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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
For tie Eagle.
THE DIsFRANCHIsED DEMOCRATS.

(TUNE-AULD LANG sYNE: KEY OF G. MINoRl
Tell dear Grover to look the situation DER:
there is nothing more 10 lose;
Tell him to hang crepe upon the big front
door-God bless our latest fuse
We've bound to the new tangled craze, the
Peoples party crew;
Dear Grover we give ourselves away, its all
that we could do.
Oh. will you take us now, an assorted lot, but
don't spurn our leaders brave,
Bury us deep and let us rot were our country
there to save,
Dear brother Click for love or tpay) with Mar
tin and his crew
Has kindly given US away, there's nothing
left for us To do.
We were grand old party for many year and
day,
But now US Democrats must go, We have no
business here.
We are not proud. we only stay to see this
matter through.
Dear Grover we gave ourselves away, its all
we could do
What are we, Oh man of sense, Oh name US if
you can,
great What Is 1T on the fence, Click
and Martin clan,
We have no Democrats in Kansas now except
ing kicking few.
Dear Grover we gave our selves, away its all
that we could do.
ONE OF THE KICKERs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
CALAMITY FINANClERING.

GRANT TOWNSHIP, Oct. 81, '92.
To the Editor of the Eagle
Allow me, Mr.. Editor, to suggest that
after we Republicans Of the Seventh
congressional district have executed our
alleged plot to murder Jerry Simpson,
we should taen, and as a matter Of
honor and justice, see to it that he re-
ceives a proper interment. In fact, Alr.
Editor, / believe that after We have
made way with Jerry, as per alleged
plot, it would be good scheme for US
to not only defray all the expense con-
nected with his burial, but should erect
suited monumen over his grave as
well. as such respectful and christian
like action on our part wonld
give the lie direct TO the
Omaha platoon which says that we
are morally ruined" But be all thar
as it may, and TO say the least our re-
form friends are truly coming up
through tribulation, since that they are
egged IN Georgia by Democrats and
assassinated in Kansas by Republicans,
to say nothing of eight or ten thous-
and imaginary, ''niggers' being shipped
fdAo ''AShsto kOi tasS PoA i'SoE ".
defeating the calamity ticket
in this congressional district
and in addition TO all of this we are told
that the whisky ring of Wichita and by
reason of their alleged moral ruin will
vote tie Republican ticket
Some of our prominent Calamity
statesmen and fnanciers. throug ignor-
ance or otherwise, assert that the seven
thirty notes issued bv the governments
during the war Were money, and hence
when the government subsequently cali
ed IN and destroyed the seveG-thir'ies IL
took Just that amount out O. circulation.
Now. Mr.. Editor, with your eonsen. and
III reply TO the above statements | will
say first, that the seyen-thiI siss were
neither issued or used as money, but GA
the contrary were simply interest bear
ing prom,sorv notes issued for the puT-
pose of securing loans Ia the government,
and were sold at par to patriotic citizens
who had money to lean. The seven
.hirties were made payable III three years
from date and each note had i've SEM
annual interest coupons attached and
hence the absurdity of saving that tLey
were issued rs money and formed part
of the circulating medium After the
had redeemed tie seven
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
NO, NO, WE WON'T
ON the Hutchinson News.

From the Hutchinson News.
The hopes Of the Populists in this con-
gressional district now rest upon Sedg-
wick county. They depend upon Wich-
ita and Sedgwicll county to give big
majority for Jerry Simpson, for with
out it they realize he is hopelessly lost.
But will Wichita give that majority
Can they afford to do it? Will she adj
vertise to the east on November Sth that
she is filled with poverty and honey
combed with calamity? Will she say to
the outside world that she is on the
verge of ruin and warn capital from
seeking investments there? Will she
gather the sackcloth of misery about
her shoulders and settle down to despair?
If she does, she is hopelessly lost, and in
the future contest for commercial SUI
premacy in southwest Kansas she Will
not be seriously considered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
THAT WAS A SIGHT.

