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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
A BANKER WHO KNOWS IT ALL.

Or the whole crowd of gold-Spec-
tacled aristocrats who have essayed
to dictate for the people, none have
dared to raise hand against the policy
OF maintaining parity between gold
and silver by international agreement.
till last Saturday night. At a swell
banquet, given by a few bankers in
Chicago, at one of those tinsel enamel
ed cafes where only French dishes are
named on the bill Of fare, and SD n
cover the minimum price of service.
one William G.. Cornwell. a banker
from Buffalo, n. Y, being invited to
deliver the address Of the evening.
threw off the mask and boldly an
nounced that no such policy could.
or would ever be maintained. He de-
precated the fact that such a fallacy
could have taken possession of so
large proportion of the conservative
business men of the country; even cit
| ing BoStOn-the whole conservative.
| old city of Boston-as an unfortunate
| example of this International delusiop.
He ruefully breaks the intelligence to
Boston and the balance of the world
that she has wrecked her reputation
for conservative good Judgment by ad-
vocating such nons&nSe Now If Bos-
ton could only have known that her
idol was SO soon 10 lie broken at the
feet of this financial sachem from
Buffalo, how easily might she have
been spared the humiliation OF thus
wrecking her time honored reputation
for good judgment" If the civilized
governments of the world. who think
II worth while to call these information
al conferences TO compare notes upon
this great issue, had only bethought
themselves TO send ministers plenipo-
tertiary TO the back office of this per
ambulaung encyclopedia of financial
wisdom. what hazards Of shipwreck.
what exposure 10 disease incident upon
climatic changes. and what risk of in
ternalonal ENHANCEMENT upon time
worn economical truths might have
been averted.
Quite sratuitouSly, and all for moth
---' Az e-Sp 81 NNS lAtt4tt mat an or
Sanization of financiers Of the country
VIII educate the masses on the money
question: This is indeed most graft |
flying, especially since nothing is stinr-
lated as TO tuition or personal expenses
OF these worthy pedagogues. one fatal |
omission leaves the public in most
narrowing suspense: Mr.. Cornweil fails |
10 assure Us that he is 10 be included /
IN this organization of financierS. but
Is time Is the essence Of all things.
we shall know ere long whether we /
are 10 learn direct from his insured
lips that Germany is a fool. France i !
an idle day dreamer and the United |
States is gullible dupe for presenting
10 meet in council without his approval. 1
Sizing up this after dinner address on /
its merits. one OF two things is quite |
apparent: Either the entire remain |
ing portion of the people have gone /
stark mad on this international parity /
business, or one Buffalo bond ciipper 1
with his belly full OF champagne is /
conceited fool.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
TIE FARMER IS FOR IT.

DR.. J. 3. Minturn. one of Sedgwick
countys oldest settlers and successful
| breeders of improved live stock. a
reader of the New York Tribune for
| more than a third of a century and an
admirer of John Sherman, finds him.
self in Quandary. He is Republic
/ can of unquestioned lineage. but being
for silver doesn't exactly feel comfort
| able, so the doctor writes the editor of
| the Eagle letter in which he goes on
to say: I'VE read much and hear
| much of the free coinage of silver and
| from your pen but in the weekly, of
April 18th, in squib quoted by the
h. c. Gazette under the head of
| Shake, Brother. Shake L find the
most definite and satisfactory propo-
sition that / remember TO have SEEN"
The doctor then goes on to say ''we
both are deeply interested in the sue
cess of the Republican party. and to
be successful it must be guided in d
course which will receive the support
of the greatest number, and as we,
with our light, believe will secure the
greatest good with the least evil re-
suits. The views Of the Republican
party on this silver question must be
crystallized upon some point that will
be reasonable, and acceptable. You
have touched the vital point in the
Squib referred TO. Let the Republican
party in all its papers and platforms
pledge to revoke the silver legislation
of 1873, which is so offensive. Place
gold and the American product of
silver on the same coinage basis fat
the market price. as suggested by the
Eagle if thought best) Thus rehabili-
tated as money of final redemption
require the secretary of the treasury,
in all payments of redemption and in
terest except where gold is specified
in contract to pay half in silver Gold
may go to a small premium. Let her
go. But the Republican party is
pledged to retain them on an equality.
That can't be done in the present
temper of the American people and the
party retain power Let us choose
the lesser evil and retain power for
greater good. Bimetallism is absurd
at any ratio without the consent of the
nations Of Europe and they Will not
all consent"
1t will readily be seen that Dr. Min
turn is not far from the silver kingdom
and he will be there soon, his profound
respect for the opinions of John Sher-
man and the New York Tribune to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Our friend
strikes a keynote when he says that
we must unity or crystalline such a
proposition as the Republican party
can sind by. The question is largely
sectional as yet, also one of classes
the rich and poor-but it will, newt
ably, become partisan one and in the
near future. Every industrial interest
of the country lanquishes for the life
blood which can only be found in an
increased circulation of final redemp-
ton mony, and every debtor producer
demands resources for liquidation
equalling those under which his debts
were contracted.
If this be reputation make the most
of it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
Dtd Net succeed

