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Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12

FROM NILE 20 NILE.


Anthony Republican.
Some weeks ago we received an ele-
CANT volume "From Nile to Nile with
the compliments of its author, Milton
Stewart, of Wichita Too busy to then
pursue the work we laid it by, seeing
from a CursOry examination that It's
careful reading would be grand treat.
We have lust finished its reading and
our anticipatiOns have been more
than fulfilled. The volume is descrip-
tive Of a journey from the Nile of Amer
lea at Wichita to Egypt's Nile and is
handsomely bound and embellished ap-
propriately on the cover with the sun
flower and grasshopper the insignia of
the one Nile and the Bedouin dromedary
of the other Nile. Among
the illustrations is one OF
the overfowed File and its pyramids
and another of the Arkansas river and
its still greater wonder of the world.
marvellous Wichita. The book is dedica
ted to Hon. Marsh Murdoch, of the EA-
GLE, and so Hon. B. W. Perkins, NJ. c.;
the former the inspiration Of a series of
letters upon which the book IS founded
the latter fellow traveller. The book
is from the press of the Eagle printing
house and is geographically perfect
Unlike the usual book of travel this
book teens with originality. With a
well balanced mind and the strong in
dividuality of a Kansan, his narrative
abounds in vivid comparison and dry
humor and what is still more striking
applies western localism and the vaga-
ries of speech in use in his native city
to the staid objects of transatlantic
travel in way that makes the work par
ticularly attractive to the citizens Of his
native city and to the people of the state.
This addition To the literature of our
state should find it's way into the library
of every true Kansan. The book sells
itself upon examination and without eff
fort should reach an edition of 10000
copies. Many of Anthony's citizens will
look for chance TO purchase,
as its author is the gentleman whose
name appears ''1Iilton Stewart Camp,
Sons of Veterans, Anthony.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12

able Mrs. Cleveland out of the executive
mansion? Millions of voices answer
"No." If there exists such miserable
being let him go hide himself from the
contempt and scorn of his fellow men.
Will any sensible man be caught by
such chaff as this, or is it only thrown
out to catch fools? The average Ameri-.
can is noted for his gallantry to the
ladies, but will mere impulse of gal
lantry toward Mrs. Cleveland or Mrs.
Harrison affect the vote of any consider
able number of men while the great
question of free trade or ruin, or protec-
ton and prosperity are issued before the
American people? The Herald is not in
cluded in the average mentioned, else it
would not have dragged the name of the
estimable lady before the public in.such
connection and in SO compromising a
manner. The wives of prominent men are
unavoidably brought into prominence
often more disgusting than gratifying to
the true womanly woman, but to parade
the name of such an one in a political
campaign, thus outraging her sense OF
proprlely and womanly modesty, proves
the person so offending to be consum-
mate boor and blackguard, worthy only
Of contempt.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
GOOD REASONS.

Hon. G. J. Richmond, a prominent
Colorado Democrat in renOuncing 1.-The
devil and all his works the Democratic
party-gives as his reasons the following:
"My faith in the sincerity of Democratic
professions and platforms has entirely
excluded, and | bid farewell to those
things | loathe, i. e., free trade. democrat
lied silver and Grover Cleveland. and go
those things most love-protective tariff,
gold and silver as money, the eXpendi-
ture of our surplus in the United States
treasury in payment of our national
debt and for great national objects for
which warrant can be found in the con-
stituuion. freedom from Canadian seizure
of American fishermen, home rule In
Ireland and for any man WHOM the Chi
cago convention may nominate.
| am for New England and against
Old England-for America against
Great Britain or any and all foreign ma
tions-for my country, first. last and
always. prefer the Republican club Of
America to the Golden club Of England.
l relish the products of American farms
under protection. but dislike the pro-
ducts of English farms under free trade.
| am opposed to any measure, called by
any name, that places wood, salt. lum-
Der. hemp, fax, peas, beans, cabbage,
potatoes, seeds, fruits and vegetables on
the free list, while England protects figs,
prunes. tobacco, tea. raisins. coffee, CO..
Goa. currants, plate, beer, wine and
spirits.
am opposed TO Chinese cheap labor,
and therefore oppose free trade that per
mits the fruits of labor in Chida TO come
in competition with the fruits Of Ar1eri-
can labor.
l am for American labor. American
farm products, American manufactures,
American institutions, American fisher
men-anything and everything America
produces that comes in competition with
the products of foreign countries. Cn-
der a protective tariff Bismarck says
Germany fears nobody but God and
such is the feeling / would have every
American, native and foreign born, 10
entertain of this United States.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
SLENDER THINNESS.

