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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17
ooh. YE HYPOCRITES,"
Arkansas City, eb. Is, 1895.

AThdLSdS Sily, Gu. ID, 1870
To the Editor of the Eagle.
Being a constant reader of the Daily
Eagle for the past year of more 1 have
followed you very closely in both your
general news and editorials. Many of the
latter l have approved of and accepted
as being very good, reasonable and to the
point on the different subjects treated
some sparkling with gems of truth, which
were indisputable, therefore congenial to
my ideas. But to my mind IL was left to
your issue of the Eagle of last Sunday
for you to reach the Acme" of undis-
puted truth, candor and nobleness of
sentiments, and in your editorial headed
"Oh, Ye Hypocrites,"I cannot resist the
the impulse to second the motion" and
say with a loud voice amen" Permit
me to say there is more true humanity,
aye more divinity in the article than any
thing 1 have read for years When one
meditates upon the hellishness of lust
full man, and thinks OF the depths to
which he will go to accomplish his base
purposes, thinks of the part man has had
with making the best of Gods creation q
woman of the town." and one who
knows 90 at least has reason to think
that the very ones who would drive the
poor "unfortunateS" out into the cold,
has perhaps bestowed upon them careeses
and receive favors, and then as stated in
the article, perhaps received hush or
blackmail money, il is then that the
sickly spasmodic spell. superinduced by
a wave of excitement, seems ridiculous
and hypocriticaL II only mankind would
review this as you have how much more
effect the words go and sin no more"
uttered by cur Divine example, would
have upon the poor lost ones" As /
thing of how many there are who are
creatures of circumstances, who in the
anguish of their souls cry out for re-
lease from their unhappy condition, my
heart melts in sympathy. and / can't
help but repeating: AYE. more sinned
against than shining" II only the chief
attribute OF deity, Mercy" were more
manifest in these men, the newly awaken
ed virtue so ostentatiously paraded would
be more beautiful. II is pleasing TO know
God is more lenient and merciful than
bigoted man, else what little consolation
for poor fallen woman" II all mankind
would only show and advocate the spirit
OF honesty you have In the article re
ferred 10, how true would the words OF
Ella Wheeler Wilcox be wherein she says
in the poem of THE Greed, We all
might be the Saviour Of the world II We
but believed in the divinity which dwelis
within us" Again the same poem she
says: He whose heart Is fun OF tender
ness and truth: who cannot nnd room n
his heart for hate. and who loves man
kind more than himself, may be another
Christ" You are on the right track; keep
IL up, dear Mr. Editor. Many must have
been the God bless him from those
poor unfortuna;es as they read you edi-
torisl. May God give you courage and
pronptings to give expression TO true,
pure humanity. which rs God Ike Again
saying Amen TO all contained IN the
editorial oh. Ye Eyrocrites. VIII
close. A READER
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17
THAT SAME OLD YELP.

The green-eyed jealousy with which
the Prohibition organs look upon
every act Of Republican legislators
seems not to abate with the lapse of
time, nor is their wrath in any way
modified by any service in the direc-
ton of good morals. The name Re.
publican seems to be the lode star Of
their indignation, and the party ban
ner the scarlet emblem which throws
the while crew into spasmodic con-
niptionS whenever and wherever they
happen to get sight of it If there is
anything in their midnight orgies or
dark lantern ceremonies requiring
every member of the orde to hate the
first and only friends of temperance,
they are living up TO its full require
mentS. Who ever heard of body of
Democratic lawmakers doing anything
in the way Of effective legislation for
temperance? From the palmy days Of
Jefferson it has been their especial de-
light to ponder and cater to the wishes
of the rum soaked imbecile who has
nothing to give in return but his vote.
So common is their devotion to him,
and so uniform has been their recOgni-
ton of his boosted personal liberty"
that Bourbon stands as the double
synonym for a certain brand Of whisky
and the purest type Of Democracy. In
the face of all this there is never a
word Of censure for any save the Re-
publican party. Surely if they are
consistent and persistent in anything
it is in their inconsistency. The order
is that Eve must down the Republican
party" For what reason, and upon
what ethical grounds this is to be done
may be plain to them, but surely it is
ineXplicable to the public. Luckily the
effort has been a failure, and each at
tempt only WeakenS their influence
and dimishes their scattered forces.
The party of Lincoln and Grant-the
party which has Wrought the greatest
commercial victories for this country
and the party which stands for the
best morals and higher civilization is
not bidding for favOrs from crankS
and self-constituted guardians of pub
lie morals. They will fret and fume
and scOld, but their prating will be
harmless, even as that of the terma-
CANT to whom nobody listens and for
whom nobody cares.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

