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VOTE AGAINST SUCH a PARTY.

G. G. Grouse, railroad editor Of the
Neodosha Free Press: 1.-THE American
Federation OF Labor bills were all pre-
sented by the only democratic senator
in the senate, Ed Carroll, OF Leaven-
worth, and they got every bill asked for
but one, tho child labor bill, while ours
were all presented in the alliance peo.
pies party house, aud most all by alli-
ance men, and We did not get bill
The only alliance senator, Mr.. Wheeler,
voted against the child labor bill and
against the eight hour bill. The alli-
anoe peoples party cut The salaries OF
the lsboeing people wherever they got
an opportunity. They struck at or
eanized labor and put themselves on
record - in faver OF .scabs' whom they
! voted down the resolution in the alli-
ance peoples party house which read
that mono but union printers b en-
ploysd BY the state printer They
showed their friendship fer tho farm
laborsr when they excluded him from
The weekly pay bill and the ten hour Z
day bill The alliance can work tbsiI
farm hands - MANY hours - they
please and paw them whom they threat
their oats, but the rsilroads must mol
| work their men only % long or the en-
Move u subject to . fins Of 500 and
! to removal from his position for th'
| same o6enss. Vote against such . par
IL, boys"
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Gold in use, either In coins OF
iewelry, Is invariably alleged, and
this changes the color to 80 marked
an extent that the pure article Is not
considered properly tinted or just the
correct thing. Even pure gold varies
in shade very much, the Australian
article being many shades darker
than the Californian, although
neither approaches the Asiatic prod
iuct in point of redness. The Austral.
ian sovereign, worth about IS, Is the
ireddest coin in circulation, while
European coins generally are lighter
than ours. In America the alloy
used is much harder as well as dark.
er than that used in Europe and the
difference between the loss from
abrasion or rubbing amounts to thou
sands Of dollars every year in favor Of
the shipments across the Atlantit
east IS compared with the shipments
west. An absolutely pure gold q
niece would wear away to an alarm
ING extent and would be objected Il
as light weight before 1t was man.
weeks old.
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FIIIoeEAN RECIPROCITY.
CITY Mo-. Journal.

rrom the Kansas City. Mo-, journal.
r. "a tho stock argument OF tho free
&.sda- Who wants to sheer at reciprocity
In AJAX when told OF South American
reciprocity, Why not European reel
rrocitv? At which question the laugh
e supposed to be on the republicans.
INT it has been republican tactics since
tie DAYS of Bull Run to let the oPPosi.
ton have its fun and then quietly shirt
the laugh.
In few DAYS an announcement may
be expected to the effect that q treat!
with Germany, looking to RECIPROCITY
has bsen consummated. The treaty
has been signed and diplomatic courtesy
REQUIRES that Germany shall first MAKE
r. public. It is understood that the
great bread famine in Europe has com.
pelled Germany to import 1OO,OOo,ooO
bushels of wheat. There is now duty
Of SO Der cent on American wheat. ny
the terms of the treaty it is understood
that Germany will remove tho duty
entirely from American wheat, ana on
American canned meats there will be
considerable modification OF the duty;
10 return for which America is to admit
German beet sugar duty free. When
the action of Germany is announced,
there is little doubt but that Austria,
France and Italy will follow her ex-
ample.
This action will open wider market
for the immense crop OF the American
farmer than he has ever known before.
The demand for his crop will b in.
creased at least thirty-;old, while his
supply remains the same. The price
must rise. But il it had not been for
tho Mckinley bill, the Canadian farmer,
on whose wheat the tariff has been in
creased, could ship, to day, his wheat
to New York City, and from thence 70
Germany. He could then enjoy the
privileges which Uncle Sam offers now
to his subjects only, and which England
cannot secure. But as it is now, tine
American farmer is protected IN his
rights. His supply is not increased
by the Canadians crop, and ne can
snap his fingers at his neighbor across
the line.
This is protection which is worth
more than sub-treasuries and govern
ment warehouses. This is protection
which means America for Americans.
This is protection, which will give the
lie to those apostles of free trade who
declare that the Mckinley law does not
open a new market for q single bushel
Of American grain. Perhaps the Millses'
Campbells, Simpsons and PETERS can
get their heads together and fix up
denial. Blu. the substantial refutatlon
of the denial will interest the farmer
moro than the denial. He is proud to
live under the flag, and if the calamity
contingent does not like the prosperity
which is coming, the calamity contln-
tingent can fold up it's tents and emu
late the Arabs. This is free country
il it is protection country.
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A VINDIcATED MEASURE.

