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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
Yours very respectfully,
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Bishop Meerscheert of Guthrie has been
i'll.
The Supreme court convened at Guthrie
yesterday.
There is St. Bernard dog in Oklohoma
City that weighs 1s5 pounds.
Ali eyes are on Ell Reno and Kingfsher.
They are booming aud no mistake.
Frank Greer wants Guthrie to celebrate
the END of April. All Oklahoma should
The Guthrie city council voted 5000
bonds to be used in building water works.
II the presidents proclamation comes
on April the first, aon tAks it for an
April fool.
The mayor 81 Oklahoma has been order
ed by Judge Clark to call city election
on April >
FL Reno Is SO crowded that the court
house has been thrown open TO give
people shelter.
The Edmond sun nominates samuel
Murphy Of Oklahoma City as candidate
Tor congress
\ negro barber a. Chs.sss. Choctsw
nation. died the other day from excessive
drinking OF bay rum
The Cheyeuae and Arapahoe alloting
agents have done their work vel and
should be applaadsd
Eighty per cent 81 the people o. Fl
Reno according u tas GGthris Capital.
bay their water from wagons
The pckpocke.s hare copyrighted ca
the Yves. side. The r. Rsao Courier
records three thefLs 10 ole dAy-
Yd logic, Of Norman. says hat Dkiaho-
ma territory viii soon qaEFsr a1der the
trad Of THOUSANDS q honSs@eksTs. LET
Eer galyrr-
Yesterday Tacksit. chief Of the Cbeysnns
and Arzpshoe Indians te.egrz Pied -
wssbsnxton ihA1 the las. Iad.Aa Lad
been allofts1
fsa1h4ie CAPITA: FeE Tie pzst Twelve
xats "a average o. ssvsafy-zivs cara
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QUESTION Or TWO.

To the EDITOR OF The Eagle
Il Is easy 10 assert thing, and II IS
also easy to ask a question. Referring
TO Mr. Jocelvns CRITICISMS of your cdI-
torial ask the privilege Of asking q
question or two Speaking of the farm
ers. Mr.. J. says:
..They have been for years pleading
with their leaders for REIMBURSEMENT OF
burdens. but found those leaders ALWAYS
controlled by a power, an influence,
living IN ambush. concealed from view,
bat which compassed it, purpose II the
end. That sounds pretty big, and tbe
longer ore contemglates is the larger II
sound. In fact | have been unable to
ind anything but sound IN II Il IS
merely ore mans unsupported assertion
with no attempt Whatever 70 particular
ize or 10 offer a word OF proof
What re-ad justment. villa; burdens.
and what the source aud cause o4 those
burdens Mr. j. NAV szy that the
answer ~ these questions ls II the f'}l-
lowing;
cold IS the standard VI money --fszae
- 6y I.se intrigue 81 n foreign nzo'l-E
rsosrer-and since 1875. when SILVER y IS
Jenione,izs.j. u ha- RISEN ia purchasing
r..wer. Is COMPARED with " be@E. corn,
o2ts. cotton and silver fuil - PER cent
.-tt. Here again = - mere assSrzassil.
not a ss.sgi Of TsrooE ~ osEevesi ia support
VI a. We nsiihe. affirm nor Gea!. We
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29

Fresh trouble is brewing out in Seward
county. The Alliance candidate for
sheriff of that county at the election last
fall, claims to have been elected, and
has brought a suit of custer and for
damages against the incumbent of the
office who was declared elected by the
election supervisors of the county and
entered upon the discharge of the
duties of the office regularly and with
out protest from any one, at the time APP
pointed by the law, at the beginning of
the year. The burden of plaintiffs COM
plant is that Sheriff Guyman has APP
pointed as under-sheriff a man who is
personally obnoxious to a certain ele-
ment of the community. The move is
made too late, and it is hoped the mover
will have the good sense to accept the
decision of the court, which must be
against him, and not attempt to stir up
strife afresh in the community.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
THE MISSOURI RIVER HOWL.

