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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13
A T T II E
White House Of InnGS & Ross.

| Last year the Indians succeeded in raising
fSl5O,0OO worth of cotton from a fifteen mile
tract and he thought this years crop would
far exceed that of last year The corn
crop Is doing well, though corn has been 10
considerable degree, affected 10y hot
weather Recent rains in parts Of the ter
rltory have helped matters, however.
The Kingfsher New World tells "A story
which a great many people viii not be-
lieve. If it Is really 50, we will believe il.
Ii says: The devil Of our Office was
mOnkeying around our Washington hand
press when he observed an opening in the
wood handle that looked a. though a piece
of wood had been carefully cementcd an
the handle. ON close examination il was
discovered that part OF the wooden handle
had been carved out and a secret lid &C.
mented in the handle On prying open
the lld Imagine our surprise ON beholdiug
several large nuggets OF gold carefully
packed in the hollow of the handle ON
weighing the nuggets 10 was ascertaincd
that they were worth so The press for
merly belonged to "a newspaper outfit IN
western Colorado and was brought from
there TO Wichita. Kansas. This find j.
bonanza 10 the publishers Of this paper
right now in this exceedingly quiet time.
Under the heading oklahoma is All
Right, the Guthrie Democrat says. We
hear a great deal said about the continued
dry weather III Oklahoma and the dl-as-
trOus effect IL il having on crops. many
arguing that it will create the suspicion
in the minds of our people as well a. capt
tai seeking investment that Oklahomb-is
not an agricultural country. These fears
are totally unfOundcd. The excessive dry
weather in Oklahoma Is far from being As
injurious in its effects as in many of the
states, notably Missouri Illinois. Iowa
and portions of Kansas; and when the fact
Is considered that all the areas planted in
seeds IN Oklahoma is upon soil turned for
the first time Icy the pillow, and therefore
unsulted for the retention OF the moisture
necessary 20 the production Of cereals in
their perfection, the crops grown on the
farms of Oklahoma this, the first year %
trial, demonstrates the fact that she j. par
excellence as an agricultural country. des-
tined whrn fully developed 20 eqal any on
Gods fOot-stOol She is not only this. but
she X ahead of all others as "a stock raising
country. No surface Of tae earth under
the canopy OF the heavens can excel her
for growing stock 20 its greatest perfection
and that, too, cheaper than any country
on be globe. We are assured hy old set
tiers that the present season Of dry wealth
or Is almost unprecedented ia this territory.
30 be Of good cheer. and remember that
other states and territories are suffering
IN this regard more than is Oklahoma
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13
THE SIZE OF KANSAS.

Much has been said and written ~ the
size Of Kansas. and much more might t-,
said before "A true idea Of It's yastue-s Is
generally obtained. Eighty-two thous-
and square miles is q vast extent Of terri
tory, but Just how large wc can hardly
comprehend. Suppose wc could com
bine the states Of Maine. New Hampshire,
Vermont, Ma--achu-eft. Rhode Island
Connecticut. Delaware. MARY land and
the District Of Columbia into one state;
Kansas wouid contain them an aud still
have room enough for another Rho<ie
Island. Kansas i- larger thau any south
ern state except Tsza. aHd exceeds m
size both tine NIrgIuia-. 10 Is almost ~
large ~ the combined areas IL North
and South Carolina, and Is larger than
Ohio and Indiana together.
il size alone were significant. Kansas
could take r. place among che fr-f-class
powers Of earth. Luglaul and scotland
together are smaller than ksusas, while
Walca. Ireland, Switzerland the neither
lands and Belgium added together Will
not equal II In -ize. OR $50 night add
Denmark, AudoYra. Portugal. san Mar
TInO and Greece together aud -tiN not
have enough territory o. make e kansas.
Turkey Iu Europe IS nut rs large a- th8
state. and BONANZA. SefFia. and 3iguis-
negro csm1urd DO not equal d. u e1-
css=l- iu size the grass Islands - Cai~hss,
Java ~ the N0'ueeas, and would make
more than p dorm Polyuessas n cut up
into little Islands and soNed broadcast
In the ocean.
B1tlar county alone i larger than
Rhode Island or tho whole II size French
7 -'-ae--lou- iu the West I1die=snd Atchi-
-pn county eIuai- the whole ~ tae Dutch
ECa-es- cons there. -->seTetarg Graham.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

