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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05
MAMMoN WoRsHIPERs

The Democratic organs OF Mono
hogism have surely lost sight of the
fact that there is TO be candidate fol
president nominated At Chicago
Their whole anxiety is conferred on the
man who is TO be nominated lat St
Louis. They continually express the
fear that the St Louis nominee may
not be found sound. AS these Demo
cratic organs viii be expected 10 sup
port the nominee of their own party
the more uGsound the St Louis nom
inee the better ought 10 be the chances
of his defeat. and better the chances
of their Chicago man. We are daily
told by these great Democratic papers
that it IS the first duty of the Repub-
lican leaders to see 10 it that Mckinley
is pledged 10 monohogism. Why!
Wouldn't the chances be better To de
feat an unSound than sound Repub-
lican? 1t can't be that these Demo
cratic m0nohogs are contemplating
voting against their own party nomi-
nee, Might they not better employ
their time in looking after the sound
ness of the man for whom they are go
ing TO vote, than the unSoundneSS of
the man whom they desire defeated?
Is there any honesty of purpose or OF
political principle in these monohogs
anyway: Is there anything in the
heaven above or earth beneath SO dear
TO theic hearts as the dollar?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05
TIE OTHER MANS OK.

Cleveland having installed Demo
Gratis into the eighty thousand federal
positions connected with the public
service. places abe entire junta under
civil service rules which practically in
sures these lucky Democrats places for
nfe- The way his administration got
rid OF Republican officials who held
places under the civil service rules is
more To be commended for its smart
ness than for honesty. Thousands OF
letter carriers were disposed as follows.
In all the towns and cities having the
carrier system spies were sent out 10
dog the steps OF the carriers. and near
" all the Republicans were discharged
IN the great cities. some Of them being
found guilty OF lettering, losing Eve
minutes in their routes: Others had
stopped 20 get a drink Of soda wafer.
etc Since the change Postmaster
HesSng Of Chicago. had bis carriers
take the census Of that city. We sup
pose they did Their work vel, for they
reported that l,Tea.0so zen, women
and children live within the limits Of
that great city, but By what authority
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05
THE CARS CONCESSIONS.

The concensus of outside opinion is
that Russia is advanced and enlighten-
ed enough TO maintain a constitutional
form of government. This is in the
power of the car TO grant, that is, in
the power Of his nobility, of whom he
is the head. But it seems that the
new emperor and his advisors are not
convinced of the deSirability Of a con-
stitutional form of government with
simply a monarchical head, or other
wise the occasion of his coronation
would have been embraced to issue the
necessary proclamation. If he could
have so conceded and declared he
would at one step have placed Russia
far in advance politically, religiOusly,
and materially, would have brought
that people more blessings, than by
anything else he could have possibly
done. In connection with his corona
ton, however, he made several i'm
pOrtant concession which will be high
ly priced by her millions of subjects,
among which are a remission of all
back taxes standing unpaid, a reduc-
ton by one-half of all and taxes for
ten years, mitigation OF various 81
berian sentences and permission TO all
exiled Poles who took part in the revo-
luton in that country 10 return home,
provided they were not guilty of muir
der or some other atrOciouS crime.
These grants will increase his popu-
larity, but it is To be regretted, both
for the sake of Russia and for his own
place in history. that he did not grant
his country that which il most needs
and would most highly prize-a consti-
tuition. He would place himself at
one stroke among the greatest rulers
of history If he would grant Russia a
constitution. establish freedom OF both
speech and press, and invite political
eXlles TO return and help reorganize the
government on sound constitutional
principles. This would not involve
universal suffrage, for which doubt
less the Russians are unprepared. but
il would make the country free and
Nicholas III would be esteemed a
worthy successor OF Peter the Great
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05
DOWN TO SEE M'KINLEY.

