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The Westphslis Times is to be moved
"a CofEeyvllle.
OttaWs'gnew opera house was opened
Friday night.
The Supreme court has adopted q
now set Of rules.
Ex-Governor Humphrey has received
az increase of pension.
"A prisoner has escaped from the
penitentisry at Lansing.
Stafford county gets "a per cent.
interest on It's county deposits.
The Atchison Globe (Rep.) calls the
Kansas Day Club political incubator.
James P. Robinson, Of Ottawa, has
been appointed a cadet at West Point.
Holton is to have It's houses mum
bered and city directory Is to be
Issued.
Hlawatha people are talking of paw
ing FIVE blocks Of the main street of
the town.
The Missouri Pacific is building
freight and passenger depot at
Hutchinson,
Elk Judge Grinstead. Of Dighton,
wants the Republican nomination for
State Senator.
Hon. j. d. Botkin will speak from
February 10 to % at different points in
Butler county.
TWenty-one students have been ex-
pelled at Ottawa university for keep
Ing late hours.
o. ID. Hoskins, of NorCstur, hard
working northwestern Kansas news.
paper man, is dead.
Mr.. Wood has retired from the Ster-
ling Democrat and has been succeeded
by w. P. Morrison.
Topeka ex-Slaves are holding meet
ings preparatory to petitioning Con.
gress TO pension them.
A monument to Union soldiers will
he erected at Baldwin. 1t ia to be ded.
icated Decoration day.
The Kansas Womsn's Press AssoCis-
tion will hold its annual meeting at
Leavenworth February II.
Hamilton county farmers will or
ganiZe 9 farmers institute and take
steps to secure q creamery.
DR., Ochiltree, of Hsdam, has been
appointed q member Of the State Board
Cf Health to succeed DR.. Smith,
A boom has been started for Sidney
Cooke, Of Harrington, for the Demo.
cratic nomination for Governor.
Henry Wstterson, Of the Louisville
tKy.) COurier.J Journal, owns q farm
near Eureka in Greenwood county.
The Lawrence World (Rep.) says that
nFoghorn" Funston could carry
Douglas county against Dick Blue.
Col. Learnard, Of the Lawrence
Journal, Is being mentioned for the
Republican nomination for Congress.
The Kansas City Times uses q col.
nmn OF space In which to state that
Senator Tillmsn 10 not worth noticing.
j. s. Richardson says he never In.
tended to take the land Office job at
Topeka, and that he wouldn't hsve 1t.
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certainty Of defeat or q desire to dis
solve partnership with the present
hypOcritiCsl and disreputsbls admins
trstlOn.
Ed Greer, Of the Winfield Courier,
and Pap Eckert, Of the Arkansas City
ZTG0eler, are having one Of their
periodical rows. The harmony ex-
hibited by these two redeemers is on q
parity with that Of the party at large.
The cause Is the same In both cases
It's scrap over SpoilS.
The Osborne Farmer announces that
the Popullsts will waste their time and
money by making q campaign this
year, as there Ia no hope for them.
Owing TO the fact that Blue and Nor.
rill are said to be great men by the
same paper, Populists do not regard
that papers judgment as very good.
The Lawrence Journal objects to a
slot Of old political seed-warts all the
way from SO to rs years old pushing
their way into the crowd, begging or
borrowing tickets to the banquet Of
the young crowd that constitute the
Kansas Day Club, In order to work the
members politically" A good way to
get rid Of them is to come over to the
POpulist party.
Baldwin Bulletin (Rep.): GAS q
'6xer' Cy Leland has succeeded well In
plunging the party into mud-holes and
difficulties. Il was the work of fixerB
and INSCRIPTIONS pOt-lsg politicians
that started the party down the road
to dsmnstIon." The Bulletins candid
and frank way Of telling the truth Is
very commendable.
Spring Hill NeaO Fro (Rep.): SIT Is
very significant sign Of weakness
that Governor Morrill, must 90 to Mis-
souri, for an active organ to urge his
denomination. His most active organ
on the denomination racket il Mis-
souri, sheet bitterly opposed to prOhi-
bltiOn, always has whisky ads in its
columns, and goes by the name Of Che
Kansas City Journal"
David OVermyer, Kansas member Of
the National committee Of the Demo-
cratic bimetallic organization, has
appointed the following as State COM
mittee: John Fl. Atwood, Leaven-
worth; Samuel A. Riggs, Lawrence;
w. S. Glass, MsrysVills; F. Burleigh
Johnson, Topeka; Judge A. D. Gilker-
son, Hays City; James McKinstry,
Hutchinson; W. F. Petition, Dodge
City.
