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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

THERE will be at least eight can
didates in the field for the republican
nomination as governor, viz: A. w.
Smith of Mcpherson, George S. Green
of Manhattan. George S. Case OF
Jewell county, j. 3. johnson OF To
peka, L. U. Humphrey of Montgomery
county, Thomas T. Taylor of Hutchin-
son, S. B. Bradford of Usage and
David Taylor of Emporia. Every
man in this list served in the union
army during the war. Smith is now a
farmer, and is a mechanic by trade;
David Taylor is real estate dealer
and all the others are lawyers. Green
and Case are both members of the
state senate; johnson has been, and
Smith now IS speaker OF the house;
Tom Taylor has served in the senate
and is now a member of the house, and
Bradford is the present attorney gem
eral. All are men of clean personal
and they are all well known
throughout the state. = Atchison
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01
OKLAHOMA AND TIE OLD SOLE
DIERS.


In Kansas City paper which is, In
time and out OF time, urging the open
ing up. Of Oklahoma, as they call it,
but which really means the entire In
dian Territory, we find the following:
At the conclusion of the Grand
Army encampment last night, after
large majority of the delegates had
left, action on the resolution reported
by the majority Of the committee on
resolutions relative to the opening OF
Oklahoma to settlement. which was
signed by four OF the six members Of
the committee, was postponed by the
efforts Of the leading representatives
of the cattle SPECTATORS operating in
that territory and prominent real
estate agents and spectators who coIi-
rol large bodies of land on the
% outhern border OF Kansas, but after
the encampment had adjourned a
meeting was held at which it was de-
termined to send a strong delegation
to Washington to urge the passage Of
bill for the opening up Of the territory
to homestead settlement for the benefit
Of the old soldiers and poor men Of the
country.
That there is not word Of truth in
the above so far as it relates to the
action taken by real estate agents and
cattle spectators goes without saying.
In fact, just the opposite was the case.
A very strong lobby Of Kansas City
men and supposedly strong delega-
ton Of Wichita and other boomers,
attempted to choke down the G. A. B.
boys of Kansas q resolution pledgiDg
them as favoring the Oklahoma move
ment. However. the scheme did not
work, the boys not being led by the
nose so easily as had been supposed.
During the discussion brought on by
the introduction of the resolution, Col.
Webster of Mcpherson took occasion to
explain who he considered were the
real urgers of the Oklahoma movement.
He stated, and with vehemence, that
it was not the so-called boomer, but
that very wealthy syndicate of CAPT
talists with headquarters at Kansas
City, Wichita and other convenient
places were the real boomers, and
that it was well known fact that every
tract of desirable land in the entire
strip had already been laid out into
counties, sections, townsites, etc., and
that even the names of the severa
county seats had been decided upon.
He also asserted that just SO soon al
the territory should be opened up thest
syndicates had hordes of men prepared
to rush over at moments notice an(
gobble up every inch of desirabl,
ground, and thus keep the actual set
tier entirely out of what they profess
they only want for him.
But, over and above all reasons urged
by either Col. Webster or others, tn,
fact that impressed itself most, and tn,
one which really caused postponemen
of action until next year, was that o
the absence of over tWo-thirds of tn
members of the encampment, who hal
returned to their homes under the con
viction that all important measures
had been disposed Of. Besides, it wa
strongly urged that the matter was on
with which the soldiers should be care
full about meddling, for the very reason
that no matter which way they shout,
decide it would still be urged by tn
opposition that political designers hat
controlled their action.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01
AMRRICUs NEWS.

