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Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08
PANHANDLE POINTS.

MIAMI, Roberts County, Texas, May g.
To tAe Editor Of the Easis-
The citizens of Miami offer good in
dacements TO good, live newspaper.
George Bennett returned from Wichita
yesterday and now sings the praises Of
that city.
The EAGLE contains more news than
any paper read here, J.. CT.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

Adopting the plea or excuse set up by
Slr Henri Watterson, who, when the alb
surdity of his proposition TO carry one
hundred thousand unarmed Kentuckians
to Washington TO see that Tilden was in
Rugurated was brought to his attention
by public ridicule, tried to laugh it off
as one of his jokes, Senator Voorhees,
would make the people believe now that
ne was only in fun in 1902 in his
speeches and letters of sympathy with
the southern cause. They are hpmor-
ous set, some of the Democratic states
men.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

We do not doubt that, with the present
means of communication between the
heads of great powers, the American
diplomatic service might be dispensed
with alt ogether. But so long as it lasts
it should be upheld with dignity and in
telligence. 1t should be filled with our
abfest and most polished public men,
and made to reflect not only the power
and greatness of the government, but the
enlightenment and good breeding of the
people. That was the case from
the time of the Adams and
Franklin missions down to that
of the ministries OF James Russell
Lowell. Andrew d. White. Levi P. Nor
ton and w. w. Astor. But with Bayard
came In an era of cheap, crossroads pol
ltlcianS, broken adventures and brum-
magen statesmen in whose hands the
American reputation has met many sad
and dIsquieting miSchances. These OBJ
servations are prompted by the sorry
spectacle and bunglng mess that has
been made by the present representative
of the diplomatic department of the gov
ernment, Secretary Bayard. in his man
agement of the nations foreign policy.
notably in Mexico and with Canada.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

The Atlanta Constitution admits that
it has determined to support Mr.. Cleve-
land and drop the protective tariff issue
because the Constitutions first allie
glance is to the Democrstic party, and
the reelection of Mr.. Cleveland is the
grestest work which the party must per-
form this year" And every other paper
ir the south with Democratic proclivi-
ties will do likewise. Anyone who pins
taith to any other expectation, as we
have before remarked, is basing hope on
a vain deluSion.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

There are perhaps more lndisnians III
Kansas than citizens from any other
state, and large per cent of them were
Union soldiers. We take occasion to re-
mark the almost wonderful unanimitv
with which they endoSe Senator ingalls,
recent terrific castigatlon of Voorhees,.
knowing the characteristics and history
of the much vaunted Tall Sycamore.
they are in position to appreciate such
an expose of him as was made by the
senior Kansas senator.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

Disraeli, the English premier was
defeated several times before he was
elected to parliament. In one of his
speeches on the hustings he denounced
Daniel O'Connell, the great Irish agi-
tator, as a ''bloody traitor" to which
Mr.. O'Connell made the retort; For
aught l know, the present Disraeliis the
true heir-at-law of the impenitent thief
who died on the cross"
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

Lake Michigan, according to Chicago
engineers, is this year foot lower than
a year ago, and one and six-tenths feet
lower than in 1886. The effects of the
low water, it is said, are felt at almost
every port on the lake, but especially at
the mouth Of the Chicago river. where
extensive dredging will have to be done
tomake proper channel. If this last
statement is true it may accelerate the
current of that sluggish stream so that
it can be made to serve the city the pur-
pose of carrying off part of its sewage,
and obviate the necessity of closing the
stream and filling its channel through
the city and turning the water into the
lake through canal outside the city
limits. as has been suggested, in order TO
get rid of the nuisance which the river
has been repeatedly declared. However,
the reported sinking of the lake is an oft
told tale: it may be true, and it may not,
most likely the latter.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

is as stubbornly bent on having his own
way as ever. In this deplorable condi-
tion of affairs, a single ray of hope IS
vouchsafed in the news that party Of
the sultan's soldiers Drained British
subject (addicteda amateur photography
the other day, just as he had brought his
camera to bear on them. If the British
government should now send cruiser
or two to Tangier, the moral support of
their preeence there may enable Mr.
Lewis to bring our little affair to salts
factory issue. Muley Hassan is said to
have spoken in terms of gross disrespect
about the U. S. S. Enterprise on the oc-
casion of her recent visit to Tangier, and
ne has hardly had time yetto hear about
Mr.. Whitneys new marine terrors, the
Yorktown and the Vesuvius.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

