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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26

coming from the voters of the state Evi-
dence Of the existence OF this demand viii
always be found either in the presentation
TO this body of numerous petitions coming
from the various sections OF the state, asking
for The passage Of the measure, or III gem
eral agitation and discussion of the matter In
the newspapers Of the state; or
In the Demands
Of the representatives OF the political organ
lZations of the state assembled in their state
conventions and expressed IN their plat
forms, or in the formation of a distinct pO-
Htical party having for its purpose the secur-
ing OF the proposed measure as the policy OF
the state
Second, in the absence Of the foregoing,
there must be q clear conviction, based on
facts as distinguished from sentiment in the
minds of the legislators, of the wisdom, the
benIicence and the constitutional necessity
of the measure.
AS 10 the first, there has not been presented
TO this house nor 10 this committee, single
petition from any part OF this state asking
for the passage Of this bill. The press of the
state for the past two years will be scanned
in vain to find any discussion of the question.
Nor do the demands of the political organ
tzatiOus. save one, afford any more evidence
that there Is any desire among the people
that this bill pass. The Democratic party,
casting. at the last election. S5.344 votes, op-
poses it as sumptuaTy The Republican patty
polling IS III votes declares that The high
license policy IS the best and most
Effective Method
Of dealing with the evils attendant on the
liquor traffic" The platform Of the Ali
ance representing the opinions of 5o,5l3
voters IS silent on the matter, while the only
political party in the state formed to secure
the adoption of the policy Of prohibition
pOlled in 1855 1925 votes. and in 1880 could
not muster but 5, 424 voters 10 its support So
far. then. as these votes are indicative of the
wishes Of the people, but one voter in thirty
fayOrS it
There is, therefore, almost an entire lack
of evidence of the existence of any popular
demand for the passage Of this bill and each
member must look elsewhere for reasons on
which to base his judgment that This amend
ment is necessary" Where can he find the
facts that will create IN his mind the clear
conviction that the measure is necessary?
Has the proposed policy been tried else
where If so, has il been so successful as to
warrant It's adoption here in the absence Of q
demand for il from the votersy
II the experience Of other states demon
strates the utility and pracicability OF the
measure we would be dereiict in duty did we
fail to present il TO our constituents for their
judgment. If, or the other hand, IL has been
tried elsewhere and the trial shows that it is
mpraeticable. that IL has failed TO produce
the anticipated results. that 1t has brought
= ife and discord il It's train. then We would
he eOu9Ilv
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26

How the political parties were di-
vided on the vote is shown by this tabu-
latiOu:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26

Continued OIi sixth Page.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08
NATIONAL GOOD FELLOWSHIP.

From the Galveston News
Sensible men will not harp upon con-
sistency in others when they see an i'm
provement in conduct. If Republican
paper says that President Harrison in
the south was engaged in cleverly con-
irving to show the southern people that
there is vast difference between the
policy of the administration as it really
Is and its policy as it has been represent
ed to be by the Democratic press and
politicians, why be severe enough to
rake up his old speeches which may con-
tain ideas and suggestions that he IS not
likely to revive! If, as a leading Demo-
cratic paper asserts, ''there is nothing in
his addresses which consists with his
previous utterances," President Harrison
has demonstrated a remarkable capacity
for progression. That his addresses in
the south were earnest and not meaning
less those who heard and saw him are
invariably willing to affirm. 1t is credi-
BILE that he has learned many things
since he took office, and especially since
he started on his travels. Most
presidents learn and become broad
err minded men while in office,
and if it be said that there
ID SeiIeIdly luOIc lOT hepuDllCdu W
learn, let the southern trip be taken as
evidence that President Harrison was
determined to learn it. Or if it be as
sumed that his southern programme was
fully fixed before he started, then this
Republican president had gained a fine
insight into the situation and had laid
aside the prejudices of former time in
advance of contact with the people of
this section-a notable evidence of
greater qualities than the Democratic
press had ever been willing to credit
him with possessing. 1t is no small
matter that't vast influence of the Re-
publican press of the north must now
be turned in a direction favorable to
the elimination of sectional prejudice, a
task heretofore left largely to the indie
pendent papers. Errors of temper chiefly
characteristic of the past will disappear
all the faster for frank acknowledge
ments that they were not founded
simply in selfshness, pride and malice,
but largely in patriotic spirit unfortu-
nately blended with degree of ignor-
ance regarding the underlying thoughts,
sentiments and purposes of southern
men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08
Three Laughs.