More than 3,OOO,O 600 population have
been added to the thirty leading cities of
the country in the last decade. There is
nothing like this in the historic period of
the world. 1t is simply immense. But
being altogether out Of proportion to the
increase Of the rural population of the
country it is not a matter of special con-
graduation, even to the cities that have
receiver the accessions, particularly in
view of the oft occurring labor conflicts
in the industrial centers of the country.
1t were infinitely better for all if the
large increase in population could he
more evenly dispense throughout the
country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13
A USELESS TASK.

There are a few papers in the state
that threw themselves into the breach in
the farmers profits made by the low
prices that prevailed throughout the
country for some time, and until re-
Gently when reaction set up, and these
champions, from time to time, tried
number of expedients to effect a change
in the stress of the situation The emer-
gency rate proved an abortion: neverthe-
less the champions aforesaid stuck and
still stick to that idiom, and now because
the state railroad commission declines to
act according to their diction and arbi-
trarily order the railroads of the state
to do thing that is clearly shown by
the commissions statement Of the case
is impracticable and would fail to pro-
duce the results anticipated, these self
censors of everything and
everybody are denouncing the commits
sion and charge it with being in league
with the railroads. This is the same
spirit as that that prompts some people
to denounce the highest judicial tribunal
in the land because, forsooth, it decides
a great constitutional question otherwise
than in accordance with their precon-
ceived notions on the question at issue
These people remind us of the intelligent
Juror who explained the failure of the
jury to return a verdict by the remark
hat them 'leven burned fools wouldn't
agree to nothin' !" Their doxy is always
and everybody else's hetero-
loxy But what's the use? AS well try |
o drown a duck by pouring water on its
Jack as to attempt to head off such
ranks by exposing their crotchets; it
ant he done
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

The Chicago Dry Goods Reporter. a
non-politicai. non-scctarian and purely
business trade journal that takes no part
IN politics or prohibition, but confines it
self TO legitimate commercialnews, SAYS:
Lincoln, Neb., the capital of the state.
and one OF the pretUiest towns in the
west, Is agitating the question of estab-
fishing Il wholesale dry goods store.
Louie Meyer Is doing his best to organize
a company with quarter of million
dollars to engage in the business in the
new Fitzgerald block on p and Seventh
streets. He has made arrangements for
securing about STA, 900 at Lincoln, $50. coo
III Nebraska City, and hopes to get the
remainder in the east. He SAYS that the
impending vote on the prohibition
amendment Is the only thing standing in
the way Of the success of the enterprise.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

The Kansas City papers now say that
business, not population, should be the
gauge of a city's importance. We have
d faint recollection of making the same
claim for Wichita, but Wichita's stock
yards and packing houses lie within the
borders of her own state, and Wichita
hasn't asked recount.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

The character Of the man the Demo-
Gratis of the Sixth Ohio district has put
up against Hon. VIM. Mckinley for con-
gress is another evidence that that party
is controlled by eXpendiency, entirely,
regardless of its professions and declara-
tons Of principles. But there is moth
ing surprising in this: it is anybody and
anything to beat the Republicans.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

STAGE the census superintendent has
granted Kansas City, No. a recount Of
lis population, (which in point of fact it
did not want. and since ii Is patent that
the recount viii not materially increase
the figures given by the first count. the
papers of that place are insisting that it
Is not 50 much question of population
that makes town great as the volume
of bushes, IT does. In 4 strictly com
mercial sense that is true. and there is no
objection 10 the town named making the
very best showing possible on that basis
if it makes its estimates from its own
transactions, had within lis own borders
But we repeat, that if that portion of the
aggregate volume OF business shown by
Its clearing house reports that legitimate
~ belongs 70 the Kansas portion of the
city We're deducted, the business stand
ard would make about as sorry show
ing. in contrast with its claims, as its
enumeration does.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

