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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-09
III. Condition yyhleh Confrou.s "a

Il 1. . condition. rot q thecrr. With
oonfroEta uS-:Ae eorci.soa Of a.. ex-ray-
sgz1t Democratic house vhirh has wasted
from 80. 90 90 20 S75, O0o 800 la AFRO
p-1stsoEls which Democrats president
sd last Dee i2ter wcrs no< wauteS-
"Arnsesin'" Ways Of ID. FREE Tr.eis -Cussr'
An Omaha Dstaocrz.ie ne~spzp<r, IN
commenting On tie iEacrz-ss "A tric~ az
A;1tkr1e.ts coal. 9ays tho tzYif IA = ;r1ly
blessed Institution fox -ks essl ta-or
4 Lat psy<-. % CURE. supr,osss tl..; ;Asre
= . duty imposed ca sxtEr<cs:e cal g
Jew months ago college pry,ezso--a
!rse trader. II oonrse--taessEht tE2. =
large share At lie surplus n3gh; be si.pl-
ish-d ~ pcttLns ts2 and oozfrc or tie
sres i1sss When every Intelligent perm II
toe conntry knows IA: ttsy haze ben
ca ihe free Is, for ,aany ys4za past BIZ.
sfstss declares thzt be Fer-eser4ts ".hs
i2-ses' wool growing state - tl>e Union
when tie fsct IL thai IL eoes Ia. belong.
20 the California eeles,s,aoa :. al. aad
never did. bur Is from tae ssn,n -Drr-ps-
Iior.A cas.yie. q Texas. ]; l. thaze ..s.Is
eFldeDees Of inb~ciiity which make To
free trader. 20 use o.ss q Arts.rus ~
r&rNees. suea a "sEOes4a' eys..s -
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Cleveland and the Chinese.

In the last campaign the most bitter
and virulent attacks against Blaine IN
Harper's Weekly. Puck and other Demo
cratic illustrated papers were made under
the cover of friendship for the Chinese.
Mr.. Cleveland was represented rs q friend
of the Chinese, while Blaine was ALWAYS
pictured as an anti-Chinese. The Chinese
themselves were localized. and only lacked
halos to be saints. Docs any one suppose
these supporters of Cleveland in 1891,
who denounced Blaine so fercely for his
hostility to Chinese immigration, have
changed their sentiments? Does any one
believe that president elected by such
means is hostile to Chinese immigration?
Certainly not. There is not person in
California who does not understand the
situation perfectly. They know what S
what. and they are not going to lose sight
of Cleveland's present record because a
lot of desperate politicians, driven to their
wits ends, are trying TO cloud the issue
by calling attention to something that
happened years ago. - San Francisco
Chronicle
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STATE HOUSE.

ware, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri,
Nebraska, Now Jersey, New York, Ohio,
West Virginia and Wisconsin. In Illinois
and other states the majority as expressed by
post encampments, veteran associations and
individuals favor the per diem bill. The de-
partment encampnent of Illinois recommend
both this and the disability bill
While New York may be called the head
quarters of this ''cent aday" movement, the
veterans of Kansas, Ohio, Michigan and
Pennsylvania are enthusiastic supporters,
and are sending messages to the New York
boys 20 ''stand to your guns" on the question
of a rated service bill.
Monster petitions from veterans have been
forwarded to congress asking for this pen
sion, and the Nomen's Relief corps Of New
4orl. recently inaugurated a citizens move
ment to advocate the measure.
The following, is the text OF the bill as it
has been introduced in congress. with the ex-
ception that in the Congressman Baker bill
the date of service begins April II, 1861:
PEE DIEA RATED SERVICE PENSION BILL.
a bill to grant pensions for service in the army,
navy and marine corps of the United States
Be it enacted by the senate and house Of rep
rcsentdtives of the United States of America in
congress assembled, That the secretary of the H.
terror is hereby authorized and directed to place
on the pension roll of the United States the
names OF all persons specified in the following
section, upon making due proof that they per-
formed the service specified in sad section.
