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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-24
ACTION oP THE HOUSE.

In the House, after the reading OF the
journal, the announcement commune
Gated by Justice Miller was read from
the desk and Representative Taylor, OF
Ohio, supplemented it by brief refer.
ence to the able and honorable career Of
the late Chief Justice, and presented
resolutions of respect and sorrow and for
the appointment of committee TO ut
tend the funeral. The resolutions were
adopted and the House adjourned, as a
mark Of respect, until tomorrow.
The President is preparing an order
closing all executive departments OF the
Government on the day OF Justice
Waite's funeral.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12
THE KANSAS BosroN.

Garden City Herald: Emporia has
always been a heightened place. 1t is
a college and the society is as aesthetic
as any one could desire. Most of the
men wear stand-up shirt collars, plug
hats and patent leather boots. and open
their places of business with one of
Joseph Cookies lectures. The ladies
wouldn't think of making a hustle out
of a common newspaper, but choose
only the literary, society and
scientific journals of Boston De
string to follow still more CLOSELY
| in the footsteps of its New Eng
land prototype Emporia has recently
| organized stock company and erected
/ a bean cannery. On Tuesday of this
week over four Thousand cans were put
up, and soon the familiar legend o.
Boston baked beams will become /;
thing of the past. The bean eater viii
find his stimulus and nutriment il
Emporia instead of Boston, and blu
stockings. mental scientist and tn
peculiar classes indigenous to the sol
of Massachusetts will begin to flourish
on our prairie soil. A few weeks Of
bean diet and the girls will begin +
wear glasses and begin to talk Of tn
dome disclosive co-equal cong omerate
lumax of our unmeasured and une1
ploI e leather fungi and terrestrial an
biologic terminality of environment, q
words to that effect. Beans are bOun
to boost that burg, and the wise ma
will not let the fact fly his memory.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12
The Cheap Postage Plank.

The shortest plank in the Republic
can platform is this: 1--WE demand the
reduction of letter postage tn one cent
per OUNCE
The effect of this demand, should
the Republicans succeed in the APP
preaching election. will he to make the
postal service of the United States
the cheapest IN the wosld. The
country can well afford the reduction
President Cleveland has officially called
attention to the plethOric condition OF
the treasury and pointed out the free
trade plan rs the only means of reduc-
ing the surplus. This Democratic adj
ministration has been niggardiy in its
treatment of the postal service, fearful
that increased expenditures or dimin-
ished revenues from that department
would cut into the surplus and Sc
damage the pTeteXt for hacking away
the protective tariff. But there is nc
department of the public service which
comes so close to the people as the pos
tai department. We are nation OF
letter writers, and with every reduc-
ton of letter postage the business OF
letter carrying has greatly increased
Since the reduction from three cents
to two cents the expe, ted deficit in the
postal revenue has been nearly remov.
ed. The increase from the half ;ounce
to the ounce rate has not harmed the
revenue perceptibly. Every mill OF
reduction has been direct saving to
the people, while encouraging In
creased correspondence and dissemina-
ton of intelligence.
The reduction of letter postage to
one cent per ounce means a reduction
of so per cent. in the tax which the
people pay for the transmission and
delivery of their correspondence. For
a time the postoffiee revenues wmtld
be reduced, but what of that? Tire
postal revenue was never inten" al 10
be a source of government revenue. In
reality it has cost the treasury large
sums of money in past years and the
people never grIimbled 80 tho expen4Ii-
ture never felt IL IN fact. But enc
cent postage will cantse = tiFacit for
only Il few years rs ths f,,rtiiest. we
can well afford il Astd ws puss,t 60 have
g. -sRsPlihilfsa,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12
A LETTER received in this city to-da,

A LETTER received in this city to-day
by Mr.. l. n. Wells, from his brother, j.
L., now in Portland. Oregon, reports
politics as the all-absorbing theme out
there. In referring to the republican
nominations, he says: The nomina-
ton is received here with much salts
faction. While the preference was as
much ~ two out of every three for
Blaine, Oregon is now 4 dead sure re-
publican state. Protection is the
watchword; not the Chinese labor
question. which is regarded rs dead
issue. All the Pacific coast people
need to insure a big republican major
ity is for Jim Blaine to make a tom of
California and Oregon. That will set
tie things sure"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12


