silver bill-was slapped in his face
with a vigor that was really brutal.
Congress did not even go through the
customary forms. 1t seemed to be its
desire to show to the fraudulent Presi-
dent how thoroughly every one in both
Houses despiSed him. He is pretty
fellow to be peeping now against Mr..
Cleveland, when both the country and
the Congress are with its President.
The only good thing that Mr.. Hayes
ever did for this land was to keep quiet
after he went out of office. Why should
he grow weary of this well doing?
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
A Peoples Movement.

a call has been made for an indie
pendent State Convention to be held at
Topeka on the 25th day of August.
1856, to further perfect state organiza-
ton and to nominate state ticket.
The call sets forth that this is dis
tlnctly a peoples movement, and not
intended to be a renewal of the old
greenback or anti-monopoly party.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

When the Democratic Congressional
Convention meets at Clay Center to
nominate a candidate for Congress they
can name a man that will win the race
in the Fifth district, and that man is
Col. Palmer, of Salina. Col. Palmer is
a man of good ability, with a character
above reprOach, he could enter the cam
paign with a spotless name and make
an aggressive fight.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

The first train of eighty car loads of
tea bound from Japan to Europe passed
through Omaha Friday, having made
better than passenger time on the run
from San Francisco to this city. y con-
test is taking place to determine whether
tea can be shipped from China and Japan
to Europe quicker by the American
overland route or by the Suez canal
route.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
= emocratic Convention.

4 delegate convention Of the Demo
Gratis of Dickinson county will be held at
the Court House, in the city of Abilene
on Saturday, July 24th, 1886, at =
O'Clock D. m. for the purpose Of select
ing eight delegates and eight alternateS
to represent Dickinson county IN the
state Democratic convention which
meets at Leavenworth, Kansas, Aug
4th, 1886, to nominate candidates for
state officers. Also to select eight del
egates and eight alternates to represent
Dickinson county in the congressional
convention which meets at Clay Center
on the 1st day of September 1886.
The delegates and alternates to the
county convention will be elected or
selected at the places of holding cleo
tions in each voting precinct by the
democratic voters Of said precinct III
caucus assembled Oh Thursday, July
22d, 1856 at 3 o'clock, p. N. The dele
gates and alternates of each voting
precinct will present credentials signed
by the chairman of the caucus. The
basis of representation is two delegates
and two alternates for each voting pre-
cinct in the county.
W. II. EICIOLTZ,
Chm Democratic Central Com.
B. L. STROTHER, Sec'y.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

Hon. Z. J. Turner received the Re
publican nomination for Congress from
the Sixth District last Saturday, over
Hanback,, Oh the one hundred and ninth
ballot
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
Peoples Mass Convention.
L. J. G.. SMITH,
Secretary.

a Mass convention of the voters of
Dickinson county will be held at Enter
prise at p. II. on Saturday July 9th,
1856, to take measures TO secure the
reelection of Hon. John y. Anderson
and to elect delegates to the Clay Center
convention Of July 18th. Let the people
turn out en-masse to rebuke railroad
sespotism and traitrous delegates.
John Latte. c. B. Hoffman.
J. b. Ehrsam, l.. O. JaderbOrg,
J. +. Buhrer, L. <. Calene.
G.. Nelson, +. NJ. Watkins,
5. HOldSwOrth, W. +. FanSen.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

1t would seem that the people are de-
termined to possess the promised
and''-OklahOma,-as raid is now
being organized by at least 5000 men
who claim that they will enter the ter
ritory about the first of September, and
that they will go prepared to stay.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

1t is now claimed by Eastern specu-
latOrs that wheat will reach higher
price this fall than has been quoted the
last two years. The REFLECTOR trusts
that our farmers may realize the above
TO De true,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

Judge Wilson was in the city last
Thursday and Friday. He was shaking
hands with the boys; the main shaking
will be done next November, and the
Judge will say.
s'For of all sad words Of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: 1t might have been
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

The Republican party of Kansas
takes the ground that it owes nothing
to the cOlOred man. 1t says: 1--WE
freed the negro and he has to vote as
we say. We viii never put another
black man upon our state ticket"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
A Good Resolution.

Republican journals are striking ter
rifle blows at Mr.. Morrison'S resolution,
which lately passed the House, prOvid-
ing that when the surplus in the treas
ury exceeded 500, 200, 600 said excess
should be applied to the payment of
United States bonds. They see in the
resolution a scheme to force bOndhOl-
ders to accept silver dollars for their
bonds, and say that it will be national
dishonor to give silver where gold has
been promised. Out in this part of the
country silver dollar buys as much as
a gold dollar, and western and southern
people will not consider it dishonest to
pay silver for bonds. If gold was not
the money of monopoly the republican
press could find no fault with Mr.. Nor
rison's resolution.
According to the last report the items
in the treasury were as follows:
Gold coin and bullion above outstand-
ing certificates. ................S 106, 1pd, 149
Silver dollars and bullion above out
standing certificates, .... 90, ,539
United States notes above outstand-
ing certificates, ................... 22,s68, 81
Deposits in nOtiOnal banks and ma
tional bank notes, 1859 ,2l3
TOTAL, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SZ|,oSuoIo
Against this there was owing for ac-
crued interest, for lawful money re-
ceived to redeem retired national bank
notes, and for disbursing accounts i'm
mediately payable, total of s115, 329,-
7OS, leaving surplus of S175,191, ITO.
Deducting from this surplus the $780,
100000 set apart by the resolution,
there remains for the payment of bonds
the sum of S75, 191, ITO.
The resolution of Mr.. Morrison's is
good one and it should pass the Senate
and become a law. For what reason,
and for whose benefit, should the peo-
pie of the United States be compelled
to go on paying interest on seventy-five
millions of dollars when they have,
lying idle and useless in their Treasury,
the money to pay off the debt.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

There were about eight thousand
teachers present at the National Teach
ers Association held at Topeka last
week. Kansas was represented with
something like two thousand.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

Several of the counties which have
elected delegates to the Democratic
state convention have instructed for
Colonel Moonlight for governor.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

The Chicago Times says: ''Mr Tilden
is being nominated some more for Pres
idency. Can not age wither nor custom
stale this hearty chesnut?"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
Democratic District Convention.

A delegate convention Of the Demo
Gratis of the Fifth Congressional Dis
trict of Kansas, is hereby called to
meet at Clay Center, Kansas, on We'd
nesday, Sept 1st. 1856, at O'Clock p.
m, for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for Congress from the fifth
district of Kansas. The basis Of rep
reSentation to be the same as that of
the State convention, as follows:
Riley, ) Clay, )
Dickinson, s Cloud, Is
Davis, Marshall, 8
Ottawa, / Republic, 5
Saline, Washington, 6
1t is recommended that the primar
les be held in the representative town.
ships on Saturday, August, 18th 1885.
The manner or electing delegates and
alternates will be determined by the
county Central committee. by order
OF the Democratic Congressional COM
mittee of the Fifth District this Sth
day Of July, 1886.
l.. Ill. LIFTS,
Chairman.
T. J. G. SMITH,
Secretary.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

Maxwell, the murderer of Preller,
has been sentenced to be hanged Aug
ust 9th.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22
To all Greenbackers and Anti-Monopc-
lists:

a Delegate Convention is hereby
called to meet in Clay Center, Kansas,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

Full account of the Prohibition State
Convention-platfOrm, ticket, &c.,-
the inside of this paper.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-22

Over S1O,OOO,OOO were paid out of
tie I. S. Treasury last week for pen
siOnS alone.