The question to be answered, the
problem and proposition for the Repub-
lican delegates at St Louis to solve and
determine, before consenting TO an out
and-out single gold standard platform
is, in the event of the nomination of a
conservative man on a free silver plat
form at Chicago, how many silver Re
publicans are there in the country who
| will vote for such a man on such
| platform rather than for any man,
! however good and great, upon gold
| platform. This is a serious question,
and should be most carefully looked
! into before the committee on resolu-
tons is named Nobody denies that in
free silver the Democratic party now
/ entertain hopes, where three or six
months ago they despaired OF any
| chance of success. The leaders Of that
party know that on a silver platform
the solid south is not only secure. but
( as against a single gold standard two
or three doubtful states, such as In
diana, may be carried, with the pros
pect Of securing the electoral vote Of
several western states. Especially will
this be true should the Chicago plat
form and man prove acceptable to the
Populist party and 10 the Free Silver
party proper. Besides it is not certain
that the silver wing Of the Prohibition
party may not vote largely for the Chi
ca 90 silver nominee as against a gold
bug platform.
Did the national election occur one
year later there would be no question
as to the Republican platform declar-
ing for bimetallism. for both silver and
gold as prime money. In face Of the
suffering, Of failing values, and of the
pinching perjury which is holding the
agricultural, the mining and the indus
trial interests generally Of the country
in its grasp, silver-more good money
is becoming the well-nigh universal de-
mand and desire. Protection alone
win not afford relief, except in a cir
cumscribed and sectional way. The
agent of relief must be as universal, as
widespread in its effects as money, and
nothing but money will meet the de-
mand
Thus are these delegations, which |
are daily going down to Canton, Ohio, |
from the east. pressing upon Mr.: Nc |
Kinley their demand for a single stan
dard platform, jeopardiZing the |
chances of success through Republi- |
can victory. In the defeat of McKin- |
ley all promise of a protective tariff |
fails In the election of Mckinley pro-
lection is not only assured but silver |
will be taken care Of as soon as the
lower house of congress is newly elect
ed. If the gOldbugs load Mckinley
down to defeat, silver may survive as
a fundamental money but that which
is necessary In connection with silver
to restore good time, viz: protection,
will be lost.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05
THE TWO DEBTS.

RUtler'S joint resolution was not
passed any too soon. This country
has been running INTO an interesting
bearing gold-bond deot every day since
Cleveland's last term began, practic-
ally. Under his policy England has
been upon the other hand paying of
her debt at the rate of many millions
annually. Recent official statements
relating TO the public debt of the Unit
ed Kingdom show that since 1875, or in
about twenty years, the principal OF
the British national debt has been re-
duced by the large sum Of fS5, 600. 900
sterling, or nearly $425, 100000 The
average decrease in the debt of the
kingdom has been SCI 100000 a year,
in round figures.
At this rate the entire British debt
would be wiped out in about 100 years,
taking no account of the reduction in
the interest payments required, year
by year If the sum set aside for the
principal and interest of the debt were
maintained about at the average of
the last two decades, the whole debt
might be paid in seventy or eighty
years.
Judged by the standard of debt-pay-
ing TO which Americans became accus-
toned during the long period of Re
publican rule following the civil war.
this is slow work, but in comparison
with the record made by the present
administration il makes 4 sorry show
ing for the United States and a very
good one for the United Kingdom.
While the British national debt has
been steadily growing less the interest
bearing obligations Of the United
States have been multiplying fast. II
would take only about forty years, AZ
the rate the relative position Of the
two countries has been changing. TO
give this nation bigger national debt
than that which England seems likely
10 have at that time.
Evidently. it is high time for radi-
cal change IN the methods Of doing
business at Washington when the
United States cannot make a favorable
comparison. in the management of It's
public debt. with a power 50 greatly
hurdened by naval and military ex-
penSes and by the burdens imposed
by old wars, as the United Kingdom
of Great Britain sDd ireland
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

are the letter carriers who are employ
ed by the federal government used as
census takers in Chicago? We do no,
suppose they were paid anything for
their work; they doubtless contributed
their efforts 10 the grea tness of Chica-
90 in a patriotic and praiseworthy
way. But did not they neglect their
duties as letter carriers while they
were taking the census? But the Dem
oeratic postmaster OF Chicago, in the
effort to boom the population of Chica-
so. sent the entire force of carriers out
80 census takers, and thus far nobody
las asked for the discharge. suspeu-
sion, or reprimanding of a single one
OF those carriers. But the census tax
ing was done for Chicago. and we sup
pose that makes it all right.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

] Frank Mcgowan left the territory in .
special Pullman car which he chartered.
Oklahoma will never see a man who
spent money Ike Frank Mcgowan OF New
Jersey.
1t is said that ex-Congressman Bynunl
of Indiana, is figuring on an Oklahoma
judgeship.
Judge Gaslzin of Hennessey, raises the
finest blackberries In the territory. He
irrigates.
The people formerly of Marshall county.
Kansas, now at Enid. viii have a grand
reunion July 4.
Frank McSIaster says the Democrats of
Oklahoma have been dieted on wind so
long their politics have starved TO death
A special car all the way from New
York to Oklahoma on politics means
something. Mr.. Buckle of Enid should
explain.
The Enid Wave says that Enid will vote
for Teller for president If he is nominat-
ed. because Teller stood by Enid in the
railroad fight.
During recent storm in Oklahoma City
a man who hadn't any cellar got under a
culvert. 1t is not "any port in a storm
but ANY hole in cyclone" in Oklahoma
All the federal officeholders in Oklahoma
now confess that they spent money liber-
ally in trying 20 defeat Dennis Flynn and
turn Oklahoma completely over into tho
hands of Hoke Smith.
The Oklahoma City Times-JournaI
scores Judge Dale for telling lot OF Lo-
gan county taxpayers that they were too
late in getting an injunction against a
high assessment, and deciding that rail-
roads assessment was too high.
Four of the insurance companies have
settled their difficulty with Grist Mil
Jones, whose mill burned down, and II
the other insurance companies do not
come to time they will find nightly little
picking IN Oklahoma City hereafter.
A funny storm blew over southern Kan
sas and Oklahoma last Saturday night.
II was the fercest storm Oklahoma City
and Wichita have seen for many a day
black and two hundred miles across But
it doesn't appear to have dropped any rain
anywhere.
Queer advertisement IN the Perry En-
terprise. 1t is genuine: private SOL
der. late OF the Army of the Potomoc, al
ways on guard 70 insure peace and har-
mony at Mrs. L. j. Hsdiey's boarding
house. Toughs and immoral persons bar
red OUT 14-d&w-2w.
Honest confession IN the Oklahoma City
Republican: Owing 70 the storm Satur-
day night much OF the copy for the Sun
day morning Republican failed to get In
type The editors and printers are but
human and when these storms appear.
those Of them who have families are as
anxious for their safet- 60 anyone else.
hence If anything suffers under the cir
cumstances il IS the paper. Do you
blame them?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05
ALONG THs KANSAS NILE

