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The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27
USELESS COURT COSTS.

The failure of the jury to agree
is much to be regretted. Not that the
public has any interest in it save the
matter Of costs, but here comes the
injustice, and here is the evil which
sooner or later, the people must take
in hand. Under existing laws any
one may come into court, with almost
any complaint, have the case tried at
public expense, and walk ont OF court
none the loser il il is decided against
him. The insignificant bond for cost
covers but little Of the actual expense
of 4 suit. Jury fees. mileage. witness
fees, and often the expense of counsel
are Saddled upon the public. y worth
less vagabond commits 4 criminal act
for which he is arrested and brought
into court lie has no friends and
deserves none. he has neither money
nor security to put up for n lawyer,
Yet the law makes it obligatory that
the taxpayers shall put up to hire an
attorney TO exercise his wits To cheat
justice and turn the felon loose 10 re
peat the offenSe.
Irresponsible parties fall out over
triheS, take them into court and keep
them there, Till the cost To the public
exceeds the amount involved, yet
such is their privilege, and SO the tax
payers are imposed upon.
1t may he easier to complain Of these
wrongs than To correct them. but the
attempt TO provide 4 remedy should
not bc delayed. ON general lines the
public peace should be preserved
against all criminals, even at public
cost. but it is both Inconsistent and in
equitable to jeopardize that peace 10y
providing for their defense. All liri-
gantS should have equal standing in
court. hut IL far aS possible. courts
should be maintained II the expense
Of those who seek its protection.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27
In. s1.te renitentiarr.

The AtchiSon Champion. discussing
the investigation Of Warden Chase,
says the state penitenuary has been
a school for scandal IN Kansas far
years. An ex-enlploye of the irstiru-
ton once told rs how he was fired lJ-
not certifying q private bill ot one q
the directors against the state under
the Eulse OF supplies. The peniteati-
ary is something more than penal
institution. Il is d business place owned
by the state. u is one ct tre largest
coal mining camps in the Missouri
valley Il is one of the largest manu-
featuring plants IN Kansas Its CHIEF
ought - BE- clear headed. clean HANDED
amply equipped iu first class business
qualifications and axperieuc-, and Wlth
uabendiIS integrity There ought %
BE- no more mystery about the business
r1auzEe eu--r ~ the peuit-ntisry shan
there is IN any Other state husi-ss--
Warden Chase virtually gave hlU--'f
away when ~ appealed o. -he courts
90 A--saut au investigation rt Eis e--
cial conduct Chase - charged wtt-
brutality. incomp- -g-llg. immoral tt.
and general uuatness Ior the pl--e-
The Champion thinks tnr soya-r1r can
use hrs accountant q I'D better acFl--
Isse tAa- - ae1estiy. thoroughly ex-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27
Wanted, a Kansas Leader.