Sec. p That persons entitled as bcnefciaries
under the preceding sections are Us follows:
my officer or enlisted man who shall have served
in the army, navy marine corrC Of the United
States, including regulars AID volunteers si;5se-
quent 70 the 18th day Of March, 1851, and prior to
the 1st day Of July, 1856.
Sec. 3. That the rate Of pension for such serv-
ice snail be at the rate per month Of one cent fer
each days service rendered il the said army,
navy or marine corps OF the United States.
Sec. J. That the period OF service shall be con-
putcd from the date OF muster into the United
States service 10 the date Of discharge, but 10
pension shall be granted under this Get TO or on
eccou2t OF any person who deserted prior to July
i, 12GS, until La shall have obtained & discharge
from the services from which re deserted, and ro
discharge wh:c5 was given tc any person by
reason Of re-eaiistmeCt es q veteran volunteer o.
to enable him to acccpt c promotion shall be
deemed . discharge from the services WITHIN the
meaning OF this act.
Sec. 5. THAT pension under this act shall be at
the rate specified il section and shall be paid to
the persons entitled thereto for the term of their
lives srom and after tie passage OF this bill
Sec. t. This bin IS intended as q service pension
bill and is Intended Al addition to al invalid
pensions which have been OF mGy hereafter be
granted for disability.
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DEMOCRATIC ExTRAVscsNcE.
The Surplus Reduced to SIs 900. 900 by
Reckless ProGiSality.

The government income for the cur.
rent fiscal year, beginning July l. is esti-
mated at $3.50 GOO 600. or $22o. 600 900
tariff. $3.50, 600, eco internal revenue and
the rest miscellaneous. This ought to
leave surplus of SIG. o00.0e0. The sur
plus, less sinking fund, Will not be a
tenth of this.
The house has primary charge. under
the Constitution. both of revenue and ex-
penditure. The senate has not. The
house has good party majority of twelve
10 sixteen. The senate has bare party
majority Of but two.
The Democratic party has always talked
economy and practic9d extravaganza. The
Republican party in the days OF its most
complete control never approached tho
reckless expenditure OF the present
house. Its Democratic majority has found
short way To deal with the surplus. IL
has spent II.
The aggregate appropriations made or
making are ',23.. coo O0O; the permanent
appropriations for interest. etc. are Sos
0Uv eco; the sinking fund. good deal II
81 sham but required hy law. l. 81. o0O
600; total, 81, Gee. eco Take this from
the receipts and there is $4,000. 900 left.
This is the beggarly total 10 which the
surplus is cut down by Democratic ex-
travagance. Abolish the sinking fund
and it would stand eft $685.. 900. two
thirds the expected total
The ready answer is that the house has
voted money for future years. How
much? Part Of the biggest river and har-
Dor bill ever known. "a iittlo of the appro-
priation for guns and ships. in all. stretch
it as you will $4,000. GO. Allow for
this and the surplus stands at $4,000
OOG
4 resolution two lines long cutting Oft
the tobacco taxes would dispose Of half
the surplus at its biggest figure. but the
Democratic house will not reduce the sur
pins save by Gisordcring industry. IL
VIII not relieve this farmer unless IL can
disturb the manufaeturer.-Phila phi.
Press.
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WOODEN WORKERS. WAGES.
The Mills Bin's Passage Would Mean .
Certain and Sweeping Reduction.

me Mills Biu's Passage Would Mean .
