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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
TAKE Us 81 We MEAN.

The Topeka Capital editorially reads
us a column lecture on the EAGLES de-
mand for the characterization of gold, in
which our honesty is admitted but our
soundness seriously questioned. Life IS
too short TO attempt replies to column
editorials or three hour speeches. What
the Capital most finds fault with, is our
assertion: growing scarcity of gold,
l. e., its approaching value. We didnot
assert that the prodaction Of gold was
falling off in volume. What we meant
and now mean is that its production no
longer anywhere nearly keeps relative
pace with the increase Of population.
nor with the demand which comes Of
new and enlarged business methods. In
short, the signal appreciation of gold, it
being the recognized standard Of all
values, necessarily depreciates all other
values, therefore we said knock it in the
head, as our civilization can hardly af-
ford to have human labor and all its
products of every character and all
other forms of money aud credit de-
pressed and squeezed that a given kind
of currency, which is controlled by a
few great banking firms in the world,
may be thus upheld.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
A NATIONAL NUISANCE.

The Philadelphia Inquirer denounces
the present congress as a national nui-
sance." a number of eastern papers in
criticising the senate speak of PETER as
the leading jay. But the Inquirer rails
against the dull and foolish speeches
that have taken the time of the senate,
and after merciIessiy scoring the major
ity for making no really serious effort to
stop the drea-y flow of talk and bring on
a vote, relieves PETER, and declares:
The people of the United States care
just nothing at all for the venerable ira
ditions Of few old fossils. 1t happens
to be a tradition Of an unwrtten rule or
something else equally as silly that any
senator, even a crank of the PETER vari-
ely, may occupy as much time as lie de-
slres. So while the dear OLD ladies who
have been members of the senate for SO
many years may think it extremely po-
lite to turn their backs upon PETER and
snub him openly. still they consider it
great breach of etiquette for any one to
suggest that the senate should fix a day
upon which all debates should end and
the vote be taken. Nobody ever heard
of such thing in the venerable senate,
and so we drift along and the country
suffers"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
"DEMONBTIZG IT."
From the Atchison Champion.


We are surprised at the position Of
the EAGLE in favor of the demonetiza-
ton Of goli, but it shows how rapidly
public sentiment in the agricultural dis
tricts Of the West is crystalizing in solid
array against the gold gamblers of
Europe and America. That there is a
deep laid and carefully planned con-
spiracy to demonetize silver and thus
enable the holders Of gold to control the
prices Of all the labor and all the pro-
ducts Of the world there is no doubt. In
this conspiracy the president of the
United States is the partner Of the Roths-
childs and the Bank of England. Wall
Street is the legal representative of that
conspiracy. Never, since George the
Third placed his odious hands upon the
necks of the American colonists, has
there been a conspiracy more heartless
and cruel against the common people of
America. 1t has deprecated prices to
the very verge Of nothing. Produce,
lands, rents, merchandise. are at
the very bottom. Every thing is down
except interest. That is remorselv eat
ing at the vitals of the people as when
products Of the field and farm were SELL
ing for double the present prices. But
we do not believe the remedy proposed
by the EAGLE is the proper one. The
Champion believes in the Republican
idea OF both silver and gold as the stand
ards of money value in the United States.
One thing, however, we think we can
plainly see. Ii President Cleveland sue
ceeds in doing the bidding OF his masters
and demonetizes silver, the wrath of the
people will not only reverse the verdict
of the president and his congress but it
will retire to an oblivion as Infamous as
it will be enduring, every individual and
every party who aids directly or covertly
the beastly conspiracy To sell the future
of American producers and toilers 10 the
Mammon of Britain and Europe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
JIG ST AS YOU LIKE.