| The FL Dorado Republican concludes
| a two-column roast and defense of the
/ legislature as follows:
There was no leadership anywhere.
Hence the failure.
George T. Anthony. who thinks he is
| the biggest man in the state, was hunt
ing an office.
The Topeka Capital. which usually
has a good deal 10 say, was after an
Office.
Farmer" Smith was home suIking:
Colonel Leonard said he was tired of
advising with men who thought they
knew IL all; ingalls, was mad; George
". Martin was kicking; the state Of
ficerS didn't know then and don't know
now but little about, and besides,
don { care.
Barney Kelly, 5. Boliver Bradford.
James Simpson and the executive end
of the state central committee were
hunting office: Judge Albert II. Horton,
the ableSt man in the party today. was
Snubbed IN the beginning: the Sorrei
topped editor Of the Wichita Eagle was
pounding the administration over the
back for constructive lying. and that
Wichita was OutraSeOuSly lied To there
Is no question; Sol Miller Governor
Riddle, Ed Greer. Felt, Eckert, Gil
more. Ady. Peters ana others were
saving wood: Plumb = dead and a. A
matter of fact. there was not a RepUb-
lCan i'm the state who ever suggested
10 the house Of representative the idea
Of orgauiZa ton. while the railway peo-
pie. who ara always on the side OF econ
cuy and conservative legislation. re-
gardlueSs Of what may be said Il the
contrary. were trying u save their
bankrupt lines from ConfiscatoD. while
Hood Aisruudaie. Burton ana the
others were doing nothing
The newly elected and inexperienced
member. who came in from the oUtly-
ing dictrict. was ready 10 do his duty
II the party and the state. lie was
earnest enthusiastic and ready FOR bust
ness, but there was no organized head
and nobody 70 council or advise with
him The heads Of the party had gone
of hunting after the loaveS and fishes.
and IL is wrong now to say that the leg
isi2rura as q body must be held rcspon
sihle for the failure. These members
came IN from the rural districts anN-
iouS "a V.udicate the party and re-eStab
liSh tCe Svod name ~ our state but
the responsible heads OF the party We're
looking after private matters and had
uo time II call q Republican caucus
and assist n mapping out EtPUbli-
can policy
The Pppuiist senate had bee in So
sion two years before. II was orEauiz-
cJ and aggressive and had the aavan-
IaEe from The start L huil8ozsd the
governor time AMI again IL ogtEeueral-
81 the house eor all IL wanted and
more. and ~ course Republicans are.
ehsEriDcl. buE Dc don't do aay -a3d te
kick now.
What were these howlers and kick
ers doing p ben rhe tiSAt was one
The Republican party di5n- Ee- to
Eelner in Topeka last winter y
thought i Aaew wlag i wanted - d.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27
THE EvOLUTED CUCKOO.

The cuckoo has had his day. II
was brief-yery brief. but he i aS dead
aS fowl of the archaeological age.
II there WAS 4 substance on the earth
crust pliable enough 10 make Il mould
of his symmetrical outlines il hiss
not Vet been discovered This VIII
toe life 10 the infinite fuure-the gen
erdionS who are To reckon the count
less aeonS Of time. and speculate upon
the possible origin and habits Of this
ornitholoSical couundrum. II matters
little 10 this generation what may be
his classification ut than remote period;
or whether or not ne may supply some
missing link in HuNley'S evolutionary
process, between The feaJhcred tribe
which RECALLED the ear of Adam with
matin songs. and the possible bird
mantle angel of peace-who VIII IN
habit space when this earth shall have
been dissolved into lis original star
dust
II remains for uS now to djSScct and
classify him if we can. but There l.
the difficulty There i point OF ~
semblance 10 the En-IISa variety
which build no ncSt OF its own.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27
OKLAHOMA. OUTLINES.

