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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25
BRYAN AND FREE TRADE.

Bryan is one of the most Out-and-out
| free traders of the country. Carlisle
nor Cleveland have ever said the ex
treme things that this young Nebras
This Democratic candidate for presi
dent is the exponent of all the free
trade isms of his own party and of the
Pop party, but of the English Golden
club. AS proof of this it is only neceS-
sary to refer to Mr.. Bryan'S tariff
record in congress, during his brief
experience there as a member of the
house of representatives, and, in order
I'll the friends of protection may have
an opportunity to refresh their mem
cries in this respect, we publish this
week some extracts from his speeches
delivered during the second session of
the Fifty-thrd congress when the Will
son bill became law.
Mr.. Bryan is an out-and-out free
trader. He was dissatisfied even with
the original Wilson bill before it re-
ceived the six hundred amendments
that finally enabled its paSSag e through
the United States senate. He regards
"a tariff of 10 per cent levied purposely
for protection" as being lust as indie
feasible as a tariff of thousand per
cent" OF the original free trade VIII
son bill he said: Il think the duties
all the way through this bill are higher
than necessary" But low as they
were, he viewed it as ''step in the
right direction" He also said: u am
for free wool" Again: Il believe in
free iron ore" Again: 1.-The duty on
coal is indefenSihle."
These brief quotations will enable
all friends of protection to appreciate
the imminent danger to every Amer
lean wage-earner and every American
industry that would arise through the
election of Mr.. Bryan to the presi-
dency. 1t is quite possible that he
may attempt to evade any discussion
of the tariff question during the cam
paign. or to refer to il as briefly as
possible. But this must not be per-
mitted. Wherever or whenever Mr..
Bryan, or any other Democrat. may
chance to speak during the ensuing
months, every friend OF protection
should See that the Democratic cansli-
dates position on the tariff question
is clearly questioned and as clearly de-
fined His utter hostility TO American
labor and To American industry must
be exposed At every opportunity.
Contrast tie words of the Democratic
demagogue with those Of Hon. William
Mckinley, who says: when there IS
work there is wages, and when there
is work wage-earners are consumers.
who contribute the best market for
the products OF our SOIL How Mr..
Bryan can make the western farmers
believe TO the contrary-that idle wage
earners can contribute the best mar
ket for the products of our sou''-it
will be interesting TO observe. He
would close every coal and iron mine,
he would let our lumber come from
Canada, our wool firm Australia and
the clothes We wear from Europe-or
else he would insist that all American
labor. employed in all such American
industries, be paid only at such low
rates OF wages as are earned by labor
engaged in similar occupations abroad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

THE SHERMAN ACT.

1t was passed in the year 1880 and many
people wrongly suppose 1t was repealed in
1855. All that was repealed was the clause
requiring the purchase of silver bullion
whether or not IL was needed for coinage.
Under the provisions of the Sherman act
the secretary OF the treasury Is empow-
cred to coin silver dollars on hand at dis
cretion- A million and half silver dol
lars were coined last month and more
are being coined this month
The Sherman act declares It TO be "the
established policy OF the United States
to maintain he two metals on a parity
with each other upon the present legal
ratio, or such ratio as may be provided
by law" The repeating of the purchase
clause left this policy undssturbed for the
act of 1888 expressly says: This repeal
shall not impair. or IN any manner effect,
the legal tender quality of the standard
silver dollar heretofore coined and the
faith and credit of the United States are
hereby pledged TO maintain the parity of
the standard gold and silver coins of the
United States at the present legal ratio.
or such other ratio as may be established
by Aw."-Leavenworth Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25
oKLAgoxA ouTLIsz5

