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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
NEW LINES OF DIVISION.

Referring to the vote in the senate
last Wednesday on the silver bill we re-
marked the circumstance that the sec
tional division was: the east against the
west and south. 1t seems that Murat
Halstead, who was in Washington the
other day when the senate voted to lay
aside the election bill and take up the
currency question, takes the same view
of the issue. for he sent his paper, the
Brooklyn Standard, the following in re-
gard to that action:
"Sherman's brief speech swept the
whole field Of controversy and Is utterly
unanswerable, save in the language and
literature of the inhationists. He said
change of standard would place us on a
par with the Chinese and Spain, and de-
stroy the credit and advantages gained
by the resumption of specie payments
If the cranks should get their free coin
age through the senate they would be
stopped in the house. But if they even
succeeded in carrying the house they
would throw upon Harrison the adj
vantage of veto of incalcuable i'm
portance and one that the country would
sustain. There was in Sherman's speech
a few words of extraordinary signifi-
canoe. We refer TO those in which he
appealed to Democratic senators to aC-
cept their share of responsibility. They
viii have to accept it. The question is:
What will they do with it? They can
not capture the silver states without the
loss of all chances in New York, New
Jersey and New England"
From a partisan standpoint this all
sounds plausible enough, but Mr.. Sher-
man and Mr.. Halstead will probably dis
cover that New York, New Jersey and
New England cannot indefinitely control
the financial policy of the government to
the exclusive disadvantage of the balance
Of the country, and that if the issue shall
be forced to that point n coalition be-
tween west and south-offensive as wei.
as defensive-may be formed.
The idea of sectionalism in this coun-
try at this time is without n place, and
attempts to make it an issue on occasions
simply rs a diversion from pressing eco
nomic measures is to be deprecated-the
country has had a surfeit of it long since
but, to use an old saw. in order to fight
the devil successfully it is sometimes
necessary 70 use fire. And so at this
junCture; the country wants relief. and
it is going to find a way to Obtain ii.
Bluff won't win this game. There is a
call for the show of hands.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

would, after b. ief and fitful fever leave
the west in state of boom stricken col
lapse. Akin to this scheme is that of
loaning government money on land at
per cent interest, which has perhaps its
most effective support in the Kansas
state organization of the southern Alli-
ance. We have watched carefully for
an expression of views on this point from
her leading men, and can find nowhere
any emphatic endorsement OF this policy
by the northern Alliance.
1t cannot have escaped the attention of
| close observers that there Is marke
| tendency among the southern Alliance
organizations to form third party move
ments, or rather TO put IN nomination
men who are distinctly Alliance candi-
dates, thus foreshadowing possible or
| ganlZation of a distinctlveiy Farmers
party. While in some northern Alliance
states, as for example Nebraska, there Is
much unrest and dissatisfaction with
partisan politics. and independent move
ments are threatenei, it Is entirely out
! side of Alliance lines, and while 1t may
| be endorsed by many members and OH
! cials, it Is not endorsed nor entered INTO
| by the Alliance as an organization. The
northern Alliance and many members OF
the southern Alliance in northern states
! distinctly favor the policy OF making all
their contests within party lines, begin
ming their reforms at the primaries and
/ carrying them through 70 the great con-
ventionS of the parties. This is the nat
ural and logical development OF the
northern idea-a sort OF race character
| istic.
We have aimed in this ANALYSIS of the
origin, aims, spirit, government and
policy of these two great farmers organI-
cations to state the facts as they appear
| TO us, and have refrained from any adj
| vocacy or criticism of either. We have
! done this because il is not just to either
Alliance to be held responsible in any
way for the views of the other which 1t
does not distinctly endorse. We have TO
this end aimed to state not points of
agreement, but the points of disagree
ment. Each of them has great field
| before it, and it must stand or fall by the
wisdom of its policies and the stateman-
ship of its leaders. Whether they are to
be the creatures of the hour, mere foam
cast upon the sea of public opinion, or
whether they are to permanently mould
the policy of the nation or the states, de
ponds on whether they are wise enough
TO propose measures that will commend
themselves to the sound judgment of the
American people.
J. II. Herriff, of Milan, Kansas, 1T IS
stated is the authorized state organizer
for the Northern Alliance, which Is OPP
posed to cottonseed lard and is for the
Conger bill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
PLUMB,s TEN MINUTES.