And the initials of that ''liberal" mans
name, are they not NJ. n. n. Heaven
worth Times.
Not necessarily, although n. II. NJ. or
d. r. A. either, for that matter, on a
straight-out Republican platform would
have showed DIR. Lewelling under by
from fifteen to twenty thousand and
saved the legislature and the resultant
disgrace, providing always, in the case
of ID. r A., he, as such candidate, in
his canvass had recognized the so-called
liberal element in the party as being as
good, as sound and as loyal Republicans
as the more radical or progressive brother
who holds to prohibition, woman suf-
frage. the gold standard, etc. However,
as to that, we could name dozen men
who as the nominee Of the Republican
party for governor last fall could have
swept the platter-men who would have
polled the party vote solid, including a
large per cent of those who voted the
Populist ticket; but not one individual
of all those who had held Office contiuu-
ously for twenty or thirty years, nor any
one prominently identified with the now
ex-siate house circle, could have made
any better race than the farmer"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
THE SOONER ONLY WAS IN IT.

A right well posted fellow, of this vi
cinity, who has picked out magnificent
claim on the upper Red Rock-good TIM
Der, plenty of water, etc, and who had
blazed away, made run of twenty-one
miles from the nearest possible point in
one hour and thirty-eight minutes on a
blooded horse. When he reached his
land he found an old fellow on it with a
pair OF oxen and plow. leisurely breaking
the sod. Our Sovereign squat" know
ing of still another piece of land a little
farther on, but not quite SO choice,
made break for that, only to find
woman serenely sitting on a pile of blan-
kets waiting for her husband and team.
The ''sooner" only was sin it, and the
most of them hailed from the west, Kan
sas and Oklahoma furnishing the larger
per cent. The man or woman who didn't
go in the night before or very early in
the morning was simply counted out.
The poor fellows who with their
families had waited from one to two
years on the border, for the most part
got left. The soldiers proved a menace
to the majority, but if half the stories
they tell of the cupidity Of the rank and
file are true then they did much more
harm than good. Our special COR
who were on the ground at
a dozen different places all report the
same state Of facts, so far as the sooners
getting possession are concerned. Hoke
Smith made an awful blunder and limo
cent blood is crying from the ground.
The whole booth and soldier scheme but
played into the hands of the adventuy-
Gus sooner. The lottery plan, or any
plan, it seems would have proved more
equitable. The Eagles plan would have
not only circumvented the scramble but
prevented untold misery and saved life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19

IN SPITE Of CONGRESS.

The restless spirit of the American
people was never better examplificd
than IN the past three or four weeks.
Tired OF inactivity growing out of the
financial striugency they resumed bus
mess, and IN spite of the prosy inactivity
Df the senate have made wonderful
strides towards settling the question.
and when legislation comes it will never
be known whether it had any material
effect or not. The restless, tireless
optimistic American may take a dav or
two of and have the blues, but he comes
up rested, and is brighter
and more progressive than ever.
With the exception that congress
by a vote repealed the Sherman law
there is no change in the conditions that
brought about the money trouble. Even
crop prospects are worse instead of
better than when the scare was at It's
greatest hsighth. This country is re-
sourceful and the people are resourceful
and while they may be temporarily rat
tied, they soon recover. Today the
average business man is trying TO make
up for lost time. The capitalists are
letting out little money and watching
the effects, and soon money will be plen-
~ for every legitimate business or
enterprise. Those who cited Argentine
Republic and Australia and predicted a
like fate for this country did not know
what they Were talking about They
were controlled By fear. a country
that exports largely the necessities of
life ena imports largely the luxuries will
not be drained very long if they know
it. For the past two months the United
States has turned the tables on Europe
and gold has returned faster than it ever
left us. We may be extravigant and get
hard up at times. but they cant bust Us.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
TIE FUTURE CT OKLAHOMA:
From the Kansas City Journal