F-z-k sfeMas<er Is making = bari cxnt
fo- Bryan n rs rev Oklahoma paper
The shzxnee Quill says that TIA; free
hoEss .lAzk n eas De7ocFztsc Sast<oT-z
- a1ssh;y weak
A TIE cAasEdz;rs app-ar n okizhr-na
& - startling bow nary OF them are
with tas scoznnOa p@cDie"
Billy Botioz.~ says C1tsfse p&ss-.
'-dropD~s L.to tnss O<zce i.s< s1r1t- ne
buiAtinz N a total wreck"
TIE Shawnee oBfl SAYS rf2i artsu-
sexzn sd substitute - .sss ~soss
came ~zs Frzncz Sullivan
II Mckinley - sssete9 Re all Tvs - e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

wzkhfrxton. July s<.-Shsrsfan y
Red. United Sszfes consul a. Tn
Tsan, IN a corassgasos;ion 20 TIE Se-
rsr.rneos a. sfafz. says tax re con-
n~-r-s az saas city s. Increasing ssry
raosdly ard there = nos IN srd around
re fo-~sxa concessions MARKED acttvi-
- a a. construction q zew ware
s,n.ss-.. private residences sat IN srsk,-
nc fraproT@<ne7ts. T1e rev German
esu-es~Soa W. extend tbs moving
s,ssce o vessels On fs~ front ose~ .
szlIe. May Ds~ a--as. mostly Ger
mar. sry-1 Other Chinese fr>nty porss
esve established themselves ss Tn
Tssp 20 - SssSfsesps;ofs IN sh< rev
snx trade y the ssort- n 10 r~xrs-stis
sayz TIE e1nss5i. thzs TER. - 10 r~r~e-
s.suzA1lss Anssyseaa firm vita a<nys@
capital a. fts hsc< <s-aeifsa~c a. Tea
Txln. tarougfs watch = larger p4rs %
the Grade Eo1Id rSxasfsfsy pass.
Tos city by ia x~osTaphica. r<sss-
t5on. - The pyctot % accungsktbon Hnd
Sisc-fssts1a q al rasrchsrcise dss-sn-
81 sSz L.s ss-s<d staGeA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25
A GoLDBUG's PHRoPHECY.

We have half notion that tbs country
VIII be on silver basis within q year.
whether Mckinley or Bryan Is elected
The Republican platforms condemns the
borrowing Of money in time OF peace. 20
maintain the gold reserve. and h McKin-
lev should be elected he could not very
well keep Up this practice. which Is nee
essary to maintain the single standard
under present conditions. And the minute
he refuses 20 make such loans. tha.
minute the country VIII be on a silver
basis II we must Try the experiment.
TIE sooner we try e. the better. The
cuarreiing over the QUESTION. and the IN
certainty. is doing the harm--Atchisoa
f;1ohe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25
TWO SIDES TO IT.

For instance. one paper, whose editol
| was a delegate to the ST. Louis conven
ton, only the other day abused humber
Of eastern Democratic papers, and &C
cused them of being bought with British
| gold, because they viii not submit to tn.
| Anarchistic, free silver plank of the Dem
ocratic platform. What good does &
| paper do the Republican party that thus
| abuses papers and men who refuse to sup.
port the opposition party?-Sol Miller.
That whack didn't fail to reach the
victim for whom it was intended
Without stopping to analyze its force
or justice say, Mr.. Chief, didn't we
after all size up that dominating Dem
ocratic crew about right? And, isn't
ii legitimate warfare to criticise the in
consistency of the opposition organs:
Not one OF those Democratic journals
have any use for the Republican party.
or sympathy with its aims or princi-
piles, or for its nominees. Besides sill
yer money has not been held, SO very,
very long, to be either a political or
financial heresy. Some Of the very
men whom those boiling editors now
swear by were former advocates of
this silver scheme Of reputation. John
G. Carlisle denounced the demonetiza-
ton Of silver for everything he could
lay his tongue to. Bimetallism has
not for so long been held to be an IN
sound system. Since when has the
al 1f. Ia cfo do r6
a crank? Who was it that determined
that a man couldn't be for free coinage
and yet be a good Republican? or that
failing to swear by gold monometal-
lism is both treason and reputation?
David B. Hill, three years ago, at Ell
mira, was an advocate of Independent
bimetallism as the next best thing to
International bimetallism. Benjamin
Harrison few years ago contended
that policy should be pursued which
would lead to eventual free coinage.
William Mckinley has denounced Gro
yer Cleveland for striking down silver,
and has declared that he wanted the
double gold standard. Mr.. Whitney
is now in favor of the free coinage of
silver at a ratio fixed by international
consent, but he is regarded by the New
York Pest and other eastern papers as
unsound upon the money question.
Even Tom Reed and Henry Cabot
Lodge were in favor Of a scheme to
prohibit the importation of English
goods unless England Joined with us
in the rehabilitation of silver. Hoke
Smith was a volcanic free silver man
a few years ago, and J. Sterling Morton
was once the Greenback candidate for
governor of Nebraska Why not say
that the editor of the Chief is very
sorry that his Old-time friend, and
otherwise astute editor Of the Eagle,
can't see that free silver would Mex
icanize the Industrial interests of the
United States. minimize its political
among the nations, and jeop-
ardize every financial and commercial
by utterly stranding the
worlds confidence in our national in
tegrity, instead of calling us a ''bush-
If a party convention fails to con-
form to some one personal conviction
should the individual repudiate his
or his party, Or neither?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