His good right arm was around her waist.
His Roman nose stole beneath her hat;
He snatched a kiss in the greatest haste,
Then told story SO very pat.
That what could shs do
But blush clear through
Paint, powder and veil, as she laughed
'Tc-tel
He-he-he-oh my
Hc-he-he-l'll die!
He-he-hel He-he-hei Te-hc-e-e"
Then to pay him back she related a tale
OF a girl who wore her last winters bonnet
AT an Easter crush, with a hideous veil.
While her own was sweet As a new
spring sonnet:
80 he kissed her some more
At that, and he sworc
Twas all quite TO utterly funny-"Ho-hol
Ho-ho-ho-my dsarl
HO-ho-ho-h how queer,
Ho-ho-ho! Ho-hO-ho. Ho-ho-o-ol"
But slasl Behind them the old man crecps.
AS silent as death and "a stern a. fate,
And he kicks aud kIcks-while his daughtes
weeps-
That rash young youth through tho Eardea
gate:
And he roars and stampe.
Like a mule with the cramps
So savage and loud i his mirth-"Hsw-h awi
Haw-haw-hsw-he's quit
Haw- hAw-haw- he'll gal
Haw-haw-haw! Haw-Law-haw. Haw-hsw-
aw-aw.'
Browne Perrinan in Yankee Blade
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08

AN ALLIANCE OUTRAGE.

Not content with securing the state
Partnership, the best paying Office in the
state, E. II. Snow, or the firm of which
he has become a member, has issued a
circular letter to the county officers
throughout the state that belong to the
Alliance or are in any way dependent
upon that organization for the offices
they hold, notifying them that the said
Topeka concern is prepared to do all the
work in the printing and publishing line
the county officers may need. This noti-
fication is accompanied by gentle hint,
which is nothing less than an open
threat, that the official life of the said
county officers depends upon their send
ing their orders for printing, blank
books, ETC., to the Topeka would-be
monopolist. We will see how many of
the county officers submit to the de-
mandS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08

A reader wants to know the best cure
for ivy poisoning, especially for that ex-
tending over the greater part of the face,
and likely to involve the eyes
The best treatment for ivy poisoning Is
to wash the places affected as soon rs the
poisoning has been discovered in strong
soapsuds or saleratus water. Plenty OF
good, clear water will answer if these can
not be obtained, OF course after the in
fammation begins to show itself, some
remedies must be applied which viii
check and control the eruption and swell
ing The common household remedy is
witch hazel, whiH can be procured at any
grocer's in small bottles. This Is very
good for ordinary cases, but it has a ten
dency to relieve the itching and smarting
sensation more than TO check the speed
and growth of the Inflammation.
Probably one of the best things is TO pro-
cure some common black wash at a drug
store, and use it as a lotion twice a day for
half an hour at time. Between these
times keep the poisoned surface covered
with cold water dressings or ointments OF
some soft nature. Another good wash is
teaspoonful of sugar of lead in pint Of
water, applied as a wash several times
day. Poison from ivy or sumach can be
treated in this way, but it is well to state
that neither one Of these poisons is danger
Gus.
1t requires about three or four weeks for
the attacks to run their full course, and
then the poisoned parts begin 10 heal up Of
themselves. Remedies can simply alleviate
the pain and sometimes partly check the
Inflammation, but they never entirely pre-
vent and cure the poison at once. The
eruptions seldom show themselves until a
day or two after contact with the poisons,
and after that there is no danger from
coming in contact with another person
Although the poisoning sometimes as
sumes the appearance Of a very serious case
the result IS never permanent. No scars
or disfigurements ever mark the skin or
flesh after the poison has disappeared. The
poison is an acid which exists In al parts
of the plants, but especially in the leayes.
Though some persons are not affected b.
IL at all, others are 50 sensitive 10 the acid
that il Is not necessary for them 20 come IL
contact with the vines TO get poisoned
Yankee Blade.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08
CHEAP TALK AND CHEAP MONEY.