THE president vetoed another pen
sion bill yesterday. In his message on
the subject he says the theory seems to
be established that no man who had
served in the army could be the subject
of death or impaired health except as
the result of army services, medical
theories being set at naught. Even
suicide was traced by devious and won
derfully curious ways to service in the
army, and the adjudications of the
pension bureau were overruled in the
most peremptOry fashion by special
acts Of congress. He would ie'd to no
man i'll "a desire to see those VINO de-
Tended the government literally
treated. Unfriendliness to the veteran
soldier was a charge easily and some
times dishonesty made. The true
soldier was good citizen and would
be satisfied with generous. fair and
equal treatment. The pension list of
the republic should be a roll of honor.
not matter of indiscriminate aims
giving. lie had attempted to stem the
tide of improvident pension enact
ments; but he still felt responsibility
in letting too many of them become
laws. The bill and message were re-
ferred to the committee on pensions
as were two other pension vetoes.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

IT Is wonderful what shrewd scent
our president has for ferTeting out
causes for vetOing, in a sneering man
ner, pension claims that have been
passed by large msjOrities in both
houses of congress, after careful con-
sideration. both in committee and in
open session. This merely goes to
show, of course, that our hundreds OF
senators and congressman. picked from
the ablest men of the country, and
sent to Washington to represent ant
make laws for their constituents, are {
simple SIT of numbsculis, and thai
Grover is better posted and smartel
than both houses combined. 1t is true
ne never showed auy signs of the ex
traordinary capacity or ability of al
ways being alone in the right, until n
was invested with the mowers the vet
gives him. But, then, the old adag
that might makes right may posi-
bly, explain this.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

THE National Visitor, of Peoria, Ill,
heretofore "A democratic paper, with
strong labor bearings, and owned and
edited by John \. Monger. promI-
nent democratic politician OF that city
and former owner of the democratic
organ of Peoria, and who, up to the
meeting of the democratic congression-
al convention in this city, was chair
man of the tenth district democratic
central committee. III its issue OF To-
day, comes out for Harrison and Nor
ton and for protection. MIR. Monger
says that it is useless for the demo-
cracy to try to win on Il free trade plat
form, and if they did it would he disas-
trous to the interests of the country
The paper has good deal of influence
among the labOring mem.-SPecial to
the Globe Democrat
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

a CORRESPONDENT writes desiring
to know the facts concerning the cam
paign in Indiana when "Blue Jeans
Williams ran against General Har-
risOn for governor. This was the cam
paign of 1876, in which the state cleo.
ton was held in October, preceding the
national by three weeks. The repub-
licans had nominated the Hon. God
love 5. Orth, an ex-member of congress
and also an ex-diplomat. After being
on the ticket a short time the demo
Gratis charged him with a financial
scandal in the matter of some Peruvian
bonds. Mr.. Orth denied it at once and
it was shown to be false after the cleo
ton, but rather than embarrass the
party by compelling it to make de-
fensive campaign in his behalf he re-
signed the candidacy, and the state
central committee substituted General
Harrison, who declined to take the
nomination before the convention.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

AT Leavenworth, it seems, if En-
poria delegates are to be believed, a
b. o. t. was had, to which the racket
in Chicago by Mahon and Wise was as
a summer zephyr compared To full
blown cyclone. One of the delegates
from Wyandotte, who was terribly OPP
posed to Martins nomination, we are
ereditably informed, had the panta-
looms torn entirely from his body, and
went around the hotel corridor in
nothing but his vest and nrither gar
ment, electiOneering against the man
who afterwards received the nomiu-
aiinn
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

