The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-12-08

HA1A0 SAUCA1u8 COEA LIS O6nof Gay ana
the local paper wound up the obituary
with the familiar quotation that SIN
the midst of life we are in death" In
the midst of the cornf1eld too, it would
seem.
The late cold wave touched us very
lightly. While we hear of zero weather
not far from Goodland, and all the
way from zero down to 40 degrees be-
low over in the Dominion of Canada.
We have had only slight touch of
winter. s.-v
CONGRESS convened on Monday Of
this week and we presume the presid-
ent's message and the new bills intro-
duced will be matters of pubHcinter-
est and general discussion. Their
PUBLIC publishes the entire message Oh
another page. = g
THE goldbug end of both the Repa1a-
lican and Democrat parties want to
sell bonds to buy gold, and then sell
more bonds to buy more gold to pay
the first issue of bonds, and so on for
ever they would sell bonds and keep
the country swamped in debt. =: ::
SHERMAN COUNTY is looking for sn
abundant snow fall this winter and
consequently for good season follow
ing. The crop failure this last year
was more due to lack of winter mois-
ture than lack Of summer rains five
had had a good snow fall last winter,
we would have had good crops. :, zr:,.s
MONDAY, Dec. II will see the beginning
OF the biggest talking match ever seen
in the state and will last six days.
Senator Caldwell will champion the
Republican cause, David Overmeyer
the Democratic, John P. st. John the
Prohibitionists and Mrs. Lease will
look after the interests of the Popu-
lists. Its dollars to doughnuts that
Mary Ellen will win, hands down.
FARMERS in certain parts of the coun-
ty, owing to hail and hot winds and
other climatic conditions, did not sue
coed in raising enough for seed the
coming season. Now Sherman county
should not be allowed to go begging in
the east. We are too far advanced and
too proud to allow these deserving til
lers of the soil to go to eastern coun-
ties with supplications for seed when
there is plenty within the boundaries
OF our own domain. Wheat and corn
is cheap. If private subscriptions can
not help out these needy settlers, why
not petition the county commissioners
to buy up enough wheat to supply all
and take back the same when the crop
is raised, or else give without any con-
ditional provisionsf By doing this
they would make market for some of
our own wheat and at the same time
administer to deserving cause.
Iris encouraging to now an d then
read Of a Judge who regards something
more than biped 5-feet 6-inches tall,
81 years old and FIVE years in this coun-
try, as essential to citizenship. Such
a judge was developed in Cumberland
county, N. J.. few days between the
late election when more than 100 ma
tive Russians applied to him for nat
uralization papers, and more than two
thirds OF them were rejected. The
judges name is Hoagland. Each cam
didate for citizenship he Intercepted,
and learned from those he rejected
that they did not have the faintest
conception Of the duties Of American
citizenship. or Of American institutions
that they couldn't tell the American
flag from last weeks washing. This
kind of discretion commonly exercised
by the American bench would go
long way toward bringing about bet
ter era in American politics.
ONE of the worst signs for the future
Of American institutions is the lack of
interest, not merely Of the very
wealthy, but Of business men of mod
crate means. for politics. IF it be true
that politics are not attractive to self