From the Kansas City Journal
The second great transformation scene
in the evolution OF a future great state
of the national Union from a condition
of almost untouched nature, will have
taken place in Oklahoma before the sun
se:s tonight. 1t will remain with the
people who will still be found there after
the excitement and rush of today is
over to determine what shall be the fame
of the new state. Already admission TO
the Union has been asked, and it is ex-
pected that In the near future authority
will be given TO form constitution and
elect officials for state government.
The duty that devolves on the right
thinking people of the territory is plain.
Their responsibility in the matter is by
no means light. From among the many
thousands who are strangers 10 each
other, OF at best little known, must be
selected those who ara 20 lead in the
work that is to be done. To most safely
deal with this feature of the case viii
require the exercise of conservative in
fuences. Existing conditions hold open
an inviting field for schemes and jobbery
of all sorts. Men ambitious for place
and power will be first and foremost in
the field at every stage OF proceedings.
Among those who have taken part
thus far in the organization OF society
in its various ramitications there are,
doubtless, some In every community of
the original Oklahoma who have stood
the test of a first acquaintance IN their
public work; cut in tine strip country ali
are strangers. From the results OF the
first gathering held for the purpose of
acquiring statehood inferences will be
drawn by the people of the country ana
their representatives at Washington as
to the ACCESSIBILITY OF an early admission
OF the territory to full membership as a
state. Nothing is 10 be gained by the
participation OF adventures and freaks
IN the meetings that must be held. Ok
iahoma must come to the portals of the
nation with the best possible record in
its first political work to command the
earliest and most favorable action on her
request for admission.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
IT WAS MURDER.

A man who was too honest to become
a "sooner" or to bride a soldier(D mistak-
ing the accidental discharge of a pistol
for the signal TO start, rushed across the
line. He was yelled at by thousand
men in the confusion of which he
probably failed to understand the 'smili-
tary order" to ''haltr' and was shot
down, dead, by some sixteen-doilar
private. Such is the version Of the story
which reaches us. Assuming that the
facts are stated correctly it was simply
brutal murder. Hoke Smith nor any
other man or official on this continent
can prescribe rule whereby any
American citizen can be shot down for
stepping on government lands. If that
poor man was worthy OF death ten
thousand other men now on that strip
ought to forfeit their lives. This is but
one of the tragedies growing out of the
booth" and soldier scheme Matched up
In Washington city by interested parties
and jobbing politicians hanging around
the interior department. Every day for
months will furnish others. The
booth" and soldier" racket will prove
the crime of years, whether of blunder
or design
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
TRAIN ROBBERS.

The growing list of train robbers is an
unpleasant reminder Of the increasing
boldness of the knights of the road.
The record of the year 1892 is a startling
one. There We're fourteen such robberies
that year, the booty secured ranging
from 500 obtained at Wharton, /. T. !,
May II, when a train on the Atchison.
Topeka ?nd Santa Fe road was held I'D
10 the $4,000 the three masked robbers
took fron train ct Golfers station on
the Central railroad of Georgia. In the
whole list there is diseouraging uni
formity of success, the robbers in almost
every instance securing some booty,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
Che aaia nag Exolt guesdsy orag, September 1888


It already has population much
greater than that possessed by three
fourths of the states when admitted to
the Union. while the number that poured
into the strip yesterday far exceeded
what was Thought necessary to con-
stitute a state In some instances.
Located 60 near civilization and having
SO many natural advantages Oklahoma
is destined to fill up and improvs rap.
idly. It will be great state and will
have the distinction of being the most
quickly settled state in the Union. A
few years hence the story OF Oklahoma
viii be considered more remarkable
than the stories of Shelserezade. What
was the work of Aianddin's wonderful
lamp compared with what has actually
been done in Oklahoma in the last three
wears?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
TROLLEY ACROSS THE OCEAN,

