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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19
SOUTH CARoIINA,s FAILURE.

Kansas has shown 4 disposition 10
follow in the footsteps of South Caro-
lima on the liquor question. Governor
Morrill,, ill-advised and Uniformed
from some stupid source, announced
himself in favor of the state dispensary
system. AT this time there is danger
in this suggestion of Morrilfs. The pro-
hibitiOn law is conceded farce. The
prohibition element, while recognizing
this, is unwilling to assist in a return
of the open saloon all over the state.
The anti-prohibition element cannot
stand the hypocrisy and foment Of the
prohibition law much longer and the
natural result will be in the end COM
promise. There was a danger, and
may yet be. of making the state dis
pensary system this compromise.
Kansas can afford 10 make no more
experiments. And South Carolina has
demonstrated that the state dispensary
is not what it was thought to be. For
the first time since the adoption of the
dispensary system official information
with some pretense TO comprehensive
ness is accessible. A report published
few days ago showing the laws oper-
atoms for the eleven months between
Feb. l and Dec. 81. 1895, states that
the states liquor business amounted TO
S1,076, $685., on which the towns and
counties cleared S106, 131.2S profit,
while the state netted S133, 46I.U by
the sale of liquor TO the dispensaries.
The profit to state, county and town
governments was thus 1898, 599.05.
From a financial point of view Morrill's
commentator of the system seems
justified.
Tillman and his associates claimed at
the outset that the result of the system
would be to diminish the consumption
of liquor and TO decrease the number
of crimes and disturbances resulting
from indulgence in drinking. No in
formation on this point is given by the
report, but as 'speak-easies," where
liquor is illegally sold, exist in great
numbers, it may be safely assumed
that there is as much drinking as in the
old days before the Tillman regime.
AS for crime, it is known to everyone
who has watched the history of the
state since the operation of the law
that there has been no decrease, and,
as a matter of fact, the enforcement of
the diSpensary law in the larger cities
has often provoked disorder.
Advocates of the dispensary system
have also claimed that state control of
the sale of liquor would take the
saloons out of politics. This has not
proved to be the case. In truth, the
employees of the dispensaries are now
a part of the machine that keeps Till
man and his associates in power.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

with the ambitions Of Frank Vincent Of
the same city
Il VII be noticed that Just - soon 81
Editor Macdonald % Kansas. got ready
20 start for France, the French decided "a
let John Waller out
There f. some cholera among hogs IN
some parts Of Sumner county The farm
ers are treating The hogs With pure coal
oil with good results
In a western Kansas paper a farm e.
advertised for sale. and ia THIS afver-
rsement the line appears = lIioer o. %
enough 20 lass lifetime
MIKE sa,ton's boom Tor s.. Louis 6ei--
gate = SAID 20 have beer received Win
favor a. THE Hutchi-ro1 Seventh district
Republican committee Eseeti-g.
The Popuusts announce that Jerry E.rnD-
son mus. have the nomination for c0u-
zress In the Seventh district There are
a number q wichita Pgpulists sho would
Ike H.
According 20 Prank Hoyt % IRE Lyoas
Republican. Ar- Hu,ekinson a. scott.
Kansas. and sfr. scott q Hutcalason. met
N Great Bead ne ct1er 42T. IL l-NS
20 ozt O. a Great Beassr?
John HuzglnE q Lyons. has jaE; as
tinEu-shed himself - giving ~ GOO -
s1iloa II order % buat Eolf a. csigsls
Creek L al 70, be long until - VII
- wishing Re had massey 20 are some
Ran % xxx I'm
Alliance Hs-als. A cas;o9a township
farner cane % F'-e5o--A Hoa1ay - cos
s-lr . izzys- abost szl-E a ys1rE mas
vho hal besn ~spa-kiZE-' re cauEhz.r.
TIE young fellow has bee- kseptrE cosn-
pany xlta IS eaaxhtsr Cor Qz.ie q uAg-
y lhopf saying a Nor1 ab0ut ''rylsz u.
Az OILY the n.Saf baEore bad czIiei asa
di4n't have untl a Ettls While bsfsrs
breakfast lhs ns1i HoFulaE- ne osa s~r-
ilsn4a bad hEaf 49, s1el ala axssnst
he arssat ssssx fsx - J. - aa.-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

