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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

Senator Sherman says I'VE must get
away from such nonsense as prohibition.
Ii Sherman were to become a presidential
nominee, that utterance would be has
Burchard. Tue fact Is, there are hundreds
OF thousands Of good people in this coun-
try who honestly believe in prohibition,
aud many of them so earnestly that they
would not vote tor a man who calls IL
nensenss.-Emporia Republican.
Your conclusions may be correct. and
no doubt are to a considerable extent,
but the fact OF the existence OF the pro-
scriptive sentiment among large num-
Der of people throughout the country
does not meet the declaration OF the
great Ohio commouer. The expert ment
has had a thorough trial, and It has had
all the aid that could be desired to make
it success. and yet it has proven dis
appointment everywhere Il has been
tried. Senator Sherman Is not moved
by partisan considerations alone 10 make
the declaration credited 70 him, but
having seen tina practical operations Of
the experiment in his own state and
throughout the country. he speaks for
the best interest OF both his party and of
the community, and it viii be but the
part of wisdom to adopt the suggestion
/ contained in his declaration
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
THEY SIMPLY LIE.
the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
Last year in some places in Kansas
men were marched to the polls from the
Alliance rooms and voted like slaves.
Meetings were held behind locked doors
and darkened windows, and the arrange
ments were per ected for voting the
Alliance solid. There never was in any
state in the south more perfect system
of forcing full vote for party than the
Alliance inaugurated in 1890. Never in
the history of Kansas has there been
such an oath bound secret political
organization. By the aid of the Demo-
Gratis it elected five congressman, secured
the lower house of the legislature and
elected United States senator and a
state printer.
In 1891 there has been ample evidence
that the fever of last year is wearing of.
The meetings heve not been half as
large, the Alliances not well attended
and the wild vagaries of one year ago,
the fat and sub-treasury schemes, have
lost their interest. All this was plain to
every man who had eyes with which TO
see and ears with which to hear. PETER
and Otis and Simpson and Lease during
the summer and fall thTeshed the old
straw of 1890, but their crowds grew
smaller. Their schemes were not based
on reason, they were not honest. They
caught the imagination while new In
1890, but they did not stand the test Of
examination during the winter and
spring and summer of 1891. The nov
eity of promising something for nothing
asa political scheme upon which TO
found a new class party has gone down
and there is no resurrection Tor It. The
good crops helped to show men that
something to sell beats legislation and
fat as "a way out"
The farmers of Kansas have been in
vited into open meetings TO hear Repub-
iicans principles discussed. They have
heard the issues handled in joint debate,
they have read the papers IN 1881 as
thew did not In 1890 When calamity
papers and speakers say that
boodie and lies turned the
farmers vote from the Alliance to the
Republican party they simply lie. There
is no other word that expresses the fact
so plainly. The voter III Kansas has the
utmost freedom, and the refusal OF the
farmers to be longer voted by the Al
lance leaders is an evidence that they
have regained their courage and asserted
their Independence IN favor Of honest
money and the enforcement OF law, and
that they no longer have use for the
visionary schemes of the place-hunters
the new movement has thrown TO the
surface In unusual numbers. Kansas
emphatically repudiated the People's
party and It's leaders last Tuesday, and
| il means the restoration OF the state
financial credit and new era Of pros
perity. The miserable political ghosi
dance has come 10 . stop sooner than
was expected, and every patriotic. hon.
ct citizen halls the Republican victory
OF returning reason and better times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

Ohio claims a part of Indiana and in
turn Indiana claims that "A correction OF
her western boundary would take Chicago
from Illinois. In Kansas the controversy
over lines extends eastward, the belief
prevailing with many that Kansas City
should all be in Kansas.-K. c. Gazette
Whether there is any error in the ply
steal alignment between Kansas and
Missouri or not the line ought to be SO
changed at Kansas City as to bring the
entire urban district into Kansas. 1t has
been built up aud is still sustained by
this state almost exclusively, and yeI
the millions of property and capital OIL
the Missouri side of the line,~ while it re-
ceives all the benefits it derives from
Kansas, pay nothing in return for thosc
received, by way of taxes for the sup
port Of the state government. 1t il
wrong from every point of view, and
should be righted, aud the only way to
do it is to change the line.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
IOWA Is TIE PLACE.