Senator Parker, of Olathe. says he
don't want the Republican nomination
for Congress, Senator or anything else,
and thas he prefers to attend to his
law business. He is the second prom.
inent redeemer who could get the nom-
nation for Congress In that district
who don't care to run. When JEFF
Hudson refused to make the race
down In the Third district on the Pop
ulist ticket In 1894 the redeemers said
no man would decline If he was not
satisfied he was going to be defeated.
Wonder If that is what Is the matter
with Miller and ParkelP
State Superintendent Stanley has
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the 1--WE Notwithstanding the
government" crowd must have struck
down there.
County Clerk Cam, of Stevens
county, used to have q record in New
England as q pedestrian. In order to
keep In practice he sometimes walks
from town to his home, fourteen miles
in the country.
Abilene Reflector (Rep.), speaking of
the movement to secure the PopuliBt
State convention for that city, says: If
the project succeeds, the meeting date
will be the liveIiest three days the town
has seen In a long time"
The Kansas City Star has resur-
rected Ben Mstchett and says he is
getting ready for another "Aying leap"
In politics. All patriotic POpuhStg
will unite In hoping that he does not
return to the reform party.
A. G. Stacey, who is now running
the Newton Herald, has been arrested
on o libel charge. He showed up some
rocky deals in connection with bills
allowed by the County Commissioners
in the prosecution Of Wash Rogers.
The following from the Lawrence
World correctly sizes up most Of the
redeemer politicians Of Kansas: "It
Is not for Mckinley these fellows are
bowling for all over the State, but the
poStOfices and the revenue positions. "
The Kansas City World tells about
fusion deals that are being arranged in
the Eighth (Ksnsas) Congressional
district. The State ought to have an
Eighth district, but RedeemeE Morrill,
won't allow the Legislature to convene
and create it.
II. w. Randolph. son Of the veteran
reformer, j. V. Randolph, Of EN-
poris, won at the Oratoricsl contest at
the College Of Emporia and will make
q hard fight for the honors at the State
contest. His subject was "The New
Social Spirit"
The Council Grove Republican wants
a redeemer State convention to nOmi-
nate q United States Senator, but don't
want it held until after election. The
people would not object IL the conVen-
tion to nominate State officers was put
off till that time, too.
Secretary Coburn is receiving In
quirles In every mail in regard to KaHir
corn. They come from ell over the
West and indicate that q great interest
is being taken in this product and that
Mr.. Coburn is recognized a. an au-
thority on such subjects.
The Emporia Republican has begun
q fight for q reduction Of official sala-
rles. 1t is a little behind the times,
the Populist press having insugursted
the fight and been the cause Of all that
has been accomplished in that line.
There is yet plenty Of room for work,
however.
Morrill, held consultation with Cy
Leland one day recently and immedi-
ately authorized the announcement
that he would be g candidate for re-
nomination. Cy must be anxious to
kill the old man OF by leading him
into fight which win result in defeat
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Some News About Kansas.

some of the fellows, but there is nc
doubt such an enterprise is needed"
Pat Maggie, who has just been ap.
pointed United States Marshal fol-
Oklahoma, formerly resided in Potta-
watomie county.
Commissioner Winter, the only Pop
ulist officer In Douglas county, died
last week. He had the respect Of every
one who knew him.
Minneapolis Messenger: "Even II
the country needed an official hunter
and fisherman, $4,000 a year is too
much wages to pay
It is said that Dick Blue will ask for
the Second district nomination. He
may be able to carry that district, but
be can't carry Kansas.
The Mcpherson Opinion (Pop.)
suggests Prof. William Stryker, Of
Great Bend, for the nomination for
State Superintendent.
The Fort Scott Lantern Ia for Sens.
tor John Leedy for Governor. 1t also
fsVOrs a resolution calling for Q con-
stltutionsl convention.
