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r remains 10 consider certain countries
where, while women are denied political rights,
they are still permitted to share tho electoral
franchise In an Indirect way For OK
ample, We may mention that unmarried
women belonging 60 the great landed pro-
prietor class may vote by proxy at elections
for the Austrian Reichsrath, ms well Rs for the
local Diets OF the Cis-Leithnnian countries;
that. In some provinces OF tho Austrian mon
archy. the same right Ia granted to tnx-payinG
women OF the other electoral classes; that. in
Sweden women share Indirectly in the forma.
tion Of tho Uppor House. and that, In Italy.
widows and women partially divorced from
their husbands may have their taxes trans.
ierred to member OF their family In order to
constitute or TO complete his qualification
for the franchise. In England and Scotland.
the husband formerly had the advantage Of
his wiies renl property as a qualification for
registration. but the Married WomeE's Proper
~ act OF 1882. which assimilated the married
woman to the feme sole. ms regards her
power over her property and income. had the
effect OF restricting the husband TO his own
personal property for the purpose Of defining
his electoral qualifications.
Finally. in the domain Of local self. govern
ment contrndlstinguished from the Parlia-
mentary Government we find that women are
admitted TO the electoral franchise in England
and her colonies. In Sweden. Iceland Finland,
and Russia: In the rural districts in Austria,
Prussia. Saxony, and Brunswick opd in three
States OF the American Union. namely Kansas
and Michigan, as we'll as Wyoming. More
over, women enjoy the school franchise In
Norway and In about fifteen States OF the
great American republic. They are eligible
to offlce In the school administrations In Eng
land Norway in the capital OF Sweden. and
In more than half Of the States OF the Amer
can Union. They may hold on ce under tho
poor-reliet administration In England. Swe.
den. aud Finland. and they may all any mu-
nicipal offices in Wyoming and Kansas In
Russia Except in tho village assembly in |
Austria. and In Prussia female electors can
only vote by proxy. but everywhere else they
have the power OF voting IN person.
IL we take broad survey OF these facts We
must acknowledge that they point toward the |
eventual concession Of full political rights to |
women. Nothing can avert such concession |
In the moro enlightened countries except tho |
proof that where female suffrage has been |
tried. II has worked badly. That is why the |
experiments making in Wyoming and New |
Zealand are watched with so much interest. |
III. w. II.
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HE.

As regards England. legal authorities differ
rs to whether women were primarily excluded
from voting for members OF tho House OF Com
mons. Coke. indeed. asserts that women were
excluded from the suffrage by the common
law. Certain documents. however. relating to
Parliamentary elections OF the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries show that women some
times exercised the franchise, especially In
the manor towns. Thus. under Elizabeth. in
1872 tho solo elsctor for Aylesbury being a
minor, his mother, Dorothy Pakington. lady OF
the manor. returned two members to Parlis-
ment. In 1929 there were produced before an
election committee Parliamentary returns
relating to the borough OF Cation which con-
tanned the name OF woman. In 1880. In the
Kings Bench Court. when tho question arose
whether q woman could be elected to tho ONCE
ofsexton. some further evidence was cited. The
Chief Justice mentioned that In a manuscript
collection no had found case in which II was
expressly decided that single woman. II she
had a freehold. might vote for mem bers OF
Parliament. Nevertheless. the court unanl-
mously decided that women had no longer the
right to vote II they had ever possessed II. be-
cause. as one Judge expressed II. the choice
OF members OF Parliament requires an i'm
proved understanding which women are not
supposed to have" II should. however be
borne In mind that large sections OF EnRland's
colonial domain were adm Mustered by private
corporations. OF which the Fast India Com
pany 10 the best known. To these companies
the sole qualification for voting necessary was
20 own shares. and thus IL came about that
female shareholders voted for members OF the
Fast India Council which. until 1857. gov
srned the immen Indian empire
In 1902, when England had not as yet re-
VOTED against the gospel Of liberty preached
on the banks OF the Seine. Mary WollStons-
craft. the vile Of William God win. advocated
with remarkable vigor the political emAneipA-
tlon OF her sex In her book entitled Yindi-
cation Of the Rights OF Women" Such claims.
Ike all other democrats aspirations. seemed
sKtingulshed by the violent reaction against
French ideas which soon ensusd; ret In the
secret organizations which sprang up in Eng
land after 1915 women played an Important
parT. IL Was John stuart MIL. however who
forced the question Of WOmGh's emancipation
into the foreground Of discussion. IN many
OF his writings he eombAtsd on UomGn's
behalf what he deemed AntiquAtsd pFeiu-
diess and injustice. And the entry OF MIL into
PaEliAmsnt WAS the signal for political action
In favor Of female suffrage When. in 1857
Parliament dealt With the second Reform
bill. MIL brought forward al Amsadmsnt
substituting the WSsd HsESSa tss the word
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Ths Ia.tlaet OF sslGprs..r,atlOs.



