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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
TIE waooP as STOCK IN TRADE.

A juxtaposition of hard times and
this beloved country. The yawp of the
socialistic regeneration mobilizes the tired
patriot and the tramping ioafer grasps q
situation and awakes to fame. Where
| ready supplies end there trouble begins.
| Too much mouth brought trouble TO Ire
land whose daughters and sons there
upon seized America. All might have
been well on this side had they left their
mouths on the other. Men everywhere
are found responding to howl for
stones, instead. The dead beat eniists in
an industrial army the inscription on
whose banner is loaf and beg at Will,
but steal if you must. What per cent
of this crusade are well meaning
men would be hard to say, but that
the great body are ignorant and
their leaders designing demagogues is
not questioned. There is the tom-tom,
the slogan and the pass word. The black
flag, the trigger and sword are only miss
war, is the cry of the Coxeys. and the
Ratchet is metaphorically unearthed and
the torch of war lighted with the COM
parative fame of glow worms tail or
the light of a lightning buS. 1t is all
warlike and internecine, but wanting the
belicoSe Of a lannon's mouth. The
whoop and the drum beat are but a
make-believe, the pibroch and bugle
being wind, manipulated in the mug
apertures of those whose stock in trade
is wind and wind only.
The conditions that make such dem
onstration possible are here, undenia-
bly,, but that any instantaneous relief Is
possible no one believes, not even the
leaders of the so-called Industrial army
themselves. Many of these men have
left work in which they could have
gained at least livelihood.
If it were possible, and a national
election could be held this fall, relief
would be instantaneous, for the reason
that the universal conviction Of how
such election would go would relnstate
confidence. There is no other trouble,
industrial or financial, save that which
comes of an all prevailing distrust, prin-
cipally of an inability to figure out the
results to the producer, manufacturer
and trader, of the pending tariff legisia-
ton, when it shall have become the law
of the land.
Industrial army movements and
strikes, and the like, but intensifies such
disirust, and the owner of money is
thus induced to hold on to it until he
car see his way clear, which simply
hampers every specie of business and
shrinks the money value Of every kind
Of property.
So Coxey's army might march till
doomsday, while any affirmative action
of congress in response to the demands
of Coxey's cohorts, being simply an ex-
pertinent, would likely plunge the coun-
try in deeper distress.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
UTILIZING TIE OCEAN WAVES.

| From Cassells Magazine.
| Now that some enterprising genius
| tas proposed 10 press into service tbs
wave power of the Bosphorus for light
! ing the Turkish capital il might not be
! amiss 10 call TO mind az least one or two
/ of several more modest schemes OF
wave power utilization that have
actually been called into effect. and
that have practically demonstrated
wave motors 10 possess elements of de
/ cided value and usefulness.
One OF these schemes. as matcrialized
at one Of the summer resorts along the
New Jersey coast. consisted in the use
of a thick wooden blade. strongly
built, about i've feet wide and
eight feet long. which was hing
from 'pivots at its upper corners.
between two piles Of the dock, and
was free 70 be swung % and fro by the
waves. Projecting from the upper
edge was a rod 50 connected as 20 oper-
sse pump which raised water 10
tank, 20 which IL was delivered 10
carts for street sprinkling
The contrivanee, IL will be under
stood. depended for Its action upon The
progressive action Of the waves. which
swung the pivoted the blade Crude
as this apparatus ~as. IL appeared N
give quite satisfactory results. and LED
10 the use. a short time later. Of ksc-
ond motor ~ the same general eisS1
though essentially different in man
ner OF operAtiO "a, depending. n. IL did
upon the rise and fall OF float acted
upon b. the waves, and upon the to-
and-fro motion Of q hinged vsne
A timber frame was pivoted az one
end between the piles Of a dock, ana
at the other end carried Goat. which
Of course. was free % rise and szli
with the waves. A wire rope en-
tending from the foat passed
over Two sheavss and carried
weight at its other end Attached 20
this rope was a second one. which
paSSed over sill another shssvs 20 the
pluager Of a pump. the water from
which was delivered 20 an ovsrhez1
tank
The Goat weighed about two thea
sznd Eve hundred peznds aud The
aounterweiyht two ;h0usAnd rounds.
A. The fos; rose on . wave this eoup-
weight descended and lifted tie pur.o
plHnzer. which performed the retarn
stroke by its own weight the eeuuts,
weight being lifted by the falling ao....
Allowance cos!d BE- made 70. the rss~
snd fali Of the tile by changing the
length % tic rope leading frosa .hs
con Sier1sish; 70 the pump plunger,
ard provision zas also made for Isst-
ing the fosi entirely on. Of the water
Fhen toe waves were running unasn-
ally high The pump Esed hsd six-
ineh bore and = stx foo. stroke. and or
ssnarAy allied the twelve thonsara xHl-
loG tank in sbca. seven h<srS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
THE HEROIC TREATMENT,