THE old democratic senator from In
diana, Joseph E. Mcdonald, said of
Ben. Harrison, in response to an in
quiry made by the New York Herald:
''You inquire what 1 think of the
nomination and the prospects of the
republican ticket? Well, Gen. Harri-
son is lawyer of great ability, integ-
rity and personal honor. His public
life has been free from stain and his
domestic existence is model for men.
I his campaign cannot be given over ~
mud throwing. The democrat who at
tacks General Harrison on personal
grounds will commit grave error. II
must be on the line of party principles
that the battle must wage. l enter
tain unfeigned respect for Ben. Har-
riSnu >,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

THE following is Shady story
from the Burlington tKausis) Republi-
can:
A farmer By the name of Fred Shady
living about five miles west of Pickway
WOodson county, is the owner of gen
uine wonder. Il hairless calf. 1t IS q
graded Shorthorn, now over six weeks
old, healthy and active and like any
other animal of its age except that the
entire body is entirely destitute OF hair;
The flesh is soft, of pink or light red
color. and becomes blistered when ex-
posed to the sun even for minute. 1t
is, therefore. kept in dark stable t.
protect it from the heat aud flies. 1t Is
said that the owner has several times
refused offers of 81 900 for it from Bar
mum and others, but Is holding it fur =
higher figure. $4,000 being his price
1t is great curiosity and nearly all the
people in that vicinity have visited the
Shady farm fUT the purpose of examliI-
ing it.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

\ PROMINENT democrat asserted on
the street Yesterday that the white hats
worn by republicans were last campaign
Tilden hats. too small in size to fit DEM
ocratic heads. The assertion, however,
was knocked endways by the smallest
republican present placing his hat on
the head of the democrat, which COW
cred him up to his ears, and made him
the laughing stock of all present. In
connection with this it may be proper
to state that the democratic party it
self (Grover CleYeland) only wears a st
hat, and that he can take his shirt of
without unbuttoning his collar band or
removing his hat.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

The following marriage licenses
were issned by the probate judge dur
ing the past week: John
Donley and Emma Cuckett; Law
renee T. Boorey and Lille Swim;
Thomas R. Cupp and Emma Hummer;
Thomas Smiling and Ada Whitmore;
w. r. johnson and Nettie Beckwith;
Lewis Campbell and Katie Moore; Geo.
E. Hewes and I1uella M. Hancock: Ed
Rateliff. and May Kibby.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

THERE has been some very fine ora
tory at Gettysburg during the past
few days, as part of the dedication SER
vices in progress there. But nothing
better or finer has been said than was
said by Mr.. Lincoln, in his speech
dedicating the federal cemetery there,
November 10, 1868. This was the
whole of that speech:
Forescore and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth upon this CONT
nent new nation, conceived in
liberty and dedicated to the proposition
that all men are created equal. Now
we are engaged in a great civil war,
testing whether that nation, or any
nation so conceived and so dedicated,
can long endure. We are met on a
great battlefield of that war. We
have come to dedicate portion of that
field as final resting place for those
who here gave their lives that that ma
tion might live. 1t is altogether fitting
and proper that we should do this. But
in larger sense we cannot dedicate, we
cannot consecrate. we cannot hallOW
this ground. The brave men living ard
dead, who struggled here, have conse-
Grated it far above our power to add or
detract. The world will little note,
nor long remember, what we say here;
but it can never forget what they did
here. 1t is for us, the living, rather to
be dedicated here to the unfinished
work which they who fought here have
| thus far so nobly advanced. It is rath-
or for us to be here dedicated to the
great task remaining before us; that
from these honored dead we take in
creased devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full measure
of devotion; that we here highly re-
| solve that these dead shall not have
died in vain; that this nation, under
God, shall have new birth of freedom
and that government of the people, by
the people and for the people shall moi
perish from the earth.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

THE editor of the Emporia Democrat
attended a democrat pow-wou at
Leavenworth on the Fourth, at which
the principal amusements were waving
red nose rags and indulging in red eye,
and makes complaint that we have not
devoted more of our space TO giviog an
account of what was done there. The
truth of the matter is that there was so
little done outside of what SHOULD have
made the participants figure in a police
court, that we did not care to infllct it
on our readers.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