port upon farm products issued by the
department Of agricultural, complete
for 1894. A study Of the document
does not seem encouraging for free
trade gold bug administration. Take
the average Of three MCKINLEY years
Of protection and compare them with
the average that the two years that
the free traders have had the oppor-
tunity to give the farmers their dollor
wheat, thus:
Years Total crop. Per bush. Per &C.
1902 -. 1890, 1923 $0.767 S1O.16
1S93-94.... 219,536, 703 0.515 6.32
During the three years Of protec-
ton, 1S3O-92, the farmers Of the United
States received an average Of $170,-
5S3,720 a year more money for their
wheat crops than they did in 1893 and
1894 under the free trade administra-
ton. The wheat crop was worth S3.Si
an acre more under protection than in
free trade times. The average price
was 76 40 cents per bushel on the
farm under protection, but only 511a
cents a bushel since the free traders
have had the opportunity to pay the
farmers that dollar bushel.
1t must not be thought that the low
price during 1893 and 1894 was due TO
unusually large crops. 1t was not.
The average harvest during the three
years Of protection was 50S,997 900
bushels a year, whereas it averaged
only 42S, 199.570 bushels a year for
1898 and 1894 Under protection the
yield averaged 1872 bushels an acre,
but during the two years of free trade
administration the yield averaged only
1913 bushels an acre. The free traders
had everything in their favor for high
prices, yet the farm value of their
wheat has been just 4S1s cents a bushel
short of that promised dollar. Can this
be the result of selling in the markets
of the world.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17
EMPIRIC1sM AND SCIENCE.

1t seems that there is pending in the
legislature a bill on empiricism which
If reported rightly. is rather sweeping
in its provisions. We don't know who
the author of the measure is nor from
whence it springs, but it seems aimed
1T all doctors" or medical practitioners
who fail of conforming their hide
bound notions about advertising. etc.
The next thing will be to make news
paper man liable who prints a patent
medicine discovery or announces that
some lady friend is n happy mother,
doctor So and SO being accoucher. We
are for protecting the people of the
state in their health as awhole, but are
sparely opposed TO any "class legisla-
ton" of such a character as would
permit one school Of medicine, or one
professional TO squeeze another. While
we have little faith in christian
science, as pathological scheme. or as
a universal remedial agency. neyeTthe-
less there is a truth back of that prac-
tice, as there are beneficial physical
results to be had from electrical APP
plianees, from various kinds of baths.
from the electromagnetic influences
derived from the ancient laying on OF
hands," etc. As for anything else the
doctors who pretend TO be outraged be-
cause his name incidentally appears in
paper. * simply a crank who should
be relegated 10 the days OF leeches,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17
M'KINLEY AND REED.