Certain and Sweeping Reduction
The free traders insist that the Mills
bill does not reduce the duty below 70 80
per cent. That may be the average rate
left after making the proposed changes.
but that Is not the average reduction IN
the articles that are mentioned in the
measure. Some articles are left IN
touched, some are added to the free list.
while others are greatly reduced The
fair way is to ask what the reductions
amount to, and it will be found that they
are at least 60 per cent. Suppose that they
deprive the manufacturers of so per cent.
of their increased price, it is evident that
the wage earners must suffer to that ex-
tent. This viii leave the protection on
woolens when domestic competition is
allowed for. at about 10 per cent How
will this affect the wage earners? 1t will
not cover the difference between the cost
OF wages here and abroad wool dyer
in New York receives $1.16 day. and an
English dyer receives ninety-two cents
The difference Is % per cent; Is per cent.
would not cover it A New York 6nisber
is paid $1.25 day: British fnisher re-
ceives eighty-seven cents, difference Of
% per cent A New York loom 6xer re-
ceives So. l6 and his British competitor re-
ceives 81 SO. q difference OF GO per cent In
some states the wages are still higher In
Pennsylvania, for example, loom fxer
receives So g.. In Missouri finisher has
So In Delaware dyer has SIS. In Della
ware mule spinners receive $2.31; in
Great Britain they receive IS cents, a diff
ference of 1852 per cent. In Great Britain
weavers receive IS cents q day. and the
lowest wages paid 70 weavers in this
country are paid in New Jersey, where
they receive 81, but the difference here is
90 per cent. In the case of children and
young people the difference is greater.
Now it is evident that the proposed
changes in the Mills bill will SO reduce the
rates of duty that they will not cover the
difference in the cost of labor of this coun-
try and Great Britain. These simple cal
culations must convince the operatives in
the wooden mills that they cannot afford
to vote for party that will deprive them
of their wages. Under the Mills bill the
workingmen in the wooden mills would
receive about 10 per cent. more wages
than are paid to their British COM
petitors. In other words, the New
York dyer would receive $l.05 in
Steau OF Si.lo, MS present pay. Inc
New York finisher would receive 81 in
stead of S1.25. The New York loom fxer
would receive S1.55 instead of S2.16. The
Delaware mule spinner would receive
$l.01 instead of $23l.
If the wooden operatives are ready to
accept these reductions they viii vote with
the party that invented the Mills bill
New York Mail and Express.
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50: o. Iaborers. 200. and Of sti1,strvor,..

I,152; OF laborers, 1900, and Of skilled work
men and men Of professions, over 2,oOO.
OF mechanics, 2777 were carpenters, 66 were
machinists and "a engineers Other callings
are: Printers, &c; tailors, 100; physicians, 16;
teachers, 10; lawyers, 5; ministers, L OF
the number ,9o4 are men Of families, and
1914 can read and write The number Of
books read during 1887 was SO sol The bill
of fare at the home for each Wednesday of
the second quarter, 1857, was: Breakfast
Beef stew, potatoes, bread, butter, coffee
Dinner-Roast beef, potatoes, stewed beans
or turnips or onions, spinach lin june, bread,
butter, coffee. Supper-Corned beef or pigs
tongues or picked tripe, tomato catsup.
picked beets or onions, bread, butter, tea.
The bill is varied each quarter.
The other national homes are located at
Milwaukee, FOCUS, Me-, Hampton, Va, and
Leavenworth, Kan. The Pacific branch has
no permanent home, but one viii be estab-
hshed on sites recently acquired ct Los An
geles, Cal The national homes are under the
management of a board of ten military men.
with the president, chief justice and secretary
of war ex-otficio. Gen. William B. Franklin,
of Connecticut, is president Of the board, and
Gen Martin I. Mcmahon secretary. Other
members are Gems j. A. Martin, Kansas; J.
S. Negley, Pittsburg: j. c. Black, Iii
nois; I. W. Hyde, Maine; ". j. Sewell,
New Jersey; Col. L a Harris. Ohio, and
Capts. John L. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, and
William Blanding, of California Among
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Tho Admission OF Dakota.