When BarnEm made his coo.-ar.
Eitb Jenny Lind, he stipulated that
she sbOulG 70. sing ~ private parties
That the fzr-seeinR Snowman knew
what he was ab0a. this anecdo.s
rTDTss-
PsGe-s~skf --as invited - :ea By =
Ssw York millionaire. zad the pianist
rather co.fly referred ~ intended hass
% his agent a. Ch.cxering hall When
TIE .gsnt vas seen the srgt qusztlo1 lie
asszed vs5s.
i ssr-sase MrsL =. VII expsc: Pad
e-SsislSi 20 play
Il sGpPose 80
Then " Psde-esz&l w-- A--asas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
TOO MANY THIRDS REQUIRED.

Whatever course the Republicans
may adopt in the next national conven-
ticn toward bimetallism. there is every
prospect that the Democratic assembly
viii break up in Ii row. II = within
the ranks of that party that the very
anuipodes of individual opinions have
developed The widest and most IN
compromising advocates Of free coin
age. and the staunchest and raoSt rock
ribbed monomeJallists are to be found
among the leaders Of the Democratic
party. beginning at this early date
there is ample time for the breach to
widen. and for the water and oil ele-
mentS Of the party TO form - dis
tinctly that it VIII be impossible To
harmonic the opposing factions. This
object VIII De further hiudered by the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

Oklahoma is now six years old. VII
she be a state al ten?
4 Kay county girl walks FIVE miles every
day 10 attend a school Up Ia Kansas.
\ physician at Henressey regularly al
tends medical lectures n Philadelphia
Shirley Chapman has retired from she
editorial chair % The aWukomis Wizard
The Blaine county Herald runs an edu-
cational column which Is the best IL the
TERRITORY.
When people remove from Duncan. the
paper there talks about getting I'd Of
dead timber.
A. Woodward there Is a tough known
% billy the KID ard re con6escends
10 plain stealing
This dry weather Is said 70 Be Just TIE
thing for cotton. and IL IS a wonderful
aid 10 TIE B.ice q wheat
one % the lessons IN the r-frrzrv school
al Ponca City Is the swinging o. dumb
bells and all the boys stand lao
\ hig crowd Of Oklahoma teachers vii
attend the convention q tire National
Educational association "a Denver II July.
Il the spirit OF the cattle1nea n western
Oklahoma gets any higher - azeonsr may
have 10 retpsuch himself IN Oh Fort sup
ply.
The Alvz Review says that a large PAT
OF western Kansas - oHue5 ~ mort gsre
companies who are leasing u 20 ire cattle
men
SUPERINTENDENT ozley q Wooswz-s
coauty. has succeeded in Eeplexylnz ia or
Zee from blz predecessor Ebo refused 70
give up-
The bakers az Enid hav. raised ,ss
pr1ce oF brad becsuEe. according % the
Eagle o. that place. zeal oH ard beef
are So blEh Eos.
The WCc1Sarst Nexs makes rhe zatsrf-
IssiE-z and hLagil.zfsrz announcement EAzt
ghere Is room O. IS subscription slsls sor
= ts~ more uSxaes-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
Tho ohio River ssoetes.-