We see by the Beacon that a meeting
of q Democratic committee has been
called to select or decide upon a course
of political literature for the campaign.
If, in the Judgment of the committee,
the average mossback could stand any
thing as wholesome and sound as the
EAGLE, and if they could provide for the
expense of hiring some intelligent gen.
tleman or Republican to read its bright
truths to them regularly, we will let
them have it at greatly reduced rates
in fact, at regular fall slaughter prices.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing,
small about us except, perhaps, our esti-
mate of the chances of the great I'M
washed in any campaign where literature
is demanded, then, indeed, we must beg
to acknowledge that there existsa small
ness, even to slender thinness.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
a NEIGHBOR'S WOE.

When the Beacon editor has been here
longer he will know that we came very
near filling three terms as postmaster
and with more dissatisfaction to the pub
lie than to ourselves if that were posi-
bic, having been appointed by General
Grant and let out by Grover year after
we had resigned; and, when the Beacon
editor knows us better he won't have to
be told that the EAGLES report of the
Democratic pow-wow would be hard to
improve in the estimation of the editor
Of the EAGLE who Immediately increased
the reporters salary and compllmented
him in the presence to the entire editorial
and reportorial staff assembled for that
purpose. In short, that which makes
the average Democratic organ kick the
highest suits us best If our bright
young mans report had been such as to
have called out praise from the unregen
Grated crowd of old howlers and rene
gade Republicans, such as are being led
on to defeat by our misguided evening
contemporary, we should have discharged
him by telephone without back-pay, for
ever forbidding him the Office.
So the Democrats didn't like the
EAGLES report. Good.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
The Kansas Team.

Chicago Mall
Senator ingalls, may be ''vitrolic ,
'-waspish. 'acidulated, and the posses
sor Of some other acute characteristics.
but his bitterest enemies do not accuse
him OF lacking in mentality OF the high
est order. The truth Is he has hat full
OF brains, andfs witbal an educated, cul-
tivated and polished gentleulan-a book
man. He is not one of the blathering
sort OF fellows who can set their mouths
going and 20 away and leave them
When he has anything to say-which is
not OF such frequency as 20 become mon
otonous-ke can find fine rainent IN
which to cIothe his ideas, and be never
has to talk to empty benches Further
more. he has the entire and unbounded
confidence OF his state.
There Is where Kansas looms up. No
other state in the union has as strong and
influential representation IN the senate.
IL backs I'D Its senators most
Loyalty. Where else has there been
an instance g. a state en-
dorsiug in advance what one Of its sena-
tors Is going 10 say IN the line Of a verbal
roast Yet that is what Kansas did
when the fact became known that Sena-
tor ingalls, was going to reply 10 Senator
voorhees,. T;ae Kansas people proceed
on the theory that the men they honor
by sending 70 the senate are entitled 10
the fullest measure Of conf3ence, and
TIA: they can make 70 mistake II SUD
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
A MATTER OF HEREDITY.

The EAGLES reporter at the Demo-
cratic powwow says that there were col
ored men present an that one made
speech endorsing the Democratic party.
1t was probably a matter of heredity.
Without doubt if the Lineage of those
colored men was run back but short
distance it would run up against some
southern Democratic blood, would be
found springing partly from the veins,
whose possessors declared that they
would not only give up the American
flag and all it represented of government
and country, but that they would give
up their lives before they would give
up their grip on the niger. their slave,
and their property. 1t is all right we
suppose for a colored man who has more
of the southern Democratic master in
his veins than he has Of the poor black
slaves, whom the Republican party
made men, but as black Republican or
white Democrat we wouln't trust a col
ored man of intelligence. as far as we
could see him who professed either love
or loyalty for the Democratic party.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
a CHUNK OF TRUTH.