1.-The wages of sin is death" 1t would
have been almost crime for the news
papers 10 have withheld from the public
the rottenness which Breckenridge would
have had society condone. The scalpel
of the press made the healthy parts of
the body polite cry out with anguish,
but the instrument went to the bottom
of the fostering corruption. 4 minister
said to the editor of this paper that
people should refrain from reading the
daily proceedings of the court during the
trial. That minister's duty is to preach
Christ and his religion, which means not
only morality for the world. but much
more. The mission of a newspaper Is
news: if the news is good 10 commend:
il bad to condemn: bat still to hold up
the mirror that shall truthfully reflect
the image of society, thst il may be
benefited or take warning. Silence
upon the part OF the press where wrong
exists or crime Is sought 20 De hidden or
covered up. would itself bc a species OF
crime. The resultant work Of 10th press
and pulpit Is morality. but il is not the
primary mission Of either The press
and the pulpit are great forces, but in
entirely different fields.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
1T IS NOT TIE DAY OF ADVERSELY

1.-The poorest day that passes over u.s."
says Carlyle, sis the confiux of two
eternities. 1t is made up from the cur
rents that issue from the remotest past
and flow onward to the remotest fu-
ture.' Not only the days, but the deeds
and purposes of men are linked by the
ever tangible present. What is past, we
say, seems like dream, or it may be
frightened by rose tints and sunshine or
yet embittered with the NORWOOD of
some sad experience we fain would for
get, but the day that is with US bridges
the chasm beyond which we look with
that hope which springs eternal" and
without which all human aspiration
would die within us. This day of ad-
verslty In our secular affairs is
not the meanest nor the dark
est we have seen or may see.
1t Is what is left us, and the provision is
ample upon which to build for the fu-
ture. II the past has left us nothing
better than a wreck of fortune and dis
appointed hopes then the present should
he the beacon-light by which we discern
the course toward future conquests. 1t
is the weak minded, the man without
viii or purpose, who falters and COM
plains at the so-called DEGREES of fate:
but is it fate? and are there DEGREES
touching his ill-devised plans? Probably
not. Plans carried to successful issue
are never attributed to fate. They are
fondled and cherished, as of our own
making, but let them fail and we hur-
rlejly saddle them upon fate, lucl, or
destiny. The man of business who has
discovered his own inherent weakness
has rolled away the greatest obstacle to
fortune. If the discovery comes through
adverse fortune and actual loss, SO much
the more valuable. 1t should be counted
the best of his assets, and the
date of its discovery an era in his busi.
ness career. If now is the day. LET If he
fixed as the date and beginning of safe
dealing. Let it fix the limit of useless
mortgages and unwarranted promises tn
pay. Let it mark the event of growth
upon the fundamental principle that
accruing profits, only, constitute a safe
principal, though the beginning be ever
so small. Let it establish the unalterabIs
rule that no man has the right to specu-
late, or take undue risks with money not
his own, though backed by bonds. mort |
cages or personal security. Ii we but |
utilize 1t as the period for laying the
foundation upon which 10 build perma-
nenly, taking advantage of the rise
which must follow the present depression |
In values there will be no occasion to nut !
blot upon this day of seeming advers- |
lty. The present low prices, from what |
ever cause. make the opportunity for
growth with the rise. The present con-
traction Is as certain to bring an expan- /
sion as that day succeeds night. and he |
VIII be wise who invests his dimes, to |
take up dollars on the return of the next |
tide of speculation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
particular and the construction of the


