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The oasis., 1895-10-05

The pastor of the Congregational church will preach at II a. m. Sunday on "Perplexities concerning Christ" At 7:3O p. m. his subject will be Al ways learning, but never knowing anything
The oasis., 1895-10-05

Just as TIE OASIS forms are closing this week there is at hand an inter- esting resumeof the recommendation conveyed in Governor Hughes forth coming report to the secretary of the interior It will appear next week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21
TARIFF TALKS.

Governor Mckinley probably knows
more about protection than any other
man in the country, and his defni-
ton of the doctrine is as follows: 'Ad-
nit free of duty all products that we
cannot supply; put such duties upon
foreign products which we might sup
ply, as will make it possible to pro-
duce them here, paying fair wages to
labor and insuring fair profits to bus
mess; and impose such duties on lux
uries as will yield needed revenue"
This theory is easily To understand,
and it is thoroughly American. 1t
is Il StateSman'S views. the conclusions
of one who has devoted years of Il more
than ordinarily capable mind 10 the
solution Of question upon which the
statesmen of our country are divided
The trouble. the principal trouble
arising from the tariff question, comes
of the fact that it is made one of eX-
tremes through party eXeSencies. IL
ought not To be a POLITICAL question
per Sc, as il is, at bottom, one of
revenues upon one side and OF com
mercial and industrial advantages upon
the other. For years before his death,
i. Is. Plumb sought to take the queS-
ton out of party politics by its CON
greSSi0nal reference to a non-partiSan
commission made up of representatives
of every section and of every leading
industry.
Andrew Carnegie. one of the most
successful business men Of the cen
tury. two or three months since. in a
brief manner. told what he would do
with the tariff as Il business PROPOSE
ton. His paper cut the platforms of
the ProtectioniStS and of the Free
Traders squarely in TWO. His idea
WAS briefly To raise all the revenues
desired by taxing the luXurieS of the
rich. He said that if he were ear
OF America he would raise three-fourths
Of all the Necessary revenues for pen
sionS and for every other federal ex-
pense. 10y quapruplinG the tariff on dia-
monds and all manner of precious
stones. on wines and fine silks and fine
woolenS and linens ana the like of the
kinds and qualities not produced in the
United States leaving the rich TO boast.
As they are won't Ia 90. on the high
prices they paid for these extra and
exclusive things. On that class OF
woolens. linens. silks and the like as
are produced by the factories of the
United States lie would impose such
Il tariff as would in degree protect
them against the cheap foreign i'm
portations. As for all kinds OF raw
material for manufacturing purposes
he would make them free of all duty
and then pass law 10 the effect that
the tariff should stand unchanged for
4 period of ten years. and until the
completion and compilation of the next
SUCCEEDING census.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21
CAN'T FAME BE LASSOED

| The enterpriSing advertising agents
of Miss Ellen Beach Yaw have again
| broken Out-this time i'm Il San Fran
cisco publication. in this article the
writer does Patti, Jenny Lind and
| Christine Nilsson the honor of mention
ing them predatory to eulogy on Miss
| Yaw.
Miss Iaw, this writer declares sis
| Incompatible only in that she is unlike
any other artist in the world You
cannot compare her to Patti, for she
belongs to no general sphere. no gen
eral class. She is not another example
of the past, but a new underlined plant
then she stands unique. strange. mys-
teriously in the now Two continents
are fast realizing this: that she is not
part of PATHS dramatic poise and
lyric expression. nor of Nilsson 5
human tonal pathos. nor of Jenny
Lind's melancholy warmth.-but she is
Yaw,"
Or, in other words. Miss Yaw and her
admirers sigh and thirst for fame.
Poor thing. This frail young girl has
started out to gain fame with her
voice. She is going To establish it
through newspapers and magazines.
Fame existed before newspapers and
magazines. and it is achieved today
without their aid. The award of
iaurelS to TRUE worthiness has never
yet come through the fiat of critics or
through extensive advertising
Every week the literary critics an
nounce some book as a candidate for
craze None of these books ever
becomes craze There is another
and greater source of appreciation than
the newspapers or the critics. This
is the mass of people. Some unknown
and unnoticed Work cores into wide
spread popularity. while the advertised
and lauded work Of the critics gathers
dust on the shelves of the book sellers.
Horace was popular poet before
printed words of praise were known.
Caesar was a great man without a
single commendatOry editorial of his
publlt pplitA-
And without newspapers or critics
today the men and women who have
the worth Ia achieve fame. would
achieve il. For newspaper may ex-
tend fame. 1t cannot create it,
For this single reason Miss Yaw'S
gallant Parnassus is interesting. She
sings some-moStly in the interior
states. Through the persiStency Of
her advertising agents commentators
OF extravagant assumptions have crept
into the newspapers and magazines
from one end OF the country 10 the
other. Still fame avoids her
But the Young lady tires not She
may be born To blush unseen and waste
her fragrance on the desert air. but
not without a struggle and forInid-
able attempt 10 rectify the misfortune
by copious application Of the irrica-
ton Of prodisious advertising.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21
RIP 'EM UP THE BACK.

