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Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
PUEBLO, COL. April 2.
GOOD MAN GONE WRONG.
Hartford Cosrant.

Hartford Cosrant.
We observe that the Democratic tariff
snlashers are extracting much comfort
and encouragement from knute Nelson S
speech in the house last Thursday
more, perhaps, than they are fairly en-
titled to.
1t must be admitted that some of Mr.
Nelson's phrases (as well as argument
were borrowed from their stock, and
have strange and displeasing sound in
Republican MOUTHS, for instance.
his unjust and uncalled for sneer at
1.-The selfish nreed of the New England
manufacturer, which is not atoned for
by his subsequent declaration that there
is no human being he so loves and
admires as 1.-The New England Yankee
transplanted to our boundless and
eXuberant west"
When, by way of comment on Mr..
Nelson's avowal that he was for free
sugar, free coal, free salt and free lunl-
Der" Mr. Funston of Kansas asked him
why he didn't add free wheat" to his
list, the member from wheat-growing
Minnesota had nothing to say.
Mr.. Nelson has erred in one direction
as some ultra high-tariff men are in
danger of errtng in the other direction;
but is it, after all, a case for producing
bell, book and candle and proceeding to
the painful function of political excom-
munication? Mr.. Nelson may see some
things in clearer and juster light with
further observation and reflection. At
present he is for what he calls a lust
low-tariff,' under existing circum-
stances, as against the present tariff. but
in the same breath he tells us that he is
protectionist and not free
trader. Il am in favor of a
fair and just protective tariff" he SAYS.
The principle Of protection once honestly
accepted, there is room enough in the
Republican party for wide EMERGENCIES
of opinion as to details. 1t is not the
essence of the Republican faith, even
among those New England manufacture
ers of whom Mr.. Nelson thinks so badly.
that man should regard the present
tariff with adoring awe as perfect mon
ment of human and legislative wisdom,
something too sacred to be touched
In point of fact, the intelligent Repub-
licans of our acquaintance are very gen.
orally agreed that a judicious revision of
the tariff by friendly and competent
hands is thing to be desired. What
they object to, what they are now resist
ing, is laundering revision by unfriend-
ly ana incompetent hands.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
LINCOLN ON APRIL %, 1891.

The following touching incident is
told for the first time in the Century S
Lincoln history, April installment: Lin
coin, by nature and habit so calm. so
equable, so undemonstrative, neverthe-
less passed this period of interrupted
communication and isolation from the
north in a state of nervous tension which
put all his great powers of mental and
physical endurance to their severest
trial General SCOTS reports. though
invariably expressing his confidence in
successful defense, frankly admitted the
evident danger: and the president, with
his acuteness of observation and his
rapidity and correctness of inference,
lost no single one of the external indica-
lions of doubt and apprehension. Day
after day prediction failed and hope was
deferred; troops did not come, ships
did not arrive, railroads remained
broken, messengers failed to
reach their destination. The
fact itself demonstrated that
he was environed by the unknown-and
that whether a union or a secession army
would first reach the capital was at best
an uncertainty. To coarse or vulgar
nature such situation would have
brought only one of two feelings-either
overpowering personal fear. or over
weening bravado. But Lincoln. almost
a giant in physical strength and stature.
combined in his intellectual nature a
masculine courage and power of logic
with sentimental tenderness as delicate
as womans, and an ideal sensitiveness
of conscience. This presidential trust
which he had assumed was TO him not a
mere regalia of rank and honor. It's ter
rible duties and responsibilities seemed
rather coat of steel armor, not only
heavy to bear, but cutting remorselessly
into the quick flesh, That one Of the
successors of Washington should find
himself even 10 this degree in the hands
of his enemies was personally humiliat-
ing: but that the majesty OF a great
nation should be thus insuIted and It's
visible symbols Of authority be placed IN
jeopardy; above all, that the hitherto
glorious example of the republic TO
other nations should stand in this peril
Of surprise and possible sudden collapse.
the constitution be scoffed and leered.
and human freedom become once more
a by-word and reproach--this must nave
begOt ID him an anxiety approaching
torture. In the ewes of his cOuntrvnen
and of the world he was holding the
scales of national destiny; be alone knew
that for the moment We forces which
made the beam vibrate with such un-
certainty were beyond his control. In
others society he gave no sign Of these
inner emotions. But once. on the after
noon OF the 23d. the business Of the day
being over. the executive Office deserted.
after walking the floor alone IN silent
thought for nearly half All hogir. he
stopped and gazed long and wistfuliy
out Of the window down the Potomic in
the direction Of the expected ships; and,
unconscious OF any presence IN the
room. broke out with irreTressi5le
anguish in the repeated exclamation.
Why don't they come. Why don't
they GOMEZ
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

