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The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-04
INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLIsM.

All talk Of internationl agreement is
demagogic clap-trap, resOrted TO for
the sole purpose of misleading the
people, by holding out n false hope.
international agreement was an un-
heard of thing In the world up to the
time that the American people awak-
ened to the realization that they had
been robbed by the demonetiZing act
of 1873. Senator Allison of Iowa, who
is posing as candidate for the presi-
conference and argued in that body
in favor of universal free coinage, Is
To l. lie is now talking through his
hat for honest money. Does ne think
that Europe is going To act on this
question at any time within ten or
twenty years: He knows better. He
said in a speech at Marshalitown last
week that the coinage act of 1873 elm
mating the silver dollar was a mis-
take" In such case the rectification
of the mistake 10y restoring the silver
dollar ought To give him no great
concern But he declares that free
silver coinage would scale down all
debts 30 per cent, and he asks If there
is "a man with soul so dead as TO
ask congress to be guilty Of this in
justice" BY all accounts there are 4
good many men in Iowa whose souls
are SO dead that they regard this as
quite reasonable request to make Of
| congress. 1t is lot known, however,
| that any holders of mortgages or other
! creditors are among them.
Whatever may be the theoretical
merits of international bimetallism.
it is too nebulouSly remote 10 talk
about now. under the stress which is
pressing the life out Of American en-
terDriSe and industry. The question
of silver is pressing fer an answer
and the answer must be made without
any further dilly-d3llying. Tor good
or for evil the issue must be settled
in America. and 10y America. for itself.
without poStponement by promises or
by dreams OF possible agreements with
| other countries International BIZ
! metalliSm Will come sooner by prompt
action upon the part Of America. sooner
by years. than through commissions.
come As business. not As politics. :
short cut is inevitable. and if it even
should prove the wrong cut America
can cut out Of it again Il dozen times
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: Mean Man.

: A West Philadelphia citizen. to whom
the inside OF a church would be a
strange sight, gleefully tells his con-
fidential friends how he got even with
his wife. The latter is a member OF a
neighborins church. where she is look
ed upon as one Of the most exemplary
members. According to her husband.
she is inflicted with an ungovernable
temper, and when he is the object of
her wrath she can discount teams
ter by her eXpletives. y few days ago
he incurred her anger by neglecting To
bring up coal. They were alone in the
house, and she gave free vent 10 her
flow of language until he sought re-
fuee in the parlor
Happening 10 spy the minister OF his
wife's church approaching the door,
he quietly invited him into the dining
room, while he re-entered the parlor.
His wife was wiping up the oilcloth
in the kitchen, and had her back turn
ed TO the dining room, and. thinking IL
was her husband who had entered, she
startled her clerical visitor by declar-
ing that "he must think her a ID
fool to do housework and bring Up
coal" Continuing. she declared that
'if he was worth a d-n he would as
sist her in the housework. instead OF
making it so id hard for her"
Turning around probably TO utter ano-
ther knockout, she recognized her min
lister. But how she explained her Ian
guage to the pastor her husband does
not know, for he quietly got his hat
from the hatrack and slipped out of
the front door. convulsed with laugh
ter and fiendish isfaction.-Phila-
Gelphia Record.
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GO BOUND AND ROUND.

The inconsistency growing out of the
narrow prejudices of many of the gold
bug papers might prove amusing were
it not something else. Their stock in
trade arguments are line of assump-
tions from start to finish. They are
now writing editorials based ON the
assumption that gold is the money re-
cOgnized by the constitution. They
will next be declaring that it is the
only money having the Endorsement
of holy writ The Kansas City Star
is eminent among the class of papers
the heads Of whose editors ought to
be first soaked and then subjected to
some ripening process. Their heads,
or the wheels In them, go around and
around. With the Star the circular
work is a regular buzz. That paper
maintain that Kansas Is a "hard
money" state, meaning thereby that a
majority Of its people favor the single
gold standard. The Star is so far gone
in its blind adhesion 10 its fat god
that silver with it is not even a metal.
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BRAVE BUT CUTE JAPAN.

