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The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21
SENTIMENT VERSUS JUSTICE.

Surely it is time for the humanitarian
to relax his demand fer ciemency to the
assassin. He is citizen whom society
can well afford TO spare. In the interest
of economy and good order it would be
a saving to the taxpayer, and measure
of safety to life and property, to break
his worthless neck.
If there is mania next of kin to that
for taking life, it is that which forges
cheap sympathy for the murderer. 1t Is
the easy method of condoning a crime,
and should be held by all good citizens
as next to particeps crimlnis.
The murder Of public men has grown
10 be distinct mania, so-called. That
the life of an official shonld be particu-
larlv exposed to the assassins bullet is
no compliment to our capability for self.
government. 1t is disgraceful in the
highest degree that. in all such tragedies,
there have been those ready to appeal
for clemency on some specious plea-of
insanity, or, perhaps for "time and op-
portunity for repentance"
The insanity dodge is the merest clap
trap. The fact that president, a mayor
or millionaire is chosen for the victim
is the best possible proof OF sanity.
The mania never suggests the killing
or tramp or an obscure person.
His chances for repentance are so rare
that it hardly pays to prolong his exist
ence: besides, he is liable TO take the
life of one not prepared for eternity.
The annals of crime are not burdened
with instances of the assassin first pray
ing for his victim and then blowing his
brains out. 1t is business with him, and
he is cool and method!cal in his helllsh
madness.
1t is due to our respect for law that
even he should have fair trial. but no
vapid sentimentality should stand in the
way of swift and sufficient punishment.
Il there is that in his nature worthy OF
immorta! life Infinite mercy alone can
save him. Human hands are power
less, and finite means are fruitless 10
cleanse him of innocent blood. BY all
means let justice prevail for season.
| Let the murderer see that the taking of
life means a certain exchange Of cour-
,eses 10 him. Let the Humanitarian
and the sentimentalist, who would
hazard public safety 10y saving his neck,
preach their isms when society shall
have purged itself of this vile ex.
crescence. Let good men feel that the
offices aud positions OF trus. may be ac-
cepted without the risk of being
murdered by so-calied crank. When
it is cabled around the werld
that the prisoner shook hands with his
counsel and bowed 10 the jury in open
court, there is danger that justice viii be
cheated. Juries are not immaculate. i
little stage acting for sympathy may
overbaiance the scale on the side OF
mercy. The voice of his victim is hushed.
and IS cold form incapable of bows or
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21
THAT WALL STR EFT MESSAGE.

Vice President Stevenson made a
speech in the south within a week in
which he said that the hum of industry
was now heard from one end of the
northern states to the other. He got off
much more of the same kind of dema-
gogic rot. 1t can't be possible that the
people Of the south don't know better.
1t is the opinion of those best able to
judge that the present congress will
issue bonds to raise money to meet the
current expenses Of the government.
Think of going into debt to meet every
day expenses in times of profound peace.
Yet President Cieveland's Wall street
message intima;ed as much and for one
we believe it will be done-that con-
gress will pass such law ,as it would pass
any measure demanded by his highness
who talks to be heard of the poor, but
whose every move Is in the interest of
the men whose money exalted him in
spite of his party's protest.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21
OKLAHO MA OUTLINES.

