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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-10
a WELL-SCRAPEo POT.
An Alliance Lady's III Success at Oswego


Kan
OswEGO- Kan, May ga Mrs Moore,
representing the Topeka Tribune, an
alliance organ, was here making tour
among the alliance officials at the court
house in behalf Of the Tribune. She is
a smooth talller, but her scheme Of try
ing 70 bleed the courthouse clique for
go per head, for campaign purposes and
20 maintain the existence Of her paper,
failed TO naaterialize- No doubt these
officials have already lOosened their
purse strings too often now, in paying
hired lecturers and other hutnbugs 20
keep alive their party Mrs Moore failed
70 impress her victims as she supposed,
with the idea that the Tribune is the
only alliance paper. and the political
harangue she unlOaded at the court
house was not suited 20 the political
climate that pervades in Labette coun-
tvs temple of justice. She said: My
paper proposes 20 advocate the one true
doctrine, urge the nomination Of Ives
for governor, and rock the sub-treasury
cradle No doubt Mrs. Moore viii
wonder how your reporter got his in
formation There is only one explana-
ton u the secret and that IS; Her
manner of solicitation invoked the
wrath OF some OF the alliance officials
and the skeleton, like Tommy's cat,
jumped from the closet No, she did
not raise any funds here, although
there is report current that one OF thu
alliance cfiee-hClders C attributed 81
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-10
FUNNY REFOaMERS.
Talking About Delivering Votes as Though
They Were Angle Worms.

Talking About Delivering Votes as Though
They Were Angle Worms.
One of the funny things in Kansas
politics this year is the attempt of lot
of reform politicians to deliver the vote
Of their several parties 10 each other.
These wise men meet in Topeka and
plan the whole thing out, distribute the
offices and go home feeling relieved at
the thought that it is all over. Pretty
soon their little scheme falls through,
and they come pacing up TO the capital
and put up another with great faith in
its success. John Willis and Click
had talk recently, and Click agreed TO
nominate Willitts for the United States
senate if Willitts would have Johnnie
Atwood Endorsed by the alliance as the
congressional candidate in the First
district Then Willitts came down TO
Topeka and got John Martins promise
TO support him for the senate if hs
would support Martin for associate
Justice But while Willitts was down
in Topeka swapping his district Atchi-
son county was indorsing young man
from Jackson county as the congress
sioual candidate aud the alliance men in
other parts of the district were indOrs-
ing Col Harris, of Linwood No one Is
paying any attention TO Willitts'
scheme, and he knows no more how TO
make them do so than he knows about
farming Dave Overmeyer and Chase
and Dumbauld had little agreement
by which Dave was 10 be nominated for
congressman-stlsrge, and Otis turned
down in Dumbauld's favor. As a mat
ter of fact there has only one convention
met in the Fourth district Of alliance
persuasion that has not resolved in ia
vor of Otis and against fusion in any
shape Chase can't deliver his goods,
and Dumbauld can't carry his own
weight There is no end OF schemes OF
this sort going up all the time, but the
voters don't know anything about it,
and pay little attention 20 IL This IS
what bothers the reformerS-Kansas
CITY Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-10
Farmers Luck.

If grasshoppers. worms and such
small deer are really such excellent
food material. the farmers would DO
well to go to work raising worms and
insects and give up the cultivation of
vegetables. But just as likely as not,
Is soon as they begin TO propagate this
new kid of food stuff, their farms
wouldn't yield solitary worm or bug,
but would persist in growing nothing
but vegetables It would be just the
luck that a farmer IS Used to.-BostOE
Transcript
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-10

In the above estimate nothing Is allowed for
feeding and caring for the cattle, and nothing
for a percentage Of loss which occurs In All
herds.
But the Herald's joy over its fine ca
lamity showing was short-lived Mr..
Walker lost no time. after reading this
impertinent piece of guesswork, In
making a statement of facts which he
sent to the Oberlin Eye. He states that
he came to Kansas thirteen years ago
with a total in resources of 81. 40 cash,
two horses and seventeen head of cat
tie" and made his living during the
first summer by hauling buffalo bones
eighty miles" In these thirteen years
he has accumulated section of land.
all fenced, and has 200 acres in cultiva-
ton.
In the last three years for expenses
for help and purchase of stock he paid
out 81 .255 and gave his own time to the
care of his farm These expenses, in
Guiding his own wages, he states, have
been met by sales of cattle, horses, hogs,
wheat. corn and other farm products
What he has left is clear profit and con-
sists of 1916. 16 in cash, ITO head of cat
tie worth s1,1OO, 500 bushels of corn, 10
horses. Is hogs, 100 acres of corn plant
ed and 20 acres of wheat, the cost of
which is paid for. The net profits of
the three years of farming are about
81. Mr.. Walker concludes his state
ment with the confession that he is "a
happy and contented farmer and, of
course. a republican" In making its
next specific calamity statement the
Herald will be careful not 70 hit upon a
genuine farmer-Topeka Capital
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-10
CALAMITY CORNERED.
An Alliance Organ Runs Foul of q Genuins



