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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11
PROVES TOO MUCH.

In his Fort Scott harangue Rev. Ber-
nard Kelly made tabulated statement
of the condition of the counties of the
state, naming every one, as to the num-
Der of persons incarcerated in jails, the
number of insane persons and number of
paupers in each. According to this state
ment as published 81 county jails are
empty: 50 counties have no insane per-
sons; A counties have no paupers, and
% counties none of either class mention
ed. If this statement were strictly or
even approximately correct and was the
immediate result or effect of prohibition,
as Mr.. Kelley would have the public be-
lieve, it would constitute an argument in
support of that policy next to ungetover-
able. But the statement Is untrue in
whole and in part.
The makeup of the states population
and social conditions are substantially
the same in all the counties. and while
the people have as high regard for the
laws and moral restraints as any other
community. the degree of excellence &C
corded them as a whole does them injus-
tice. in that it presents them in a hypo-
critical light If prohibition can empty
thirtv-seven jails, why has it not freed
the jailS of the balance of the 100 coUn-
ties? If it has left sixty-nine counties
without an insane person, what has
caused the distressing affection 10 the
lightweight persons in the thirty-seven
counties that have such unf0rtunates.
who are either that many more than the
state aSylums can accommodate. or who
have been returned to the counties as in
durable? And again; if the absence of
the open saloon-and here his reverence
bases the force and point of his
argument - has relieved forty four
counties of INDECENT charges upon
their benevolence, what has imposed the
burthen Of 514 upon the other % coun-
ties of the state: And if the great up
litter tprohibitionl Of humanity has so
purified ~ counties that they have not
one Of either of the three charges named
left upon them, why has it been so par
tial in its bvaneficent effects as 20 leave -
counties under the han of the demon
drink?
Mr.. Kelly probably means well in MS
uutiring advocacy of his hobby. but logic
that proves too much Is bad logic. For
instance. by the same course of reason
ing 1t can be proven that COW Is the
mother Of the clock. The logic of the
statement i this: \ cow Is meat; meat
Is a necessity; necessity Is the mother Of
invention; the clock IS an invention.
therefore
Would that Mr.. Kellv's statements
formed a true basis for his deductions, /
but they do not
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

Editor Hoch, of the Marion Record,
says his experience as a member of the
last state legislature gave him all the
three-dollar-a-day glory he wants in that
line, and that until his purse becomes
more plethoric he must respectfully de-
cline to serve the dear people in the
capacity Of legislator any further Z.
w. Hoch was far above the average of
the body of which he was a member and
it does look like a waste of time for as
good an editor as he Is to fritter away
fifty days after the usual fashion of a
Kansas legislature
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11
WHAT OF STANLEY
UNION CITY, 1. T., May 9, 1890.

UNION CITY, L T., May 1890.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
Please state in your next issue what the
nativity 81. NJ. Stanleyis- Was he ever in
Greenland or Iceland as an explorer?
Yours respectfully, j. w. HARRIS.
Henry Morton Stanley was born near
Denbigh, Wales, In 1910. His name was
then John ROwlands. At the age of II
years he shipped as cabin boy for New
Orleans. There a merchant named
Stanley gave him employment and event-
ually adopted him. His benefactor died
in a short time and young Stanley then
drifted west, rowing among the Indians
and miners until the civil war broke out.
After the war he went to. Crete as CORES
pendent of the New York Herald, but
soon left there and travelled in Turkey
and Asia Minor. Still later, by sending
from Abyssinia to London the news of
Lord Wolseley's victory before the official
dispatches arrived, Stanley attracted uni
versal attention to his merits. In 1869
James Gordon Bennett conceived the idea
Of sending the adventurous Stanley into
CSntIdl A1IiCd III SedICH VI LII LAN lilSS
stone, who had been reported killed
in 1866, but whom Mr.. Bennett
believed to be still alive. After tortuouS
and toilsome journeyings of more than
two years, on the 10th of November
1871, he reached Ujiji, where he found
the venerable missionary, Stanley re-
turned to England, but in the autumn of
1874, he started on his second expedition
to explore the Congo country. This trip
occupied three years. In 1879 he again
went to the dark continent in charge of
an expedition under the auspices of the
king of Belgium, and explored the Congo
400 miles and founded a government
for that region.
Toward the end of 1886 Stanley under
took an expedition, partly at the expense
of the Egyptian government, for the
relief of Emin pasha, whose whereabouts
and fate was at that time unknown.
The result of this last expedition is too
fresh in the public mind to need mention
In detail. Stanley is at present in Eng
land, where it is understood he will re-
main for time and until he finishes the
text of his book, narrative of his last
exploits. He has never been to Green
land or Iceland, the foregoing covering
his life history in brief.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