Tho st. Louis Globe-Democrat did
not favor the Mckinley bill when it was
under consideration in congress. But
it has been compelled by the results OF
the law itself to change its opinion.
It now says: 1.-THE republicans are
certainly justified in INDUCING in some
partisan self- glorifcation at the sue
cess of the Mckinley law. It has fully
met all the reasonable expectations of
its friends and has exposed the falsity
of the predictions of it's enemies. No
article of actual necessity, 30 far a. we
are able to learn, has been advanced in
price through its agency. In fact, the
treasury statement here referred to pre-
sents figures showing reduction in
prices of many commodities OF extended
and constant use, aside altogether from
sugar, which has been cut down in cost
from 20 to 80 per cent.
Apparently the law has hurt nobody,
while it has materially helped the great
body Of the people. 1t is not too much
to say that the act has agreeably sur
prised large section of the republicans
Of the west. Certain provisions OF
the law were attacked by many repub-
licans in this section eight or ton
months ago, but nothing Of the sort
is heard of now. All the republicans
are pleased with it and stand ready to
defend it.
1.-THE democratic assaults on the law
which were persistent and violent in
the latter part OF last and tho FIRST
quarter OF this year, arc at present only
feeble and perfunotory. In every re.
spect the law has vindicated it's exist.
ence, and it will stand until time and
the inevitable changes in business con;
ditions and in popular taste and 70
quirements render alterations neces'
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THE WAY REPUBLICANS FAVOR
FREE TRADE.

From the Cincinnati Comnercial Gazette.
The republican policy is for tree
trade In ell articles in COMMON demand
which do not compete with homo prod.
ucts, but seeks to protect our industries
from the products Of European facto-
riss, which do not pay workmen hall
tho wages that are paid in this country.
The proposition is plain one. We
hear much of the intricacies of the tar
id, and Mr.. Mills aud his follow
ers make q very complicated affair
of it in their discussions, yet its mean
ing is plain, and any American school
boy can understand it.
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il e117. o0o. 900 every year. interest q.
the bonds they held, While the old ii.
disrs drew from the public treasury =
pensions go, O00, 600 To-day tho CON.
ditions are reversed. Tho peusiona
amount to 3135, 0O0, 200, and the sol.
diers should see toit that no party be
put in power which shall dspreciate tho
purchasing power of those dollars. We
paid the bondholders in gold-in dol
lars worth 100 cents; and who shall sav
that the old soldiers shall not be paid
in as good coin?"
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COL. SHANNON. mc., 6uu ACAu0AuCO
there until the breaking out Of the
rebellion in 1851. Then he enlisted
In the Fifth Maine Volunteers as q
private of Company II. He was
Major and Lieutenant Colonel by
bfevet when mustered out of the
army in 1855.
Most Of the next eighteen years Of
Col. Shann0n's life were spent In
Brazil. When James r. Partridge,
of Maryland, became the United
States Minister to Brazil in, 1871,
Gen. Grant made Col. Shannon Sec
Rotary of Legation, which place he
held, acting nearly year as Charge
|d'Affaires, until 1875, when he re,
signed. He engaged with profit In
building and operating horse railways
in Rio de Janeiro, and returned to
this country in 1883. He entered the
Columbia Law School In New York,
was graduated, and was admitted ID
the bar in 1885.
Col. Shannon is q trustee of Colby
University, to which he recently
gave q building for scientific pur'
poses; a member of the Loyal Legion,
and of the Fifth Maine Regimental
Association, of which he has been
president.
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RAILROAD woRKMEN ORGANIZES.