AMERICUs, Feb. 24.-Dr. Kirkatrick
of Bushong was in the city this morn
ing on business.
Milton Toomely started to Emporia
this morning, when both of his teams
took it into their heads to run away
and madee things lively for a little
while. No serious damage, however,
was done.
Mrs. DIR. Ross expects to start for
Colfax, California, tomorrow, to Join
her husband, her health permitting.
d. z. Tressler spent few days in
Hartford this week.
p. NJ. Smith will move into the Jen-
sen property.
C. C. McAuley fell off from load of
agricultural implements this morning,
sustaining slight injuries.
M. S. Hutchens has purchased the
windmill of Craig Anderson. Mr.. Lesh
will, however, continue in the bust
ness. BURLow.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01
OBR WARRINGTON LETrnR.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. q, 1885,
Congress is disposed to act upon all
public bills with as much dispatch as
possible so as to take up the tariff and
pass the best tariff bill possible before
either convention meets. Legislation
for public buildings is receiving more
attention than at any time before, and
this viii put money in circulation in
all sections Of the country and please
the working men. So far all of the
many bills of that character that have
come up Tor action have passed in the
form reported by the committee, but
very little opposition being made to
any or them. The total amount appro-
priated in one day for buildings as
81 100000. The thing above all 9TH
ers that is troubling members the
most just now is the sitting of con-
gresS up to the time of the meet
ing OF the national conventions. This
being long session the adjournment
according to custom would not be I'M
til August, but the meeting of the
democratic convention in June and the
republican convention shortly after
wards, makes the members impatient
to get away to engage in the thickest
OF the fray. And now that the day of
meeting has been fixed, the ways and
means committee will press to early
action the tariff bill which is ready for
report to the full committee and this
will afford a good plank for the plat
form. The ALMOST universal opinion
here is that Cleveland Will be the NOM
inee and the selection of st. Louis is
accepted as finally settling. Senator
| Vest, who is warm friend of the
president, made most telling speech
/ before the national committee. and the
forcibleness of his speech and his close
relations to the executive, are conceded
to have Influenced the committee in de-
| Gliding on st. Louis. All of the St.
Louis delegation in congress, except
Representative Burnes. are strong
Cleveland men, and say that st. Louis
will be solid for the presidents renom.
Il nation.
The government printing is being in.
vestigated but the developments so fan
are favorable to the administration OF
the Office than otherwise. Govern.
ment Printer Benedict says that he
has saved $3.50, 600 by the reduction OF
the labor roll; $4,000 per annum by q
change in the system of paying en-
PloyeS. a saving of many thousands OF
dollars in obtaining the discount al
lowed in the purchase of type; and still
further saving in reducing the waste
of paper. The investigation is still il
progress, but as yet it can not be pre-
dicted what the final showing and com
parison with previous administration.
of the Office will be.
Although the house committee has
reported favorably the bill admitting
Dakota, Montana, Washington terri
tory and New Mexico to statehood, i
is not expected that they will be admit
ted this congress. While republican,
would control some of the new states
still, upon the whole, the democrats
would gain more than the republican.
and obtain control of the senate, anC
hence the republicans will oppose thu
admission. The four go together anC
the failure of one means the defeat O
all, II
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

The question is often asked, how
did the strip known as "No-Man's-
Land come to exist. The explana--
ton given is, that after the Mexican
war congress fixed the northern
boundary of Texas on a line on the
36th degree and 80 seconds of latitude,
and when the Kansas Nebraska act
passed, the southern boundary of Kan
sas was fixed on the 37th degree of lat
itude. This leaves between the two
lines strip of half degree or about
thirty-nve miles wide and 21O miles
long, and this is No-Man's-Land.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

THE papers of Kansas are seemingly
a unit in kindly and complimentary
remarks on the new G. A. R. COM
mander. We reproduce the following
from Governor Martins paper, the
Atchison Champion, as a specimen:
Col. j. W. Feighan, of :Emporia,
who has been chosen commander of
the department of Kansas, of the G. A.
r. for the present year, is an old
soldier, having served in the SD In
diana infantry, from 1862 to 1865. He
has a splendid army record. Upon his
discharge from the service he entered
and graduated from the Miami, Ohio.
university, and the Cincinnati law
school. Subsequently he pub
lshed for time the Rockport, Indiana,
Republican. In 1873 he removed
to Owensboro, Kentucky, and engaged
in the practice of law. In 1880 he
came to Kansas, settled in Emporia,
formed a law partnership with Hon.
]. J. Buck. Served three terms as
county attorney of Lyon, and has, for
years been prominently identified with
the Grand Army of the Republic. He
is a stalwart republican, an accom-
plished gentleman, and will make an
acceptable commander of the Kansas
veterans.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