Although flowing In 40 deep Q
trough, the present CSC river Is COZ
siderably elevated above the ancient
bottom. This l. owing 20 the fact that
during the glacial period such an ex-
cessive amount Of gravel was brough.
down from the Allegheny river and
northern tributaries that The old
channel was silted up 60 a considerable
depth. A. Cincinnati there - more
than one hundred feet OF gravel be-
tween the present river bottom AID the
rock bottom. Below the mouths ~ the
most important northern tributaries
the secumuiA.ions were u.och greater
than thin
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

rule of the Indian must be given up.
The Indian is not to blame for de-
string 10 hold on to his easy devil may
care life with its annuities and absence
of personal responsibility. Reserya-
lions in the past, one by oaA have been
given up but always foe 6g sum of
| money and another reservation. The
| wild fellows have been brought to
| terms because they didn't know any
better, but the Greeks, CherOkees, Chloe
| laws, Chickasaws and Osages and few
| of the most enlightened are too smart
and will only accept lands in severalty
| when forced to do so. But its only a
question of a very short time now
when they Will be circumvented and
the last Indian reservation together
with the Indian Territory will be wiped
from the maps of this country.
In the United States senate, on bill
to make an appropriation TO educate
the children of the Indians, Senator
Plumb, in the course of very sensible
speech, once said: what is educa-
teach him to do something that he has
not before done? Is it not educating
man to teach him to take care Of
cattle that he has not done before? Is
it not educating a man to teach him
to take care of his body and lead him
self from the pauperiZed condition in
which he is found: Is there any higher
education than that? If so, what is it?
When You have put a man in a condi-
ton TO cover his back. to clothe him.
self. to feed his stomach and 10 relieve
himself of the good offices and chart
ties of the government, is there any
other office the government ought TO
perform in regard to him: Whatever
else comes 10 him will come to him be-
cause Of the inducement which the re-
suit of his labor brings to his compre-
hension. If he wants A + C'S, it will
be because of reason of what he has
learned he realizes that the A b C's en-
large his capacity; that he can take
care of more cattle: that he can multi
ply his facilities, his opportunities and
his Offices. AS l said. we are begin
ming at the wrong end when we neglect
these obvious things and propose to
give the money of the government to
the Indians for that which they do not
appreciate, and which cannot in any
appreciable way make them self-sup-
DotrinC"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
COSTLY TROUSERS.

That must have been 4 superb leg
show yesterday in New York City AZ
the presentation Of the Washington
arch More Of pride than patriotism.
more OF show than Of feeling. must
have been awakened Washington :
barn-door leather breeches were lot in
IL The governors staff Wore blue
English skin tight breeches. adorned
with gold lace stripes one and half
inches wide. Their boots were of
enameled leather. high cut, reaching
above the knees. The pants cost So -
per pair aud tho boots $3.50. They
were the most expensive. T8ost sorg-
eoUs unmentionahies ever seen in tee
city. The arch made 81 effective hack
ground doubtless to this inSIrisuS stis-
play 81 !sGs- bGt a. Washington j. but
4 relic and JeGersonian simplicity but
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

Some Of the oklahoma papers mentor
sadly the appearance Of gentle rain
There is such a thing as a rain beius
too afraid OF hurting some one.
The big drenching rain which the west
side OF Oklahoma had was a three-quar-
tiers of an hour sprinkle in the eastern
portion. taking all reports into consider
alton.
a stage coach was upset by the wind
the other night out near Beaver count J
and the stage driver had a rib broken
He drove up on a high hill without taking
the precaution 10 throw his anchors over
board.
The Agricultural college. which was
licked horse. foot and dragons ~ the
squash-bug. is now trying 10 find some
thing to Kill the white cabbage butterfly
which lays its eggs in the stumPs Of last
year.
Lewis Hsrnbeck Ia the Minco Minstrel.
My business calling me that way took
n trip UP Sugar creek one day this week.
The valley along this creek f. susceptible
OF being made veritab!e paradise Here
Is ever flowing water rich soil. abundance
% excellent timber. good building stone
along the hills, fine grass and a delightful
climate What more is needed Most
of The Wichita tribe and many Of the Cad
dor are located along this valley ara
have their little fc!ds here and there
on both sides Of the stream The ancient
and unique grass house IS stiIi 81 style
on Sugar creek. though gradually Eivir z
way 10 the board house % the white
mans invention Having business V-ith
the big man 81 the tribe. ToWacorie jim.
I called at his usual home bat Wsa in
formed that he was some distance away
on a honeymoon Eith his youngest wife.
j failed 70 ask how many wives be had
u these latter days bst finally goauaes
him Up. baskinE N TIE Erliles q two
wives. Jim Is a dzaey. apyway you take
him. and - always prepared FOR sny
e.aerEencr."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
mExICo's PROPOSED WORLDS FAIR