s. T. Alton. the big wholesale rne-chan
al Arkansas City. has removed with hi
family 20 Topeka
The Dighton Herald complains tina
travelling men who visit that town brlns
their lunch with them
Arkansas CITY VII trot cut a Eube-na,
toriai candidate when the tine comes
his name Is kept secret
The Cowiey county representative n ~
legislature VII vote FOR ingalls, Il IaE2us
al pledge himself for silver.
The claim = made that there are 9. hun
Gred cyclone cellars n Nswton. Thss =
probably cOuza1g everything in TIE pray
% = hole
The Burton Graphic advises St. rsa
srs r0t % get s1arzsei fo9 fear TIE Fr1sso
road WI leave that iown-thzt nothing q
tae Kind All take place
TIE wisaels Courier szys that a yosnE
man named Craig writes ssaay q ire
things IN the Arka1szs City Traveller Ihzt
DICK Howard ge;s credit fer.
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gonla wa4z Il zoe= forward Il 49, ifs
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05
PUT THEM ON THE RUN.

There is one thing which few have
failed to remark, and that is, goldbug
advocates, nowhere and at no time
claim, state or declare, that gold mono
metallism will result IN a return Of
prosperity, or even make times good
again. It's all the wind and dust of an
effort TO prove that gold is the only
sound money possible. They do not
deny that values will shrink yet more
and still more. and that wages will
still go lower: while their only reply 70
the laboring man is that his dollar will
| buy more Of the necessities of life,
without even putting in a proviso or
promise that he will find any chance
/ 10 earn the dollar. Prices are lower
now than at any period in the history
| of this country since records of labor
were kept, and wages are no exception.
| Farmers are eking out an existence,
and wage-earners are living from hand
10 mouth. There is little profitable
employment anywhere, consequently
all trade is fat And yet we are asked
10 submit 10 such a state of things in
definitely, only that the men, that the
few, whose stock-in-trade is money,
may continue to hold their advantage.
II the goldites succeed in holding the
situation down, everything will con-
tinue to shrink and grow worse, from
year TO year. until American emigrants
will be seeking the more favorable con-
ditions Of Europe, which, as our cred
itOr, under a gold standard, will soon
become our master The single gold
standard and tariff reform combined
have run this country Into deeper
debt to Europe, in a little more than
two years, to the tune of S262, UOO, 900
and will run it deeper by 100000, 900
more before the end of the year. With
free silver and protection this would
have been impossible, even under a
Cleveland administration. There is
but one hope, and that is in the people, |
too many of whom, maybe. are blinded |
by partisan prejudice, and too many |
led as Industrial slaves, but the great |
body of whom can be reached by rea- |
son. The gOldbugs are scared, fright |
ened. They should be put on the run.
The war should be carried into At
RIGA" even if the inhabitants Of Wall |
street are thrown into a panic. The |
most merciless ruler is capitalized |
money As a dictator it is a tyrant;
as a servant valuable. 1t has too
nearly got the upper hand in this coun-
try in an exclusive power. To dis
arm it Is to humiliate it, to humiliate it
is to cheaper the authority of its con-
trollers and pOssessors. These con-
trollers and possessors of money own
the party Bosses. wno IN turn control
partI ID: ca cry. AMI its the party swd
its machinery which too often holds
aad sways the individual against his
better judgment. This being gov
eminent of the people, when the people
shall cease to govern, If they ever
it will, in becoming an dig
arcby of plutOcrats, prove more intol-
eraDle than the dicta torship of any
autOcraL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05
THAT DOODLE BILL.