A bill passed by the United States
senate provides for the appointment by
the president, by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, of commits
sion Of five persons, who shall be Sc
lected solely with reference to personal
fitness and capacity, for an honest, i'm
partial and thorough investigation of the
alcoholic liquor traffic, and who should
hold office until their duties shall be ac-
complished, but not to exceed two years.
1t shall be their duty to investigate the
relations Of the traffic to revenue and
taxation, and its general economic, Grim
inal, moral and scientific aspects in con-
nection with pauperism, crime, social
vice, the public health and general well
fare of the people; and also to inquire
and take testimony as TO the practical
results of license and prohibitory legisla-
ton for the prevention of intemperance
in the several states of the union. The
proposition affords pretext, basis for
periodic junketing tour OF the coun-
try at the public expense by as many
favored ones as are named in the bill,
but that its efforts will result in any
practical benefit to the public or the
cause of temperance nobody believes.
It's most too big boob.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
'TWOULD BE BUT JUSTICE.

The bill for refunding to the states the
amount of direct tax which they raised
for the general government in the early
part of the war. is meeting with some
Democratic opposition in the house. 1t
has already passed the senate, but there
are some Democrats IN the house, who
of all men have the least right to utter a
protest on this subject, who object now
to its passage. A sense Of propriety at
least ought to suggest that if they are
not in favor of returning to the loyal
states the money which was raised under
a direct tax to crush disloyalty and
treason, they ought at least to observe a
proper silence. The direct tax amount
ed to about 100000. 1t was levied
acts of congress approved in August,
1861, and June. 1852 The states in re-
bellion, of course, failed to pay any por-
ton of their tax. save where a small
part could be collected from districts
within the Union line. The states which
paid the in full the amount levied are as
fallnHS.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
ENCOURAGING TIE SUGAR IN
DUSTRY,

The Iowa legislature has shown a
practical interest in home industries by
passing an appropriation, or bounty, for
encouraging the manufacture of sugar
in that state. The experiment Of making
sugar from sorghum has been tried with
much success in Kansas and other por-
tons of the west, and If was believed
that a good article of sugar could be
manufactured from cane or beet root
grown in Iowa, as we'll as in other states.
1t has been the policy of this country to
encourage infant industries. to give them
such help at the beginning as to put
them on their feet and make them able
to take care of themselves. The state of
Iowa follows good precedent in pur-
suing the same course toward the sugar
industry. 1t would be a great adyant-
age each state can produce it at all if it
were able TO produce at home 4 consid
cradle part of the sugar it consumes. BY
offering this encouragement in the shape
of moderate bounty, test could be
made, and if there is any value 10 the
experiment it can be found out. The
Republican party believes in giving
bounties where it is necessary to en-
courage or protect them against in
furious competition from abroad.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
KANSAS NOTES.

4 new military company was organ
lied and mustered into state service at
Pittsburg, last week, by Col. 5. l.. Pat
rick Of the First Kansas guards. II will
be known as Company Sc of the First
regiment.
At Junction City Thursday Jack Bragg
and Hank Hampton. the murderers of
Pete Nelson. were sentenced TO the pen
itentiary for life. Rose Blackford. the
woman in the case goes up for fifteen
years.
Clark county farmers will try their
hands AT cotton raising this year. The
Ashland Clipper says: Three tons 81
cotton seed has been ordered this week
from Sherman. Texas IN be distributed
among our farmers, who will obligats
themselves to plart and cultivate J.
well.
Appomattox Is going 10 have an ex-
perimental garden company with a cap
ltal stock Of $4,000. TbE year they
viii commence with twelve acres. and
expect IT, have one Of the fnest gardens
IN the southwest ,--Gartcn City Senti-
mel!
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
AN EGG THAT WON'T HATCH.