That was an impressive sight, that
column of seven hundred gray and
SCARED veterans who marched in body
down the street yesterday afternoon
seven hundred men who know some
thing of what all they enjoy cost, and
who appreciate the worth and value of
the laws and institutions which wild
eyed adventures threaten to pull down
and destroy. There We're no Jerry Simp-
sons in that crowd. no anarchists.
no revolutionists, only men who have
faith in their country. They were a
band of comrade-patriots. who for the
cause of human liberty bad looked death
in the face many time and oft. They
went with martial air and tread, despite
wooden legs, absent arm and the aches
and bodily pains which cruel lead and all
the casualties, hardships and exposures
that the field and camp had entailed.
No calamity howl or wall of ruination
could ever disturb the pulsations of the
hearts that animate the loyal breasts Of
that line Of heroes. As they fought, SO
they will vote. All honor to them. For
one we should like to have been present
at the meeting of these patriots, held
just previous to the public rally, and
which was called, we believe, at the
suggestion of Register Barrett. That
there were no ostentation or empty pre-
tence there, goes without saying, but
that there were words burning
with true eloquence and expressions
of feelings no less grand than pathetic,
we feel sure. Men of that stamp, whose
lives have been emphasized, and whose
convictions Of citizenship and its duties,
exalted by the tests of sacrifice and Of
blood, feel more deeply and appreciate
more keenly and fully the value Of the
prize they won, than can the illiterate
and inexperienced upstairs who, for the
sake of testing communistic theories and
advancing their own selfish ambitions,
seek to turn the government from tried
and safe paths. And no one could be
found so ignorant as to ask for whom
those seven hundred veterans will be
found voting on next Tuesday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
REFUTE THE ISLANDER.

The people Of Kansas desire to build
population and to develop her resources.
And yet one of the contending parties
today is saying to the world that Kansas
is on the verge Of moral, political and
financial ruin. The speakers of that
party are going up and down the land
declaring that the people of Kansas are
unable to rnake a living, that they are
submerged in debt and that they will
never be able to pay out. a vote for
the fusion party is vote to endorse this
SANDER of our state. 1t is vote to en-
dorse this SANDER of our city. The
Leavenworth Times applies this idea as
follows:
Leavenworth is bending every energy
toward securing new enterprises. \ new
bridge is wanted that will require mil
lion dollars OF eastern money. Factories
are wanted that will require other mill
lions. VIII the people of Leavenworth
endorse this Islander of our citys viii we
have to send out to the world on the night
of November Sth the dispatch
Our people have said by their votes that
Kansas, that Leavenworth, is on the verge
OF moral, political and financial ruin.
What is said of Leavenworth NAV be
said of a dozen other cities in Kansas,
and the spirit of the declaration is APP
plicable TO tie entire state. The only
way to secure these benefits, realize the
resulting blessings to our people and re-
flute the adverse calumnies that have
been promulgated against the state and
its citizens, men and women, is to vote
the straight Republican ticke..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02

The Pomulite leaders claim everything
in the state, but this is not surprising;
it costs no more to claim largely than it
does moderately and by making big
claims they hope to prevent the land
slide setting in. There is one significant
thing about their claims, however, and
one that gives away the real lack of con-
fidence they entertain. and that is they
admit there will be difference of 10, 900
between the vote for their electoral and
state tickets in favor of the former. The
difference will be greater than that.
There are large numbers of Democrats
who will vote for the Weaver electors as
their only way of supporting Cleveland,
but who will not vote the calamity state
ticket. from consideration for the mater
welfare of the state. But neither the
state nor electoral ticket will he elected
by many thousands.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO DO 1T.

The aggregate yield of wheat in Sedg-
wick county this year was 1874, SH
bushels, an average yield of just IS
bushels per acre. The fusion candidate
for circuit court in this county stated in
his paper several weeks ago that the
average would not be as much as IA
bushels. This same office seeking re-
former also declared that the entire crop
would not pay the interest on the farm
mortgage debt of the county. The
value of the wheat crop at current
prices is nearly $1,O0O,000; the interest
on the farm mortgages is 100000 If
all the crops of the county. including
live stock, poultry, dairy and poultry
products, were marketed at current
values the proceeds would cancel the
entire farm debt twice over. We sub
NIT to the fairmfnded voters of Sedg
wick county if it is safe and to the best
interests of tue county to entrust the inn
portant duties of the responsible office of
circuit clerk to one who recklesSly mis-
represents the county and strives to
bring its great agricultural interests into
dlsrepute: You can't afford to do it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
ANOTHER LETTER FROM PIERCE.