the modern ran lived, the taxes he
pays for protection and participation in
the government is a very small part Of
what he expends ON other assessments.
Among them are the dues to accident
insurance companies.
Now these insurance companies pro-
pose 10 drain him some more by assess
ing a double rate upon him because he
rides bicycle. The bicycle has not
been found to be hazardous. The sta
tistics do not show that it has killed
off any great number of people. When
the vehicle was new, it was first adopt
ed for pleasure or professional pur-
poses only and was used as such in a
perilous way. The young men who
first took it up were in the habit of
'scorching" and in breaking their
necks while engaged in such practice.
But that habit is now regulated by or
dinances nearly everywhere and the
dangers from scorching are now no
greater than are the dangers to man
riding a horse, squirting the animal to
its limit of speed.
The bicycle is used for convenience,
not for sport or civilization. There
are hundreds of men in Wichita who
ride to and from their homes daily at
a speed that is just as safe as if it were
walking. To declare that these men
must pay double insurance rate, sub
nit TO distinct risk classification, and
receive less in case of disability is ride
ulOus. 1t was nonsense for the con-
ference at Boston to take the step it did
and an appreciate curtailment of bus
mess which is sure to follow will not
be long in persuading them to reced
from their position.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19
A POPULAR SCANDAL.

The great popular loan becomes daily
a greater popular scandal. The lead
ing financial writers. magazines and
papers of the country have all sue
ceeded. unanimously. in putting their
foot in it. Every day but makes more
certain the administration utter in
ability 10 get outside of its endless
chain Of which Mr.. Cleveland so much
complains. The popular loan proves
to have been job. The treasury is
daily raided for the very gold with
which 10 pay for the popular 81 bonds.
and which having been so invested
goes back into the treasury. So We
have the spectacle of Uncle Sam buying
his own gold in an attempt 10 sustain
public credit. 1t is ridiculous. it is out
rageOus. The hundred million. at two
or two and half per cent interest.
could have been fiOated on a stocking
subscription. AS ii is, il was a four
per cent bond sold TO syndicateS at a
premium under bids the terms 10 which
were SO devised as to give opportunity
for downright unbluShing robbery. As
an instance. Mr.. Abraham White and
his wife, of Boston. who were poor in
worldly goods but rich in their faith in
the country. put in a bid for S5.00O,OOO
worth of government bonds, at an out
lay of II cents, and have cleared S15,-
COO off their option. POpulists TO the
contrary Notwithstanding, there are
still chances in this country for poor
man 10 become a blOated bOndhOlder,
with no other capital than the brains
with which kind Nature endowed him
at birth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19
BEST CITIZENS" IN POLITICS.

New York and Chicago have long
nurtured a peculiar class of cranks,
who are known among themselves as
the best citizens" and who believe it
their duty to antagonize the ''politi
clans" These "best citizens" have the
support, both in New York and in Chi
cago, of several of the most potential
newspapers. As a campaign ap-
proaches, these best citizens form some
kind of a league, whose name changes
yearly. They hold a meeting in which
participate thirty or forty of the best
citizens" which means always "the
richest citizens of which meeting the
richest man usually is elected chair
man. At this meeting it is decided to
call mass meeting TO protest against
the politicians" The mass meeting
is called and speeches are made by the
best citizens, prepared speeches which
are as far away from practical politics
as the North Star is from the South
Pole, and the meeting adjourns. That
pendent newspapers, however, keep up
the howl until the political contest is
over. ''The gang" is doing this, and it
is doing that The taxpayers are be-
ing robbed blind. The politicians are
abused daily. They may not be blame
less. They certainly do deserve cen
sure. and, at times, defeat But they
go ahead and nominate their ticket to
the intense disgust of ''the best citi-
Zens" and their newspaper.
This has been going on for years in
Chicago and New York. 1t has just
happened again in Chicago. That
chalked-water fed infant, the Kansas
City Star, approves nightly of the
Chicago and New York plan and ad-
vises the best citizens" of Kansas City
10 do likewise.
If the best citizens OF Kansas City
know what they are about they will do
nothing of the sort. The so-called best
citizen is man who never does any
thing in politics except vote. He never
raises his hand To help out party organ
ization. He never puts up cent TO
complete poll. lie never sacrifices
his time to attend a party caucus. Ii
is impossible 10 get n IN TO 60 as dele
gates TO conventions, as they haven't
the time And so the best citizen"
who is graded so by the size Of his
pockegboOk. is usually not a party to
the inner work Of his party. merely be-
cause he will not sacrifice his time and
business 10 be 80. And when another
organization TO tight the politicians is
formed, the best citizen" attends one
meeting and then quits and the organi-
cation falls through. and the politicians
have il all their own way. No citizen
will find himself excluded from the pol
iticS of his party unless he has proved
himself 10 be treacherous or migrate
full Among politicians, party workers
are always al high premium. and il
makes no difference whether that man
is poor or rich. The poor man conse-
Quently has great deal 10 do with
politics The best citizen could have,
if he would make the sacrifices.
As for the howl that the politicians
are running the country and practie.ng
widespread corruption. while it cannot
be wholly gainsaid. it i true that there
Is no assurance that the best citizens,
that Is the rich citizens, would be any
more worthy or honest in the manage
ment Of politics than the politicians.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19
ALONG THz KANSAS NILE.