Once in while Democratic paper
can be caught at telling the truth. The
The New York Sun, in talk to work
ingmen says:
Free trade means putting all the labor
ing men of the world upon one level of
competition. Protection means restrict
ing the competition among laborers to
those living in our own country, and the
consequence OF such restriction is that the
wages remain at high level; whereas. il
the competition OF all the laborers in the
world were allowed 10 operate here, they
would steadily fall to the lowest level.
That is the reason why the workingmen
Of this country are better paid, are more
prosperous, live in a better manner, are
better educated, and bring up their child
rem with more of hope and ambition than
belongs TO workingmen in any other
country. This is why the workingmen of
the United States like the American sys-
tenn of protection and dislike the British
system of free trade. The Republican
party is for protection; the Democratic for
free trade.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
MISERABLE MISSOURI.

With what an accelerating exuberance
does the thief ever cry ''thief. The
cheek sported by government mule
train can be aggregated with more or
less accuracy into an appreciate GER
tainty. but the gall of our esteemed
Missouri cotemporary, the Kansas City
Times, simply matches an uncomfortable
desire to Law down. And our comtem-
porary's cheek is not of an evanscent
character or dainty, ephemeral order,
but in istaying qualities might well be
likened to the unchanging Gibraltar's
ancient frontage, or the appetite OF a
Missouri Democrat for red liquor What
is often accepted by its Kansas readers,
when first perpetrated, as an -attenuated
Joke, is so punctioilusly adhered to by
that sheet that in the course OF the
wears it becomes a bore whose
excruciating agony is that OF
prohibition picnic party into
which a cork screw has been turned
loose,-its aim and mission remaining
tormentingly inexplicable beyond ex-
preston. For years and years the
Times has been devoting itself to criti-
cisms of Kansas law, which in effect de-
feats capital punishment. 1t everlast-
ingly, in season and when there is no
season, blendly slams away at the law
breakers in Kansas, bemoaning the alb
sence of summary punishment and lam
pooning the papers of this state because
they don't demand retaliatory penalties
commensurate with the enormity Of the
crimes committed, which SO stain and
blacken the fair prairies of Kansas that
no longer is it possible TO tell of what
their once flower-fiecked green swells
are composed. OF course the language
by us in narrating the fact is
no where near so strained and grandilo-
ouent as that used by the
Times in its darkling picture of
the deplorable lack of anything like an
upon the part of the people
of Kansas of the terrible status reached
by their so-called civilization.
As nothing short of dynamite bomb
placed under every other Kansas home
otedi uiii dO icdoC Ollo I'PpC W Ct.Sh WIZ
graph pole in the land could come within
a thousand miles Of meeting the retribu
tive demands of the Times, it would be a
waste of words to call the attention OF
of its Kansas readers to the fact that I'M
til a Missourian can even appreciate a
beyond the blade Of the gull
otine and the hangmans knot. that it
would be useless to allude to the well
known fact that during all these years
there has been more crime and more
murders committed in Jackson county,
than in the entire state of Kansas,
outside of her border settlements,
and that in all this time while the Times
has been demanding death for the kau
oas homicide that paper has etfectually
protected from the rope the necks of the
worst and most notorious gang of high |
way robbers and murderer5 that ever
went unhung one of the leaders of which |
was murdered by pal for blood-money |
reward, offered and paid by the state of
Missouri, and another of which leaders |
peat all the courts of the counties in |
which the Times boasts its greatest in
1uence, and which once outlaw leader |
5oday treads the soil Of that state with |
greater immunity and more
honor than does the average honest man
If that benighted commonwealth.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION

The Republican county convention for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for the following
once TO be filled by election this fall, to-wtt:
Probate Judge.
County Attorney.
Clerk Of the District Court.
Superintendent OF Public instruction.
State Senator and Coronerf
VIII be held at the court house in the city of WITCH
ita the 18th day OF August A ID. loss at IL clock
a.
There Will alsolbe held at the same place aDdlmme
dateiy after the adjournment OF the Republican
county convention, a convention to nominate can
ddate for representative for the Eightyhrst repre-
sentative district
There will also be held at the same place and i'm
mediately after the adjournment of the republican
county convention. a convention to nominate can
ddate representative for the Eightysecond rep
resentative district and for the purpose OF nomi-
mating a candidate for the Office of county commits
sioner for the Second commissioner district
There will also be held in the city OF Wichita, or
the West Side, l O'Clock p m. on the 24th day Of
August. A. ID. ISIS. convention TO nominate a can
ddate for representative for the Eightythrd repro
sentative district.
Said conventions are called by order Of the Repub
lican county central committee and the townships
and wards will be entitled to the following number
of delegates and alternates in said convention to-
wit: one delegate at large for each township and
ward and one delegate for each twenty five
votes, and major fraction thereof, cast fer
Timothy McCarty in fall of 1856. which ap-
pOrtioned among the several townships and wards
would entile them to the following representation
VIII tcb inn ne delegate a I
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12


It will be seen that already in the first
half of the year, including several
months of the winter weather, over $500
miles of new track have been laid. This
is only about 400 miles less than the
amount reported for the first half of 1887.
1t lacks less than 800 miles of eQualing
the entire mileage laid in 1885. and IS
only 500 miles short of the total new
mileage OF 1884. These figures certainly
do not bear out the predictions made so
freely at the opening of the year that the
extraordinary railway building of 1887
would be followed by an almost, if not
quite, complete stoppage of new con-
struction. The total here given shows
an increase Of / ,049 miles to the mileage
reported for June l, a very large addi-
ton to be recorded in a single month.
Not only is the mileage already laid
surprisingly large, but the number OF
lines which furnished it forms note
worthy fact. While the 3.7s54 miles
reported for the first six months of 1887
were laid on 1856 lines the 1920 miles
built thus far this year represent
1853 lines-taking the footings of the sep
arate lines in each state. That is to say
the mileage built in the past six months
averages less than twenty miles TO each
line. This indicates what is to be char
acteristic OF railway construction this
year, that it will be made up by the
building of a great number of compare
lively short roads instead of being COM
posed to large degree of long lines
built by few companies. An examina-
ton of the records, road by road, shows
this to be the case, only two lines thus
far since January having added more
than 100 miles OF track each, and only
ten others exceeding fifty miles each.
The table also shows that the work is
widely distributed. lying in thirty-six OF
the states and territories.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12

The act recently passed by congress
and approved by the president excluding
from the mails envelopes, wrappers or
postal cards containing on the outside
which reflects injuriously upon the per-
son addressed, OF anyone else, or upon
his character and conduct, or is plainly
calculated and intended to injure his feel
ings or reputation or bring him into dis
credit, or which threaten him, has been
amended SO as to make the exclusion of
such matter from the mails absolute.
whether such devices be printed or writ
ten upon the outside or enclosed in trans
parent covering. This amendment was
rendered necessary by reason of evasions
of the original act by certain collection
agencies, so-called, which continued to
carry on their Matchmaking scheme
through the mails by simply enclosing
the offensive missives in thin, transpar-
ent envelopes. Under the act nothing
that bears any evidence of being matter
inhibited will be admitted for transmits
sion through the mails.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12

The Pacific coast Is getting very lib
eral divvy in the matter of national con-
ventions-ths national teachers associa-
ton at San Francisco and the supreme
conciave of Odd Fellows at Los Angeles.
These occasions will afford California adj
mirable opportunities for showing her
self to the best advantage to the large
numbers of visitors who will be attract
ed thither by the events named, and it is
fair to presume that she will make use Of
them in full measure
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12

Cyclones are again causing widespread
destruction to property in the country.
The most terrible feature of these Wis
itants is that they can not, it seems, be
foretold, and that science knows compar-
atively nothing of their origin. Whether
or not the planting of trees might pro
duce conditions less favorable to them is
a matter of conjecture: but it is notable
that they are less prevalent where forest
pbstructions are interposed
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
an Encouraging Augury.