The Missouri river towns, that Is those
resident there whose personal interests
have been affected bv the orders of the
state railway commissioners in the
matter Of freight rates, seem unable to
rise above locality and personal concern
and take fair and impartial view of
the situation in its entirety. They charge
the board with acting in this matter
solely in the interest of Commissioner
Anthony and with the view of bringing
the interior and western portions of the
state TO support his candidacy for re-
appointment 20 his position on the board
This is sheer demagogy, and is intended
to arouse prejudice if possible, in the
absence of reason ana sound argument
TO support the accusation or the position
OF the accusers. All that the interior of the
state has asked Is fair treatment; to be
placed on an equal footing with other
sections and localities. and TINS is all
that the order of the commissioners Is
designed 10 accomplish.
The situation briefly stated. for years
has been that freights for Kansas points
from beyond the state. when they reach
Ell the state line. If from the east, were
stopped. re-rated on the local schedule.
thus compelling wholesale dealers iii
Kansas TO psv the same rates from the
state line as the retailers: IL the freight
uas FROM the wa<t Sapth It ~as
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
PARTY PLATFORMS,
II. NJ. MURDOCH.

The obe-Democrat suggests a de-
parture from the time honored custom
of party conventions adopting platforms,
and instead that candidates be chosen
for their known personal worth and in
tegrity, and with these and relying on
the party's record of performances, to go
before the people and ask for their en-
dorsement. The CD. takes the posi-
ton that platforms do not bind the par
ties 10 a close observance of all their
provisions, because it is the right of any
party to so modify its plans and methods
as to suit intervening exigencies and pro-
mote the triumph of its guiding princi-
piles; that, in short, the party platform
as at present constructed is of no partic-
ular advantage, and its disappearance
would not cause any serious political
trouble.
1t cannot be denied that party plat
forms almost always contain a lot of
verbose platitudeS that mean little or
may be construed to mean anything or
nothing as may be found expedient; but
to put up ticket without any express
sion of beliefs or convictions touching
the policy of the government. would be
to make a mere machine of the party to
be manipulated to further the personal
interest of the individuals chosen to fill
the offices. Platforms are necessary
anxiliaries, but they should be brief and
explicit, expressing the party's princi-
Piles and purposes in plain, unmistakable
tones,
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Kansas City Gazette: 1.-The opposi-
ton to BANDS silver bill was so con-
Quoted in the house that the Democrats
had charge both of the bill and of the
opposition. Accordingly the Republi-
cans did not have the usual right to con-
troll the distribution of the time. Not
withstanding the earnest protest of the
Republicans of the house the speaker
recognized Ar. Bland, the chairman OF
the committee, as in control of the floor
for the time in favor of the free coinage
bill, and Mr.. Williams of Massachusetts,
to control the time against it, He left
the Republicans of the house. therefore,
wholly without representation in the
management of this important measure. y
But the arbitrary action of the speaker
il, the matter did not avail him and the
author and champion of the bill in their
efforts to railroad it through the house;
there were enough Democrats who had
regard for decency and fair dealing, to-
gether with the body of the Republicans,
to scotch their headlong career.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
DECLINES WITH THANKS.

In recognition of all that has been
said and done touching my proposed
candidacy for the Republican nomlna-
lion for the chief executiveship of Kan
sas, by political and personal friends and
by the press of the state, not only, but
in the sweeping endorsement of the con-
yention of my home city and county, 1t
is due these and all others to say that
untoward happenings and seemingly
fateful disappointments, all beyond
human wisdom to foresee OF my power
to avert now render such contemplated
candidacy an impossibility.
DIy feelings of gratitude and Of obliga-
ton to my every day neighbors with
whose fortunes I have been so closely
identified, and whose hopes and aspira-
lions have proved my Inspiration for all
these years, and again to representative
citizens of almost every county IN the
state who have been daily assuring me,
personally and by letter, of their hearty
sympathy and support, and finally to the
more than two hundred editors who
have through their respective journals SO
signally honored me above all others by
their fatteripg endorsements of candi
dacy which they knew was in no sense
asked or urged, are beyond any words at
my command to express. This formal
though sincere "thank YOU must suffice
until time that is of the future shall
afford new and multiplied opportunities
to emphasize such obligations and to
more abundantly prove my loyalty to
them, to my city and state and to the
political party of which find myself SC
humble member.
Most sincerely,
II. NJ. MURDOCH.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29