NEWTON, KAN.-The first club OF rail-
way employees in Kansas for political
purposes has been organized here. The
oh .ect of the club is to defeat the ALI.
ance, which it considers to be working
against the interests Of the railroads
and their employees. The club starts
with q membership of twenty-four. and
nearly all the railroad men here express
their intention to join it.
A railroad mems political meeting was
held at Chanute last night It is said
that it was rousing success. The rail.
road projects of the alliance were bitter
ly attacked.
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years to reo0voe hoe standing am0ne
those who have hsretofogs pinned thsir
faith to her, and who have been
alarmed at tho talk Of repudiation.
.:Kansas was settled BY people OF
limited means and who we're strangers
to each other. There was no credit be-
tween individuals and the territory had
no credit in the east. The early settlers
paid from sc to 48 per cent for money
with which to prove up on their claims.
"When the state was admitted into
the Union she had no established credit,
and our first state bonds were sold at
go cents on the dollar. just in proper
ton as the state developed the credit OF
the state and people increased. The
rates of interest gradually came down
from So and 48 per cent to 6 and 8 per
cent. The credit of the state went up
in the same proportion until her bonds
rose in value from 60 to 15o. Our out
standing state bonds, before the ALI.
ance craze set in, were quoted at 136
for the 6's and $50 FOR the re. And in
the face of all this the calamity howiers
set to work deliberately to destroy the
credit Of the state and her people. and
the very men who are doing all this
bowling have done the least to make
the state what it is. Not state in the
Union has better prospects than KAN
sas, and this year she 10 recovering
gradually from the crop disasters OF the
past two years, and If the alliance is de-
feated in the fall elections, as I believe
it will b. tho state can again look the
world in the face. The influence OF Kan
eos in national affairs will be sadly les
sened by tho influx OF alliance states
men into the congressional delegation.
No state has had bettsr standing in the
national Legislature for several years
past than Kansas, and this because OF
the universal high standing of her del
legations in both houses, and their fac'
uity of pulling together"
Asked If in his opinion the alliance
members would succeed in getting any
of their schemes through the democrat
10 house of the coming congress, the
ex-governor said: "By no means. The
northern and eastern democrats have nc
love for the financial and industrial va
carries of tho alliance and will oppose
them as vigorously as the republicans
Will"e
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MISCONCEPTIONS.

From the Mcpherson Republican.
The old greenback leaders we're Pc
cul,ar people. They seemed incapable
of comprehending the relations OF things
to each other. They were never able to
take broad views. One thing at time
and that thing isolated from everything
else in the world is all that they were
able to consider.
There are no better illustrations OF
this than their manner Of quoting.
They read an author, but take in only
one sentence at time, never thinking
that the context has anything to do
with it, and so they quote detached sen.
.tences or parts Of sentences and mis-
represent most abominably.
A few examples will suffice:
The famous paragraph from Lincoln's
message 10 made up OF two whole sem
fences and part of third, and neither
has in the original message any appli-
cation to the subject to which they
refer it.
They quote Benton's saying that
the power to issue money should be
taken from the banks and restored to
the government, but they fail to see his
statement about coin which gained him
the nickname OF '.Old Bullion"
They quote the utterances made BY
statesmen in the dark days when con-
federate bonds were higher in Europe
than those Of the Union, and then de-
mand that these mel shall be held to
tho same policy in times OF profound
pesce. :,
They quote Cernuschi a. saying that
money is the creation of Law, and fail to
read the paragraph which says that
paper money is bad money.
They quote Colwelrs ways and
Means Of Payment" to tho enect that
the government can successfully issue
fat money, but fail 10 quote from tn
very same page that b Gays that
should b for the purpose OF tax
having and should b limited to one
fourth or ons.half OF the annual 10
ceipts OF the governnent. The grea
mass Of greenback literature was OF eni
character.
Two men went much further.
Documents issued BY the LaCross
Democrat and the Chicago EXPIRES
wears ago arc unadultsrased forgsriea
Thsse have been copied from tim
70 time, and have besn widely cirou
lated.
Thsrs are exceptions g this geeer'
stasemeut. Britton A. HUI ana wa
~ Martin, ardent grssnbackers. nsvs
fnnnd Il necessary to fals,fy. But the
never gained many oonveeea
The only safe ground 70 take y :
call ON every public spsakse an
every newspapss man 70 show b
anthority for every statement OF i,e
IS mskss. His opinions are 70 .
Judged in tho light OF season. pat d
49, must have evidences behind then
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STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News Of Stats
Interest

