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The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
- A NEGRO IN That WOoDPILE.

The Bland bill, now before congress,
| may be righteous measure, but at this
| distance it looks good deal like play
before the footlights to deceive some
body. MIR. BANDS devotion to the
cause of silver is not doubted. His ad-
vocacy of its use as money. and as a
standard of values, has been consistent,
but this is more than can be said of q
large Democratic contingent which gave
his bill their support in the house. We
all know that those who own and con-
troll the cash of this country are opposed
to this bill. We also know that the
same element owns and controls the
present administration, and to suppose
this bill will run the gauntlet of passing
the senate, and an executive veto,
would be like chasing the end of rain
bow for the traditional bag of silver.
If it is intended for a sop to the
silver element of the party, and
they are satisfied to take it, we make no
objection. 1t is only Democratic pabu-
lum for Democratic palates. 1t is not
our dose, and there will be no grievances
in the Republican ranks. Let the show
60 on. We will see what comes of it.
If it ever becomes a law it will be as fat
contradiction to the present policy as
could well be imagined.
The bill on its merits, has at least two
sides-in fact it is Janus faced, and
may have many sides. Coming the
seigniorage means more silver dollars,
but will it add to the dollars that circu-
late? 1t is difficult to see how there is
scarcity of money now, when we read
of the accumulations in the big banks
of the country. 1t is not money we
want, so much as confidence. 1t is the
dollar that circulates which performs the
functions of money. Hoarded treasure
Is equivalent to no treasure to every
body save the owner OF it. If we could
first bring the business of the country to
normal condition, and start the money
now on hand into the various channels
of trade, we might then determine
whether or not there is scarcity. If
it should develop the necessity for more
cash, by all means let US coin the seIg-
niorage; issue circulating certificates
against every ounce Of bullion in the
treasury, and dig for more. The en-
barrassing feature just now is, the busi-
ness policy of Cleveland's administra-
tion. If some scheme of financial leger-
demain could be invented by which we
could eat our cake and have it, or in
other words, if Wall street could corner
the weather of the country and leave
everybody prosperous, then might we
stop legislation and jingle our specie in
every state of the Union, but while we
are left to wrestle with this tariff hating,
gold standard administration, may the
Lord help us.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
KANsANs, READ THIS AND SAY.

The conditions in Kansas, in spite of
the panic, are good This fact has long
been known by our own people. and is
gradually becoming known generally.
The fact is that while short crops make
hard times, hard times don't make short
crops, and the state of Kansas today has
about her usual large reserve of surplus
products to be marketed as needed.
Situated midway of the United States,
with the precious metal states to the
west of her, she yet does not suffer with
them in the stagnation caused by the
depreciation of silver. Lying to the
west of the great manufacturing states.
she yet does not suffer with them, with
their hosts Of unemployed operatives.
There are but few unemployed able
bodied men within her borders, and
those few could easily find employment
in the cultivation of the soil, as there
never was surplus of farm laborers III
this state, always plenty of employment
So it comes about that in this great de-
pressive panic Kansas sufferings are
comparatively and actually light. Her
indebtedness even in these times is be-
ing rapidly reduced, and every payment
of interest, every settlement of mort
gage either by cash payment or fore
closure no. only reduces her indebted
ness but improves her credit. If the
other states of the Union were in as
good condition, it would be no question
as to ''where are we at" and we would
also know ''what was the matter"
There is not many roseate dreams Of
sudden wealth in an agricultural COM
munity, but it is safe to tie to, and is an
anchor that does not drag. We are not
developing millionaires by the score
yearly, but we are living in comfort
worry, and accumulating grad
ually but surely. Kansas has her in
nings.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
GAMBLERS, IMPOTENCE.

The representatives of produce ex-
changes who met in Chicago Tuesday,
agreed TO recommend TO the associations
of which they are members that no
attention whatever be paid to the law
against trading in produce futures ii the
Hatch bill should become law. They
favored the policy of continuing business
the same as it had been before the Hatch
bill was formulated. The line of action
they recommended is that upon the first
move of the government to enforce the
law and inflict its penalties, all the CON-
merciai organizations in the United
States shall unite in testing the const,tu-
tionality Of the measure, and have the
case carried as soon as possible to the
Iuited States supreme court
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
THE ENGLISH CRISIS.

