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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18
THE BIRTH OF ISSUES

A great deal has been said about
the paramount issue in the coming
campaign. Some of the newspapers
insist that the issue viii be the tariff
issue: others that the financial queS-
ton will DE the subject of the greatest
controversy. ingalls,, writing from St
Louis. says that issues like poets are
born not made; that the free trade is
no more an issue now than slavery or
state sovereignty. Another dispatch
from St Louis. probably untrue. has il
that Mckinley has telesraphed TO Man
ager Hanna 10 give more prominence
70 the tariff issue and less to finance.
1t is said that Mr.. Hanna replied that
he couldn't help it; that all the talk was
Of finance.
Along his line Of expecting 70 make
issues a Topeka paper the other day.
the sensible Capital in fact. urged that
the state avoid getting into a heated
controversy over the candidates FOR the
United States senate as a discussion
or the personalities Of contendinE men
would obscure other Srd greater issues
and weaken the campaign.
Issues bubble up OF themselves No
newspaper. leader or set Of leaders can
prevent a national or state issue.
BuJ it Is little singular that the
financial question has cut such an over
shadowing figure At the St Louis con
ventiOn. In the 1rS5 place the first
figure and object in the present CON
vention Is the nomination OF Mckipley.
Mckinley is particularly and notably a
tariff figure. lie has dane nothing.
promised nothing 70 The great mass 81
his counuymen through financial
sources. he has rather held aIwayS
that the tariff question would settle the
financial question. The -. Louis con
vention thinks otherwise. bur Il is not
easy to determine why. Most Of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

The minute the Lawrence Word rest
% I.elaud's vics-presis~atizI boom n -
I,os.s IL said: "Appisjack"
Frcd Fitzpatrick 81 Kansas - tAis v-ek
setting as page n the ~ Lsous- convention
Can the state sSan9 al THIS hal0-7
An II Doralo man - - bounsfnsISy
gifted that he can tell whether a gtrazKs
F'rl = snEsre,s or not ey simply boxing
her n the eyes.
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anti-IrrsIs aE1,- Tho Topeka Czp4tsl
warts %. but - sfraia Of r4rnzinz B2
s=alrss pubi.c sentiment
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say that Chies Jnstcs Martin shovtd re
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18
EUROPE AND M'KINLEY.