solar system i'll general.
But Kansas, the home OF the mezzo-
cyclonic whOOp and the cultural gurgle
OF weiteTing unrest, is not represented.
1t is true that Mrs. Lease has given
one word OF encouragement to the Coxey
movement, but it was beggarly good
cheer" 1t is also true that Governor
Lewelling compared Coxey to Peter the
Hermit, but this was the expression of
spectator and not participant. PETER
has taken interest in the movement, but
it has been an interest of insipidity and
Indifference.
Kansas has staid out of it. To the
surprise of the country il has not been at
the head OF the procession, with Its
mouth open and its lungs in operation.
Is it not possible that the base poison
Of conventionaIity has wormed itself
into the anatomy of calamity? Is it not
possible that the Populist agitator is
ashamed of his spasms and revolts at
the charge of being crank? In short
do not the Lewellings and the Leases
dGu Tic / GACIo VI AducdS iCCl 0O0NC tAO
commonalty of cranks.
Is it not possible that there has grown
up in Kansas an aristocracy Of crankS
which will not mix with the common
run of kickers? If not, then why isn't
Kansas represented in this movement
which is surging up against tie resi-
dence of G. Cleveland:
Samuel Johnson. the great lexicog-
rapher, said: Empires are broken
when the profits of administration are
so great that ambition is satisfied with
obtaining them"
May it not follow naturally that re-
form and the calamity howl will sicken
and pine away when the bowler and the
reformer has his nose buried in the pub
lie crib?
The Calamityite of Kansas is still a
calamityite, but he is an aristocratic one.
He has shown the country that he can
not afford to mix with the common COM
and that he has absolutely
no disposition to be found in company
that is not in his set.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
PROFITABLE CURRENCY.

Prom the New YORK Herald.
The fractional currency OF the { nited
States was the most profitable form OF
money ever issued by the federal gu-
thorities- All of it that was lost or
destroyed, and this is estimated IN
round Sgures at IS. oo0. 900. but IS prob
ably more. IS figured as clear gain TO
the government
The total amount Of the currency
emitted including reissues, was S9SS.-
I'D. ol9-SL The total amount redeemed
aggregates SIS 80. eco %. This woald
apparently leave outstanding sl5,s72,-
4i2ei, bat in the last annual deb.
statement the outstanding amount -
set down as 81. 900. 504s This amount
Is merely an estimate Of tae aathcri-
ties, but clearly illustrates the fact
that S. 81. 9ss 81 has been marked OF
to profit and loss
The government still stands ready &c
redeem Its fractional currency aad has
10 iatcntiaa CT ranE.aiafirG arr az II
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
a SQUARE BACKDoWN.

The tariff row in the senate, as report
ed ia our dispatches yesterday morning,
can mean but one thing-a backdown.
The three hundred amendments proposed
to the Democratic House bill by the
Democratic committee of the senate was
in itself a revelation of unhappy con-
ditions existing in the ranks OF the ma
jOrity, as it was notification to the
country that that party did not dare do
what Cleveland through the Wilson bill
had concluded; but when the cat was let
out of the bag 10 the effect that the
VOORHEES, committee, under instructions
from Carlisle, Lad altered the entire
scope and reversed the original provis-
ions of the bill, it was no wonder that
Turpie and his confreres made exhibitions
of themselves. Turpie in his anger
sneeringly referred TO the antecedents of
Senator Aldrich. The entire country
knows that Turpie was but third rate
Indiana lawyer himself. Never in the
history of political parties was there such
back-down and about-face as that now
being experienced by the representatives
of the party OF tariff reform. They lack
the courage of so far carrying out the
declarations of their platform as to test
their sincerity by passing the law en-
bodying their convictions. The conserv-
atism of the Democratic party is only
surpassed by its cowardice.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
ARlsToCR ACY OF CRANKs.

