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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30
INGALLS, ON SILVER.

In a speech in the senate in 1873 Mr..
Ingalls, made powerful argument in
favor Of the free coinage of silver, and in
the course Of of it gave the most striking
and eloquent arraignment of gold that
we have ever read. We quote the para
graph for the information of those crit
iQues who feebiy assert that our senior
senator has never proposed any measure
fer the benefit of his people. and it has
especial force just it this time when so
much Is being said ON the money ques-
ton:
No enduring fabric of national pros
peritv can be builded on gold. Gold Is
the money of monarchs: kings covet it:
the exchanges of nations are effected
BY it. Its tendency is to accumulate
in vast masses in the commercial
ceuters. and 10 move from kingdom 10
kingdom in such volumes as to unSeJtle
values and disturb the finances Of the
world 1t Is the instrument OF gamblers
and Spectators. and the idol of the miser
and the thief. Being the object of 50
much alteration. II becomes naughty and
sensitive and whenever II Is most needed
it always disappears. At the slightest
alarm 1t begins To- look for a refuge. Il
flies from the nation at war, to the IA
ton at peace. War makes it 2 fugitive
No people IN q great emergency ever
found faithful ally in gold. 1t Is the
most Cowardlv and treacherous OF all
metals. 1t makes no treaty that 1t does
not break. IL has no friends whom II
does not sooner or later betrav. Armies
and uavie~ are not maintained by gold.
In times Of panic and calamity. ship
wreck and disaster. It becomes the
chief agent and minister of ruin.
No nation ever fought a great
war by the aid Of gold. On the
contrary. III the crisis of greatest peril il
becomes an enemy more potent than the
TOE IN the field: but when the battle Is
won and peace has been secured, gold r.
appears and claims the fruits Of victory.
In our own civil war il i doubtful If the
gold OF New York and London did Tot
work u greater injury than the powder
and lead and iron Of the rebels II Vas
the most invinCibls enemy Of the public
credit Gold paid no soldier or sailor. Il
refused the national obligations Il vvas
worth most when cur fortunes were
lowest Every defeat gave 1t increased
value II wa IN open alliance with oIr
enemies the world over. and all IT. ener-
Eles were evoked for our destructioa-
But a. usual when danger had been
ayer;e-i and fhe victory ~~curei g.dd
SyaZgers u the front and asserts ths
SUPREMACY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30
GERMAN POLITICS.

Won Windthorst's declaration of the
policy of the Center party in the Reich
stag Is an event OF much Importance in
the present crisis in German politics
The .'Clericals." who undoubtedly hold
the balance of power. 90 a. far as Cardi-
nal Manning in their adhesion To the
young emperor's policy OF social re-
form in order that 1t may he possible
for the toilers to lead human lives :"
The venerable parliameutarian. admit
teddy the ablest man in public life on the
European continent. entertains high
hopes Of the success Of the labor confer
ence. and expresses great regret that the
United States Is not represented. He
shrewdly observes, however, in convers-
ing with an Americana: The social
problem Is not 50 difficult with YOU. be-
cause it Is less difficult TO earn ones
bread" 1t Is hard enough, all the same.
and whosoever the fault. many Of our
economists and wage earners viii regret
that the Berlin aSsemhlage Is not uni
versallv international instead or merely
continental.
The report OF Bismarck's determine
ton 10 make his home outside Of Ter
MANY would h. considered ominous If
credited. Il Is probable that the TX
premiers sojourn in Switzerland. who're
he IS sid to have purchased a villa, vii
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30
SECULAR" NEWSPAPERS.