The assessors have just completed their
work in Dakota AID the returns furnish
another strong argument Ia favor of the
admission Of that territory into the Union
as a state The estimated amount OF
property Is SIG. 40. 974 -. The number
Of acres Of land as-essod is 90. S32. SO. tho
valuation Of which Is sol. e75, 100 Tho
valuation Of town and city property
is see, 1875. 5J5. and that Of horscs.
cattle and sheep about s2i.0OO.-
600. The increase in The number
of churches, schoo!houses and newspa-
pers has kept even pace with this grow n
in material wealth. And yet according
20 Democratic theory the COG. 600 intelii-
gent inhabitants Of Dakota. whose in
dustry and forethousht have created this
wealth, are not fitted 70 exercise tho
rights Of American citizens. The elcc-
tion in November will be the verdict tho
people will pass on this disfr2nchiser8eut
of 10000 voters for tie benefit Of tho
Democratic party .-FhiiadcIphi Press.
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SOLDIERS HOMES.

Another measure for the relief Of veterans
is the maintenance OF homes for soldiers, and
in these the Grand Army have an active in
teres1. One Of the attractions for the veter-
ans from q distance who viii visit Ohio on
the occasion Of the eacanlp-uent viii be the
Lcme at Dayton, sixty odd niles from Colu,a-
bus, known as the Central Branch National
Hone for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. This
institution, the largest OF the kind in the
Union, was established soon after the war,
and il 1872 accommodated over 1900 soldiers.
Since that time many have been transferred
10 branches nearer their homes, but fresh CT
rivals have swe-led the list to over 600, &C.
cording to the last annual report. TIE
home comprises some forty buildings of Va
rious descriptions, among them a church,
memorial hall and q library, the latter con
tanning over 1900 volumes. Owing 10 the
generosity Of the founder Of the library, Mrs
Putnam the latest works are added from
time to time. There is farm connected
with the home, and several mechanical trades
are carried on in shops devoted TO the pur-
pose, the worknen being paid for tleir labor
Since 1870 the central branch has been in
charge Of Gen. Il r Patrick, recently de-
ceased, vino served with distinction IN two
wars Gen Patrick was New Yorker and
made that state MS home when not IN service.
He was graduate Of West Point and left
the army at the close Of the civil WIZ
Some Of the statistics OF this home at Day
ton viii be interesting in view OF tie assertion
often made that the least deserving men
crowd these homes TO the exclusion OF their
betterS According 10 the return for 1887 the
records Of disabilities show the following
Loss OF both legs. /; Of one arm AID one leg.
8; OF one arm, "a; OF one leg, Ia: ot5er
wounds. 1.43o; blindness. Il: insanity. g.
That is almost .o1e injuries trsceah!e 10 army
service. OF other diseases there are named
4,24i, making total OF o.09 disabled Haec,
the uun0er n tie home. The native born
inmates a: Dayton are 2.oio: foreie- born,
z.o03. OF the foreign born :, All are Germans,
l,0l7 Irish- The rnea over 50 years OF age
are $50; over 20. CT. The veterans OF ls12
number u: CT tee Mexican var, lG.
he trades ard occupations reported By
the inmates prove them &c lave belonged 70
tie industrial classes, and some @: tsela vs-e
wei "a the scale OF farmers iaArs are
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..on $40 TO s1A

AAOsA fio 10
The average rate Of duty charged By
our present tariff law is a. per cent. But
the cost Of living in this country Is noe
increased BY the duty OIL imported articles.
In the first place our workingmen are not
consumers of many imported articles. and
in the second place the cost of a domestic
product is not increased by the amour.
of duty collected on,the imported article.