The Guthrie bicyclist vii have a biz
meet sometime in April.
II. A. Grouse. prominent citizen Of
| Cross, will be tried for bastardy.
The new sewer will be in running order
| within ten days at Oklahoma City.
A. c. Scott will deliver an Grafton al
the G.. A. X. encampment in Perry neXt
| month.
Judge Kilgore is a Georgian by birth
| He doesn't quite come to Oklahoma, bat
| he is crowding up.
The Perry Sentinel, which was burned
| out the other night, ought manage tc
have a fire sale
r. w. McAdam of the Ardmore Herald,
| advocates a provisional government foI
the Indian Territory.
Ross Thompson and Joe Brown have
been arrested at Blackwell for burglary
committed at Latham. Kan.
Professor Buchanan of the Kansas
City public schools, will conduct the
Logan county institute next June.
Where does the Oklahoma City Star
gets its information that Grover Cleveland
is soon to be d father again, anyway?
"Cobweb socials'' are being given in
FL Reno The susceptible young man
with his weeks wages in his pocket is
the fly.
The paymaster recently visited Fort
Reno, and the semi-annual agitation over
the necessity OF charging the guard
house is on.
Editor Blakeney of the Oklahoma City
Oklahoman, has returned an income tax
blank TO the internal revenue collector
with thanks.
Jack StillweII will pull his stakes at
FL Reno and locate at Ardmore. Jack
cannot stand the glare Of civilization
and electric lights.
What the farmers of Oklahoma would
like to know is whether the Oklahoma
editors themselves would 'plow deep if
they were farmers.
Sometimes the Oklahoma papers are n
little bit too rugged in their humor. one
paper says Ailigan was black in the face
when he was cut down.
At an Oklahoma City musicale. one
girl sang: Il Cannot Sing the old
Song" But the next vocalist on the pro-
gram did. 1t was Annie Laurie"
Dennis Flynn sent turnip seeds to most
OF his constituents in Oklahoma, but he
made 1t flower seeds when a package
was sent to Mis- Gilstrap Of the Chandler
News.
Speaking of the church row in Lexing-
ton the Purcell Register quotes Charles
Read 10 the effect that there was
time in the early history OF the world
when even Christians loved one another.
a travelling troupe in Oklahoma is play
ing "Othello." At Guthrie, Ctheilo was
tolerably black, but at Oklahoma City.
they washed considerable cork OF, IN
Difference to the Texas population ot the
town.
After looking Up the law on the sub
ject the Oklahoma City star announces
that the fact that the new coal oil
inspector is a brother-in-law OF the COVER
nor viii not prevent him from drawing
his salary.
Recently the Oklahoma papers adVer-
tised \ theatrical company by saying
Come out and see Marie Heath in
Turkish Bath" The editor OF the Pu--
cell Register went 10 the show and says
nothing Of the kind occurred
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27
How About &. y. Jobes:

Lawrence Journal: The Journal no.
tees that several exchanges are in
error in reference TO the name of the
new bank commissioner. The gentle
man named is Mr.. c. S. Jobes, while
many exchanges have the initials A. G
The latter named is a banker of Wich-
ita, and a brother TO the bank commis-
sioner.
The Kansas City Star says that
Governor Morrill, has made a good Sc
lection for bank commissioner, because
JObes is not a politician. That latter
part is where the Star is off. Jobes is
one of the smOothest political workers
and slickest politicians in the state of
Kansas, and barring Cy Leland, he
probably has not a superior in the state
Had it not been for Jobes, Chester Long
would have never been heard Of out
side Of Bar Jer county. The new bank
commissioner outgeneraled Hallowell,
Douglas, Hubbard, Forney, Heiser and
all the other politicians Of the big Sew
enth, and literally forced the nominal
ton of long. When anyone picks c. s.
Jobes for a political tyro he is handling
dynamite,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