From the Newton Republican.
The Hon. w. A. PETER, the long-beard-
ed Alliance senator from Kansas, has
been good enough, remarks the New
York Sun, to tell the people what they
want.
1.-THE people," remarks PETER, "want
more money. They do not care much
about the tariff; they do not care much
about the coinage; but they want money,
and they will not be satisfied until they
have money. So you may set 1t down
that, no matter what Republican or DEM
ocratic partizans do for an issue In 1892,
the masses Of the people who are mus
tering for the rebellion which Is coming.
will talk about little elss than money,
more money, cheaper money; and that
will be the great issue in 1892, and from
that time forward, until success crowns
the efforts of the masses"
1t is perfectly true that the people do
not care very much about the tariff.
They have had too much of the tariff,
and talk about it wearieS them. 1t Is also
perfectly true, and has been since the
end of the golden age, that people want
money, cant get enough of 1t, and won't
be satisfied until they do. But the
money they want is good money that Is
based upon something valuable and rep
resents something valuable. This money
is to be got by working. There is no
other way in which the Kansas farmers,
who have made PETER senator in con-
gress, can get money unless they inherit
it or steal it, except by the labor of their
hands; and if the money which they get
in exchange for their labor should be of
the fiat kind which Senator PETER seems
to favor when he talks about cheaper
money, they would have given some
thing for nothing. If the Kansas farms
were covered two feet thick with ire
deemable shinplasters, the farmers
would be no better off; and in the end
they would be much worse off.
Neither cheap money nor cheap talk
will help the farmer. He must help him.
self and not rely upon the printing press
to make him rich.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08
A Find SociabIe.

compliments Of Miss Dollis Dutton, for
Wednesday evening. March II, 3. ?. N.
Find sociasle. F"
"Now whist" unused !. may be the nat
ure Of Find socisbleT
As one lives % learn 7 be.hought me
that It might be as well 70 End out by sx-
perence-
When the guests had al assembled in
Miss DolEe's spacious psrlors they were
informed that twenty snail article had
been hidden in various places IL the par
lors and hall, and a list q them " as read
aloud They consisted Of various TOYS
scissors, knives, watch keys, whistles sa6
a number Of small boxes filed with ilzy
bonbons. There we're two frs. prizes, ous
20 be gwen 20 the lady. the O.1.e. 70 TIE
gentleman fading TIE grsa:ext number O,
articles Ter the sirss was a quain; little
coEee spoon, vita gold bowl and eurlously
wrought oxidlzed handle; = PHOTOGRAPH
holder was 70 reward like skilI CT the r,zrt
Ct some grDtlsnaa. Should any che fA.I
20 And stngis article be 6. sks wa 70 b.
rewarded with booty prlz-
Then the fan begAu FruEa Vac. zz.a
rose jar. from folds q Fo--ls-ez az. via
dosE curtains. from t-spzasA .0s. s.sx
chairs ai2d hAsso'cks, from behind picsure..
AID u snort frora 81! Likely aud unlikely
places. sorns o. t1szn hATing ben ssswes.
away With an ingenuity TIA; was Airnozs
oi2eoilezl, The lost" things wern brcuyst
70 .leAt AID reported - the eozarnllses .a-
Il out Or small article remained u.ssoars.
the lay s7Osd taimtse that ftsea. s.s. sss-
cozn @--orns--, Miss Doilt1's pretty PINK
e5gst 1sis WA finally discovered IA ne
"a q ons Of the guests wnsh hgnx lano-
Gently n The proper phase o. Lac Ia. rASA-
New xo.k ae1a.4
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08
THE SOUTH AND THE SPEAKERSHIP.
From the Globe-Democrat.

