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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

sirsble that their wages should be received
monthly to be available for such expendi-
tures; that if wages should be paid weekly
il would tend to remove strong incentive
10 frugality, economy and providential fore
sight, and would promote thriftlessness and
frittering and useless waste of workmen's
wages; that the honest and providential
workman, who pays his bills, has no diff
Guilty in getting the usual monthly credit for
his family expenses and supplies, which it
is the custom of business to extend to trust
worthy persons.
Does any one believe that any en-
ploye of the Santa Fe railroad COM
panH or any other corporation for
that matter, would willingly sign
petition setting forth that the weekly
payment of his wages would be detri
mental to his interests? What kind
of an opinion must a man have of
himself who would willingly petition
against such weekly payment on the
ground that sit would tend to re-
move strong incentive to frugallty,
economy and providential foresight,
and would promote thriftlessness and
frittering and useless waste of work
mems wsgesW Are the men who
signed that petition so incompetent
that they cannot trust themselves to
handle the proceeds of their own la
Dor? If so, the best thing they can
do is to turn their wages over to their
wives, or, if they.shave no wives, get
guardians appointed. Every one
knows very we'll that the man who
has the money and pays cash for
what he buys can always do better
than the man who buys on credit,
even though it may be true that the
workmen who pays his bills has no
difficulty in getting the usual monthly
credit" The credit system is the
curse of the country, and when con-
Quoted upon the safest possible basis,
results in certain per cent. Of loss.
That loss always has to be made good
by the man who pays his bills.
The simple fact is, that in this case,
as in many others, men signed this
petition through fear of losing their
positions, and not because they be-
lieved the statements which the petit
ton contained. It furnishes a fresh
illustration of the humiliating condi-
tion to which laboring men have been
reduced. How much better are they
than slaves to-day?
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

''THAT TIRED TEE1lNG," which the patent
medicine ads tell about, must be something
Ii ke the sensation experiencedby the people
when they read the dispatches from Topeka.
--Emporia Republican.
Very true. These dispatches have
SO little truth in them that they
naturally make people feel very tired.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1893.

AFTER all, you can't blame the re-
publicans SO much for keeping their
play house organized. They have
been playing house for SO long-sO
many sessions-that it has become a
deep-rooted habit.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15
SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS


The legislative committee having
this vexed and complicated subject
in charge has practically settled upon
a plan for the adjustment of county
salaries which is not only new and
novel, but which, in our Judgment,
will afford a solution of the problem
that will be satisfactory to the people.
The difficulty Of fixing county sal
aries for The whole state by legls-
lative enactment is one which all
intelligent people will comprehend.
That which would be fair and just in
one county would be entirely made
quate in another, and nowhere can
there be as fair an estimate Of the
labor connected with any Office as in
the county where that Office is To-
Gated. 1t is upon this theory that
the bill will be constructed and re-
ported by the committee.
Section / will provide that all fees
shall be maintained as now existing,
and be collected as now collected,
but shall be covered quarterly into
the county treasury for the benefit Of
the county general fund.
Section 2 will provide that all
county officers shall be paid salary
un der rules and regulations of this
bill.
Section 3 will provide that there be
created a board for revision Of all
county salaries to be composed of the
township trustees of each county,
who shall meet once per year or once
in two years, as may be deemed ad-
visable, and, after a fair hearing OF
the officers and of the people, and
the collection Of all available infor-
nation, shall fix the salary of each
county officer, and their decision
shall be final.
( This is getting the question ofsal-
aries back as near to the people as it
is practicable to do. The trustees OF
the several townships are representa-
tive men, and will be well qualified to
perform this duty equitably and
fairly in each county in the state, II
there are any serious objections to
this plan they do not occur to us now.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

The way Railroad Commissioners
Mitchell and Anthony threaten to
hang on to their offices strengthens
the belief that they are each drawing
a salary from more than one source.
The executive council could not have
done a more commendable act than
to declare their offices vacant.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

IT makes us sad to notice the
grief-burdened condition Of some of
The Missouri papers brought on by
the action of the Populist legislature
and governor of Kansas. If any one
knows remedy that will soothe the
sufferings of those two republican
papers, the Times and journal Of
Kansas City, he should make it known
at once.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15