There seems to be doubt in the minds
of some as to just why Harrison did not
appoint Oklahoma men to the Oklahoma
positions as Is his policy. There is little
doubt that that was what he at first in
tended. The principal cause for this
change probably was the existence of the
two factions in Oklahoma, the ''sooners'
and Eaters" which the appointment Of
men locally interested might render
more distinctive than they are now, and
engender trouble. But it is the opinion
of the majority that the sooner" should
not have been accorded that much rec
ognition. He went in there, regardless
of the penalty, of which he had been suf-
tiCiently forewarned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11
CROP PROSPECTS GOOD.


From the Kipgman Leader-COurier.
Large numbers of farmers left their
work on Saturday long enough to visit
the county seat and do little trading.
A number were callers at this office and
one and all report crop prospects better
than for years. The wheat crop, they
say, viii be unprecedented. The cou-
tinued cool weather has been greatly in
its favor. and no danger from bugs *
feared. II Is already beginning TO head
IN many places. The corn Is about all
planted and much Of it Is already peep
ing through the ground. The fruit crop.
il Is predicted. viii be even larger than
last wear. Not a single variety has been
injured. With all these favorable con
ditions, the man surely Is unable 10 read
the signs of the tsmes who cannot Sc a
new and permanent era Of prosperity in
store for Kansas. Is viii not be a
forced boom started and foStered by
foreign capital but period Of growth
and improvement, the result Of money
made on Kansas farms
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11
INpTCEs OF GREATNESS.
Another Of wichita's Prominent Fea-
lures.

The measure Of the spirit of any people
will be found in their architecture. Their
pride and ambition are miTrored in the
stateliness of their public buildings; their
enterprise is embodied in the magnitude
of their business edifces; their religious
and moral standard will be reflected In
the grandeur of their churches and
charitable institutions; their love of
learning reflected in the types Of their
educational structures; their love of the
true and the beautiful in their homes
and surroundings.
A short time since the EAGLE pub
lished sketches of three of Wichita's
most imposing and costly public
edifces, to-wit: the government,
the county and the city build
ings. Two of these surpass
any structures of ike character boosted
by any city in the great sunflower state.
This morning we take pleasure in pre-
senting our readers with sketches Of
structures as types rejecting the moral
and religious conceptions and convic-
tions Of the people of this city. Two of
them are Of churches and the other the
ideal and pride of many churches. OF
the twenty-seven church buildings in
the city, the congregations Of nearly all
of them are interested in the edifice
erected to the honor of young men and
to the glory Of unstained manhood.
The Y. NJ. c. A. building, picture Of
which viii be found upon our first page,
Is the most magnificent and imposing
edifice Of the kind in the state if not in
any city of the west. a description of
which Is reserved for the day Of dedica
ton. Our picture shows the building
Just as it stands today. 1t is built of
stone in the most substantial manner
and will represent a total cost of some
thing like eighty thousand dollars.
Arrangements were made last week for
its completion and furnishing and the
building committee have given the word
20 90 forward with the work.
As monument 10 the generosity, as
an earnest of the moral convictions, and
rs a substantial testimonial of the faith
of people in the providence of God and
in a great destiny for their city, the
Young Mems Christian Association
building Of Wichita stands unrivaled, an
emblem and symbol to which every
citizen points with pride.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