The annual humbug of the Hennepin
canal has run through its race in con-
gress this year and been once more rele-
gated to obscurity. The fight was made
before the house committee on railroads
and canals, and after all that was said
by its earnest advocates and supporters,
a majority of the committee quietly sat
down upon this scheme and decided
upon an adverse report. So, without the
help of tho committee report, it will
stand no show before the house, and
will be laid away to rest along with 9TH
er jobs and impracticable schemes. The
men who are trying to make the country
believe that it is good policy now to in
vest several millions of money in a ditch
that will remain closed by the hand of
nature for third of every year are hav-
ing an uphill job. They might have sue
ceeded fifty years ago, but they are now
way behind the times. The paid lob
byist for the Hennepin canal scheme will
probably come up smiling each session
as long as the fund holds out. But their
efforts will be in vain, for the country
has no use for their job. The fact is
there are number of natural waterways
that could be made to do the public good
service if but 1.-THE of the money nee
essary to carry through this Hennepin
scheme were spent in removing obstruc-
tions and opening them to navigation,
but which are closed to commerce and
will doubtless remain closed because
they are not lucky enough to get into
the appropriation bill.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

Mr.. George w. Childs' paper is indig-
nant at the officious person who popped
up anonymously to suggest public sub
scription for the widow of Chief Justice
Waite. "That meddler," it says, Fought
to be sought out promptly and made an ex-
ample Of in the way of holding him up to
public contempt" We fail to see grounds
for a display of his indig. by George, I'M
less it be that he feels he should have had
the first say about raising the subscrip-
ton. The appropriateness of such a
move can hardly be questioned in view
of the statement that besides a home in
Washington the deceased justice only
left his family something like five thou
sand dollars.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

The city election in Cincinnati on
Monday demonstrated that the city has
gotten back to the Republican column
and proposes to stay there. For the last
few years it has had checkered career,
being subject to the frauds and corrup-
ton OF the Democrats and the crazy de-
lusions of some of the radical knights
of Labor men. Between the would-be
socialists and the Democratic corruption
lists the decent, self-respecting people of
Cincinnati have had hard time. But
the election this spring shows that the
labor vote, which only year ago reached
Is, coo, has dropped down TO 1900. The
Republican majority on the city ticket
averaged about 5000. With Cincinnati
reliably Republican, the old state of
which it is so important a part will re-
port for duty III splendid style at the fall
election. but whether such assurance
viii strengthen the chances of any one
of her favorite SONS for the presidential
nomination by the Republican eonven-
ton Is not so certain. The farther q state
Is removed from the position of doubtful
the weaker become the chances of cam
didates from such state, as a rule.
However, there are exceptions TO all
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

1t is claimed that Sherman wants ey-
President Hayes to present his name to
the national convention. He evidently
wants man who is in no danger of TAX
ing the nomination from him, as il is
claimed by some Garfield did in 1880
As to the effect of Gartields speech in
securing the nomination for himself. orr
notion is that it was unthought of and
consequently wholly unintentional on
his part. But it cannot be denied that
The effort gave the convention an oppor-
tunity to size up the man, so to speak.
and with such evidence of ability.
coupled with his otherwise known fitness
for the position nothing could have been
more natural than that the convention
should have nominated him when it
failed to agree upon either of the other
distinguished candidates before it. This
much in REPUTATION of an unjust insinu-
alton against a brave and honest man
who cannot speak for himself.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
follows:

\ few Of the states and territories are
still in default of the amount assessed
them. Instead of attempting at this late
day TO collect what Is due, it is simply
proposed 10 return 10 the states that
have paid. the amounts which they
furnished the government In its time of
need. 1t is Just and fair that now,
while the government has a surplus in
It's treasury and can well afford 10 re-
turn this money that it should restore TO
the states this sum which they advanced
when its treasury was empty and us
credit impaired.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