Senator ingalls, had all the time he de-
sired to answer Sherman's gold-bug
plea, but Plumb's speech came under the
ten minute rule. The correspondent of
the Galveston News said that Plumb
did the best work on the silver bill,
eclipsing Nevada's senator, in his practi-
cal demonstrations from whom much
was expected. Plumb made no pre-
tence of eloquence, but he knows what
he knows and what he says counts. He
rode the great Ohio financier with spurs
on, and was the only speaker who made
that impurturable statesman vince. He
declared that the times were out of joint
and the country grooming beneath bur
dens for which the plutocrats were alone
responsible. Plumb in many respects
is acknowledged to be the greatest politi-
cal economist on the floor of the United
States senate
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

The Democrats in the legislature I'M
questionably hold the balance Of power
IN that body. In a dition to the eight
who were elected as such. there are
twenty-seven who acknowledge their al
egiance 10 that party, though elected
ay be Peoples party, making thirty
i've. Without the twenty-sevt n who are
Inder cover the Alliance have not a ma
iority. and if all the Democrats unite on
a candidate for United States senator
and stick to him, they can and may elect
him. Perhaps Mrs. Diggs had these
facts in her mind when she declared
that the next senator is at present 4 dark
house. Things are not always what
they seem, YOU know.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

JUEigo, the japanese murderer, who
was 10 have been executed in the Albany
prison this week, has gained another
indefinite respite. The case has been to
the United States supreme court once,
but it viii have to go back again on
another appeal The new point raised
by the attorney for the defendant in the
Ease Is that there were no japanese on
the jury that tried and convicted the ac-
cused. and for that reason he is entitled TO
another trial before a jury of his peers.
The point will he overruled, Of course
put it serves to lengthen out the thread
Of life to the miserable wretch. Jusigo.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

4 mad Of honor e.: Versa rs ~Hs onos
asked by I>01is XIV wk-zt 0'clock q WA
Her reply 70 tbs guestiou was often after
ward quoted a. ~ very 2~TfectlOn q
coupllunent 'Whatrvsr boar yozr rl&~
5ezsT plsasAz X bas been reserved sor a
Lond0u correspondent ard. q AL L>o-doa
corv-spon6e1ltS. fer that q The I>sds
Msrr1-y. % TiTNl this delicate Esftery
he arno1Dees th&f TIE fusure dinner hour
VII - whs*sssr the Prince - Walls
y.ezsas. aEd IzAt The Drsuoss pleasure =
Tor = The nesss Is rsA&suring Our AZ &c
szacis bAngass4ag aOurs have isseiy b--a
TOO mach rsiariesL I Be pr4no~ vii asrys
society II me dinner hour - pslsaei Tor.
a4rz Pa. H. 6Az@-SG
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
DAUGHTERS OF EVE

Mrs. Southworth, the novelist, is g years
old and she has written siKty-eight stories.
Mrs. Matte Wooten, Of Viola, Tenn, has
q quilt containing 3, 1s2 pieces, no two pieces
of which are alike.
Mrs. Blaine is the talIest Of the ladies Of
the cabinet and Mrs Noble the shortest,
the latter being Only feet in height.
Mrs. Cleveland provided a Thanksgiving
dinner for eighty children belonging 70 the
kindergarten Of which she is vice p-esi-
dent.
The Narchese Theodoldi was Miss Con
rad, OF Philadelphia and is nov the cniei
lady IN waiting at the court, ss well IS TIE
most beautiful woman in Italy.
Mrs. Vicken, an English bicycle club
riaE. has won a road race Of nineteen
miles in one hour and forty minutes,
against picked team Of men riders-
The wife OF William Mckinley IS an in
valid The four walls Of her sitting room
constitute her world. tut sae reads a grea,
deal. and knows everything TIA; Is going
on.
Nrs. Miles. the wife of the general who
i looked on a. one % the nations best In
dian fighters, is niece Of Gen ana oeI.l'
tor Sherman and sister Of senator Can.
erun's wife
Miss Florence Pullman. the palace car
rnagnate's eldest daughter. Il pretty bru
nette OF . She j. tai snd has oirnI1led
p-esence and bearing. she speaks French
znd German fGentiy AID Is ane mGsl
elan
Mr.. Heary II STANLEY = unusually tai
for woman Her straight, ciIng1ng skirts
long waists, hair pu9ei high On top. "a
hat On top o. that. aud feathers sgrEloant
ing al add a. Ieast nine inches n unEeoss
sarT apparent length % k~r figure.
Mrs. Sophie Braeuniieh. who began be-
business he - = iype~ritsr IN the offiee d
the Editor ~ The EngiDeerIng aud NiEina
JoGrnzl, bss grs1a4Ily crypt O. N seI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

