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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
a SHYLOCK LAW.
the Editor Of the Eagle.

To the Editor Of the Eagle.
In a recent number of the EAGLE ]
read with much interest, the correspond
ence between Judge Reed and S. T..
JOcelyn. 1t revealed to me a condition
of affairs which l had no idea existed in
Kansas. had no idea that those farm
ers in Kansas. burdened with mortgages,
were so completely in the hands of the
spoiler-bound hand and foot by the
most unjust mortgage laws. How was
it possible that such mortgage laws were
adopted in a state like Kansas, and so
long maintained without the evil being
remedied!
1t looks like studied plan in the inter-
est of the ShvlOcks. Such Indifference
to the interests of the farmer, in an
agricultural state is a matter of wonder.
The people "who have been farming
the farmer" all over the United States
must have got in their Zine work
easily in Kansas, Legislatures which
failed to reform these laws are no better
than those that enacted them. A legis-
lature which will not provide some rem
edy for such distress as results from your
present mortgage laws culpably neglectS
the interests of the people. Certainly
your legislature this winier will give this
subject needed attention. Your legisla-
tors have now the opportunity to distin-
guish themselves by fidelity to the inter-
ests of the people. n. CLARK.
New York, Dec. ID, 1890.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
THEY ARE CLOSED.

The Leavenworth Times appeared Sun
day morning with half column on
Wichita joints in which it declares that
Governor Humphrey changed the board
of police commissioners in Wichita, re-
placing two prohibitionists with result
missionists. 1t is unnecessary for the
EAGLE to say to the people of Wichita
that the Times misrepresents the facts
No such thing occurred.
The Times then goes on to complain
that there is no effort made to close the
joints in Wichita, and that the city is
still sticking to the filming system"
As we did not believe the last assertion
any more than the first, we detailed re-
liable man TO hunt up the truth. Know
ing that ''joints" are not run openly, and
that they are hard to find, by the
ordinary observer, for the reason that
they are largely run in the
houses of questionable character and in
out-of-the-wav places, and only known
to the patrons and initiated, our direc-
tons were to see the men patronized by
JOINTS very largely, such as the bakers,
the cigar makers, the ginger-pop bottling
works, the glassware dealers, etc. And
now for the result: Mr.. Zimmerman has
taken his mineral water and pop wagon
off the street and discharged his hands
for the reason that the joints are closed.
and his trade is gone. Three bakers in
terviewed said that their trade had been
largely affected in bread, pies and cakes,
and they had all discharged one or more
hands. One glassware man said his
trade had been noticeably affected by
the closing of the joints, and some of
the fancy grocerymen declared the same
thing, while merchants in other lines adj
mitted that they feel the effect sensibly,
from the fact that the hundred or so
Joints formerly flourlshing here were
very largely patronized by non
residents and transients of various char
acters. Our representative, to confirm
his findings, then went to some of the
men who had been arrested and fined for
keeping joints. They affirmed, what is
generally known, that after paying fines
and rents there was nothing left more
than a living for themselves and fami-
lies, and that in the face of threatened
prosecutions and COZ tinual police notices
they could not afford to continue in the
business.
For several weeks now the Times has
been harping on Wichita. Having taken
the trouble to investigate for its benefit,
as much as for our own information, we
sincerely hope that it will now let up.
We do not deny that Kansas City, Leav-
enworth and Atchison are full of joints
for we know nothing about it, but the
truth is, Wichita is too sober to be
Ii Vely
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

The end Of the legislature is tomorrow.
The first history Of Oklahoma is finally
out.
The Guthrie News is in the hands of the
sheriff.
The Edmond Sun is still talking Of
Ventura county.
The Kingfisher Democrat is a rantanker-
Gus Alliance organ.
The Capital prints the word Guthrie in
all capital" letters.
The Sawyer-Stiles case will come off in
Oklahoma City soon.
The legislature will adjourn Just in time
to escape the peoples Merry Christmas"
There would be more marriages in Still
water. II there was a furniture store there.
There are few papers in Oklahoma that
do not run Tom and Jerry advertise
ment.
The Statehood convention TO have been
held at Purcell, Saturday, has been post
pOned.
Oklahoma could afford TO keep such
members as Clark supplied with good
whisky.
The Oklahoma City Journal IL sure that
the last bill locating the capital At Okla
homa City, VIII pass.
The man who can't tell an Indian horse
when he sees it has no business in the
equine trade in Oklahoma
The Norman church row - still going
on. Ham bee j now vindicatlng himself
in the Oklahoma City Gazette
The Oklahoma law-mill - something
like Kodak The legislature presses the
button aud Governor Steele does the rest
Oklahoma City. no matter what its
prospects, never forgets 10 so IN boom
direction. IL has organized al lmmigra-
ton bureau.
Santa Claus when he goes down the
chimney, Will be surprised 70 md that
lots OF Oklahoma people hAFen their
stoves up yet.
sam Paul was presented WITH cane g
few days before the shooting episode IL
would hzve bee better for hiIn II ae Lad
used that on him Instead OF gun
The Oklahomx City Journsl SAYS. u =
70 be sincerely hoped that the people ofthe
United States do not judge the citizens ot
Oklahoina by rhe mrE8oeTS q tne -egisA2-
cgrR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
THE TRUTH ABOUT PLUMB.