Let us take piece of cotton cloth. for
example. Suppose the duty on the for
eign cloth Is 40 per cent and that the
price Is twelve cents per yard. With
the duty added. the price in New York
OF the imported cloth would be about
seventeen or eighteen cents IL there was
not.one cotton mill in the country the do
nestle cloth might sell for the full seven
teen or eighteen cents a ward; but there
Is domestic competition. There are n rood
many cotton mills il the country. so that
the price is lowered BY healthful compe-
tiiion- The tariff simply keeps out goods
that are made BY foreigners who set very
small wages and free importation o;
whose cloth would break down our mills
This is an illustration of the effects a.
the tariff. The domestic cotton cloth VIC
have spoken of would not be sold for n,ore
than fourteen or fifteen cents
II 20 per cent. were added 20 the price
of goods bought by the workingmen, as
consequence of the tariff law, it would hs
a liberal, too liberal. estimate. But what
would it show The difference between
thewages paid to German and American
bricklayers is S7.79 week. so that the
American receives nearly go per cent
more than the German. while he receives
nearly 80 per cent. mere than the English
bricklayer. We take this trade simply
because it is the first to come to hand 1t
does not differ from others The Ameri-
can mechanic receives from co TO 200 per
cent more for his work than the Euro
pean working,nan, and he may pay % per
cent more for what he wears. As mat
ter of fact, he pays much less than that
The American workingman is probably
willins TO continue.
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CAMP FIRE TENT, SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
Btitute the belt where the bronze badges OF
fraternity, charity and loyalty are to be met
with in every assemblage of men in the ma
turity. In 1880 the camp was held at Day
ton, and since that time Minneapolis and st.
Louis have been the places nearest the center
that have had enc2mpments. Columbus is
also near tho birth place Of the order, for it
originated in Indiana, having its first en-
campment in Indianapolis in 1856. The sec
und successful encampment after the order
was organized throughout the nation was
held in Cincinnati In 1868.
The places and dates of national encamp-
ments since 1866 were as follows: 1866, In
Eianapolis; 1868, Philadelphia; 1869, Cincin-
bait; 1870, Washington; 1871, Boston; 1872,
Cleveland; 1873, New Haven; 1874, Harris
burg; 1875, Chicago; 1876, Philadelphia;
,S77, Providence; 1873, Springfield, Mass;
1879, Albany; 1880, Dayton; 1881, Indianap-
oils; 1882, Baltimore; fSS3, Denver; 1884,
Minneapolis; 1885, Portland, Me-; 1856, San
Francisco; 1887, st. Louis. There WIS no
rational encampment in 1861, as the change
IF time threw it forward into 1868, when it
was held in Philadelphia Jan. Is, 16 and Il,
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Ttanca Grand Army man. and is naturally
g representative one. While vet bov thu
present governor became : sol5ierbT enlist
Ing rs private 81 an Ohio regiment. lie
earned promotion gradually, until be becerns
FL o:fieer OF tbs staff OF Cen Slocuri, COM
handing the ArI-y o. Georgia. st tie end
nj the war Foraker completed his edCcclo1.
which had been interrupted by his service,
md he's maze his way 10 his present high
position BY winning promotion soldier fash
son-that Is, by attention 10 duty.
Tho executive board or general council
having In charge tho arrangements for the
coming national e1cenlprlent is composed e
eighteen members, with courade a. @. Pat
ton, or Columbus, chairman: c. D. FiTesto2e,
vice chairman, and Alfred Z. Lee, secretary
The frs. circular Of tie council was issued n
February last. and after announcing tho
details Ior committee work. which includes.
besides the important item cf finance. the
preparations for parGdes, camps. reception,
barracks, decoration, illumination, boarding,
transportation and places OF meeting. II,
managers showed tlcir understandings Of
their task by giving the followi, SUMMARY Of
che outlook for the erc2Inp,ne1t: s'-he ii.lica-
sious. 10Y multiply dsAy lhat LIS i...s......acs
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Ohio posts of the Grand Army were organ
lied into department Jan. so, 1867, and at
the end Of the year reported 303 organized
posts. In the first annual encannpment after
It's organization, that at Philadelphia, the
department was represented by thirty-four
delegates, the second highest on the list. lii
nois, the homo of tho order, stood first at
that date.
