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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29
GETTING BADLY MIXED.

The Earl of Rosebery punctured the
lingo imperialism of the Salisbury min
istry, in that Liberal party speech, in
London, delivered night before last,
in a delightfully."- refreshing way, in
which he laid bare Canada's preten-
sions. His showing that colonial SOW
ereignty and an imperial scheme, on a
free-trade-protective basis was hum
bug, simple and unblushing, and called
attention to the insecurity of a ministry
which had gotten England into misun-
derstandings with One-half Of the pow
ers of the globe in a six months, which
complications were not being helped,
or unraveled by the march to Soudan,
a march that no man can forsee the
end.
There is no question that Salisbury's
bluff role may prove both a desperate
and disastrous game. The porte party
at Constintinople, and the palace party
at ST Petersburg. are thoroughly
agreed concerning Great Britain's lat
tSb hcNtlOJllltnL VI dSeItSSlpn III
Egypt. The one mind, TO be sure, is
Russia's, but Turkey has a right of
protest which she is understood to have
framed in fairly positive terms, for pre-
sentation to Lord Salisbury by the
Turkish minister in London. That
Russia instigates this, as well as
prompts the vigorous stand taken by
France against the use of the reserve
fund for the Dongola expedition, IS
simply question of fact, not of sur
mise. 1t is a matter OF course that the
sultan should seek to discipline the
khedive for asserting TO and officially
indorSing. by his review OF troops, the
Nile march Of the English toward
Khartoum. but a remarkable phase of
the situation is an appeal reported to
be on foot TO Germany. Considering
Emperor Williams pronounced atti-
tude on the side of England and the
triple alliance. Abdul HamidS resort
to him seems absurd.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29
II, IS A GRIM JOKE.

If the war in Cuba were less bloody
sacrifice for liberty upon the one side
and of death-dealing disease for the
other much of the campaigningS would
prove a grim joke. CampOs was all
fuss and feathers, Weyler is all buster
and impotency. The news that two
Spanish columns had met in the pro-
vince of Santa Clara on Wednesday
last, and mistaking each other for in
surgentS proceeded to do each other up
with a work of mutual slaughter be
fore the error was discovered, may call
forth no expression of regret in Amer
lea, but still it was deplorable thing.
However, the average American could
not restrain the grim joke that no an
nOuncement had been received as to
which side was victorious. Every bat
tie in Cuba, even if there be but one
man killed upon the one side and two
wounded upon the other, is heralded
over the world as great victory for
the Spanish arms. But no such an
nOuncement followed the unfortunate
affair of mutual butchery. This may
be explained on the theory that, as the
Spaniards are always victorious, one
might be justified in believing that
both sides won in the encounter. AS
for Weyler, he will find when he comes
to explain to Spain that the very ''stars
in their courses fought against Sisera."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29
MONEY IN POLITICS.

II is difficult matter to eliminate the
use of money in politics, and money
seems to be more and more in evidence
with each recurring campaign. The
direct use Of money for the necessary
incidental expenses of a campaign is
becoming to be recognized as legitimate
and honorable, where, upon the other
hand under a form of government like
ours the proper, at least the ideal thing
would be the choice Of officers through
the suffrages of the people without a
cents expense outside of paying the
election officials and the loss Of time TO
the individual voters in going TO the
polls. But ii is a notorious fact that
money is used In large sums in all our
larger cities TO debauch the citizen or
to trick him Of his privilege. The use
Of money in England 10 carry elections
Is so open as 10 be ouCra geOuS. None
buE the rich can gain seat in the house
Of commons, with very few eceptiOnS.
Money is openly posted for free drink
ing and the like Recently il was an
nounced from London that Lord Sails
bury. acting in behalf OF many sub
scrihers. had presented Mr. Madison.
who organized the last conservative
campaign. with a check for $4,000
This was a handsome payment for
political debt. But what : most re-
markable in il is the fact that the
British politicians went down into their
own pockets for the wherewiihaL They
actually paid for the triumph OF their
ideas in the election of a conservative
majority IN parliament with cash out
Of their own purses. We do these
things differently. The successful man
ager Of 4 Republican or Democratic
national campaign would be paid. but
with federal salary o. with the priv
uege of debating appointments 10 o.
Zee. or writing tariff schedule. We
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE.