Iowa insurance companies have
combined for the purpose of maintain
ing rates and depriving the people of
the benefits of competition. A state
ment was made in the legislature that
there were five ''local boards or ''com-
pacts," that fix the minimum rates of
insurance of each of the companies of
which they are composed, and that the
cost of maintaining the trust is s37 900
year. AS the $37 600 comes out of
the pockets of the insured, the com
pacts" are an evil. A bill to abolish
them, and which provides penalties, is
pending in the legislature.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

Col. z. A. SMITH, editor of the Leav
enworth Times, was among the news
paper Iuen who visited the G.. A. r. en-
campment at Winfield and made many
additions to his already large acquaint-
ance in Kansas. The colonel is one of
the Old war horses, and wears his g.
A. R. badge as one who worthily won
it only can. His write-up of the en-
campment in the Sunday Times is the
best we have so far seen. He handles
the service pension question in an ex-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

NEARLY every paper of any prom
inence whatever has at one time or an
other spoken favorably of the pro-
posed opening up of the Oklahoma
country. But when this was done,
some time since, it was before the
scheme now urged was we'll enough
developed to show its cloven foot.
At the time we speak of it was Okla
homa only that was spoken of. Now
the scheme includes Oklahoma, the
public land strip known as ''No-Man's-
Land" and an extremely large slice
of the Indian Territory. That mo
Mans Land" should be taken in out of
the wet and made amenable to law and
order in some manner every one freely
admits. But to do this it is not
necessary to open up the entire In
dian country and virtually kill pros
perity in Kansas for the next few years.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

Mrs. B. Mahanna of Chicago, repre-
senting the FairIamb system of cream
cries and cold storage, of which sew
eral are already in operation in Kan
sas, met few of our citizens at the
Whitley this morning, to consider the
question of building one at Emporia.
There seems to be no question as to
the success Of such an enterprise if
started on the right basis, and if same
Of our monied men viii lend a hand,
it would seem that it would not only
pay the stockholders. but at the same
time be of great benefit to the farmer.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

IN each and every case where Gov
ernor Martin has pardoned or COM
muted the sentence of persons con-
victed of violating the prohibitory law,
he has granted the pardon or commuta-
ton upon the condition that the in
dividual shall hereafter in all respects
demean himself as an orderly and law
abiding citizen; that he shall abstain
from the use of every kind of intoxi-
eating liquor, and that he shall not be
a. frequenter of saloons, gambling
houses, etc. In case the party released
violates these conditions, the Governor
has the power to revoke the pardon
and have him sent to prison again.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

SUITS for breach of promise TO marry
are multiplying very rapidly in all parts
OF the country. The heavy judgment
against Arbuckle, the millionaire eof-
fee merchant of New York, appears to
have given an impetus to the industry.
Few Of the fair plaintiffs claim dam
ages in sum less than O,OOO. They
manifestly imagine that they need
about this amount to heal the injury
done to their hearts and hopes.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

of the boys at the Winfield encamp-
ment was strongly In favor of Farmer
Smith and that the Taylor boom did
not materialize. Farmer Smith knew
that his presence was not needed and
he let the other candidates fight for
the shuels. And it is also said that
Rev. Bernard Kelly received q black
eye in the quietest manner imaginable.
Poor Kelly. His only hope is a strong
popular Methodist uprising No
political boom materialized at the en-
campment, and no gubernatorial can
didate received black eye or any
other kind of eve.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

since as being in bad condition, an
for which, it was stated before the
Board of Trade, that ''high oficial''
Of the Santa Fe desired to know if that
statement voiced the sentiments of
Emporia. - and the Board voted that it
did not. If the Board makes another
break like that it should be sent out
over the road. Republican.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01
Critics Report-C. E. Lawton.