In ell this din of discomfort. Kansas is
not. While The nation reverberates
with the wall of the veal and the shrek
of shyster, the country waits in vain Tor
the soprano yowl, which is peculiar to
Kansas, TO rise above the decorating up
roar and stab the welkin in the neck.
Coxey snd is:s horde of bowling
hoboes have marched up under the
portals OF the national capitol, and are
calling for justice and hot biscuits
General Kelly and his centurions are
gouging the rich elluviaI soil of Iowa
with their feet. There are fifteen move
ments sQuirming atout the country
kicking against the United States in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02

although congress has authorized the
marking OF of IS, 900. 900. Very little
of it is now turned in to the sub-treas-
uries, in consequence Of the rarity OF
certain issues and the fact that large
quantities remain IN the hands of coli
lectors, who would not part with their
specimens for ten times the face value.
There was redeemed last year exactly
s., SIS worth of this profta bic currency,
and SO accurately are the accounts Of
the treasury department kept that the
exact amount of each denomination de-
stroyed can be ascertained. They were
as follows: Three cents. IS. ~; 1--WE
cents, SIS. 43; ten cents, $62-o5; fifteen
cents, $50. II; twenty-five cents. q, 095- -,
and fifty cents, 81. 17s.50 Fragments
of bills are. of course. redeemed in pro-
portion, which accounts for the appar-
ept impossibility of redeeming total
amounts that are not multiples of the
face value of the notes
Fractional currency was feature Of
our money from August 1. 1852, when
the first issue was authorized. until
February Is. 1876. when the last or fifth
issue ceased. The emission of it there
fore covered period of fourteen years,
and IT is eighteen years since the last
notes were issued.
Considering the length of time since
the government discontinued the issue
OF fractional currency the amount out
standing is enormous. greater by far
than any other form of the public debt
or for that matter all forms of the pub
lie debt unredeemed from the founda-
ton of the republic down to 1852, when
the legal tender notes were authorized.
1t is not likely now that more than
$4,000 OF fractional currency will ever
be presented for redemption, so that
the total profit to the government will
in the end amount to fully SIS, 200, 600
from its issue.
A curious fact about the presentation
of fractional notes for redemption is
the large proportion that spurious bills
bear to the total Last year when but
81, 95S worth was redeemed, counterfeit
fractional bills to the amount of S22S
were turned into the treasury and de.
stroyed. The proportion is very nearly
s per cent, which illustrates two
how extensively the frac.
tional currency was initiated. and sec.
ondly, the tenacity with which persons
who had been taken in by the bad
money clung to the hope of eventually
its value.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
JUST IN TI-aE
q TIE Yon,h,s Comp.aioa.

Prom the Yoath's Companion.
An English gentleman and his wife
were in the Himalayas on a bear
shooting expeditiop.andh had encamped
on the snow-line. IL was at time Of
the year when there was great dam
ger from avalauches. and IN crossing
the narrow parts OF the mountain val
leys il was necessary 20 hurry. Human
lives are often lost, and great mum bers
OF animals are buried.
We were lucky: but we had one mar
row escape We had gone up a fairly
broad valley. on the lookout for bears.
and no danger being apparent. had "a.
down at twelve o'clock TO eat our
luncheon When we were done, we
moved on abou. fifty yards, and then
sat down again TO have look ,round
with our binoculars
We had not been seated Eve minutes
before we heard Q tremendous roaring
sound above Us There was nothing 70
be seen. bat u. guessed what was com
ing, as we were sitting On the edge Of
an old avalanche. He shouted TO me
AID the coolies 10 make run for IL.
and we made OF a. fas: a. we could
go. at right angles 70 the spo; where
We we're sitting.
Fortunately the snow had melted n
the direction in which re rza- 40 tia.
we were able To make good progress
Had we been Obliged TO rus, or rzther
TO try 20 run. over soss snsw. eScsp~
would have been inpcessbss-
As i was. we were only just In ;s-se.
An enormous s-sssnene. Thousands Of
tons OF snow. cssne s-eepinz around
.he corner. On he very spot where ws
had been sitting, e7~ryiax ere-ythiag
before -
/; brought up On toe opposite ssds a
the valley zad tbs pine trees--.hsrty
@. forty feet hixh-uoAer which 80
had eaten cur a4ss1p Eg1s buried ous
Of ssgs. !
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
TIE PRESS AND THE BENCH.