Out near Gree1sburg about three Tsath-
er prophets are dying per day % hunll-a-
ton
A young lady handles TIE riDoons on
the stage thai rsns between Lyons sad
Sterling.
A Ulysses the Other day. 80 story goes.
a cox fell !ato = deep vel where q cal
was born
TIE Par-s papers have already az
uounced The coming % Editor M2eDoazl1
OF Oxford. Kansas.
The fixtures n the unloa Depot a. Well
layton were shipped 70 Wichita Saturday.
They All y used u TIE o.-ces here
TIE Lyons Republican, claims mat Rec
county can sc; none quickly In politics
thaa zay other county = the state.
2. L Marin o. HB,chsnsoa. has a boom
for eelegz.e-z;-largs SA1Sa Ezs eSl..9e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19
MAJOR TOM ANDERSON.

One of the justly popular men of
Kansas, popular with his neighbor and
popular in the state at large, popular
in every annually recurring campaign,
and popular the year through, is Major
Thomas A. Anderson, of Topeka. He
has lived in Kansas all his life, prac-
tically, and has been a Republican for
every year he has lived in Kansas, not
an ordinary every day Republican, vot-
ing the straight ticket every fall, but
an enthusiastic working Republican, a
fiambeau-haring ModOc-singing party
man, asking nothing at the hands of
his comrades except good fellowship,
and a like loyalty to the cause. Every
since his father was state treasurer,
away back in the early sixties, Tom
has been on deck, politically speaking,
and there can hardly be named prom
inent public Kansas man of the present
or past who does not owe Tom Ander-
son gratitude for some good turn or an
other. True in his friendships, I'M
swerving for the right, and honorable
in all his business life, he has become
power.
These are some of the reflections
which came to us as we watched the
tall familiar form of him whom we are
speaking, swinging along one of the
thoroughfares of Wichita yesterday in
company with some of his brother dele
gates to the Masonic Grand Lodge, now
in session.
Because of late and unlocked for de-
velOpments Major Anderson promises
to become a political factor of promi-
nence in the next campaign. The
emergency alluded to induced his
friends at Topeka to solicit him to be-
come candidate for delegate-at-large
at st. Louis. Without entering into the
details of the reasons for his candidacy
further than TO say it grew out of
protest upon the part of many Republi-
cans of his city and district against be-
ing compelled to array themselves on
one side or the other of q purely per-
sonal contest, existing between two
gentlemen, there can be no question
touching his fitness or availability.
Aside from his well known leanings to-
wards the presidential aspirations of
the Buckeye giant, and his devotion to
his party, Tom Anderson possesses the
elements desirable in delegate in
great convention. Quick at catching
on to the drift of a situation, prompt,
impulsive and of commanding figure
he is the making of an ideal head for a
delegation. We do not know that his
candidacy involves the Kansas men,
bership TO the national committee, but
We have no hesitancy in saying that he
is as well equipped for the acceptable
discharge of the duties of such 4 posi-
ton as either of the other gentlemen
seeking the honor. That in the event
of home Endorsement he will get the
solid support of this section of the state
for delegate-at-large to ST. Louis we
have not the least doubt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19
Prosecuting BIcYCIIsrs