Il never realized the strength OF the instinct
o. seu-pTcSeTydtlOn in man said Iohn f.
Thompson, until / witnessed a test OF il on a
steRmboat Among the passengers was a man
who had black rattlrsnake in a hoX with a
glass TOP The snake was a VERY vicious one
am would stTlSe tue glass whenever any one
Hppro4ched. The owner OF the reptile chal-
lrhEed any one In the crowd TO hold his finger
on tho glass and let the snake strike al H.
here could NOT he any danger and thers was
not man who dill not think it an easy thing
70 do One big FELLOW. who looked as n he
never knew what nerves were. tried il ilrsf
anu alter repeated attempts. gave it up Then
every passenger on the boat ATTEMPTED H. and
FAILURE followed in each case II simply could
not DO lone; instinct Was stronger than Tea-
son and will power combined.
! Witnessed another Illustration OF this in
IaTis young man had lost his last sou at a
gambling table Not only was he without
means but no had Lost large sum belonging
TO his employer. He started for the Seine 10
drown himself On the way there was 4 great
eommotion; caused by the escape OF a tiger
from strollnG menaEerie. The animal came
down the street aud people fled in every dl-
uealh climbed a lamp post and hung on to the
TOD OF H. trembling In every muscls. When
the animal Was ca ptuTsd and the danger Was
over ne went to the river and committed sui-
elce. l Mas interested In the account Of the
suicide. and, prompted by curiosity went 10
see the body. Instantly recognizing Ii as that
OF the young man whom had seen make "a
irantle an euoIt TO escape death. evidently hut
a feS minutes before he sought IL and al the
yery tlpe that he was seeking 40 Opportunity
to snd his existence"
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NEW books
womsn's RIehts

Messra seribner OFFER an English translation
~ the remarkable essay on the Rights Of
Women. by D. OsrpoooRoK1, TO which essay
The Paris FdcuSs de Droh awarded the nrst
prize In an international composition for the
beet discussion Of the subject. This Is a com.
parstivs study Of both the civil rights end :hs
Political rights conceded TO women ne tho
present time in the civilized countries Of tho
world. The author begins By examining the
relation Of women to individual sovereigntiss
IS exhibited Ia the arrangements for her sue
eession 90 the throne or to a regency lie then
considers her political position In those coun.
tries whore tho sovereignty is collectively ex-
ercised. namely. By tho people under systems
approaching mere or less closely to universal
suffrage. Next Is reviewed the part which
women are permitted TO take in local
self-Hovernment. even where the Parlamen-
HT to public Offices and employment Ia also
the subject OF inquiry. Tho flnnl field Ut In
vestigation covers such quasi public rights as
are attached 10 civil capacities and such indi-
vidual public rights a. the right OF petition, Of
meeting. aud OF association. the liberty OF tho
press Of Instruction, AMI OF professions.
There are sons mistakes OF fact IN this book.
but they are few in number compared with
the enormous mass Of data brought together.
and. taken altogether. this volume 81 2;IU pages
constitutes the most CON plets and Trustworthy
storchouso OF information concerning the
rights ~ women which Is accessible In the
English language.
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tic politics sad rerudists sny sctiv. for
eiRn policy. the inference IL that the British
empire cannot long be held together. Our
author for his part, does not believe that the
first step OF the English democracy will be its
abdlcation. He thinks that ~ the representa-
tivee Of pessimisto views could see the square
shoulders Of the English trades unionists.
they would trust to their ability TO hold their
own after they have once got control over the
British vorld-empire.
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II.