Yet these lower wages he says, would
contribute the best market for the pro
ducts of our soil"
We have no fear that our farmers
will be deceived by any such illogical
argument or visionary reasoning. 1t
resembles too much the clap-trap that
captivated them in 1892, and the sad
results of the experience into which
they were then beguiled still confronts
fh1aI,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

1t is a strange thing that the man
who discovers thing and kicks rarely
! remedies the matte. 1t is the part of
one man To kick; the office Of an entire
~ different man to eradicate the cause
for the kick.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

Nebraska should be satisfied. Her
man Thurston ran the Republican St
Louis convention; her man Allen man
aged the Pop St Louis convention, and
her man Bryan captured the Chicago
conYentiOn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

Allen compared the Rothschilds
agents who attended the Pop cOnven-
graveyard" They certainly were
jackals. And the POpulist convention
was certainly a graveyard, as POpu-
lism will learn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

Bryan, in some quarters. is credited
with the chance of carrying Ohio. Gen
eral Coxey is the leading Populist in
Ohio. Anyone. not a Pop, can appre-
ciate how ridiculous the idea is of
CoXey beating Mckinley.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

There will never be another ike the
Populist convention in ST. Louis. The
drunken delegate who climbed on the
stage hit the table a whack with that
umbrella and upbrsided the delegates
for selling out TO the Democrats has a
niche in history all by himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

Popuhsm has secured some conces-
sions from Democracy. One OF these
concessions is female suffrage. The
Populist female suffragists have agreed
that it shall not go into the platform
but that it shall be carried out in event
Of Democratic success.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

"Plow ahoy!'' cries the Kansas farm
er this year" Jettison that bundle of
oats and starboard tack with the bind
er. What's that? Man overheard,
This is the doggonedest corn year /
ever did see.'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The report of the treasurer Of Kan
sas shows that the total state debt on
June 30, 1896, was 1852, 600, of which
$4S7 900 is owned by the school fund,
and $4,000 by the university fund, leav-
ing $256, 600 in the hands Of individuals
and corporations. Since June 80 an
other $4,000 has been paid, leaving
only $685., 900 outstanding.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

"Im for silver" says the Republi-
can," but 1 shall vote for Mckinley"
Il am Democrat" says the gold stan
dard man, 'but / shall vote for Nc
Kiniey." 1t is this that makes the
Pop wallow his eyes and cry: "Oh, in
cOnsiStencyw
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The Connecticut Mutual Life Insur-
ance company has started in to help
gold win in this country. The author
ity which says it is good thing for a
life insurnce company TO mix in politics
is not at hand lust now.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

Senator Don Cameron, who was once
talked Of as a possible candidate for
president on a silver-standard plat
form, does not approve Of the Chicago
ticket, which he considers socialistic.
II am for the silver standard" he says,
"but am not a fool"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

