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Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07
KANSAS KOHL Larry .

| The tail-end of the Fourth. a circular
SWING, ID still holding out at Garden City.
Garden City pays out SO a day for
| tobacco and an equal amount for icJ
cream.
The News failed to mention that al
Great Bend they don't even allow them
to whistle.
1t is hoped that the "Olde folkes con
cert" at Newton has been lost in the din
OF the Fourth.
The lack of the fire department "citi-
zens in carriages, business this Fourth Is
without precedent in Kansas.
With the thermometer 100 in the
shade, an article daily on pork, and an
interview with New York man, Hutch
inson is getting on very fairly.
Three car loads of Mexicans passed
west last evening through Newton, on
route home from Rome. Cardinal Pa
DISCO was at the head of the party.
II. c. Neeley, formerly resident enqin-
eer OF the Santa Fe at Newton. lately
city engineer of Topeka. has been sus-
pended by Mayor MetsAer for gross neg
lect of duty.
Eight thousand people attended the
celebration Of the Fourth az Augusta
Addresses were delivered by 1t. Gov.
Riddle, of Minneapolis, and j. X. Cub
bison, Of FL Dorado.
Brubaker, the Dunkard preacher, who
disappeared SO mysteTiously a few days
aga, is said to have borrowed a consider
able some of money al Ottawa before
leaving. He is not dead.
Everybody went picnicing at Newton
on the Fourth with the exception Of
clothier and the baseball editor
of the Kansan. whose lengthy, not n
say proljx articles, would not allow 10
participate.
About 400 Newton people celebrated
at Sedgwick On the Fourth, when the
carriage factory nine defeated the Sed2
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07
THE BREAK IN TEXAS.

There are hopeful indications that the
crack of the party whip by the Demo
cratic bosses in Texas has lost its terror.
and that there will be no more such over
whelming, vulgar Democratic MAORI
lies, such as have hitherto characterized
the elections in that state There will be
four, possibly five, parties contending
for the mastery this fail: Democratic,
Republican, Prohibition, Union Labor,
and if the last named fails TO coalese
with the Non-partisan. that organization
which has just been perfected, will be
added to the list The last named party.
although the newest or youngest, viii
make heavier drafts upon the Democracy
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

The American Celt. of st. Louis, is out
in support of Harrison and Morton. In
very able editorial it says: eve hope
that Irish-Americans will discard all past
alliances, put aside all present fears and
dread no future coalitions, in the single
hope of carrying to speedy victory ban
ner incribed with these devices: Pro
lection Of the American Citizen at Home
and Abroad" The Celt is an able,
strong journal. and its influence will be
felt during the campaign. Its position is
another proof of the fact that the Irish,
generally, are going to oppose the ticket
supported by English newspapers and
manufacturers.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

We notice that few Democratic pa
pers are compromising themselves by
trying to compromise Gen. Ben Harrison
with the statement that he is first cousin
to General Mosby, of Confederate fame
These would-be smirchers are bound to
admit Mosby was perhaps the dashingest
cavalry leader in the rebel army; that
there never was any half-heartedness
about him, but that after making the
best fight he could for bad cause he
surren dered Internationally and without
mental reservation, and has since proven
his loyalty by acts as well as words.
General Harrison's kinship to General
Mosby, although the result of circum-
stances over which he had no control, is
vet a matter over which he has no cause
for regret, however much he may depre-
cate his course in 1861. If the circum-
stance of being related to Mosby be a
discredit to a person who put his own
loyalty to the Union to the test at that
time, what must be said of those slack
water critics who found unfeigned de-
light in the rebel chieftain's temporary
success, which imperiled the life of the
nation: Bah.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

the restriction of Chinese immigration,
and the bill was conceded, especially in
the west and on the Pacific coast. to be
one of the best bills ever reported by
any committee on the subject. On this
point the Pacific coast Republicans, who
are presumed to be more deeply con-
cerned than in any other section, are en-
tirely satisfied. And not only is their
candidates record satisfactory TO them,
but it is supplemented by plank in the
platform that is clear, explicit and IN
susceptible of misconstruction on that
subject. On the Chinese question, as on
every other, the Republican party and its
candidates are all right, and that's what
aggraTates the Democracy.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