From the Kansas City Star.
The Cincinnati Times-Star says: ut
is about time for Senator Plumb to drop
his Republican mask. Opposing the
party's tariff policy, financial policy,
and honest election program, he would
not be out of place on the Democratic
side of the chamber. Plumb's disguise
no longer serves his purpose either in the
senate or before the country, and he
might as we'll go over to the enemy
body and breeches." Plumb is not less
a Repub lean now than he has always
been because he desires to reform his
party and bring it once more in touch
with the people. He sees i'll this course
the only chance of saving it from des-
truction He is fighting on the side of
the people, and that is craftsmanship as
well as good politics. Organs of the
Times-Star stamp have succeeded in
reading so many strong, able men out
of the Republican party that the party
can lily afford to spare any more. Plumb
is q sincere Republican. His interests
as well as his sympathies are with that
party. He has no desire to leave 1t, but
if it should ever come TO separation
Plumb could get along without the Re-
publican party quite as well as the party
could get along without him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
1T Is VERY FUNNY.
ON the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City journal.
We mean, to hear men gravely and
earnestly discussing the question OF the
parity" between gold and silver, as
though the world depended or these con-
ditions, We don't see the term ''intrin-
sic value" applied to the precious
metals" so often as was the habit or a
few years ago. The people, or rather
popular intelligence, has had its walking
boots on as regards money for some years.
The gold bugs used to talk as though the
Creator had made gold for money. Had
the arts of engraving and printing been
known few thousand years ago as well
as now-the image of Caesar had been
printed on q greenback instead of the
rude form in which it was stamped on
Roman coins.
We hope the friends of modern money
will not forget that even free silver coin
age is not the all of currency require
ments. Mr.. Window has $20, OO0,O00 in
halves and quarters now on hand that he
can't keep in circulation, and the treas
urer of the United States wants
to have ones, twos and tives
in paper sent out to rep
resent it. Our silver mining friends
of course, want free coinage because it
is grist to their mill So do we, but be-
cause it is one step toward making the
control of the money supplied by the
brokers more difficult. But, all the
same. we would authorize the issue of
greenbacks at any time when the supply
of currency fell below a certain limit, or
when, as now, the money owners lock it
up. And it ought to be loaned to the
people direct if the banks won't That Is
real currency reform.
Let the public remember the fact that
the Supreme court of the United States
has decided that the government has the
the constitutional authority to issue legal
tender paper at any time. All we have
TO do is to send men to congress who are
ready and willing to exercise that auth
ority, and we can corner Wall street
Just as readily as Wall street now cor
ners the rest of the country. Free silver
is good thing and ought to be, but is a
mitigation of the conditions, not rem
edy for them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
NO MONKEY BUSINESS.

Mr.. Stanley, in his article on the Afri-
can pigmies. in the January Scribner's,
SAYS. For the benefit Of such Of your
readers as take an interest in pigTny hu-
mainly, have taken the trouble 10 write
this article, that they may nave a little
more considerateness for the understood
creatures inhsbiting abe great forest of
equatorial Africa. They must relieve
their minds of the Darwinian theory.
avoid coupling man with the ape, and
Danish all thoughts of the fictitious,
small-brained progenitor supposed 10 be
existing somewhere on land unsubmerg-
ed since the oecene period.
Intellectually, the pigmies Of the Afri-
can forest are the equals of about so per
cent of the modern inhabitants Of any
great American city of today. And vet
there has been no change or progress of
any kind among the pigmies of the for
. sst since the time of Herodotus.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

The Journul says "thievery in Topeka
is becoming matter of the gravest con-
Germ. Every day a dozen or more ar
rests are made, yet the thefts seem to
become holder and more numerous each
day. HOUSEKEEPING is often but pre-
Jude to murder. The police are making
every effort to stop the wave of larceny,
and it is to be hoped they will soon have
all the thieves in custody" If the theory
commonly advanced by some people,
that the liquor traffic is the prime cause
of all lawlessness, is correct, we can sug-
gest in a word a remedy for the trouble
in Topeka that the Journal speaks of,
i. e., close the joints.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