AtchisOn Is already talking about
what It is going to do at It's corn carni-
val next year. Suppose the corn crop
Is failure, then What2
The Democratic State committee
will meet at Topeka February % to
call a convention to elect delegates to
the national convention.
One of the men considered by Morrill,
for sppointment ON the new Wichita
Police Board Is attorney and collector
for Kansas City brewery.
The Eureka linton Is of the opinion
that George NJ. Munger, of that county
would make q strong candidate on the
POpulist ticket for Governor.
The Populists Of st. Louis are very
actively engaged in organizing. Clubs
are being started and q comfortable
campaign fund is being raised.
w. p. Harrington, q brother Of Grant
Harrington, Of the Hlawaths Demo
crGt, carried off the oratoricsl honOrS
at Leland Stanford university.
The story now Is that Sam Peters Is
to be Leland's candidate for Chief
JustlCe. Leland don't like Martin be-
cause he can't own him, body andso
A Peoples Party Club has been Or
ganized ct Syracuse, with j. E. Elliott
as President, and I. M. Grissom, ex'
Representative from Stanton county,
as Secretary.
The testimony being taken In the
case to Dust Rufe Cone from the Office
of Sheriff of Sedgwick county wouldn't
prove a violation Of law in q partisan
Republican court.
The Minneapolis Messenger (Rep,I
explains that Redeemer Miller's re-
fusal to run for Congress is not an eVi-
denCe Of insanity, but simply shows
that he is peculiar.
Hon. s. w. McElroy, of Oberlin, ia
being suggested for the POpuliSt nOmi'
nation for Appellate Judge. Sam is
an able lawyer, and one who makes
friends everywhere.
There are already two candidates for
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men, growers of all kinds of live stock
fee food. and many others that / cannot
detail. One of the worst errors of the
monometallist is in assuming that the
great mass Of our workers are hired Ia
borers. aud they get that impression from
such misleading documents as the AL
drich report, about which so much has
been said. Examine that report careful
" and you will find that the working
men in all the trades mentioned i'll it
do not together number quite one-fourth
as many as the farmers of the country.
And their method of treating this
subject accounts for a very large part
of the i'll humor among farmers. In
spite of the census and common sense,
our alleged statesmen and economists
insist on treating the subject as if the
farmer We're net u laboring man. A con-
grrssional committee is appointed to go
out and prove that wages have risen,
and of course they prove it. But how?
They take the highest wages paid to the
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The nation. state, provincial. NUM-
cipal AL ! lead debts Cf the world,
those debts 18th are funded and per-
manent, the interest only being paid,
now amour; 10 81 least $40, GOO, 600, 900,
and the tx. 4 Gu it is over 50, 000,-
900, 600 per .r. IT NOW TAKES
ALMOST L-1ACTLY TWICE AS
MUCH COIN, WHEAT, BEEF,
PORK, COTTON AND OTHER Elk
PORT PRODUCTS TO PAY THAT
INTEREST AS IT DID WHEN THE
DEBTS WERE CONTRACTED. DOES
HONESTY REQUIRE THAT THE
LABO1ING PRODUCERS OF THE
WORLD SHOULD PAY 100 PER
CENT MORE THAN WAS ORIGI-
NALLY CONTRACTED FOR?
We'll. granting that many things
have been Done to the injury of the
farmer, what can we do at this late day
to remedy tiiem?' 70
A Word of Counsel.
We can at least reverse the machine.
We know w; has hurt us, and we can
put Z step TO it. One man just now
stands for all that has hurt the farmer.
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and if there is
another turn of
the screw-and
there must be
several turns be-
fore we get down
to u real gold
basis-it is much
to LIE feared that
tn ere will be
something like
general bank
rupicy and lepa-
dation. Just TOM
es1.r chic 90.
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cause it does not fit the arguments
of those who have selfish interests to
serve They now maintain that all
forms 80 currency. including checks
and every other kind of representative
money, must be counted the same rs the
coin basis, though every sound fnancier
knows that, oy the method Of the ad-
ministration In constituting the laws, sill
yer now performs no function that
greenbacks would not, and that silver,
silver certificates and greenbacks are
mere token money. all resting on the
dangerously narrow basis of that metal
which is the money of ultimate redemp-
ton.