Mike Sutton and Harry Bone are still
making some faces at each other out in
western Kansas.
The Winfield Courier is one Kansas pa
per that sticks religiousIy TO a real estate
transfers column.
The Ferris wheel. long disappeared from
sight, again appears in an advertisement
in the Prat Republican
Many Of the women At Winfield would
not give their ages N registering but said
sweetly: over tweuty-one."
A whistle steam has been put IN a mill
al Wellington which has q higher range
than Miss Ysw ever dared 10 have
There are 10 reports az Newton ga yet
that 10 Ady has become so rich in MS min
ing specuIat:ons that he has retired
John Rhoady Of Wellington. got 30 fire
ard ninety days in jail for stealing some
geese He feels Ike one himself now.
8Irz. Lueua P Krayblu OF Winfield. has
been employed by the Equal Suffrage as
ISOLATION % Campaign II Kansas this year
A Winfield man has been presented OF
his thirty-fourth birthday with begewel-
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The Galiehta Daily Eagle surday zurno, gflar 20, 1896

sibility of combining the entire flavor
lite son. forces upon him in the event
of Mckinley failing Of a majority on
the first ballot.
While Governor Morton has more
actuaI delegates than any other candl-
date in the field, after all he has but
those of his own state. No political
expert outside of the state Of New
York believes for one moment that
Morton could be nominated in any
event. He is not the right man for
the times, and he halls from the wrong
state. Thirty-fiye out Of the forty
four states in the Union will not hear
to a New York man, much less TO the
old mediocre Morton, whose only power
is his immense wealth. 1t seems little
short of a pity that this old man should
be played upon by the head of polit-
zeal machine, only finally 10 be humil-
lated. There is but one chance or course
for him and that is his withdrawal
from the race. Neither Plat nor any
one of his heelers and claquers who so
Justify hurrahed for him on the day of
the New York convention. believe that
there is the remotest chance for Nor
toms nomination. 1t is all a game so
open and undisguised as to disgust
right thinking men everywhere. Even
if they do not trade him off before the
casting of the first ballot at St Louis
he cannot. with all his delegation can
do, muster to exceed probably sixty-ive
or seventy votes. In any event he
would only appear in one ballot. His
candidacy if not insincere, was hope
less from the start. New York no
longer holds the balance of power. \
Republican president will be elected
without reference TO how New York
goes or who gets her electoral vote. If
Mckinley, Allison and Reed were all
to withdraw from the race, Morton
could not be nominated nor could any
other New York man. The next pres
ident is coming from west of the Allie
ghanies, as will probably the next, and
next
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29
A SHORT SUNDAY SERMON.

One of the prevailing mistakes and
follies of the present day, is over
reaching ambition, or rather the insane
disposition of many 10 aim at objects
far beyond their reach Much human
effort is wasted by misdirectiOn, and
over-much usefulness dissipaJed, in the
emotional desire to achieve greatness,
which too frequently has no more sub
stantial basis than Overheated imagin-
alton and erroneous conceptions OF the
durance and the win and patience 10
employ that power properly, accom-
pliSh more than oFer-cOntdence in IA
tive ability and its consequent lack Of
effort The desire 10 succeed in great
affairs and appease a lofty ambition
without having attained excellence in
minor things. often leads 70 melancholy
failure. Il was the drUmmer-bOy who
drummed well, who was recommended
for and received promotion While
one succeeds in gaining the top Of the
ladder with 4 leap. thousands VIII have
succeeded him step by step. stronger
Of limb and purpose The end % BE-
achieved may be placed high. but a
mistake can be made by disregard q
the means by which il : 20 be attained
The hands that VIII not DO with al
their might whatever they End 70 do,
viii become weak and palSied by in
dOlenee, and unable 20 DO that which :
desired when the opportunity 5 OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29
a GRAND STAND VIEW

As one by one the suns of the ia
vorite sons sink below the diaphanous
gray Of the political horizon. that OF
Mckinley the more majeSticallv
climbs southwark Davis, Mander-
sons. ouay'S and Cullom'S have IN
GuesJionably sunk TO rise no more. and
Morion's has begun 10 east the long
shadows of low declinaJion. Reed
has assembled slightly from the boost
given it by a sinsle-Standard plank.
put under him by a capital-loving.
creditor-Squeezing New England state.
but Mckinley is left the sole solar lum-
mary the Iowa light alone excepted.
Whether Allison will prove a rival in
the END depends wholly upon the pos
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fered Many lives are adorned with
magnificent beginnings" but defaced
with the wrecks of incompleted tasks
and decayed desires. Eager to achieve.
we are delinquent in attempt Ambi=
tious TO attain the end. we refuse the
means. The air is filed with arrows
aimed at the sun, and time and effort
are lost Spent and broken shafts
covpr the ground in mute evidence OF
misguided over-reaching, ambitious
and misplaced hopes. Such efforts are
as fruitless as no efforts. and the de-
mands upon life are undischarged and
its duties untitled. The man who
stands on the first round OF the ladder
has accomplished more and is higher
than he who falls 10 the ground in an
attempt 10 leap TO the top. Before
aiming at the sun be sure your powers
of mind, and eye and nerve are equal
TO the task
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29
HE BELIEVED IN KANSAS.