Something of That Kind Nay Give In
creased Speed in the Future.
It is pretty well understood that the
limit of speed in ocean steamers is
about reached if the present models
are adhered to, and that if there is to
be any gain in swiftness it must be by
the trial of new form. The difficulty
is to devise vessel of which the
structural strength shall be great
enough to carry the massive engines
requisite for increased speed and at the
same time to resist the force, of the
ocean storms. If the sea were calm
there would be no difficulty in increas-
ing the speed of the ocean grey
hounds, but with the tremendous force
of waves and storms tits not possible to
do this with the present models.
The Boston Courier thinks it is
not impossible that the solution of
the problem lies in the sub
marine ship, and that the passenger
steamer of the future will go under
water instead of across its surface.
The advance made in the planning and
working of submarine boats in the last
ten years makes this seem not wholly
impossible, as it must have looked
once; and there is mo doubt that the
freedom from the effects of surface
storms would allow swiftness which
could hardly be arrived at on the sur
face. 1t might also solve the question
of scasickness, as tits probable that
submarine locomotion would be much
smoother and less disturbing to the
stomach than the present method Of
travelling. All that one can say, how
ever, is that we shall see what we shall
see.
Perhaps the steamer Of the future
will be operated on trolley by means
of a submarine cable. The advantages
of this plan would be great, IS it would
prevent the necessity Of carrying i'm
mense quantities of fuel and of keep
ing the vessel loaded down with enor-
nous engines. All the delay and diff
Guilty and expense of managing fur
naces and engines on board ship would
be done away with by the oceanic
trolley system, and the ships could be
made so much lighter that they could
3
couple of days. Danger of accident
could be brought to be no greater than
it is at present by having sufficient
number Of repair steamers on the
route. which could keep the cables in
repair and in case of any accidentto
the trolley could bring the passenger
boat into port, or put it again in con-
nection with the cable. There can be
no question that the proper means of
crossing the Atlantic quickly is by
some system which will allow the mo-
tive power to be applied from the
shore, either by trolley or cable.
The limit of speed for ships that carry
engines and fuel is certainly practically
reached on the surface, and there arc
difficulties in the way of submarine
navigation which it would be hard to
conquer. The trolley system is capa-
bic Of great extension, and we may yet
live to get to Europe by its means.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
Kansas at the Worlds Fair.

From the Chicago Herald:
Kansas is doing well at the Worlds
fair. Considering the distance which
the Kansans have to traverse to reach
the exposition the representation from
the sunhower state has been highly cred
ible. This is all the more gratifying as
it proves that the people Of Governor Le-
welling's bailiwick are not SO ground
down and oppressed by capitalists and
mortgage holders as Mrs. Lease, Jerry
Simpson and other calamityists would
have US believe. People who are groan-
ing beneath the thumb screw of the US
urer do not travel 500 to 600 miles to see
q Worlds fair or any other kind of a
show. They have neither the money nor
the inclination to do so. That so many
thousands of Kansans have found both
the means and time to visit the exposi-
ton is pretty complete refutation of the
of the Populist theory that the state is
going to the devil as fast as it can.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19

It takes lots OF grit 10 remain an old
settler N such town as Perry. Yes
terday twenty thousand people We're
holding down lots. The wind was blow
ing forty miles an hour, the dust was
six inches deep. The dust was black
loan mixed with ashes of burned prairie
grass, and everybody was covered with
dust from head TO foot. At the restau-
rants guests were warned TO keep their
plates upside down until they were
served, any discoloration after that was
at the risk of the guest. Butter ex-
posed for second took the color Of
Cherokee soil.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
Dangerous Bathing In Daiosrey.

According To a Telegram from Dahornsy,
two soldiers Of the French eypesiitionary
force have met with their deaths In a tragic
manner One Of them went TO bath. IN
the marbles a. kotoDou and was attacked
by cTocodiies and eaten up by tbs. ferocioas
animals Another unfortunate soldier
while trying TO cool himself In tie sea lad
a ses and arm bitten OF by the sharks
which infest the coast and died on reaching
the shore. Orders have now b~en issued
prohibiting the nrn from bathing IN any
Of these prrflous places, which even tbs
natives svoid except whcn they are 90 the
varpa.h snd hsye 80 get nd Of their cap
tives. vino are generally offered up - x.<x.-
fees 70 the asiigatSEs o< sbAsx<
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19