A collector of customs in the prohi6i-
ton state of Maine has been in fix,
from which he has just been relieved by
instructions from the treasury depart
ment. He has in his custody original
packages of imported liquors as I'M
claimed merchandise. Ii would, OF
course, be an insult to the good people
of Maine to attempt to sell them there,
and he has leaSe to take them elsewhere,
The Washington Post furnishes the
Maine man the suggestion that Kansas
is now the best market in the country
for liquor refreshments. In view of this
recent events, however, we would sug.
gest our neighbor TO the north WHERE
they have just emphasized a strong de
sire for ''suthin' TO driak.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
a WORD From BURNETT.
BURNETT. Q. T., Nov. 8, 1891.


To the Editor Of the Eagle.
After the opening of the new lands
the opinion prevailed that the majority
of claims would not be occupied before
spring. The number of prairie schooners,
with families and household goods,
sometimes in trains of four to six seen
daily passing through this place. and the
nightly camp fires, prove the contrary.
The wise settler takes time by the fore
lock. He knows that he can work out
doors and live in tent all winter In
this balmy climate; that the time for
getting in his crops comes a month
earlier than in Kansas, and that every
fine day has to he utilized in building
houses, clearing land Of his claim Is in
the TIMBER, putting up fence, breaking
sod, and many other preparations Tor
spring and summer. We would ADVISE
all who intend to homestead here to
come as soon as they can and do ike
wise.
Our town is not booming, but making
a steady and sure growth. United States
Mail Contractor Ferguson has establish
ed a stage line between Noble and Bur
nett, carving the mail, passengers aud
express, by round trips on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays. Stage leaves
Noble at a. M, Burnett at l p. NJ
Mail service will soon be EXTENDED 70
Tecumseh and Sacred Heart mission;
Mr. 7. NJ. Simpson, of Dallas, Tex, and
Oklahoma City, is laying IN STOCK OF
general merchandise.
Ben KilSch will have 100000 brick
burned by next week. The clay used Is
superior TO any found in Kansas.
Charley Eckhardt of Santa re BAKERY
fame is never minus cakes and pies; ne
is noted for his geniality and the pluck
and energy that characterize vienna
men.
Mr.. McClung does satisfactory res
taurant business, supplying his tables
with game eff the season, killed by his
own gun. -,
Mr. Turner of Oklahoma City will open
a first class saloon this week.
Mr.. Taylor is contemplating the erec-
ton of livery barn, and two story
hotel is looked for among the next I'M
provements.
We have barber, good carpenters and
a butcher; but need another butcher, a
shoemaker, blacksmith, ETC., and last
but not least, good physician and a
stock of drugs.
We do not promise riches right away
to those who may cast their lot with US,
but they will skim the cream of business
in the future best town in the best county
in eastern Oklahoma
Upcle Billy is girded with the armor
of success. WIN. WESsELHoFT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
TIE CAUSE OF IT.

We note that in explaining, or at
tempting to explain, the recent defeat OF
the Third party in this state and through
out the country where it appeared in
the contest, several of our exchanges at
tribute it to lack of leadership in the
new party. That may have in part been
the cause, but it was not the principal
cause The movement had practically
the same leadership this year that it had
last, but the result of the contest at the
polls was altogether different. Our
notion is that the chief cause of the fail
ure was lack of correct principles to IN
spire and nerve the party to action. True,
the issues of the campaign on the part of
the new party were in the main the
same this year that they were last, but
the intervening twelve months gave the
people time to weigh the ques-
tions presented and investigate
their true import and the effect
their adoption would have upon
the best interests of the country and of
the individual citizen. The result of
that investigation led a great many peo-
pie who aG the first were inclined to
sympathise with the movement to I'M
derstand tat the changes proposed IN
our economic system would only serve
to make matters worse, by destroying
confidence, disturbing all values and
retarding the progress of development
of the state and country in every direc-
ton.
This conviction unquestionably had
more TO do with reversing the result OF
last years contest than the question of
leadership. And just here the famous
remark of Mr.. Lincoln about fooling the
people finds pointed application. An
intelligent constituency cannot long be
held against their interests and against
their convictions of right, no differenc
how able the leaders may be.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