George II. Nettleton, general man.
ager of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
and Memphis railway and its connect
ing system, who died at his home in
Kansas City last Thursday evening,
was, as a corporation manager, one of
loved and popular manager in the state
OF Kansas that the Santa Fe ever had.
He recognized and treated every en-
ploye, as he did ever official under him,
as a man. His kindness of charac-
ter, his gentleneSs of disposition were
marked, and would have been distinc-
tive, had he been minister of the
gospel or a teacher, instead of the head,
at different times, Of the three or four
of the greatest railway corporations of
the west As general manager of the
Santa Fe he held that Wichita was
destined TO be a city, to which end he
proposed to work. After he had left
the system and finished the Southern
Kansas TO Winfield he quietly had 4
line surveyed from that point TO Wich-
ita. The Santa Fe stepped in and
bought the Southern Kansas from IN
der him. lie afterwards told US that
had the Santa Fe not bought his road
out he would have been into Wichita
inside of six weeks. He believed in
Kansas and his going TO Kansas City
and identifying himself with the Mem
phiS system was misfortune for Kan
SaS.
Mr. Nettleton was 4 New Englander.
born in Massachusetts in 1881, at Chic
opee Falls, where he was educated.
He commenced his railway career as a
rodman III an engineer corps on the
New York and New Haven railway.
Coming west he got a position with the
Chicago and Alton. where he demon
strated his great abilities As an all
round railway man. His Memphis rail
way projection with its Mississippi
river bridge connection with the south
ern systems has been the great test
single railway factor in Kansas City's
prosperity and supremacy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

A tramp 80 years of age was ordered to
move on at Oklahoma City the other
day.
1t is said that the Daily Clarion at Ok
lahoma City is dead. Who will be the
next?
There were 217 delegates in that conven-
ton in Oklahoma City yesterday. and they
were all there.
Pat Nagle doesn't care whether it is
salary or fees. He is mighty glad he has
the office at all
Dennis F'lynn's popularity will help
every candidate for a county office in Ok
lahoma, this fall.
The Perry Democrat is the only paper
in Oklahoma so intensely Democratic that
it defends Bayard.
The Guthrie Leader speaks OF a man
being after a trunk divorce" What is
trunk divOrce?''
Tomorrow the right arm, the property
and utensils of Dennis Flynn, will be
shaken plumb from its socket.
Ernest Hill, a farmer near Shawnee.
hauls his corn to Oklahoma City where,
he claims, he gets a better price for it.
The Oklahoma City Journal says that
when the Clarion of that City suspended
publication it had 105 local subscribers.
There is absolutely nothing for the Ok
Iahoma Republican papers TO quarrel
about now and they ought to settle down.
Abram Jefferson Seay appeared on the
scene and shifted the air at Oklahoma
City three days before the convention ar
rived.
Marshall Adkins of Oklahoma City, has
been found guilty of perjury. The per-
jury convictions of Oklahoma would make
a long list.
WIN Little has dashed off a few re-
marks on Kafir corn again. This time
he sent it to the Guthrie Capital Of which
it filed over five columns.
Take the whole Republican party OF Ok
lahoma; subtract the fellows who are sore;
and the remainder will be greater than the
sum of the Pops and the Democrats.
Trouble at Watonga has broken out
again. Sheriff Wilson was suspended
from office one morning for drunkenness.
and in the afternoon the court revoked
the order.
1t is said that Mr.. Hollinger Of Fort
Scott, who caught Ira Terrill was sorry
he did it when he found out that the re-
ward was only So. But HolHnger isn't
that kind Of a man.
The Perry Enterprise says that as Mayor
Button will not be a candidate for mayor
of Oklahoma City, it is plain that the
Democrats cannot use him for cam
paign button this year.
Two Guthrie men fell TO discussing
whether a chinch-bug died in the winter
or went into a comatose state. They de-
cided to leave It to Professor Snow, who
wrote that the bug hibernates.
The Sapulpa railroad proposes TO Okla
homa City to have its line there in e.gh-
teen moEnhs. locate the shops and Of
fees there, If the city will pay 5000 cash
down and give 1t real estate in the city
TO the value Of S59.OG0.
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ADMIT THEM BIZ ALL MEANS.