Announcement Is made that meeting
Will be held in the rooms of the State
Historical society, in Topeka, on Thurs
day, March 81, at 3 p. M, for the pur-
pose of effecting an organization OF
''Sons of the American Revolution"
auxiliary to the pational organization.
The object of the society is to revive an
interest IN the history and memorials of
the revolution of American indepen-
dence, to collect official records of such
history. to enable descendants of those
who participated in the struggle for in
dependence to trace their lineage back
to the military records which show the
services of their ancestors, and it is de-
sired that all citizens of Kansas who are
descendants of revolutionary ancestors
shall attend the meeting and partici-
pate in the organization of the society.
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sUNFLowER s1LHouErrEs.

John Willis says ne is not candidate
for governor.
There is just as much chestnut politics
in Kansas as peanut politics.
The season starts off as though the Kan
sas cisterns were going to be overworked
this year.
Senator Perkins has received number
of letters directed, The Rev. Bishop w.
Perkins,
In Kansas the first half of spring is
mostly taken up with winter and the latter
half with summer.
A debating society in Sumner county
has tackled the question Which is the
butt end of goat?"
Lieutenant Governor Felt refuses to run
for congressman-at-large against the field.
Felt is more grammatical than field.
A Kansas man is working on the inven-
ton of an ice bag to cover hens with in
July so they wont lay hard-boiled eggs.
The next thing and Senator Ingalls, enc
mics will be saying that he has bolted to
the Alliance because be spoke in school
house.
Senator Perkins mail, averaging from
$50 to 800 letters daily, is opened and
''sorted" by Mrs. Perkins and placed ready
for the senator's disposal.
A happy young father Of Wichita recent
~ sent the following startling dispatch
to outside friends: Great joy We have
twins this morning. More later on"
It is authoritatively denied that the
young crowd is directing the fight against
the violinest Remenyi, for refusing to play
at Lawrence, as long as a baby remained
in the house.
A man wrote to Kansas congressman
and ridiculed him for bill he had intro
duced and al the top Of the page, he wrote
personal" Personal" said the con
gresham, when he read il, Il should say
it was; its insulting"
Ex-senator Ingalls, spoke to some school
children in northern Kansas, Saturday.
The pupils probably found more enjoy
ment in making fun of his thin legs than
in listening to his speech. Children have
queer ideas of greatness.
The campaign will soon be here and it
is about time for Bill Rice Of Fort Scott
and his father to fracture the family tie
and put on their war paint.
''Pa, what makes Mr.. Jones such rich
man?'
My son, he has been the manager of
these different Alliance stores that have
failed"
Jerry Simpson is secretly fighting the
ratification of the Cherokee strip treaty
in congress. He conceives the idea that il
the strip should be opened before the fall
election great horde of people from his
district would settle there and rs most OF
these would be the farmers with heavy
mortgages and largely the disgruntled
ones the drain upon the party would be
greatest.
Speaking of spelling among Kansas
statesmen it is recalled that rs far back as
1860 Jim Snoddy attacked Jim Lane on
the score that he couldn't spell. Jim
Lane made speech in Snoddy's town in
which he declared he could stand up in a
spelling match with Jim Snoddy and if he
couldn't keep at the head of the class
fCur-ffths of the time he would forfeit so.
The first word put to Snoddy he spelled
wrong. Lane then attacked it and got it
wrong also, but as be only changed one
letter to Snoddy's two he won the wager.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29