The Katy Brought 20 Taw.
The governor has written tho follow
ing letter to the attorney general:
Hon. J. N. Ives. Attorney General. Topeka. Kan:
Ny DEAR Sm:-On August 81, 1881,
after some prior correspondence upon
the subject, wrote to Colonel b. @.
Cross, president of the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Railroad company. enclosing .
copy Of your opinion and advising HIM
that unless his company should e.
tablish it, general Offices within this
state, in compliance with the provisions
Of our statute, on or before September
20, 1891, an action would BE- commenced
to enforce tho penalty provided BY the
statute for it, violation. On tho day last
mentioned I Was advised, unof1cially,
however, that the executive committee
of tho company in New York had. several
days prior thereto, ordered the general
Offices Of the company removed to Par
sons, in this state, and that the compa-
ny had secured accommodations and
had actually established it's general OF
fees here. supposed, Of course, that
this action was taken on the part OF tho
company in good faith, and in recogni'
ton Of the obligation it was under 70
obey the laws Of the state to which IL
owes its corporate existence and prime
allegiance, but from subsequent events
thin does not seem to be tho case. Am
now ADVISED that tho buildings thai
wore rented BY The company Tor It:
general offices remain vacant; that
none OF tho officers named in the statuts,
and in fact no officer or employe OF the
company, occupy these rooms or tran
ssct any business there; and that, in
tact, the general Offices Of the company
arc maintained, and the business per.
tanning thersto transacted outside Of
this state, substantially a. heretofore.
II this II true, the situation 10 such q
to demand prompt and vigorous actien
on the part Of this state.
Will you kindly look into tho matter
report to me the result Of your investi-
cations, and, if you find that the COM
pany il still violating the laws OF the
state, commence an action at once in
tho name of the state to annul the CHAR
or OF the company.
I especially desire that this matter
shall not be delayed, and hope that
you can 60 arrange your business as t.
give it your immediate personal at
tention.
Yours very truly,
LYMAN q. HUMPHREY.
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Low TARIFF AND Low WAGES.

From TIE Leavenwoeth Hmea
The Carnegie iron works have Just
adoptsd lower waes soaae. right in the
middle Of tho Mckinley campaign in
Ohio. too. For tho saks OF their old
friends, they might have waited until
aftsr the slsctioo. Topeka Journal.
It win help Mckinley. The McKin-
lev bill lowers the tari& on iron and
stAel manufactures. and AoKinleyieu
teachas that lower wages follow lower.
ing OF The tariff. Carnegie - proving
McKinloy'o position.
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An Arabic anecdote, illustrative Of
the subtleness of selflshness, which
enables it to glide into the heart Of
4 saint, is told of the holy NOLAN.
medan, Sakati.
He said that for twenty years he
had never ceased implofing divine
parllon for having once exclaimed
sPraise be to God!' On being asked
the reason for such persistent pray
ing, he answered:
"a fre broke out in Bagdad, and
q neraon came to me and told me M
shou had escaped, on which I utteret
49, words: and even to this mo
ment I repent Of having faid 20, be
Gauss It showed / wished better q
myself than to otheras
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NEVER so BRIGHT.

Major Mckinley said recently in one
of his magnificent speeches in Ohio:
Human effort was never so we'll paid
as it is to-day and the future was never
90 bright. A tariff for revenue never
built . factory. never made furnace
fire, never made q sheet Of tin; no,
nor oven made q sheet Of muslin,
either"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-10-31
WHO PAYS THE TAX?

sIf you want 70 know who pays tho
tax. ask the Canadian farmer who brings
his wheat to Buffalo. The Erie county
IN. Y. farmer il there, too, and takes
homo 80 cents . bushel With him. The
Canadian farmer takes 80 cents, less Is
cents, the American tariff."-Wm. Nc
Kinlsy.
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CONSTANTLY INCREASING.

The Globe Democrat says: 'The vol
ume of currency Is constantly increas-
ing ut . rate sufficient to meet all the
increasing wants Of commerce, and tho
alliance orators are simply making them
selves absurd BY persistently disputing
this plain and important fact"
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HOW THEY HURT OUR CREDIT.