Mr.. Blaine is a perfect shocking
machine to the Democratic household.
The mere mention of his name knocks
them silly, and it takes them days to re-
cover. If Blaine should be nominated
the opposition would be knocked COM
pletely out of Uime-they would just
fling up the sponge.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

Harper's Weekly thinks that any
journal honestly interested in civil ser
vice reform is bound TO acknowledge
that this administration has ''done prac-
tically nothing to restrain the hand of a
Spoils successor" But it goes right on in
its support of the administration just the
same. This is mugwumpery in the
hinhncf
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

In Saturdays EAGLE there appeared
communication from Texas in which
that community was made to appear in
rather discreditable light in some of its
social features. Had the article been
scanned as closely as is our wont it
would have been withheld from publica-
ton, although the writer, who has since
returned to the city, in note to the
editor disclaims .any intention of COM
promising the good name of Texas or
wounding the state pride of the thous-
ands of its loyal citizens who yet have
no sympathy with the features referred
to and described by our correspondent.
Kansas has nothing but the kindliest
feeling for her southern neighbors, with
whom special effort has been and is still
being made to cultivate reciprocal rela-
tons in business and social way, and
nothing could be farther from the pur-
pose or intention of the liberal and intel
hgent Kansans than to wantonly offend
those they are pleased to esteem their
friends.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

It begins to look as though the present
sultan of Morocco was appropriately
named. Consul-General Lewis reports
that. after as good as consenting TO refer
the matters in dispute between him and
the United States TO arbitration, Muley
Hassan has kicked out Of the traces and
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

It's real divertin', as Mrs. Grundy
would say, to observe the modified tone
of the Democratic press of the country
in speaking of the G.. A. r. since the re-
ported admission to honorary member
ship in that organization of General Joe
job nson, late C. S. A. The able general
has done one good thing by his petition
whether he is ever admitted to member
ship or not, and that is to stop the mouths
and pencils of adverse carping critics
OF course their criticisms and denuncia-
tions did the order no harm, and only
brought pity and contempt upon the
authors. Had GeneralJ ohnson followed
the example of General Longstreet and
a few other prominent ex-Confederates
and allied himself with the Republican
party, his application for membership in
the Philadelphia post would have been
denounced as an objectionable sin.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

One of the best descriptions of the
Blair bill to date is Dom Platt's in his
new magazine. 1t should have been ell
titled, he says, AN Act to Abolish, by
Act of Congress, the Constitution of the
United States"
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

If it be true, as Mr.. Cleveland's travel
ing consul declares, that 1.-The clothing
of the mass of the people is as cheap in
the United States as in England" " it is
also true that our system of tariff has
made it so, by protecting the industries
involved in its production so as to stimu-
late competition at home and thus force
the price down.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

The Abilene Gazette of Sunday con-
tains the announcement that it has
passed out of the hands of the Click syn
dicate, who dickered for it some months
ago but failed to ante, and into the
hands of another Democratic combine
headed by Thos. Kirby, who propose to
continue its publication as the only
morning Democratic daily in Kansas
that is, if the brethren throughout the
state will rally around it with enough
round dollars. R. j. Colver still retains
his seat on the editorial tripod.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

Since the appointment Of Mr.. Fuller to
the vacancy on the supreme court bench
has not been met with opposition from
the Republican press of the country the
Democrats are quite felicitous in praising
Mr.. Cleveland for showing his happy
faculty in doing the right thing at the
right time" In what strange contrast
is this from their grave yard silence over
the appointment of Mr.. Lamar to the
same bench, and of the presidents vetoes
of the pension bills. Oh, yes; he always
does the right thing at the right time.
1t is impossible for him to made any
mistakes. How the country managed
to get along for about 400 years, and how
the government founded by Washington
and Jefferson and their compatriots was
sustained for a hundred years without
him is mystery. And what will be-
come of it when he is gone? We shud-
der at the thought
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

In answer to the query What can be
more unanimous than unaninity," an
exchange answers by citing the late
Louisiana election. Eighty thousand
majority with only sixty thousand votes
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

The voters OF Kansas who are in favor OF a free
and untramme led and fair count, who favor
strict enforce ment of the law: who cherish the de.
tenders of the country and favor a liberal pension
to ali who are disabled. who favor such laws as viii
protect home productions home manufactures, ard
home labor, who favor free schools and popular
education and who are in favor of again placing
the government in the hands Of those who saved 1t
instead of those who sought its destruction, cor
daily invited to participate in the primaries county
and state conventions.
P.L BONEBRAKE,
HENRY BRANDLEY, Chairman.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