The prohibitionists Of Maine, stweek,
in convention assembled, declared in
their platform that the prohibitory law Of
Maine is nulIified and practicallya dead
letter In all the larger towns and cities,
and charged both Of the old parties as
being responsible for its failure.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

There are reports of gold finds at or
near ConcOrdia and Winfield. We trust
the reports are founded on fact. But
whether they are or not, it is a fact that
the state has already produced more
gold from her grain fields than any other
state or territory Will secure from its
mines during the whole year
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13
a PRoHIRITIoN PLATFoRN
The Tariff First.

:
That was an immense Coucourse of
people at the farmers demonstration at
Emporia, Kan. last Saturday, where a
procession was formed five miles long
and speeches were made denunciatory of
monopolleS and trusts. Not 4 word was
uttered on the southern question. which
leads 10 the hope that the farmers of the
west are bent on reconstrucungt the tariff
before they pTocAAS u reconstruct the
south aga
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

According to the New York Tribune
MIR. Depew is henceforth to be called
Chauncey NJ. Es-chela-tonka-ectape, ''if
the brand new name which his Indian
friends and admirers bestowed upon him
Just as he left for Europe is to stick.
This appellation is probably an Indian
joke, which, like current joke of an es-
teemed contemporary, is funny only to
those who made it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

The platform on which the Resubmis-
sion Republicans propose to make their
fight will be found this morning in our
telegraph columns. They simply declare
the right of the people to rehearing at
the polls.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

The EAGLE says that ''the census of 1900
IS going to show Wichita all right" We
all hope so, commOdOre.-Tope Capital
We most certainly believe it viii, but
Just as emphatically doubt the genuine
ness Of your hope, major.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

Senator Teller doesn't mean to give up
the fight in behalf of the peoples inter
est As involved in the peoples money. !.
e, the silver dollar. His resolution de-
claring it TO be the determined policy of
the United States government to use
both gold and silver as full legal tender
money Is timely move. 1t presents
the germ of the money question in such
a way that it would seem impossible 70
evade 1t or find an excuse not to adopt it
at The earliest moment it can be got be-
fore that body. The resolution will cure
at least portion of the defects in the
silver hill Is agreed upon in conference.
and in which shape it is likely to become
a law. OF course the resolution will be
stoutly opposed 10y the anti-silver people:
but it gives the pretended friends of sill
Yer another chance to show their hands.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

TT = - T1Ir|-a-
With polished scholar Ike @enat0F
lngalI. N che senate. and one Ike EB-
gene Ware ia the hotsc. no state "a tis
union can claim the high standing f0r
literary culture that Kansas all hold.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

A junk dealer in Salina informs the Re
publican that he buys three times as
many empty beer bottles as before the
supreme court saloons were opened. And
yet some people will say that these saloons
ought TO be allowed to run.-Salina Re
publican.
And yet you have the assurance to
tell your readers away from your town
that original packages are not wanted
there. Bah.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

The Methodist church is building a
great university at Topeka. But for the
narrow jealousy of pretended friend
Wichita would have had the Methodist
university OF Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

When aboriginal package man appears
in Ottawa a mob is rung up by a precOn-
certed signal and then the original pack
age man is arrested for melting a riot.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13