Topeka. Il 10 q question Of supreme i'm
poEtanCe. They now have an Rdministra-
ton TO defend, and without daily they are
al the mercy Of Che republican and demo-
cratic dailies, which shSmefully misrepre-
sent the Populists, and are constantly man
ufacturing public sentiment against them.
We believe this is q problem of easy
solution, If the Populist influences at To-
peka viii get together on this question. Let
them study the early history Of the Topeka
Capital. Their daily must begin as chat did
at the bottom, and be managed by men
who are not afraid to work, even TO saCri-
foe, until the business becomes established.
II must begin in a modest way, to succeed.
and not with such an extrsvsRant outlay as
has been contemplated whenever the sub
jeCt was discussed in the past. Manhattan
Republic.
There is a great demand for a Peo-
ple's party daily paper by people who,
having had no experience in the
newspaper business, have little idea
of what it means to undertake to start
one. Our friend Stewart, of the Re-
public, is not one of this class. He
should know what he is talking about,
and yet it must be apparent upon re-
Election that his suggestion is very
impractical. The kind of daily he
suggests would never receive support
enough that the world would become
aware Of it's existence. 1t must be
remembered that there is some differ
ence in the times now and when the
Topeka Capital was started. A jim
crow daily would only be a subject
Of ridicule.
It should be known, to every news
paperman especially, that it is more
than the members of the Peoples
party can do to sustain their weekly
papers as they should be sustained.
What, then, would they do with a
daily? A daily paper, in order to
succeed at all, would be under the
necessity Of obtaining and publishing
the news. It would have to have the
press franchise. It would have to
take its place as the equal of the
other dailies published in the city.
What support would a daily paper
receive in this city that had no news,
or that had to Gull its news from
other dailies issued IN advance of it2
II is all very well to talk about be-
ginning Gin a modest way" A pa
per begun upon that plan would
continue to run in q very modest way
for short time and would then die a
very modest death.
There has been considerable talk OF
daily paper at various times since
this Peoples party movement began,
and we have csnvassed the possiblli-
ties Of il sufficiently to be satisfied
that it offers a most excellent oppor-
tunity for some really ambitious man
to gain a large amount Of very valu-
able experience in very short space
oftime. We fully realize the advan-
tsges Of daily paper, but we do not
care to monopolize all of that valu-
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-02-15
ADVERTISING RATES.

Entered at the pOstoffice at Topeka, Kansas, 81
second class matter.
The National tribune., 1893-11-16

and support to the Provisional Government
which came into being as the protest of the
decent people of the islands against the
heathenish and intolerably corrupt rule of
the profligate Queen. -
But Secretary Gresham has gone to the
last extremity by restoring the Queen to
her throne. This will have far-reaching
consequences. The revolution was precipi-
tated by the Queen endeavoring to sell out
to the lottery managers, the opium ring and
the coolie ring. Had slie succeeded in this
the beautiful archipelago would have been
converted into a hell of crime and wicked
ness Residence there would have been i'm
possible for decent people, and their property
would have become valueless.
What will follow her restoration can only
be surmsed and feared. 1t does not seem
possible that any good can result from it, and
it is almost impossible that il can escape
doing incalculable harm.
The National tribune., 1893-11-16

For Nov. Is is now ont, and is packed full
of matter of particular interest to every
man who makes his living by tilling the
SOL. Besides this, il has very much Of
what is going on in Washington of in
terest to farmers. It is making q canvass
of the Senators and Representatives as to
their position on the wool tariff, and pub
fishes the results. It is making q
strong fight for protection TO every
farming interest that is injured by
foreign competition. Every farmer should
take it, and help in the fight for his interests.
The price of the paper is only so cents a
year, which is remarkably cheap for paper
so large and so good as it is. Sent with
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for one year for
$l.25 Present subscribers to THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE can get it for one year
by sending % cents
The National tribune., 1893-11-16
MAKE ALL CLAIMS sPEcIAH