Hon. A. c. Heber. delegate to the Re
publican convention at Chicago, on be-
ing asked as to his preference for presi-
dent, says: Personally, / would rather
fight the political battle next fall under
the leadership of the 'plumed knight
than any other. But | do not think the
members of the Kansas delegation ought
to insist on their own preferences. They
should rather seek to secure the nomina-
ton of man who will be most accepta-
BILE to the Republicans in New York, In
diana, New Jersey and Connecticut"
Mr.. Heber represents the feelings and
sentiments of a large majority of the
Republicans of Kansas. Mr.. Blaine
is the first choice of an overwhelming
majority of the party: they are neverthe-
less loyal to the best interests of the party
and country at large, and will cheerfully
acquiesce in the action of the Chicago
convention.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

delegate convention of the Republicans q. q !
Kansas will be held in the city of Wichita on the y
,ay Of May 1883 the hour of u o'clock NJ for the
election of scur delegates and four aternaies 10 1e
National Republican convention to be held IN Chl-
caeo June IL 1855. Also for the nomination OF TWO
presidential electors. ,,. -,
Also a delegate convention OF the Republicans on
Kansas will be held in the city OF Topeka on t1e
9th day of Tuly lssS at the hour of y o'clock NJ,
for the nomination of candidates for;
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary of State.
Auditor OF State
Treasurer OF State.
Attorney General.
Superintendent of Public instruction.
Delegates 10 the conventions mentioned above
shall be elected by county conventions GUY Called
BY the several county Republican @ @ uII
der such rules and regulations as NAV be Dy Ihein
nrescribed The county conventions to be held not
fater Nav 1855 The basis OF apportlonrnent OF
delegates to said state conventions viii be- one
deieate and one alternate 10 each 4u votes cast Tor
Timothy Mccarthy for auditor OF state, NoyeIn per
issS or fraction of 200 more votes. one delegate
ard one afsTnate each will be allowed 10 all unor-
panzed counties and counties organized since NOV;
8 1856 Delegates are apportloneo 10 the se'eidl
counties as follows, to-wlt:
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08


The Chicago News affirms that it is un-
derstood that the Hon. j. j. ingalls, of
Kansas, is cooked and primed for the Hon.
George V. Vest, of Missouri. Perhaps he
is. There is one gentleman, however, for
whom the Hon. j. j. ingalls, is neither
cooked nor primed. That gentleman IS
the Hon. J. Blackburn, of Kentucky.
Mr.. ingalls, never sits on bent pin a
second time.-kansas City Times.
AS to the gentleman from Kentucky,
the Hon. j. Black burn, the senator from
Kansas will not have occasion TO sit
down on him again. The last incident
of that kind took the crooks all out of
him, and flattened him out and blunted
the point until it wouldn't stick anything.
No, the Versailles statesman knows when
he's got enough. You may stick a
straight pin here.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

1t is an interesting circumstance that
the leading Democratic newspapers of
New York, the Sun and World-differ-
ing as to most things nowadays-agree
that Melville w. Fuller, of Chicago, for
chief justice of the United States is a
mistake. eff it was essential" remarks
the latter newspaper, ''to find Demo-
cratic chief justice, is there not Demo-
crat on the bench or at the bar of the
United States or of any state who is dis
tinguished as a LAWYER and jurist, and
who would have been recognized at once
as worthy successor Of Jay, Ellsworth,
Marshall or Taney? Was it necessary to
take for such an important judicial office
in the republic an untried and compara-
lively unknown man." In other words,
can aAy good come out of Nazareth?
These questions are certainly pertinent
enough. but they bear very little signifi-
canoe as to the prevailing opinion in re-
gard to the new appointee. New York
is a great state, but it does not contain
all the brains and ability for official posi-
ton in the country by big majority.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

Miss Francis Willard and her sister
delegates haven't got into the general
conference yet, and their getting in at all
seems now rather probIematical. The
committee of seventeen to which the
matter was referred reports (six mem
bers dissenting) that under the existing
laws of the church women are not eligl-
BILE to seats in that august body. But
the champions of the sisters are to meet
the conservatives in free debate on the
conference floor, and perhaps their argu-
ments may be so weighty and their elo-
quence SO winning as to bring over a
majority of the delegates to their side.
We notice, however, that ex-senator
Warner Miller signed the report, and he
is pretty good debater himself.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