\ great many Kansas papers declare
that the recent decision of the supreme
court of the United States was made in
the interests OF the liquor men. This Is a
declaration that Is too broad for a con-
sentative paper to make That the liquOr
interests VIII be benefited by il Is NOT TO
be disputed. but 10 declare that il was
made in the interests OF liquor men Is
going too far. When we can not trust the
highest court in the land TO make decisions
in a conscientious manner IL is time 10
abolish Jhdt cOurt.-lawrenCe Journal
Tribune.
Such declarations as those referred to.
that Is. criticisms of the court, do those
who indulge in them greater injury than
they do the criticised. The idea of the
highest judicial tribunal in the land if
not in the world being influenced by
personal considerations in deciding a
great constitutional question Is pre-
posterous, and while it does the court no
injury in the estimation of conservative
right thinking men it does make the
critiques appear in a most unenviable
light. There is much greater room for
suspecting the dissenting judges Of being
influenced by prejudice against the
liquor interest, but nobody has been so
silly as to intimate such an idea. Mo-.
the trouble with too many people Is that
they have procrustian bed and they
size everybody up by its standard: If one
is too short they stretch him out; If too
long they chop him of.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

largest consumers II boots and shoes.
Now, does not justice demand that tho
farmers and cattle-raIsers Of this country
shall have a duty on hides to encourage
their production as well as the boot and
shoe makers on the boots and shoes
which they maker A duty Of fifteen per
cent on hides would add more than half
a dollar 10 every head Of cattle slaughter
ed in this country. Considering the de-
pressed condition i'm which the farmers
are at the present time. should not con-
gress put duty Of fifteen per cent on
hides for the benefit Of the cattle raiser,
of the country: Kansas has a very large
interest in this matter. She Is the fifth
state in the Union in cattle raising and 10
would add nearly a million dollars an
nually 20 the income Of the farmers 81
Kansas, II such duty was placed upon
hides, while II wouldn't add Eve cents
pair 10 the cost Of tine boots and Shoes
which these farmers consume.
Or. +. p MILLER.
80 and al West 2Gtb 81. New Xork.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

Prom the Pratt Republican.
\ Pratt correspondent Of the Wichita
EAGLE estimates the acreage of wheat ia
this county p 900 acres out II the way.
the acreage this year Is perhaps - per
cent greater than last wear. A gentle
man who claimed 10 know what he was
talking about informed Republican
scribe the other day that there wers At
least 10000 acres sOWu in wheat ia
Pratt county this wear. We understand
also that wheat never looked better az
tins time 81 year IN the history 81 Pratt
county. An immense yield is almost an
assured thing As wheat vii T(oiabiy
be- worth ~ the uaghhyFhoOd ~ . dol
lar bushcl before long the great bsne-
fits aceruIng 70 Pratt county from big
wheat crop are almost iucouceTabie.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

lo-a llas sent o0g hor tenth report -
her marble find Tlse state sf5e,ild ias5k
INTO the fake ~ onee- WICHITA EagIe.
hv. d. foglr ausIl. the state Is ok
ing INTO T. Hardly week rassas that
Capitalists from sorne Tart a. the state
do not come here g. s'iossk into IT, and
tie result q therr clruIfy uili 20 seen
within q fes rugaths 10 tins dsveIouEl5eat
Of the most vaiuztls qazrrIaz % - fo1nd
anvE here N the zezt- TlseT - 10 faks
ABOUT IulA marble --Iola Eea.stsr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

According to James +. Legate, Kansas
farmers viii save in the matter of trans
portation about 100000 a year by a
deep water harbor at Galveston, Texas.
The Atchison Champion thinks IAN
easier and better method Of saving money
for the farmers of Kansas would he the
resumption of traffic on the Missouri
river, because the latter Is much more
feasible than the former" Whether
true or not. and it is extremely doubtful
for many reason not necessary TO state
here and now. the Champions declara-
ton Is high compliment TO its loyalty
10 Its locality and section.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11
A GREAT YEAR FOR KANSAS.