The objection SO strongly urged by
the east against the admission Of New
Mexico. Arizona and Oklahoma is a
childish and foolish one if not out and
out unfair and dishonest. 1t is based
on the same suppositiOn which Grover
Cleveland in his missionary speech in
New York so belittled himself, tO-wit,
want of western enlightenment
This holding is made in the face of
official records to the contrary, which
show by incontestible figures that the
per cent of illiteracy in the west is
much less than that of the east. They
say that the people of these territories
don't know enough to be against free
silver. The founders of this country
labored under just such a delusiOn or
ignorance The senate committee on
territories has just recommended the
admission of New Mexico to the sister
hood of state, the first election for the
adoption of the proposed constitution
not to take place earlier than NOvem-
Der. Thus the bill for the admission
of the territory has now the same place
it occupied during last congress. The
committee has also reported favorably
on the Arizona bill.
There is every reason why the bill
should now receive its final passage,
All the territories have been brought
into the Union, except New Mexico,
Arizona and Oklahoma, and the sooner
these are admitted. the sooner will
their era Of prosperity and better gov
eminent arrive. Each has the soil,
each has a reasonable population, and
each has the undeveloped resources to
give it place among the richest COM
munitieS Of the west.
Oklahoma and New Mexico both have
the requisite population and taxable
property, which Will rapidly increase
with statehood. OF course New Mex
leo has a large half-breed native popu-
lation which is very ignorant, but the
general intelligence of Oklahoma will
compare favorably with the oldest and
most progressive states in the Union.
The protest of the eastern press that
the people of these territories if ad-
mitted to statehood would through the
character of the men sent to congress
and the senate cause either trouble or
disgrace falls to the ground. The peo-
pie of these territories are as wide
awake to national amenities as are
those of Massachusetts. They would
do nothing TO discredit the country.
nothing to hurt anybody's feelings, the
mOney-mOngerS of Wall street except
ed. In all fairness all these territories
should be admitted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29

For some unaccounJable reason
Marsh Murdoch has not offered the late
Wichita deal as proof of his PROPOSE
ton that the governor is demenIed-
Marion Record. The secret OF YOUR
continued mumbling and belly-aching
We cannot even guess; but, if you know
of any deal with which Murdoch was
connected, either Intimately or remote
u. spit il out. for heavens sake. and
relieve yourself. Such an addition 10
all the other Misrepresentation and
out and out falSehoods viii not hurt
anybody. Murdoch was = party 10 no
deal of any character. with Morrill,. his
friends or with anyone else. The deals
and combines in that convention were
of those who opposed Murdoch. and
their defeat may be the real secret Of
Mr.. Hoch'S soreness.
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ed watch. Il was given to him by his
nnother-in-iaw,
Miss Jennie Gillian OF Pratt. had to have
chIoroform administered 20 her before the
doctor could pull a splinter out from IN
der a fnger-r2lL
The Lawrence World says that the Kan
sas newspaper men lost all sense OF de-
cency in prying ito Mrs. Leases vallse.
Il does look that way.
Two horses attached 10 a farm wagon
belonging 20 Judge Vandivert ran away IN
Kinsley the other day. Farmer ingalls,
should have thought OF this.
Mr.. n. II. Roberts OF Harper. has two
fish with Iegs. lie thinks they are n cross
between a catfish and a lizard. lie caught
them IN q lake near Hutchinson.
From the way Bill Hackney slashed Into
trusts in a recent letter. the winfield ps0-
PIE are inclined 20 9o1bt that 10 has a
$1,000 year JOB with the STANDARD OF
company.
Kinsley Mercury; c. y. Beeisr arrived
from the west Friday night. bringing sith
him a train load q SIX hundred head %
cattle. This occurs 50 often that u hardly
seems worth while % speak of 81. but -
= an item that We Ike 90 get- J. shows
Roth 20 our own people and outsiders thai
this country s. 10; dead. That there are
opportunities fo- money making ia the
baads q energetic sarewd men who age
not afraid 20 take the caances Ct ordinary
business Who work hard. keep fbe.r
business s1EaEszel.s ard bud up rep
utatic1 q any Iins % business ~. B<sl-
e = thzt kidd. ard 70 nan "A The state
Is more widely o. more favOrsbly k-sTu
among stOckruea ard dealers taan Q. ".
Bee,er. he has made q comfortable for-
tune a th1s country 81 a feE ysars azd
Re has zot had goverz.nneai assistance .
60 il. nor grez-e- op2ortaatsles ta2n ether
Iae-- he Aas never Stopped 70 pzy o.
re government ss5t huf has pat in Is
tine paying h-s oHa- BE = rot Ar author
~ On '-fse1a1cs~ sad probably 80 nDi
The iezzt i1ea q TIE per eas.fa j.
nsEss 70 f.Gsre7ce 20 hira wbo oE1s ne
rzllroaLa 80 taey I'll carr his cattle
~ Bee.e- IL a .hlnfrg sxa1z2-a - re
bs-eGts q atts1Elax str.rf}y 70 oEs's eEa
h1s.Ees&
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29
STATIONS
OF the Alton Stock Farm, 1890
GODDARD, KAN.
ALLAKAN 1909.