Two men stand especially promin-
ent as probable Republican candidates
for the presidency of he United States
in 1896. So prominent are they that it
is unnecessary to even mention their
names. And unless the party should
again turn to that tried and true states
man, Benjamin. Harrison, it would
certainly destined for the honor. Both
within the week have stood very prom
I inently before the American people,
one as a Republican champion on the
floor Of the house, the other in speech
on civic affairs, before a New York
audience, the occasion being the ami
versary Of Abraham Lincoln's birth
day. The Eagle declared its eritorial
conviction, but the other DAY. that Tom
Reed is one of the greatest among iiv-
ing statemen. He is giant among
his compeers-a majestic tree from the
forests of his native state, the tower
ing and mighty man from Maine,
worthy successor of the lamented and
Incompatible Blaine.
Governor Mckinley having finished
his enconium ON the life and Char
acter of him who next to Washington
lives in the hearts of the American
people, entered upon a review Of the
civic affairs of the country at large in
which he expressed some new truths,
or at least facts Lot generally recognize
ed. His declaration that good politics
is good business" is an eppigram wor-
thy to be recognized as d political
axiom. Avoiding the methods of the
theoretical politician he dealt with the
facts most prominently confronting
the country. How well this Ohio as
pirant discerns the demands of the
hour in that patriotism should CON-
mand recognition in preference to par
tizanship may be learned from this
single passage Of his speech which we
herewith quote:
The business life Of the country is so
closely connected with its political life
that the one is much Influenced by the
other. Mere partisanship no longer
controls the citizen and country. Men
who think alike, although heretofire
acting jealousy apart, are now acting
together, and no longer permit former
party associations to keep them from
cooperating for the public good. They
are more and more growing into the
habit Of doing in politics what they do
in business. Strong as the party tie
may be, it is not SO strong as the bust
ness tie Men would rather break
with their party than break up their
business. They prefer individual and
national prosperity to party supremacy
and clean public service to parry
SDOilS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

given for having stood such a poor SPELL
er as Collins is for so long
Governor Renfrow said at Perry: NO
state can be great without live newspa-
pers." And then the boys cheered.
In the Chickasaw nation the other day
a man went skating on pair or runners
that had not been used for twenty years
W. C. Cromwell, a citizen of Enid. has
taken up as a vocation the business OF be-
ing a witness at marriage ceremonies
IT is said that the cold weather has kill
ed all the fruit tree destroying bugs IN
Oklahoma and-seyeral Of the fruit trees
That Minnesota man who tried to cor
ner the egg market appears TO have for
gotten that the Oklahoma hen is perre-
ial
Perry SAYS that if the legislature will
locate the insane asylum there the citi-
zens will see that il does not remain
empty.
The Oklahoma experimental station Is
being besieged with requests for seeds.
They have none and 1t is useless to ask
for them
Some day the report will come from
Washington all unexpected that Dennis
Flynn has Hoke Smith down and sitting
upon him.
Frank Greers address at Perry, why
Editors are Poor was impromptu. 1t
was so easy that he didn't have to pre-
pare copy.
The Millionaires' parade and the female
MINISTRIES came so close together at Enid
that 1t is going TO take the town some
time TO recover.
The county commissioners have cancer-
ed the contract to plant the public square
at Round Pond with trees. Why? Trees
are good thing.
The editor is always the friend OF the
young people. That is shown by the way
in which Editor Palmer Of the Medford
Patriot defends dancing.
Probably the Millionaires' club at Enid
has something to do with the climate of
Oklahoma Oklahoma has about that
many different kinds of air.
The Shawnee News is a bright paper
Just issued for the first time at the town
of Shawnee. When new papers are start
ed times cannot be very hard.
The national administration must not
be accused of not doing anything for Ok
lahoma any longer. The postoft,ce at Ok
lahoma City is being kalsomined.
The Oklahoma papers show the ef-
feet of the cold weather. Extreme cold
plays hob with the ink with which papers
are printed and makes a poor print.
1t will be heard with sorrow all over the
territory that the weather has been so
cold that drilling on the gas well at Ok
lahOma City has been discontinued.
Garfield county is 10 have a special
election TO vote on the proposition to levy
tax of fifteen mills annually for ten
years TO raise funds to build a court
house.
lied to hunt for hidden gold in the Pot
tawatomie country, which is supposed to
have been buried there by Mexicans GEN.
turtles ago. Maybe they buried il in the
Wichita mountains.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17
The whole southwest CLOVIS with
pride every time Representative Can
non of Kingman county is unlimbered.