The letter about Tennyson was written
under date Of June 22 1888 from the poets
place. FsrTingford IN the Isle OF Wight The
author, who 10 writing early In the morning
tells his correspondent that Tennyson 10 sleep
ing somewhere down stairs. ana then proceeds
to describe him: He IL hnsr than his pic
lures. man OF good ak feet and over. but
stoopiDg Ls he walks. for he 10 u years old And
We shall all stooD II We ever live to that aga
A big dome Of head. bald on the forehead
and the top. aud ysTy hns 10 look At His hair
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We. and Greece the regency Il not acquired
by right. but = special law IL made for every
exieeney. ~ appears that In tho case OF all
these counties. except Denmark and Sweden.
the regency may be delegated to women By the
special law.
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plsbisoits was taken On the Question. admitted
to the franchise the civilized redskins. but re-
jected the provision for woman suffrage
The People's friend., 1894-08-10
KNOWLEDGE

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tends to personal enjoyment when
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ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure: by -nore promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered
The People's friend., 1894-08-10

COMMENT AND OPINION.

Wanted-To know who the mis-
chief-making democratic meddler was
that induced Grover Cleveland to write
the Wilson letter.
.| The republican party is the only
political party in America that has
ever given any encouragement to
profit sharing as the solution of the
labor problem in our country. Profit
sharing can be formulated into a
statute, whereby all parties may be
protected and all rights preserved.
The republican party is ready to lead
in this great movement. Dodge, as a
republican, stands prominent in this
movement in the United States.
sSThe chief cause which has op-
Grated to reduce the wages of the
working people of the United States
is the new tariff law, which is now the
source of so much contention ir con-
gress. Looking at it from every
standpoint, every declaration made
confirms the opinion expressed that
wages must still be reduced below
what they have been during the past
six months under the stress of inan-
cial panic. The working people seem
not to realize this, but believe that by
closing up their organizations they
can maintain the wage rate of 1892.
Politics has something do do with
wages.
The People's friend., 1894-08-10
Minor State News.

GrasshOppers rained down at a lively
rate at Arkansas city the other night
1t is thought that the injunction
cases against Santa Fe strikers will
not be pressed for trial.
Miss Elizabeth Lissenbee committed
suicide at Cherokee the other day by
shooting herself. The only cause
known was that she was in i'll health.
Henry Ewing. a cOlOred farmer o1
WyandOtte county, was recently of
fered $3.50 for his potato crop and re,
fused, as he believes potatoes will be
scarce and the price better. He is said
to have 500 acres in potatoes.
The late dry weather and hot winds
played the wild with the corn crop.
In some localities it will be a failure.
The hay crop will also be very short
according to the latest bulletin issued
by the weather service observer at
Topeka.
Charles Freeman, a farmer residing
near Beverly, went to Salina the other
day to purchase a threshing machine,
but fell among the Philistines and lost
all his money, about $780, in a game of
poker. He returned home and commit
ted suicide by shooting himself.
George Cartwell and Lewis Baird,
Cowley county farmers, recently quar-
relied over trespassing stock which re
suited in Cartwel emptying two loads
of shot into the body of Baird. Baird
may recover.
Roy Ritz, II years old, was probably
fatally injured at Wichita the other
day by the accidental discharge Of a
pistol whi h he was carelessly handling.
The People's friend., 1894-08-10
FAVORED PROTECTION.
National Leaders Who Were in Favor OF
High Tariff.