PROM the New York Pres.
Theological discussions are apt t. he a
little too sonber. and therefore an occa-
sional element of humor. Of decoTJus
sort. ought 10 - welcome. PERHAPS j. l.
for this reason that "a certain cia-s 81
clergvTnen are 80 much III the habit q
protesting against what they ara pleased
10 consider the neddiiug q ocular
newspapers with current reli zioJ4s qIes-
tionS At any rate. such protests are
humorous. wfeth-r consciously 20 or
not.
Examples are al tire while occurring.
There were several last week and the
week before IN tb{s city when the Neu
YORK pr-.bvtery Wa discussing the sfl.---
tlon q creed revision i cOmicaI effort
was ~ one time made 20 keep the de-
hates ouf Il print One distinEUs
corssry alive pastor tbOught tie wiE1le
matter - having The cTs~sl question
r.sz-ed was raisrnieyulzz. izsau-s tf.e
newspapers nsere SURE - mex. people
think that Ghe odd faith wa- tosfersnZ.
Oth-r- Ca the same s4.e dB1 u1t beslfTe
tho tuE II var vTu7iA have
have 70 cuTne upon fhr ctIa
a AT ~ S}sa ''-4r-a.ar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

The management of convicts in states
prisons is a question that has enlisted the
careful attention of many people of
philanthrophic and humanitarian impul-
ses for years. Recently Ohio and one or
two other states have tried the parol or
ticket-of-leave plan to some extent, with
results that are in the main encouraging.
New Jersey is about to experiment in
that direction. The prisons are overflow
ing and this plan will at least furnish re-
lief. 1t is claimed that under its opera
ton much larger per cent Of the con-
victs become good citizens. A much
better opportunity is afforded them to
get out of the bad ruts and become use
full members of society. Besides, the
state isrelieved of good deal of expense.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

time when the resources OF eastern Kan
sas and the Missouri valley had largely
been developed and understood, old
trappers and traders, government sur
veyors and individual explorers, were
| convinced. as their subsequent writings
and reports show, that when the white
man should. in the course of the years,
acquire this valley that where the Little
Arkansas joins the Great river would
arise central city. The very geographic
al conformation of the country inevitably
forced such a unanimous conclusion, and
although there had been at this point an
icterminiable swamp as was the site of
Chicago. or a succession Of hills as is the
site of Kansas City, yet city would
have just as surely and just as proudly
here have reared its spires and built its
splendid edifices as did Wichita, but on
one of the finest and most desirable
natural sites in the world. That, there
fore, far-seeing business men at a later
date. and that capitalist and railroad
presidents in more recent days should be
found confidently asserting that despite
the fact that Kansas City, No, had
rendered a great commercial city in
eastern Kansas an impossipility, yet, and
partly for that very reason, Kansas
would, and in a very few years, boast in
ts-possession Of Wichita, one of the most
important centers of population in the
west, is, in fact, and after all, not so
much a matter Of surprise and astonish-
ment.
And while the conclusions of men of
such wide experience, who from selfish
interests solely, after having made SO
close an analysis of the matter involving
the fortunes of their stockholders; and,
while every disinterested observer who
having once seen and comprehended the
situation, so unhesitatingly arrives at the
the same conclusion, touching a proud
future for this city, while we say these
facts may conspire to encourage and
justify such as are seeking an Opportu-
nifty to better their fortunes or to expand
their business, by becoming residents
and property owners in the coming city
of the central state; nevertheless, no
amount Of accumulative evidence, or of
Of opinions can possibly add to the faith |
Of her own people in the pre-eminent |
greatness which surely not only awaits
their city, but which greatness is already |
realized, and every day, its pulsations
being felt by them every hour, and seen
in her ever frightening ave
nues, in the increasing number of her
interests, in her rapidly expanding trade,
and in her continuous accumulation Of
power and wealth, the real basis of her
prosperity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

only be for temporary rest and escape
from the press of visitors who flock
around him in Germany. Naturally.
Bismarck will be anxious to avoid the
appearance of being focus for discon-
tents. The degree of care necessary in
estimating the value of German news"
at this crisis is illustrated by the fact that
Count Waldersee, who ten DAYS ago was
reported to have gone into exile in dis
grace, left only yesterday for brief
visit to Italy, and remains chief of the
general staff of the German army, po-
sltion which, as Won Moltkes chosen
successor, he might well hesitate TO ex-
change for any other under the kaiser.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