With very few exceptions nearly
| every state in the north is in tur-
MOL. Criticism of public officials is
| rampant. No Democrat fears the an
ticipation of being charged with in
| consistency, or considers 1t infidelity
TO his party to say just what he pleases
about the Democratic leaders. No
Republican hesitates for moment 10
apply harsh structures to the conduct
of the man whom he voted for and
helped elect last fall. The Populist
alone attempts To maintain the illu-
sion that the man his convention ap-
proves is a demi-god and above criti-
ciSm.
The epidemic Of criticism is a good
thing. 1t does not appear so TO the
tricky politician. He is squrming.
the politician IS, and floundering. and
suffering with indignation His par
tisan friends are 1iaying him without
mercy. He can gain no sympathy
through appeals 10 partisan spirit. or
stop the hurricane of howls 10y point
ing out the danger of partisan conten-
ton.
Criticism is abroad in the land. not
criticism for political effect or politi-
cal damage, but from a popular spirit
Of protest against the existin. order
of things. The Democrats are out
of power and helpless. but on every
hand The Democratic leaders meet
mingled abuse and protestation. The
Republicans are in power and the Of
fice-holdeTs are Threatened. not for
what they have done. but for the fear
of something they may do. The spe-
cious idiocies Of the PopuliSt party are
not considered hy the great mass Of
people. because fraud is most repulsive
Ia them when it is cloaked in the pre-
tension of reform
This indiScriminate. non-partisan
criticism is not confined 10 Kansas. In
Missouri there is serious trouble with
the legislature. In Arkansas the gov
ernor has had Il disgusting encounter
with 4 member of his own party. In
Illinois the Democrats pass the time
in alternately expressing their disgust
of one another. The same condition
exists in Indiana. In Ohio a large
portion of the Republican strength re-
fuses 10 support Il man of their ow..
party for president. William Sicnlu!ey.
In New York the situation politically
Is 50 tangled that few people outside
the state care to study il out. In
Delaware four months have been con
sumed in attempting 10 elect a United
States senator.
And this epidemic of protest is
good thing-not good because il will
break up party lines and help the Pop
ulist party. for il will not assist thar
fraud. And not good either because
il will dissipatc the strength OF the Re
publican party, because il viii not re-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21
sUNFLowER s1LaoUsrrEs