CHICAGO, Oct. 81.
To the Editor OF the Eagle.
have been assured by those in au-
thority here that the WORLDS Columbian
exposition will go forward even if the
Peoples party is defeated in Kansas.
w. h. Carlisle, who is reliable Demo
crat and the legal representative of the
United States here, has given his word
that failure of crops, calamity or any
thing else which may happen in Kansas
will not prevent the worlds fair from
being held in 1898, and opened on the
day, hour and minute agreed upon. As
10 whether it will amount to anything,
you can say to the people of the Seventh
congressional district, Sedgwick county,
and all who live on the Cowskin, that it
will be the biggest show OF earth,
and, in order to be N the
procession next year Sedgwick county
must be represented in the Kansas
building. No Kansas man need be
ashamed OF his state, or to have it rep
resented anywhere on the face of The
earth. Much is expected of Kansas in
1898 and Everyone is asking what Wich-
ita and Sedgwick comfy is going to do.
All who have been here and visited
Washington park and seen the wonder
ful work already accomplished. appre
ciate its Importance and hope To see
Wichita come to the front and not be
behind the other cities of her class in
this country.
immigration is turning in the direction
of Kansas and now is the oppor,une
time for Kansas to exert herself TO stimu-
late an increased immigration in that
direction. Kansas must keep her own
people and welcome all who desire to go
there. Kansas has the climate, the soil.
the location and everything necessary to
create health, wealth and prosperity, if
rightly used for the c, nslderation OF
others. While laws have been passed
ndpoliticai parties organized which have
shaken the confidence of the people Of
other states, and prevented immigration.
this is expected 10 be remedied when the
Republican party carries the state
against tie Peoples party next Tuesday.
y
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
AN OPEN Letter 10 oBRYAN.
HARPER, Kan, Oct 81, 1S9:

HARPER, Kan, Oct 81, 1892.
Ed O'Bryan. Esq Wichita. Kan.
SRI have just read the Beacon re-
port Of your little speech IN which you
state that ''you received a letter from a
man named Southwick asking to send all
the old papers in the case, and particu-
larly to send a letter in which Lewelling
offered TO compromise" Also, THAT
wondering who Southwick was you wrote
him and told him if he had any interest
in the claim or in the creamery company
you would send him the papers. and had
never heard of him since"
Now, sir; you we'll knew that every
word of the foregoing was false, and
that you neither ever sent me or received
u letter from me upon any subject what
ever. III. B. SoUTHwICK.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
TIME TO SPARE.
4 Iendsrfeot Who Changed His Mind In
Front Of . Revolver.

4 Tendsrfeot Who Chan ged His Mind In
Frons Of . Revolver.
A group Of club lonngers were ex-
changing "reminiscences when the
youngest OF the grorp spoke up In q
tone that promised good story: Il can
tell you an experience had when was
with an engineering party in Idaho e
few years ago. A prominent man in
the camp had suddenly disappeared,
and it was generally believed that Muir
phy-or Desperate Jack as be was
Familiarity known-was accountable for
the disappearance Murphy was typ
ical westerner, was born in the west,
had roved around in the west for several
years, and il goes without saying that
he was an expert At poker and a crack
shot There were already eleven
notches upon the handle OF his revolver
when I met him. He was absolutely
fearless and was regarded az the terror
of the camp. Notwithstanding the sus-
picions that arose concerning the old
coloneis disappearance there wss no
positive evidence that Murphy WAS the
murderer, and probably the right arm
Of the law would have proved = little
weak anyway in . case in which Muir
ply WAS involved
Il was playing poker one cvenirg in
the barroom and may possibly have
been affected somewhat by my half
dozen drinks / mad dead cinch /
thought On ny opponent. AID the
chances were IN favor Of my becoming
richer by aDou, fifteen hundred when
Murphy szuntered IN lie iounged
around the bar for few minutes. Sus
rnGiug nothing else 70 interest," Ssfn &c
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02