A claim five miles west CT Perkins re-
Gently sold for 81. 200.
The Presbyterians will be the first to
erect church in Enid.
Norman is to vote on water-works
proposition January S.
Pawnee has firm with the queer name
of Daughters and Redwine.
Fifty contests were filed in the Perry
land office one day last week.
Perry has man who goes land comes)
by the name of "Ghrassopper Sam"
Many tramps have been chased out OF
Guthrie, and they all come north to Kan
sas.
The merchants of Enid have presented
City Marshal Charles Ball with a gold
star.
Guthrie ought to get hold of some of the
relics of the first legislature for its mu-
scum.
The next snowstorm will catch many a
farmer Of Oklahoma out in the field in his
shirt sleeves.
The worlds fair appropriation for Okla
homa was $4,000. OF this amount only
S, PA 46 was used.
The jail at Enid is labeled: 80 county
Jail" Many a man has exclaimed that in
other places no. in the Strip.
The weather in Oklahoma is as sweet as
new mown hay and it is almost January
p. S. Italian papers please copy.
You will notice that the ones who are
the most surprised at Maloue's return are
the Democrats who have been defending
him.
All the people of Beaver county do not
want to pull off from Oklahoma and the
fellows who started the agitation have
taken to the woods.
Secretary Lowe has granted charter to
the Board of Trade of Newkira The or
ganiz ,tion is chartered for fifty years with
capital OF $1,000. The stock is divided
into 100 shares of the par value OF SO
each.
Similar cases are now pending before
Justice Bradley, TO be tried on the f9;h
last. A similar demurrer will doubtless
be filed, but the decision which is anxious
ly awaited, maj not be the same.
Saltwater Gazette: The city council, at
its meeting Tuesday night, made order
prohibiting The saloons selling liquors to
four total inebriates, under penaiEy OF hav-
ing their license revoked. II this work..
well it will probably be tired on several
others here in town. a fine temperance
sermon might be drawn from this circum-
stance. but fox once We Will let il be as
suuled.
Enid Enterprise. The suits, embracing
forty complaints OF the city against the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway.
to recover damages Of sloo each. for violst-
ing q city ordnance came up before Pro
bste Judge Thompson, yesterday. Mf
Denton represented the city. and John /
Ollie. the rsilsoad A demurrer was flied
by the defense on d ausssioa as to the lur
isdicsioa OF TIE said court, which demurrer
was sustained.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Secretary Morton seems to have re-
Gated with in regard TO irrigation, anent
the recent convention held in this
city, he spoke of the undertaking in con-
temptuous language and declared in
substance, that the government would
not lend auy material aid or encourage
ment thereto. Now he not only endorses
the irrigation movement personally. but
also pledges the Nebraska promoters the
active cooperation an d substantial sup
port of the government. Whatever the
cause of the change in this matter the
secretary is to be commended for COM
ing over to the side of the western
farmer in this most important matter.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21
-Jsssr Drfakfnr ysssssa

The term boot leg applied 70 very
tail beer glsss commonly sst cut To
regular customers ia 1lonsshore saloons
may oyTs Its origin 20 q asizapprshen.
sion. or prstsnces misapprshsnsioH, -
.he French touching on ED Eagilsh
drinking weasel The black jsek, =
leather bottle sometimes iipeS wiss
silver. was = common drinking ve.s~i
IN England two or thYse centuries ago.
and even earlier. and. indeed. IL s.gi.
survives According 20 . euTsSs. olf
book of the s>vsEtssHsh esasayy. wses
Frerrsnsen s<w these vessels IN use ..
TIE Eosiash court. ;hey tso< back 10
France fhe story tnss the Enylish draas
cat Of their e~ot~.-S. J. sea
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Who would not be an American citi-
zen under Democratic rule: Synony-
nous with this we might ask, who would
not be happy? The smok.:less chimney,
the silent anvil, the corroding engine,
freedom from the care of weekly wages,
surcease from weary toll, continuous,
soul-inspiring rest, the approving smiles
Of contentment at home, the happy
voices Of children, the sweet song of
birds, the cooling zephyrs and the gentle
breezes from sunny southland, whisper
ing the assurance that the south is once
more in the saddle. Are not these the
first fruits OF the long promised Demo
cratic millennium: But what will the
later harvest be:
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21
KNEW THEY HAD ENOUGH.
Two Men Who Did Not Demand satisfac-
tfou.

A tall, thin young man and a short.
stocky one walked painfully up Main
street yesterday afternoon. They were
well-dressed. From the rear they
looked like two young fellows who had
tight shoes or sore feet or something
of the kind. From the front they looked
like two men who had been thrashed
within six inches of their lives by some
one who knew how TO use his fists.
That is what they were.
The tall, thin man had one black
eve. There was a long bruise on the
side of his face and his nose WIS twisted
somewhat One OF his lips was cut
The short. stocky man had two black
eyes His forehead had the akin rub
bed off and his lips were cut
''Hellol" said a friend, what in
thunders the matter with you feliows7"
"oh," said the tall young man,
we've been licked"
That's right, said the stocky young
man.
How'd it hsppen7" inquired the
friend.
I'VE got fresh and got licked That's
ali there is 10 IT. .
That's enough Amt itT' asked the
stocky young man"
''One man or two?7 inquired the
friend.
oh answered the tall young man.
st was one man. lie didn't have much
trou bic"
But VIVA, arc yoa going 20 do about
it,"
why" said the stoc<y young man,
were going TO bed. "
Bat what are you going 70 DO about
:he sghtp~
Going 10 bed told you. ''
Aren't you going to repor; il 70 the
police2~
''Poliee7'' eueried she tall young
man Report what 20 the poliee?~
why. the fac: that you have been
ortrageously treated bY some one
What hare the police got 20 DO with
i,7~
They couid arrest the mai who as
,sulred yoa. eouldn'. sheyT'
Now. see here. broke ~ tbe ssoeks
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21
England wants her naval establish