A bill Is pending before the South
Carolina Legislature requiring the rail
road companies to provide separate cars
for the two races. They may be able Ia
make such a law that will stand down
there, but it wouldn't up in Michigan.
any longer than the state supreme court
could get a pass at it. That court has
decided that no discrimination shall be
made in any public place on account of
color, not even to the extent of provid-
ing equally good accommodations and
service. 1t is said the Carolina roads are
opposing the proposed measure on prac-
teal grounds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

Within five years Japan has had postal
savings banks, and the depositors have
increased from ten thousand the first
year to nearly for hundred ahousand at
present, and the deposits from less than
sixteen thousand dollars to more than
twenty millions The postmaster-gen-
eral of the United States is not without
backing Of practical results in his urgent
recommendation for the establishing
Of the system i'm this country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

This is the strain in which PETER, a
candidate for the United States senate,
talked about Ingalls, but a short time
since:
Senator Ingalls, is national charac-
ter, standing advertisement of his state.
Wherever Ingalls, is known the people
have heard of Kansas. Without stop
ping to weigh the value of his reputa-
ton or his services to the people of this
state, the fact is that Senator Ingalls,
occupies an exalted position in the esti.
nation Of persons outside the state, and
these considerations are sufficient to JUS
tify the anxious solicitude with which
the critical public viii await the election
Of his successor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

Grover Cleveland, who was AS dumb
as an oyster all last summer, has had
more to says since the election than any
man in America. The stuffed states
man is going to have another oppor-
tunity tonight at Madison Square Garden
where he will be permitted to pose as a
political prophet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

Globe-DemoCrat: Another attempt.
however, TO secure an agreement among
the nations on a ratio between the
metals and TO bring about a general
opening of the minis to silver ought to
be made. The United States can not
safely undertake single-handed to force
the white metal up to parity with the
yellow by the free-coinage device" Ii
is not worth while to say the United
States can not establish and maintain a
parity of value between the metals. This
government can and has accomplished
much more difficult undertakings. Ii
san do 1t, and the people demand that it
shall.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

The New York Sun has discovered
our Jerry: "The Hon. Jerry Simpson,
the sockless statesman Of Medicine
Lodge, seems to be the most meaty and
picturesque of the numerous candidates
of the Peoples party of Kansas for
Mr.. Ingalls, seat in the senate. The sock
less statesman would be a JOY at the
capitol, and the CLINT of his firm feet in
the marble halls a splendid vision of de-
6pbt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
TIE COMEDY.

The EAGLES correspondent at Guthrie
sends us Kodak picture taken of the
house in session the next morning after
the assembly room had been used for a
theatrical troupe and before the stage
and its paraphernslia had been removed.
The surroundings moved Representative
Pack TO rise in his place and say Mr..
Stage Manager: l was not present al
the adjournment of the troupe, and /
arise to inquire what part am expected
10 playY'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

stroyed by bugs; but thanks to you, my
wheat is now safe from bugs, at least
those that We're on my place before SOW
ing my wheat. l only wish that had
written to you sooner than this.
l send by express one bottle of bugs
that gathered after they commenced
to die. Respectfully,
John F. KNOBLE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
A Millionalre on the Pc.

from the Detroit Free FreSs-
Henry W. Sage, who is ten times a
millionaire. said to a New York reporter
the other day: II do not know how
much am worth, but do know that If
| could find in all the world fifty men
who would work for me with the en-
thusiasm. persistence and sagacity with
which you men work for your paper, /
would be worth ten times as much as Il
TO my credit today.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

The Topeka pension agency paid ont on
the December payment 81, as, eSs.2 cover
ing Al $50 vouchers, which Is the largest
ever made in this district. The Topeka
agency stands second in the list in amounts
paid and first IN percentage OF cost as tc
amounts dlsbursed. State JouraL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

The bank clearings for last week show
a decrease in the volume Of business
done at an unusually large numb r OF
points throughout the country. The
squeeze goes on, crushing the CONNER
cial and industrial life out of the nation,
while congress sits high up in the ma
tional capitol PLAYING the role of Nero.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
Quite Logical.