From the Kansas Financier.
Our eastern friends often speak of the
Cuisines depression of the west" They
seem not to realize that this depression
has been felt all over the cOuntrv-in
New York, New England and in fact in
every state in the union. But they
should know that Kansas is today in
better condition than any state in all the
Mississippi valley. This is fully and
truthfully shown by the records, and
they will stand unchailenged by any
imagination, no matter how biased or
prejudiced. The records Of the auditor
of Kansas show that nearly rs per cent
of the taxes of the state for 1889 have
been paid, and another pleasing fact is
that more than half the investments
being left with the register OF deeds in
Kansas, now are relinquished of mort
gage. In every avenue of commerce
or business, money is easier, and
bankers and business men tell us
that collections are better and
that the people are fast paying
their debts. Other evidences of
prosperity are the limited number of
failures in the state during the past year.
Then again there was never such
bright prospect for all kinds of crops as
now. The acreage of growing wheat is
much larger than any preceding year,
and it promises a magnificent yield. The
corn crop this year will be a marvel to
our eastern friends who cultivate it in
primitive way on the sterile hills of New
England. SO far we have been blessed
with glorious rains, the men who till the
soil are hopeful and happy, business
men are encouraged by the splendid
prospects, and the people generally are
jubilant over the prosperity for our state
already assured.
To be brief, Kansas is not heaven, but
the honest, industrious citizen will find
here as much of happiness and as little of
worry and disappointment as is the lotof
the most favored of earth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
Proat8 % KAasas Corn.

Prom ps -ebraasa state tfzgrnai
u this climate cost ~ production in
clBdes rent. and cost q crbbiug aud
hauling o. market A. well as tho labor
required % grow tte corn. II must -
remembered that rent IN this caae cover.
the house ~ which the farmer ifYee AMI
the buildings Iu which be keeus his stock
and the convenience around the farm.
IL alNo covers The FnoTtgage. about which
50 much has been sad - fhe sad-s-vesi
syTuIathizsrs n the doufs-tro<ideu ayr.
cultuTl-ts. j wiil thus - sesn that th6
hansa= farmer mas been able D. eli hts
corn for enough cab 70 pay him Tor his
labor, 10 fafv a resksofa.tsla rent On hss
farm. % lsoaEss him practically free 81
cost and - give hUa "a clear profit Il
s-tso1il = T'er cent Ca Tie ssIling prics o.
his crurs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

A striking evidence of the advanced
wisdom which today governs the labor
ing classes as compared with former
years, was seen in London on Sunday
last, at a great workingmen's demon
stration. About 100000 wage-earners
assembled, marched, made speeches,
adopted resolutions, and did all with
not a sign of turbulence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11
ENDORSES THE EAGLES POSITION.

The Newton Republican re-publishes
the EAGLES editorial of few days ago
on the subject of insurance frauds, pre-
facing it with the following commenda-
tory observation and statement of facts:
The Wichita EAGLE treats of a crying
evil so comprehensive and at the same
time so minuteiy that it ought to be read
by every person in Kansas that Is inter
ested in Insurance; that is to say, by
every citizen of the state. The number
of injustices done to persons who have
stimulated for an indemnity Is limited
only by the number of fire losses. The
fight that frauds have made on Csmmis-
sioner Wilder has been savagely bitter,
outrageously impudent and aStonishingly
strong. aud it has proceeded from the
simple fact that he undertook to compel
justice TO parties who pay for insurance.
1t was only short time ago that prop
erty owner in this city was coerCed into
accepting 800 in compensation for loss
when the stipulations were plainly for
$500. Scores of such cases might be
cited. With insurance companies con-
tract is not a contract. But 1t ought to
he ="
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11
demand.