"Don'tworry about Kansas" says the
Wichita EAGLE to the country at large.
Tire country is not worrying about
Kansas, but Kansas never forgets to
worry the country.-Springfeld Demo-
Graf.
Considering that Missouri is its next
door neighbor; with the gaping wounds
of Colorado in plain view, and the
Cherokee strip sooners under its nostrils,
is it any wonder that Kansas worries
tire country as the garden spot ever
worries the hungry Standardization
Champion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
There was just as discouraging failure

There was just as discouraging failure
to capture and punish the higbwaymen,
showing that train robbing is one of the
safest lines OF business the criminal can
follow. During the first half of 1898
there were twenty-one attempts to rob
trains in the United States, but the cue
cess in getting bootv was not equal to
that obtained in 1892 If the second half
OF the year is as prolific of these crimes
1893 viii have an unpleasant pre-eni-
uence in this respect. As the Kansas City
Gazette observes there is not a civilized
country in tae world where such se-
ries Of train robberies could bs COM
mitted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19

In colloquy between two colored
citizens one day last week one Of them
called for definition of the term sixteen
10 one (which de papers talk about. :"
"Don't you know what dat means?' said
the other. "It means dis: you take one
gold dolla' to de govment vault in Wash
ington and git sixteen silver dolla's fo'
it," ''Bat how's you goin' to git to
Washington wild only one dolla'?" was
the rejeinder. 20, go long, you don't
know what you's talkin' bout" aud they
martial
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19

If Mr.. Smith of the interior depart
ment continues tc promulgate his USE
less and fanciful orders his heels will
strike the ceiling one of these days SO
suddenly that what is left of him will be
powerless for harm in the public service.
Like. the road supervisor, he thinks the
function of public Office is to do some
thing, regardless of whether there is
to Go or not
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19

Most people who have attained their
majority have experienced more or less
of the tender passion; all know the force
md influence of filial love. It fire.
ouen:ly happens that the dude Is stuck
on himself, but the most helpless condi-
ton imaginable was shown up by the
EAGLES special artist, Of the boomer
stuck on a barbed wire fence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
AN ADMINISTER ALTON BURLEsQUE


The ways and means committee gave
the representatives of the steel and iron
works just six hours to be heard. The
iron and steel industries employ under
normal conditions more than 100000
men, and furnish the means of livelihood
for 100000 people. The wooden in
dustries were given twelve hours OF
time. This line of business gave en-
ploynaent last year to 221 900 persons in
1874 establishments, distributed in
wages $76,000,000, and represented
$500, 100000 of invested capital. The
Kansas City Gazette viii say that the
Democracy is pledged to carry out the
most radical industrial revolution this
country has ever seen, and the Demo
cratic majority in congress grants fort
night for the investigation of a vast and
complicated subject whose intelligent
comprehension would require months of
patient study and inquiry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
Heis a Humbug.

From the Leavenworth Times
The Rock Island rainmaker is at work
irving to bring rain in the Cherokee
strip. Why hasn't he brought rain to
the thirsty soil of Kansas or found out
long ago that he couldn't?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19
OKLAHOMA A STATE.
Frorn The Leavenworth Times.

The Cherokee strip has at last been
opened to settlement. From SEVENTH
five thousand to one hundred thousand
people are on it today, and possibly half
of them viii remain On it 10 build up
homes there. There is much valuable
land on the strip and much that IS not
valuable. Ia very few years, perhaps
within a year, the strip VIII be part Of
the state Of Oklahoma. The territory
cannot be kept out of the Union long.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19

We are not up in business ethics, but
it,strikes the untutored mind that the
MN who risks his life 10 get it and
spends four or five years to develope
claim in the raw state, at a cost equal to
the present market values OF a good
Kansas farm, is Of that species of the
pepus-homo commonly known as
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-19

II is worthy of note that rainmakers
take advantage of natural conditions IN
producing" and predicting rain. The
ghost of dead astrologer would not
miss il one time in ten TO prognosticate
meteorological change within two days
Of the equinoctial period.