Our esteemed contempora the Fl.
Scott Monitor, should not take SO sorely
to heart little adverse criticisms of the
result and logic of defeat of its pet for
the time being agary:-female suffrage,
as applied to its own town. The EA-
Giles brief comment of Wednesday
upon the conditions attendant upon and
the result of the election in that place
Monday was based upon the Associated
Press report sent out from there, and our
understanding is that the Monitor is the
authorized and only press agent at that
place. If, therefore, there has been any
''falsehoods' or ''lies'' perpetrated in that
connection the use of an ordinary look
ing glass would enable the redoubtaple
champion of the cause to discover the
perpetrator without making trip.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
Under a Democratic administration

Under a Democratic administration
every Office it seems finds candidate
willing to accept it. A few weeks ago
the minister to Liberia resigned and re-
turned home, claiming that the salary
which he had been receiving was no in
ducement to keep him in that country
any longer. He claimed that the office
was very undesirable, and that the sur
roundings and advantages that had been
claimed had been greatly misrepresented,
and he was greatly disappointed. He
intimated that no self-respecting man
who had any hopes in life could afford to
take the Liberian mission at salary of
81 600 per year. But his letter of resig-
nation had scarcely been received before
the state department was flooded with
would be successors. There have been
any number of ambitious aspirants for
the place, and from the number Mr..
Cleveland has recently selected new
minister. Everything goes in these
times. \ Democrat can be found for
any office. and the only trouble is that
an office cannot be found for every DEM
ocrat.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

Some of the Kentucky newspapers
have fallen upon the desperate yet novel
scheme of burning their western ex-
changes, especially from Kansas, that
contain anything like boom article or
an item of news favorable to the devel-
opment and growth of their sections, lest
such exchange papers should fall into
the hands of some discontinued native
land his name is legion) who might be
induced-as thousands have-to get a
move on him and come west. Those
same papers never fail, however, to pub
lish, under flaming headlines, the most
scandalous and outra geously false state
ments that can be concocted by scribblers
of the Mulhattan sort, in regard to Kan
sas. But the efforts of our bourbonic
maligners to maintain thick darkness of
ignorance over that domain in regard to
this fair land are unavailing.
Through the clouds of smoke
produced by the burning newspapers,
intensified by the blackness of their
vicious fabrications, the bright rays of
sunshine that are reflected from the
smiling fields and meadows of this
glorious land, now and then flash into
the eyes of the most perspicacious, and
ever and anon they come, singly and in
companies, and when once upon the
scene they become so completely enam-
ored that conquest soon follows, terms of
reciprocity, SO to speak, are agreed upon
and they rarely fail to develop in short
order into enthusiastic, wide awake sue
cessful kansans. And that's what the
matter with the boycotters fret mem
toned above. 'Tis exasperating It's true;
true It's It's exasperatinr.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION

The voters OF Sedgwick county VINO believe IN the
principles of the Republican party are requested 10
assemble in their several townships ami wards be-
tween the hours OF two and seven O'Clock p. m IN
their usual voting places on SafGEGaE, april 2lst
1885, and there chose delegates and aiternateS VINO
will meet convention At the court house III Nlci-
ita "Wednesday, April 18th, at IL o'clock "a. m. TO
chose nine delegates to the Seventh congressional
District convention at Garden City on May LIST.
nine delegates to the state dee%atc convention AT
convention at Topeka July 18th, lsS Tor the nonln-
alton of state officers.
The npportionment is made for delegate and
one alternate for each 20 votes and each fraction Of
70 over that number cast for Timothy Mccarthy
or auditor state in
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

Gordon Taylor Hughes, of Ohio, sew
enteen years of age. son of the American
consul at Birmingham, England, after
four days of severe competitive exami-
nation in class of fifty-two, has been
awarded cambridge scholarship, valued
at $4,000, one of tine greatest prizes in
English school life. The competition
was open to boys under nineteen of all
nations. This isthe first instance of an
American winning an English sholar-
shin.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