hauled through the state to the eastern
line on who lesale rate and then ship
ped back TO destination, the local rate
being added on the return shipment
This was fragrant discrimination, not
alone in the interest of the revenue
account of the railroads, which would
have been bad enough even if the roads
could have made q show of necessity for
the extra charges; but worse, it was done
at the dictation of the wholesale mer-
chants at the border and beyond and to
give them an undue advantage over the
Kansas wholesalers in their own
territory and at their very doors,
and as before said the orders Of
the Kansas railway commissioners to the
railroads have been simply to cease such
determinations. If the railroads had
been practicing the discrimination
against Kansas in their own interest
alone. their agreement to obey the Or
ders of the commissions would have put
an end to the contest, bat as soon as The
roads manifested disposition to do SO
the real beneficiaries of the discrimina-
ton step in and invoke the aid OF the
courts to perpetuate the system which,
in its operation, is little less than whole
sale robbery.
AS has been stated heretofore, in the
estimation of those contestants not to
permit the railroads to discriminate in
their favor in the matter of rates on
freight, is to discriminate against them.
To cease such discrimination is the ex-
tent of the commissioners orders to the
railroads and of their offending to the
Missouri river kickers. If they choose
to make it a personal matter against the
members of the commission or any one
of them, be it so; the state will sustain
them in their righteous action without
reserve and to anV limit
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REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CON-
VENTION.

A delegate convention of the Republicans on
the Seventh congressional district o. 'ue seato
0f Kinaman on "Wednesday, June 70, io9-, aE
10 a, M. fer the purpose Of nominating al
,iidate for congress in the Seventh conkIet
sional district of Kansas, ana also 10 hOilAl"'0
one presidential elector. -, ,.,,,-
The basis of representation IN SAID conFeh
ton shall be one delegate at large Tor eacn
county in the district and one delegSte ~
Zach 500 votes. and the major fraction thereof
cast for Hon. J. II. Hallowell for congress IN
1890 provided no county TO have less IMAM wv
delegates, under which rule delegates are APP
11ortfoned to the several counties as follows;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
R....r CLEVELAND than HUI

Fron ~ Troy CART
A Cleveland rsnaisxanes Is IN Progrssf
mat nov. HIS friends are besiirrins
Themselves and looking after his intsf-
- ss we have said before, we are no
.d-r,,er Of Cleveland. bat men who ara
leapiug candidates ssainsi hifn srs slc'i
,,,f.,oort. scousdrels that Cleveland
would he a relief As there = = possibii-
~. q not probability that TIE Demo.
Gratis NAV elect the next president. All
decent people rnusi prefer Cleveland 70
Htli.
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HI. GORDON. Secretary.

A delegate convention of the Republicans or
the seventh congressional district OF the state
OF Kansas Is hereby called TO meet IN the CITY.
of Kiusley. Kan. on Nav 3. 1892. at 10 a. m..for
the purpose Of electing TWO delegates ana TWO
alternaies Ia the national RePu 6lICan CONVEX
ton TO DC held in the city OF Minneapolis,
Mimi. on June :, lS92.
The basis OF representation IN this conNen-
ton shall De one delegate at large Tor eac1
county and one delegate for each 10 votes. and
the major fraction thereof. cast Tor Hon y. X
haliCwen for congress in lSSl, provided no
county 20 have less than two delegates; under,
which rule the several counties In the district
are entitled 10 delegates spportioned IN
above call for congressional convention.
IL Is recommV nded that the several counties
in said district select their delegates and al
tcrnatCs 10 said convention on April -, lSy-,
unless otherwise ordered by the county central
committee.
By order of the Seventh congressional dis
tricf central committee.
:. J. SHAW, Chairman.
II. L. GORDON, Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29
HOW IT BEGINS TO LOOK.

Several very significant things have
just occurred in politics. The South
Dakota convention has instructed en-
Enthusiastically for Harrison. The Rhode
Island Democrats have instructed as en-
Enthusiastically for Cleveland, and are
making almost superhuman efforts to
carry that state in the election that oc-
ours early next month. II they succeed,
or come nezr succeeding, as the election
invoices the choice of a senator, as well
as state offers, the result viii be ire
mendous accession of Cleveland enthus-
iasm. In the third place, the anti-free
coinage element in the house, with the
aid of the Republicans, have been able
to check Mr. Bland in his wild, free
coinage career, which is a distinct
gain for Mr.. Cleveland. Next,
Mr.. Shanklin has declared, in
way that carried convic-
ton with it, that 90 per cent of the In
diana Democrats are for Mr.. Cleveland;
and lastly, the report of the Bar Associa-
ton of New York on the Maynard case
struck deadly blow at Mr.. Hills boom.
1t looks as if the campaign after all
may be one of principle and not of spoils.
Now that Dir. Blaine is out of the way,
all Republicans but the disappointed
office seekers and other soreheads are for
Harrison as the representative of all that
is best in Republican doctrine and prac-
tice, and all the Democrats representa-
tive of what is worth keeping alive in
the Democratic party are for Cleveland
The people are asserting themselves and
the spoilsmen and self-seekers must get
to the rear.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29