When James G. Blaine arrives in this
country from Europe next month and
starts on his tour of stump speaking in
the doubtful states there will be such a
rafting among the dry bones of the val
ley as will give the whole Democratic
party the ague. Free whisky and qui-
nine will be in demand then, the ex-
treme prohibition views of Mr.. Cleveland
and the old Roman to the contrary not
wlthstaudjng.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

Here are some figures which Republi
cans will not forget during the campaign
of 1888. On the basis of the vote of
1884 transfer from the Democratic to
the Republican column of nine votes in
1000 in New Jersey, five in 1000 in
Connecticut, seven in 1000 in Indiana
and one IN 1900 in New York would
give all these states to the Republicans.
This is based on the vote cast at the last
presidential election and does not COM
prebend the proportionate increase in
those states of the million new voters
added to the population of the country
since that time, majority of whom are
conceded to be Republicans.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

There is one thing" says our evening
cotemporary, that may as we'll be I'M
derstood at once, and that is that no
sentimentality goes in this campaign.
The red bandana. and log cabin and coon
skin ideas must be given up" The very
next editorial is headed, "Hurrah for the
Red Bandaua." Well, there can't be
much sentiment possible in campaign
headed by Grover Cleveland, that's true.
and even but little can cluster about
Thurman's old nose rag.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

There is one fool less than there was
before Flack undertook to make the de.
scent of the rapids at Niagara Falls in a
boat Of his own construction. He made
one sensible wish before starting on the
fateful journey, and that was that his
trip might be SO thrilling that no one
would ever undertake to make it here
after. But it Will not be needed. Some
other crank with a new invention Of
some sort will try it with Flack's fate
staring him in the face. Neither viii
the narrow escape of the balloonists who
were carried out to sea and dragged
through the angry pillows for miles by
the unmanageable air-ship off Boston
Thursday, and who, but for the timely
presence of vessel hard by the point al
which the would-be ssronauts were
dropped into the water, would certainly
found watery graves, deter other fool
hardy adventures from trying to ac-
complish the impossible. The desire for
notoriety is a very consuming fire in the
breast of many who, If their ambition
and energy were tempered with patience
and Judgment. they might accomplish,
and doubtless would in part, what they
hope for, but which their over-weening
thirst for notoriety prevents by prompt
ing them TO acts that are self-nullnylng
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

1t is to be hoped that the Leavenworth
convention this week will not put negro
On the state ticket. 1t does not add to the
strength of the party. In 1856 Kelly, a
negro, candidate tor auditor, ran %, S41 be-
hind the head of his ticket.-Harper Index
Well. your wish was gratified. 1t was
scarcely worth while to express such a
wish, though. The Democratic conven-
ton was not composed of men who are
so foolish as to suppose that with such a
record of deception and treachery toward
the negroes in Kansas that party could
hope for anything at their hands. To
have placed negro upon their ticket by
the Democrats would have been adding
insult to injury, The negroes of Kansas
will be able to take care of themselves in
November.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07
READ UP.
Troy Chief.