Ex.Governor 8. J. Crawford. being
enked BY Q Kansas City Journal man TO
tan about the standing OF Kfnsas imam
eialiy. said:
sefheee Il NO doubt that tho seate b.
enGered severely in her credit among
~ ponsysd men oe ths east efom the
11fh1nfui tales 6 rsGse. 6inpsoas ond
- 8 - n. ~ 3 WI 49, -
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IL, 1889. While
he was very young
his parents moved
to Saco, Me-, and
t h e + e. he W q g
brought up.
In 1858 he be-
came q student at
Colby University
in w a terville,
Me and remained
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JUST WHAT. IS NEEDED.

From the Council Grove Rep1hlicaa.
Nothing win do more to restore 4
naneial confidence and give now ihps.
tbs 70 The business interests Of Kan
sas than . rousing republican victory
thiD fall
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MAKE A LIST.

From the Burlington Republican.
VIII the fellows Who insist that tho
country y being ruined BY tariff taxss
please nit down and write out list OF
staple articles the prices OF which have
been made higher By the new taEt6
law?
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THE KANSAS ADDRESS IN NEW
YORK.

A. B. Humphrey, nat,ond secretary
Of the republican league, has written
Secretary ButterAeld that the address
recently prepared BY the Kansas
league 10 being used with great et-
feet BY the republicans in Now York
state.
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M me- War Hsssra 81 Lsag 1sssasnes
AkooA.
Col. Richard Colts Shannon, who
has been designated by the President
to be the United States Minister at
Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador,
was born in New London, CT; Feb.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-10-31

A horse tread-mill grinding sugar.
cane and pressing out the Juice foI
re 70 passers-by Il IN odd feature OF
the vsyside in Tampa and one or two
other Southern cities. Tho liquid
selIa for . nickel . GAS and many
neoule Ike it. It tastes insipld and
ssciish sweet to : Northern palate.
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THE POOR MANS BLANKET.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Our agile governor is greatly worried
over the poor mans blankets. HI
stated last night that they are ''heavily
taxed" under the Mckinley law. Ths
common kind of blankets cost the Ia
borar in 1857 $6.8;
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-10-31

Flower
Biliousness,

have been aflict-
Blliousness, led with biliousness
"and constipation.
Constipauon'" for fifteen years !;
e..~..h first one and then
another prcpara-
Pains. elton was suggested
"tome and triedbut
"to no purpose. At last q friend
Recommended August Flower. I
"took it according to directions and
its effects were wonderful, reliev-
"ing me Of those disagreeable
" stomach pains which I had been
troubled with so long. Words
"cannot describe the elimination
Gin which I hold your August
I" Flower-it has given me new
"lease of life, which before was .
"burden. Such medicine IS q ben
"efaction to humanity, and its good
90 ., ., a 1i<iAo ovad
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Farmers Congress.

Farmers congress.
The farmers national congress viii
meet this year 10 sedalis, Mo-, Novem'
Der 10. Two years ago congress made
an appropriation to pay the expenses
incurred, and it is said that the benefits
derived at tho meeting are very ehective
and far-reaching.
Last year tho congress was held at
Council Bluffs, Ia, and the year pre-
csding at Montgomery. Ala.
Governor Humphrey has appointed
delegates to represent Kansas at the
congress for the two next annual meet
ings.
The appointments are as follows:
Delegatss-At Isree: A. w. Smith,
McPhefson; A. p. Forsythe, Liberty
Joshua Wheeler, Nortonville. FirA
district, w. ]. Bailey, Baileyville;
Second district, O. E. Morse, Mound
City; Third district, w. NJ. Sailors,
Kimball; Fourth district, T. NJ. Potter,
Peabody: Fifth district, Arson Miller,
Gypsum City; Sixth district. William
Simoso Norton; Seventh district,
Thomas A. Hubbard, Wellington.
Altsrnates- large, John Richey,
Mcpherson; D. G. Krone, Independence
Edwin Snyder, Oskaloosa. First dis
trict, Joseph Blakssley, Leavenworthi
Second district, J. g. Cusey, Olathei
Third district, L. NJ. Pickering, Colum-
bus; Fourth district, Henry Brandley,
Matfeld Green; Fifth district, J. J.
Vsstch, Morrow; Sixth district. james
Justus, Hill City; Seventh district, W.
81. Campbell. Great Bsnd.