Europe not only wants to control our
warnings in our ears The great French
publiciSt, Paul Leroy Beaulieu, will
have in the July Forum a warning to
this country against Mckinley. Among
other things he says: 'If the policy
of the United States as to great econ
Omic questions is clearly confOrmed 10
the rules of experience and the ideas
Of enlightened and disinterested men,
if it inspires confidence at home and
abroad, the end of the nineteenth cen
fury will worthily crown a period of
progress previously unheard Of In
the contrary event it is to be feared
that the closing years Of the nineteenth
century will be marked by crisis
more acute than all that we have wit
messed since 1870. This is the point
of view of European observer who.
without the slightest interest in local
conflicts or personal rivalries. seeks
only those political conditions that viii
promote the welfare and progress Of
the United States in particular and of
civilized humanity in general.
Among the aspirants for the presi-
dency there is one whose success would
cause keen anxiety-Major Mckinley.
For number Of years his name repre-
sents in Europe the most exaggerated
form OF protectionfsm and more re-
Gently it is equally linked with bimetal-
ism. Now excessive protectiOnism
and the notion of giving 10 silver the
same monetary power as 10 gold are,
in the domain OF economies, the two
perils that threaten contemporary civ
niZatiOn.
s~AS TO the first point shall be brief.
II under the lead of Mr.. Mckinley the
United States increase decidedly the
import duties on European merchan-
disc. it viii unquesuonsbly give a
strong stimulus to European protec-
tionism. In almost all the countries Of
Europe the protecGonist party Is still
very strong. High as the actual du-
ties are. they do not satisfy its appetite.
In France it is agitating for duty on
wheat Of ten francs nearly So per
metric quintal instead Of seven francs
or S1.30, and for ike adranees on other
products Ia Germany the -agrarians'
are stin ardentiy opposing the recent
treaties Of commerce. in Belgium the
Catholic party. now in power. has
greater need Of the rural vote than has
the Liberal party. whose chances for
any near return % Office are feeble.
Even IN England there is being built
up 4 p7Otectonist party. though Il con
ceals its game; just COW its mask Is the
project for a customs union for the
British empire. involving fsvOrs for
English products ia the colonies and /
for colonial products in England
The only restraint on the tendency
o. the pFo5ecrienist party IN Europe I
70 new excesSes i the opp5siriSB II I
manufacturers FOR export The fear f
% seeing. foreign markets cl9sed 4
againsz them binds these IN . common /
effort 10 bride The energies ~ the +
landowners and cu!firztorS But = I
the United States led the way u the .
marked increase Of duties, the Euro
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The cotton crop Of Lincoln county al
cents VIII reach S2o0.oo0
The Oklahoma delegates 81 s. Louis
stuck b. silver al right
A Republican payer IN the territory re-
fers % the Guthrie Mlsleader.
The Chandler News - maklag hot
fight on the A. r. A n thar county.
Isenberg bIanes the uewzpsp~r para
graphers for irreyerence. waugh,
News from St. Louis indicates that sev-
o-zi Of TIE breaches are wider than ever.
A couple a. KinEGsAer vsr.sd thiaFz by
being married az 4 O'Clock IA The nom
ing.
The editor Of TIE MaidroE ReE.srer vas
a personal friend q the lsts Bricz Poa7-
eroy.
Shawnee has become 50 u1stropolitan
thai = professional nurzs has Iocatsd
there.
The story ;hzt Frank G-eer rza thre~
tlocbs or sse-aS g Leland ia s. Louls
= not true.
Governor Say. 3; e sd. has beea 70
the Ol1o headquarters tTs1ty tines cur-
inE TIE cozveauou-
gH WAKE has looked Max Hama
over ard thials that Hama vi Ike hi-a
. 5e1 - knoNs hin better.
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C,aytos Al let tn - LOUIS >1a rai1~s -
concoctLOa % th7.s tears.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18
1NrERNAr1oNAL scAREs.

Once again the Eagle calls attention
10 the fact that economically free trade
and gold go together.
Presumably the goldbugs have won
by a scare; can they win the tariff the
same way?
But how can they use a scare on the
tariff question? The gold standard
men tell us that we could have silver
if the other countries would agree TO
it; that would remove the whole diff
ficulty. Now the gold standard free
trade men have begun to tell US that
the restitution OF the Mckinley tariff
means that Europe viii combine
against US; that Europe in short will
force US 20 free trade as she has forced
US TO a single gold standard.
That is the threat now. The New
York Evening Post says: The election
Of such man (Mckinley) would give
a new and powerful impetus TO protec-
tionism in Europe. European protec-
tionists, who are mainly landowners,
want higher duties on agricultural pro
ducts. In France they are now clam
oring for an increase of 80 or 40 per
cent ON wheat In Germany they are
equally fierce, and in England they are
beginning 10 make some Roadway, put
ting forward the idea of a great British
Zollverein, which is protection under
the guise of closer politialc union
with the colonies. Any new outburSt
Of protectionism in Europe would be a
backward step in civilization, accord
ing TO the Post, and would be especially
Injurious to the United States as an ex-
porter of agricultural products. If
the new outburst of prOtectiOnism in
Europe really takes place and throws
back our 50-cent wheat on the hands OF
American farmers, says the Post, they
may get their eyes open little sooner
TO the fact that protection is down
right swindle to them. RuSticus ex-
pectat, said the Latin poet. The farm
er has been waiting in this country
more than a hundred years for the
tariff to begin TO benefit him, and he
is still waiting, that paper continues,
and proceed to argue as follows: "Per-
haps if he finds that other nations can
play tariff also, he may change his no
lions. In the vast and varied compli-
cations of modern life and society it
happens that the most speciouS and
plausible sayings that reach the public
ear are generally false. One of these
is the idea that when you buy from
your neighbor regardless of price you
keep your money at home, and that is
benefit to you; the fact being that
it is not benefit if you pay more than !
you would have to pay somebody else !
for the same article The theory as
sumes that it is a damage for New |
York and New Jersey TO trade with |
each other freely if they are under two /
different governments (aS they were |
once, but a benefit if they are under
the same goyernment-that it is pres |
ent damage to the United States and /
Canada to trade freely with each other,
but would not be so if the two countries
were united politically. Another spe-
cious falsehoOd with which we are now
wrestling is the idea that money is
made by the government and that the
more it makes the richer we shall be;
which is as far from the truth as the
idea that if a new stove
saved half of his coal, he would buy
two and save the whole.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