The retiracy of Premier Gladstone
from the head of the English govern
ment, which event seems likely to oc-
cur shortly, threatens to precipitate a
serious crisis if not revolution in the
kingdom. There has been strong and
growing feeling of antagonism in Eng
land against the house of lords for years,
and recent events have intensified that
feeling. The declaration of Henry
Lobucher that he would oppose the sue
cession OF peer to the premiership to
the last extremely and that he would
have strong support, is taken as an open
bid for the final issue to be joined, now.
To avert conflict which, when it comes,
is sure to result in radical changes in the
policy if not the form of government,
Mr.. Gladstone may be induced to remain
at the helm, but this cannot last long at
best: by course of nature he will soon
disappear, SO that the changes that must
come cannot be put off much longer.
In view of Mr.. Gladstone's matchless
ability as statesman, his unquestioned
loyalty and devotion to his country and
government, his acquaintance with the
requirements of the position of premier
and of the public men of the country to
fill it 10 the best interests of all, from
this distance it would seem to be the
proper thing to defer this most import
ant matter to his judgment, and there is
little doubt that the queen would take
his suggestions most kindly if permitted
10 do SO by pronounced public senti-
ment. Laboucher is man of ability,
but he is untitled by temperament for
the position of premier himself. and con-
sequently is not a safe person to consult
IN so important a matter. Ordinarily
his influence in questions of grave in
volvings would not amount to much, but
his self-assertvenes would naturally
prompt him to jump to the front of any
move, however momentous, and upon
the side that would promise most certain
personal reward.
Whoever may prove to be the Crom-
well of the pending contest, it is certain
not to be Laboucher.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

The Cliff Dwellers, whose city sits on
seven hills and in doubly as many deep
ravines, from which vantage ground
they run the consolidated interests of
the Kaw bottoms and try to rule Kansas,
were taken with a mugwumpian spasm
of reform few weeks since when they
resolved to try to live like decent and
honest people during one municipal ad-
ministration. Meetings were called,
numerously, and the Sni Hills shook
with the reverDeration of those among
them who had resolved on redemption.
But it all flashed in the pan. The
whole movement has fallen fiat. The
old bosses abided their time and are now
coming in on the home stretch with a
ferceness that perfectly paralized the
goody-goodies and assures the strikers,
boodlers, buns and thugs that the devil
still lives and that the usual amount of
pie can be safely counted upon.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

If the dispatches from Nicaragua, in
relation to the landing of British troops,
are true, the prompt revival and en-
forcement of the Monroe doctrine by
this government seems to be demanded.
If British soldiers were landed at Blue
field simply in the interest of peace and
We're removed as soon as quiet was re-
stored, all right; but if to establish pro-
tectorate with a view to ultimate con-
troll as is most likely, it is all wrong and
should not be permitted to continue one
forces dislodge them. if force is neces-
sary.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
ANOTHER CANDIDATE,

S. n. Horner of Caldwell is announced
as candidate for congress from this
district, subject to the Republican nomi-
mating convention. Mr.. Horner, who is
mayor of the city of Caldwell, is well
known in this city and throughout the
eastern counties composing the Big Sew
enth. Mr.. Horner's best hold is con-
vention, and there is no end to his
resources when warmly engaged in
political round up. S. Harvey Horner
doubtless will be heard from later on,
as no other candidate can probably get
around all over the district to see the
boys more rapidly than he.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
WHY IN THE ARKANSAS VALLEY.
We speak elsewhere of the chances for
a reyoiution in the methods Of Kansas