The officers of the department at this time
nre Joseph w. O'Neall, of Lebanon, depart
ment commander; John ". Chaplin, of Co
lumbia, senior vice commander; r. A Pipn,
of Massilion, junior vice Commander; F. y
Kitchen, Toledo, medical director; Rev I.
j. Sheppard, Bucyrus. chaplain; II. U. John
son, Ashtabula, historian. The last depart
ment encauIpment was held at Toledo IN
April, after the selection OF Columbus as the
place of holding the national encampmont.
at this time Comrade O'Neall was elected
department commander, and in his first order
lie said:
Comrades, this is Ohio's centennial year
the northwest centennial The national
rncampment VIII meet in the capital city of
our state. Ohio, now second In numbers
unly to Pennsylvania, ought no longer to be
satisfied 10 occupy the second place. We
belong On the right lat the head; united
effort VIII give us that place.
The department OF Ohio has twice been
honored Nv the selection OF q commander-in-
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tIew York Volunteers, and left the service
in 1865 as lieutenant colonel Of the First New
York Veteran cavalry, having filed every in
termediate Office
Gen. Curtis enlisted as private in April,
1851, IN the Sixteenth New York volunteers,
and in 1865 was brevet major general Of vol
unteers, i'll command of department.
These comrades, with other members of
the legislative committee, will be at Column
bus to present the claims OF the per diem bill
to the encampment. The Grand Army in
dorsements Of the bin have been very strong.
The most Of the department encampments
for 1888 were h.ld before the National asso-
citation was organized to favor this bill. The
following. acted favorably: Arkansas. Della
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is at the rate per month OF one cent day
for the time served
This bill attracted attention, and after
some comparison of views among veterans
in and out of the Grand Army, an associa-
ton was formed and convention was held
in New York city ON March 1. 1888. Before
the meeting was held the bill had been pre-
sented for approval to thousands Of
posts Of the Grand Army, to de-
partment enca,upmepts in several states,
and to various veteran associations out
side. The convention in March was repre-
sentative and formed national associa-
ton adopting the title of Per Diem Rated
Service Pension for the bill it resolved to
advocate. The measure was introduced into
congress by members from three states, Sen
ator Hoar, of Massachusetts,; Senator Came
ron, of Pennsylvania, and Congressman Ba-
ker, of New York
Col Charles a Wells. post commander OF
Post Is, Of New York, and past inspector
general of DEPARTMENT staff of New York was
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tire department Of Iora Indicates The stand
ing Of the corps in the opiason Of tie vet
e-ans.
Resolved, That re heartily retoSnise The
VoC.2n's Relief corps, Al abe snd sfScaeDs
auxiliary 20 .bs Grand Army Of tie Repub-
lie. whASe missions Of marcy and loyal PRE-
csTsss ruerit oar earnee CONTAMINATION
The corps IN California reIoxs 5000 ex-
pended liz direct reisst and s7vo turned over
to pos-s Of the Gyacd ArTuJ fo- disou-sersen.
TIE local aSsoc!A.oEs u tass oepa-s5
,,r.ier lie IeaGersaip Of Pass National Prses-
dent Ma Esszaoees DArry Ktan., are rails
i,r funds .a- a hcu.e 81 Saa jose for tas
widoxs and orT.naIsa at SOLDIERS. Ihs national
president 81 TIE cnPps for TITS year - Emma
St..rk Hazsr.oa. Il Dc.-ozt. To Bzese1s
rsezabersaip - es-rrasee. a, so.ov/
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Harrison and Thurm an.

The contrast between Harrison and
Thurman before the people is striking To
q degree. Thurman says absolutely moth
ing in his little speeches. Every sentence
spoken by Harrison is an argument with
lucid point This is, perhaps. not alto
Fether due to the age of the judge and the
youthful vigor of the general, still less to
The difference in original intellectual
ability. But the one represents principle,
protection and Americenism; the other
sectionalism. free trade. false pretenses
and fraud. How could there be aught
else than q striking contrast?-Ohio State
Ion rnal