Japan has not yet answered the joint
note of protest against the treaty of
ShimonoSebi by the Russian, French
and German ministers. The protest
ants are said to be still inclined TO
take pacific view of the situation,
which may be interpreted TO mean that
they expect a conciliatory answer. The
japanese are adopts in the practice Of
that gentleneSS which turneih away
wrath, and they Will doubtless put
their reply in such shape as 10 enable
their brutal would-be spoilers 10 back
down gracefully. But if the objectors
suppose that Japan will imperil the
integrity of her civilization or her lead
ership in the Orient by permitting
Russia to obtain predominance in east
ern Asia the protesting powers are
doomed 10 disappointment. The ques-
ton is not merely one of politics, but
involves the larger question OF national
self-preseryation for Japan. The rad
ical instinct of the Japanese people
will allow no compromise in favor
of Europe, whatever may be the con-
sequence of refusal.
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law is especially directed against the
Irish on the police force of that city.
We don't know who these irish are
on the police force of Omaha; but II
they are no better than the irish on
our police force we don't care a rap
how soon they go. In Chicago and St
Louis the Democratic tickets were un-
mercifuHy beaten on last 1uesddy.
Those tickets were loaded down with
Irish saloon keepers and tough Irish
politicians; and we hope they viii never
be brought to the surface again II
the y. +. \. do nothing but clear the
police force of our big cities OF Irish
uninformed brutes who never go 10
mass, and keep out of Doodle city
councils lazy and rascally Irish rum
sellers, they will have our blessings
and the blessing of all decent Catholics
in the country. Did anyone ever see
such ticket as was presented to the
Democrats of this city on last Tues
day? Saloon keepers till you could not
see; sandwiched here and there be-
tween a notorious boodler or a ward
hummer. Nearly the entire ticket Tor
the lower house was made UP or Cath
ohcs in name. Many Of them never
felt the touch of holy water since they
were baptised."
1t says there are 300 Catholics on the
police force of St. Louis. and that not
fifty of them go to mass. 1t says they
are disgrace to any church. II is
the same with the fire laddies. As soon
as they get on their blue shirts and
big buttons they think themselves alb
solved from ell further duty to God or
his church. The Watchman commends
the a. p. AS in lis efforts to clean
such brutes out.
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before Europe can get a move or her
AMERICA FOR AMERICANS.

| We wonder, at times, il Cleveland
country cannot afford to stand between
Nicaragua and an honest debt, really
! believe that they are fOoling the Amer
| lean people into the belief that Eng
! land cares anything for ST., 500 as an
indemnity for bouncing popinjay
Johnny Bull. The officials of Nicar-
aqua declare that Hatch was not only
not an official representing Great Brit
ain, but that he was responsible for
the uprising of the Indians. The coal
that carried the English vessels TO
CorintO cost several times 81, 800
alone. There is not thinking man
in the United States but that knows
that III the proposed construction of
an isthmus canal by the United States,
is TO be found the real reason, the
only reason. for England's action.
Nicaragua offered to submit to arbi-
tration, TO anything reasonable and
fair, but England wanted a pretext
for occupation and showing her teeth
States, otherwise the Cleveland ad-
miniStrafion was secret party TO the
outrage upon that people and TO the
humiliation suffered by this country.
In spite Of the sympathy and aid Of
Cleveland, Great Britain failing in her
attempt to control Hawaii and the
commerce Of the Pacific, turns to
secure such footing in Nicaragua
and Venezuela as would render her
dominant over the projected ship canal.
the Pacafic commerce and all the trade
Of the OrinOcO region. The conquest
Or fOrcible possession by any European
power of a foot Of soil upon any part
Of the American continent or any Of
its islands that have an Independent
or republican form of government,
should be regarded, in face Of the
Monroe doctrine, as an act of war upon
the United States, and any but
Cleveland-Gresham administration
would have resented 1t as such. The
British lion should be made to under
stand, very distinctly, that the people
of the United States believe in the
Monroe doctrine and that this govern
ment will not permit his obtaining any
foOthO4d among any of the Central
or South American states Or republics.
What has been done would have been
impossible under Republican ad-
miniStration.
Honduras is next on the list Of South
American states to be disciplined by
Great Britain. England claims that
the people Of Honduras, like the people
of Egypt are not paying their interest
promptly on the bonds held by Eng
lish capitalists. The bonds were con-
sidered precarious securities when is
sued, but that makes no difference to
England which government will bring
that country to time while yet its
friend is in power ut Washington.
This practice Of using gunboats TO
collect private debts in no way effects
the Monroe doctrine as Air. Cleveland
views it, but it is not only repugnant
to modern ideas and convictions but
makes the American eagle q Sinking,
oowardly buzzard.
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The Cleveland Doctrine.