1t has been generally understood that
Kansas had no mineral deposits except
coal, but recent developments give evil
dence that the state is as wealthy in
minerals as Others that are regarded as
specially favored in this respect Speak
ing TO this point and in proof of the great
values in our mineral resources. the Fort
Scott Monitor SAYS: Great activity is
beginning to be felt in the rich mining
region of Southeast Kansas. Millions of
dollars of capital are looking in that di-
rection. and large plants are already un-
der construction.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
IT WAS PROHIBITION DID 1T.

1t is wonderful how long it takes party
bosses to learn that the average Ameri-
can citizen will not brook anything like
prescription. An American will go to
any lengths to punish crime, but he will
not permit party managers through fear
of losing the support OF a faction to
force the enactment of a law making
such an American criminal, when his
own conscience tells him that he is not a
criminal.
All the Republican papers are now
trying to make it appear that it was
sons thing else than prohibition that lost
Iowa to the Republican party when
everybody knows that that was the sole
and primary cause of the disaffection
which has carried that state over to the
Democracy. 1t was prohibition or the
disaffection brought about by it that lost
Kansas five Republican congressman
and United States senator last winter.
But to the main question:
The RI Rev. w. S. Perry, Episcopal
bishop of Iowa, two days after the cleo
ton speaking of the result in Iowa to
some Republican friends in Chicago said
81 think Christian sentiment in our state
was for long time in the wrong on the
LIQUOR question. There was just as much
drunkenness under prohibitory laws as
there ever was before. Prohibition did
not prohibit. | have lived in five cities
where it failed utterly. Drug stores be-
came the saloons. Four thousand drug.
gists in Iowa took out government IL
cense to sell whisky, and it is to be sup
posed that they would not pay S25 for
the privilege unless they really meant to
sell whisky. If we have carried the leg
islature, as | have reason to believe we
have, high license will be restored. In
cities the license will cost $1,000 and in
towns $500 The democrats largely owe
their success to the failure of prohibition.
Governor Boies himself was Republican
before bis party espoused that policy,
and / could name a score of our leading
men who deserted the party for the same
reasons. The entire campaign was
largely fought on this issue"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

Evidently the remnant of the Demo.
cratic party in Kansas are laying great
store for that party in the future from
the defeat of the third party at the late
election. They believe that the new par
ty is done for, and that. notwithstanding
it was combatted by Democrats as per-
sistently and bitterly as by Republicans,
the dissolution of the new party will
inure to the benefit of the Democrat par
ty more largely than the Republican.
Here is what the Topeka Democrat, the
mouth piece of the party in Kansas, has
to say on that point:
Politically considered, the Spartan band
of Democracy in Kansas, today, are 20.Uo
votes stronger by reason of the result OF
last Tuesday, while the downfall OF the
Calamity party is worth millions OF dol
lars to the people of this state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
PhiIaa.lphi. Men Re,oIl As.ln.t wo@.a.

PhIladsIphis Men RevoIt Ag.inst WSmsns
There IL a determined movement 90
foot among the masculine population Of
Philadelphia against TIE promiscuous
surrendering Of seats in public convey
ances 70 strange women A call viii
shortly be issrsd for mas meeting u
take some definite steps IN the matter.
This IL not because Our male pOpular
tion 10 growing iess courteous. nor OuI
female population more discourteouA
but simply because the custom has grown
90 common among PhilsdsiphiaDs that
women do not appreciate the sAcr1hes
which . mac. who has probably BEEN
working hard al day. makes In giving
bis seat in a car 70 q woman. who. IN
nine cases out Of ten, not only neglects
70 thank him for II. but By Get, II noe
By word, demands tas homage Tbs
custom Is peculiarly Philsdslpaizn onA
In no other city IL 10 observed % tie ox.
tent that u is in tbs Quaker City.
A man VINO travels considerably, and
who vices the sentiment q th0usnnda
Of Philadeiphiars. sid yesterday, 'sWhils
l do not wish 70 b considered lacking
N eourtszy. have sssa enough 70 dis-
gust ne with the practice. and I Row
only give my sat 70 an elderly woman
o. . woman VITA . baby, o. IN suek
s4sea where cczrtesy really demands iE.s
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