It is not often that a calamity paper
condescends to illustrate the glittering
generalities of despair with specific in
stances. The Oberlin Herald tried it,
however, week or so ago, as follows:
NJ NJ Walker. OF Cook township was in the
city Saturday He informed the Herald that
he had recently sold q bunch of twc-year-old
steers which he had fed since last October.
While he was talking our pencil got to working
and made the following estimate on the ousi-
ness The steers last October were worth say
sI2 80 70 SIS 90 per head: feed six months, about
half bushel per day Is not much too high would
be ninety bushels, at . cents per bushel would
be ~ so So that the account would stand as
follows:
SleerS- IaSt IAN ---' = :.
corn ---"N
To,aI roe. NJ steer -..-..........s IS 90
sold fOr......--.- - -
Total loss per steer. - ~ -
Loss on twenty-four head -----..---..- 2iS
In the above estimate nothing Is allowed for
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-10

The Syracuse Journal makes note
of the fact that General Prosperity and
family have located il Hamilton cOun-
". while Coloael Calamity has taken TO
the woods
The morning call., 1892-01-17
FINE POLITICS.

The following paragraph is copied from
the Philadelphia Led4er of a recent date:
Senator PETERS scheme TO loan out $780,
OU0 OOO If United States Treasury funds at 1
per ceut on farm mortgages VIII hardly meet
with the approval OF the Indiana Alliance farm
ers. They are reported extremely anxious 20
borrow $4,000 900 from the Government, all
by themselves.
The above proposition is tn loan public
funds to individuals for l pr cent per
annum. Doubtless if such a proposition
could be adopted there would be applicants
enough 10 absorb one hundred or one hun
dred aud fifty millions of dollars quickly.
In addition 10 the above we ind another
proposition of similar nature, also in a
Philadelphia paper, the Press, which ema-
mates from California II reads as follows:
senator Stanford seems very confident OF get
ting his land loan measure through, though his
confidence is not shared by Others. Were this
bill 10 pass IL would create a new otiice-hodug
class, extending into every district and political
jobbery would flourish without hlndrlnce.
The managers Of the Central Pacific Rail
road Company, as our readers know, have
applied to Congress to give them about one
half of the sum proposed 10 be loaned
uader Senator PETERS proposition. Mr..
Stanford goes foI per cent per aunum. If
such bill as Senator Stanford proposes to
have enacted into a law was to be APP
proved, does any one believe the debt
would ever be paid? 1t would be free
gilt to three or four men. MI Stanford,
we are told, really believes that he las a
chance TO become President Of the United
States on the proposition which he has put
forth. He thinks that the Farmers ALI
auce will take him up on that question, and
that a Republican convention would then
be compelled to nominate him. 1t is fur
Their said that delegates from the Southern
States would support Mr.. Stanford for a
small consideration, aud nomination would
not be difficult to obtain. Delegates under
such auspices as went to Chicago three
years ago from California would support
Mr. Stanford, but would there be a State in
the Union which would support such
tickets? TIE CALL thinks not, so no per-
son need ba alarmed
The morning call., 1892-01-17