Backing pacing stallion. stAntard
Registered.
sra. sultan 22pk. sire % ssAmboui
2-g11Z. SaIladin To- the trotting stallion
record and the pacing race rscord IN 10.
Sultan Is the sire % = others IN the IN
class
Dan. Betty Bismarck. By Victor von
Bismarck. "a brother ard blood % Eisc-
.loaeerJ sire OF = 81 the % hst- Alizksn
- bred similar % 81. Bel and other fozls
% Beautiful Bells. by Electonser.
In 1876. Aliakan I.aCsd trial ME- On
the wichita track. 81 - ard repeated n
~. another day BE- pzcs1 a nile IN IL.
half 81 1-oC. . quarter in = seeDnes. a.
eighth lu - a-ar1Els Terms. 30 for The
sezsoas - % insure
Black Percheron Stallion. PANADJA.
imported Regls;erst IN both Frszsch
ard American Sfu6 Books.
Sire. L@zgat0r 1872 he - ChzrnpeauI-
Dam. cclsette. ~ E2Fril. second dan.
Elche. by Fiorert
FzvalJ "a iEhsi 20 IA a. z-ysar-old.
took Grat premium AZ Neoraska Et2ts
BAR ard Il c0ua- seTs1 ore q tns nnsst
fsz-ln s-o- afaf5irrE 81 tks stafs % E&s-
a.. service feez. So
Adt-sTs f1r either q these ho-sss.
LESLIE r. MARTIN. Goddard. Kan
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Owing to a mistake in the composing
rooms a warning To PopulSts not t.
read was omitted over the MaSSachu-
sets Republican platform. and several
of our most prominent PopuliStS may
never recover.
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should make him consul general in
London, or ambassador somewhere, or
collector, or postmaster. He might
even hope for a place in the cabinet.
Our statesmen, when triumphant at
the polls, know how TO saddle the pay
ment of their party debts on the people.
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To man listening to the pandemon-
ium of the Reed roar. the Mckinley
howl and the Allison chuckle, there is
but one relief. He must take his choice
of vociferation and join in, in order 10
escape the din.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29

Anthony Hope Hawkins, who drop
ped the Hawkins when he became an
author, is going to visit America. The
Perry, Oklahoma. liar will really have
TO sit back in the shade for few months.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29

In 1TS6 3. c., StefanuS Demetri. edi-
tor of the Athens Bugle, in describing
the convention of the Epicureans
wrote: "PandemOnium reigned." And
the writing world has had it bad every
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29

Bernard Kelly was mad at Morrill,
because he couldn't get an appoint
ment. Fortunately there was Method
ism in his madness and he went back to
The pulpit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29

Answer to correspondent: Your state
ment that if Lots wife had worn
boomers and had been learning the
bike, she would not have looked back,
might offend the minister. Don't do it,"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29

1t must be patent that so long as the
prettiest, sweetest and youngest wo-
men confine their participation in poll
tics TO waving their handkerchiefs,"
female suffrage is odoriferously dead.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29

Dom Paul will not visit Queen Vic
toria. He probably noticed that in
the Venezuelan trouble, the queen did
not command Grover Cleveland to
come to London.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-29

Abridged resolutions of Massachu-
sets Republicans: "That New Eng
land maintain her present cinch on the
nation, to have and TO hold forever"