From the Globe-Democrat.
The efforts of the New York members
of congress to deprive the south of the
speakership of the next house is merely
a new phase in the crusade for the polit-
ical placement of the southern states
which has been carried on by the north
ern Democracy ever since the close of
the war Southern men are barred from
all favors in Democratic national con-
ventions, and have been for the past
quarter of century. The votes of the
south are sought for the national ticket,
and southern men are, TO certain ex
tent, permitted to join in the selection of
it, They are made to understand, how
ever, that this privilege does not carry
with it any license to aspire to any place
upon the ticket Even the tail end of
the ticket is closed to them. No man
from an ex-slave state has been nomi-
mated for the vice-presidency by the
Democrats since 1872. From present
indications twenty more years will have
to pass before even this post will
be within the reach OF any man
below the old line of Mason and
Dixon. Southern men have been
placed in the cabinet by a Democratic
administration, made representatives OF
the country in foreign courts. and one of
them has been put on the supreme
bench, but in national convention they
have no rights which the northern
Democracy feels bound to respect.
This sort of treatment of the south at
the hands of its own party is as unjust
as it Is cowardly and contemplate. The
south not only has the bulk but il has
the brains of the Democracy. In national
canvasses. If the south were left out of
the calculation, the electoral vote of the
Democratic party would be classed
merely as scattering. Ii could have no
effect on the result, and presidential
campaigns would have no more interest
than gubernatorial canvasses IN Vermont
ordinarily possess. The vast majority Of
the able men of the Democracy, as was
the case before the war, are IN the south
ern section Of the party. All the elements
or attributes which give that organiza-
tiQn intellectual or moral responsibility
are found among It's southern members
Tested by an standard o. merit or pro-
priety, the claims Of the south 10 the
speakership IN the uext house are para
mount and incontestable- The ability
and the political standing ara entirely
on the side OF the south In the entire
nothern delegation in the house OF repre-
sentatives there are no men who VIII
compare with Mills OF Texas. Crisp OF
Georgia. or Wilson of West Virginia II
fitness for the post OF presiding officer.
The attempt TO cheat the south out Of
the Office, or bulIdoze that section into
giving it up, ought not to succeed. and
probably viii not. In this matter the
southern states should stand up for
their rights, aud not allow the tinlidIty
and hypocrisy Of the nothern Democracy
and the pretended exigencies OF the
presidential canvass of q year hence 10
keep them out of an honor which be-
longs 10 them By every consideration u
political Justice and logic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08
PEACE PROCLAIMED.

The Oklahoma papers ought not TO run
down Kansas. What is good for Kansas
is good for Oklahoma When one fails the
other cannot rosper.-Wichita EAGLE
True, very true; but humanity is by
nature retaliatory. The Wichita EAGLE
has treated Oklahoma most generously.
1t is the only Kansas paper which has
shown honesty and fairness toward this
territory. The other leading papers of
that state have lied about and berated US
IN 4 manner outrageous. Correspond
ents at Topeka have preyed upon us by a
series OF the worst sort Of sensational
fakes to the eastern papers about Okla
home. This exhibition of spleen and
envy By the Kansas press has been ag-
gravating and it is no wonder the Okla
homa papers have retaliated with crit
cisms OF Kansas, which state has no
edge over this territory, as is well known
by those familiar with the two. The
EAGLE is read and esteemed all over
Oklahoma for its good treatment Of the
territory. liz Is, as the EAGLE says, fool
ish for the papers Of that state and Of
this territory 10 run down the domInious
OF each other. 4 truce of aniity and fell
low feeling Is in order, and as far as we
are concerned Is hereby proclaimed
Guthrie Capital.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08
THE CRAZE OF CRAZINESS.