delegates were elected to vote for the
nomination of Major Mckinley in re
Spouse TO a great popular demand for
him because of a popular belief that
the restitution Of his tariff policy would
inaugurate good times. IL the conven-
ton goes wild over Mckinley why
should it not also go wild over a pro-
tective tariff:
The simplest explanation is this: The
eastern men, beaten so far as candi-
date was concerned turned their atten-
ton to the currency plank Of the plat
form; the silver men met the attack.
The gold men had the advantage both
in numbers and in quick and early ac-
lion, but they were met with a stub
born fight, but not until after half
surrender of the silver men. The
tariff was forgotten; pensions were for
gotten; all the various tenets Of the Re
publican party were overlooked.
How far will this one issue rabidity
extend in the campaign? In July the
Democratic convention meets in Chi
cago. 1t may take on the financial
question a position Numerically OPP
posed TO the Republican position. The
issue between the two forces would
then be inevitable, it would seem.
But Mckinley may get into the cam
paign. He may find it necessary, and
Mckinley will make an issue and that
issue will be tariff. We will then be
presented with the novel sight of part
of the party talking CALAMITY on one
issue and the head of the ticket gal
lantly talking for another issue.
But Mckinley will push the tariff
issue home He has been charged
with being weak. The country will
see him strong enough to bring the
Democratic party face TO face with the
question Of tariff.
Cleveland has been maintaining the
present gold standard. This is what
the Republicans will promise to do.
Mckinley is not going before the peO-
pie promising this. He is going TO
promise them prosperity; he is going to
promise them money not a money STAN
dard. He is going to charge the fall
Ure Of the Cleveland administration,
not with honor and credit, but with
discredit and dishonor on account of
its laundering tariff policy. The Dem
ocratic party must face this because
Mckinley will make them face it
As ingalls, says, issues are born not
made, but the tariff issue is not dead
so long as there is a Democratic con-
yention THAI is for tariff reduction"
and Mckinley, with a great mass Of
the people behind him will see that 1T
docs NOT die
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18
ALONG THE Kansas gir.-

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tae az cozsssts1s2
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DIX BLzaG Tkey w9az sha Cz< LA 60.
sszs % - nozzzn.ass Tea.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

There are several Republicans who
are quietly asserting that Mckinney
as president viii be a great disappoint-
ment" Make them say it before a no
tary and then spring ii on them when
Mckinley has been president three
years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

From the combined opinions Of all
newspapers it Will be seen that the cur
rency plank al ST. Louis is uneQuivocal.
lying, corrupt, courageous. magnifi-
cent cowarGly, straightforward and
JeCeiyiulr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

We may be prejudiced but with In
gals On the stage and Cy Leland wei
In front with about forty Scrseant-at-
arms from Kansas. sending their
badges cur and getting forty more
hanSanS in. Kansas appears to be
somewhat in il in 81. Louis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Reverend SwenSon Of Kansas want
ed tae platform to be for gold but not
to say 50. In his pulpit next Sunday
Reverend Swenson viii probably hold
up the preceptS Of honesty in the same
old inspired tone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Major Mckinley will not want the
campaign 10 be taken up wholly Win
the financial issue. He VIII insist on
tariff discussion. This j. a dlsappoint-
ment TO the Pops and goldbuSs both,
hut IL can't be helped.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