The Mutual Benefit Accident InSur.
ance companies Of the United States.
in conference at Boston. has decided
that bicycling is a hazardous occupa-
ton and is not to be included in such
insurance hereafter, except al double
rates.
The accident insurance companies
have put their foot in il. 1t VIII not
Toe long until they viii take their foot
out OF il Time was when the only
drain from the public. outside Of the
neoeSSarieS Of life was the tax Taxes
have been the prime causes OF nearly
all the revolutions and revolts in the
history of the Anglo-Saxon race. As
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Southern Oklahoma is staying up night!
trembling about late frosts.
Judge Pitzer has been very sick will
fever, but is now recovering.
Dick Plunkett may have to be sent To-
to keep the Mckinley and Reed crowds
away from each other.
The poetical editor of the Norman Tran
script notes that the grass is getting
green in sheltered spots"
The Ardmore Chieftain charges thai
Judge Parker of Fort Smith, is given &c
too many grand stand plays.
Kay county merchants are loaning farm
ers seeds for staple grains. The farmers
merely promise to pay next fall.
Washee Block, in regard to whom sc
much has been written, was the thirteenth
wife of Mr. Block. That was unlucky.
Miss Meek of Oklahoma. has just mar
ried. She probably changed her DISPOSE
ton with her name, If she is like most
women.
There is mean, low-down report circu-
lating through the east that Ponca City
has turned her old rival Cross into a
graveyard.
The McKinley-Reed contest In Okla
homa is so bitter that the Democrats are
taking part in it. II may draw in the
Populists yet
Unlike the rest Of the country Okla
homa's old settlers do not celebrate on
Washington's birthday. Their memories
run back 10 April p.
Ell Reno isn't being treated right by the
Choctaw road as regards train service.
Enid can give FL Reno some advice at
regular lawyers fees.
There is a sure sign that times will be
better in the spring" None of the news
papers has predicted it this year. for the
first time in five years.
It is said that the Usage Indians re-
Gently passed through their council reso-
luton asking that they be taken away
from Oklahoma and annexed 10 the In
dian Territory.
The Chicago woman who got divorce
in Chicago the day before her husband
got a divorce in Oklahoma City, is a
daisy. She is the first woman who ever
scooped Oklahoma.
The Saltwater Sentinel makes the IN
pardonabIe reference 20 a bouncing baby
girl" This is wrong. That bouncing
has been copyrighted for the sole use in
regard 10 boy babies.
The Norman Transcript sees in the fact
that more gold was subscribed for the
bond issue than is in the country, he
necessity OF starting the Norman gold
mines agoing a. once.
One of the five men in G county who
wants 20 20 as a delegate suggests that
special primaries be held for the purpose
OF letting the people determine which man
i, shall be. L might be none
Il has never developed whether Rosa
Whfteface ever was exchanged for those
fifteen ponies or not The story, 10 mat
ter how much IL was laughed a.. Was true.
The chances are the exchange Was made
Professor Anton Dahl. the musician. has
al last got his divorce from his wife he
has 20 pay her 80 a month alinony- She
gets the custody OF The child and The pro
fessor can never use the name '-D2hIs
Musical Academy IN New YORK again
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

The Westinghouse company of Pitts
burg has turned out its first electric
locomotive, which is already at work
in the railroad yards of that city. 1t is
thirty feet long, mounted on eight
wheels and is built entirely of steel.
1t costs about the same as an ordinary
steam locomotive and is operated by
one man. 1t is predicted that the new
motor will eventually supersede the old
locomotives as the electric street cars
have replaced the old horse cars.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

When Sampson pulled down the pill
lars of the temple, he killed himself,
but had the inexpressible satisfaction
of going poSthaste to hades with a
numerousIy choice assortment of his
enemies. If Governor Morrill, is trying
to emulate Sampson he may eventually
find himself landed in the Plutonian
abyss without the comfort of any ac-
cOmpanying host. The Republican
party will still be on deck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