Having in the most convincing manner
demonstrated their political power, having
shown the politicians what they can do when
once united and aroused in defense Of their
rights, the veterans should at once go for
ward and complete their victory and gather
its fruits by demanding with one accord that
the soul-wearing delays in the Pension
Bureau shall be ended by Congress provid-
ing that all claims now before the Bureau
be settled by Dec. 81, 1894.
They can secure this if they will show the
same unanimity in demanding it that they
displayed at the polls last week. The vet
eran is once more mighty political power
in the land. He is again man who has to
be listened to aud his wishes regarded. Now
is his time, while the lesson is fresh in the
politicians minds, for him to say what he
wants and how he wants it.
The thing that he wants above all others is
that the pension system be placed on bust
ness basis, and pensions allowed or rejected
with business-like promptness.
It is useless to ask for the passage Of more
laws, or more liberal ones, while those al
ready on the statute books are practically
nulified by endless delays in executing
them. 1t would do no good to pass laws
giving veterans 500 a month pension each
If they are all dead before their claims are
reached and allowed. Better-much better
"a small pension promptly allowed, than a
large one which is never given.
1.-THE greatest good to the greatest num-
Der" will be secured By settling all the
claims within the next calendar year. Let
as have the hundreds Of thousands of claims
which have been hanging for 5, 10, Is, 20,
25 and even 80 years all brought out and
settled up. If the claimants deserve pen
sions let that be ascertained within the next
13 months, and the pensions granted while
the claimants are.yet this side the grave
If they are not entitled to pensions let them
know it, and not go to their graves in ignor-
sncs.
Write up the books and end the business
while the veterans are yet alive. The vet
Grams can have this done by this session of
Congress, and early in the session, too, if
they will each one say to his Senators Or
Representatives that they are in earnest that
it shall be done, and that now Is the time to
do il.
Get out your pen and ink, and wrife a
square, soldterly letter TO your Representative
asking him to do ~haterer is possible to hare
all claims made special.
The National tribune., 1893-11-16
THEY .Gor TOGETHER. -

The result of tt elections last week
shows that the veterans followed to the letter
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE's earnest advice
to them 20 get together" and manifest
their strength al the polls. No one doubts
that the phenomenal majorities for McKin-
ley in Ohio, and Palmer in New York, were
largely due to the veterans aud their friends
voting solidiy together in disapprobation of
the assaults made upon them and the PEN
sion system. 1t was the first opportunity
they had had 10 make public reply to those
who maligned and injured them, and they
made it in the most effective way. No one
can pretend to mistake the nature of that
reply. No one now underestimate the po-
litieal power of the veterans when they choose
TO exercise it in defense Of their rights.
1t was trumpet note of warning to poll
ticians of all grades that the comrades are
thoroughly aroused, and that they mean
the political destruction of those who are
hostile to them.
As we urged them, the comrades forgot
for the time being local issues and political
differences, to stand shoulder to shoulder on
the platform Of justice to veterans.
The effect will be salutary in the highest
degree. 1t brings the soldier-haters squarely
in sight of their political graves, and tells
them in no uncertain tones that they will
be buried there beyond all hope of r4sur-
rection if they persist in their cruel, and
nefarious warfare.
We believe that this will make the turn
ing point, and that new era of vastly bet
| ter feeling for the veterans and treatment of
them has already opened.
Quite different pension bill will be re-
ported to Congress, and it will be discussed
and voted upon in very different way than
| it would have been had there not been such
an uprising Of the comrades last week.
We heartily congratulate all of them upon
| the result
The National tribune., 1893-11-16
MANY THANKS, COMRADES OF OHIO.

Prior to the election THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE begged the comrades of Ohio to
remember that the eyes of the veterans of
the Whole country were upon them, and
that they were fighting the battle for every
man in the Nation who wore the blue, and
for the widows and orphans of those who
have been mustered out. A plurality of over
$4,000 for Comrade VIM. Mckinley was the
response to this appeal We thank you,
comrades of Ohio, in the name Of the 1,000,-
COO surviving veterans and the hundreds of
thousands of veterans widows.
You did superbly, and the magnificent re-
suits of your splendid work are already
apparent They will be still more apparent
as the weeks roll by. Every pensioner and
every claimant of a pension stands on much
better, frmer ground than he did fort
night ago. The spectacle of $4,000 soldier
votes in Ohio east solidly for veterans rights,
is one that the wayfaring politician, though
he be fool, cannot fail to rightly under
stand and carefully heed. You have forced
the dawn of better day for your comrades
everywhere.
Yours, most gratefully,
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1893-11-16
MUSTERED OUT.
Veterans OF the Country's Grandest Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.