remO.eness from civilization. He knows
about as much of us as we know OF
Alaska Il will devolye upon our Eastern
journalists who are now cur guests TO help
dispel the idea that this State and its peO
pie axe not entitled to as much cOnsidera-
ton as the States aud the people on the
shores Of the lakes and the Atlantic, and
that Californian notions may be pooh
9oohed, not because they are wrong, but
because they are Californian The visiting
journalists are acute enough to have dis
cerned that the reasoning process is the same
here as in the East, and that if it has to
deal with conditions which are new to
jewellers on the other side of the mountains,
those conditions must be carefully weighed
before the doctrines which have grown out
OF them are rejected.
That the ladies and gentlemen of the
Eastern press who are now with us may
exercise much influence in shaping Eastern
opinion will not be denied by any one who
is familiar with journalism. 1t is not the
newspaper whose name is most ostent2-
tiousiy put forth that Yields the greatest
influence, nor are the best known names in
journalism always the leaders of public
opinion, A truth may first see the light IN
az tbSNuA6 COiulIii VI q small AO f'P'A
if it be n truth it will presently be taken
up in other newspapers. and will finally
command public attention. Our visitors are
generally young in the profession; if they
bring to bear on it an honest purpose and a
clear intelligence they will rise TO positions
Of control, and they may come to shape
American opinion. They viii the sooner
attain this eminence if they use such op-
por,unliieS as this excursion affords to store
their minds with facts for purposes Of conf
parison, and if they learn that " they didn't
know everything down in JUDGE" Eastern
journalism is a triumph of intellect Of
which the American nation may we'll be
proud; but II has not reached a tinality, as
European journalism seems to have done in
spots. Ii may devolye upon some Of our
visitors to raise its standard higher, so that
leading journal thirty years hence may be
as far superior to the journals of to-day as
these latter are in advance of the papers
which were published fifty yeara ago.
The morning call., 1892-01-17
SPRINGER sTATEsMANsHIP.

Chairman Springer has introduced bill
dealing with the schedule in the Tariff Bill
relating to wool and wooden goods. The
first part Of his bill places on the free list all
kinds Of raw wool by repeating the duties
now imposed on that product The second
part repeats the specific duties imposed on
wooden gO0ds-dutieS which have been
placed on such goods 10 compensate manu-
facturers for the extra cost of wool in con-
sequence OF duties on the raw material. But
the Springer bill leaves an ad valorem duty
of 60 per cent on wooden goods. which, after
deducting the specific compensatory duties,
Is the measure of protection afforded manu-
faCturers. lie does not reduce the protec-
tiou afforded the manufacturer by so much
as l per cent, while taking entirely from
the wool-grower the protection afforded him.
The popularity Of the Springer order of
statesmanship is that it protects the rich
northumberland while ii leaves the wool
producer to look out for himself. 1t is not
likely that the Democratic party viii make
many votes by such fayoritism.
The morning call., 1892-01-17

10 give the inhabitants Of this city and State
an honest administration of public affairs.
We do not care how this shall be done. If
the two parties. namely, Republicans and
Democrats, would form an organization in
opposition to boss rule. it would be a good
commencement. The Reform Democrats
have made q movement in this direc-
ton. II Republicans would make a like
movement. tuat would be good. The two
parties should not permit the sending of
suth delegates TO national conventions as
was made up for the Republican party by
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company at
Cbicago three years ago. There can scarcely
be any mistake in striving to shake off the
odious power which reOre5ented US at Chi
c2EO when the last National Republican
Convention assembled. Such a movement
as we have Suggested would probably be a
good beginning.
The morning call., 1892-01-17
RETALIAToRY DUTIES.

The New York EUening Post informs its
readers that whatever duties The President
may reimpose liz conformity with the reel
pT0eity clause in the Mckinley tariff will
be paid by American consumers. The
duties viii be added, the Post says, to the
price OF tea. coffee, sugar, shoes and other
leather goods. II no agreement had beer
negotiated under the reciprocity clause Ia
the present tariff, this statement would
have been substantially correct. But as
about six-sevenths of all our imported sugar
is already covered by reciprocity agree
ments, the countries which send us the
other seventh will hardly be able 70 add the
reimDosed duties TO the price Of the whole
lmportatloDs from the countries with which
we have agreements will increase from year
to year as natural consequence of the adj
vantage they possess over competitors la
their principal market. Accordingly, this
The morning call., 1892-01-17
THE CoMING NEwsPAPER.