TON.
Prom the Hutchinson News.
J. r. Hallowell, OF Wichita. was at the
Midland last night. Mr.. HallOwell IS
making an energetic race for the con-
gressional nomination and passed several
hours in consultation with the leading
Republicans of this city. He leaves this
morning for Pratt and Meade county to
look up his forces. To a News reporter
he said:
Il am confident that | viii get the
nomination. | start in with more dele
gates than any other candidate Of
course my own county will vote for me
and Clark has been pledged to me also.
Only five counties have held their con-
venions and there are thirty-two more to
be heard from. | can not say that | eN.
pect any Of them 10 be instructed for me,
but | viii have friends on all delegations.
1t will require eighty-three votes to NOM
mate After the first few ballots the
strength or weakness of the candidates
will be shown and then I expect to secure
many of the votes which We're cast for
men who had no prospects nor eXpecta-
tons of being elected.
gentleman and viii have the Reno dele
cation solid, but what strength he viii
have outside l do not know. He enters
into the race pretty late.
"Swensson'S run Will be short He is in
Europe now and a candidate should be
on the ground. If Saline and two or
three neighboring counties We're in this
district, his prospects would be better
but | doubt if he gets any other dele
cation than the one from his own county.
The papers west of here have made
an attack upon me. claiming that / was
opposed 10 Governor Humphrey and pro
hIbitlon. Humphrey and | have been in
tlmate friends for Years. Why. | believe
| know more about his private affairs
than anyone else in the state. 1t would
be strange if l opposed him now. Gov
ernor Humphrey will be renominated
and it viii be upon
PROHIBITION PLATFORM
Has made a good executive and will poll
a heavy vote. These papers have charged
also that | am opposed to prohibition.
voted for IL in the legislature Of - advo-
Gated 1t in the campaign of so and voted
TOR II at the polls. / have prosecuted
more liquor cases in Wichita than auv
othe prosecutor, and came near closing
up the joints at one time.
by the way, Wichita viii send a dele
cation zoe strong to the Topeka conven- !
ton next week. The news has doomed
that into grand success, and l am glad
OF It. Temperance people in Wichita
are wild over It and propose TO swamp
the resubmiSsion meeting in point of
numbers"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

Parsons Kelly, pension agent, breaches third par
" prohibition bat cgs TO Of the most lucrative
Republican Offices in kansis.-kansas City Globe.
That kind of comment comes from
Missouri papers trying to straddle two
states. Ifthere's better Republican than
Hon. Bernard Kelly in Kansas we never
heard of him.-Topeka Capital.
If that be a true estimate, then heaven
save the Republican party, for nothing
else can.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13
WIFI SsaI5lc
" NJ MERnOCK Editor
NJ. VI. MURDOCH. Editor.

The rains during the past week have
proven very general throughout the state,
some sections receiving an abundant fall.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

The l-oo0-copy edition OF the Chickasaw
laws has just been completed 1t Con-
prIses So pages.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13
CORSET: SALE.

Bortrees Duplex Corset cents regular price 80
Sizes from % 80 Borrees Adjustable DUPLEX (orset ~ 3
cents, regular price S1.25. Sizes from 25 to 80
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13

great variety of Plaid and Striped Organizes Just the
thing for a hot
lot of those great bargains in ladies vests %
cents worth 40 cents This lot will not last long
Sun umbrellas bargain. We have a few lines cheap
Ii you have good frame and stock will from
dollars by recovering them with the best material
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-13
WHITE GOODS SALE.

20 pieces of India Linen at 3-4c, worth 10c.
s pieces of India Linen at 8 Lee, worth - 12c
II pieces of India Linen 12c, worth 1Sc
Extra quality of Chech Nainsooks reduced to 10 - Ii
Is and 90
New and beautiful designs in Figured Swiss Mulls
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-25
some representation. What sort was ac-

some representation. What sort was &C
corded it?
j. C Howard, who lives about 100 feet
from the ward b )undary, was nominated.
Who is j. G. Howard? Well. he is a man nee
essarily i'll sympathy with all the schemes of
corporations. He is forced to do it by virtue
OF his position. He is the assistant superin
tendent OF the Burlington railroad. All his
energies are devoted to bolstering up the
plans of corporations. Moreover, he boasts
that he carries the vote of the railroad men
i'll his vest pocket. Does he? Election day
VIII tell. AT any rate, the voters can depend
upon it that he will, il sent to the legisla-
ture, do ali he can for the street rail-
way company.
Last on the ticket is John A. Swanson.
Swanson has served couple Of years in the
city council. What has he done i'll the coun-
ell to entiie him to election TO the state leg
lslature? Perception sufficient to see hole
i'll the ocean. ana an Imagination that would
transform push cartinto the golden chari)t
OF Nero, are necessities to the man VINO
would discover what John A. Swanson has
done in the city council. The caliaerOf the
man is demonstrated by his reply to the peo-
pie who taxed him with having broken faith
by voting to repeat the eighthour-law. He
said he didn't know what the word repeal
meant. He was nominated because he could
be used as q stool pigeon to attract the
Scandinavian vote, and because he will be
used as a tool of the street railway company
If elected 10 the Legislature.
Is John A. Swanson the sort of man to be
sent to the legislature when legislation most
important with regard 10 Minneapolis will
certainly come up for con sideration?
Are any of these nominees, j. A. Wolverton,
Fred c. PillSbury. A. j. Blethen, j. g. How
ard, men whom the wOrkingmen of the
their interests before those of wealthy cor
poratiOnsi
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-25