We speak elsewhere of the chances for
a revolution in the methods of Kansas
farming, by the Introduction of irriga
tion and refer to matters which can only
be determined by experience. It is our
personal Judgment that the counties inn
mediately in and contiguous to the
Arkansas valley which are to experience,
in the most radical way, such revolu-
ton, and for two very important
reasons. In the first place it is the cal
careous OF sandy loam soils that are
benefited the most and make the big
gest returns. by the artificial or mechan-
application of water. This is the soil of
the Arkansas valley and of western
Kansas. It is the soil of Egypt and In
dia where irrigation has been employed
for all the centuries of civilization. 1t is
the desert or sandy soils of California,
Utah, Colorado and Mexico's arid re-
gions which show such wonderful re-
suits of rich yields. Much of Kansas
outside OF the Arkansas river and its
tributaries, has a heavy black soil of
more or less clayey composition which,
when too wet, becomes tenacious mud
and when too dry bakes. In the second
place, while doubtless there is more or
less of water everywhere beneath the
surface of the earth, and an underf1ow
under every portion of the inclined
plane which slopes from the Missouri
river up to the foot of the Rocky Mount
aims, In no other section of
the west, save the Platte valley
in Nebraska, is that underhow SO strong.
so perceptible and so near the surfacesas
in the valley of the Arkansas. 1t is ip-
exhaustible as has been demonstrated in
many places and at different times. A
farmer from Clark county, who was in
this city the other day, and who has
one hundred and thirty acres under
complete and highly profitable irriga-
tion, said that his experience and obser-
vations have convinced him of the
practicab!lity of putting southwest Kan
sas under water. Another element of
western Kansas is favorable to irriga-
tion and that is its eternal sunshine.
Irrigation crops are not grown under
cloudy skies and in humid atmospheres.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
9aily 2ag1e'
NJ. Nj MURDOCH, Editor.
WILL IT REvoLuTIoN1zE KANsAsa

In the matter of irrigation Kansas
has all to learn. There are theories and
theories, but knowledge will come with
experience. While the experiments are
being made, however, it is well to
gather what information we can from
those who have had experience. Soils
may differ and require different treat
ment; SO will the water amply, and the
process for bringing it to the surface VIII
not be the same in all cases. Each item
must be taken into account. and the ex-
perience of the man who has tried 1t
under similar conditions will be OF great
est value. In the Salt Lake valley there
is an abundant flow from arteaian
wells, an inch pipe, throwing constant
stream of water, without artificial power,
will supply as much water, at practl-
caIlv no cost, as much larger pipe else
where, involving the cost of an attend
ant, fuel, machinery and wear end tear
These different conditions will determine
argely the character of crops to be
raised, as well as the area to be cultiva-
ted.
1t seems to be well established that
the supply from the underhow in Kansas
is unlimited. If this is true it only re-
mains to adopt the best means for rails
ing it to the surface, and to choose the
crop which may be cultivated most
profitably. There is a popular error
that the use of water produces waste.
This cannot be, for the reason
that every drop save what is
lost by evaporation goes Immediately
back to tile same under current, to be
used by those who take it further down
stream. There are those who believe
that the small percentage taken up by
evaporation returns to the surface in
mists and rain, SO that nothing is lost.
Whether this be true or not. it is certain
that there is abundant water now, and
that farming by irrigation will pay. The
area must be limited at first, but as new
devices are invented, and the process is
simplified, it will increase. If the result
in dollars and cents is as great from
few acres as from quarter section un-
der the old system, it brings equal
weather, and makes room for greater
population. In the older portions of
Europe land is the most precious, and
eagerly sought for cf all investments. |
1t will be SO here in time, though we
will not live to see il.
There is incalculable waste in ship
shod farming everywhere. Merely
scratching the surface and raising crop
of grain and weeds impoverishes the
soil more than deep plowing and thor
ough culture. 1t is not acres, but BUSH
els which yield the best returns in cash.
Irrigation promises much if this end is
kept in view, and it may yet revolution
ize the present system of farming in
Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Register Lindsey was:buried at Danville.
Illinois.
The Republicans of G county met at
Arapahoe yesterday.
A detective with an eye like an eagle
has turned up at Perry.
Judge McAtee was sworn in as associate
justice at Guthrie, Thursday.
Weeping Rachel, the postofice location
fight has come up again at Oklahoma City.
The political situation at Enid has
reached the stage where the beer sales in
crease.
Robert Martin has been nominated for
Republican candidate for mayor OF
Guthrie.
Sixty-fve negroes came into Oklahoma
City with fifty-four pieces Of baggage, the
other day.
Why has Grover Cleveland quit drop
ping Georgians in the slot that connects
with Oklahoma?
1t may vet become necessary to discover
the man who discovered the gold in the
Wichita mountains.
It is not likely that the Guthrie regi-
ment will join Cosey's great army during
the present geological age.
There is still red streak in the air at
Guthrie where the Santa Fe banana train
passed through, Thursday.
Frank Greer ought to go over and swat
Roy Hoffman between the eyes. Hoffman
calls him "Old Lumtum Greer"
1t is claimed that the Washington off,
cials are down on Judge Scott, because CT
his action towards the newspapers.
Guthrie Capital: Judge E. r. Green
returned from Mt. Carmel, H., last night,
where be won in the lower courts case Ia
which be gets fee of $4,000. 1t Is big
bond ease
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