Troy CHIEF.
| Now that the first Joy of the Republi-
can nominations is over, will 4 lot OF the
! papers please read up before undertaking
to enlighten the public relative to the
nominee. Harrisons name is not Ben
jamin F., nor Benjamin H., nor any
thing else except Benjamin Harrison.
He did not sign the Declaration of indie
pendence; he was never president; his
| father was never president, nor gov
ernor of the Northwestern territory.
Benjamin Harrison, the great-grand-
father of our Ben, signed the declara-
| ton of independence. William
Henry Harrison, the son of Ben
jamin, and the grandfather of our
Ben, fought the battles of Tippe-
canoe on the Thames, was governor of
the northwestern territory, md, after
having been beaten for president by
Martin Van Buren, in 1886, turned around
and beat the tOe-nails Off OF Van Buren,
in 1910. John Scott Harrison, the son of
the president, and father of our Ben. was
never a governor or president. He was
elected to congress as Wing, in 1852,
from one of the Cincinnati districts, and
was reelected as Wing and Know
Nothing, in 1854. He did not take kindly
to the Republican party, but for a time
rather leaned toward the Democrats.
We think he was Bell and Everett man
in 1860, and was union man during the
war. After the war we do not know
what party he voted with, but he took
no active part in politics. One of his
sons is Democrat. Benjamin, the pres
ent candidate and son OF John Scott
Harrison, was never a Know Nothing,
having been of age only about two
months before the election in the great
Know-Nothing year, 1854. He was with
the Republican party at its formation and
has been with it ever since. In fact, he
did not vote in 1854, for he removed to
Indianapolis in that year and had not
gained a LEGAL residence as q VOTER
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

The nomination of Judge W. P. Camp
bell for the supreme bench by the Kan
sas Democracy was probably an unex-
pected compliment, as the judge was
modestly aspiring to the nomination for
congress, from this district. With the
judge out of the way young Mr.. Ely seems
thave the inside track for that distinc-
ton. As for the campaign, we are quite
sure Judge Peters feels little concern who
tn democrats put up. In his hands one
Democrat will prove about as good as an
other for scrubbipg purposes.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

Let Irlsh-Americans remember tina
the London Times bitterly opposes Gen.
eral Harrison and the Republican plat
form and is strongly in favor of Cleve-
land, whom it extols as the free-trade
champion in America. 1t certainly
would be an anomalous situation for the
London Times and the Irishmen of this
country to be heartily united in the sup
port of man or a principle. 1t has
generally been thought that the endorse
ment of any project by the Times did
not strengthen that project in the est
NATION of Irishmen. This. however, is
what the Democrats are claiming now,
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

Fl. Miles Moore, whom the Democrats
placed on their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
platform, was, it turned out, one of the
police commissioners of Leavenworth.
When the fact was discovered their was
hot haste until Moore handed in his res
ipuafinn
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

The way that the English papers are
praising Cleveland as the champion of
free trade in America and denouncing
Harrison as a country lawyer, may
Rmuse and entertain Johnny Bull. but it
don't help their cause or the chances of
Cleveland IN this country.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

A STRIKING CONTRAST.

Apropos Of the gratuitous enlightment
of the senate day or two ago by Mr..
P. NJ G. Dickinson on the subject Of the
foreign mail service of the country,
which communication appeared in our
news columns at the time, there appears
an article in the North American Re
view from Mr. Edw. P. North in which
he discusses the decline In American
shipping and points out the cause of it.
Mr. North relates that in 1910 Sir
Samuel Cunard induced the British gov
eminent to grant his company subsidy
of 1000 year for monthly line of
mail-carrying steamships between Liver
pool, Halifax and Boston. By 1919 par
lament had increased the subsidy to
$685. 900. In the meantime the United
States government had subsidized the
famous Collins line, which at once be-
came a naval merchant force whose
growth and power threatened the
supremacy of the English Cunard line.
'But the prospect of American naval
supremacy was not pleasant to men who
We're plotting treason, and who trusted
for the success of contemplated rebellion
to the weakness Of the national war and
merchant navy. Accordingly in 1858
Senators Jefferson Davis and Robert
Toombs, aided by Democratic free traders
in the northern states, succeeded in pass
ing law enacting that it should not be
lawful for the postmaster general to con-
tract with any vessel or line of vessels
for a greater compensation than the
amount of the sea and inland postage on
letters carried by such vessel or vessels,
nor for longer time than two years.
1t was just about two years after that
the rebellion became a certainty. But
at the very time when Davis and Toombs
and the northern free traders were re-
moving the subsidy from the Collins
line, and were limiting its paltry profit
on contract, from sea and inland post
age on letters carried by it's ships to
two years duration. the Cunard line was
working under nine years contract
with an increased subsidy, which was
now of the value of $67 600 year.
The effect was that which Toombs and
Davis and their fellow conspirators an
ticipated. England was at once made
mistress of the Atlantic ocean,"
So you see it was the same old combi-
nation--the solid south and the free
traders of the north. Then they de-
stroyed American supremacy on the
ocean. Now they are trying to destroy
American supremacy it its own markets.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