England wants her naval establish
ment largely reinforced. This demand
in a time of profound peace between the
maritime powers of the world with no
prospect of its disturbance shortly is SO
remarkable as to call for an explanation.
1t is no doubt inspired by the discom.
future of British manufacturers and
tradesmen sustained at the hands Of their
German competitors in the worlds con-
test at the Chicago fair. This incident is
but the elimination of struggle that
has been going on between those coun-
tries for many years. Britains boast
that she was the mistress of the seas i'm
piled that she held the advantage in the
worlds commerce as well as the supe-
riority of armada. Realizing now that
her monopoly of the worlds traffic, aud
and even of the lions share, is lost
through the aggressiveness of other ma
tions, it becomes necessary for England
to maintain her supremacy by superior
force if at all; hence the demand for
more ships of war, and larger and
stronger ones.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Native Patagonians. like other say.
age people, have very keen eyes for
certain things things which their
modes Of life have made IL indispe usa.
BILE that they should notice In other
words, they are specialists. and ss =
matter OF course they excel in their
own particular line. Bu; IL does not
follow that they have better eyes than
are possessed by men Of civilized com
triese Set one Of them 20 fnd a re-
vsr.ed - in the middle of printed
page. says Mr.. Hudson. and the tear.
would run down his brown cheeks. and
b. would give up the search with aeh-
ing eyeballA Blu, the proofresder can
npd the reversed letter in fs~ mo
n1eBts and never strain bis eyss Ia the
Least II outh's Com Danton
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Senator Teller may fairly be
classed among the silver enthusiasts;
still, his statements touching the silver
situation in Mexico, ascertained by per-
sonal observation and inquiry, presents a
point of deep concern in this country
and one that has been urged by silver
advocates all through the controversy,
and that is the ability of the govern
ment to maintain silver currency
without regard to the policy of other
governments. The Mexican govern
ment, 1t seems, has maintained its Cir
culation upon silver basis alone, and
will continue to do so, which circum-
stance will prompt the silver advocates
here to inquire, if Mexico can do this,
why not the United States? 1t may be
said in answer to this that it has not
been the policy of this government to
maintain a single standard, and with
the volume of both CONS in circulation,
equally divided, and the output of each
as at present produced, there is no likeli-
hood that the policy will ever be
changed.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

young rtan, Il told you that we got
licked. We did. ] told you that one
man did il. He did. told you tina
we were going TO bed. We are !
don't see that you have any kick COM
ing in this matter. We're satisfied
amt we. Selse?r
Perfectly, said the tall young man,
with sickly sort of smile. I'm
dead lucky that / didn't get two black
eyes, and the fellow might have gougea
out one Of Jimmy's. Oh. you be, we'ro
satisfied"
And the s.ocky young man wipei
some blood of his forehead. and tho
two started up the street again. Buff
falo Express.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21
MO BEADING BETWEEN THESE LINES.
The Democratic majority of congre