dwellings troubles over the Hiawa-
tina affair are not ended. Instead of
settling the matter by complying with
the prayer of his good friend Embree
for the pardon of the latter's good
friends, the druggists who were con-
victed of violating the prohibitory law,
the governor has left the violators in as
bad fix as he found them, as to the
penalty of their offences, and at the
same time compromised himself and his
official position by ignoring the board of
pardons and defying the law. Great
is reform as worked by the present
regime,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
Getting a. IT D:plomatically.

From the Chicago Record.
Mrs. smoothe-Reginaid. dear, saw
4 lovely little bit OF ribbon downtown
to-day, and want it 50 much. Don't
you think might bur it7
Mr.. Smoothe-A ribbon? OF course
What question,
Mrs Smoothe-And there's beauti-
ful feather in the same place-just .
little one May buy that. too2
Mr.. Smoothe-Certainly.
Mrs Smoothe-And Just one thing
more. my dear. They've got frame
for a hat a. the same place You
won't object 10 me buying that, vkll
you, loveyi
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

,one, little darling, your eyes are sleep snit-
ten;
Come to the arms that would rock you 70
reet
see how your playmate, the oonny white kit
ten,
Speeds 70 its mother and snugs tn her oreas.
Purr-Durr-purr-purr-
Hear how she coaxes her kitten 70 rest.
List TO her lullaby; charged fun Of sirmbeT
Is the low song that the pussy cat sings
Sleep fairies hear It and fock without nura-
Der,
Near TO my baby on gossaner wings
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
That is tbs tuue ttas tho mother pasA
sings
-orne then. ms little one. yield and Be taken
Close IN the arms that would shelter tasir
OWL
haste, lest your playmate the white kitten,
awaken
First trcm IT'S s!umber to .ro,.c aiona
-hush-h1sh-hush-
Sleep IL the arms that VIII shelser theft ova.
Ella Wheeler wilcox, in =. Y. Independent
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

If the Kolb movement in Alabama
stays to the front there will be in need
of the federal election law lately re-
pealed by the Democratic congress.
Kolb and the Republicans combine d are
in favor of free ballot and a fair count.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Mrs. Woodhull-Martin was granted
20 shillngs for damages to her character
by libelous book being placed IN the
British museum. Virtue, if there is
only 90 shilling's worth, is Its own re-
ward
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

George j. Gould is hunting quail in
Arkansas, and Richard Croker is Turing
fish from Galveston Bay. and Cleveland
is plunking ducks in North Carolina.
They are all really hunting comfort.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

A dark, shapeless and nameless article
was fished out of the Arkansas river
few miles south of here yesterday. 1t is
understood that it is the long lost ru-
NOR that Mrs. Lease was going 10 Cali
ff,rnia to live
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Augustus ST Gaudens the artist, has
decided to put some kind of apparel on
the young man on the Worlds Fair
medal. Better add whiskers otherwise
his sex will become indefinite.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
It's Their Way,