New Management Ter the A. & p.
ALBUQUERQUE, Feb. 22.-Arrange-
ments are now being made by the st.
Louis s. San Francisco road for assum-
ing the joint management with the
Atchison Company OF the Atlantic s.
Pacific. Expensive repairs of the last
named road are TO be undertaken at
once, amounting almost to rebuilding
of the line. New ties viii be laid al
most throughout; the smaller bridges
have to be rebuilt, and new iron is
needed on some portions of the road.
The Atlantic & Pacific has been under
the management Of the Atchison for a
year and half, but the Frisco lately
became dissatisfied with the way the
property was being treated and a com
mission, consisting OF representatives
of the Frisco, Atlantic s. Pacific and
Atchison, lately went over the line on
a tour of inspection, with the result
above stated.
The above piece of road is the one to
which ''Victim'' referred abort time
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

PHIL. SHERIDAN is not a statesman,
and has sense enough to know it. He
consequently announces that he
wouldn't accept a nomination for the
presidency if it were conferred upon
him. Phil. is correct. Should he ever
conclude to run for the Office of presi-
dent he would inevitably discover that
his ride to Winchester was a myth,
that there were plenty of more capable
cavalry commanders in the army, that
his services in the Shenandoah valley
have been exaggerated, that his
bravery was only foolhardiness, that
his most successful maneuvers were
suggested by some one, and that he
never amounted to much as soldier
anyway. AS he is proud of the glory
which he won by hard fighting and
doesn't care to lose it or have it tarn-
ished, the general will keep out of pol
itics. He isn't hunting for grave
yard in which to bury his reputation.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

Col. JOHN \. COCKRELL, of the New
York, says that Foraker is the coming
man, and that in the event of his nom
ination he will easily defeat Cleveland.
Arkansas City Traveller.
John a. CCcl1rell is a warm personal
friend of Foraker, and, if our memory
serves us right, was comrade of his
during the war for the Union. If John
could make president, Foraker would
Ia Onn
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

THE Kansas City man who would
urge the cutting of canal across the
peninsula opposite the city, in order to
change the course of the Missouri
river and thus leave Wyandotte and
Kansas City inland towns, would be
considered fool or an idiot, unless he
had some other irons in the fire besides
those at the two cities referred to. And
yet this is just what the people of
Kansas City are urging Kansans to do
when they urge us to boom the OPEN
ing of Oklahoma. The Kansas man
who stands in with the real estate ring
that owns Oklahoma and has the en-
tire neutral strip plated out, has other
irons inthe fire than those heating in
Kansas soil. And he will bear watch
ing,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

The Republican Club met at the
court house Saturday night. There was Q
fair attendance present. Mr.. Wiggan,
the president of the club, called the
meeting to order and introduced Col.
Flory, who read an interesting paper
On protection. Several others present
spoke on the subject.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01
KANSAS PATENTS.

The following is a list of patents
granted to citizens of Kansas for the
week ending February 81, 1888, report
ed for the EMPoRIA DAILY NEWS,
through the Office of W. A. Redmond,
solicitor of patents, 631 F street n. W.,
Washington, D. c.:
G. NJ. Lee. Jefferson, refrigerator.
L. Munday, Morgan, fender for horse
rakes.
J. Schermerhorn s. t. Jury, Terra
Gotta. cultivator.
w. A. Westbrook, Kingman, wagon
brake lever.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

KATE CAsTLETON, the actress, wants
a divorce from her husband, Isadore
Phillips, because he refuses to divorce
himself from the cup that inebriates.
The condition of slave is paradise to
that of the man who likes liquor better
than wife or family. But the condi-
ton of the wife or husband who has a
drunkard for partner is even worse
than that of the victim of the cup.
Kate should have divorce by all
ma0na
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

Col. Il. r. SMITH, editor of the
Leavenworth Times, is an old soldier.
He was the first man who enlisted in
his company, of the 18th infantry of
Maine. He was commissioned captain
and was subsequently promoted to
major, lieutenant colonel, and near the
end of the war was brevetted colonel.
He enlisted in July, 1852, and was
mustered out in September, 1865.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

