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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
THE ANCIENT BOOMERANG.

It is queer how lie always overtakes
itself. 1t is even most irresistibly fun
ny how a false charge always doubles
back on itself and diyuIges the sneak
ing motive behind il.
The simultaneous wall Of the whole
Gordon of Popocratic speakers that
Mark Hanna is corrupting honest Dem
ocrats with money is a case in point
1t is of the kind which would convict
a felon and release his accomphce. 1t
presuproses that Hanna and his coad-
tutors are guilty Of grave crime
which could not be committed without
the cooperation Of Democrats Would
he buy Republicans: II so. why. and
how would he 20 about it, Its great
business, this conducting the wrong
side Of a campaign. When lies must
be substituted for logic, it's a rocky
road to travel It's a faded crowd-a
foos0re. spawned. string-halted cara
van OF disappointed dishea rtened sup
e-anuated political deadbeats who. via
the royal road ~ q trumped-up issue.
have trudged their weary way toward
the heights Of fame for four long
mcnths, but The end IS neaE. They
pause for breath and howl fraud. This
refrain is not new. II has been beard
before. and always preparatory and In
itiaoory 10 a crushing defeat IL l. the
yell OF despair Il - the signal OF their
last hope. and VII lose them thousands
OF votes which they might Otherwise
hare held
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
The EAGLES ESTIMATE.

Every editor is supposed to have bet
ter and more reliable sources Of inform
alton touching what the result Of any
election will be than the average read
er, and every newspaper keeps up a
system of calculation. The Eagle has
its own estimates On all the leading
candidates, state and national. AS to
the local candidates the average reader
should have as good an understanding
as any newspaper. Having been ask
ed many times Of late for the Eagles
estimate on the national situation We
have no hesitancy in giving it Mckin-
ley will have, according to our table,
just.3O0 votes in the electoral college,
Bryan 147. Mckinley may have ten
less, possibly, and Bryan ten more by
the change of one state. Now watch
the returns. There VII be elected $40
congressman. of which the Republicans
will have DDS, the Democrats 126 and
the Pops 9. The tables, figures. esti-
mates. etc, from which these totals are
made UP cover pages Of paper and
weeks of time As for Kansas, we will
not give our figures for the reason that
they would not be satisfactory TO some
and be jeered at by others. However.
we viii say that they show that Nor
rill and the state ticket will be elected
ard that while the Republicans will
probably not have quite half of the
state senate, they will have a majority
of the legislature Oh joint ballot and
elect a United States Senator.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
THAT BRYAN BOY.

Billy Bryan must be daisy OF con-
sistency with his free trade roastS or
then and his free silver hash of now.
In 1892 Bryan said that prices were
too high and advocated tariff reform
to prevent consumers from being ''rob-
bed" Now he says that the gold stand
ard is responsible for low prices.
In 1892 Bryan told the wage-earners
that the dollar did not buy enough, and
many OF them believed it. Today the
burden of his plant is that the dollar
'buys too much" That is different
story. Can any workman swallow it!
In the Fifty-third congress Bryan
championed "cheapness.' We then had
the gold standard, protection, plenty OF
business. good wages and good prices.
Today he deprecates cheapness and
ascribes it to the "crime of 1873"
In the Fifty-third congress Bryan
favored free wool. Protection was
Withdrawn. Wool has fallen from %
cents 10 10 to IA cents. This low price.
he now says, is due to the gold stand
ard.
Under protection and the gold stand
ard in 1892, before Bryan and his aSso-
ciates on the Ways and Means COM
mittee had prepared free trade bill,
prosperity in this country was univer-
sal ard labor fully employed at high
wages. Since the doctrinaires did their
work, about sixty per cent Of the fac
tory hands have been out Of work
on account Of the gold standard, says
Bryan.
In 1892 the cry Of the Bryans was
trusts" and high prices" Now 1t is
trusts" and slow prices"
In 1892 it was the game Of the organs
TO array the masses against the
classes" on account of ''high prices"
Now they are attempting the same
thing with the shout of low prices"
In 1892 these men proclaimed that
free trade would do wonders for the
people. Now they promise that free
coinage VOL work miracles.
In 1892 they were humbugs and
frauds. In 1S96they are frauds and
humbugs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
mo WATSON. NO BRYANT"

