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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-19
LOCALIZED ROBBERY.

1t is trite saying that money earned
is money made. 1t is doubly so with
money found. Millions Of money have
been expended in the search for pre-
cious metals in our mountain states.
The reward has come with finding it
in almost unlimited quantity. 1t is
through no choice of the miner that he
has found silver instead of gold. 1t is
sufficient to him that he has given his
time and spent his money in the
search, and if he has uncovered pay
ing deposit Of silver ore, a metal that
has been used as money from the be-
ginning of history, there Is no just or
ethical reason that he should be tricked
out of it by legislation.
If q system, either national or inter
national, puts an inhibition on that
metal, or its money functions, ii is the
system and not the rule Of rendering
a just equivalent for labor, that is at
fault. 1t is the uSurpation Of rights
clearly at variance with our constitu-
ton TO thus rob any man, or class Of
men, OF a prize they have secured
through their own efforts, and the
crime is in nowise mitigated by the
fact that a hundred or thousand have
stolen the product of one mans labor.
This rule applies in the ruinous eff
fort of Grover Cleveland and his party
to reform" our system Of tariffs. In
dustries which were prosperous under
laws which brought the best results,
both TO labor and capital, were legislat-
ed out of existence The manufac-
turer has been robbed of his capital,
and the laborer Of his wages by this
worse than criminal intermeddling
with the natural laws of trade. 1T
may be granted that there are differ
ences Of opinion relating to both silver
and the tariff, but the fact remains that |
the mines are closed and the factories |,
are idle. So much labor is being vast |
ed, and so much capital Is unemployed, |
and, by just so much, the business of |
the country suffers, to say nothing Of
the ruin to individuals 1t is legalized |
robbery, pure and simple. 1t Is kind |
Of confisticatiOn of private property,
and uSurpation Of private rights
which the people will not submit to,
and, in the near future. will regulate
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-19
PREDICTED DOOM OF THE BOSS

\ To the Editor of the Eagle.
Always cogent, clear and irresistible, in
, dealing with the multitude of problems
which constantly confront nation, and
. its people, 1t would be tantamount 10 fos-
tering perverted Vaccinations TO contra
vene the bold, fearless. and heroic auti-
tude of the Eagle, in battling for truth
and Justice, and the we'll being of the
people in their moral, social and political
freedom from the alluring Establishments
of INSCRIPTIONS demagogues. Were there
more journals throughout the land, i'm
bued with the courage and fdelity-char-
acteristic of the Eagle-in promulgating
right doing, and persistently expose, to
the better judgment of men, every evil
design of arrful, knavish bosses; who
only strive TO enhance their nercenary
motives in conjunction with a coterfe of
servile dupes; there would be hope OF
near and final doom of the willy boss.
But We are not quite so sanguine of
his utter collapse in the near future, as
the Eagle cand5dly seems to believe. From
May 9Th Weekly Eagle, we quote a para
graph:
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HIS struggles In the cleaning grow feebler
and more feeble, The hour of his rele-
CATION is in sight He may still enact
the role Of a representative but not that
OF fixer nor dictator" His signal defeat
came in the hour of his assured victory.
So 1t did IN $40: so it did In 1850 and 10
and IS. But his recuperative powers are
equal to and transcend those of the feline
race He may be bluffed and knocked
out in his sldrmishing. But he is sure to
turn up and strike at some tnvulnerable
point, make a breach. gain the ascend
ancy, ravage and revel for a season. TO be
inturn repulsed again. He ignores the
artecendents of history. Neither does
advanced civilization nor our so-caIled
higher education moltfy his selfish. arbi-
trary and malignant disposition. The role
of the boss began with Moses.-he ruled
with a rod OF iron; and from that epoch
to the present now the political boss has
played Infamous havoc in the world. He
loves political power and soft berth, and
exercises every artifce to secure it. His
end is not yet, not even in sight. as the !
Eagle may suppose. Just so often as his /
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the time shall larrive that the brain OF 4
man may be more evenly developed. the
percePtive and moral faculties predom- |
mate and control his Official conduct. then.
and not till then viii the world be free
from the pestilential boss. What a boon
to our country. should the prediction OF
The Eagle prove 10 be true; we hope II
may and ours be CHASED with BaaFs Ieing
four hundred. d. ". BROCKWAY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-19
SILVER WILL NOT DOWN.