Briedenthal. as Populist Office holder
puts entirely too much accent on the
/ old.
DR.. hansen. IL will have to be acknowi-
edged, has gone Up higher than Miss
| Yaw.
Judge David Martin. who succeeds Hor-
ton as supreme justice of Kansas. is not
d Prohihitionist.
Now the Topeka man sees through a
glass darkly for the jug has become a
stranger TO his face.
The posthumous notorie;y fad is firing
of Napoleon. and it is about time 10
start in on Jerry Simpson
II is said that John J. Ingalls, has an
electrical speech which he is going to
unfUrl at Topeka next Thursday.
Senator Rogers full name is William
Rogers-that is he is not accused OF pass
ing off for John Smith when fun.
Kerosine is so high that some of the
Wichita Sunday night couples VIII have
TO turn the light down Tor econo.nys
sake.
sas newspapers that LewellinS is doing
just as well on his farm as Lyman L.
Humphrey is at law
rill has appointed 100 men 10 100 Offices.
II seems simple but he would rather have
written an arithmetic.
Somebody who has been scratching
around in the history of the past. now
says that Plumb once declared Major
Morrill, 10 be insincere.
Pickering, who ran for governor last
year on the Prohibition ticket and who
is raising such a howl now, is a brother
in-law of John p. 81. John.
1t was an Emporia boy who was sent
by a hotel guest 10 see if he could get
a pint bottle filled, and who came back
and said he guessed he could.
Bernard Kelly is in a much worse con-
dition than his old acquaintance think.
He is going around the state confdentiaIly
telling people that the Republican party
in Kansas is busted.
There is shift in Kansas politics The
grumbling used to be all against the
United States senators. 1t now turns on
the governor, and in time II may switch
to the secretary of state.
Next Thursday the Republican League
Will meet in Topeka. The best asSur-
ance that there VIII be no row is the gen.
eru feeling that there will be trouble
Advertised rows in politics have way
of not materialiZing.
Senator Baker says that "strong drink
stings like an adder and RACES like a
Populist." il is plain that Senator Baker
isn't sucking the Illusion that the way
TO win the respect CT the Populist is
to treat them decently.
On stealthful, feathery feet the Kansas
burglar elided through the rich boudoir
past a casket of precious gems without
noticing them: on through the dining
room where the silver service glittered
untouched; and into the kitchen. With
a smothered cry of exultation. he reached
into the refrigerator and jumped through
the back window-a beefsteak locked
tightly in his arms.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21
LET THEM ANSWER.

Some gold-bug banker or other cold
| blooded creditor, with less artistic sense
| than courage and not much OF either
made caricature illustrating the Eagle s
attitude on the silver question by an
| impossible Don QuiXote and old time
| windmill marked Coins Financial
| School"
Two years before the appearance of
| said pamphlet the Eagle was daily
read OFT of the Republican party for
giving utterance TO many of the very
facts afterwards employed by Mr.
Harvey i'll that little book. If our
caricaturist for a moment doubts the
people being with us on that ques-
ton let him start out on Il tour of per-
sOnal inquiry, if but for an hour.
whether in shop, store or on the street.
Pops.
When the great body of the people,
who are compelled to pay double value
for money. because of confinement to a
gold standard. arise and demand their
ancient right To coin, TO the use OF the
oldest and most popular money known
Of civilization, they are told by national
leaders that gold is the only honest
money. that the use of a double stan
daTd always has been a mistake, de
manded by nobody except by selfish
miners and those who dishonesty want
cheap money it is high time TO tell the
truth. Must one be thought abnormal
and crazy because of his demand for
a restoration To the normal conditions
existing from time immemorial:
If silver was as plentiful as copper
or iron and as cheap, or if there was
a possibility of producing il in ratio
greater in proportion than the annual
increase of business and of poulation,
then il might be claimed with some
show Of reason that its rehabilitation
would be but Il species of fiat money
But the truth is it is a precious metal
whose cost Of production more than
equals its coin value. AS for the adj
vantage Of free coinage, the whole
principle underlying the stable and IN
varying values of the precious metals
as measures of commercial exchange.
requires an absolutely free and I'M
limited right of coinage at 4 fixed
ratio. Any limitation whatever de
stroys uniformity, decreases values and
eXcites distrust
To the two or three dozens of Re
publican papers In Kansas which have
criticized the position of the Eagle
during the past week we have just
this answer to make in our defence:
In the midst of health the nation is
sick; in the midst of wealth there is
poverty and business stagnation; in
a land of plenty there is suffering and
starvation.
Let our caricaturist and critics
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

