The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-17
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took the hands of men and women
who came before them and told them
TO have Faith in the Father" and they
would be cured. He accepted nt
money and made no pretenslons OF
divinity for himself. But part Of the
world howled fraud" at him and pep
pered the poor man with ridiclIle when
argument ran out. SchAtter disap'
peared when the law demanded him
as a witness in a case where people
were fraudulently using his name for
personal profit. He disappeared.
! The howl of the Pathfinder is changed.
Where before the Pathfinder blamed
him for appearing they now blame him
/ for disappearing. He is held cuipabie
! FOR leaving uncermoniouSly when peo-
pie had travelled hundreds of miles at
great expense to be treated by him. 1t
makes no difference that he had an
nounced that his labors would cease
on certain day and that he kept his
! word. He is to blame and that is all
thuere is to ii.
Schlatter is only an instance. Let
Us take the ministers. Some of them
believe that what the world needs
right now is a good old scare. A few
bushels of figurative fire and birthstone
shot out over an audience, they be-
lieye, bring beneficial results. These
ministers soon find editorial grape-shet
singing about their ears and smoking
bombs fired at them from other pull
pits. There is a bare possibility, al
lowing ourselves fair share of human
error and pulling away from the con-
ceit of our own infallibility, that the
ministers are right.
All over the west we look with SUI
preme disgust on the ridiculous horse
show in New York and the royal we'd
dings which we take a certain delight
in CHASING together. The verdict is
general that Miss Vanderbilt married
the Duke of Marlborough as a plain,
everyday, ver-the-eounter, moneyfor-
title bargain We have contempt for
her for doing ii. But there might be
such a thing as love between the two. 1t
is possible that the money-and-tit bar
gain doesn't play such a tremendous
part in the match as we all make out.
Love is very strong passion, and it
might, even in this case. have forced
title and money into secondary con-
sideration. This is against all our be-
lief. however. Still it might be true.
President Cleveland islnow thetarget
for all political criticism Why doesn't
he recognize Cuba? Why doesn't he
protect Americans in Armenia? Why
doesn't he thrust England back from
its greedy aggressions in South Amer
lea? Why did he stand out and apart
from all America and defend Queen
Lilioukalani? Why doesn't he bring
France up short and liberate Waller?
And yet it is possible that Cleveland is
doing The best he can under the cir
cumstances. In fact he may he doing
the very best thing for this nation. He
may be even more patriotic than the
most of us. And he may really be
man of superior judgment who has
saved the country, during his second
term, from many disasters. OF course
none of us believe any such a thing.
We would never say so during a CAM
paign at least simply because the aver
age Democrat would be unfair with
our fairness, and it * our inalienable
right and uneRding pleasure TO bump
the heads of the Democrats all we
want to in return for the way they
bump ours occasionally.
There is that man Bayard, too. am
haSsador to England. How we all
despise him. There he goes, travelling
over England, England whom we all
hate so cordially, recognizing in all his
speeches and saying that England is
America rejoices in winning her friend |
ship further,-in short that America |
fears Britain's greatness and toadieS |
TO it If most of us could vote tomor-
cast our ballots for war, |
and war TO the death, with that big. |
burly. bumptious bully, John Bull. 1t |
would be an actual pleasure for us to |
shoulder a gun and go out for an Eng 1
lishman's hide. And yet perhaps Bay |
ard may be speaking the truth. Per !
llapS he does not allow what patriotism |
he has 70 smother his real sentiments. |
Perhaps if we We're in England our
selves we would be forced TO recognize |
that England is the greatest power on
earth, that America really needs her
friendship and protection. Perhaps /
there have been other ambassadors TO /
England who have said In private just |
what Bayard has said in public. This
is terrible il it is true, and We hope
it isn't.
There Is also Governor Mckinley.
He is said 10 be a man of one idea
that Of the tariff. There are thousands
Of Democrats and Republicans who do
not believe he would make a good
president because he would know moth
ing but tariff and tariff legislation while
he was president He holds that the
great Dmocra5ic organization has mis-
managed the country. He charges the
Democratic party with inherent in
This is no doubt dis
tasteful 10 the Democrats, but it may
De true.
And there are the Populists who see