The United States, which as nation
stands pre-eminent as a country of popu-
lar fads, ephemeral phrazes, and ma
tional runs in unique directions, is just
at present undergoing something en-
t!rely new. The epidemic of popular
usage is Of annual occurrence, and is
not confined to phrazes, such as rats
or "chestnuts," or to songs, as enc
Ginty" or "Annie Rooney" or to games
or puzzles, as the famous sixteen" or
pigs in the clover" The country's in
terest is not always bound up in these
minor items that fill in the syncopes Of
political action, but takes up with other
curiosities, which are to be credited
both to popular yolition and coincidental
events. The last development in the
public's fancy is not the least curious
1t is the great bulk of attention that is
just now being paid to overbalanced in
tellects; not i'll scientific mood, to in
vestigate or remedy; not in morbid
mood, to satisfy curiosity or brood; but
IN comic, congenial, satisfied way, like
an audience that laughs at the FOOLS
actions, forgetting his misfortune.
So the country is laughing at "Old
Hutch" who has let himself loose in
Boston and marks his path with opinions
that are as frank as impolitic, and as
harmless as good-natured Hutch is a
national character, and if he chooses to
n in NJ {I,o
laugh and applaud his ability. The in
terest in what he may do is large, and
this mornings dispatches will be scanned
to see If there are any more opinionated
utterances or pot-valiant rodomontades.
And there is Anna Dickinson. Though
her condition would usually excite pity,
it cannot be said that that is the prevail
ing sentiment in regard to her. She was
crazy. She was imprisoned. By clever
coup she gained her liberty; got into the
papers and charged her own sister out
landishiy. The public knew that it was
crazy freak, but they congratulated
her on getting loose, even in her unstable
mental state. They crowd the opera
1ouSo W near Her l1dho IdnlDliIC,
disconnected talk, full of personal, petty
illusions and teeming with choleric ven
ON, while the professor, learned in the
laws of nature, reasons to empty seats.
Have the people grown weary of logic?
Or is it simply a measure of relief from
monotony? They like to hear her refer
to her diamonds and talk in her listless
way. 1t has particular charm.
Then there is our stock in trade line of
lunatics, of which George Francis Train
is the drum major, and Ignatius Donnel-
ley and his ilk not so very much in the
van. Train, in all his wild, weird effer-
vescences, has the ear of the public, and
his words have as wide reading as the
greatest statesman's utterances on the
condition of the times.
Jerry Simpson with his fame of bare
legs, fills niche in the popular demands
in this line.
This has now come TO be the field to
successfully gain the eye of the public,
which will not brook the commonplace.
The public wants something that is
illogic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08
TERRIFIC STORMS PREDICTED.

Foster, the st. Joseph, Mo-, weather
prophet, is out in a three-page letter in
which he predicts the most terrific
storms, commencing in June and rum
ming for year, that have been expert
enced in the United States for fifty-nine
years, or since 1892. The elements are
to play smart with hurricanes and cy-
clonic twisters. Next winter will set in
by October and be the awfullest cold
spell of weather ever witnessed except
by the very aged. 1t is all to come Of
electrical disturbances brought about by
the equinoxes of Saturn and Jupiter, the
first occurring next October and the sec
ond in January.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08

II Miss Leonora Dodge is fair sample
II is to be assumed that the North Carolina
girl is not afraid of reptiles. Leonors, who
is thirteen years old and tie daughter OF
Captain J. q. Dodge. a well known farmer
of Appling county. rode ont to the woods
the other day To drive up the cattle, and
came upon very large rattlesnal<e She
dismounted from her saddle, hitchei her
horse. and chased the snake TO a root, try
ing TO kill him, but the snake succeeded In
reaching den under the root. She then
remounted and galloped her horne home.
but soon returned with implements suf
ficient 10 force the snake from its den
Then she put a rope round its neck and
dragged it home, " here she now has IL in a
cage.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08

Here IS Sol Miller's comparative est
mate of the outgoing and incoming
commanders of the Kansas department
G. A. F.: Tim Mccarthy was elected
commander of the department of Kan
sas, G. A. r.. at Hutchinson. last week.
From Ira Collins to Tim Mccarthy
what jump upward! Mccarthy prides
himself upon being called a Private or
an Ensign, while if one were to address
Collins as lieutenant-general, ne would
think it was no mistake. that it was the
rank he was really entitled to-" This
suggests the observation of the WAC of
the town in speaking of certain sophis-
ticated person of the genus dude. Said
the wag, there is chance for the big
gest speculation in that fellow that was
ever offered. II some one could buv
him for what he is really worth and sell
him for what he thinks he is worth. he
would eclipse Cresus in wealth"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-08

The saying that a prophet is not with
out honor in his own house finds confir-
nation in the circumstance that the first
public memorial in honor of the late
Henry Bergh has just been erected in
Milwaukee. Dir. Bergh was life long
New Yorker, and began there his great
work in behalf of animals, the influence
of which, before his death, extended all
over the globe. But New York has
never sought to do him special honor.
In noting this omission the New York
Tribune asks: '1s it not time for some
of our citizens to ask themselves whether
they have done their full duty by this
friend of dumb animals?" 1t would
seem so. indeed; but in view of their
neglect of the tomb of a greater bene-
factor-of the human race-for years
and until just now, it was not to be ex-
pected that they would manifest special
concern for a mere friend of the dumb
brute,