are entitled to the sympathy of people
| without regard to politics. No body of
men ever made such sacrifices for party.
Decent and otherwise self-respecting
representatives are daily forced to
stultify themselves in obedience to the
will of an inflated blubber Of egoiism.
who through an incomprehenslble combi
nation of unfortuitous events has come to
the place of preponderance; under whose
lead Inconsistency is deemed virtue
and abiect humiliation something Of
which to boast. With cabinet of ad-
visors made up Of hypocritical mug
wump, trust attorney Of Boston,
sharper from New York, the scion Of a
rebel from Georgia, and others ignorant
of statesru anship or otherwise recognized
political failures, this wheezy conglonl-
crate of obesity and stoicism who,
trampling beneath his feet the traditions
and principles Of the party that elected
him, commands the obedience and sup
port Of those leaders without whom such
party could not exist for day. At his
behest that majority repudiated the only
money demanded by Democracy since the
days of jackson, as being preferable to
any other dollar. Democratic leaders
and members Of congress are compelled
to applaud when he gives the best and
most honorable positions in the foreign
service to unknown and renegade Re-
publicans; to praise him in his refusal to
name competent men of his own party
to take the places of Republicans whose
commissions have long since expired,
and to toss high their hats in air as he
trails the stars and stripes in the dust of
far away island sacrificing the most
important station in the Pacific ocean,
out of vindictiveness to his predecessor.
The efforts being made by the majority
in congress to sustain this dispensatory-
bag of egotistical idiosyncrancies and at
the same time to save their party organi-
zation from utter annhilation, is pitiful
indeed. To offset his command that the
pensions of the old and crippled patriots
of the country should be cut off, pro-
vision has been introduced, under cover,
in the house that any such further sum-
mary action must be preceded by
notice to the pensioner with an op-
portunity to prove his claim.
To break the force of the
silver repeal, commanded by HIM, Vor-
hees introduces a silver bill of promise
and mere eye-dust. To lessen the effect
and partially stay the waves OF disaster
sweeping over the country engulphing
its many industries and paralyzing all
enterprise everywhere, and which came
of the Chicago platforms declaration of
war on protection, the free trade bill
yesterday Is neither one thing
or the other but in every item leaning
to the interests of the already rich and
farther burthening the prostrate poor.
In the chief executiveship there is
found only selfshness, in the legislative
but cringing subserviency; in the White
House only dictatorship and political
in congress serviie toadyism
and lickspittle spanielism.
If western Democrats can find any
by reading between these
lines they are most heart
lily welcome to it, for they and their |
entire party are entitled to the sympathy |
of all fair-minded men, everywhere.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Close doesn't count in political con-
test any more than it does in any other
kind: still il must be not little comfort
to the Republicans of Chicago that they
were able to reduce the Democratic ma
iority of 10000 year ago to a bare
plurality of 1887. This is giving the
Democrats the benefit of all they claim
The dispatches indicate that a fair
count of the honest votes actually cast
will cut the narrow margin of plurality
in two if it does not wipe it out COM
plately
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

In the absence of better excuse for
demanding the repeal of the 10 per cent
federal tax on state bank issues the
southrons say they want ''a sort of
money that will not concentrate In New
York" Money that would not be taken
by the New York banks would be oil
little value TO the south or any other
quarter from which it might issue, for
reasons too obvious to require explana-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21
LrrERAgY NOTES.

The January uumber Of the Forum
vii contain an impartial review Of the
whole Hawaiian question By Nr. James
Schouier, the w.ii-known historian. no
writes not for Esse sake OF controversy,
bul 10 tell the facts Of the whole coasea-
.ion and ses them forth IN thsir proper
propcrrhsn. The reduction in The price
os the Forum from $ year 10 50:
from 50 cents cogy TO p ceatsl which
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

The Republicans have succeeded in
cutting down the Democratic majority
in Chicago. but it is TO be regretted that
they still have to use n search-light in
communicating with the pie counter.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

The new Silve--Peop.e's party made
Its formal debut into the political creaa
in the municipal election il Chicago.
Tuesday. and polIed 3s' votes out OF q to-
tai OF 2aa5, ,ss7. From the too-rreviousness
OF the accouchmsnt II is 3 fair cor.
cIslsion that The poor thing died abornin' :.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Old Peffer now wants 10 give S62, 000,-
ooo 10 the people of this country. THIS
amount is $4,000. GOO, GOO. 900 less than his
last legislative scheme involved. After
all Feffer may get so that he can use his
brain "A little Sefore Re i.aves tie senate.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

If we are to have q commerce on .he
Pacific ocean commensurate with the
needs of this country, we need picket
post for its protection. Honolulu is in
Just the right place.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Humanity is much the same the world
over. Since Mother Eve partook of the
inhibited fruit we have been prone to
segregate more than we could mastiea,e.
Grover Cleveland furnishes bright ex-
ample in planting his inscisors in the Ha-
waijaD pie
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