THomAs-At Nashville. Ind Oct. 90 Of typhoid
fever, ID. L. Thomas. Co. d. 6Sih Ind. aged 81 He
left the Northwester University in August, 1861,
and enlisted in the 6SsiI Ind. Ga the 18Th OF the
same month he was elected Corporal His regiment
i'm IN ediately went 20 the 'front.' and were after.
wa d captured and psroled as prisoners of war.
At the battle OF Chickanauga he WAS severely
wounded and for months he under the
Surgeons care i'm the hospital at Evansville, Ind.
He selected several times during bis long
service for special duty which required great brav
ery Burial took place at East Hill Cemetery
der the auspices Of the GAR and F. & 4. NJ.
c, hoLDE aoIdsr eG.S sssd g.: he wa.
member of the GAR. and WAS buried under the
auspices of sumner Post. of New York City.
MosHER-At North Hudson Ind, Oct. l. Of
disease contracted in the service, J. w. Mosher Co.
f. I5lst Ind, aged 20 COmrHde MOsher .
member OF Dan Lake Post. and at the time Of his
death was Junior Vice Coinmeuder.
GREGoRY.-At Rock land, he., Nov. of cancer,
Weston Gregory. During the war Comrads
Gregory served in the Navy aud many times dis
linguished himself by performing sets that re-
qured great daring he was member OF Dioiy
Post. 6. AR.
Comrade WoO,en. 90. @. Sth Tenn. Cav, aged ~.
Comrade WOoten WAS born ia North Carolina ia
1872 He leaves widow aud 10 children
CouITER--AI McVeytOwn. Pa, Oct. q. Dr. F. NJ.
Coulter, Co. X. 49th Pa.
ELIxKISAILR-At Larned Kan. recently Peter
KliukInaIle Co. F. SD Ill. Comrade KlinkinalIs
was found dead on his porch about a mile from
Iarned He was seen at the depot about hour
before he was found dead. and Is is supposrd he
died OF heart ulSseases Was u itIshlna HicthocF
of Lsrned Post. g.
sCHELLE.-At Montreal. VT. Oct IS, Alexander
SelseIle Co. H. SD N. Y, aged -. Comrade SessIs
iost his Ief. ie ia the battle of SpOtsylvania Court
house snd WAS confined in both Libby and ADDER
sonyIIIe Prisons. lie was the founder of Hancock
Post, iU5. aud was good worker Tor the order'
He was Past Commander Of the Posi-.
ANsTY-At elphia, Pa, Oct. IS. Philip
Ansty 55th Pa, aged 49, Comrade Ansty enlisted
from MinersyilIe, Pa He WAS member OF Post
ITO g. R. Of Minersville. aud Of the ex-PrsoneEs'
of War Association of Philadelphia.
HULErr-At PainesviIIe, o.. sept. Is, Jonathan
c. HulelI Co. q, 23d Ohio. aged rs. Comrsde
HuleIt enlisted In May. 1851. and served three
years He was q faithful soldier, and member
of Post IL, q. r. under whose auspices DO was
buried.
HARPER-At Elkhsrt, Ind. Nov. 4. of disease re-
aulting from q wound received at the battle OF
Keuesaw Mountain jefferson Harper, Co. ], SD Ind.
He had been "A constant sufferer fEotn his wound
and il wus found necessary 10 remove portion OF
the skulf-boue to afford him relief He was q
member of Elmer Post; 81, and Was buried Accord
ing TO the ritual by the comrades OF that Post. a
widow and three sons survive him.
The National tribune., 1893-11-16
BETTER TIMES AHEAD.