That is the Middle-of- the-road cry
which is being resounded from the
reefs of far-away Florida TO the PENN
sula of far-off Michigan mo Watson,
No Bryan" is being borne by every
breeze from mountain to prairie and
from prairie to sea. ''For fusion" Is
but confusion for the only party whose
principles were the sole surviving es-
sence of the Declare don of Independ-
ence, the last hope of the living indus
trial serf' and of the millions yet to be.
The peritot Pop inundated his party
upon the st. Louis altar, vicariously con
senting TO become the tail that the head
might live, only TO wake up when 1t
was too late, to find that the organiza-
ton was minus both head and tail Its
penultimate, it's bonnie bouche, was but
the caudate extreme of rodent. 1t was
'rats" all around, Democrat for its
leader and a plutoc-rat for its nib, tip
and finale. All that is left for them Is
to squeal. They may have no head and
be short on tail, but they are long on
soueai. And that is what Watson, Paul
VandervOort and Abe Steinberger are
;ndustriously doing. Seventeen clerks
are busy night and day mailing squeals
from Topeka headquarters to the faith
full of the Kansas land. The Fusion fix
ers affect to laugh to scorn this last
heroic effort of patriotic Pops to save a
country consecrated by the blood OF the
fathers to freedom and equality. but
the giggle and Singer have a Machi-
aveiian hollowness which threatens to
drop into a groan Of despair next Tues
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
REMEMBER THEM SURE.

There is only one more chance to say
a word to the readers of the Eagle
about our county ticket.
Two years ago John Davis, Judge
Wyatt and Mr.. Mackey ran for oftice In
this county. AT that time the boast was
made by the Republicans that these
candidates, if elected, would give the
people spleLdid service. Now, what IS
to the point-that pledge has been car
ried out 10 the letter. What Is more to
the point they must be reelected. A
great presidential campaign is on in
full blast with a mixture of mcbs, eggs
and general animosity. County candi-
dates are largely overlooked. But tins
fact remains that in four or five months
you will be reading of your next presi-
dent casually while you will be taking
an intense interest in the action of your
county officials. 1t is true that today
you are interested in the presidency.
You are forgetting the servant you VIII
have here at your home. Then you viii
realize how necessary it is to have good
ones. You should realize Il now. You
should reflect that these men who have
been tried and found SO able, together
with Charley Simmons, one of the old
est and best men in southern Kansas,
make I'D a ticket which it would be 4
shame TO vote against. Then. do not
overlook. the county ticket. Vote for
the men who have been faithful For
get your politics If you are Democrat
or a Fopulist, and compliment your an
tagonists by supporting good men when
they nominate them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
JOHNNY BULL HOT.

The Walter Q. Gresham, lately
launched on the lakes as n revenue cut
ter, by the United States, turns out TO
be a regularly heavy armored ship of
war with armor-piste-protected engines
and guns big enough for any waters
The English press is protesting that
this government has in this thing yio-
lated the treaty OF 1917. The charge is
true. No one can deny it. But, say the
English. this action may and probably
viii lead TO trouble The way 10 avoid
or prevent trouble Is lin time of peace
prepare for war Now. what are the
facts:In square violation OF the treaty
of 1917 the British government built
end launched or the lakes three war
vessels. the Constance, the Petrol and
the Curiew- These vessels were launch
cd as revenue cutters, but they turnci
CUT 20 be regularly armored waEships.
The treaty violation was upon the part
CT England. The three vessels named
are not SO great or heavy - the Gresa-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
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THE LATEST IN KANSAS.