Delegate conventions of the Republicans
of Sedgwick county will be held August
xth and 5th to nominate county and dis
trict candidates for the offices to be filled
at the November, 1896. election. as follows.
to-wit:
At Clearwater on August 4th. at O'Clock
p. m. to nominate a candidate for repre-
sentative of tho Sixty-ninth district.
In the city of Wichita on August 9th, at
the Auditorium, at 3 o'clock a m, TO nom
mate a candidate for representative of the
Sixty-seventh district. At $50 O'Clock a.
m, to nominate a candidate for represent
alive OF the Sixty-eight district, and also
commissioner OF said district. At IL
O'Clock a. m. to elect twenty-five dele
gates and alternates to the state conven-
ton and TO nominate the following
county officers, to-wit: State Senator.
Clerk of the District Court. County At
torney, Probate Judge. Superintendent OF
Public Instruction
Delegates to said conventions shall be
elected at Republican primaries. which
shall be held on August Ord. 1885. at the
usual voting places IN the county out
side Of the city OF Wichita. between the
hours Of and 4 o'clock ?. m. and IN the
city OF wichita between the hours of and
Z O'Clock p. n. at the following places.
to-wit:
First ward-Nammoth stables. South
Main street.
Second ward-Northwest corner OF Main
and Second streets.
Third ward-Topeka Avenue barn. 30
Fourth wsrd-Yscsnt room. corner Oak
and Lawrence avenue
Fifth Ward-Martinson block.
Sixth War1-Corner IDA and Douglas
avenues.
The basis of apportionmcn; 20 said con
ventions viii be one delegate for each
twenty-five votes ard major fraction
thereof cast FOR Hon. Chester l. Long Tor
II the ciection OF iss4. and IN
addition thereto one delogste-At-isrge for
each voting precinct In the county Of
Sedgwick: and under this spportlonment.
the various wards. townships and pre-
cincts are entitled 10 the following repre-
sents3on. to-vit:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

A Kansas man was grieving terribly
over the loss of his wife. Someone
must divert that mans mind" said the
doctor, scr he will grow crazy" A
man Went in and started TO talk gold
to him and IN three hours the widower
had The gold man damned up into
corner. knocking the daylightS out of
him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

Populism is queer. A great part of
the PopuliSt delegates TO 81. Louis took
their wives into the convention with
Them. AT least it looked that way. 1t
may have been that several of the wo-
men took their husbands along.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25
------------7------7---
HAWAII WILL BE OURS

Whether Cuba shall in the end be-
come one of the states OF the Unson
or an independent republic, IL seems
quite certain that Hawaii win become
a territory and finally one OF the states
OF this republic. Cleveland alone pre-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

We hear good deal about "the poor
mans money" The poor man never
gets TO examine this money closely. 1t
comes in and goes out too suddenly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

Kansas Populists have improved
some. They now do a little actual
work in the convention and let people
from Oklahoma and Arkansas act the
monkey by singing alleged humorous
SOnGS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

PopuliSm and Democracy are in the
same boat, and, it should be said,
Arthur Sewan did not build the boat
or they would have more chance of
getting through safely.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

1t now developes that Sewall wears
gold stockings and carries picture Of
the Prince Of Wales in his pocket! We
are glad we are not a Populist.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The Pops should have sprinkled a
little dignity in their conventions. The
reason the galleries in St Louis were
empty was because Pop convention
doesn't differ from a street corner dis
cIISSi0O
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The Populists say a great deal about
knowing no north and no south, no
east and no west But the southern
POpuiists do know a Democrat when
they scratch the WhiteWash off him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The average Pop statesman's chief
JOY consists in making a speech and
then chasing out and buying the news
papers to see what they say about it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25
(ten months, 20 Nav lstl

1t will be observed IN the foregoing
table that in the four years under the Nc
Kinley tariff there were imported from
Mexico. II. So head of cattle. which paid
a revenue into the treasury of $16,S70.
In the first twenty months of the Wilson
German tariff. there were imported from
Mexico. 81. S62 head of cattle. which paid
a revenue OF $40. 1854 Under the latter
tariff the cattle were valued in 1885 at
$4.s7iz a head. and paid an average duty
Of ST. cents a head. They weighed on
an average OF i,coo pounds per head. ard
sold on the markets of Kansas City. ST.
Louis. Omaha and Chicago at about 81
per head. Their sale in our markets de-
prived the farmers, of this country, from
July l. 1854 to July !, 1895. of the sale Of
about 133 6S7 600 pounds Of beef, or enough
to feed for that year the entire population
OF Idaho, Montana, Nevada. Wyoming
Arizona, and Oklahoma. and give each
man, woman and child 800 pounds OF beef
a year.
For the ten months ending April -, 1895.
the cattle imported were valued at $50
per head, and the Mexicans paid about
SIS per head for the privilege of depriv-
ing American farmers of their market
for about 81, 80, 500 pounds of beef, or
enough to feed the entire population of
Idaho. Montana, Nevada. North Dakota.
Wyoming, Arizona. New Mexico and Ok
lahoma, and give each man, woman and
child 800 pounds per year.
The paltry sum paid for the privilege
of furnishing meat enough for the people
of eight states and territories would not
pay the expenses OF the government for
ten hours.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The sober second thought of this
country is likely to be bulging-eyed
fright. The country is getting too ner-
vOuS 10 try experiments.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