1t is now freely predicted that the
Bland bill will not pass the present
house: that the tie vote on the motion to
table the bill will encourage number,
who would have voted for the bill if it had
been put upon its passage without the
motion to table, TO vote against it if it
should come to final vote. This
change is said to be the result of in
Vulnerable petitions from the constitu-
encies of members understood to be in
favor of the Bland bill, and that those
members will defer their actions to the
wishes of their constituents in the mat
ter by voting against it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29

Every thing between this country and
Italy was running along smoothly. and
Baron Fava was to return, when John
Wanamaker has probably knocked all
prospects of amity into a cooked hat. The
Italian postmaster general sent so
confederate note recently to John Wan
amaker with the request that he should
cash it. John sent it back, charging the
postage 20 the Italian government.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29

The "wonderous wise man" of the old
jingle who jumped into bramb!e bush
is recalled by Mr.. \. 4. Hubbard of
Stetson, Ne. Mr. Hubbard dislocated
his shoulder the other day by falling out
of his sleigh. ScramblIrg in again he
started for the doctor. Probably he
whipped up his horse rather savsgely,
for the sleigh received a violent jerk
which knocked his shoulder right again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29

Lord Salisbury 5 biutf Is badly in need
of repairs. As SalisbuFs's was an a..
grayated csse. il was thought for some
time that President Harrison might have
had 10 use TWO ultimatuus
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-29

The secretaries of the several county conven-
tions are instructed TO forward to the uhdef-
signed secretary at Hutchinson, Kan, certlS
fed copy of the credentials of their several
delegates, Immediately upon the adlournInent
of The county conventions. said credentialS
20 be received at Hutchinson not later man
1be evening of Nays From these credentiali
the Republican state central committees VIII
prepare roster Of those entitled to partltlpata
in the preliminary organization OF the cohVen-
ton.
BY order of the committee.
". J. BUCHAN, Chairman.
JOHN II. SMITH, Secretary.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
A delegate convention of the Republicans 81
Kansas will be held in the city of Topeka on
Thursday, the thirtieth (30thl day of June!
1892. at the hour of lOo'clock a. m, for the
nomination of candidates for;
Associate justice % the supreme COURT
Governor
Lieutenant governor
Secretary Of state.
Auditor OF state.
Treasurer OF state
Attorney general.
Superintendent of public instruction.
Delegates 10 the convention mentioned a0ova
shall be elected by county conventions duly
called by the several county Republican come
mittees, under such rules and regulations as
may be by them prescribed. The basis OF APP
pol tionmeDt Of delegates 10 said state conVen-
tion will be one delegate at large for each
county of the state and one delegate Tor every
20e vo.ce. or faction of 100 or more votes, cast
ior George w. Ninans for superintendent OF
public instruction in the election of 1890. under
which rule delegates are apportioned 10 the
several counties the same as for the conven-
ton called TO meet at Hutchinson TO choose
delegates 10 the national convention and az
given in the table of apportionment as above.
The secretaries of the several county conven-
tions are instructed TO forward to the under>
signed secretary at Topeka, Kan, a certified
ropy of the credentials of their several dele,
gates Immediately upon the adjournment OF
the county conventions. said credentials TO be
received at Topeka not later than the evening
of June %. From these credentials the Republi-
can state central committee will prepare a
roster of those entitled to participate in the
preliminary organization of the convention.
BY order of the committee:
w. J. BUCHAN, Chairman.
JOHN Ii. SMITH, Secretary.