From, the New York Press
When Republican president uses a
government vessel as transport on
official business the Democratic organs
howl with indignation. When Demo-
cratic president uses a government ves-
sci TO take him on a hunting junket the
Democratic organs are as mum as mice.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Gladstone put away the coronet the
queen offered him. Gladstone is a man
who can still use his mouth for talking
through.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Evidence in the Pollard Breckenridge
suit has ceased for while, but there has
been more than enough testimony al
ready to persuade DR.. Kelley that Ken
tucy is still fertile field for his cure.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

st. Gaudens is now putting panta-
looms on his naked young man, and
nothing can now be seen that will shock
the naked eve.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Today, one year ago, flour years more
of Grover. and then we'll be in clover, ?
began. How long that year has been.
But it is not a marker TO the three COM
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Boss McKane, when leaving for Sing
Sing, paid a great compliment to tho
press of New York in saying that the
newspapers were responsible for his
conviction,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

The Colorado legislature has adjourned
and left Governor Waite grouping
around with bridle-bit in one hand,
and nervous twitch in the other.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Congressman Meredith probably real
ICES that southern constituency does not
send men to congress to show their 10y
atty to the Union.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

If England isrseeking for speedy and
succinct method of dislocating her neck,
she is on the right track when she lands
troops in America. outside of Canada.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

What trial to the patience of sensible
people is the presence of one who per-
sists in doing all the talking.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Judge White, recently appointed to
the bench of the supreme court. is to be
married shortly-another case of SUI
preme court-ship.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

The natural boom exuberance of the
Cherokee Strip has resulted in the evo-
luton of the mighty truth: Vox Populi,
yox Eli.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
Irretr;evahlv Lost.

From the Hutchinson News
We would suggest that Mind Reader
Johnstone be requested to hunt up the
Democratic party in Pennsylvania.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

There is trouble in the Mosquito coun-
try, and the inhabitants will have to pull
down the screens.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Peixote has determined to wipe out
the insurgents. The insurgents have
also decided to get up early in the MORN
ing to see him do it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
WHAT TIE POETS SAY.

:, Haunted,
I am haunted. gentle reader. bat IN such pleas
ant w1y,
do not fear the .specter', one iotA
In fact. would consider it dreary sort O
day
In which Was unable to devote
Good portion OF the ieeting hours unto my
cheerful phantom
And I'm ''0EfuI sorry Tor the folks who have
no ghost TO haunt 'em.
haunt me tother night,
As late lapoged DER dresry matter.
through the grim shadows Of the hall caught
glimpse OF white,
And heard o tiny slippers gentle pafter;
and presently baby voice came thro the doc
70 greet NE:
Say. pepper. did you nnk was . gobblum come
to eat ye:"
-Harper's Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Wichita beef may not be what it
should be, but why beef?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
EXCH ANGB EPITOMES.
It Hurts Worse.

The wife who always says II told you so''
When things unpleasant have occurred,
Is not as bad as wives who sit
And simply look, without word.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

The civil war Legan in 1860 and it is
still going on over congressional desks.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04
Ehe dalieha aailY gaele suudau orniuo areh A. 1884

With the death of Jubal Early, there
also passes away that venerable chest
nut that he would never accept five
dollar bill that had General Grants por-
trait upon it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Banana trains now make faster time
than express trains, and this without
using the skins on the track.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

The ice on the river is not strong
enough to support any one-that is. any
one except the ice man next summer.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Liliuokalani may have been drunk.
But Honolulu is pretty far south for any
nne 10 get skate On.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

When Queen Victoria offered Glad
stone peerage. he turned, just as Julius
Caesar or Bill Hackney would have done,
aud declined it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

One South American president was
elected, Friday, and one was murdered.
There is general feeling of sympathy
fer the former.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

Kansas is about ready to drop Senator
PETER in the slot and get Ingalls, back.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-04

E,ye = Prisoner.
One day Love came welcomed him;
AS tenant Of this house Of clay
tade him stay.
set him In room apart
The inyucst cham Der Of my heart
Fo1 servants, at his beck and call
My senses ALL
W.ne hands and feet
His will obey with Joy complete.
Out OF the windows he can gazo
On pleasant days,
But when It rains the paues ore DIM
It's smiles or tears because of him
That I'll my eyes;
Yet, always he's q sweet surprise.
My prisoner now, I'll keep him so,
This one time guest;
Sho2ld he escape me, high and low
I'd go in quest
That darkened chamber. my poor heart
Would be o tomb should he depart
William S. Lord, In N. Y. independent