expression to them. He always stands upon
what he believes TO be right. Educated in
the school of adversely and hard work, he
appreciates the burdens under which the
poor man labors. He is not millionaire.
and he will go to the legislature to prevent
the millionaire from overriding the inalien-
able rights of his unfortunate brother.
One of the oldest residents of the city is
Matt Walsh, of the Sixth ward, another NOM
inee for the house on the legislative ticket in
the Thirty second. Mr.. Walsh has held pub
lie flee before. He has been county treas
urer. aldermen and member of the old board
been able 10 say aught against his official
record. He has always remained plain Matt
Walsh. honest, upright, energetic and level
headed. He never thinks of himself, but of
his constituents
James j. Smith, "Jim' Smith, as he is
oftener mentioned, is another Democratic
nominee An index to his character is to be
found in his war record. He went into the
amy as private and was promoted TO cap
taincy, with special mention in the official re-
ports for bravery; yet no one ever heard Jim
Smith talk of the war or of the part which he
took in it. He pushes straight ahead, does
his duty and leaves the talking to other peo-
pie. He is plain business man. always solid
and substantial.
A. B. Dorelius is young man who will
make things hum if elected. He is blessed
with love for justice and a will to do ali in
his power to secure just treatment for those
who are looking to him for representation
He knows what it is to work. Be sure he will
suffer no infringement upon the right of
those who toll for what they get.
These are the men who have been uomi-
mated by the Democrats against the collec-
ton of plutocrats, corporation emissaries
and nonenities put in the field in the Thirty
second district by the Republicans. The
Democratic nominees fully understand the
issues, as heretofore mentioned-self- govern
ment for Minneapolis and no giving away of
valuable privileges. They were nominated
because it was well known that they would
be forever on The side of the people in the
consideration of those questions. 1t should
not be difficult TO choose between the two
tickets.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-25
NOW GLANCE AT THESE.
Here Are Men Who Represent
WelI.Established Issues.

In the Thirty second senatorial district the
man who heads the Democratic ticket Is
named Alonzo Phillips. Mr.. Phillips has
lived so long in the Fifth ward that he is per-
sonaliy acquainted with almost every man,
woman and child in tn ward. He is not,
nor is any one Of those who are on the ticket
with him, a professional politician. He
never held Office but once. He has been in
the city council from the Fifth ward, and
while there performed such excellent service
for his ward that it is gratefully remembered
to this day. He needs no encoEiums. A plain
business man he has always been. and as
SUCH if elected to the state senate. he will
serve. He did not seek the Office for which
he was nominated. He was chosen as the
candidate because the Democrats knew that
he would look after the interests or the city
and of the Thirty-second district with fidelity
and honesty of purpose. Any other course
would be foreign to his record as q business
man. He can be depended upon to be always
found in The right place.
When The convention was held to nominate
a legislative ticket for the Thirty-second
district. it was unanimously agreed to give
the Fifth ward the senator and one repre-
sentative, and the Sixth three representa-
tives, the place of senator being considered
of more Importance than that of representa-
tive. w. II. Trip was unanimously chosen
to represent the Fifth ward Mr.. Trip is a
young man of pronounced characteristics.
He has opinions, and is not afraid to give