''You admit, however, that the free
coinage Of silver would produce some
Imitation. Suppose it were but 10 or 90
per cent, as Senator Jones thinks
Would not even that much imitation do
great harm in dislocating existing bust
ness cnndifio. -
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not to take into the account the number
who are earning no wages at all, which
is pretty considerable item when you
reflect that in Ohio. for instance, the coal
miners only averaged l4S days of full
work last year. If you will take all la
borers, especially all who produce the
necessaries of life from the soil. and
count lost time, you will find that since
1878, except in cases where they have
been abnormally kept up by trades
union methods, wages have declined in
the same ratio rs commodities.
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INSENslBLY WORE OFF UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF THAT PRO-
nIGiOUS INCREASE.
THE Wages of Labor.
He might have added, and this point
seems to worry our monometallist
friends. that the wages of laborers rose
considerably faster than the prices OF
necessaries Even SO did they in 1S4S-
So. And why not again? In truth the
wages of more than half our laborers
have got TO rise before there can be
rise in nccesSaries. Monometallists have
conveniently overlooked the fact that go
per cent of the laborers in the United
States do not work for fixed money
wages; they produce, and what they sell
the products for constitutes their wages.
1t is self evident, therefore, that rise
in the price of the product is itself
rise in wages This class includes all
the farmers. cotton, sugar and tobac-
co growers. vegetable gardeners. fisher
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deceptive as measure of the obliga'
ton of the debtor, of the claim of the
creditor. Thus Professor Jevons esti-
mates that the value of gold fell between
1889 and 1863 sc per cent, and from
1909 to 1S49 iG rose 145 per cent. -
When Gold Was Cheap.
1t is point well worth noting, how
ever, that in the seven or eight years
-56-that gold, according to the
best authorities, lost 20 per cent of its
value, the world accommodated itself
very easily TO the change. The only
outcry was from the holders of fixed in
debtedness, and they wanted to demone-
tie gold because 1t was too cheap. We
heard very little about that in this
country ard the masses of our people
did not even know it, because we had
then no permanent creditor class, no
great bondholders; hut the literature of
Europe at the time was full of COM
plants, AND AUSTRIA, GERMANY
AID BELGIUM ACTUALLY DE-
MONETIZED GOLD. On the other
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TO SLAVERY,
EGOTISM AND
MORAL COR
RUPTION, WAS
IN REALITY
B r o U G b T
ABOUT BY A
DECLINE IN
THE SILVER
A MN nnT
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Immediately preceding our civil war
were the golden age Of the Ameri-
can farmer, if he ever had one?
Again, FROM early in 1862 to early in
1865 the currency of this country was
inflated at least $50 per cent. Some
harm was Gci.". of course, because the
imitation Was rapid and tremendous. 1t
was six times as great as any imitation
now possible from the free coinage of
silver, but the only serious evil i'll it
was that it gave occasion for subse-
uuent contraction.
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ton throughout
the world is al
legged to have
been some % per
cent, and in this
cou n try there
was a general
currency inia-
ton of 40 per
cent. Was any
body badly hurt?
Look over the pa
pers OF that tlme
and see if you
can find any COM
plants from the
farming regions.
Do not econo-
N is is Of all
schools agree
that the IL years
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nlost sl,iliful la
borers in the
h ig h est priced
cities at the bust
est season of the
year. AS a rule
they take only
those labore1s
who are in well
organized trades
unions, although
they are but a
tenth of the Ia
borers of the
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A Real Gold Basis.

8. That in consequence of the much
greater increase of population and pro-
duction than of the metals, if there had
been no decentralization, both gold and
silver would have gained greatly in val
ne since 1873. The villainy of mono
metallism lies in the fact that all the
gain has been concentrated in gold. By
way of general conclusion, believe that
recommendation for the world is impos-
sible, and that Europe only maintains
it on the condition that other nations do
not. IN fact, if it is to be maintained
in this country and Europe, we must
prepare for another shrinkage SO great
that the people will not endure it. There
is spirit abroad in the country now
that is net very pleasant to think of,
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MINES OF SPAIN AND GREECE,
AND, AS II PROVIDENCE HAD
INTENDED TO REVEAL IN THE
CLEAREST MANNER THE IN
FLUENCE OF THIS MIGHTY
AGENT ON HUMAN AFFAIRS.