There are but two parties in the great
national contest-Republicans and Dem
ocrats. All other pretended organiza-
tons in the northern states are Demo
Gratis in disguise, while in the south they
are Republicans in disguise.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

We commend the following from the
London Times to the consideration of the
Irtsh-Americans; THE only time Eng
land can use Celt is when he emigrates
TO America and votes for free trade"
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07
Thav AL War. L.

Iecer1sea CnlsftAL1-
Wherever there IS an American fag
there is a Republican campaign banner
this year. Voters die for il. women sigh
fer it, and children CRY for il. And il *
going to wave an American victory this
rt.Ax-
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

The situation in England touching the
IRISH question is again assuming a seri-
Gus aspect for the government. The re-
cent elections resulted in largely reduced
majorities for supporters of the govern
ment, and the renewed and oft repeated
rumors of the resignation of Balfour
chief secretary for Ireland, give color to
the popular impression that the country
is on the eve of revolution on the Irish
question such as has meyer taken place
before. There is no sort of doubt that
the English government is more griev
ously vexed at the general situation of
its affairs than it has been for a quarter
of century.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

delegate convention Of the e. Republicans q. q
oey .. Nav 1885 at the hour Of IL O'Clock NJ for the
election OF our delegates and four aternaes to the
National Republican convention to be held in Chi
cago June u 1888. Also for the nomination OF two
presidential electors.
Also delegate convention OF the Republicans OF
Kansas will be held in thecity OF Topeka on the
25th day of July 1888 at the hour OF u O'Clock d.,
for the nomination of candidates for:
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary of State.
Auditor of State.
Treasurer OF State.
Attorney General.
SUPERINTENDENT of Public instruction.
Delegates to the conventions mentioned anoVe
shall be elected by county conventions duly called
bv the several county Republican committees un-
Ger such rules and regulations as NAV be by them
prescribed. The county conventions to be held not
farer than May 1885, The basis OF apportionnent OF
delegates to said state conventions VIII De, one
delegate and alternate to each 40 votes cast Tor
Timothy Mccarthy for auditor OF state, November,
1886 or fraction of a) more votes. One delegate
and one alternate each will be allowed to all unor-
ganized counties and counties organized since Nov;
8 1856 Delegates are apportioned TO the several
counties follows. tO-wlt:
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

Before the final action of the Republi-
can convention in making nominations
the mugwumps and their anti-Blaine
allies cursed and abused that statesman
and patriot because they thought he
would be rendered and would accept the
nomination, and so confident were they
that this would be done that they added
denunciation for insincerity on his part
in declining the nomination in advance.
Now that same outfit are equally violent
against him because he did the very
thing they wanted him to do. With
them, in discussing Mr.. Blaine, it is
damned if you do, and damned if you
don't
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

An amusing feature of Democratic
argument on the tariff question is that
g it almost invariably starts out with an
apology for the democratic position by
protesting that the Democratic party is
not in favor of free trade, and then
winds up by arguing against a pro-
tectiye tariff.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

The voters of Kansas who are in favor of a free
and untrammeled vote and fair count, who favor
strict enforce ment of the law: who cherish the de.
tenders of the country and favor liberal pension
to ali who are disabled, who favor such laws will
protect home productions home manufactures, and
home labor, who favor free schools and popular
education and who are in favor of again placing
the government IN the hands of those who saved it
instead of those who sought its destruction, cor
daily invited to participate in the primaries county
and state conventions.
7. l. B0NEBRAKE,
HENRY BRANDLEY. Chairman.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

Cleveland is getting scared already
and writes a letter explaining or excuS-
ing his penchant for vetoing pensions of
Did union soldiers. He is too late.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