The Wichita EAGLE gets to the front
first with the proposition that the people
now devote some attention to the Bible
Kansas City Gazette.
The EAGLE has always been there but
the time being opportune the attention
of the neglectful was simply directed,
especially of those who had gone after
false gods and the worship of the
calamity sons of Belial.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
Tormented By Their SIM.

FROM the Kansas City 6azefte.
We wonder now, If the Democrats OF
Ohio. deep down in their hearts, do not
wish that they had left profoundly alone
that little piece Of political gsrymandiBa
OF which they were guilty ia the matter
of McKinIev's old congressional district.
Another example Of "Whom the gods
wish 10 destroy, they first make mad.
Instead Of the leader Of a small Republi.
can minority in the next house OF repre-
sentatives, he q victor has bis band upon
the gubernatorial chair, protection per-
sonified, presidential possibility and 9
positive probability. Yea. in fancy We
can already hear the marching columns
sing, in not-distant national campaign.
"Hurrah for Bill Mckinley and the Nc
Kinley Bilv'
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Ven. wnat.sltto Yoar

Frs-- re Kansas City sszr.
Governor Humphrey Of Kansas, in
naming delegates 10 = national mining
congress to be held AZ Denver. Degiects
to select single delegate from Chero-
kee. the only cosznty that contains any
considerable deposit Of mineral IN the
state. Cherokes. from Republican
point Of view, behaves badly politically.
to be sure, but a. the richest county n
natural resources, not only IA the state.
tsIs probably "a the entire world. It
ourh5 10 have q voice IN the mining
onszresAs
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just Look at Kansas.
From the Nebraska State Journal.

"Just look at Kansas. Nearly every
county Republican, Think Of IL. Only
a few short months ago the Alliance and
Independents swept the state like a
whirlwind, and the Republication was
pronouneed as dead as a plank IN .
Democratic platform. Today the Peo-
pies independent party. piloted by dem
agugues lies, wrecked, stranded upon
the rock Of political heresies, the waves
OF Republican principles lashing u to
pieces. And 30 in Nebraska. The
Journal asserted weeks ago the indie
pendent party was disintegTating, and
that it would hardly be known IS a po-
iitical factor in 1892. The results 81 thu
elections have verified this statement"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

As the EAGLE predicted the Republi-
can party of New York was not equal TO
carrying Geo. VIM. Curtis and his mug
wump crowd Caramels and high sound
ing platitudes are well enough in the
abstract but gall bladders and stink pots
are more effective when it comes to
fighting the Tammany tiger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

The doctrine that 1.-The rights of the
user are paramount to the rights of the
owner of property" promulgated by
Frank Doster in the late camgSign, is
simple Reputation under another name,
and the people of that district very
wisely made a personal application of
the idea to its champion, and repudiated
him. That was using him pretty rough,
hint he daSarvad II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
CONFIDENCE RESTORED.
From the Hutchinson News.

From Ble duIC0lubOu news
During the campaign closed last Tues
day the News frequently expressed the
belief that with the defeat of the Peoples
party would come "a speedy restoration
of the credit lost through the success OF
that party a year before. Firm as we
were in that belief, we hardly dared to
hope that the evidence would be forth
coming so soon. In another column we
present the evidence which proves our
prediction to have been correct. A
responsible farmer who needed some
money, attempted some weeks ago to
negotiate loan on his farm. He
wanted 50 900 at 10 per cent. interest,
but could not get it. He tried to get
$1,000 on the same security, but failed.
The result of the election was then In
doubt. Loan companies did not care to
place a dollar until they knew what
kind of district judges were elected. As
soon as it was known that the Peoples
party had sustained crushing defeat,
the agent who had refused to make a
loan of 81, 500 at 10 per cent. at once
hunted up our farmer friend and offered
to let him have $4,000 on the same
security previously refused, and at 8 per
cent. interest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
comnulsory Education.