The results Of the elections last week are
everywhere accepted as guarantee of an
end to the financial stringency, aud the
speedy return of general prosperity. The
country was ready for return of business
activity, and the only obstacle in the way
was the dread Of reckless tariff legislation.
This kept mills closed, and buyers of goods
timid and scary. Now, everybody recog-
niZes that there can be no ruinous tariff
tinkering in the face of the phenomenal
majorities given against such folly in all the
Northern States which held elections. The
verdict of the people was too emphatic to be
disregarded.
Dua's Weekly Reris,,, which takes a
strictly business view of the situation, says:
The turn of The tide has come. Since the cleo
items there has been distinct Improvement in
business and particu arly in manufacturing There
II Increase Ia actual TRANSACTIONS, and much
more In the tone of business. Men Of all parties
feel that there Is ground for confidence the
silver question being put definitely of the way,
and the chance OF disturbing actfoa In other re-
spects being lessened while the right of the people
to rule their rulers has been vindicaed. While 1t
is yet too early to look for great changes there Is
already distinct I'm provement in the demand for
nufactured products since the action the sill
hill, some increase In the output Of pig-iron
and In sales OF wool. in the building trades I'm
erai Cities aud the failures for the week latest
ported show lower liabilities. In brief, the
cry which began when the silver repeal bill passed
continues with increased strength.
From all manufacturing sections and in
terests comes cheering news. The output
of pig-iron, while, still not half what it
was last year, is still much larger than it
was four weeks ago. There has been large
increase in the demand for steel rails. The
stock of boots and shoes has been exhausted
during the long idieness, and the orders last
week were within IL per cent. of those of
last year. The same7istrue of cotton goods,
and though the sales of wool are less than
half what they were a year ago, yet the
feeling is changed to hopeful and the mills
report an encouraging increase of orders for
goods. Railroad earnings have doomed up
to within "a per cent. of those of the same
week of last year. Failures decreased in
amount Of liabilities last week to 3d.
467, 200, from $7,413,000 the week before.
Our exports are increasing and our imports
decreasing to an extent that leads to the
confident expectation that the balance of
trade will soon be in our favor.
The meeting of Congress is the only threat
enins cloud. Unless 1t ls controlled by more
wisdom than many expect, it may change
this hopeful aspect to a dismal prospscs by
reckless tariff legislation.
The National tribune., 1893-11-16
THE HAWAIIAN BLUNDER.

OF all the bad solutions of the Hawaiian
situation Secretary Gresham has, after
months of deliberation. chosen the very
worst.
1t is simply inconceivable how he should
have 10 offended every sense of our people.
The vast mass OF our people are grievously
disappointed that we did not complete the act
of annexation when the opportunity was so
ripe for il. There are the strongest military
commercial and other reasons why the archi-
pelago should belong to US.
II we did not formally annex it we should
at least have assumed protectorate over it.
If we did not assume pEotectorate over it,
We should certainly hsve given moral aid
The National tribune., 1893-11-16

sembIy were elected by the Republicans in New
Jersey, and as result they have scared con-
troll OF the Legislature.
Kentucky went Democratic. The next Log
isigture will be made mp Of 10 Democrats. =
Republicans. aud three Populists. This iBsures
the reelection Of VIM. Lindsay, Democrat. az
United States Senator.
Gov. Mckinley scored a most signal triumph
IN Ohio. The Buckeye State rolled mp ma
jority of 10000 for him. The Legislature is
two-thirds Republican, and the State officers
were all elected by the same party.
Virginia remained Democratic. O'Ferran
was elected Governor By a majority OF about
2o.OOO and the entire ticket went through with
a fair majority.
The National tribune., 1893-11-16

How will the Government go about Gre
storing the legitimate Government of the
Hawaiian Islands,? Ay, there's the rub.
Is any man foolish enough to imagine that
the people of the United States will allow
our soldiers and sailors to be sent to an
other country to force upon its people 9
reprobate old Queen whom they have de-
posed? For moro than a century now
Americans have been in eager sympathy
with all peoples who have been striving to
rid themselves Of monarchs and establish
popular forms of Government. They are
not going back on themselves at this late
day
The National tribune., 1893-11-16

CoMRADE WILLIAM MCKINLEY has again
touched the popular feeling electrically. by
discouraging political Qualifications. and rec
ommending that the money to be expended
on these be appropriated for the relief of
the unemployed and the distressed With
1900. 600 workingmen cut Of employment,
and over 100000 aged men and women wait
ing Unfortunately for the settlement of their
pension claims, there should be no money
squandered on Publications. A much better
use can be made Of IL.