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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15
FINANCES INA NUTSHELL

In 1895 the public debt of The UniteC
States was only 1888.
Last year the Un9ted States spent 81
Sl6. 223 more than its receipts.
Not quite half of our revenue last yeal
was received from customs duties.
The total ordinary expenditures of tbs
government in 1875 were SIS rs. IS.
In the year 1894 only eight years from
now. 100000 in bonHs must be re-
deemei-
The tariff on imports into the United
States amounts 70 less than & for each
inhab.Jar1t.
In 1880 rhe receipts from the tariff on
imports amounted 10 $0.OooOoO more than
last year.
Thirty-seven cents per capita in 1884 was
sufficient 10 pay the interest on the IA
tons borrowings.
France, Russia. Great BRIAN. Austria
Hungary, Italy. Spain and Prussia arc
the only rsastb ions deeper IN debt than is the
United States.
IN 1851 cents per capita Of silver and
&c cents per capita OF gold was coined.
n 1894 12 cents per CAPITA OF silver and
sl.I7 Of gold was m.nted
The Indebtedness OF the United States,
less cash on hand or Nov. l. ISIS. was
$50 II. s10s7. Wteaout Deductions and IN
cluctug certificates and treasury notes s.
was sl.7I7, 4sl. as.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15
SKINS CLEVELAND

The authorship of Consistency. thou
art a jewellr' has never been deter
mined, but succeeding generations are
never permitted to lose sight of it's
relevancy. Free trade and a single
| gold standard are logically indiSsOlu-
bic, vet we find high protective tariff
/ leaders fighting silver. A high judicial
! officer Of this country, not long since.
remarked 10 the editor of the Eagle
! that in the triumph of the doctrine of
protection, silver must be rehabilitated.
/ Just as true is it that n protective
| tariff is but an evolution of the Mon
roe doctrine. The Monroe doctrine is
a declaration against foreign acquire
| ment; protection, a conservation Of our
own. If protection is a species of sell
| tishnesS it is that kind which hinges
/ closely upon the first law of existence.
| 1t not only includes our own industries.
our own social and political inStitu-
tons, but our own economical hold
/ ings
/ A writer in Gunton'S Magazine of
American Economics and Political
/ Science, for January, which writer's
name is not given. in the course of an
article on the philosophy of the Mon
roe doctrine, in which he opposes all
kinds Of annexation. incidentally skins
President Cleveland for his inconsis-
tency in becoming a lingo in the Ven
eZuela fiaScO. He says. and truthfully.
that Mr.. Cleveland is the very emhodi-
ment of the anu-prOtective principle
in this country. His whole aim has
been TO destroy the protective princi-
pie in our national policy. His mes
SlgeS bristle with epithetS against pro
tective craftsmanship. He has inSpir-
ed and led an onslaught upon our in
| dustries and upon our wage standard
throughout the country. The writer.
however, refrains from inStancing
Cleveland'S charging with government
troops the waSe-earnerS and bread
seekers in the streets Of Chicago last
summer, but notes that the presidents
message at the opening of congress was
50 fun of antipathy TO the protective
idea that he designated the policy ia
voritiSm."
Then the writer takes up his attitude
on foreign affairs and points out his
antagoDiSm 10 the protective principle
which Is the very essence OF the Mon
roe doctrine. In the case of little Ha
wah and It's patriots who begged that
he follow up the policy Of Harrison and
make them at one with the United
States be threw every obstacle in the
way and went SO far aS to attamut 10
replace the black ignorant. lecherous
old queen back upon her throne. .Whera
was the Monroe doctrine then? Later
his attitude toward q still nearer neirb-
Dor and tbs struggles for political auron-
omy, Cuba. Instead of encouragement.
or good will or even dfploma4ic non
Interference he has distinctly sided
with the Spanish monarchy. the most
backward and semi-barbaric crown
ruler OF all Europe. But when II
coemS TO distant Venezuela with bar
doubtful claims. he springs upon Tie
world a ton Of war. In
other words. as the writer saws. In
the case Of Venezuela. wnere the claims
are far more doubtful. he makes 4 big
demonstration after attempting 10 over
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