The EAGLES editorials on judicial
tyranny and bench-made laws are bear
ing fruit. Other writers have begun to
protest and give utterance to the fact
that life judges are setting their judg-
ments and findings above the properly
constituted law-making powers of the
country and its executives; that the des-
TIMES and interests Of the people are be-
ing influenced and controlled to a
greater or less degree By individuals
accountable to nobody; by men who
previous to gaining their life tenures
were of body of men whose profession
binds them to espouse either side of any
cause, right or wrong, for pay. The To-
peka Journal says CT the supreme court
that its judges can abrogate any law of
cons ress simply by declaring it uncon-
stitutional. That is true, and no subse-
quent appeal or redress is possible. That
ends it. The Kansas City Star in speak
ing of the imprisonment of Albaugh,
the Kingman editor, says that if the
fight is to come between editor and
judge, there is no question as to who
will go down. Ex-Judge w. P. Camp
bell of this city, declares that no judge
has any right or authority to imprison
an editor for contempt for criticisms of
a court or the conduct of case, written
after the case is once closed and decided.
The contempt must be of such 4 nature
as tending TO effect the result of a Dand-
ing proceeding. There is something in
the way of respect, and SO forth, due
every office. but not necessarily to the
individual who may happen to hold the
offico
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
REPUBLICAN CALL.
For the State Convention to be Held at
topeka June 8.

The formal call for the Republican state
convention has been issued, signed by the of
ficers of the state central committee. fol-
lows:
A delegate convention ofthe Republicans of
Kansas will convene in the city of Topeka.
Wednesday. the 9th day of June. 1894. at u
o'clock. m. for the nomination of candidates
for associate Justice of the supreme court,
governor, lieutenant governor. secretary of
state, auditor Of state. treasurer of state. at
torney general, superintendent OF public In
struction. said convention Will also nomln-
ate candidate for congressman arge.
Delegates TO this convention Shall be elected
by county conventions duly called by the sew
,raI county Republican committees under
such rules and regulations as may be by them
prescribed. The basis of appointment OF dele
gates to said state convention VIII be one
delegate-af-iarge for each county of the state
ard one delegate for every 200 votes, or frac-
ton of 100 or more votes, cast for w. Z. Ed
wards for secretary of state in the election OF
1se2 no county TO have less than Two dele
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CON-
VENTrON

A delegate convention of the Republicans
state of Kansas is hereby called to meet in the
city of Newton on Thursday, May 3rd, 1884 at
y m. for the purpose of nominating candi-
GATE for congress.
The basis of representation In said conven-
ton shall be one delegate-at-large for each
county in the district, and one delegate for
each geo votes and major fraction thereof cast
for Chester 1. Long for congress in 1892; pro.
vided no county shall have less than two dele
gates. under which rule delegates are sppor-
TONED TO the several counties as follows:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02

1t is recommended that the county central
committees of the several counties select the
time for holding the county conventions to
name delegates and alternates for the con-
gressional convention, and that the names OF
all delegates and alternates be certified 10 he
tecretsry OF this committee Immediately
thereafter.
By order of Seventh district congressional
committee.
MORGAN CARAwAY, Chairman.
L. NJ. ANLINE. Secretary.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02

The secretaries of tie several county con-
venfioDs are requested to forward TO the I'M
dersigned Chairman at Topeka, Kansas, n GER
tilted copy of the credentials of the several
delegates Immediately upon the adjournment
of the county conventions said credentials TO
be received at Topeka not later than the morn
ing of June 4th. The credentials should show
the poStsfflce address of each delegate. From
the credentials the Republican state central
committee will prepare a roster of those en-
titled TO participate in the preliminary Or
ganizetion OF the convention.
BY order of the committee
RANK l.. BROWN, j. M. SIMPSON,
Secretary. Chairman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02

Judge Crook, Just appointed register
of the Guthrie land office, used to live
in Wichita. If Georgia and Wichita
are not doing their duty in furnishing
officials for the territory, Oklahoma
ought TO say so.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
GEORGE AND Els sLEDGE BANNER

Erosa the Haaszs Cs:y STAR
Ii Is beginning 70 look very much as
Though the Republicans OF Kansas viii
Try 70 send Douglass and his sledge
hammer TO Keep company in the con-
Gresslonal museum with kilgoEe and his
famous boot. Cannon and his mouth and
other choice political specimens.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02

All said and done the most objection
able part of the Wilson bill is probably
the enacting clause
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02

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hate s-vfuiiy 10 80, ss ara snrs shns
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MoGsy.as