Mark Hanna's latest bulletin on the
results by states contains some inter
esting figures He does not estimate
Kansas as strong for Mckinley as the
state central committee, but leaves US
safe enough. He claims Kansas by
$500, Iowa by 10000, possibly 10000,
Indiana by $4,000 at the least, maybe
10000, New York by 100000, Nebraska
by $4,000, and says we shall have West
Virginia, Maryland, South Dakota and
possibly Texas There is nothing in
the world the matter with Hanna He
has made no mistakes in any estimate
since he declared that Mckinley would
be nominated by two-thirds majority
in the St Louis convention. His claim
that Mckinley would have 302 votes in
the electoral college has never been
modified.
Returns received from evry district,
county ana precinct in the state, and
compiled yesterday at the committees
headquarters in Topeka, together with
letters from prominent men from every
section, all point in one direction, assur
ing Kansas not only for the Republi-
can state ticket and for Mckinley, but
the election of all the Republican candi-
dates for congress, the election of "A
state senators out of 40, and the cleo
ton OF seventy-four members Of the
house.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
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LOOK UP. KANSAS.

Kansas should have a care. In this
nation There has been always prosper
ity, always intelligence, always pro
erosion on one hand; and always dis
satisfaction, always misfortune, always
mistakes on the other.
We know the disposition of Kansas
She is a child of trouble. She is will
full and sometimes perverse. She
dreams and kicks because the reality
does not rise TO the Observation-Disclosures
of her vision
Right down ia her heart Kansas has
always felt that neither side to the con-
test fully voices her sentiments. When
she chooses TO fight in battle she must
always make first compromise VITA
the side with which she is TO fight. The
Kansas Republicans did not like the st
Louis platform in its entirety at first.
Neither did the Populists of Kansas
like Sewall. Kansas never gets TO die
tate what the nation sha have.
Rather, the nation is likely to make
Kansas come to what the nation does
want
Put Kansas must choose Tuesday be-
tween the side which has always been
progressive, intelligent and prosperous.
or the side which has always been stu
pid and mistaken.
Let Kansas dream away all she
pleases between elections. Let her
cuddle up to Looking Backward" eraS
and Aladdin palaces of universal
wealth; let her fopdle the fair image
in her mind of n future that has no
wrong. injustice, corruption or false
hood; let her do all these things before
the time comes to cease dreaming-be-
fore the time comes to act.
Let not Kansas-the ethereal, the the
oretical Kansas, the dreamer-let her
not go off with Missouri, the brute; Mis-
sissippi, the rulfian; Alabama, the Klu-
Klux: Georgia. the slave driver. These
yet They have been the brakes on ma
tional progress. They do not lead TO
a realization of the things Kansas in
her careless, socialistic way dreams
about, but to the hard. bitter, resentful
passions of sectional spite.
Look up, Kansas. Quit your social
istic dreaming and vote for business
and a prosperity which in knowing no
section will benefit all alike.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
AGAIN POOR TELLER.

Senator Teller, it is reported, has long
ago given up hope Of Bryan being elect
ed. Poor Teller. He made a fight for
free silver for his people. He made
the fight when all the rest Of the coun-
try was sleeping so far as silver was
concerned. He was making the fight
when Bry an was pulling in his nurses
arms.
And at last he took the fatal step Of
leaving the Republican party. Colo
RADIO, apparently. was at his back. But
already the Republicans Of Colorado
are re-arranging their ranks and Will
have a candidate of their own next
winter for the United States senate.
And the Fopulists, who never show
gratitude TO any one or any thing, will
have their candidate for the United
States senate, and it will not be Teller
Walter Wellnian describes scene in
the Chicago Times-Herald as follows:
"At Peru. Ind, one day last week. a
special train came to town There were
1900 people to meet it They shouted
madly as its distinguished passenger
showed his face. They fought for q
chance to look upon him. They filed
the air " It'll cheers for his name They
wore badges and carried banners and
blew trumpets and beat drums in his
honor. They took the horses from his
carriage ana drew the vehicle with
their own hands. In an hour the spe-
cial train started away, with the young
hero of the kous waving his adieux 10
the enthusiastic multitude. A little
later I saw a tall. dark-eyed man OF
mature years. a man with the face OF a
leader and apostle. face marked with
genius and sadress. picking bis way
through the crowd II was a turbulent
crowd Many were intoxicated AL
We're shouting for the young hero who
was whirling away in his special train
accompanied by his -resiEue. TO meet
new p,and.ts in his meteo-ic course
None knew the cid man They jostle'i
him No one made way for BAN as ne
edged through a mob and got near
enough to q luncheon counter 10 buy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
The aaahia paiu eagle suuday 9aing Bouenber 1896