National Leaders Who Were in Favor OF
High Tariff.
Why should oppose a system which
during its time was earnestly sup
ported by such true Americans as Lin
coin, Grant, Garfield, Randall, Blaine
and others in both political parties?
Why should | overthrow a system Of
which the revered Washington, speak
ing Of a free people, said in his second
annual message:
And their safety and interest require that
they should promote such manufactures as
tend to render them independent for essential
particularly military
He it was, too, who approved the
first tariff act, which set forth that:
Whereas it is necessary for the support Of
the government for the discharge of the debts
of the United States, and the encouragement
and protection of manufactures that duties be
laid goods, wares and merchandise i'm
ported
In that congress there were present
when the act was passed fifteen of the
thirty-nine signers of the constitution
Of the United States.
jefferson said in 1916:
Experience has taught me that manufac-
lures are now as necessary to our independence
as to our comfort"
Madison said:
There may be some manufactures which be-
ing once formed can advance toward perfection
without any adventitious aid, while others for
want Of the fostering hand Of government will
be unable to go on at all"
Gen. Andrew Jackson said:
In short sir, we have been too long subject
to the policy Of the British merchants 1t is
time we should become a little more Amer
icanized, and instead of feeding the paupers
and laborers Of Europe, feed our own, or else in
a short time, by continuing our present policy
we shall all be paupers ourselves"
The immortal Lincoln said:
Il am in favor Of the internal improvement
system and high protective tariff.
Hon Ringpr Herman of OREGON
The People's friend., 1894-08-10
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
Season of 1894.

OFFICE OF NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY.-We wish to call attention to
the fact that during the months of Au-
gust and September is the most favorable
time to make the tour of the Yellowstone
National Park-the World Wonderland.
The Hotel and Transportation Companies
in the Yellowstone National Park are fully
prepared to take care of all business offered
and it is hoped that some Of those who have
abandoned their trip on account of the
'abor troubles may be induced to take il
now.
Our through train service between st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, and Port.
land, Tacoma and Seattle has been complete
ly resumed, SO that no one need fear any
material delays en- route. The usual equlrl-
ment consisting of Pullman tourist sleepefs
and Pullman vestibuled standard sleepers,
together with vestibuled first and seco1ld
class coaches and palace dining cars, is car
ried on all through trains.
Illustrated pamphlets and detailed In-
formation will be promptly furnished upon
application. CHAs. S. FEE,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
st. Paul, Mimi, July 25, 1894.
The People's friend., 1894-08-10
A FREE TRADE PARTY.
Ihe ferversity Manifested by the Demo-
cratic Senate.

cratic Senate.
Day by day it is becoming more and
more apparent that the democratic
party is swinging back into the free
trade principles it aroused before the
rebellion, and which it has SO loudly
denied for years past. The following
extracts from the Washington Post
show the force of the drift:
The free trade element in the house
IS feeling pretty good over the present
status Of the tariff fight, which is
causing them but little discomfort of
mind. If the senate persists in its
spirit Of perversity, they say, and the
tariff bill fails in conference there is
still time to formulate a new measure
According to Mr.. De Witt Warner
(demOcrat), of New York, they are
making converts among the conserva-
tive element of the house, who are
daily hearing from the people in the
shape of advice to stick to democratic
principles and force the senate to come
to terms. The longer the deadlock
continues" said Mr.. Warner, "the
more the people of the country will
become aroused, and time alone is re-
quired to teach the senate that it is
hopelessly in the minority in this
fight.
The house has been nearer to a
surrender" he said, than it will ever
be again. Do think that the house
will finally triumph? do emphatically.
All over the country the county pa
~
are coming out editorially against the
position taken by the senate. That
body could not have chosen more in
opportune time to go against the
wishes Of the great bulk Of the demo-
cratic masses than the present. 1t is
IN no position to maintain a fight. But
ii the bill should fail, why congress is
still in session. 1t might not be good
policy for US now to take up a new bill
or to pass series Of bills to revise the
tariff. 1t would seem too much like a
desire on our part to add to the com
plicatlOns, but in my opinion this will
be done before tariff reform is aban-
dOned. When that time comes the
senate will be called upon to deal with
measure or with measures, as the
case may be, that will be far more
radical than the Wilson bill
Representative Champ Clark (dem.
spoke in the same vein. The Wilson
bill did not go far enough to suit most
democrats" said Mr.. Clark, but we
thought when we passed that that we
had gone to the limit OF concession.
The action of the senate, if it means
to deadlock proceedings, will leave us
ample time to pass new bill. There
are seventy-nine free traders in the
house, and it was their work that
made the Wilson bill as liberal as it
is. I'll tell you what could be done
readily-proceed on the Springer plan
and instruct the ways and means com
mittee to bring in separate bills in the
direction Of tariff reform. If this pol
icy had been followed from the start
there would have been none Of this
wrangling and the Mckinley bill
would have been reformed just the
same. Something Of this sort may
happen yet before congress adjourns."
The People's friend., 1894-08-10
THE DEMOCRATIC BADGE.
A Solid Plea for the Furtherance OF
Trust Interests.