but there was nobody there to tell II
| how TO do il. II was a helpless dis
| organized body, that got run over so
many times that ii got disgusted and
quit; and that is all there is TO it,
! There was not single fighter on the
| Republican side OF the senate. Lucien
Baker was elected TO the United States
senate and went home; Price was sick
/ in Atchison; Thacher wanted univer-
! sity appropriation; Carpenter is not
| aggressive and never was; Stearne
| wanted state house appropriation !;
| Parker is not a leader; Scott and Nor
| gan don't like rough and tumble fights;
| and as the Republicans were in a mi
| nority, in that body. with no leader.
/ everything that the PopuliStS wanted
| went through the senate.
| over in the house Mr.. Benedict, by
| experience and age, should have been
| the strongest member, but he got sick
! and went home.
Beekman OF Arkansas City, is level
| headed and a fighter, but being a new
| member didn't like TO assert himself too
| often.
Cubbison is a strong member but had
his hands full of local matters
Neale wanted a state house appropri
alton, Wichita members wanted a nor
NAL school: Sutton, Cole, Lambert,
Seaton, Miller, Bone and others, while
able members, are not leaders.
Meredith wanted hundred thousand
dollars for a reformatory and got 1t;
Remington is also not leader, and II
the house OF representatives IS 70 be
held to strict accountability for extra
ordinary appropriations and general
good for nothingness these are the ones
more largely to blame; and they are not
so much to blame, for at no time did
they receive that support and aid from
the party itself that they had right
10 expect. 1t was the old story. No
body seemed TO care what happened 50
1t didn't happen TO them.
If these men did not take hold and
outline policy to be carried out by the
party it was not expected that the 9TH
ers would; and they cannot be censured
for not doing so.
The entire failure can only be at
tributed 10 the lack of Republican or
ganiZation and a specific agreement as
TO what should be done and what left
undone. If within ten days before the
close of the session Republican eau
Gus had specifically determined what
bills should be passed, what apprOpria-
tions made and what legislative action
taken, on a half dozen important meas
ures, the party would have saved its
good name and would have been in
finitely better prepared TO go into the
next campaign than il is now
The party is all right and will easily
overcome this temporary disappoint
ment.
Many people think the governor
might have done better. He doubtless
did the best he could under the circum-
stances. The party gave him the posi-
ton Of governor and had the party
leaders stayed with him when he need
ed help, things would have been diff
ferent.
Outside of the extraordinary appro-
priations and the appellate court fraud,
the legislature really did nothing de-
serving such extreme cenSure. 1t tried
to do a great many unjust things
but the fact that it failed is a matter
Of congratulation.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

but freQuentS the hedge rows and lays
its eggs where others have built. His
identity to this species of lost in the
fact that. however. he may tresspass
upon the rights of others. only the
male has been discovered. He is not
unlike the made-up species which
adorns the easter bonnet-gay and
brilliant in plumage. but only stuffed
and mounted for Il sixty days reign
of fashion. Perhaps the closet analogy
10 this variety which came in and
went out with the F'ifty-third CON
gresS. iS the tiny automatOn of the
ingenious Swiss clock. At regular
intervals. just as the hands make the
circuit on the dial of the daily roll
call III congress he springs nimbly 10
the front and MARBLES his little
''cUcilOo.' which is nothing less than
ready for orders" in bird language
1t is plain now that his movements
We're controlled by some invisible
handsome expert in the delicate art
of manipulating wires, possessed of
intelligence not revealed in the mellow
note of this merry little SOngster. 1t
is in evidence also that this said in
telligence was manifOld-hydra-h head
ed as it Were-the brains and nerve
force lodging in the secret ante
chambers of Wal street; the steady
hand directing his movement plying
his skill from tn executive mansion
SO it was that he machinery Of Iegisla-
ton was kept in motion for nine
mortal months, but-fatal day. that
Nov. 6. The Wall street motor III
perfect working order, the executive
hand more deft and Skilfull by use.
but the cuckoo, sad to say, is pre-
maturely extinct.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

anime into the vast business machi1--y
OF that las-t8ti1u. ard concIl1es trIs.
"Hls -1Esst.ratlra can explain how
it is tha- s Thousand people Sentenced
90 hard labor have EEr-e-1ed .1 bring
irE criminal labor -l-1 cgw-el--ill
with free labor. bat have nor BEEN
ari- % maE- tra institution -eif sl@-
ts.ulzz- re can explain why certain
firms haFe contracts fH- supplies .I
food and materials ~ good prices 1s
can discover TEE tce Constantly .--
.rluE scale 81 prices lu t-- Tua-s=t -.;r-
.-E rIe rss- -s1 Faars las ra- ipH
:r- qus-at.1l far sl1Tla- fa~ -1- Ise~.-
t-u-.z- Pc can -1r-a-a bow c--zfl
prison Rad -5r -u- shortened r.-
earil-ss .f -a art-- at tr- govern
af s- szHa res g. --
casual VISITOR taa- .-s-ltai- i-a seuE %
-t-- .- slfkr
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2-- Cla-- - la- before ~ af.e- r-- -a-
yezs Esra1 49, Gss royal utl- may cse.-s
rag rs tH- -s---s szatz ce tl-gl ~ L.
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27
KANSAS EDITOR SUICIDES.