sandwich and piece Of pie Then he
found his way alone 10 a train where he
was unable to secure a seat The cars
we're full of men bowling the name Of
the young hero of the hour. 1t is unnec-
essary to say that the idol of the emo
tionalists, the smiling meteor in his spe
cial palace car, was William Jennings
Bryan, unknown 10 fame TIL a few
months ago. The Old man was Senator
Teller, the parliamentary leader OF the
silver cause, the man whose brains ana
genius had given life and force TO the
propaganda; the man who had held
aloft the banner of silver in the darkest
houre. Truly, this IS a strange world
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
THE LABOR INTEREST.

There is paid out to the lahoring men
Of the United States four million dol
lars daily. To cut that pay down 10
the present value OF silver bullion. or To
a monametallic silver basis. would rob
the laboring men Of this country Of
nearly two hundred million of dollars
every day. II silver did not immediate
" appreciate and go up 10 the value OF
gold % 4 Is to 1 ratio the laboring
man would be swindled out Of nearly
one half Of the purchasing power IF
MS Isay- Such an outrage would no.
benefit single man on the earth bat
kugT az alike. unless IL would be some
Geatof VINO lad the money boarded to
Meet his debt with cheap currency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

am. and all three would prove no match
for the Gresham. Hence the howl Tie
English papers are demanding that the
new Tilted States warship be taken
oft the lakes. We guess not. America
is one country that Johnny Bull never
tricked successfully. The Gresham
could knock Quebec or Montreal of Of
the face Of the earth in spite OF the
English vessels. England violated the
treaty Of 1917 three times before Uncle
Sam built the Gresham and must abide
that which has happened.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
DISPISED OLD MISSOURI.

There is another feature Of the Palm
er and Buckner reception In Missouri
which should not be overlooked. 1t Is
in regard to the state of Missouri. Mis-
souri, might with propriety keep exceed
ingly shy of brutality. The nation has
had quite enough of Missouri's brutal
ity in the past Kansas whipped Mis-
souri, seundly at one time. Her out
laws were driven out of this state and
wears after the war continued to ply
their vocation in their native state to
the terror of the authorities. One OK
its ex-outlaws, Frank James, Is now a
boastful advocate Of Mr.. Bryan. For
years Missouri has stood as a barrier
between Kansas and the more intelli-
gent and progressive east. There Is no
telling how much further Kansas COM
mercially would be today could she
have touched shoulder to shoulder with
Illinois. With Missouri in between us
we have at last been forced to find COM
panonship to our south, with the gulf
states, instead Of towards the east.
Missouri, a state of the grandest pos
sible natural resources, has long been
sore place in the progressive west Its
cities unable to find sustenance from its
own people, have preyed on surround
ing states. Missouri was the one state
which being geographically north. still
in its ignorance and sayagery chung to
the damning practice Of human slav-
cry.
There is not an unexplored spot in
Kansas. In some parts Of Missouri, az
ter a settlement of nearly a century,
there are hundreds of places as obscure
as dark, as impenetrable today as the
center of Africa.
So the nation does not want to hear
much from Missouri. The state Is not
civilized, and until 1T Is, it will pay gen.
tlemen like Palmer and Buckner to
keep out of it and let self-sacrifcing
missionaries do the work Of bringing
them up to proper degree Of civiliza-
ton where they will know how to treat
visitors.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