| his proximity to the scenes OF his old
| crimes might stir the old fellows bosom
up with recollection of the dear old
| days. and that he might slide out of
! camp some moonlight night To make
a collection of fresh juicy scalps from
| the settlers.
But Geronimo attempted no such
thing. a fiercer Indian than Geronimo
at one time never existed. Once he
[ could utter war-whoOp that sounded
| like an insane man practicing on the
oboe. He could sweep down on a
settlement and ruin the local BARRIERS
trade in three shakes of a lambs tail.
But that de- is gone by. The fight
has al gone out of the American In
dlan. All reports 10 the contrary. the
indian never was much of fighter
except when he was assured of ire
mendous advantage over his opponent.
Once confident that he was attacking
helpless foe or an enemy of lesser
strength than himself he was blood
thirsty and cruel The American In
dlan rarely fought for any permanent
advantage. Only one is recorded IN
history as having any tribal or racial
ambitions. This WAS Tecunseh, who
made an honest effort towards a con-
federation of the various tribes of
Indians. Tecumseh was, no doubt.
superior man. of lofty ideas and great
and magnificent ends. but he had under
him lot of crazy towards, and his
confederation never amounted to any
thing more than bright-cOlored
dream.
Outside of Tecumseh and Il few other
exceptional red men. it is not very
likely that the American Indian ever
1elt any resentment against the whites
Tor the confiscation of lands. Origin
ally the white pioneers took cowardly
advantages of the Indians private and
tribal rights, other than land rights.
which the Indians did resent and which
led to number of conflicts which
crystalliZed the feeling against the
pale-face. This the Indians still hold.
They hate the white people. Those
~ AchVlstuL llsllt luplu because
they are white; and those who are
educated dislike them because of the
Caucasian habit of subjugating the
weaker and confiscating his posses
sions
But whatever this hatred the Indian
can no longer help himself. A single
indian war in the Indian Territory
would result in the abolition of the
Indians there within a few days.
The educated Indian should learn q
trade or enter some branch of industry
and be self-supporting Those who
are young and not educated. might
better accept the facilities for Indian
education Immediately. And those |
who are old and uneducated, as Ger !
onimo is. can do nothing better than
SIT around in the sunlight and suffer the /
fatigue incident on doing nothing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21
The adlchita daily Eagles Sunday aNorime April H. 1885

suit in that way TO any appreciate
extent But it is good because it will
result in beneficial effects. Criticism
is not going 10 hurt the man who is
right 1t viii in the end strengthen
him. But if it is strong and persistent
enough it is going To drive the fraud
and the dishonest shyster in politics,
IL not out of politics, at least back
under cover. where his open dishonesty
and fragrant practices of corruption
will not be a public disgrace.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Domestic discord i the one Goinfnanj
note in the daily dispatches II present.
Divorce laws are lax: opportunities for
marriage are increased: and iRtelli-
cence X higher. bur the number Of
uxorioides steadily increases. II may
be after all that divorce i wrong. No
Christian believer can take refuge in IL
con>cientiously. for the Scriptures say
specifically whatsoever shall put away
his wife. except it ~ for fornicstiou.
and shall marry another. commiteTh
adultery.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21
HARD AT WORK RESTING

Word comes from the Comanche
Indian country that old Geronimo has
passed through the winter success
fully with his band Of Apaches and l.
in good health.
When Geronimo was first located in
Oklahoma there was some fear that
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

1t is now limited that Durrant got
his victims into the church by the
means of hypnotism. This is not
strange. 1t is not possible TO do any
thing these days, even make 4 horse
trade, without being accused of hyp-
nniiSlnn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

The English papers consider the
American people childish in their
threatened enforcement of the provi-
sions of the Monroe doctrine. declaring
1t TO be a foolish sentiment" II is
enough TO reply that the American
people are not SO strong in anything
as in sentiment They have fed on il
for 113 FourthS of July.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Charles Dickens, a lawyer and son
Of the novelist, has been retained as
an attorney for firm named DOmbey
& Son in London. That condition of
things would paralyze a sentimental
American jury
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