MEAlCO'S PROPOSED WORLDS FAIR
Worlds fairs have become permanent
features in modern commercial and in
duStrial life, and the intervals between
these great exhibitions of the arts and
handicrafts, which formerly lengthen-
ed into decades. may now he counted
by months. The Cotton States and In
ternational Exhibition to he opened at
Atlanta next autumn has but just
emerged from the chaos of prepara-
ton, and now Mexico has invited the
world To send exhibits To a National
Exhibition of Industries and Fine Arts
To be inaugurated on April on next
year under the shadow of the Castle
of Chapultepec. two miles from the
Mexican capital Several states of the
Union have already appointed commits
siOns to look after the interests OF pros
pective exhibitors. and the great in
dustrial state Of Pennsylvania should
not lag behind.
What makes the proposed Mexican
Exposition peculiarly interesting is that
II is intended 10 be the beginning OF a
permanent Industrial colony" and our
manufacturing and shipping interests
would be unmindful Of their oppor-
tuniues if they should fail To make an
endeayOr TO obtain Il share Of the in
creased trade of which the industrial
awakening of Mexico holds forth such
brilliant promise.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE OR NoTo

1t VIII be interesting TO note the
effect of the campaign of education,
on which the goldites have lately en-
tered with so much zeal. The very
necessity for such a campaign must
be regarded as evidence that the voters
of the country We're falling into the
ranks Of bimetallism by the million.
and the leaders of the opposition saw
that something must be done to arrest
the drift in that direction. 1t is par
ticularly significant that the growth
Of this silver sentiment was spontan-
eous. Without organiZa ton, without
even the mild stimulant of party con-
ylctions or party dictation, and even
over the protest of letters and DEGREES
from the executive department. the
drift toward a bimetallic standard has
reached the proportions of what seems
10 be an irresistible force. 1t goes
without saying that such unanimity
of sentiment is not without just and
palpable causes. The people of this
great nation are not fools, nor senti-
mental dreamers, that they will stimuli
taneouSly, and almost unanimously sit
down midway between national cleo
tons, and figure out for themselves a
financial policy which would lead them
into bankruptcy. 1t is not possible
that the universal ruin which the gold
bug declares would attend the rehabil-
itation of silver, would escape the no.
tice of 20 per cent OF the voters of the
whole country. On the other hand. il
is fair TO assume that they know what
they are doing. and that their advocacy
of silver is their own deliberate choice.
but here we face another question:
how far and how long. under the fire
of gold-bug oratory and pamphleteer-
ing. will the people stand to their own
convictions: There is no secret that
all the power of money, not TO say the
prestige and influence of the president,
with his appointing power. are 10 be
enlisted. 1t is also apparent that the
big guns Of our so-called leaders in
politics, and many of the great publ
cations of the country have been en-
gagged for this great missionary expedi-
ton. 1t is evident that the orators
have been bespoken, for they are al
ready spOuting. 1t is known that
money has been brought to bear upon
the press by the speciOus offer sent out
to one thousand leading papers four
weeks ago by the Reform club of New
York. HencefOrth there will be tOot-
ing of horns, Illuminating of figures.
and downright Justification of the
truths of history from every stump in
the country. There will be acres of
printed matter. dictated by the barOns
of Europe and America, sent to every
school district, free as the air we
breathe; but as we say in the outset.
IL Will be interesting to note the effect
of such campaign of cajolery and
abuse, such lying and special plead
ing. upon the minds of free American
citizens, who have fully decided these
matters in their own interest, and
whose right to do so no one dare to
question. If nothing more, It will de-
termine whether money. through its
agencies. is yet the power
TO rule, or whether the voice and behest
of the people is to be supreme. Time
only will tell.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
a dream now in this land why not So
brooches and So boots?
AMERICA A HUNDRED YEARS Aat