not stirred up discomfort with the con-
! feSSiOn. Even more vehement in the
same line are many UNCONVENTIONAL or
ganS. They seem 10 resent all treatment
of theological debates in ordinary papers
| as impairment or worse. The evident
fact that every first class daily III the
country does more and more deal with
such topics Is considered a sign Of the
evil times upon which we have fallen.
Turning for moment to the Congre-
gatiOnal denomination. which at present
divides with the Presbyterian church the
distiction of receiving most editorial
notice ON account of current theological
debates. precisely the same sensltlvenesS
is observable. Over and over again the
party which opposes progressive ortho-
doxy" has lately cried out and Is all the
while crying out against the secular
press for pTeSuming to express opinions
regarding the Andover heTesy prosecu-
tons and the controversy in the Amerl-
can board of missions.
Now all this Is very funny. \ daily
paper is a newspaper. If of the first
rank it is neither secular nor religious,
scholastic nor scientific. literary, mathe-
NAUTICAL, artistic, political, domestic,
philosophical nor practical. IN
the exclusive sense of any of
these descriptive words, but Is
all these things combined. y
great daily newspaper ike the Press
would not fulfill its functions if it neg
lected to discuss the Westminster con-
fessiOn of Dr. AldenS little memorau-
dunn" when large numbers of people all
over the country are excited about the
debates and threatened divisions. pro-
duced by those infamous documents.
As well might we keep silence concern
ing the Columbus quadricentennial.
The humOr of the situation Is increased
by the failure of the mOssback critics to
observe that their own course is driving
the very class of people whom they wish
To influence TO the very class of papers
that they wish to disparage. While
here and there a snarl i heard against
secular" editorials on religious themes.
a chorus Of appreciation comes from wide
awake church members, led 10y clergy
men themselves. One reason Is that the
narrOwness, the one-sidedness with which
living church questions are treated IN
all the regular channels of expression
which the foes of progress can control
make religious thinkers who insist on
thinking for themselves glad to find in
the daily press impartial statements and
untrammeled discussions regarding the
highest themes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30
'or the Eagle.
WICHITA BESIDE HER RIVERS.
BY E. P. FORD.

BY f. P. FORD.
A wide rolling stream, which in the noun
tains afar
Has its source mid the SHOWS englitter-
ing sheen;
Where the summer unfetters and loosens
the bar
Placed by winters chill hand on the
beautiful scene.
IT'S but a tinkling rill, when it starts on
its course,
Dancing gaily in sunshine, and shadow
as we'll:
Till DER pebble and single, afar from its
source
1t greets the broad valley with ripple
and swell.
With volume increasing, it speeds on its
way
From its home in the mountains to glad
den the plain,
Bringing wealth unto thousands by night
and by day.
Making fertile the fields rich laden with
grain.
On the banks of this stream known as the
Arkansas,
Where it joins with its minor on the way
to the sea,
Stands the Mascot of years" the Queen
City, of Kansas,
Fair, beautiful Wichita, I sing unto
thee
Wonderful Wichita" rich gem in the
setting
Which once was a desert all cherries
and bare;
Where the swift swirling sands were long
years in getting
Settled downfor their mission of beauty
so rare.
There age upon age, twas the home of the
savage,
Where he wooed his coy mate, and built
rudely his cot,
Where in hunting and pleasure, and wars
cruel ravage,
Generations passed by without changing
his lot
Short the time since his warhoop rang out
ON the air,
As he charged with his warriors to van
quish a foe;
But day, since held all the region so fair,
The domain of his fathers long ages ago.
Yet the mandate of fate written by her
fair hand,
On the wall reared between his condition
and ours,
Had his destiny fixed, and in all this fair
land,
Shall his moccasined feet meier again
press the flowers.
Now meath the dense shade, where his
wigwam he builded,
Walks the paleface in thousands, on
pleasure intent,
While he like the flush of the evening,
WEIGH gilded
The clouds at sunsetting, with shadow
is bent
In his stead came the toilers, all seeking
for homes,
Who developed the wealth, stored away
in the SOIL
And here builded a city whose spires and
domes,
Show the fruit of success, this the |
medium of TOLL
Built by men who ne'er know the meaning
of fall
true
~ OII tttIUll; W OSS tIIIn SlITlJS Ilt CT
quail,
Each faithful in all they endeavor to do. !
by landscapes bewitching in |
form,
With streams whose bright courses are |
fringed with the green
Of forest and sward, which in sunshine or
storm,
Are a JOY to the eye, such as seldom is
seen.
Bright child of our hopes, into womanhood
growing,
Soon shalt thou stand forth without peer
in the west,
Thy suitors by thousands, their rich gifts
bestOwing,
Shall adorn thy fair beauty with all that |
IS best
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