From the tone of the press 1t Is al
ready manifest that the eastern dele
gates to the St Louis are doomed for a
surprise from the silver states. All
this talk about foregone conclusions.
and about the silver craze dying out
is mere buncomb TO those who know
the situation. 1t is, with brazen at
frontery. assumed that no western dele
gate will dare open his mouth in de-
Tense of free coinage, but the proceed
ings will most aSsuredly undeceive the
manipulatorS of the gold standard on
that point If they assume that west
ern delegates are to be howIed into
silence, or that they lack the courage
of their convictions, they should make
tour OF the mountain states and talk
with Republicans of all classes and
occupations. The banker and the
money lOaner is no less sincere in his
advocacy of the use OF silver a 5 primary
money than the miner or the farmer.
They regard the vast deposit OF silver
ore in the mountains as much a native
product as gold. and will certainly re-
sist any and all attempts 10 rule it out
by legislation. or through party plat
forms. 10 the bitter end Ii is easy
now 10 count noses. and. for that mat
ter, 10 elevate aristocratic noses when
silver men presume 10 assert their
rights. but there will be no special priv
heSes on the floor Of the convention.
Neither viii gag rule or the whipping in
process avail them Western delegates
viii demand their time, and claim their
rights, and it VIII be sorry stroke Of
policy for the claquers from eastern
states 10 attempt 70 howl them down.
Ii IS no test OF RepubIicaniSm To adj
vocate the free coinage Of silver
Both the policy and pracedeats Of the
party are Is favorable 10 it as 10 the
gold standard IL may be claimed
with greater proprie;y that the oddities
OF the party are the supporters and
abettors OF Grover Cleveland in his
ruinoUs financial policy than TO charge
the silver delegates with not being tue
10 Republican principles. II there Is
10 be 4 walkout il IS more 10 the point /
20 lay the charge AZ the door OF those |
who support the bodybuilding policy |
OF the present administration II Is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-19
CUBA'S CHANGES.

Maceo's army is said to be intact and
that it has been Joined by the forces
| of Gomez. the rebel commander-in-
| chief, so that an army of 10000 or
more men are concentrated for an early
march into the Province of Havana,
and probably upon the capital itself,
where Weyler has heretofore issued or
ders alternately for conditional pardon
and 10 murder. As no insurgents have
taken advantage of the pardon procla-
nation, which has expired by limita-
ton, it has been extended. In the
meantime Weyler froths and fumes
and Spain grows impatient Spanish
officers are criticizing the captain gen.
erals plan of campaign, and complain
ing that he shows want OF judgment
The disasters which have Oyertaken
the Spanish army can no longer be
kept secret The American admins
tration in the meantime is earning the
distrust of the Cubans and the hatred
of the authorities al Madrid
One would think, by the editorial ut
terances of the newspapers Of Madrid
and Paris, that the United States gov
eminent had actually recognized the In
dependence of the Cuban republic and
was about to offer armed Intervention
in behalf of the insurgents
Those fiery editors talk about inter
ference in the affairs OF Spain and de-
clsre that all Europe viii protest
against the attempt to drive the Span
ISL out OF Cuba, when all that this
government has done is 10 ask that
Americans arrested in Cuba be not shot
until they have had civic trial The
Spanish premier. who wrote the queen
regents speech To the Spanish pariia- |
ment, knows better than the editors, !
however. the extent ID which the /
United States has interfered in Cuban /
affairs. The queen regent is made 70
say that the president has not departed 1
from the line OF conduct and loyal |
friendship for Spain
The Spaniards who know nyth:ng 8; /
all, know that President Cleveland has 4
not gone one-tenth part IS far as the i
people q the United States desire him
10 go in the direction Of assisting tie
struggling patriots. and they ought 10
know. II they do not, that the Presldenr
would be heartily sustained By TIE
American nation II he should ssSne
recognizing the lndePeDd
enoe Of the young republic
The Speniands who are now con-
planning about The action OF the United |
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-19
ALTeELD THE ANARCHIST.

Whatever Of criticism Governor Alt
geld of Illinois has been rightfully or
wrongfully subjected, either as a
statesman or as a politician, there is
no denying the fact that he is a man
ofbrains. Whatever the head of the
national administration may declare TO
the contrary, however yiciously the
eastern organs Of the Democratic party
may denounce him as d Socialist and
Anarchist of the wild west. his speech
al the Auditorium, in Chicago, on Sat
urday night, three or four columns of
which appeared in the Eagle Sunday
morning, viii never be answered by the
Cleveland administration or by the
goldbugs of Americas money centers.
His speech while being calm in spirit
and entirely free Of vindictivenesS, had
facts were alike overwhelming. His
tory, experience and reason all attest
the truth of his calm utterances- He
swept aside the false cry of overpro-
duction by uncontrovertible statistics,
demonstrated the soundneSs of 16 to
1 ratio, made clear the impoSsibility
Of a revival Of prosperous times on a
single gold standard, punctured the
rottenness of the present financial sit
uation, and clearly showed that banks,
railroads and manufacturers We're as
disastrously affected by the single
scinch policy as the laborer and the
producer Every voter in America,
we care not what his politics, what his
profession, business or calling, should
read the speech, delivered by John p.
at the Auditorium in Chicago,
night.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-19