The Democratic party ignored the
question of civil service in toto and the
mugwumps setting up a whine, Cleve-
land issues new order which, if carried
out will play hob with the postal service.
His postmaster general protests, telling
him that the postal service adopted by
the Republicans is not only older but
more efficient than that proposed by the
commission can ever be. Of course.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07
General Barrison's record on the CHI

General Harrison's record on the Chi
nese question is still giving the Demo
Gratis deal of concern That Is the
only thing they have been able to dis
cover so far upon which to hang hope
of making an inroad upon his universal
popularity; but there is in fact nothing
in that. As senator, General Harrison
voted in committee and in the senate for
the bill OF Senator Fair Of Navajo far
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

In the construction of their state ticket
the Democrats, in convention at Leaven-
worth Wednesday, honored Judge w. P.
Campbell by namiug him for associate
justice of the supreme court. Should he
be elected Judge Campbell would carry
with him to the position ample ability
and force of character to sustain HIM in
the discharge of its duties.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

A Republican national convention
brings together the greatest array of
talent and craftsmanship of any gather
ing on the face of the globe.
Wichita eagle., 1888-07-07

The Beacon exults over the fact that it
gave the public the result of the Demo
cratic convention last evening. The
reading public in the Geographic col
umns of EAGLE, on the morning of the
9th found the name of the nominee of
that convention for governor, and yes
terday morning the entire ticket and
nlatform
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-11
Afraid of Married Women.

The bank at Abbeville has plenty
of money now, and their accommodate
inc way of loaning it out has done
much to throw the money OF private
parties on their hands. Thousands
of dollars are now here waiting for
loans to acceptable borrowers.
The bank loans its money for any
short time, and thus the borrower is
benefited by short loans, and those OF
our citizens who have mouey seeking
permanent investment find 1t almost
impossible to get their money out at
interest. There never was more idle
money at Abbeville than at present,
and there never was less demand
This is accounted for because OF
the business OF the bank, and because
noney-lenders are AFRAID OF married
women. Married Women and their
property are very much Withdrawn
rom the market. and hence there is
not so many borrowers WHO can give
tie desired security for the needed
loans. Parties who can give the
proper security can get all the mon
ey they want at Abbeville.-jdbectle
| Press md Banner.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-11
H'T1s PITY 'Tis True"

Seventeen criminals were sent from
Marion last week to the State Penl-
tentiary in Columbia. OF these, hf-
teen were colored and two were white,
the last being from the most Ignorant
white element OF the County.
It is q pitiable spectacle to see so
many of this class Of people in our
Courts from time to time. 1t is from
the poor unlettered and despised
classes that all our criminals are
drawn. Very seldom does it occur
that persons of intelligence and re-
spectacle social connections are
brought before our courts aud con-
yicted Of crime.
This fact may prove either one OF
two things. It may prove that
among the better classes of our pop
ulation ofenses against the law are
entirely unknown and consequently
that there is no cause for the appear
ance of one of them in court OF Law.
On the other band it may indicate
a lauentable lack of uniformity IN the
operation and enforcement of the laws
against crime. This last explanation
unfortunately !. is obviously more
correct than the first one.
The explanation is not that oifenses
against the law are not committed by
nersons who move in the higher cir
Gle OF society but that offenders OF
this class, by reason Of their position
and the influence of money and
friends, escape the consequences OF
their crime.
Crime does not prevail to the same
extent, of course, among people of in
telligence and means that it does IN
the lower strata of society, but the
punishment meted out for crime IN
one class is not proportionate to the
punishment meted out for crime Ill
the other. There is no escape for the
Door, ignorant, friendless boy whose
moral sense has been stunted and
dwsrfed by his station in life and who
can scarcely have an Intelligent idea
of right and wrong.
One can but pity this class OF peo-
pie. Their ignorance and thell
friendless condition touch a sympa'
thetic chord in the heart OF every one
which their misdeeds and sins cannot
always break and destroy.-lNarlo1
InGeC.