THE politicians are all down at Win
field, getting their little booms started
for the summer campaign. \ great
many fellows in Kansas get prominence
through that worthy organization, the
G.. a. R.-Standard.
A great many of these same fellows
got prominence several years ago at
meetings of grand armies, when, as
now, some parties stayed at home to
sheer and abuse as they do now. Then
they had chance to join the ranks,
but were too cowardly. Now they are
barred out forever, and can only snarl
and groWl.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

IF Sheridan is nominated and carries
all the states that claim his birthplace,
he has sure thing on an election. AS
Kansas is sure for him in the event OF
nomination, Emporia hereby enters
first claim as the spot where he was
born. We don't propose to be too far
behind in the procession.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

Mr.. j. ID. TAsCoTT, who is reputa-
BILE citizen of Chicago, is credited by
the Inter-Ocean with the statement
that he is not the father of the young
man accused of the Smell murder,
although he has hitherto acknowl-
edged him as son and treated him as
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

ANERICUs, Kas., Feb. 28.-Mrs.
Stubs moved yesterday from the farm
to her newly acquired city property.
Thomas Terri, of Allen creek. who
has been very low for some days, is re-
ported better this morning.
Harvey Bircket has secured posi-
ton at Harrington, and will probably
remain during the summer.
Frank Clark has taken up a resi-
dence in Americas.
Monday.
Yves. Lesh is having a stone walk
laid on his lot facing Main street, op-
poSite the Egolf House.
Trade in town was unusually brisk
for cold Monday. BURLow.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

THE Kansas City Times expresses
much pain because lin the general dis
tribution of emoluments and offices at
Winfield the grandsons of veterans
were sighted" We fail, however, to
see any good cause for its pain, unless
it refers to the grandsons of confed-
crate veterans.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

Col. CHARLEY MANsUR's Oklahoma
speech is declared by leading Chero-
kee to be "a marvel of ignorance, bonn
bast and cheek" Evidently Col.
Charley talks in congress just as he
has always talked on the stump and in
democratic conventions in Missouri
Globe Democrat.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

THE New York Sun, the Albany
Times, the Troy New York; Telegram,
the Cincinnati Enquirer and the
Birmingham (Ala.) Age are among the
influential Democratic papers that are
trying to defeat Cleveland's renomina-
ton.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

- = = Al-1sD 1Ll8NL IE-FWeNCE8s
Notice is hereby given that the EN-
porla Canning Co., will, on Thursday,
March list 1888, let contracts for fur
nishing vegetables for said company
Tor the ensuing year. Contract VIII De
per acre. Contract viii be let at the
county clerks office in the court house.
ROLAND LAKIN. Secretary.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

A BILL TO invest women with the
elective franchise was defeated in the
Massachusetts senate few days since
by vote Of IS to 10. The result was
a tie and the president of the body
voted in the negative.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01
premises.

INGALLS,, it is claimed, can carry the
Irish-American vote In the doubtful
states better than any man the repub-
licans can nominate. AS the Irish
hold the balance of power in New York
and other states, they may become an
important factor in nominating a can
didate. Should Ingalls, be chosen as
standard-bearer he would undoubted-
ly receive as full republican support
as any man that can be named.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

EVERYONE who reads Il newspaper
becomes familiar with the business
houses whose names appear in it, and
naturally they patrOnize them. Mer-
chants who advertise make many
friends through the columns of a news
paper, as their names become as famil-
lar as household words.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

THE Atlanta Constitution says: 1.-The
anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's
birthday calls renewed attention to the
fact that he was the only really great
man in the country that ever belonged
to the republican party" The Con-
stitution, however, fails TO explain why
it has been so long discovering the fact,
and why its distinguished friend, JEFF
Davis, does not agree with it in the
T0rapniSae
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-01

A TEXAS school marin was asked
a few days ago why there are so many
old maids in her profession and she re-
piled that it was because no sensible
woman would give up a $50 position
for a $40 man.