ed all the communications It's editor re-
ceived on the tax question this week
there would have been nothing else IN his
pSper.
Hereafter the FL Reno fire bell will ring
every night at o'clock. and all people
under IS years OF age must be at home.
And yet the records of the probate judges
Office at Ell Reno will show the marriages
OF number OF 17-year-old girls. The
law will not be effective.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Last
night was drill night for Company c. AS
soon as the boys fell into Inc the captain
saw that there were several members Of
the company absent. and he Immediately
ordered Corporal Johnson and Sergeants
Barrows, Mitchell and Douglas to each
pick cut squad of men and go after the
delinquents. WIN Overholser was picked
up on the street walking with his best
he took his girl home and was then taken
10 the armory. Horace Wilson was found
spending the evening at home enjoying
the fragrant breeze while sitting on the
porch. and was hustled off 20 the armory
under the escort OF the squad. George
Barnett was captured in Gerson's drug
store. and after yainly trying 10 explain
why he had not reported for drill. he was
gObbled up by the squad and taken TO the
armory followed by thirty or forty sym
pathizing friends. all of whom were will
ing TO go his bail. Tom Blaise was snug
" tucked up in bed and was awakened
by the sergeant of the squad pounding on
his door. He was compelled to dress in
uniform and was also marched to the ar
mory. Oscar Nix was the last one gath
cred IN. but he was an easy capture as
he fell into the arms OF the squad near
the armory and was turned in. The boys
didn't relish the affair at all. but they
have conceded that all is fair in love and
war, and Will. perhaps, answer 10 the call
call a little more promptly in the future.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-19
MRS. MAVERICKS CASE.

The case of Mrs. Maybrick, in a Lon
don dungeon, has not been forgotten
by many people. An American boy is
sentenced TO be shot in Cuba, and an
American is found guilty of treason in
South Africa and is condemned to
death, but in both instances the Unit
ed States officially interferes and saves
the lives of these men, who are I'M
questionably guilty as charged. But
this American woman in London is in
the hands of country of which the
United States powers are afraid. This
government talks big to England but
never does anything more than talk.
For seven long, weary years Mrs. May
brick has been in prison. England's
home secretary, Sir Mathew White
Ridley, has announced to the commons
that he has decided not to appoint
commission to inquire into the merits
of the case, although he admits that
Lord Russell, chief justice of England,
has minated to him that he holds a
strong opinion that Mrs. Maybrick
should be released. The home sec
rotary is taking rather large respon-
sibility. Mrs. Maybrick was SEN
fenced % death for poisoning her hus-
band The judge that charged the
jury that found her guilty was soon
after sent to an insane asylum. and a
great many people believe that he was
insane when be heard the case. He
spent two days In his charge, and the
chief justice says that on the second
Jay he 'raved like a violent counsel
for the prosecution against her" Fur
thermore, SO Mrs Maybrick's friends
claim, evidence discovered since the
trial has practically nullified some of
he most damaging evidence against
ler
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-19
MKINLEY's NOMINATION CERTAIN.

The returns from the Republican
state convention are all in and accord
ing to the New York Herald,-after
an allowance Of sixty-three on the
doubtful list-McKinley has $40, Reed
120, Morton 50, Allison 80, Quay IS,
Cullom 8, Bradley 10; necessary TO a
choice, 459. As to- the contests. the
Herald says: Including the contest
over the seating of twelve delegates
from New York, the title to the seats
Of lie delegates is disputed. There
are twenty contests i'll Alabama, eight
in Florida, ten in Georgia, two in Ken
lucky, two in Pennsylvania, ten in
South Carolina, four in Tennessee, six
in Virginia, six in Arizona, and thirty
in Texas. OF these Sixty-eight are
against Mckinley men, but in some in
stances Mckinley men are fighting Nc
Kinley men, so that the result will not
be affected, no matter how the contests
are decided. If, however, Mckinley
should lose the entire sixty eight votes
it would reduce his vote TO AS, or nine
teen more than q majority of all the
delegates in the convention" 1t thus
appears even from an unfriendly point
of view that McKinley's nomination is
conceded, and that all that will be left
for the convention at St Louis to do,
will be to place him before the country
on so broad and liberal a declaration
of principles as will insure the hearty
support of the long suffering and inn
patient majority.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-19
FATAL FOR THE POP PARTY.