How did President Cleveland and
Secretary Carlisle know that 3 per
cent coin bond could not be sold at par.
Did they try it anywhere save with
Wall street bankers? Nobody doubts
that the secretly formed syndicate de-
manded that it should bear per cent,
but since when has London became the
only market in the whole planetary
system for our bonds? The deal has
all the ear marks Of a horse Jockeys
trick, save that the latter would have
been shrewd enough to put it through
before giving the snap away.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

bleedings and cablistic COMPUTATIONS,
we however, sympathize with any eff
fort that might be put forth through
the statutes to shut out peripitetic
uuacks who come from some unknown
slums or quarters Of big cities, and,
having ensconed himself in the lead
ing hotel of town advertises to cure
all the chronic and incurable cases to
which flesh is heir for fifty miles
around. These cheats and swindlers
are dangerous and ought to be shut off
and out A crank is no better, how
ever, no safer to trust with human
life than a quack. Both are abnormal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17
CLEVER, BUT 1T DIDN'T WORK.

Once more President Cleveland has
taken his measure in congress. That
| body has by a very decided majority
rejected his dictum concerning the is
sue Of gold bonds. There is scause for
rejoicing that this autOcrat of Ameri-
can independence has encountered a
force superior to his own will, and that
the body whose business it is to ex-
ercise it dare maintain it.
Now that the clouds of mysticism
envelopes this bond deal have blown
away, and it has been so thoroughly
aired through the press, and in the
halls of congress, the public may have
a tolerably clear idea of its aim from
the beginning. Stripped of all sophis-
try and special pleading, it was a cool,
deliberate attempt on the part of the
administration TO betray the people in
to he hands of these New York and
London Philistines. The plot was laid
in secret, the details were submitted
by these harpies of the two great
money centerS, and congress was to be
threatened, COOLED or pounded into
consumating the deal The means
employed We're all the more culpable
by the hin veneer OF pretense toward
maintaining public credit 1t was pro-
tested that only a gold bond could be
used for obtaining gold. The presi-
dent and his claQuers were sure that
our credit would suffer greatly by an
other attempt at placing a bond pay
able in coin. Well, now that the plot
has miscarried we will see whether the
bonds go begging or not, or whether
the government is to be biacklisted a.
unworthy of credit
The talk of a saving of S16.O00,00O,
or any other amount, on this issue, by
making the bonds payable in gold was
all rot and they knew it 1t was not
only begging the question, but gross
and willful deception to assume that
a per cent coin could not be sold at
par. The merest tyro in finance knows
that, with proper efforts not only this
So. 0O0, 900 issued could be sold at par,
but our whole national debt could be
refunded at that rate. This has been
demonstrated more than once by 3
per cent bond selling at a premium. 1t
is he baldest deceit on the part of the
president to attempt TO choke this
kind of falSehood down the threats of
the American people, and it is 10 be
hoped that his tactices will serve to put
congress on its guard against similar
jobs.
If this vote means anything it means
that a majority Of the people are favor
able TO a double standard; and now,
having their eyes opened to the per-
iidy and purpose of this adminisua-
tion. they Will keep their representa-
tives advised in a manner which viii
fully and effectively convey their
wishes. The neat job of trimming
done by few leading New England
ers will be duly noted, and laid away
for future use The great body OF
middle, western and southern states
is in no mood 10 yield 10 the dictates
OF the autocratic few who squeak out
their hypocritical demands from our
eastern border. II is ours 10 raise the
revenue. and we will see that every in
tareSt is protected.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

II Grover, Of memory, would but let
UP his efforts TO nail his native land
TO the money mongers cross there re-
mains Sill chance for the country
and its struggling masses. Uncle Sam
mas l0S2, ,90S acres of land survey
ed. unsold and ready for the market.
lands of unhounded mineral wealth
and grazing life. Ii viii pay every dol
lar Of national debt and leave money
In the treasury. Get your back on
Wall street, Grover dear, and look the
people in the face.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17
THAT DOLLAR WHEAT.