A young man by the name of Ewing
| Herbert, editor of the weekly World.
! founded by ID. W. Wilder. at Hia-
wathia, the county town of Brown,
and home OF Governor Morrill,. has
eSSayed heroic role, the contempla-
/ tion of which induces a creepy thrill
/ up and down the spine of every friend
the young man ever had. Herbert
belongs to the Kansas young crowd,
/ by which ambitious and somewhat
sophomore contingent he is accounted
marveliously smart. Sol Miller. the
veteran editor and adept scorcher Of
the Kansas Chief. the journalistic
graves of the victims OF whose un-
pitying pen are StreWn along the en-
tire length of the northern tier, re-
Gently INDUCED in four column criti-
tism of Governor Norrill's administra-
ton, of the official acts Of a friend,
whom he had befriended and defend
ell unremittingIy from a period of
time SO remote as to even antedate
that hour, the light of whose natal
Ewing Herbert into the world, not
the Hiawatha World, but the world
that holds up the Kansas young crowd
and on which the rest OF Us are per-
mitted. Soils criticism OF his old
time friends administrative methods
seems TO have been accepted as an Of
fensive challange by this self cOnsti-
tuted youthful champion, of the chief
executive, up at his Brown county
home, who, 1linging discretion to the
spring time winds and ignoring a long
dark mOrtuary record, with his long,
wayy, black glossy hair tucked back Of
his ears and his eyes agleam, strikes
out across the job lot of graves inter
gening between Hiawatha and Troy,
To cross swords with the one who had
that record and who had
filled the graves allude to with unfcr-
tunate editors. To die for another
some might even venture, yet refer
ence should be had to the possible tor
ture of such q sacrifice. Ewing'S |
four column hari kari though admit |
ted a symposium of the entire young |
crowd, must be deemed rs wanting |
Of consideration. Ewing having once |
determined TO give his life for his |
the governor why didn't |
he stick his devoted neck into the rest |
Of the Guilotine and kick the lever |
with his off foot, and thus quickly |
n Il Cli i |
Why choose rather being mangled? |
Why gOad that gaffer, the seer old Sol, !
out Of the SeaSOn-time of campaigns, |
when he has nothing to beStir himself |
with, save ripping the unwary and
The unSayOry up the back,-Why an
effiuvial scene of blood, brains and /
entrailS Smeared all about the state,
now So imminent and inevitable. than
The innOcuOUS deSuetude pertaining 10
he brilliant role of central luminary
20 the annual ''rOund up of the young
crOWd? But not so. Fate is no less
Hismet The fin de SeicIe drum major
If excelsior journalism in Kansas hav-
nS on his own motion and at his own
expense announced n funeral, of which
ne will at once be the only corpse and
he chief mourner, the rest of us, prob
lbly, can do no better than to stay i'll
,ut Of the wet. However over the
emerity of one who if he had per-
nitted himself TO live could otherwise
lave done no great harm we would
beg leave TO farther saturate said wet
less, in advance, by dropping a tear or
Wo, perhaps three"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27
Jobes the Right Man,

Kansas City Star: Governor Morrill,
Of Kansas has made a good selection
in his appointee for bank commissioner
Mr.. Jobes is not known among the poll
ticians and that argues in his favor.
What is needed in bank commissioner
is not man who can 'set up a prima-
~" and fix a convention. \ banker
is wanted, and Mr.. Jobes, who has made
a success of banking in western Kan
sas, where caution and prudence must
be used unreservedly, is apparently the
man for the place. The less Governor
Morrill, has to do with the politicians
the more he viii please the people.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27
pop Prnfs.signs