When it comes to an elucidation of
the gold standard this fall lot Of Re
publican orators will be forced to call
upon their audiences passionately to
stand by The old flag"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

a Wichita man says that for the
first time in twenty years he is just
getting 50 he can argue the tariff queS-
tion Splendidly and now they spring
the financial issue on him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Some tariff schedules are righteous:
other schedules in the same bill are
unjust No political opponents ever
argued on the same schedule Have
We got 10 20 through the same thing
Oh the financial question:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

The st Louis merchants will not
have 10 buy wrapping paper for
months, They VIII simply step out
into the street and scoop up 4 ream
or two OF discarded resolutions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Mark Hdnna's career is most terrible
when it induces the thought that the
counting rooms Of this country are full
OF political bosses who can't spare the
time 10 boss.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

The Republican platform IS princi-
pally made up of protection. Whether
it had been or had not been, Mckinley
would see that protection was made the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Mckinley is to be the Republicans
standard-bearer. But its old stanoaru
bearer?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Cleveland IS breaking into the news
papers with plea 10 the Democrats
not 10 declare for the free and unlim-
tied and Independent coinage Of sill
Yer. And he may stop it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Republicans count On securing tens
of thousands OF gold standard Demo
cratic votes ia the east Have they
forgotten the old rule Of holding the
Republicans solid and letting the Dem
ocrats alone: No Republican ever
argued a Democrat into being Repub-
bcZln.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

1t is not likely that Major Mckinley
in his letter Of acceptance will declare
for continuation of Mr. Cleveland's
methods of maintaining the gold stan
I'd
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Half a loaf is better than none, but
the silver Republicans are having a
hard time persuading themselves that
international agreement is half a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Answer to correspondent: 'Dice are
not used in Topeka drug stores, but as
ague is a frequent complaint up there,
men often "shake for the drinks"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Cleveland writes to the New York
Herald: Il desire hereafter 10 be a
private in the ranks" And the third
term burst
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

So far the only thing like bolt at
St. Louis was the misstep OF Mr.. Man
ley, and his example isn't exactly en-
cOlIra oing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

eve denounce Grover Cleveland"
and flavor the maintenance of the ex-
listing gold standard seems to step on
each other.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Platt got his platform; Teller got
his candidate. Teller wanted the plat
form; Plat, the candidate. Both were
stepped on.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Don't bank too much on the ferocity
of the people Debs looked formidable
once, and the country at one time was
full Of Coxey smypathizers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Henry George announces that he will
vote for Mckinley and wear a McKin-
ley button Debs himself may come
around yet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

1t is hard to satisfy the goldbugs.
They don't ike the platform because
it promises to get rid Of the gold stan
dard as soon as possible.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Nate Barnes of Kansas was frequent
IL mistaken for Mckinley at St Louis
and Tom Anderson for Michael Con-
stantineoYitch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Rabbi Sale. in his prayer opening the
convention, held out against the wor-
ship of either gold or silver. He must
be paper money man
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

ingalls, as reporter is all right. His
noinred remarks are so numerous that
his articles look Ike porcupines.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Someone should invent vibratory
conviction on the currency at once Tor
John ]. Ingalls,.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18
N4AA.!M.N,lS
Profit-kilEing June Sale

leads all city, the plain to be SEEN
we only cutting prices giving YOU
new goods about half their value Our prices lead
Our goods excel
Wash goods be had here prices below
their price; all SO per below their real value
Friday IS said to be unucky day. but viii this
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New Pearl Shirt Waist Sets. Harness Belts" black
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Come 1.-THE BUSY STORE today Everything you buy
here is right your money back.
100 and Ioz Tr3ir9 ct
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

Issues. SAYS ingalls,, are born not
made Are protection and gold stan
dard twins?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18
--<zzsaSSAAHZSF
8altn - eagle
NJ ri. MURDOCH, Editor.

All is not gold that glitters, but the
words existing standard" seem 70
glitter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

The Republican platform will also
take a slice out of General Weyler 5
much abused and misused trocha.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE FL
nancisl condition OF the State Bank OF
Colwieh. at Colwich, state OF Kansas. at
the close OF business on the Ist dAy Of
June 1885:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-18

To John W Brsid~nthal. Back Commits
sioHer. Topeka. Has. cA-sC