As sort of reinforcement to his ca
lamiiy howl, which his own reproving
conscience told him nobody ought TO
believe, Jerry Simpson publicly declared
that he would not have the best farm in
the district as GIFT. so heavily oppressed
are the people. How does such attempt
ed defamation of the district tally with
this from the Hazleton Express:
Last year Ell. H. Smith A. miles south
west of Hszleton, bought eighty three acres
of land. adjoining his other farm. for 50 20
per acre; ne broke out forty acres snd
seeded it TO Turkey wheat. and when lie
threshed recently he got 1880 bushels
ihirty-two bushels per acre. The eighty.
three acres cost him S2sS SO: 1890 bushels of
wheat al % cents per bushel gives him 500
OF his money back IN one year off on less
taal one half the land be purchased.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
The wheat crop of the seventh CO.

The wheat crop of the Seventh con-
gressional district for this year, accord
ing 10 the report of the secretary of the
state board of agriculture. is -, 146, 800
bushels-more than half of the entire
crop of the state. And yet. in the face
of such condition as this the person who
mlsrepresents the district in congress
and before the world, would have the
world believe that the condition of the
people of the district is such that the
men are forced to sell their honor and
the women their virtue 10 allay their
suffering from sheer wait
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
Addle Stevenson, in his letter of &C

Addle Stevenson, in his letter of ac-
ceptance, quotes the Chicago platform
on the tariff, reiterating its demand for
tariff reform and the repeal of the Nc
Kinley law as well as the promise to do
all of this if that party shall be restored
to power. In view of the fact that that
party had und sputed control of the
popular branch of congress during the
seven months of continuous session this
year, yet neither passed nor introduced
any measure having for its purpose the
object named, Mr.. Stevenson's vocifer-
ations are a severe Indictment sgainst
his party for willfui, inexcusable end
criminal dereliction of duty if its pro-
LESSONS and demands are just. That
these are insincere and meaningless
render the candidate and his party all
the more ridiculous and worthy of con-
TEMPT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02

The Populists base the claim that
their party is already great national par
ty upon the circumstance that the Demo.
Gratis have Endorsed the Populist electors
in Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,
Kansas and Nebraska. They seem un-
able to comprehend the fact that the
Democrats are simply using them in
those Republican states as cats paw to
rake Republican nuts out of the fire. 1t
is noticed that no such endorsement has
been made in any Democratic state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
sixty-Four Feet OF Calamity.

From the Lyons Republican,
The material" ruin being taken out
of Lyons every day in the shape of lum
Der for new houses, new barns, new
granaries, new hog stys. etc. Is enough
to make one wonder how under the sun
a farmer can cry financial ruin, INA
terial ruin" "moraI ruin or any other
kind of ruin IN Kansas. This week we
learn that one of the most successful
farmers in Rice county, Mr.. Wesley Nc
Cabe, is putting up new corn crit
twenty-four by sixty-four feet ground
measurement, and ten feet high. III,
has great deal more storage room but
deemed this additional crib necessary q
meet requirements OF his crop. MIR. ID
j. Calvert, of Lyons, is doing the car
penter work and says tine building vii
be fine one.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02

The aggregate yield of oats, rye and
barley for the Seventh congressional
district this year was 15,S16.S60 bushels.
Nevertheless, there is a political party
asking the people of this district to en-
trust it with control of the government
that is so regardless of the truth and of
the condition and interests of the peopl e
as to publicly declare that this district,
the state and the nation are on the verge
Of material ruin. Down with such mis-
representations and those that retail
them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02

staggered over 10 our table and
watched the game. Seeing that ! was
about 10 win he remarked insoiently 10
my companion: Don't let that blamed
tenderfoot get the best OF you. Put
down that ten
II fred up ia second and was ready
TO knock him down
Study. now, Billy. st.ddy.' he said
TO me, jseringly.
"Of course / lost rny temper. called
him q murderer and accused him OF
killing Brown. and added that every
body knew IT. Eying me cooEy. he
drew out . siiver-moaHied asrringer.
with the remark:
Young man. III give you just ons
minute TO take that back E"
'You killed the scoundre, with his
own gan. Of course" remarked . New
York Herald man. in the tone Of ona
who had anticipated tho point Of tha
story.
The narrator tilted back In his chair
and thrust his thumbs in the aymhc.es
Of his vest
Gentlemen he remarked. drfly. 81
had just Fifty -nins seconds 20 spare"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02