One of our newspaper visitors, who espe-
cially represents New York journalism,
gave his felOw-workers glimpse Of what
he thinks the newspaper of tomorrow will
be. First as to size. The coming Gewspa-
per will be bigger than the newspaper of to-
day. If this prediction is to be verified let
tomorrow be put of as long as possible.
The value Of a newspaper is not determined,
not materially affected by the number, the
length and breadth of its pages. Not one
reader in ten reads One-fOurth Of the matter
in any metropolitan paper Of to-day. The
small boys desire for big bag of peanuts
at picnic does not furnish the standard
upon which the value Of newspapers is esti-
mated.
Next as to the editorials. Our New York
visitor is in doubt whether the editorial
will be done away with or will be made bet
ter We do not think it will be dispensed
with. but we trust it may be made better.
In this respect newspapers have not i'm
proved so much as In their news and mis-
| celaneouS departments. There are better
nelrS papers to-day than the New York
TriJuHe was under Greeley. but no ten pa
! pers combined that exercise as much influ.
/ ence in the public mind. There ale papers
| that have a much larger circulation than
the Tribune ever possessed, and are COM
/ paratiyely much larger, but none whose
name exercises the spell on the peO-
pie that the old Tribune exercised
/ Our New York friend is inclined to
/ the belief that the signed editorial
/ will be the one that will illustrate the prin-
! ciple of the survival Of the fttest. That VIII
| depend upon the personality OF the signer.
! Greeley did rot need to sign his editorials
/ The people knew they were his or had re-
/ ceiyed his approval. The mere name car
ries no weight TIE name must be the sign
of an iHte diligence already known. An edi-
/ torial that has received the Endorsement of
/ the supervising mind of a great daily with
/ ont q signature carries more weight than
one that bears merely a signature.
! Tie coming man on the coming neWspa-
| per is, in our visitors opinion, the reporter
! This means that newspapers will rank in
| public estimation by their facilities in col
/ Letting ard presenting news. In this cur
visitor has, perhaps. c0me closer to the
mark than in the other points we have no.
! ;iced, but We would suggest that newspa-
pers which are known for their Ell. erptise
/ in gathering news do not hold the highest
rank either in this country or Europe. The
coming newspaper viii. in our opinion,
| combine news facilities with honest and in
telIgent expressions of opinion. \ mer-
cenary newspaper can be more than half
| great. Ii may be rich; it may have wide
/ circulation; be conducted with ability; but
| if it is kaown to lack the quality of honesty
! it VIII be below first rank.
The morning call., 1892-01-17
WORLDS FAIR.
CALIFORNIA; Exhibit May Posi-.
bly, Be Seen at the Pavilion.

An adjourned meeting Of the State
Worlds Fair Commission WAS held yester-
day afternoon, Irving N. Scott presiding.
There were present Commissioners Batch,
Rose, McMurray, Thompson and Phelan.
A communication was read FROM Joseph
d. Redding. President of the California
Fish Commission, calling attention to the
proposed fisheries exhibit at the Columbian
Exposition. The writer, after setting forth
the Importance of such a display, says:
1--WE have one of the most important and
varied FISH industries of any part of the
world in California. A proper display and
exhibit of this branch Of our great wealth
would result in the investment of perhaps
enormous capital in this industry on our
Coast We have a Goldfish and halibut
bank off the northern coast Of California,
Washington and British Columbia four
times the area OF Newfoundland. San
Francisco Bay should become the center Of
the distribution of an industry in fish drying,
curing, boxing and transportation first In
the world"
The communication was refe rred to Com
missioner Rose for further information. and
a report on the ACCESSIBILITY OF having such
an exhibit as outlined by the President of
the Fish Commission will be made at the
February meeting of the commission.
President Scott reported that David Kerr,
President Of the Mechanics Institute, had
called on him IN answer TO the inquiry made
by the commission regarding holding a dress
rehearsal Of the California display in the
Mechanics Pavilion in the fall OF 1892 in
place of the usual institute fair. Mr.. Kerr
stated that he was Of the opinion that the
institute would permit this, and further.
that il would conduct the rehearsal in COLI
junction with the commission, paying all ex-
penses, offering all premiums and keeping
the receipts.
The Viticultural Commission presented a
communications containing recommendations
relative TO the Viticultural display. This
was referred for future action
Each Commissioner was requested to
hand in to the Secretary any queries he
might wish to rropound to the delegates
from the various counties attending tho
conference provided for at the previous
meeting, IN order that these might be printed
and forwarded to such delegates in advance
of the conference.
In view of more detailed estimates Of the
expenses likely to be incurred by the com
mission it was deemed advisable to make
some alterations in the act creating the
Beard of Lady Managers, and the reSOlu-
ton Of the previous meeting was recOusid-
cred and then amended, fixing the compen-
sation of the members Of such board at
$50 per month and their actual railroad fare
while engaged in the work Of the commits
sion.
The morning call., 1892-01-17
THE VISITING JOURNALISTS.