The democrats must be at their wits
end for campaign ammunition to use
against the republican nominees when
they utilize such nonsense as the fol-
lowing, which We find in the X. G..
News:
1t is claimed that when Levi L. Nor
ton became the head of the firm of MOT
ton, 9rinnell & Co., he issued an order
requiring all employees wearing NOUS
taches to remove them before "A Certain
GATE, on pain of dismissal. The bows
parted with their 'taches, hut swcre II
Levi Under their bssatt.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

III speaks well for the ability and in.
tegrity of Senator ingalls, that the. dem
'crats are forging letters with Ingalls,
signature attached, and using them as
campaign ammunition. Such letter an
peared in yesterday mornings Topeka
Capital and last evenings Emporis
windbag, sometimes known as the
Democrat and at other times termed
the plate telegraph sheet.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

WILLIAM SHIPMAN of this city, for
merly member of Company &C, Sew
entieth Indiana Infantry, General
Harrison's old regiment, states that at
the battle of ''Peach Tree creek, f" when
the surgeons ran out of bandages,
General Harrison took off his shirt and
himself tore it into strips to supply the
lack. A ''cold" man would hardly dc
a thing of that sort.-Champion.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

AT a-reception rendered her in Chi
cage Susan b. Anthony expressed a
desire to retire from active service in
the women suffrage movement. She
has certainly earned release from
further duty. She is a veteran in the
service and has always been where the
battle ragged. She has been the target
Tor many cheap jokes, but she has
never faltered in the conscientious
discharge of the work she believed she
had been called upon to do.-K. G.
Star
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12
Cleveland, for instance.

SOME one has found that President
Cleveland's carefully prepared address
In reply to the notification committee,
although about n quarter of column
long, contained the pronoun ''I'' TWEEN
ty-seven times, me" eleven times,
''my" fivs times and myself several
times. This is an administration W it'll
a big II - all through.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12
TILE aRYEN TIaKETs.

REPUBLICAN, PARTY.
For President-Benjam Harrison
of Indiana. For Vice President-Levi
Z. Morton of New York.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
President-Grover Cleveland of New
York. Vice President-Allen G. Thur
man of Ohio.
PROHIBITION PARTY.
President-ClintOn B. Fisk of New
Jersey. Vice President-John A.
Brooks of Missouri.
UNION LABOR PARTY.
Presidential. j. Streeter of Illinois.
Vice Observation-Disclosures Z. Cunning
ham of Arkansas.
UNITED LABOR PARTY.
president-Robert H. Cswdrey of
Illinois. Vice President-W. II. 7.
Wakefield of Kansas.
INDUSTRIAL REFORM PARTY.
President-Alfred E. Redstone of
California. Vice President-JOhnC Col
vim of Kansas.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY.
President-Belva A. Lockwood OF
Washington. Vice PreSident-Alfred
II. Love of Pennsylvania.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

UP to date Cleveland has vetoed 1856
pension bills, many of which were
passed by unanimous vote of both
houses of congress. Let the good work
so on. After next March we will have
a president whose neck is not too thick
to bend to the will of the people as ex-
pressed by their representatives.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

IN an editional item in yesterdays
issue, and which we reproduce to-day
as corrected, we were made TO quote
Mr.. Wells of Portland, Oregon, as
saying "Prohibitionn WAS the watch
word ON the coast. 1t should have
been protection" OF course the
words are in great many instances
synonymous. But not in this in
stance
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

slush adopted by previous couyen-
lions; endorses Cleveland, Thurman
and free trade; opposes prohibition
and the metropolitan law, but hasn't
the courage to ask for resubmissiOn;
sympathizes with Ireland, and throws
the customary sOrghum-besmeared
crust to the laboring men; and fayor'
abolition of the grand jury system al
oppressive-especialIy to Democrats
This is the whole worthless thing in /;
nutshell.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

II is stated that soon after his re-
turn Mr.. Blaine will fill list of aP-
pOintments to speak through New
York. New Jersey and Connecticut.
and later will go to the Pacific coast.
With Blaine on the Slope, the red ban
dana will cut mighty little figure in
that quarter.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