There is much complaint from the
east of hard times and of great shrink
age in business. From the tone of the
dispatches and of local papers the con-
clusion would be that emigration to the
west would almost if not entirely fail.
But such Is not the case. Wichita has
been full of strangers for the past week.
The hotels. at least some of them. are
nearly as badly crowded as they were a
year ago. In all probability Wichita is
feeling the effects of the hard times east
less than any other city in the west.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

The Atlanta Constitution declares that
''the temperance people of Georgia COM
prise two-thirds of the white population
of the state" The fact. however. doesn't
seem to affect Its political status when
partisan issues are drawn. There is a
shade stronger hope for results to grow
out of the tariff question, though this is
hardly sufficient to gamble on.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

\ national convention of those who
believe in Henry Georges single-taX
theory is called to meet in Chicago July
4. AS the majority of the supporters
of that peculiar theory never paid any
taxes" says the Omaha Bee, lit appears
odd that they wish to burden themselves
even with a single-tay."
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
OUR HANDS WILL, BE FULL.

Wichita received more than her share
of state gatherings of various characters
for both the years of 1886 and 1887, all
of which were duly appreciated, but this
year opens up still more promising with
others yet to come. Four state occasions
axe set down next month for Wichita.
to wit: The Loyal Legion, the Knights
Templar and the Republican and Demo-
cratic state conventions. All will be
welcomed.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

Randalrs opposition to the Mills tariff
bill is ground hog case" tiguratively
speaking. He holds his Office at the dicta-
ton of Pennsylvania Republicans, and his
bread and meat depends on doing their
bidding. Whenever ne ceases to do this,
then he will be thrown overboard.-Atchi-
son Patriot.
That doesn't speak very highly of the
intelligence and manhood of the Demo-
Gratis of Randall's district who gave him
their enthusiastic endorsement at every
nominating convention and election.
Nor does it disprove the fact that Ran
dali is the brainiest as well as the nerviest
man of his party in public life.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

The New York World is authority for
the statement that Cleveland wants
Villas to run on the ticket with him as
the candidate for vice-president. All
Mr.. Cleveland has to do is simply to hint
his wishes to his party and Villas will be
the man. The Democrats are SO far gone
on Cleveland that they will give him
any kind of platform and any kind of
a running mate he desires. All they ask
in return is that he will give them all
the Offices.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

Henry Georges land tax theory, it
seems, has caught some four hundred
suckers in different parts of the country,
and one Baily has bobbed up in Chicago
as champion of the revived movement
in the west under the guise of a single
direct tax. The call for a national con-
ference to formulate propaganda SIM
ply means that the adherents to this
theory hope to get in position to make
some formal demands upon one or both
of the great parties. There is only one
source from which they stand any show
of receiving recognition or sympathy,
l. e., the tariff reform Democracy, and
it is little doubtful if that following
can stand the extreme lengths to which
the new luminaries would lead them.
But we shall see.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

Chicago Inter Ocean: Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton says ''when women get
the ballot they will reduce the surplus. ;"
Whether Justly or not, they are charged
with being good at that under existing
circumstances.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08

When I first went south. Secretary
Rust Of the freedraan's Aid society told
this conference az Ss~birgh, the white
peopis would say: There comes that Old
cuss from Cincinnati 10 establish Niger
schools down here, bu; now the sAlu:a-
ton is: Hcv- do you do. Dr. Rust? How
Is Mrs. Rusts
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
ghe aahita 1ain Eagle: Sunday oruiue aprir g. 1885,

that he prove an abb. The alibi is what
worries the Chicago police, and it is
rather bad taste for Mack to throw such
a word into the teeth of men who are SO
busy inspecting the moccasin tracks
which Tascott made in ST. Paul last
Ian1Iary
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
One IN g Million.


Cs4=lcs C0z7rt-r.
P. B. DiIday. the rustiing Wichita "a
GLE man, was on a collecting tour here
MoEs1ay. He is the best known man n
the state. and he Is out 81 politics. desss.
and don't belong TO the woman suffrage
club.