A recent special dispatch In the
Globe-Democrat from Washington re
lates some interesting developments IN
the foreign policy OF the United States
under the general name and style OF
the Cleveland doctrine The story
is as follows:
Unless the president was very much
misunderstood by the gentleman "ho
reports this conversation. the Monroe
doctrine is dead and the Cleveland doc
trine has taken its place for the re-
msinder OF this administration. The
president. according 20 the report
given Of his language, expressed him
self petulantiy about this constant 1
iteration Of the Monroe doctrine by the
newspapers Admitting tor argument [
that IL did aupIv. Nr. Cleveland de-
clared that he considered il senti-
mlent that belonged - the past, and
should have very little place IN the
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a Catholic Organs say.

The clearest and most emphatic
statement of the operations OF the 4.
z. A in the large cities We see going
the rounds OF the papers credited n
the Western Watchman, the Catholic
organ OF St Louis. II shows the differ
ence between Catholic politics and the
CaJholinc religion. The A. T. A. or
nothing else. can ever shake anybOdy's 5
religious faith. but according 10 the
Watchman they can help in separating &
the chan from the wheat The Watch
man says:
The legislature of Nebraska has just
enacted Law tfzt places in the hands
of an A-P.A- commission the power .
remove all the Catholics from the pub
lie service IL the city OF Omaha The
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Let IL Goto Pot.

Silver dollars in the United States
are legal tender just as much as gold.
Topeka Capital.
Yet you treat them as base metal
tokens, worth only 80 cents unless re-
deemabie in gold. a silver dollar is
dollar By what sort of arithmetic do
you reckon it only half dollar. The
trouble all comes from gold getting
scarce and high by reason of It's pro-
duction falling off for thirty years, and
the demand for It being abnormally in
creased by all Europe getting on Its
gold basis. Let gold go 10 a premium
and Europe go to pot with 1t. We only
wanth the earth to trade with, not Eu-
rope. Here is a losing trade for Es.
Wheat don't pay TO ship at present
prices, and Europe puts an embargo
on our meats. We export less OF our
products and import more Of hers,
most OF which we had better make
here. Our cotton, too, could be worked
up in this country and shipped 10 the
silver using countries. instead of it be-
ing sent to England to be manufactured
and then sold to those same countries.
kansas City Gazette.
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hIary's Little Lamb.

AIollie had little ram. fleece as black
as a rubber shoe, and everywhere Mollie
went, he emigrated too. He went with
her to church one day-the folks hilari-
Gus grew to see him walk demurely into
Deacon Aliens pew. The worthy dea-
con quickly let his angry passion rise,
and gave IL an unohristian kick between
the sad brown eyes. This landed ranny
in the aisle, the deacon followed fast.
ard raised his foot again. but on, his
first kick was his last. For Mr.. Sheep
walked back about a rod It's said. and
ere the deacon could repeat, II landed
him on his head. The congregation
aros and went for that ere sheep. but
several well-directed butts Just piled
them in 4 heap. Then rushed they
straightway for the door. with curses
long and loud, while rammy struck the
hindnost man and shot him through
the CROW u
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-04
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