IT is remarkable fact that both Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Thurman allowed
the war to pass without lifting "A finger
or uttering "a word in favor of the
Union cause; amt they We're both
strong, healthy uen throughout that
terrible period. Ii there were no other
objections to them, this alone would be
sufficient To condemn them in the eyes
III all loyal and reasonable people,
Globe Democrat.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

A TEXAN, an ex-cOnfederate soldier,
has written "A little work on the tariff,
in which he admonishes his fellow
countrymen of the south that the south
has been signing its name with mark
too long. The Tariff League
will issue large edition of the book
as campaign document.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

THE bravest are the tenderest.' -
Those who fought most CALAMITY on
the field of battle for their country for
give their opponents first and most
heartily. This is lesson of the re-
union of the blue aud the gray at Get
tysburg and il is lesson which many
a stay-at-home hero finds it hard to
learn.-K. G. News.
Cleveland for instance
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

A FRENCH paper publishes the fol-
lowing scandalous item: IAN Ameri-
can has invented tricycle. which re-
quires neither hands or feet To propel
it. He seats himself with his wife,
and his mother-iII-laW pushes il.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

BENJAMIN has eight letters, Harri-
son eight, the year is 1883 and the nom-
ination was made on the eighth ballot
State Journal.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

DEMOCRATIC papers assert that
Blaine's name is the only one that
arouses republican enthusiasm. They,
however, are unable to give the name
of any person capable of arousing DEM
ocratic enthusiasm.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

WE commend the following from the
London Times to the consideration of
the plate sheet. THE only time Eng
land can use a Celt is when he emf
CRATES TO America and votes for free
frada -
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

THE Topeka Capital has virtually
Joined the democracy, inasmuch as it is
engaged in publishing lies from demo
cratic papers about Senator Ingalls,.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

EIGHT years ago Levi p. Morton
fitted out the ship Constellation with
food for tho starving people of Ireland.
This benefaction, which undoubtedly
saved many lives. cost the donor about
$50. 600.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

ANY person sending a postal card
through the mail containing the words
''bad debts in conspicuous letters or
any other insulting language, is now
liable to arrest.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12

Old Hickory" Jackson, to whom
the democrats are fond OF referring as
a father, would blush to own his puta-
tive children. He was opposed to free
trade and in favor of protection.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-12
izing me, a copy Of which letter is as

icizing me, a copy Of which letter is as |
follows:
ToPEKA, July IA, lss6.-Dear Judge:
was once misIed into doing what
now know was an injustice to you.
While OF course you must feel the in
justice yet undoubtedly you are able to
see how the court, including myself,
was misled into doing the same, and
hence the generous conduct on your
part. Since rendering the decision in
which we did you an injustice I have
/ ende2Yored to inform myself with re-
gard to you, and know from what your
| friends and neighbors say with respect
to your high character that we were
wholly mistaken in our differences. SO
tent on your part. would be glad if
all that imputed any wrong on your
part could be obliterated. We at
tempted in a subsequent decision to
correct our mistake and partially did
so, and hope to be able to do more
and 90 further to rectify the same.
Hereafter shall always look upon you
J man, generous and forglving, and
hope we may always be true friends to
, each other. have the honor to re-
main Yours very truly.
II ID. NJ. VALENTINE.
To Judge E. w. Cunningham, EN-
pOria.
am quite willing, Mr.. Editor, t.
submit this question of my prOfes
: sional honor to tie various state, fed
i eral and district judges before whom
! have practiced, and to the entire ba
3 of this and adjoining counties, will
n which have been so long associated
. And you will now at least be able t.
. give very much more reliable informa
!. tion-if it is reliable information Yo
{ desire-to your readers relative there
to by obtaining and publishing til
! opinions of Judges PeytOn and Graves
before whom have practiced law SiN
teen years, than by publishing tn
stale and manufactured affidavitS @
one whose own attorneys say wa
2 mistaken. Yours truly,
s E. w. CUNNINGHAM.