Err- fhs MARION Record
The P1pulist Reform movement With
blk i started wst- great neurse el
o' tT0n1gets about TIE FsEh; q tss E-a-
p-e o T1le- Wen. iae people p-1.ce-.lee
20 iase them % the4T word. l4st year.
ana - p lis majority t-TteI l3fire na
a-l t1eee N1EtEles taa- ;aei- services
were r' fH-.ser needed. ard tazt a o-g
So ~ g-l1ts Ue-s wanted az zee BELLA
Hl- Old fee-- champ sHs 1f t-- rzat
~ ,se Teagl- o r1l- gracefully ar.e.t
tfr t-r-- p tL- people and p-1~--l
t y-.- 20 fzUcsF- fi-e -laehr S.
-1sl-r- Every rls-ae-'s ss- l-f aa...--.-
t-- ~ tr-r --lI r1 ~ rae ltf-e .l..
ta- t-laritr ~ al atl-faet rr-g f.-a.1
- M-F Lease 81 br.e3-utha! fn~y
g--E stIgs tsslr "f.-fa and
hanging % Ike ssE-m 4-at-.
"HEzsvEx aaers is love .ssse xin a.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

While ex-CongreSsnan Vaux. who
danced with Queen Victoria fifty years
ago. was dying in Philadelphia. Vie
toria WAS riding about Nice in an onen
carriage, having a good time. The
moral Ia this Is that NauX din't have
10 keep alive for the fear of success
sion.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

Ihe Japanese army, despite the
approaching treaty of peace. continues
10 put a head on the Chinese forces
almost rs rapidly as the Chinese en-
peror takes head off his generals.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

In the eyes OF the politicians at
Topeka, the appointment of Mr.. Jobes
as bank commissioner appears to re-
semble the fast express that yanks in
a mail bag at the wayside While going
sixty miles an hour.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

1t was known that Japan was becom-
Ing civilized but it was not supposed
that it had arisen to the fin de steele
possibilities and necessity of assassin
alton.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

30 indignant no doubt will the Chi
heSe army be over the attempt TO
aSSaSSinate Ii Hung Chang, that the
soldiers viii rise up as one man and
retreat again.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

Years ago geese flying southwark
was supposed Ia be n sign of cold
weather and dying northward. vice
versa But experience shows that
the geese know more no more about
ii than Hicks.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

One year ago men were excited over
the report that hoops We're coming
back again. But the bulge did not at
tack the legs. It settled in the arms.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

\ Pittsburg scientist says that peo-
pie do not go to sleep in church, but
instead are hypnotized by the minis
ter. They are also hypnotized per-
haps, when they get up and walk out,
as the minister announces a collection
for the missionary fund.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

The supreme court viii decide on
the income tax law early in April.
The decision VIII attract great at
tenuon. Almost everybody wants 10
know if the other fellow Will be com
PEELED TO put uo
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

One member of the Oklahoma IeCiS-
lature WAS arrested on reaching home.
ohlaholna may be a trife unconven-
lonaL but it usually starts in the right
direction on a bee-iinp.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

The English politicians consider
Queen Nictoria's death within 4 wear
or two inevitable. But tic English
politicians know no more about il
than they did twenty years ago.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

The ominouS and voluminOus silence
which PETER has recently kept, sug-
gestS that probably he has gone into
retirement and is conScientiouSly try
ing to understand some of his own
financial schemes.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

VIII White authorizes the state
ment that Saddler, the state fish com
missioner, never swears. 1t is posi-
Bile that Saddler hooks them firmly
ever time
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

The new state of Utah will make il
compulsory for 4 voter 10 be able In
read the constitution. But then Dem
ocratic hard times had about shut off
immigration anyway.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

It should not be overlooked all this
time that John J. ingalls, is cropping
around after something with his shoes
haIf-SOled with felt
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

The japanese seem TO feel the same
way towards good Cinnamon, as the
American pioneer did towards the
good Indian.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-03-27

John Waller attempted to brain his
enemies with 4 chair Having failed
to get 4 fight out Of Peter Jackson.
Corbett might try the Madagascar
KanSan