The Atchison Champion is positive
that if it hadn't been for the Mckinley
bill. Eve would never have eaten the
apple.-State Journal.
You are mistaken about that. Our
view is that if Eve had abstained from
the use of that fruit there would have
been no total depravity, and hence, of
course, no Mckinley bill. That's logi-
cal, isn't it:-Champion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

A bill has been introduced in the
United States senate by Mr.. Stanford of
California, authorizing the secretary of
the treasury to issue S100,OOO,OOO in
greenbacks and loan it to the owners of
mencumbered real estate at the rate of
> per cent per annum. The question Is
what occasion have the owners of unen-
numbered farms to borrow money. 1t is
other fellows that need it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

The Topeka Journal speaks of the
cause of Irish home rule as ''the lost
cause" in consequence of the Parnell
imbroglio. The success of the cause
NAV be deferred for a time, but its
ultimate triumph does not depend upon
any one man and will, therefore, ulti-
matelv prevail.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
A Valuable Pointer.

From the Lawrence Journal.
1t is almost impossible to pick up a Kan
sas paper these days without finding an
item to the effect that taxes are being
paid up unusually well. This should
serve as pointer to those papers IN the
east that are fond of telling Their readers
of the failure of crops in Kansas this
year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
Poor Politics.
rom the Atch ison Champio,

From the Atch isOn Champion
AS party action the passage of the
recently agreed senate financial measure
would be good politics, but to waste val
liable time in discussing the force"
bill: to allow it to interfere with inn
portant legislation, and then to pass it,
is, to say the least, extremely poor poll
tics, from Republican standpoint.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
The Whole Needs No Physician.

From the Kansas City Gszettee.
The Wichita Judge who took revival
Ist into a jury room, and in an hour
brought forth unanimous verdict. sug-
gests an idea. Why not lock that same
preacher up with the editor of the EAGLE,
or the editor of the Leavenwortn Times.
The end justifies the means. These fell
lows must be saved pretty soon or not
at all
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

The growth of population in the new
state of Washington during the past ten
years has been phenomenal, the per cent
of increase being 365. That of North
Dakota is even more so, being 39j per
cont
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
1t Gets There, Nevertheless.

From the Abilene RenectOF,
The Wichita EAGLE has been exclud-
ed from the benefits supposed to go along
with the admission To the reporters
table in the Oklahoma legislature, but
the EAGLE is nevertheless III the front
seat when it comes to giving the news
of the new territory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

Whenever the Indians are whipped it
is a GLORIOUS victory" and whenever
the pale-faces are defeated it is an 'atro-
cious massacre"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.

Senator Plumb, of Kansas, may turn
out to be the real Republican leader
Atlanta Constitution.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23
EXCHANGE SHOTS.

Touches the Popular Chord.
From the Ashland Journal.
The EAGLES plea for more money
touches a popular chord.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-23

In the state Of Kansas the census of pop
ulation has been taken every year since
1857. the results OF which are:
, 1890-02-27
SENATOR HOUGHTON
The Steptoe County Bill Can Now
Be Called Thing Of
the Past
The Senator Is Opposed to the
Tide Lands Bill-The
Legislature.

"Yes, the Steptoe bill has been
beaten. 1t can now be called a
thing of the past, and its supporters
have left the capital and gone
home.h This IL what Senator II &.
Il. Houghton said when approached
on the subject by II REVIEW re-
porter yesterday afternoon. Con-
tinuing, he said ON the subject of the
tide land bill:
~ do not think the Legislature
will pass the tide land bill at this
session. | am opposed to IL, and
hope the measure will be beaten.
The bill, as reported back by the
tide land committee, will be consid-
cred on the eth. The bill, In its
present shape, recognizes the rights
of the owners of shore lands
to purchase tide lands
adjoining their property. | have
found that there ARE many people on
Puget sound who do not believe that
owners OF shore lands should have
this privilege. I think, as | have
said, the bill will not pass at this
session, but | am confident that If
1t could be put over another week +,
would be defeated. Ht
81 think the Legislature will ad-
.journ within thirty days! There Is
II disposition to adjourn as soon as
the Legislators have discharged their
obligations to the state, hut not be-
fore. There are large number of
very honorable and intelligent men
in that body, whose actions will not
influenced by the carpings or twad-
die of the newspaper boys who
represent the various newspapers
throughout the Northwest at the
capital, IN the matter OF the dis
charge of their legislative duties, and
] don't think the legislature will ad-
journ until they have finished their
labors. The newspapers gan not
tell whom they have finished their
work either.
'There Is "a large amount of work
that comes up before the Legislature
that can not be hurried through
with. The only reprehensible act
that the Legislature has done was to
take long adjournment of two
weeks. The bill establishing Il har-
bor line commission, which II pro-
vided for in the charter, will most
likely be passed at this session. 1
do not know whether tbpi legisla
ture will elect all the members or
not, but they have the power to do
so. If they only elect portion OF
the commission the other members
will be appointed by the governor.