The visiting journalists will leave Monte
Tey this morning and arrive here tonight,
alter visiting Santa Cruz, the big trees and
San Jose by the way. They will probably
be glad of little rest. 1t may be that some
Of them viii enjoy a temporary liberation
from the caravan in which they have been
travelling since they came here, and re-
sumption OF their own sovereignty. H0spi-
tally is always commendabe and disci-
pline is excellent, but when the rules of
discipline override the dictates Of hospital
ity TO the point of cancelng individual
liberty, it sometimes becomes wearing.
san Francisco rejoiees t. welcome all
bodies Of strangerS-Knights Templar,
Masons, Grand Army men. librarians and
journalists. We are glad to see them all,
and we throw open our hearts and our
homes to do them honor. Our present Wis
itors are especially welcome. because each
of them in bis way represents a cOnstit-
uency IN the East, and can tell tale on his
return which will reach many ears. We
desire that they shall carry home with
them pleasant remembranceS of the city
by the Golden Gate and Of its citizens VS.
want them to be able TO say that they met
warm-hearted aud broad-minded people
here. who went out Of their way to make
them enjoy themselves. and to show them
tie maryels Of the coast which the Pacific
washes. We love to think that their visit
will leave an impression on their memory
which time viii not efface.
As the path Of Intelligence has always fol-
lowed the sun from the east to the west peo-
pie are apt to hold in light esteem races
which are so unfortunate as to inhabit
regions west of them. The Turk looks
down with lofty scOrn upon the Frank
The Partisan and the Lond0neT do not act
ualIy deny the existence of the New Yorker
but they regard him as a creature not en-
titled to particular notice. The New Yorker
is indulgent to the San Franciscan. who
must be forgiven much Oh accnnnt of his
The morning call., 1892-01-17
LAW AND IT INTERPRETATION.

Il does not make much difference what
law is, but when We come to the inter-
probation Of law the interest in the work
commences. For a hundred years or more
two parties in the United States have based
their general policy upon different con-
structions Of the Constitution. The Demo-
Gratis have been regarded as the strict con-
structlOnist party, although they made such
notable departures as the purchase OF Louis
lana and the QUESTION of California. jeff
ersoa himself admitted that he could find
no authority in the Constitution for the pur-
chase Of Louisiana, but the acquisition Of
that territory with the mouth OF the MSsiS-
sippj was mauifestly so desirable that for
once he construed the Constitution iber-
ally. Holman Of Indiana has just played a
tW0-act drama in the House, in which he
appeared IN a protean part. He introduced
a resolution limiting all appropriations to
strictly legitimate purposes. but in order to
get il through he agreed that the resolution
miEht be Interpreted in a sense broad
enough to permit all appropriate and legitj-
mate legislation" What is appropriate and
legitimate legiSatiOn9 The statesmen Of
the country have been hundred years try
ing TO determine. There is nothing that may
not be done by Congress under this inter
probation of Holman'5 resolution, from the
Endorsement Of Nicaragua bonds to S., 000,-
GOO appropriation for tile Worlds Fair.
The morning call., 1892-01-17

one-seventh of the sugar which is not now
covered by reciprocity agreements will
choose between paAing the duty imposed on
their product and taking their sugar to an
other market. The tail in this case will not
be able to wag the dog. What is true Of
sugar is true also of coffee and hides to a
triiling SIS extent About one-Jhrd Of our
coffee imports are not yet covered by reel
procity treaties, but the work Of coming to
agreements is still going on,
The morning call., 1892-01-17
Lottie Had n Knife.

Liquor so lOOsened last night the tongue
Of Lottie Mead, dive waitress, that when
she bought a bowie-knife at her Uncle
Jacobs pawnshop she also volunteered the
information that if a certain male acquaint-
ance came near her during the evening she
would let the evening air cool off his in
terror cavities by various entrances effected
by the aforementioned knife. Lotte g
threats became known to Officer H. f..
Smith, VINO, on searching her in the dive
where she is working, found the knife in
her pocket and arrested her for carrying a
WeaDon concealed.