Total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SD
1t will requira 412 votes to nominate
candidate.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

OF the men who are fAih~d Of for SEC
retary Of state in tbs Repsblso4n party
~e want TO say . word fer Noble frssxss
q Ksnszs boy and Kansas man. ai~ays
true 70 hA state. workins hn vsy
by bis own exerrsone 20 poaxsoes ssd
standing. Gsni4l. toyzi, bones<, Soois
Prsnias Il deserving cf Fscoxnrsson from
the ssate Of Kans4a. --Axkanzxs City D1s-
paIca.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

Senator Ingalls, asked two days in which
to revise his speech. He and Senator
Voorhees, could very well afford to eXpunge
from the Record their war of words. Ora
tory of the ''you-areo onother" class is
never edifying or dignitied.-kanaas City
Star.
You see it depends altogether whose
OK is gored. In former bout between
the senior Kansas senator and the junior
Kentucky statesman in which it was
claimed by his enthusiastic admirers
that the latter gentleman got the bet
ter of his opponent because, forsooth, he
was led into making an unguarded ex-
preston that admitted of construction
he did not mean to put upon it, they all
thought it grand display of oratory and
craftsmanship. But when their cham
pion gets downed, you see it altogether a
different thing.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08

THE Republican national convention
will he a large, as well as a thoroughly
representative body. 1t will be consti-
futad of SOD delecates as follows.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-08
1Hk LONDON AaClEs1o.
r IN 's.- Ysrx Tine.

Iosdon Letter n S.- Tsrk Tfz..
The approaching visft 20 Boston Of a
detachment Of the Hcnorabls Artillery
company Of London 10 take part In the
10th anniversary Of its offspring lssdz
70 the remark that il IL not wholly i'm
POSSIBLE that tbs parent sssociati0n may
cease 70 exist before IL reaches II 1854
year. The hsutent colonel, ths Dnhe of
PostIand, has resigned b>eanss be n not
allowed 70 do zs he likes. the Prince OF
v ales, as captain general and ooionsi.
Is said To contemplate . similar step.
and / shonid not wonder II the oompany
voluntarily dissolved before long scd
divided n corporate properly among Is
members. IL - said each man could
walk out in thls case With - .ooo bss
thi. result should Be avsrted. for the
onp&ny is not only the Oldest military
company IN the realm, Il . also tho oaly
one which exists without the aufhonty
Of parliament. and which takes no; even
one cartridge year out Of the pubic
pouch To I1ss the artillery company
would b< % la~e almost the last relic of
Tudor tsrses left To rs-sAss cur chcrrnnA
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-18
OUR POSTAL SERVICE.

lF there is anything in the world
that can beat Cleveland 1t is the
miserable inetllciency of tho postal
service during his administration
Paris News
The above sentence will be most
heal tily echoed al over Texas If no
where else. The destruction of the
train postal service, which stops the
public from mailing their matter at
the postal. car on trains, works an in
jury that cannot be estimated in dol
lars and GEMS. We cannot conceive
that it could have been any great bur
den on the government, and it was OF
inostimab.o service to the pub
lie, but ii this service must
be abandoned, the public
should at least have facilities in theiI
locaI postoltces of dong the business
Whatever may be the condition il
otler towns the service in Waco i
totally inadequate to ,he wants of th
town, Last summer during the pro
hibition campaign on account of in
sufficient service nearly half the ma
ter sent rom Waco had to be sent b
express, and even now, whe,
there is no rush at all. tn
EXAMINER on at leas
two trains las to be sent by express
ON account of meagre appropriation
tor clerks hire. the mail which leave
here NJ 3;-5 a. III, in the morning ha
to be put up and closed by p. IL
the night before making it lay in til
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-18
THE CITY CONVENTION