The details of the destruction wrought
bv Thursdays storms throughout the
Ohio valley country are sickening in the
extreme. Little can be said further than
TO commiserate the mfortunates who
were in the tracks of the destruction.
such calamjties ara unavoidable and liz
no sense the results OF human careless
ness. as are almost all other kinds of
disasters. The pecuniary losses have
been enormous. but - far no appeal has
been made to the public for pecuniary
assistance. Il Is enough 10 say that the
whole people stand ready To respond 10
the first inlHation of needed aid.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

The Kansas Farmers alliance has
struck the tariff reform idea. It's presi-
dent, B. II. Clover, says: 1.-The alliance
intends to demand a greater reduction
than any Democratic platform has ever
pledged" That sounds heroic, it must
be allowed; but Mr.. Clover was evidently
speaking ironically-he didn't mean it.
The tariff measure is in course OF pre-
paration by the ways and means com
mittee of the house, and we take it that
the alliance has too much common sense
and prudence to compromise itself before
the public by making demands that are
idle to say the least. 1t is safe to say
that the tariff will be reformed so as to
conform to the requirements of the coun-
try as whole but not in the especial in
terest of any one class or industrial line
of pursuit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

Reports recently circulated of large
increase in the oil production are believed
to be grossly exaggerated. The visible
supply of refined oil and the movement
In Europe is also of favorable charac-
ter. The visible supply Of refined oil for
the seven principal continental ports on
March s, was al 900 barrels, a decrease
of 1900. The amount taken for con-
sumption from July 1, 1889, to March s,
1890, was 1858, 600, an increase of SOS, 900
barrels,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

Nebraska is going to experiment with
sugar beets this year. Farmers are Of
fered the best imported seed, to be paid
for out of the proceeds of the crop, for
which an average price of So ton is
promised. There seems to be little boubt
that the sugae industry will be given
great impetus this year, and the prospect
is encouraging for the production of suf-
ficient of that necessary article of uni
versal consumption to supply the home
demand for it within very few years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30
STAND NOT, BUT GET A MOVE.

eve laugh at a sick man who follows
everybody'S prescription for his rheu-
matism," says President Fairchild Of the
State Agricultural college, "even when
he tries them in succession: but if he
should attempt to swallow them all at
once. we should want to appoint
guardian for his little remaining strength
and wit. \ somewhat similar feeling is
aroused by recent agitation among farm
erS as to the cure Of present financial
stress and low prices. Doctors of all
sorts of theories and of every form of
practice are shouting out remedies. and
the too prevalent disposition seems to
be, like that of the dazed rheumatic. to
gobble them all at once in hope that
something may hit the sore spot.
We don't belong to the faith cure
school of physics, if it may be so classed,
but our notion is that the wise thing for
everybody to do Just now IS to initiate
the example of the poor rheumatic who
had tried all the known remedies in vain
for relief, and in his desperation dumped
his apothecary in the waste basin. hob
bled out into the sunshine and with
heroic effort regained the suppleness of
his limbs by exercise, physical effort.
In word. the free exercise OF a little
more will power on the part of all in the
endeayor to turn something up VIII
bring about the desired change in
affairs and a revival of business in a day
As compared to Years of the Micaw Der
method. Get a move on you.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

The United States supreme court. in
deciding the Minnesota Granger cases in
favor Of the railroads and against the
state commissioners, does not deny the
power Of the railway commissioners TO
impose rates, but declares the imposition
and enforcement of lower rates illegal,
unless the railroad company has had the
opportunity to carry into court on appeal
the question as 10 the reasonableuess Of
of the rates imposed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30
EXCHANGE SHOTS.