Senator Gormau's statement that the
Democracy will now be compelled to
look for a new man for their pTesiden-
tial candidate in 1892, may have de
moralizing effectupon Mr.. Cleveland and
his friend, bat it won't help Mr.. Cor
mans chances for such preferment-as
1t was evidently meant to. German Is a
lightweight, Of the ward-politjcian
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

Fifty-one old soldiers have been restored
to positions in the treasury department,
from which they were expelled by the
Cleveland administration. This is one
thing the Democratic press have not had
the presumption to blame the present adj
ministratiOn for.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

Now Chicago wants iron admitted free
that Is to be used in the worlds fair build
ing. There is no good reason for any
such scheme. Our home producers Of
iron have as much right to furnish that
as any other material. If we are to have
protection let it go all around to those
home industries which can supply the
I.,r,,nr,l
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

Kansas City, Kan, has under contract
S250,O0O worth OF churches. With such
facilities, supplemented by the Gazette,
the morals and religion of that thriving
town would seem TO be assured. Yet
Rev. Bernard Kelly charges up to that
county five lunatics, thirtv-five paupers
and eighty inmates of the county Jail, the
result of the immoral practice of viola
ting the prohibitory law.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

Minneapolis is already planning to Sc
cure the next national Republican con-
vention, and thinks that Chicago, having
won the worlds fair, ought to be willing
to give up the convention. The Mime
sofa metropolis viii find, however, that
Chicago viii ''hog" all that it can.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

The Democrats are losing the most
brilliant men they have in congress.
Cox, Randall and Beck, so recently re-
moved by death, constituted a trio, the
equal to which in ability and prestige,
can not be found among the surviving
Democratic members.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

A. G. Speers, of Hiawatha, has been
appointed state timber Inspector. He
Will find Republican timber in fairly good
condition, but when he gets into the pro-
hibition belts he'll conclude that cyclone
has swept through, leaving the timber in
a terribly tangled and confused mess.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

A rate of one fare for the round trip
on all roads from all points in Kansas
has been secured for those who attend
the resubmission meeting at Topeka, on
Friday, May %.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11
BLK

Fr1E- a. AaseauF Ess1kza1sa-
Tie Wchita kAGLE gives ~ r-adz an
Editorial 81 . gray subgact with a
plcfurs - the biggest bo.s ever hou,hs
Ter tie AeEie4n TRADE. 5s2d ho., Uaa -
~ fss wichita marked. 4eis-hed IN
pounds. hToaght ilss SUM - So - a-,d
as tao Eez1rs and ssELE moutfs ca IF.
gsas ralassd n HzrIer county by Colassel
Bedford
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

Fred Crawford, the World reporter,
and Grover Cleveland will not come to
blows. Authorities on pugilistic matters
say this is not good time of year for
featherweights.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11
GIVE the Genius q Medal


Infinite possibilities are in the original
package" liquor decision Of The supreme
court of the United States Doubles
for the future in prohibition states gneat
varieties OF convenient TASKS VIII CEFr1e
within That category. the thirsty men
Of Maine, Kansas and elsewhere Ought 10
subscribe for a medal for the man who
invented the original package theory.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

There Is single township in Mcpherson
county who VIII put out 1000 acres IN
waternelons this season The X. c. star
thinks it should not be forgotten % the
Kansas farmers that vaterneloEs c&a 10,
be utilized a. fuel.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

There are a few Democrats who are
feigning great alarm over the report
probably started by themselves for a pur-
poSe-that the census enumeration 10 be
taken next month Is 10 be manipulated
against their partv's interests in the
southern states The scheme aS given
cut by the alarmists is for the enumera-
tors 10 omit the negroes from the count
by wholesale and thus furnish basis for
congressional action IN making the next
apportionment FOR congressional repre-
sentation and by that means reduce the
number of Representatives from that sec
ton. There Is not a shadow of founda-
ton for the alarm. The enumerators'
pay depend upon the number of names
recorded, and tine pay being the moving
consideration with them II Is idle 10 sup
pose they VIII omit any feature that VIII
in any way affect their compensation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

Some German doctors say that King
William has not more than ten years of
sanity before him. This must be pleas
urable to the young king.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11
A I,eisurelv Set

FroEn ths Newton Republican
SPEAKER Reed has written an article to
show how well the new rules work.
The people are reaching the conclusion
that there Is nothing around the house
that Is working with very much rapidIty.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

Senator Blair has secured an appropri-
alton for a statue to General Stark. If
Blair can not get into history of his own
merits he is bound to doit by association.