From the Fort scott Monitor.
The school authorities Of Fort Scoot'
are urged by heavy taxpayers 70 enforce
the compulsory section Of the state schoO
laws. they say they are compelled II
nav school taxes, To which they do no
object; but they do object 70 paying th'
taxes while large number OF children
who need education constantly avoid
the schools The efficiency Of the las
will be tested.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

Topeka authorities are struggling win
another mob which has been breaking
into the jail for a victim. Topeka, as
rbe pattern morality town of the state
ought to ouell her mobs and show fewer
suicides and stable incendiarles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
No We Don't.
NO " . DUII Z.
From the Leavenworth Times

From the Leavenworth Tines
Don't be rash in making your jibes at
Mrs. Lease, brethren. Mrs. Lease was
working i'll Iowa during the campaign
and she is in position to point with one
hand to her presence in that state and
with the other to her absences from Kan
sas. See:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

Mckinley, Blaine or Harrison IS aoou
the Hyev in Stands on the Republican side
for '92-Salina Republican.
Either one would be satisfactory and
all are good enough; but why reverse the
order in which they are naturally held
by the public?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

Anti-prohibltlonisIs think they see d
bit of special significance in the coin
eidence of the sale of $50, 600 acre farm
to de devoted to barley raising IN South
Dakota and the defeat of prohibition IN
the neighboring state of Iowa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

Out of a voting population of four or
Eve thousand, seven hundred able-bodied
men in Fort Worth, Tex, went to the
polls and voted on election day. About
the only place where the balance Of the
"voters" are counted is on the census
rolls. The stay at-homes count as much
there as good citizens.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

In attempting to explain the defeat,
Mr.. Willis said that ''the only thing
that ais the Kansas Alliance is the fact
that it was compelled to fight combin-
alton of the Democrats and the Republic
cans" Inasmuch as il started in to
knock both the old parties out, the Gail
ment" was enough to do it up, it seems.
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psmoeracZ shows rs Hand.

From tie Topeka Democrat
Beyond question, at the head Of the
Democratic column stands the state OF
New York. With It's thirty five electoral
votes. in political Importance Il towers
above any state in the republic.
NEXT in commanding influence comes
Indiana. No Democrat can poSsioiy be
elected president in 1892 without the
electoral vote Of the Hoosier state.
wisdom governs, and we believe y
viii. the Democratic nominations Tor
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Shadow Chasers.

Just as the third party movement was
diving out everywhere else. the AtchIsOn
Democrats went into it.-AtcbisOn
Patriot.
The same ridiculous mistake was made
by the Democratic farmers Of LeVen-
worth ty.-Leavenworth Stannard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

The dupes who are paying John r.
Willis. that old Kansas failure OF
farmer, 50, 600 per year as an Alliance
lecturer would do well to call him home
They can let him draw his salary just
the same but the credit of the state will
not suffer So
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

Two things were settled by the late
elections: Protection is made fixed
principle in our governmental economy,
and Grover Cleveland is the Democratic
candidate for president next year, to be
knocked out again by the Republicans
choice, whoever he Is.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10
MERCHANT TAILOR MADE CLOAKS

The Success of the Arcade
this season with their spec
ial line of Tailor made
Cloaks has been so great
that hereafter we will never
again handle the ordinary
hand-me-downs for the rea-
son that nearly every lady
who has visited the Arcade
this season in search of a
Cloak, has not only bought
from us, but has expressed
herself more than pleased
and urges on us this conclu-
sion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-10

The motto of the Republicans of the
Tuenty-ifth judicial district is, "In Hoch
signo vinces." This is the modest way
they have of giving the editor of the
Marion Record a very large share of
credit for the defeat of Repudiator
Doctar