The Oklahoma girl now has the GRO
quet and ice cream look in her eyes.
That rain proved that not all the bull
frogs In Oklahoma were dead by a good
deal.
Up tiH the present time The Chickasaw
nation was the only one that was ever sur
veyed.
Allen Boyd. Choctaw railroad man.
has been made secretary of the Dawes
commission.
Petitions are IN circulation TO have n
daily mail established between Watolsa
and FL Reno.
Edstor Hensley of FL Reno. has been
arrested again-this time for carrying
concealed weapons.
Hol<e Smith has announced that the next
president viii be against silver. Not II
Oklahoma knows II.
The Boston store OF Newkirk has made
an assignment; liabilities. Si.co. A l.
Lane is made assignee
There are two Bion Hutchins In Okla
homa. one is an editor and the other Is
a guard in the Guthrie jail.
Corn is sprouting IN Oklahoma since the
rain, and also good deal Of the dis
couraged energy Of the citizens.
The Guthrie Capital is the only paper
that keeps standing the old line First
paper published in Oklahoma"
Judge Scott dissolved the Choctaw IN
function. His opinion comprised $3.50
words. An appeal will be taken.
Dennis Flynn was refused adniittanee
TO see President Cleveland by Private
Secretary Thurber. the other day.
There is prospect for big fruit crop IN
Oklahoma this year bat the croakeTs
can tell you all about Iace nail storms
I. rained on the Salvation Army at
Oklahoma City the other night when they
were singing "Sunchine. Blessed sun
shine"
The regular drunks Mt Of,1-horne city
are getting so drunk lately that The city
is thinking seriously OF getting patrol
wagon.
1t IS reported that the obdurate Indians
Of the five tribes have agreed among
themselves TO treat with the Dawes COM
mission.
There are six tickets In the local ne'd
at Hennessey. They are: Citizens ticket.
Democratic. Young Mems: Non-partiSan
Independent. Petitioners.
Three Indian Teachers institutes sre 20
be held this year. one AT Tacoma. Wash.
the other at Sioux City, Ia. Fl Reno
is trying to set the third.
When an Oklahoma paper announces
that an entertainment was postponed
on account OF rain the biggest type in
the Office IS used for the purpose.
II ought not 10 10 81 but Judge scott's
decision on the Choctaw Injunction viii
probably prick Hoke Smith into looking
UP that report OF Inspector Newton's-
Editor Tincher Of the Usage country.
walls would we were Americans and
IN America" The Guthrie Leader wants
10 know IL he thinks the Usage nation
Is IN Texas.
The son Of lieutenant B0ughton %
Fort Reno was bitten hy a mad dog
Tuesday. The parents took the chlld
20 New York for the Pasteur treatment
the same day.
The United States surveying party had
q hard time finding the corner stone OF the
Chickasaw and ChOctsw nations II was
placed there fcrty years ago Gnf had 70
te located finally through the alG OF a.
old Indian guide.
4 firm at Heunexsey is giving tlcksts
with every purchase OF = dollars worth
or goods These tickets ere voted FOR
the different churches The church that
receives the highest number of votes viii
be presented with 575 ~ the trTn-
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present foreign relations of this coun-

present foreign relations of this coun-
Try.
The Monroe doctrine was formulated
the president said. 10 thwart the Holy
Alliance in its plans for occupa ton
of American soil. That danger hav-
ing disappeared. there is no reason
why the Monroe doctrine should
be persisted in now 10 the detri-
ment OF the best interests Of the Amer
lean continent. The president spoke
harshly of the Central and Southern
American republics. He considered
them republics only in name. and he
dwelt on their frequent insuTTections
and revolutions and generally hewiid-
ering diplomacy. He expressed the
opinion that the United State sought
10 have ss little as possible 10 do with
the quarreis of these Central and South
American nations, and, above all, that
this country ought not TO interfere be
tween these republics and European
powers In the role OF protector. The
president said ii would probably be a
good deal better for everybody II the
European powers had colonies in Gem
trail and South America. He thought
that a strong representation OF the
Anglo-S2Xon would greatly improve the
republics. He cOntrasted the condition
of Canada with that OF Mexico 10 en-
phasize this point
In SucH Sttalh the pGeSiGent, accorc-
ing TO this gentleman, talked at coRsid-
cradle length. He admitted that such
views were contrary TO American senti-
ment, and he seemed 20 feel little re-
sentful that they were. He did not say
that he was going to shape his policy 10
conform TO these ideas, but he talked as
if these were his convictions ana would
govern him largely in the conduct OF
these diplomatic incidents. And so the
visitor came away full of the notion
that the Monroe doctrine is dead in the
pOinion of the president, and that the
Cleveland doctrine is 10 take its place
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-04