Tno .cit. democracy seem. t. have
rot,en ..Ifnto a tanple that II Win
Inc ,umo.t in.poss bic TO mend.
Tne Fourth ward acted strictly in
anc,,d win democratic usage aud
..'1... .,.,.us on..r. $40 IN ov-
rha ro,rlo ,loro mat.
o-.,.,,i .,o 1omoc-sc,. reoularh.
.,,.,,.l..I t,,,.sr., action Lav.
.tr,,.o and .oc~,t,ry and
',.7..,.... ,,.,i,o .,n,e,ton
r.r.1y.i,5 mr.. -,o,,. to hsve.u.r-
..,t, .ou,o c-ur.o rho opco,.d
.,-., ,....,., .r..,r,,ti,n in favor of
....!......, ,,., .,l,,r h, q ,ecuiisr
.,I.-..ii..,.l. 4r..L. mat cannot bo
,.,5or.to.d unless there WA. ol8X TO
,ri,.l faI.d to annoint dclcpnte-.
Inn, or orgonizat,on wns perfected.
oud+h.. .chairma, cau ot anv time ca
, ,n,o,;r. oln,t deiou.to. to attend
.,o co,y,,,io, or the o5cd The
l.;r-, wand Gr.t s.t down upon a
,o.,,,,;or oo.iu., nominations and
,ta,. .,.a,rn.,',L L,tc Same kindly act
sar r no.,.'n,i,n toyorino nomination..
5;a,,n,od ,,.,ncut doing any
rIro
There seem, to be great miscoucep-
tiou - to the proper method of dccid-
inc what course to'pursuc This cam OF
be done bv street corner discussion,
nor by one ward or two
! wards refusing to 20 into conference
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-18

works for S2s,000, with the stda
conditions that the town shOuIo 'ls
scribe for stock, and households
should pay $40 for water and e2is
for faucets, closets, etc The PFopO'!'
ton w0s rejected aud the town coll,,
Gil put up It's own WORKS at scON VI
$20,300, with charge of Only HW| WV
households, aud the works are !t!l'
ing a profit; GowandA, in the AI' ,iE
county, and Fredouia aud DlnAn,I
in Chautauqus county f0IoNa
the example of Randolph, and 81
equally atisfiied. jamestown,
neighborhood town, tried the pfnsr i,s
corporation plan, and the repolII ils-l a'r,
there is: GAS to jamestown, ! I
heard nothing but complaints; s,,.a a
still worse report comes fr0ll ,,o,,. up,
burg, ILL.,, which has private y'p'.r .r :.
tion works. "They have oeeuw osy + to|
noyed by failure Of the comgnu: .H:strl|
fulfill its promises and BY Pe'ItSSr IItSr
litigation, that they wouIa -: sST vi
puecHnst ldIe for two go' years" The ezp'f9ss
with viii electric lights is similal' ~
City, Mich, after paying an lid
for D several pi Years, put in plant ~ ~ y
own. aud now gets its lights at NJ NJ
oi III si2 81 a wear each. LewlstoTD, ,s@l ni
for several years paid a prisa" "rsbt|
pan, So to G5 cents a nighl = -, Oi,ors,:l
burning til IN doiglt; but II duS lu5 nod
xii 200 IN a pIaut OF its own ANU spaN \
keeps its lights burning III Il NJ: ne: "
a cost of II cents night l.,,icitr !.
ter power for generating el.C%Tit ,ior ia
w. wien IN the private corPoraniIsG5lt il
puts up the, water or the sn.ine:; iE |
works understands us of og EIgaGl
"A ''la4ps gentleman m who is ,e! at,o'p1s sns,
told me thai his skill has o'vn gstei
t in assisting them to pump beep " 4
water their stock. IL h"d ",J III i d
: tered srmn and again anu NJ coss
f sIi,I sI NECESSARY Ce to add to 1t 10 "
tho enormous profits h prot
= comes 70 from his careful op,s' ,s ~
} is that, when q Town il had b
works or lighting WORKS, woiT5,',.nnri !, ri R,2
a put them up itscIf.-Nl Nl''0"'
G lean. -------
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-18
WATER AND LIGHT.
Some Figures For Waco People
to Consider.

10 COQSlQer.
1t has become so common q habit in
Missouri ard other western states for
tlOuri hing and ambitious towns to
contract with nonresident persons
and companies for the establishment
of water works, gas works, aud cleo
trio light that littlo Information on
the subject will not be inopportune.
Prof Ely of the John Hopkins uni
versitY, one of the members OF the
Maryland tax commission, has made
an investigation OF these water works
and lighting contracts in several
northern states and discovered that
they are, almost invariably, costly, an
nOylug and disapp ointlng. He says:
81 have looked into the experience of
a hole group of towns in New Iork,
and they tell one story. | have made
'pecial invest CATION of water supply
in several towns, and have yet to
find once instance in which munici-
pal self-help did not work better than
the Deneticent patriotism of private
corporations The experience OF
Randolph, Cattaraugus county, New
\ ork, tells the story for all The
town waited water works, and the
lowest bid it could get was from 6
company that offered to put up the