tribe OF nOmads in common, and that
present civilization will not brook. no
matter what the treaties of the past
may say. or how solemn were the COM
pactS under which they We're drawn
up. Their constitution and laws and
judiciary systems are modelled after the
white mans, but there stands the fact
Of tribal relation and the social COM
pact of commOnalty Of land ownership,
not in fee simple ownership. but treaty
rights. They are as a whole religious
people, the greater of them being Pres
byterianS. as shown by statistics. and
their schools are well attended and
well supported. They have at their
capital, Tahlequah, two high schools.
one for boys and one for girls. and
these schools are free. They have
newspapers printed in both English and
Indian. and withal guaranty from
the United States that their country
should not be intruded upon by whites.
But there are more whites than In
dams in the nation even now. AT
first tenants at viii. these whites have
gone on and married Cherokee maidens
and women and built houses on the
choicest lands, and there they are, in
all prOba bility To stay, 10 hold and TO
keep, TO hold their lands and keep their
wives, cattle and possessions. The sit
uation seems difficult, but more diff
fcult for the Indian than for the white.
The one is uneasy and disturbed; the
other serene and cOntented. The
whites who married the Indian girls,
who in turn have become mothers. are
more sure Of maintaing their rights
than are the Indians with all their
treaty guarantees. So we have this
at Washington, hoping
against hope, and pleading the impOS-
Sible,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15
WHY WE ARE FOR WAR.

The Missionaries who are just now en-
ploying their lung power and rhetoric
in wholesale denunciadOn Of war. and
stgmatizing il as a crime against hu-
manity. draw largely upon their imag-
nations They eschew logic and the
evidence OF history, and believe, or
affect 10 believe, a thing simply be-
cause they strongly desire IL. These
mystical meanderjng dreamers are by
no means peculiar 10 this age. they are
10 be met with all through the pages
Of the worlds history. and always
ecstaIically singing and exhorting for
their ideal OF universal peace.
Whatever the future may have in
store Tor humanity in The way Of the
hackneyed metaphor Of the Hon and
the lamb repOsing peacefully side by
side. the indisputab bic fact remains that
war IS stlIl factor o. civilization, and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15
THE STATE PRINTERsHIP.

The supreme court of Kansas has
handed down a mutilated opinion, 4
majority of the aggregated conclusions
of which gives the Office TO the man
who was elected, but only by such a
questionable totality as made every
man of horse sense, who read it, livid.
Major Hudson had a majority of the
| votes of the legislature, and was elect
ed beyond question or peradventure,
and any legal technicality and all prop
ositions to the contrary were but quib-
| bles. The duty Of the court or the
majority. was to have said he is state
| printer, without circumlocution or any
| attempt to squirm in with personal
| sOphistries and individual moonshine.
| This decision is on a par with the one
arrived at by the supreme court of the
| United States on the income tax law.
In fOrtifying against every possible
contingency the main issue is lost sight
of, and nobody knows what really was
decided only by aggregating this, that
and the other and striking a balance.
In this instance the slight but uncer-
tain balance is for Hudson. Why not
say trickery is wrong and decency
white, and declare unequivOcally for
the right. Supreme courts can afford
TO do nothing else. Partisanship don't
go with the people when it comes to
the bench of justice and lawyers who
upon reaching the bench cannot rise
above partisanship, should find that
they were not rightfully elected and
resign. The supreme court. every
judge Of it, knew that Snow was trying
to beat the people of the state out of
the office of state printer by a trick.
Upon the other hand, they and every
body knew that by another trick it was
sought to defeat the will Of the people
and a majority of their representatives
in the two houses of the legislature, in
rObbing them of the Republican caucus
nominee Of his election to that office
1t makes no difference to the people
whether the tricks We're legal or Illegal,
so long as they were wrong in them
Selves. anu utiedIeu JUe VIII OI The Illd-
jority. Therefore, so far as the iudg- |
ment and wish of the people go, and !
these should 90 without question. the |
supreme court should have recOnciled |
or eliminated individual technicalities !
and the immaterial among themselves, |
and announced that Mr.. Snow was not !
state printer and that Major Hudson
was, But as it is, it sees that one
Cliff Baker is not only the legal state
printer now, but that he has been state
printer for years. Such rot is tire
some and will find no defenders out
side of the legal fraternity. Hudson
himself printed columns and volumes
of lawyers opinions, and editorials of
his own, all going TO show, what every
body knew, that Snow was not elected
by the legislature last winter We
know all about the statutory expression
Of a majority of leach" house. and all
the other technicalities, but it is the
defeating of majorities by legal techni-
calitieS that is causing the major part
IF the unrest of the people Of this
country tOday-the legal bubbles of
sustained by judges on the
bench
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15
SLIGHTLY MIsREPREsENTED.