What is this: A Larned druggist re-
fuses to pay the city license 10 sell
whisky and is to be imprisoned. Pay
ing licenses at Larned! What does thar
mean? Both Larned papers score the
Eagle bitterly on prohibition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

1t will be noticed that England is not
very rapid in coming back at Kruger's
last challenge. England is not afraid
OF Kruger. but it Is afraid of the quick
temper Of Emperor Wilhelm von
Deutschland
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

men of the territory who are looking
10 the interests of the territory as a
whole, present and future, and at the
same time making only reasonable
demand for the poor settler. and the
Eagle hopes to see the effort successful
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

Poor old Morrill,. who has spent all
his time plunging through drifts of
trouble banked up along his path, can
get rid of most Of it by abolishing the
police commissions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

Weyler has declared everything null
and void. He has taken the sponge
and wiped off the slate. He will now
sail in. In the end he will throw I'D
the sponge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

The wondrous warp and wool of life
Is shot through with that vivid golden
strand says Mrs. Lease DreSsmak-
erS can also get valuable business
pointers 10y attending Mrs. Leases ser
mons
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

1t is not likely that the Cincinnati
people Will lynch WaTling and Jack
son. The Cincinnati people are too
much interested, 10 do away with the
only source from which the murder
can be explained.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

The first official report shows that
the diSpenSary system in South Caro-
lima has increased the consumption of
liquor. Morrill, might better reverse
his engines and back out before he
goes over the precinice.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

Emin Pasha did not want to be res
cued by Stanley, and it may turn out,
If DR.. Nansen has done it, that the
North Pole didn't want to be discoy-
cred
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

1t is reported that Ponca City. Okla
homa, has purchased its old rival Cross
Tor a graveyard. An eastern paper
wants TO know how the fight could he
carried on four years without a Gene
iprV
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

Now Amelia Rives Chandler is TO be-
come Amelia Rives Chandler Troub-
etzker. If she is normal woman, she
has long ago decided it in favor of the
"Ouick"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

81 have been fooled and fiddled," says
the classic Mr.. FitzsimmOns. Can it
be possible that Fitz thinks the music
of his mouth anything like a violin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

A man loudly declared on the streets
yesterday that if John Waller did go
into the French courts he would be to
the extra expense of having an inter-
TIIntpr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

The woman who sailed OFT to Chicago
and Sc Il divorce before her husband
could get one in oklahoma. should have
been humane enough to realize that
Chicago doesn't need any advertising.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

Count Magri. Mrs Tom Thumbs hus.
band has ordered bicycle. 1t will
weigh ten pounds. On this he will be
able TO go as fast as the average sized
man walks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

After a conscientious study Of the
situation there can be no doubt that
OklahOma's first choice for president is
Mckinley and Reed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

John Waller doesn't care for the i'm
prisonment; he doesn't care for the dis
grace, but he has lost his landau,
there's the rubber plantation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

Neyler issues orders that the rebels
snail not be eXtolled or Spain reviled.
Notwithstanding this the Eagle will
continue 10 publish all the news with
out fear or favor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

A farmer writes, 1.-The great region
west Of the Mississippi has never been
hOnored with a president" Well, you
can't blame John J. ingalls, for that.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

1t is said that Don ValerianO Wey-
Ter Nicolau is already a household word
in Spain. They probably have to take
the side of the house down to get it in.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

Tiger Bill did not threaten But I'M
less Morrill, enforces the law in Leav-
enworth he may change back into a
POpulist, or a Democrat or a Buddhist.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

There are indications that soon
again Mr.. Lieurance's clarion ''cO-bOss"
will be heard in the suburbs. His sun
is about set.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

Bengal Willie says that Morrill, must
enforce the law at LeavenwOrth, or he
will not play in the jungle situated in
Morrill's backyard.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

promised b. the young fellow pzyinK "a.
This la a sensible ihiEg and the Oh man
ought 20 have medal n you dance yoa
must pay the hddler
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-19

Tom Anderson of Topeka, denies that
he has mounted Leland's bicycle built
for two and is allowing Cy to do the
guiding.