Few people, perhaps, are aware that
the second law enacted by the Amer
lean congress and which was approved
and signed by George Washington, on
the 4th day of July, 1889. was an act
affirming the principle and policy OF
protective duties. The New York Mail
and Express declares that the record
shows that it passed the senate unani-
! mousiy and the house by five to one.
Jefferson, the claimed father Of Dem
ocracy, declared that so far as the
tariff and the prosperity Of the United
States were concerned the Atlantic
ocean might be a wall of fire. The
Democratic quacks now in power, pre-
sumably, never dreamed that one of
the foundation principles of this gov
! eminent is protection Yet they know
enough not TO put up Wilson, the
author Of the reform tariff bin,
which displaced that of Mckinley, for
president. Wilson with his reform
| tariff platform could not command
any greater number Of votes than Gro
| yer himself. 1t was under the Jack
son administration that the doctrine
of free trade was first promulgated.
But, mind you, it was not by Jackson,
or by his administration, but by Cal
houn, whose ambition for the presi-
dency had been knocked out in his
quarrel with Jackson and who for that
reason led the south into free trade
and the extension of slavery. Slavery
and free trade went as naturally to-
gether then as the gOldbug's standard
and free trade go together now. Wash
ingtOn, Jefferson and Madison, all, con-
sistently maintained the principle Of
protection. However, up to the war
Of 1872, there had been no sharp divi-
sion on the tariff question. The
stormy period occurred in 1916 when a |
tariff law was passed which brought |
about a condition Of things very like |
the present one under Grover CIeve- |
land. The series of disasters which |
followed developed that great south |
ern champion of protection, Henry |
Clay, who wasn't a Democrat but
wing, and as a statesman as brilliant
as he was profound. The protective
tariff of 1924 lifted the country into a
wonderful period Of prosperity. This
was increased by an additional pro-
tective tariff in 1923 when the country
was transformed as if by a magician's
wand. There was enterprise and de-
velopment upon all sides. But the
seeds sown by Calhoun had taken root
and the slave interest, which was DOM
inant, forced the reform tariff laws
which held from 1893 to 1851. The
1888 tariff resulted in the most disas-
trOus period ever experienced by the
country in 1867, about which old men
yet talk.
AS sure as the sun shines the nation
in 1897 is going back to the policy IN
der which it has always proSpered.
Grover Cleveland's policy will be
buried so deep that it will be years be-
fore it will again show It's head. The
biggest load among all those assumed
by the Pop party is ''fre trade" Even
if that party was right in everything
else it could not be the immediate sue
cesSor of the Democratic party which
it seeks to be and for that reason. (
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-19
THE MARTYR ovERMEYER.

David Oyermyer has been turned
down in his home county for delegate
to the Chicago convention. This is
probably the temporary end of Mr..
| Overmyer.
Mr.. Overmyer ran for governor on
/ the Democratic ticket in Kansas when
I.ewelling for the Populists and Nor
rill for the Republicans were candi-
dates. A great many of the Demo
Gratis who have become PopuliSts, who
never knew why they were Democrats
and who are in the PopuliSt party now
simply for pie, in short, the weak
minded and lack-principled Democratic
element in Kansas, berated Mr.. Over
myer for his candidacy, While the
straight-out POpulists who wanted
Democratic help in the campaign have
never forgiven him.
The defeat of Overmyer means that
the fusionistS are on top. The old
truth, however, that the PopuhSts and
Democrats have nothing in common,
except pie, remains. and nOtwith-
standing his present defeat and humil-
iation, and outside Of any aid he may
have rendered the Republicans, David
Overmyer in his candidacy for cover
nor was right. The Democratic party
represents certain principles. which
are for the most part the conservative,
pull-hack levers Of the government
The Democratic party, since its incep-
ton, and it is older than any other
party. has always insisted ON defend
ing things as they are and were. The
Populist party is a party of wild en-
deavorS and distorted nightmares,
eager 10 overthrow everything and
leave nothing.
The Democratic party is national.
not only in its vote and power. but in
it's inherent conservative capacity. on
which fact no doubt, rests It's long
life.
In Kansas the Democratic party, buff
feted and boxed around by the greed
of few OF its leaders. has lost all
save its name and that disappears reg
ularly at election time. Its organiza-
ton is gone. It's members are pre-
scented with no principles. Its parti-
sans sre not asked TO attend any con-
venrion unless it is 10 indorse 4 Popu-
list convention. If they are not ready
To indorse the PopuliSt convention they
are invited 10 stay away.
And Yet, even IN Kansas. there is a
place for conservative party to rep
resent the conservative element. II
was the idea Of Overmyer to preserve
the organization of his party. The
remnant stayed by him. faithful and
true. There were thousands Of Kansas
Democrats who took a pleasure in re-
turning 10 the fold and casting their I
votes IS their political principles die /
lated But the politicians. who are (
after pie alone. who dream OF pie. who 4
talk Of pie. whose whole existence *
one great throbbing appetite for Of
fee. have turned oyernyer down. He /
viii rise again, just 50 sure As there is /
a Democratic party representing = con
sentative element among the people
and the Of oyermyer VIII be ensArined /