President Cfeveland's appeal for
"the genuine democratic badge" in
his letter to Chairman Wilson, is al
most a mockery Of the working men
and farmers Of the United States, who
now more generally than ever before
display 1.-THE genuine democratic
badge" every time they remove their
coats, or the wind blows their coat
tails awry Here is the sentence in
the letter to Chairman Wilson in which
he appeals for the continuation of
'the genuine democratic badge" upon
the seat Of the trousers Of every farmer,
coal and iron miner, and laborlng man
in the north:
1T must be admitted that no tariff measure
can accord with democratic principles or prom
ises and bear the genuine democratic badge
that does not provide for free raw materials
That sentence was preceded by the
following assertion Of the pledges
made by the democratic bosses TO the
monopolies and trusts and combines:
I'VE have in our platform and every way
possible declared in favor Of the free importa-
lion OF raw materials. We again and again
promised this should be accorded our people
and our manufacturers as soon as the demo-
cratic party was invested with power to deter
mine the tariff policy Of the country. The
party now has the power"
He demands that iron and coal be
placed on the free list with the wool
Of the farmer" but that ''in taxing
sugar for proper purposes and within
reasonable bounds, whatever else may
be said Of our action, we are in no
danger of running counter to the dem
ocratic principles" That is solid
plea for the sugar. trust, Of which 1t IS
charged and generally believed that
Grover Cleveland is a stOckhOlder! 1t
IS plea for free raw materials which
most greatly compete with the prod
nets Of American labor. 1t is plea
for tax to protect the most brazen
monopoly that manufactures foreign
practically non-competing raw ma
terial within the United States! The
nresident has shown greatly more
courage in behalf Of the monopollstlc
manufactures and the trusts and com
hines than he did in behalf Of the gov
ernment during the war Of the re-
he1lion. but no intelligent person can
read his two letters to Chairman Will
son. read in the house July 10, and be-
iieve that Grover Cleveland is an
honest and patriotic American citizen.
The object Of these letters appears to
he mainly desire to increase the pro-
ection and profits Of the sugar trust
rnonopoly.-Iowa State Register.
The People's friend., 1894-08-10
Fish for Kansas.

The state fish commissioner has late
ly been busily engaged in the distribu-
tion of breeding fish in the various
streams of the state, the fish being fur
nished from the government hatchery
at Quincy, III. A carload was recently
placed in the Smoky Hill and Saline
rivers in the Sixth district, and a sup
ply also furnished Topeka, Great Bend,
Hutchinson and other points. Another
carload will be secured for the south.
eastern part of the state.
The People's friend., 1894-08-10
Old Soldiers Meet.

The old soldiers of northern Kansas
and southern Nebraska had an inter
esting reunion at Superior, Neb.
Among those who made addresses were
Hon. E. n. Morrill,, Gen. Campbell and
Mrs. Wood, president of the Woman's
Relief Corps of Kansas.
The People's friend., 1894-08-10

HE was countryman, and he walked
hlong busy thoroughfare and read a sign
over the door Of a manufacturing estab-
lishment: ''Cast-Iron Sinks" 1t made him
mad. He said that any fool ought to know
that.-Christian Word
The People's friend., 1894-08-10
EIODed and Married,

Miss Lavinia Harris, daughter of
Hon. w. A. Harris, congressman-at-
large from Kansas, who was attending
school at Luray, Va, recently elOped
with Wade Bohannon, livery stable
proprietor of that place and they were
married at Hagerstown, Md.
The People's friend., 1894-08-10
Myers Annealed.

c. W. Myers, president of the Bank
Of Greensburg, who was convicted in
the district court of Kiowa county OF
receiving deposits when he knew the
bank was in a failing condition and
sentenced to the penitentiary, has
taken an appeal to the supreme court,
and pending a decision has been ad'
mitted to bail.