Kansas has paid mighty dear for her
Jerry Simpson and Granny Peter ex-
pertinent. Nebraska and the northwest
states are receiving quite tide Of inn
migration, many of whom say that they
would have preferred Kansas but feared
the result Of our calamity. This craze
has not and is not only costing us I'M
migration but is keeping capital out of
the state and that fact can neither be
sneered down or disguis ed and its all too
haJ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02
ATTENTION, SOLDIERS,

To the Editor Of tile Eagle.
As the presidential campaign is near
ing its close wish to call the attention
ct the soldiers to matter of peculiar
interest to them:
President Cleveland in his letter of ac-
ceptance says he sis in favor of pension
ing soldiers for army disabilities alone"
From his veto proclivities we can draw
a certain conclusion that he Is opposed
to all other classes or kinds OF pensions
being granted, and we can go little
farther and say that he doesn't believe
in pensions of any kind or character, and
if he had the power he would gladly see
every vestlge of your pension legislation
swept from the law and repealed by the
legislative branch Of the government.
Does any sane man believe
that ii the Democrats should
gain possession of both branches of the
legislature with Cleveland as the presi-
dent that he would veto bill repeating
the disability act of 1890. The act grant
ing pensions to the widows of our soldiees
and the act granting $50 and $72 per
month pension 10 those who require the
periodical or constant aid and attendance
OF another pei son. He would not veto
such "a bill. He knows, away down in
bis heart. that nothing would give him
more pleasure than 10 allow congress to
have its sweet will and pleasure in the
matter, and does any reading man hest
tate 10 believe that the Democratic house
and senate would fail TO take advantage
of an opportunity to do all in their
power to down the coffee coolers,-
louzy rascals, dead beats, scum loafers.
As the Democratic papers all over the
country have rolled as sweet morsel
under their tongues as proper names for
tile heroes of thousand battles in
treasons onslaught on the best govern
ment on earth. Let no soldier be de-
ceived by the high sounding and melodi
Gus tunes Of Cleveland's message. 1t is
concluded to deceive-behind it is the
hidden hand of the "veto" for all pen
sioners-and if possible repeating of
all Legislation. When soldier votes for
Cleveland he gives him club with which
to beat him, the said soldier-and
If he receives this beating he must
blame no one but himself. Has the
Democratic party ever been friend to
the soldier! Hunt up his record and
you will find him with but few excep-
tions voting and working in direct OPP
position to the interest of the veterans.
A vote for Weaver in Kansas is a half
vote for Cleveland, for if Weaver carries
the electoral vote of Kansas, the electoral
vote of Harrison is reduced just ten in
the electoral college. and Cleveland is
the gamer; and if the election is thrown
into the house of representatives, Cleve-
land, and not Weaver, will be the next
president. Let every Republican Alliance
man take note of this and govern him
self accordingly.
The following table of allowances of
pensions will undeniably determine
which of the parties are friendly to the
veterans.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02

When Jerry Simpson was travelling
through the east making speeches in The
interest of lot of mortgage sharks, he
said that no man of any sense would &C
cept a Kansas farm as a gift. The
sequel TO Jerry's lecture was that he was
followed in few days by parties who
bought up Kansas farm mortgages at a
bjcr 5jccaunt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02

The EAGLE is accused of wasting a
good deal of powder upon Jerry Simp-
son, well, perhaps we are, but there Is
not much else to shoot at, and we pro-
rose to keen in practice.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-02

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Wife-''Yss'rel looking awfuiiy knocked
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