If YOU steal a million golden dollars in a
lump,
The people would regard you as a genius
and "A trump.
If you secure but half the pile. a shortage
that would be,
Whereas somewhat less amount would
be insolvency.
To steal a TINY. paltry sum would give them
the belief
That you were dishonest man, a robber
and a thief
But If You steal a loaf Of bread, whereby
your life is saved
They'll put YOU into prison with the total
is depraved Chicago Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30
He Hates 90 Differ.

From the Purcell ]. T. Topic
The Wichita EAGLE has pat in an en-
tire new dress and put head on is pa
per. We hate 20 differ with the many
who have been profIse in their praise OF
the new head bat really we think that,
while many Of the features are excellent
artistic appearance, the lettering being
badly crowded together on each side OF
the cut We hate 10 say anything OF
tnis kind as Of course the EAGLE viii geG
a new head. but we really think the en-
gravcr who got up the present one must
be an amateur.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30
Three Great. Bur One Greatest

From the Clay Center Dispatch
The Wichita EAGLE appeared last week
in A sphinx span new dress Of the latest
rsttern. and celebrated the event by get
ting ont an old time Wichita Kansas ell
ton. making Chicago out OF the Peer
los Princes again There are three
great papers IL Kansas and the EAGLE b.
nua of theu.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

The population of Rome is increasing
at therat Of $4,000 month. 1t is not
known, though that this had anything
to do with helping the college of cardi-
nails to conclude to remove the papal
headquarters from the holy city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30
Inperled Their Chirography.

Prom t1e Anthony Hspanlleaa-
The old SOLDIER had grand time a.
Wichita on Tre-slar Tie EAgLE says
that Postmaster Kezbet and vs. II.
Work II Anthony. were welcome call
er-. We viii not undertake ~ say hos
If came that these tgro wrii known and
ryau1Iar comrades were unable - give
taair names CORRECTLY. brt if may have
been ILL.,. pleasant smile of Eiarh Muir
dock and the illumination from bis rcd
nalr that Imperfect their chirygsaVhy
mon th. EAGLE REGISTER.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

Congressman Bayne, Of Pennsylvania,
is said to be the best horseback rider in
Washington. This information would be
more valuable if specification were made
as TO whether the gentiemans superior
excellence consisted in riding one horse,
or two at the same time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

Mr.. Smatley claims that the CONNER
cial business of the London Times has
been harmed by the Parneu business and
that its circulation of 10000 is as large
as ever. But what is circulation of
only that size for a long established lead
ing paper in city OF 100000 or
; GNN. nNn9
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

The president proposes at the same
time he gives the settlers permission to
go on the Cherokee strip TO open No
Mans Land. This moves the Boston
Herald to remark that the name OF the
latter section should be changed TO Any
Mans Land Who Gets There First"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

At meeting of the Board of Trade of
Topeka day or two ago, held for the
purpose of devising plans reviving bust
ness, Mayor Cofran suggested that one
good way would be for everybody to
patrOnize home industries as far as pos
sibe-buy the products of local mills
and factories, andsoforth. The idea is a
good one. Even if the local demand is
not sufficient to consume the output of
the various industrial enterprises, such
patronage affords a sort of inspiration to
all. both producers and consumers: to
the first because it is an endorsement
that is the very best character of adver-
tisement away from home, and to the
second in the sense Of self reliance and
independence that is of incalculable ben
eft in the development of any country
or locality. \ conspicuous illustration
of this policy is had in this goodly city of
Wichita. The growth of this city and
her industrial enterprises is the result,
largely, of that line of action by its peo-
pie.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

Two hundred thousand shares of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe have dis
from the markets. 1t is con
jecured that Jay Gould has had them
quietly picked up and the directory of
the Santa Fe dread the result of the an
nual meeting in May, fearing that they
NAV lose the manncement.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30

Emin Pasha has announced his inten-
ton of proceeding to the headwaters of
the Nile and cleaning up his old province.
If he succeeds in doing that he will care
very little whether he is found again or
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-30
Better Let I'm Alone.

From the saIlns Republican.
1t never paws to fool with an editor.
The fellows who attempted D. burglar
iza the Murdoch household IN Wichita
have been sentenced To twenty-six years
in the penitentiary.