Bryan got the Endorsement of two
conventions in st. Louis. Mckinley
got the Endorsement of one. Major
tiles do not count in this
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

Mr. Pandemonium did not do all the
reigning at st. Louis. Occasionally
he had to sit down TO catch his breath
and then Mr.. Bedlam took a hand.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

"Now suppose" said an arguier to a
tramp, you had $50 in gold and"
Hold up.,' said the tramp. Il can't
do it. Make it So"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The formation Of the heads of Nc
kinley and Bryan as shown in a draw
ing are almost precisely alike. 1t is
the cyity inside the skull that differs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The Populists are not strictly An
archists- The scenes at st. Louis in
dictate only that Populism simply
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The Populists are to ridiculous to be
dangerous Danton, Robespierre and
Marat were frothy agitators, but they
effected dignity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The two vice-president attachment
to Bryan was all right. Sewalrs bar
rel's constitution cannot stand the
drawing powers of two parties.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The Chicago Inter Ocean notes that
PETER was right in it when the hair
pulling began at the st. Louis Populist
convention.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25
carTLExEs AND THE WILSON BILL

II Il common szyfzg that ne tzr--
dos not aszecs sse farmer. and hantre--
OF people think tie saysn< Il tr.e- How
ever. zoshs1S = fzr1Aes from TIE truth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The Republican at a convention
talks; Democrat converses; Prohl-
bition bowls, but a Populist yocifer-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

The farmer has foreign competitors lust
as earnest and tenacious as the manu-
facturer- The fact is. that as a rule.
has usually had more protection than the
manufacturer
Below we give a table showing the Tn
ports OF Mexican cattle under the Nck.n-
ley law and under the wiisor-Gorman
Dill The table was compiled from the
oncfal records at Washington especially
for us.
mexican cattle are now being rushed
across the border by the thousands be-
cause the Mexicans realize that Mckinley
wlii probably be elected together with a
protect7on congress. and then their United
states market will be gone.
The Stockmen Of Texas claim that tna
importatious OF Mexican cattle has -
duced the value OF their cattle al least
400 per head II 1t is true In Te,as 4,
Is relatively true in this section.
The farmers and stockmen cannot CON-
tinue to vote against their own interests:
MKINLEY TARIFF.
On effect October & 1897
Schedule G-Agricultural Products and
Animals Live
PSI. Horses and mules $50 per head: Pro
vided that horses valued al $50 and over
shall pay duty OF thirty per centum ad
vslorem.
as Cattle. more than 1-year-old. $40 per
head; 1-year-cld or less. 3 per head
2i9. Hogs $50 per head
30. Sheep. 1-year-old or more. $50 per
head; less than i-year-old. 75c per head.
3l AL other live animals, not specially
provided for in this Q.-- r
UNI ad yaloreyn.
WILSON-GORMAN TARIFF, 1884
On effect August !, 1Ss4)
Schedule G-Agricultural Products and
Provisions.
Animals Live
1SS-All live animals. not specially provid-
ed for in this act twenty per centum adj
valorem.
There has been imported from Mexico
LIE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25
Daily eagle
M. M. MURDOCH, Editor.

And so Populism was only the tad
pole Of the Democratic frog.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

It is suggested in the interest OF har-
mony that we seat both Mckinley and
BRYAN and give each half veto.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-25

By order % the Republican Central Con-
rniftee os sesE~sok county.
THOS- c. WILSON. Chairman
wv yASSEHAS. Secretary.