The Topeka Journal ventures the edi-
torial declaration that 'the Wichita
Eagle appears to have leaning to-
ward Allison as a choice for president"
and then adds that Allison is j pro-
nOunced gold standard man. The
Journal has no authority for its declar-
alton. The Eagles editorial indOrSe-
ment of Allison was not one Of prefer
ence, but only in the view that Allison
is a sound Republican and a western
man. Free silver is coming only, il
ever, in response to pressure from
the middle and extreme west and from
the south. We would, on general prin-
cipleS. sooner take the chances with a
man identified with the silver west
than the goldbug east. So far as We
are able to judge, Allison is as good
a silver man as either Mckinley, Har-
rison or Reed. None Of them are up
to the Eagles silver standard by long
shot. But the people Of Kansas are.
As We are 10 have Republican presi-
dent. SO far as the silver interest is
concerned Allison would prove as sat
isfactory as either of the other gentle
men. In addition he is a western man,
identified with the interests of an agri-
cultural state We ind0rSed his Re
publicaniSm and his location. that was
NJ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

throw a young republic in Hawaii and
encouraging the cause Of monarchy
in Cuba. To, in the name Of the doe
trine of Monroe, put on war paint over
the doubtful claims of a semi-savage
and revolutionary autocracy of South
America, after all else he has said and
done, is TO play buffoon politics at the
expense of craftsmanship.
The whole paper from beginning TO
ending is a terrific eXcOriatiOn Of the
h-in-the-pan-fiurry Of Grover which
the writer holds was solely for the pur-
pose of attracting the attention of the
people from the blows he is giving the
industrial interests of the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

The State Temperance leagues de-
mand on Morrill, TO enforce the law at
leavenworth seems to have fallen fat.
The league is afraid to press Morrill,
TOO hard on the Leavenworth question.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

While Andree is talking about going
10 the North Pole in a balloon there is
reason TO believe that old Dr. hansen
is already there and can't get word
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

The people Of Perry, Oklahoma
should not get too excited on the ques-
ton Of mixed schools. All their avail
able excitement may be needed in 4
few weeks in the way Of war.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

That German professor who has dis
covered a light which Will enable the
camera to take a skeleton and leave
the feshy parts invisible. has accom-
plished a great thing. We can now
keep tab on our appendix vermiform.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

Mrs. Mckinley doesn't think that
$4,000 is sufficient salary for the gov
ernOr of Ohio. In Kansas the governor
gets only $1,000 and he has about
eighty times the muss on his hands that
Ohio's executive does.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

We are told by the English papers
that the war feeling in Germany has
died out We were also told by the
English papers shortly after the Ven
ezuela incident that the war feeling
had died out here.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

When Ben Harrison called on Mrs.
Dimmock in New York he took his son,
Russell, along. This sort of courtship
will never warm the great popular
heart, general.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

Mrs. William Hohenzollern has bluff
ed Mrs. Victoria Wirten. She is his
grandmother and surely ought to pun
ish him without resorting 10 force of
arms. Has grandmother no rights
al all?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

Professor Andree, in contemplating
the discovery of the North Pole this
summer in i balloon, does not seem to
understand that the whole thing is re
served for Professor Dyche of Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

The Dawes commission has been call
ed upon 10 report 1t is satisfactory
10 know that the commission will tell
the plain truth about the condition Of
the American Indians even If t isn't
pleasant
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

When ]. II. Burton looks upon the
portraits of Brewer and Ingalls, ne
must be impressed with the fact that
it is mighty hard for a gOod-looking
Gansan 10 gain prominence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

The Kansan who allowed himself to
be made enthusiastic over irrigation is
now accommodating to find whether he
has been buncOed into a fad or not.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

The new poet laureate says he does
not approve of the American people.
This will make the anglomaniacs over
attentive should Austin ever visit
American.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

Those papers that are accusing Gov
ernor Morrill, Of being changeable en-
tirely overlook his uniform treatment
of LeavenwOrth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

When the smoke Of battle in Cuba
clears away, most Of the people will
probably be found TO have died from
tobacco-heart.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

In the eyes of an Englishman a man
never erred. by being too brave. The
English admire Jameson and will 60 to
war on his account if given a chance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

Miss Clara Barton is not formerly
of Kansas, but thank heaven, We are
in it TO the extent of Barton county,
Kansas. being named after her.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

The insurgents are now only five
miles from Havana. At this rate they
viii get UP right under the city walls
in a year or two.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

1t might be pertinent TO ask again,
geriously why, if prohibition is such a
great success, the joints are not closed
In Wichita?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

While the officials are trying to find
a deadly weapon with which TO arm
our troops, they might adopt the gun
which no one knows is loaded.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

There seems to be some mistake
about the general assumption that the
sultan of Turkey is a coward. At any
rate he does not fear Christianity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

Mckinley says that he will enjoy his
rest This would Indicate that during
his resting he will try to forget that
Mr.. Foraker exists.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

The sultan says that private distri-
button in Armenia viii not be tOlerat-
ed. The sultan says it in a "that-set-
tles-that' sort Of a way, too
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

From portraits we should judge that
President Kruger uses the same kind
Of soap that the late Sam Woods of
Kansas, did.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

The Red Cross society can do moth
ing for the Armenians. But the Red
Sword society can if diplomacy would
only give it a chance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