The reports of the San Francisco
murder show that the murderer cut
his victims to pieces after he had killed
them. There can be no doubt that
the ripping method is a peculiar form
of vice and degradation. which must
be accepted'as n fact, but which can
not be explained and cannot be under
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

1t is a queer commentary on our
times that no man can come into pub
lie notice without having TO face The
most CALLING accusations. Worth. il
was supposed, could rest secure as an
artist on his pedestal. but now comes
the report that he was guilty of fitch
ing fine bits of old lacA from his Gus
tnmarS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

The office-holder should really en-
courage criticism the first few months
of his official career There is moth
ing public sentiment likes to do 50
well as 10 react, and the reaction is
best, for political purposes, about the
ime of Il renominating convention.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

On just what grounds the pucilist.
the baseball enthusiasts and the
horSemen base their predictions that
1890 is to be the year of unprecedented
prosperity is not known. The hard
and it is not clear why sports should
be made an exception.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

The whirlwind of crime passing over
the country ought to suggest To all
young men. anticipating proposing to
their sweethearts. 10 leave their re-
volyerS on the hatrack in the hail
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Kansas City Journal: The assaults
did and honest with the people he was
elected TO serve ought To add materially
to his popularity. There has been too
much hypocrisy and misrepresentation
In connection with the enforcement of
the prohibitory law in Kansas. \
little frankness ana admission of facts
are refreshing innovation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Emporia Republican,: There is more
whiskey drank in Topeka than there
is in Wichita. and any statement that
the prohibitory liquor law is strictly
enforced in Topeka is moonshine
Macropodal TopekanS are too much
given to assuming virtues they have
moi
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Twenty people in Wichita. it is said,
are writing open letters 20 Mr.. Cleve-
land on the silver question. This is
a mean contemplate movement to
avoid buying stamps Of Postmaster
General Wilson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Mr.. Monroe's doctrine is all right.
who informed Monroe that posterity
would go 5000 miles out of the way
to scare up a fight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

When a g0ld-bug begins an argu-
ment he always wants the silver advo-
cate to concede the premises that the
silver advocates is in luck in being
outside an insane asylum.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Cleveland has appointed Il Demo-
cratic editor government liquor guager
for Oklahoma. He will fill the place
acceptably, as it is understood that
his tastes run in that direction.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

There appears TO be a deep-rooted
conviction in the minds of the leaders
of the new Silver party that Colorado
should he won away from her gold-bug
nclinationS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Easter has come and gone but even
If it were not so there would be no use
of talking about the resurrection of the
Democratic party.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

The next time China wants to be
whipped she should hunt around for
somebody who will do the job cheaper
than Japan did.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

All this expressed surprise that Nellie
Bly, should marry a man 20 years of
age is a little far-fetched. Nelly her.
self is no minor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Owing TO the negligence of the police
and the newspapers there are two or
three men left in California who are
not suspected of the Emmanuel Bap-
fist church murders.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

The fin di steele proof of true love
appears to be for the sutton To take
knife or a pistol and sail into his
sweetheart.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

High price beef cannot result in our
starvation. For traditional reasons
We are sure of a good supply Of bologna
along time to come.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

John, L. Sullivan is a pauper and not
on speaking terms with the income
tax collector
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Little Queen Wilhelmina Of Holland.
u years of age, is TO be married. The
American papers will not object if she
selects q foreign count.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

That Ohio man has not yet apollo
gized for attempting TO resurrect
Wilkes Booth on Easter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

Oscar Wilde says he has nothing 10
say at present. IL j. almost cerfain
that nc will be imprisoned for n HUN
Der OF years. In thai cas-. ne vii
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

With steaks - cents ser pound *
Is well TO remember that what is one
mans meat is another mans poison.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

As hansen has discovered the north
pole it may be necessary for some one
TO set out to discover NanSen.