For once Grover Cleveland was right
we care not what his motives may
have been. His veto of that annual
Doodle bill was praiseworthy, 10 be
commended, if he was inspired by the
reasons which he assigned, and still
Endorsed if the act was a wholly selfish
one. In face of our shrinking volume
of money and OF failing revenues, the
congress at its present session has ap-
prOpriated a round half billion of dol
lars, this river and harbor bill consti-
tuting one-sixth of the entire amount
This river and harbOr outrage which
was forced through both houses over
the presidents veto, which was rushed
through with such discourteous haste,
amounting to eighty millions of dollars,
or dollar for every man, woman and
child in the United States, is mainly
Job" and 'steal," is but aggregated
pie" to be served out in the respective
congressional districts of the country
as political patronage But being a
steal in which thirty-fve states out of
the forty-four are interested it will be
sustained and Cleveland will receive
no praise save from such men whose
consciences, whose sense of right, is
greater than the promptings OF selfish
interests. These being few compare
lively, Grover is still left in the min
GRITTY, even in the discharge of 50 plain
and righteous duty TO the people of the
country. His destiny may have de-
serted him. his luck have flown, but
he should be able to sleep the sleep of
the just for at least month because
of that veto.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05
Is PROFESSOR DyCHE OFF.

Dyche. it is said is of again for the
North Pole. At his home. in Law
renee. and at the university il has
been given out that he Is of for a sum-
mer's 5aunt in Alaska. IN queSt OF
ourios and the Ike. but Il IS believed
that he Is after that meteorlte. the
largest IN the world, discovered by the
Peary expedition. and over which
Peary and Dyche Is said 70 have quar-
relied The meteorite is estimated to
be worth not less than 5000 Peary
has been giving il c9I thu, be Intends
70 return for il. but Il il 3 fact that
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

Dyche is making still hunt Leuten-
ant Peary may as well throw up the
sponge. The Kansas naturalist is n
hunter, explorer and adventurer who
has never failed TO successfully stalk
his game. It has leaked out that
ship is being fitted out at Seattle for
him, which is being stored with proyi-
sions for three years cruise If this
* true Kansas will see Ev more of
Dyche until he comes back with both
the meteoriue and the Pole. There is
little danger Of the man failing or his
ship being lost or crushed among ice
bergS as have so many others. He
does not believe in trying TO reach the
North Pole in a vessel. His idea is,
after going 10 what is known as safe
distance, to leave the ship and get
away and keep away from the rugged
sea coasts, crossing ice only where it
cannot be avoided. With plenty of
time, abundance of provisions and his
well known patient persistency he will
accomplish the feat in which so many
have failed, failed for the most part
because having become ratified and dis
couraged they starved TO death
Dyche holds, and we believe wisely,
that the reaching of the Norm Pole
is wholly question OF provisions, of
something to eat, in short one of
grub" An exploring party is in no
danger of perishing from cold or from
disease so long as there is plenty to
eat. If Dyche has made or is making
10 sail Mr.. Peary might
as well subside. for he has had in that
event all the honor he will ever win as
an eXDlOrer
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

sas this year, but it win not The
Democrats in Kansas have always
treated the Populists with fine con-
tempt and viii continue so TO treat
them. No Democrat considers the
Populist party permanent and no Dem
ocrat ever conscientiously enters into
fusion except for the express purpose
of licking his old enemy, the Republi-
can, and electing Democratic candi-
date TO Office here and there.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

kentucky Democrats and Kansas
democrats are fer free silver. Both
Were for Grover Cleveland and "5us-
Zee" 10 the laboring man four years
ago. The ration believed them. 1t Is
through with them now.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

Catching, of Mississippi. was = silver
man Ills constituents told him If he
would promise 10 be Tor silver they
would renominate him. He promised.
That third term letter viii not be di-
rected % Mr. CatchinSS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

Senator Tillman has a presidential
button, He wears One-the only presi
Dental candidate who wears his own
badge. Tillman, outside of his mouth.
is weak character.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

The goidbugs have never gone back
on Grover. They like him. They
would ike to see him president again.
They dare rot say so. simply because
the country will not listen to it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

Less bond issues simply means that
the $5O0,OO0.OOO that is waiting for
bond issues in this country will have
10 hunt for other and legitimate invest
mont
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

Edison's new white light produces
absolutely DO heat He has tried var
ions instruments on It without success
This is important but no one has ever
been roasted TO death by an incandes-
cent iamD.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

Professor Dyche has started TO Alas
IA and 1t Is limited that he may attack
the North Pole. If hansen ever wants
to sell a 9uit claim deed to Dyche he
better start another rumor down from
TeuSc5o
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-05

Chester Longs enmity to the river
ard harbor bin is liable to develop a
glued and tenacious affection for the
bill by all the Populist papers in the
Seventh district.