4 wire netting around the galleries of
the Wilson bill from doing It's deadly
work of undermining American in
dustrieS.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

It would be better for the reputation
of the state if Lewelling and his staff
and appointees would take slow trip
around the world. Kansas would then
escape the advertisement OF the almost
daily tad breaks made by some OF the
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

That gentleman who so magnanimous.
ly proposes to give S63, 0o0. Geo of th-
governments money TO the people will
be recognized as Senator PETER. who las,
summer nearly kicked the props of the
universe down in western Pennsylvania
because he had TO pay his own hotel
lsm
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

There are large number of LAWYERS
In Oklahoma, but in case statehood
comes 1t is understood that at least two
can be found who will willingly tear
themselves away from their profession
10 serve in the United States senate.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

They have quit laughing at PETER in
Washington. They pity him. When he
arises with one of his billion-dollar
idiocies. there are one or two sympa-
thetic old senators who sneak out into
the lobby and weep.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Mrs. Potter Palmer has given $1,000
to the poor of Chicago. Mrs. Palmer is
great and good lady, but she will not
die of modification because all the Chi
cago papers make great blow about
her gift.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Old Mohler in his buncombe speech at
the grain dealers dinner in Kansas CITY.
referring 10 the drouth of last season.
used the term. 'procraStinated precipi-
tation. What Mohler needs is dose of
distinctive decapi;ation,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Whats tke price OF AZ accident
ticket asked the Traveller. Well,
replied the agent thoGshsssilv: -
you take the last section Of the ira a
ve can make ron one oas FOR ansrser
II voz propose ia ride liz sh- issf ear q
the Esst section ws aon's wzns yea !.
polls In.-rA
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Satolli, papal delegate TO this country,
has been made archbishop of Bologna.
HIS sudden recall from this country has
not been explained. 1t was the intention
of the pope to keep him here.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Speaking of the secret signals used by
tramps, the one most frequently en-
ployed is said to be warning. 1t is
Il. Q. G. {. This means: Look out
Cooking club in this town -
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Buffalo Bill aspres to be governor of
Nebraska. His ultimate plan may be to
organize travelling legislature and ex-
hibit il over the country at 90 cents a
head
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Arkansas City jugged sixteen tramps
the other day and kind, sympathetic
Lewelling may be expected to sob the
state capitol off its foundations.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Only ten more days of the present
year remain. If any one is contemplate
ing swearing off on January now is the
time to begin to persuade yourself not to
do IL
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Peixoto's money has given out, Mello
is closing in on him, and the Brazilian
war promises to become almost as excit-
ing as an Oklahoma county-seat contest,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

In the business revival consequent on
the silver repeal it is forciDly apparent
that the response from the amen corner
is not deafenlng.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Answer to correspondents: ''There are
some Scotchmen in Honolulu, but they
do not sing: "Scots Hawaii WI Wallace
blad -
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

The Cliff Dwellers get all their forage
from Kansas, and. following what little
human instinct they possess, they malign
their benefactors upon all occasions.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

After tangling himself up IL some Oh
the new-fangled smoke consumers oah'a
Claus NAV conclude to resign.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

The pulse of the wheat market yester-
day was few ticks better than the day
before, but there is still great danger Of
q complete collapse.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Saloons in the east are shutting down
on the free lunch. Here is the detrl-
mental effects of the Wilson free llst,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

The Wilson bill reduces the tariff on
soap. The Democrats are gradually CIV
ing up the idea that soap is luxury.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Truly this has been year OF woes, hut
,ra shou,d remember that 1t also marks
the disappearance of the raIn-maher.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Peffer has hurled another speech into
the midst of the senate. They may have
to erect wire netting in front Of his
mouth vet.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

gestures. The culprit plays his part,
and, be it said to our shame, too often
succeeds. This will be so as long as
there are soft hearted and empty headed
people to plead his cause.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Grover Cleveland is losing cast as a
prophet. The man of destiny is proving
a Jonah to this country.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-21

Secretary Gresham is running his
office by contraries: upon the plan that
all the statesmen that preceded him
were ch;lnipS,