Today the iaborer takes for his pay Re-
publican money, paper, silver or gold,
one worth just as much as the other,
interchangeable, and one buying just as
much of anything as the other. The
Democratic party has never failed to
play smash with the money, credit and
revenues of the country when ii has
had the opportunity.
The present existing currency vol
ume of about one-third each of paper,
of silver and of gold has proved the
most satisfactory, equitable, the best
for poor and rich alike, that has ever
been devised or tried; then why con-
sent to be MexicaniZed?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
have lived for years in Wichita, an

have lived for years in Wichita, and
will continue To live here whether they
are elected or not. Their future lies
right here with this city. They are in
terested in the city'S welfare, and being
interested in the city's welfare they are
building not only the city but them
selves up. Send them TO the legislature
every one They are in perfect har-
mony. They would make a gallant
team. Some things are to be obtained
for Wichita The time 10 strike is at
the next session Of the legislature.
This is the good and courageous group
that can make winning and they de
serve your support.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

Mr.. Mackey. Republican candidate
for county superintendent. is young
man fer whom you viii vote If you
know him and for whom you should
vote IL you do not. Tor you would like
him did You know him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

1t is easy enough to talk about what
you win do. but it is another thing 90
do it. This applies 10 Bryan just as
we'll as To the man with a flying ma
chine. Performance is a different thing
from promise
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

You must place your y sawbuck IN
front OF the name Of tie man you de-
sire TO vote for; that IS. preceding ahead
OF the name. that IS before the name.
not behind the name o. AZ the end OF
the name; tllat IS. III the square At the
left Of and IL front q the name of the
nan whom yoa want 10 elect. tie crisi-
eism OF the Lawrence Journal 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
rHAT LEGISLATIVE rEAM

Orc Of ihe hardest fights being made
In this ccEaiy Is being carried on On
the Re- a.esn side. 30 Harry Gordon
fox sta sror. AL Charles Irwin.
s,Fi.s s-a -E3 Isen fitfssa fo- he
lower L--ss~. II = = remarkable f@cs
Tat IA this group u candidates The
young crowd - w5eslsla ceEfaissy
saoHs - political superiority All these
Candidates are yoans men AL " them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

Do not forget that that congress
which killed Reciprocity and made the
Wilson bin is trying To be elected again.
Jerry Simpson Is nor the only member
Of that congress who is trying to get
hack
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

OF two bridges which would a man
naturally use: one bridge with half Il
dozen rotten planks in It's floor, or an
othe bridge with one loose plank? Just
get your brain TO working over this pro
position.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

Tie only sure way to vote your bal
lot right is'to take the FIRST column you
come to. if yea live in Sedxwic6 county
and put cross IN tia square II fcoslt of
each mans name. making sure that
The column is headed with Mckinley 5
mama
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

No man should east a vote that will
allow AlJgeld To become q power in
Washington. His success is threat
against a Republican form of govern
meut
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01
Hosiery
And Underwear

This is one of our great depart
ments, quality being the first
consideration, and then a low
price for every article. Ask to
see the fine winter garments we
are selling at rs, IS and Soc; be-
sides every article that goes out
of this stock is guaranteed to
give satisfaction.
Remember about our Hosiery;
everything you want at fair
price.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

Jerry is doing an enormous amount Of
Boosting about what he would do in
congress- for free silver AS much as
he did for the anti-opti0nS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

Every man who votes for Bryan votes
for free trade. And every man VINO
votes for free trade votes poverty On
himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

Every Republican in Wichita should
vote Immediately after breakfast and
then Try To keep as quiet as possible in
order TO save himself for hurrahing at
pisrnt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

Prejudice should be banished next
Tuesday. Vote As your best judgment
dictates, not rs the passion of hate or
bitterness prompts. Hate never won u
friend
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

No one threatens that panic will ac-
company the election of Mckinley
Thousands DO believe that Bryan's cleo
tien could not be consummated without
q collapse
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

Charley Simmons is a general favor
lite. He will be as affabie in Office as he
is out. 1t is the business of the people
to elect him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

No man should imagine that being
or ''bed rock" himself viii save him
from 4 great economic change. a man
is never so poor that he cannot get poor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

Kill Protection for four years longer
IN this country and you will have a
hard time reviving it. Every free trad
er knows this.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

In the probate judges hands are all
Complaints are usually numerOus.W
Judge Myatt there, there has been
none.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-01

You have had four years of the shad-
ow of free trade. Do you want four
years Of its substance? Think about
this.