A dispatch from Nashville SAYS:
Clarence Jamison, who lived near
Carriers creek. Maury county, visited a
young lady, Miss Fitzgerald, and while
in the parlor with her was shot and
killed. Jamison was playing with a
pistol which he thought was empty. and
placing the weapon to his head he pulled
the trigger and the pistol went of. 4
lucky shot for the young lady if she had
any notion of marrying Jamison. a
fellow who has no more sense than to
fool with an unloaded pistol hash I
enough 10 take care of a wife.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

rian railway will have upon the time IN
which it will then be possible TO circum-
navigate the globe. The performance
of Jules Verne's hero has alrezNy been
outdone in practice by sensational traV-
elers. although their routes did not ma
terially differ from his. In fact, lfei-
gian railroad engineer of promlnerA,e
lately made an examination of the ques-
ton, and concludes that the time Is not
far distant when the circuit of the world
can be completed in three weeks or so.
This progam. to be sure, involves
the completion of several lines of rail-
road which as yet are not seriously
contemplated He concludes thai the
Russians might build a branch OF their
Siberian line up TO Boring straits, and
that when the American and Canadian
railroad systems are extended TO Alaska
they will follow the example. the sinai
low straits presenting little obstacle To
the erection of a bridge and the comPle-
ton of a direct connection between the
railroad systems of the old ana new
worlds. But, whether these prognosu-
cations are realized or not. the conStruc-
ton of the Siberian railroad by itself
will cut out some interesting WORK Tor
George Francis Train and other globe
trotters."
There is. however another and more
serious view OF the subject. Russia
possesses in Siberia country Of great
resources-a land, in fact. which Is
worthy to serve a better purpose thar a
place of exile. The building of the raf'-
road will for the first time give real
outlet for the mineral and agricultural
wealth of vast but practically undo
veloped region. Its wheat and other
products may, before many years, come
into competition with those of the United
States. The subject is one which has
direct and tangible interest for Amer
leans, and as this phase of the matter he
comes more apparent, i5 will DOUBTLESS
receive an increasing share of attention.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
A Solid View.

From the CHATTANOOGA Evening News.
Two crazy preachers over IN Georgia,
Carswell and Armistead by name, the
former a Baptist and the other a
Methodist, have started a very warm
and sarcastic public discussion at Doug
lasville, over the superiority of the re-
spective doctrines of their churches.
The result of the discussion can only be
the antagonizing of the denominations
of that city and county, and already
feeling is at fever heat there, and if they
do not have bloodshed over the affair
they are lucky. The churches should
fire these rabid mouthers out, and the
state of Georgia should fire them into
the asylum. They could air their
opinions behind grated doors with the
utmost impunity and perfect safety.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
THE RAILWAY Aoao5s SIBERIA.
From TIE New York So.