THE RESURRECTION OF MAN
KIND FROM THE RUIN WHICH
THOSE CAUSES HAD PRODUCED
WAS OWING TO A DIRECT
LY OPPOSITE SET OF AGENCIES
BEING PUT IN OPERATION. CO.
LUMBUS LED THE WAY IN THE
CAREER OF RENOVATION. WHEN
HE SPREAD HIS SAILS ACROSS
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hand. the rapid increase
in the value of gold with
in the last 90 years has
wrought worldwide bank
ruptcy, has brought a wall
of distress from producers
in all lands, has again and
again shaken the very
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i Dangerous Basis.

termining the
general level Of
prices. 1t was
taken for granted
that the amount
of money of ulti-
mate redemption
determined the
price level. 1t
was the founda-
ton upon which
all disputants
built their argu-
ments. But now
you can hear it
denied every day.
And why2 Be
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actual alteration
in the quantities
Of the precious
metals has ma
terially altered
their value ut
different periods
VI history. -
Professor Fran
tsis A. Walker of
the Massachu-
sets Institute of
Technology, in
his able work on
m on e y, says:
"Gold and silver
do over long pc
riods undergo
gre = changes of
value and become
- D.. Ifrl, fIaupaa
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1 might quote all the economic writ
ers, fIcia AGam Smith down, to the
effect that T. volume of money is the
main factor il fixing the general price
level. You will find the doctrine ably
set forth in The works of Adam Smith,
John Locke, David Hume, John Stuart
Mill, David Ricardo, William Stanley
Jevons and by all the French and Ameri-
can economists. The appalling effects Of
long continued contraction and the al
most marvellous benefits resulting from
a liberal increase i'll the coin supply are
thus beautifully set forth by Sir Archi-
bald Alison in his history of Europe:
THE TWO GREATEST EVENTS
THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
HISTORY OF MANKIND HAVE
BEEN DIRECTLY BROUGHT
ABOUT By A CONTRACTION AND,
ON THE OTHER HAND, AN EX-
PANSION OF THE CIRCULATING
MEDIUM Or SOCIETY. THE FALL
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, so
LONG a. CRIBED IN IGNORANCE
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has become pos
sessed with the
notion that gold
is infallible, a
notion as degrad-
ing in its way as
the Afric q II
snake worship.
Nine tenths of
the gold mono
metallists in this
country boldly
proclaim that,
while all other
com modities
eI,nnpe in vnlue.
gold does not.
Eve know. - the
1900 COW
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NolllIlVI W ~ - IIOH Oh sIlV6f
and .seenornsus increxse in the power
of ,aail: Ct Cres:it Mobiiier and forcs
bits. II IS lncfca I'd Government
,-~-.-.-.ii: sd -@ser.' e~'---''-'-nt
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rednce prices in the exact proportion Of
the increast, Tor increased demand
comes III and vcly frequently offsets
all the gain il production. For con-
venience's sake l will state in the brief
est possible form what silverites believe
Oh this suhicct We maintain:
/. Tbs tnere is not enough gold in
the world and cannot be enough pro-
duced 10 muintain the present level of
prices. If lnoHometallism prevails, there
must be still further shrinkage. l
dare nct conjecture how far it will go,
but ] am tcrtuiu that it will not stop
short of 80 cent wheat and cent cotton
and othcl things in proportion. Gold
will then he Il far more 'honest money"
than now, FIR twill buy much more.
You see 10y. neat and complete this
honest money argument is and how it
rapidly grows stronger as prices go
down, for. if u cellar viii, i will buy 3
bushels of wheat and Id pounds of cot
ton is more honest than dollar wn1uh
will buy | hushel of wheat and .
pounds of cotton, then a dollar which
will buy bushels of wheat or 80
pounds III cotton Will be twice as hon.
est as the one we now have.
2. That there is not enough of both
gold and silver to restore the prices Of
1908 or of 1903.
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William McKin-
ley is the politi-
cal incarnation
of those enor-
nous land grants
and subsidies
which made mil
lionaires by the
hundreds; of the
war tariff in time
Of peace, which
transferred $12,-
600, 600, 900 in
values from the
west to the east
and from the