There is but one chance for dollar
wheat. for the American farmers. and
that chance must be combined one in
which both protection and silver shall
be factors. Even with protection and
all values measured by the single stand
ard of gold and dollar wheat viii be
but a dream.
Upon our table lies the annual re-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

When Lieutenant Governor Trout
man turned his chan payne glass up
side down at the leavenworth banquet
the waiter is said TO have taken it as q
reflection on the size of the lumber
and 10 have brought him 2 goblet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17
oNAEoNA OUTLINES.

Isn't II abou, tine for the Guthrie New.
TO be resurrecced again.
On the streets OF FL Reno cedar pests
sell at six and one-hAif cents each
Unless the weather moderates okiaho-
ma City VIII soon be thrown INTO the
throes OF q wood famine
There Is trouble in the Baptist church
at Oklahoma City. the pastor, Rev.
Pearson having resigned
Jndxe sEcAfss VIII never BE quite .or-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

Governor Morrill, is developing tact
not expecting anything. If he carries
out such a policy he will have TO ex-
tend his search into Oklahoma.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

There is no evidence that Gladstone
would not be a Democrat if he lived
In this country further than the cir
cumstance that during his public
career he has resigned eight times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

Mckinley denies that he wants to be
United States senator from Ohio. And
it is also understood that Tom Reed
would refuse 4 consulship to Calcutta
IL it were offered him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

George Douglass says some very
fine things about patriotism and the
fellows who have been trying TO cut
fees down in the legislature go home
and wrap their heads around with wet
towels.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

The legislative and judiciary
branches of Oklahoma have locked
horns and from this distance it looks
as though the horns would get the
worst of il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

]. Ralph Burton is still in Topeka,
and the brand of diplomatic noncha-
lance which he is shedding around
him is said TO be the most dazzling
thing of its kind ever seen in Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

A Kansas man who was taking a
civil service examination in Washing
ton replied that he had been through
Algebra, but it was after night and he
didn't see much of the place
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

Bill Cook is now in prison but the
money that he buried in every town.
hip in the Indian territory will soon
begin to come to light
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

EIIinwood, Kan, has man with SO
much gold in his teeth that he is afraid
he will be shipped to Europe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

ing to make the women in the seats
take off part Of their clothes and the
woman on the stage to put on some Of
hnrS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

Tribly and her barefoot have created
such commotion that Douglas, the
S3-shoe-man, has started a paper in
Massachusetts to combat the craze.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

Can it be that the house of Montague
Leland has its foot willfully on the
neck of the house of Capulet Douglass:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

An eastern paper, inspired by the
late blizzard, says that Mrs. Lease just
lets the air out of her lungs and her
tongue flaps like banner i'm the wind.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

1t will be forty-five years before Bill
Cook gets out Of the penitentiary.
Plainly the deputy marshals should
quiet themselves, and not be so ner-
yOuS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

Perhaps it is the style of architecture
that keeps Governor Morrill, from re-
warding the Douglass House.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

1t is said down in the territory that
while English parliamentary life be-
gan with Pitt Oklahoma parliament
tary life has commenced with PitZer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

He is politically dead forever. The
Longs wedding stamps him as a
double-dyed, soft-palmed, silky-skin-
ned plutocrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

Gold is becoming scarcer and
scarcer, but that is not soaring Okla
homa any. Oklahoma has one hand
on the Wichita mountains all the time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

1t is plain now that April FOOLS Day
comes in February in the Guatemalan
and Mexican calendars.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

1t is equal between life and death
While man is clinging to life, he may
also freeze TO death.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

Now we have Napoleon. Horrors!
What if in 1894 there should De
Coxey revival?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

To put it delicatley, Queen Lii ap-
pears to be a liar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17

1t would seem the part Of caution for
the Judiciary Of Oklahoma to get out
side the quarantine line Immediately,
before the legislature gets any hotter.