From TIE New York StA--
The construction OF railroad line
across Siberia Is justly regarded W1ith
considerable interest. The tax which
the Russian government has undertaken
i an immense one, merely from an engl-
nering standpoint Building a hne OF
railroad 1900 miles long across the plans
and mountains Of Siberia from the raj
To Nlsdivostok on the Pacific. val rank
as one Of the greatest achievements o.
modern tunes.
Ii Is noticeable that much Of the m
terest the world az large displays IN this
great undertaking Il due 70 tie effect
winch the completion Of the I.Sns-oie--
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

No one would ever suspicion, from a
mere reading, that the bourbon sheets of
Kansas City were printed in the state of
Missouri. With them it's all Kansas and
nothing OF Missouri. The Times of
Wednesday morning contains seven edit
orials on ingalls,, one on Humphrey, one
on Kansas, the governors message and a
half dozen political specials from To-
peka. As for the Star it seems TO be
running the Kansas and Missouri Asso-
clated Press bureau.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

Now that the Indian war is over let
she government at once set about re-
forming that branch of the public serv-
zee so as to obviate a repetition of such
troubles in The future. 1t can be done,
and the country demands that it shall
be. An ounce Of preventive is worth
a ton of cure; an axiom that applies to
this case as directly and forceiully as
any that can be imagined.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

What is the matter. Harry Are you
never going 70 get through shaving this
morning. Il don't know, child. /
don't know what 20 CO. / went and got
me some Of the new beard pognale. and
il works 50 that before can get through
shaving the second cheek ths bard has
already begun 20 snow again ca tae
other. "-Fliegends Blaetter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

The protest entered by the representa-
tives Of the English money-bags against
the silver bill, passed by the senate We'd
aesday, was expected, but at the same
lime 1t constitutes strong argument in
saver Of the measure. Favorable COM
ment from that quarter would afford
ground to doubt the wisdom of the
measure from the stand point of our
own best Interests.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

The question of the lake front site for
the worlds fair is causing trouble again
in Chicago. The local directors are talk
ing Of abandoning that part of the
proposed site altogether. After a year
Of trial and tribulation, and after foreign
nations have been invited to come over
and participate, the fair does not yet
know for certain where it may lay its
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

The New York Democracy must be
getting pretty low down when such or
thodox party papers as the Galveston
News remarks of them that, eff things
grow much worse in New York city no
candidate can be elected who is not will
ing to get down before the people and
wallow like fattening hog
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

The Topeka Capital editorially suggests
that the speeches by Alliance speakers
will not come until the third reading of
the bills is reached, which indicates that
the committee of the whole is to be abol-
ished 1t is more probable, however.
that the editorial writer referred to did
not know what he was talking about.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

Some eastern papers are critical
enough to inquire why David Bennett
Hill never can find time to attend a
feast where Grover Cleveland is sure to
be a guest. Perhaps Benefits Kansas
organ can tell.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
THERE'S NO PLACE L1KE-KANsAs

THERE'S NO PLACE LIhE--k ANSAS.
From the Atchison Champion.
The people who left Kansas to 20 to
Oregon have jumped out of a pleasant
home into FIRE. The railroad building
has been stopped and upwards of 1000
men have been thrown out of employ
ment without money, as the contractors
cannot get anv money from the compa-
MES. Things have been terribly miSrepre-
scented. The country Is flooded with
laborers, who are without money. II Is
a dreary outlook for the future. The
halls. churches and all available rooms
in Portland have been rented by the city
10 be used as sleeping apartments for the
unfortunate men. Thousands who could
not afford 10 ride have tramped back,
poorer by far than when they started.
The police station in this city Is filled
almost nightly with men who are tramp
ing hack to their homes. People who
leave Kansas in search Of a better place
eventually return. in nine cases out Of
ten, satisfied to let well enough alone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
Tha Indian POLICY.