AMERICA A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Every gentleman wore a queue and
powdered his hair.
Imprisonment for debt was a common
practice.
There was not public library in the
United Sattes.
Almost all the furniture was imported
from England.
An old copper mine in Connecticut was
used as prison.
There was only one hat factory and that
made cooked hats.
A day laborer considered himself well
paid with shillings a day.
Crockery plates were objected to be-
cause they dullea the knives.
a man who jeered at the preacher or
criticised the sermon was fined
Virginia contained one-ifth of the whole
population of the country
A gentleman bowling to a lady always
scraped his foot on the ground.
Two stages bore all the travel between
New York and Boston.
The whipping post and pillory were
still standing in Boston and New York.
Beef, pork, salt fish potatoes and
hominy were the staple diet all the year
around.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

''Piazs yer BoE0r. J hsvsn't 20. any
la~ysT.
.SeTsr mini. Pa. S4sd ,ns jaag..
THE eourt ALI sce tlsat yoa pei E.s.~
iiee
Fsl'h. Fsr Honor -.pllsf -.
'-t-Ais wA.i la sirsl6 Ss.-F
Scattered J. BriEgs-weai. dsa ia.
coa@ tod y0s 70 ,aze sesfter your
col6r
hrarEs-is id. Assa.lfauv. wb~s Z
sA" yoa tie cod ssas oulv "a my
'nro@', snd aorv IL = scsts<red al oTer
sae--4-4isEzpol.s Jesra-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

Berry, lately the hanyTuaa IN Ens-
land. was summoned recently tor n<
paying a very small debt he ex-
planned that his lectures On hanging
had 10. proved attractive; that he had
aasueeessfully tied 70 e: work as
commercial Traveller. and that noae %
as children could aud e-up.oyssen. oa
account of MS former calling
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

shakespeare, st George and l were
al born on the same day" saws
Chauncey Depew, which is a very good
example of the survival of the fittest.
But people should not blame Chauncey.
Lots OF good banquet wine will make
any joke seem good.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
Nh. D.. yssntssf.

Nrz- Broox.-CouEt Taiout il fs-io-s
s~alns. Ms Nsfs--Mizs Gottro~
1u;sz her d-xa1fzily eTs-y-sAsr, aha
g1eA
81. Rivers On s-rprisel Way. sic.
secured asr direct divorce al rlght
Mrs. B~ooks-Tea. but h waits ALL
$40 - pre-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

Mrs. Oscar Wilde might wait until
her husband is found guilty. The
presumption of course is that he is
guilty rs charged but the law holds q
man innocent until ne is convicted
and there viii be good time for divorce
then
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

The most atrocious pun of the year
has broken forth in New York where
1t Is remarked, apropos of the flower
festivals at Santa Barbara and Los
Angeles, that California is getting
there with both fetes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

Tom Reed is said to favor benches
In the hall of representatives instead
of chairs, after the fashion of the house
OF commons But there is one seat in
the house of representatives which
Tom Reed believes only one man can
Git in at q time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

your invItatioi as en- cf;agenent. ="
'Oh, very well, If you prefer 10 put
IL that way" returned the millionaire.
What are the terms?'
Three thousand dollars for one,
piece. and NJ. Paderewsld will consent
10 a single encore!"
The terms were not accepted
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

The divorce business in Oklahoma
increases during the spring, and for
furnishing remedies for unwise court
ships through wise courts, Oklahoma
leads the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

IL there is ever class treason against
this government it will be the rich
and not the poor who viii become the
traitors and it Will be the rich who
viii get their necls SDrained in such
q contingency. But no such thing
Will ever happen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

Corbett is certain that his fight will
come off, and for fear the people might
think SO and be too certain that there
VIII be a fight. he comes out daily and
assures them that ii will come.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

1t is charged that state officer was
drunk on Kansas avenue. How can
Il man be expected TO tread the straight
ana narrow path with the width of
Kansas avenue before him?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

lie is hot race between Douglas and
Phillip in that Hypatia story, and,
allowing for composite surprises, it is
ten TO one that Douglas will have the
flag dropped on him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

The Populists are not expected to
say anything about the Rogers inves-
tigation, but they ought to take up a
collection and send him TO Dwight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

1t is true in PETERS case that there
never has been a breath of suspicion
against.him. But in the case of most
of the Pop. Office holders it swells into
q hurricane.