IIOIT.- ID IL1-IIiI1
In May the gross earnings of seventy
five railroads averaged S443 mile, as
compared with S436 in May. 1887, and
S40l in 1856. The figures for June are
not yet at hand, but 1t is probable that
they viii tell a similar story. Taking
the whole year up to the end Of May,
the railroad earnings were larger than IN
the corresponding period Of any previous
year. This is good evidence, notwith-
standing the lockouts and dizziness in
some industries, that general business Is
fairly active.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12

porting them. Senator Plumb is even
stronger i'll his way than Senator ingalls,.
He is the working member and is
powerful in the committee room and in
straight debate on practical, worka-day
questions.
Senators Ingalls, and Plumb may make
many mistakes-they often debut their
state will never confess it publicly.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12

The townships OF Rockford. Parke. Valley Center
and Garden Plain, having each two voting pre-
cncts the delegate at large has been given to the
precinct having the largest unrepresented vote
Tho central committee recommend that the pri-
maries be held from to o'clock D. at the usual
voting places in each township and i'll the wards Of
the city OF Wichita from to O'Clock p. at the
usual voting places, on Thursday the 23rd day Of
August. A. ID. 1855.
The central committee also recommends that on
the Ord day Of August. A. d. 1858, between the
hours above named for holding the primaries for
the county convention, that the primaries for the
several representative districts he also held.
Done by Order of the Republican County Central
Commitree.
We. HUTCHINSON, Chairman.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
HOW ABOUT A SENATOR d?
A Man Who Has Been Pressed Declines
But Suggests
WICHITA, Kan, July II, 1888.

WICHITA, Kan, July II, 1888.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
Some weeks ago an article appeared in
the EAGLE mentioning my name in con-
nection with the office of state senator
from this district. Since that time [
have been spoken to by many on the
subject, and learning that there is still a
question in the minds of some as to
whether | am or will be candidate,
will say that am not and will not, I'M
der any circumstances, be candidate
for that office.
Having said this much, l will say
more. During the period of time COW
cred by the term of state senator, COM
mencing next January, matters of the
gravest Importance to Wichita are
almost certain to come before the legis-
lature, and in such case it is of the
utmost Importance that we should be
represented by men who can turn every
opportunity to our advantage. Wichita
is the first city and Sedgwicll
the first county in the state,
and they ought to be represent
ed in the senate by broad-gauged, lib
eral minded, intelligent citizen, one vino
by his character and ability will COM
mand the respect of those with whom he
would come in contact in public life, and
SO accomplish those ends which would
best serve his constituency.
We have such men. With such men
as H. C. Sluss, NJ. NJ. Murdoch, H. W.
Lewis, r. r. Vermillion or NJ. w. Levy
to represent us in the senate; T. B. Wall,
j. r. Hallowell or L. B. Jewett in the
send district Pat Macdonald, w. A.
Daily or Van Eaton in the S3rd district:
John Kelly or E. P. Thompson in the
Saith district to represent US in the house
the interests of Sedgwick county in the
legislature would be well represented.
Yours, ". E. STANLEY.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12

The Kansas City (Kansas) Daily Ga
zette, edited by a very bright headed
christian and warm haired deacon OF the
Presbyterian church, but whom the
average Democratic doctrine distracts,
entirely endorses the EAGLES views of
the grand jury system of Kansas and
says that the EAGLE correctly advises.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12

I cannot spell out any principle upon
hesto,,sd Ibro1y ~ ;r ps+tS,r,,a,taIi-1o - =,
the flood of private pension bills that reach
me-Grover Cleveland,
Yes, Grover, everybody knows you
cannot spell outr' 1t is a very simple
word, but it is the hardest word for you
in the dictionary. You will learn
though. The people will give you a
lesson in photography next November.
They will teach you Grover. They will
give you a spell out about the 4th of
March. 1889.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
A Sort Of Quid Pro Quo.

kias,ey Mercury.
It's to be hoped that the compliments
the Chicago Tribune is receiving from
the Democratic press viii not make it
over proud. They have all manner Of
good things to say of of it-for the mean
things il Is saying about the platform Of
the Republican convention.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12

1t was suggestive remark of General
Sheridan's, while at the Delaware Break
water, that if he could only have few
days rest and be let alone he would be
all right. Many tired sufferer on whom
every care and attention has been lavish
ed, and whose every heart-throb and
pulse-beat have been noted and studied,
has experienced similar feeling. There
are drugs in natures pharmacopoeia the
virtues of which even the greatest pedi-
cal scientists do not always sufficiently
recognize.