As far as a session this year is con-
cerned the legislature of Kansas has
gone by the boarding houses of To
peka.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

venezuela" says the London Times,
Emust take the initiative" Perhaps.
She will also take the Schomburgk ter
ritOrY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

So far the gas well has demonstrated
that Wichita stands on d foundation Of
subterranean rivers and mud.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15
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nj. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

The world will some day demand
war because it will be so tired OF spats.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

1t is strange that DR.. Garner should
announce with pride that he will take
back-talk from a monkey.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-15

This cut represents
the instruments used
IN the examination OF
Catarrh and all Nose
and Throat Troubles
II enables the doctor
to show his patient
the condition Of the az.
fected parts
Catarrh cured in 81
days. Home treat
ment 500 a month.
Drrrl aEH.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-13
She Knew the Difference.

The story is told of little girl who
came to the conclusion not long ago
that she wanted a bicycle. She had
always been taught by her mother to
pray for what she wanted, and for two
or three nights in succession there was
a good deal about wheels in her suppli-
cations So her father and mother put
their heads together to try and arrange
to have the prayers of the little miss
answered After long discussion
they agreed that a tricycle. would be
more suitable and less dangerous for
one of her age, as well as less expen-
sive. A tricycle. was accordingly pur-
chased. and the little girl found it
waiting for her one morning when she
got up. She seemed the least bit dis
appointed when she saw it, but said
nothing. Most of the day was spent in
wheeling about near the house, but
when it was time for her to go bed at
night her fond parents were somewhat
startled and shocked to hear her begin
her prayer as follows: "Oh, Lord,
don't you know the difference between
a bicycle and a tricycle."
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-13
Future Of Alaska.

The popular idea of Alaska is that It Is
icebound during nine months OF the yeal
and that only the miner ana iishermaI "
the returned California prospectors who
had moor luck. describes the Cook inlet
country as grass region as good - for o,
th,t ha savv tho,isards of acres of meadow
co1ered enae g saM with redtop grass as high as his
head. and these river meadows are SO
level that moving machine ;nts 6e eeud dund ne rn no
severer than that of Idaho or Montana
At Kudng island he found horses ,Ss rinb anb
cattle which had fattenaedu enc No on owers ne rifn u
p5ut Southern Ala Alaska one Of the great live
stock in this eonntry Scfrs nrs of ade the
~ n;fast dnstiny of the great northern
territory territory which Seward painted oyer j
years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-13
SOMETHING ORIGINAL.
A Member 'oi the St. Louis 400 entetains
the Ladies with Parior Dog Fight

A wealthy ST. Louisan living in tn.
vicinity of Lafayette park provided a
novel form of entertainment for his
guests one evening last week
The hostess was extremely anxious to
provide something original for the eliica-
tion of Il score of guests whom she in
tended to call together for an iniprnia'
evening. Her husband promised 70 pro
vide such novelty. and took a boon com
panion into his confidence 10 that end.
They had not exchanged ideas 80 CON
secutive seconds before they hit upon tn.
device of converting the elegant parlo-s
into a gambling house pro tenn. fare
bank. roulette wheel, and poker AM
keno "lay-outsf were easily procurable
as the conferees we'll knew. and that par
of the programme was soon settled. Tff
friend suggested as pretty enilogue th'
Introduction of a pair of bulldogs. guar
anteed TO reduce each other TO minct
meat in three rounds. This rather stag
gered the ambitious host, but his friend
is a ward politician and with the eio-
quence lie always keeps on draught soon
convinced the other that the evening
would be a failure without those bulldogs
The evening arrived. and with IL camc
the guests. The ladies We're prettiiy
shocked at sight of the gambling part
phernaiia. but became accustomed to II III
an astonishingly short time and shared in
the games with becoming vim. II was
when the yellow bulldogs made their uTl-
expected entrance that the horror of the
fair guests proved genuine. The beasts
yelped and growled and showed other
peculiarly canine symptoms OF SpoiilnE
for Il fight" Thereupon the ladies sought
refuge on the piano and card table ana
chairs. conducting their retreat as from a
mouse.
Notwithstanding excited feminine pro-
tesla tions the friend who had been con-
suited as 70 a novelty in entertainment;
unleashed the dogs. 1t was an exciting
climax 10 an original evening. Tho
dogs feasted for five minutes on choice
bits of each others anatomy. The ladies
screamed and the friend who was consultc
cXulted in the success of his novelty.
When he was quite convinced. and 1t TOOK
n considerable time to convince him. that
the ladies desire for gore had been fully
f,ratifed. he doused the dogs into con-
Nenient tub of water and separated them
Refreshments were then served. Cf
which the ladies' did not partake.-St.
Louis Republic.