General Marcus Wright Is at work on
a historical novel. the scene OK which he
will lay in Virginia General Wright IS
now the head OF the war records office
of the government
J. n. Hind OF Pelham. Ga, is known as
the watermelon king He plants several
thousand acres cf seed evarr E-Fiag. and
IN the summer seasAa ships hundreds or
car loads Of melons north.
The princess OF Wales Is generous
patron of the lace school established by
Mr. Barrett browning AT AEoIo. in memory
CT his father She has just left large
order there, which is rot the first.
Delegate Goodwin. of the Utah Consti-
tutionsl Convention. holds thar no pub
lie man should refrain from reading news
papers. some for information and some
for the horrible example they set
Cal Brice IS a great joker. He SAYS his
party has number of men among whom
an excellent candidate for president may
be selected. but be mentions only two
Senator David 3. Rin and funny little
Adlai-
II is said OF Horace Greeley that he once
said: II have made plenty OF mistakes
in my life, but they We're always new mis-
takes" Everybody bluHders; it IS the
wise person who does not blunder in the
same way twice
The widow OF John Brown OF slavery
day fame. lives In a pretty cabin IN the
Sierra Azure mountains, about fffty miles
from San Francisco. The picturesque
situation OF her home and the fame Of
her great hearted husband attract many
visitors. who are kindly received.
a curious phenomenon Is reported on
Lake Winnebago. In the middle Of the
winter the ice cracks open. the assure
extending iengthwise OF the lake and
almost exactly midway between the east
and the west shores. This opening aver
ages from three 10 six feet in width and
is nearly thirty miles long.
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The act of the step-mother in Okla
homa who shot her daughter is shock
Ing. The tranquil gentle regard ana
warm affection which step-mothers
proverbially feel for their husbands
children. lily prepared the world for
such a tragedy.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-04

DR. Hall of Boston, says that parents
should by all means let their babies
cry. 1t increases the circulation
and also preserves the antique and
unique forms of profanity which other
wise might fall into decay.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-05-04

A boy selling Coins Financial School
has been arrested on the streets of
Chicago. Oh no, dear rabid Populists,
not at the instigation of the gold bugs.
The policeman had heard that the book
was obscene.
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The Irishmen of America are still
trying to free Ireland from England
The IriShmen voted for Grover Cleye
land who Is the friend and assistant
of England, and viii do it again. What
is the rake-off in the free Ireland
movement, anyway:
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Italy now hops up and demands that
Brazil pay her an indemnity for in
juries suffered by Italian citizens dur
ing the revolution in that country.
That revolution injured the whole
world. Ii was awful.
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The next time Ralph Burton talks
about chumpS he will name the man
and not subject himself to being kicked
over and walked upon by 4 glittering
generality.
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The latest young man to write to the
firm advertising for fifty cents the in
formation as To how to make his pants
last received the stereotyped reply TO
make his coat and vest first
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The Oklahoma papers announce one
day that a heavy rain has fallen and
the next that Slaughter Kid has bit
ten the dust. Little things like this
are irritating to the careful reader.
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According to the report Of VIII
Lohengrin says it w3S good enough
show, but they didn't give the coined
ian any show.
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The people have been saving the
dimes and they are going to see that
the dollar is enabled to take care Of
itself without the aid of the gold
aa ole
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When science can create and man
age cyclones at viii, cannon and gun
powder and torpedoes viii go out of
use in warfare.
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When 4 gold-bug wants to forever
stamp the silver man into a grease
spot he accuses him of a deliberate
misrepresentation Of history"
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Cyclones are bad advertisements, but
so long as the air will insist on doing
the grand allemand left people viii
talk about it.
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Toom Reed undoubtedly has views on
the financial question but is not ready
to submit them to arbitration with the
public.
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Coins Financial School, it is said,
Was not written by one man, but by
several. And it has been read the
same way
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There is absolutely no use in en-
largins on the fact that Lewelling sold
his bad butter to the state. Where
else could he sell it?
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clones is the descriptive powers of the
newspaper men who write about it.
A cyclone in Georgia is hardly men,
S;ny,nI
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The Illinois legislature is to pro-
hilit anyone from claiming the attri-
butes of a Deity. This will catch
Altgeid.
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Every locality has its drawbacks,
but the retro-suction OF cyclone is
n little bit harder TO stand than any
other.
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The price of all the New York news
papers is 10 be put up a cent on each
paper. The poor old Kansas City
papers vii be forced To do the same
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Mr.. EckelS appears TO have received
the information on excellent author
ity that those who do not think as
he does are chumpS.