Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-06

REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
FER So fGgn Sg T BoFgS
For Sheriff,
t. Y. BROWN.
For Register Of Deeds,
DANIEL MURPHY.
SYLVESTER DUNK1N.
For Coroner,
ALEXANDER CLARK
For Surveyor,
H. Il. HENDERSHOTT.
For Commissioner Third District.
THOMAS II. RANDALL.
The week of Time which was lost in
the shadows of last night to become
part of the eternal past, proved an event
ful one in the history of Kansas.
We don't care whether the state OF
affairs at Topeka are as represented oy
the Democrat or otherwise, 1t is certain
that no paper can afford to say such
things about its own community.
A mine or vein OF asphalt has been dis
covered in north Alabama, near the len
nesseeriver, On Morgan county, that is
claimed to be little if any superior to the
Trinidad asphalt. The deposit is being
worked by company and the product
is finding its way into the markets and Is
proving very popular.
A good many OF the Kansas newspapers
which VIII pounce upon Colonel Murdock
for his reception of the equal sunragistS
think the way Colonel Murdoch writes
X. c. Times.
That the courage of every editor of a
prominent journal does not equal his
convictions is to be deplored, How we
all, at times fail of this, none know be-
ter than the editors themselves.
The Democrats never did have much
use for the Australian plan of voting
and since it lost them Montana, as they
freely admit, they denounce the plan
most bitterly. 1t is claimed for 1t that 1t
precludes the possibility of perpetrating
frauds in elections. Under the old order
of voting the Democrats claim that they
would have carried Montana, and there
is not much doubt of it.
Marsh Murdock's presence at the con-
the great woman suffrage convention in
Wichita he probably felt that it was no
usual exigency that kept him home.-Cap-
ital.
So far as our information goes there
was little sadness felt at the first con-
vention mentioned. nor water either, for
that matter. In short, we understand
that it was high old time, the time
much higher than was the water deep.
The election last Tuesday in the new
states in the northwest seems to have
been clear sweep Cor the Republicans.
While this result is not surprising it is,
indeed, gratifying, since it affords au-
thentic data for future calculations. The
issues in all the states were mainly local,
IL is true, but the contest seems to have
been made of lines of national politics,
and it is not probable that a deeper in
terest will ever be developed in politics
in either of the four states. IT'S well.
The equal suffrage convention is being
held at Wichita tins week. The Peerless
Princess secured this nice bit of advertis-
ing no doubt as sort OF recognition OF
Col Murdock's efforts on behalf of woman
suffrage Times.
On the contrary, the suffragiStS came
unbidden. SO far as the EAGLE knows,
but that they were entertained in Wich-
itas inimitable style it is unnecessary
for us to state. AS for the EAGLE
efforts, it gave them and their meeting
such passing notice as it seemed it merit.
Bnt that was SO much wasted sweetness.
Alabama has been gaining steadily
upon her sister commemorative of the
south in all respects Of material pro-
gress. In its financial condition it takes
the lead of all the seeding states east of
the Mississippi river, showing a net cash
balance IN its treasury of S215 600. With
the vantage ground of no debt and
snug surplus on hand and the spirit of
industrial enterprise that seems to per
wade the state, it should enjoy a season
of prosperity hitherto unknown.
Persons who have been there say that
Washington, in the vicinity of Puget
winds, and the unaccountable thing to
them is that they come from the north.
We presume the phenomenon can be ac-
counted for upon the same theory that
governs a cyclone, which is known to
travel in the general direction from
which the winds, that are supposed to be
the cause come. The meteorologists can
perhaps account for this, but we do not
remember TO have seen ii.
The death of Ex-Governor Martin of
Kansas. calls to mind that all of the ex-
governors of Kansas but two are still
living. Besides Governor Martin. ex-
Governor Carney died in Denver last
summer. The veteran Charles Robin
son. the Oldest of the ex-governors, Is
still in good health, while Ex-Governor
Martin was, we believe, the Youngest
The ex-governors still alive are Charles
Robinson, j. Crawford. James Harvey.
Thomas Osborne, George T. Anthony,
John p. ST. John and George W. Click. !
Five cotton mills started up in New