From the Globe-Democrat.
Some authorities doubt the wisdom Of
the proposition to put the Indians in
charge of the war department, out no
body doubts that any change from the
present system would be an improve
ment The Pittsburg Dispatch declares
that 1.-The altar Of liberty has been stained
by the Indian sacrifice offered 70 the god
of mammon." Many other Republican
papers denounce in the most forcible
terms the Indian policy now being pur-
sued
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

career or usefulness uEtti she has attained
the position Of sole business manager.
Miss Sophia Ish, Of Jacksonville, who
Inherited a fortune Of 500 900 from her
father. decided the same 20 Der relatives BE-
cause they objected - her marrying poor
man. and then welded the man q her
choice, who had only manly attributes T.
reoolmend MIN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

Mrs. Freshly-Yes, she i true mar
tyr
Mss Freehold-Why2
Mrs. Freshly-Her house burned down.
and the frsmen c0uld only save eithgr
her pug dog Or her boy. and she told
them % save the boy. S3s feels the lnss
Of the dog Eadiv.-Lowell CITIZEN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

How the goldbugs howl over the free
coinage measure. But, as it is necessary
to the prosperity Of the west, and as the
goldbug cannot exist in the absence Of
such western prosperity, we can't see
why he bowls.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
Fixing til Blame.


In the light of all the facts and the Off
ciaI records which have been printed IN
these columns. it is simply impossible %
defend the governments treatment Of
the Indians. The responsibility for the
nlassacres of both whites and Indians IN
the northwest rests upon the legislative
and executive authorities at Washing
ton. and upOn them alone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
They Have To.

Deaf and dumb people are more or 800
superptitiOus
Why
''BeoGas. they Dcllev. IN sirnA ~-w@s
Shore
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

France is kicking about the Mckinley
tariff and threatens that she VIII take
very little Chicago exposition in hers,
while Germany is grumbling in the
same direction.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
Powderly's Play for Position.

Mr.. Powderly is out with q circular
calling upon all industrial organizations
to meet in national convention at Wash
ington for the purpose of organizing a
new political party. Evidently the
valiant Knight of Labor from Scranton
is trying to steal some sort of n march
on the Farmers Alliance. Mr.. POwderly
can't bear to have any political move
ment going on and he not in it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

At the organization of the Kansas
Stock Breeders association at Topeka,
on Wednesday, thirty-nine prominent
stock raisers signed the articles and be-
came members.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
Nut FOR the Alliance

From the Atchison Champion.
1t is said that a larger proportionate
per cent Of the students AT the State
university are farmers sons and daugh-
tiers than the students at the Agricultural
college. i this true: If 50, why Is this
thus.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

Nathematic!ans figure tbGi man 60
years old ha@ spent three ysars butiosing
biz collar. How much time hss D-cn con-
surned ~ woman % a. IN putting her h4s
% slralghtf-Iate
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

The "its a cold day" expression finds a
counterpart in South America. Down
there 1t is a Chill day when they have a
revolution, and that is nearly all the time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

"You can't judge a governors mess
age" observes the Pittsburg Dispatch.
from the number of words it contains.
Great head that.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

A charter has been granted 10 the Lyons
and Sterling Electric Railway company.
The purpose OF the company Is 10 con
struct and operate by electricity line Of
railway between the two points named
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

1t looks as if President Harrison will
be given an opportunity to approve or
veto a free coinage measure.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.

The Cincinnati Commercial holds that
Mckinley is the only possible Republican
candidate for governor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17

Whatever may be said of Blaine's pop
ularity in America, he seems to be thor
oughly hated by English editors.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-17
LITERARY NOTES.
Sister Rose Gertrude's Work.


Sister Rose Gertrude. the young
woman about whose work among the
Iepers of Molokai so much has been writ
ten. has been induced to reply to the
charges made against her for renouncing
her work. Her article, the first from
her pen, is to be published in the Ladies
Home Journal for February, and will
contain full explanation of what she
has accomplished among the lepers, and
why she was obliged to forsake her
work.
Harper's Magazine ,,for February will
be remarkable for the number and excel
lence of its illustrated articles. Among
these there will be two papers on Fin
land, with twenty-four illustrations; an
article by Bishop Hurst on English
Writers in India" with four illustra-
tions; Theodore Childs South American
paper, ''Smyths Channel and the Strait
of Magellan" with fifteen illustrations;
Charles Dudley Warmers THE Heart of
the Desert" with twelve illustrations;
and twelve original drawings by w. NJ.
Thackery-now published for the first
illustrating The Heroic adven-
lures of NJ. Boudin."