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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
,,,ncE c.RyER on PROHIBITION.

In a recent newspaper interview Judge /.
! F. Carver. late Republican nominee for
! chief Justice Of Kansas, declares h!mse-t
| in favor Of a resubmission OF the prohibi-
tory Hauor amendment TO the state con
s,itution In lieu Of prohibition he would
substitute local option.
That Judge Carver does not believe pro
bib!tory I.auor laws TO be wrong N priH-
cfple is indicated by his willingness To sub
et.tutc local option. which in effect IS sinp-
" q transfer Of the range of the inhibition
from The. state at large 10 townships, wards
or cities. It IS hardly probable that the
gentleman would attempt TO deny on prin-
ciple that il is not just as right and whole
some TO prohibit the sale of liquor in the
entire state as in, any of its subdivisions,
and therefore We must search elsewhere
for the causes which have made him a re-
submissionist. The only clue ne has given
Us 10 these causes is contained in the fol-
lowing sentences which we quote from his
interview:
"Under a system Of license and option
the cities and communities in the various
counties would then be wholly responsible.
As il Is now, the administration which
happens to be in power at the time is
charged with the responsibility of permit
ting violations of the prohibitory law.
This IS manifestly unfair. Instead of the
administrations being responsible, as it is
so held under the present law. under the
new system councils and municipal Of
fcers would control the matter"
We at a loss to understand why Judge
Carver did not follow up this line of argu-
ment and disclose at least some seeming
reason why the governor should be ex-
empt from the necessity and responsibility
OF enforcing the laws enacted by the peo-
pie of Kansas. What are governors for if
not TO enforce the will of the people eX-
pressed through their legislature. and what
clearer right do the people possess than to
hold them responsible for the non-enforce-
meut of such laws? Under the prohibitory
law of Kansas it becomes the duty Of the
governor TO appoint police commissioners
in cities Of the first class, and the presump-
ton Is that he will select law-abiding and
law-enforcing men for such positions. If
he does not do so it is clearly the intent of
the law and of the people who adopted it
to hold him responsible, and. while it would
no doubt be nice and cozy for the chief
the emoluments Of Office but shirking its
responsibilities that IS not the purpose for
which his official position was created.
All arguments against the prohibitory
law must be based upon expediency and
that alone. When it is admitted that the
state has the moral and constitutional
right to close a saloon OF Sunday or ele'-
ton day, it must be admitted that it has
an equal right to close it on every other
day. II is not our purpose to discuss at
this time the expediency or inexpediency of
resubmizs.on in Kansas. but We have no
hesitancy in declaring that If the advocates
of the measure can offer nothing better
than Judge Garver's declaration that it
puts an unpleasant responsibility on the
! governor they had better shut up shop
and go out of business.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
Reflection on the Pops,

From the New York Sun.
An esteemed cont temporary. whose name
shall not be uttered here lest it should be
attacked by the deyotees Of rnegaphony,
AYERS that there are those who say that
every unnecessary noise is a crime" 1t is
impolite to be SO severe against POpulism
and the silver disease. What battalions of
criminals there would b.. If unnecessary
noise Were regarded as a crime. What I'M
endurable punishment of silence would fall
upon the boy orator OF Salt Creek. The
Hon. Thomas Evergreen Watson couldn't
refrain from unnecessary noise if he tried
his hardest. He would have to be muzzle7i
and then immurei in a fortress or round
house of iron, or kept in the receiver of an
air pump. How could Governor Stone. OF
Missouri, the most daring mixer of meta
phors and one of the loudest rafting per
orators in the country be induced to muf-
fe himself and mitigate the horror of his
howlS? A gift for noise is like a gift for
fishing or singing bass. It must be used
and goads- its poSseSsor into using il. No
active POpulist in Kansas or Nebraska is
able to shut up. The demon or genius in
him keeps his reservoirs of oratOry open
all DAY and night, ard even his sleep is
vocal Would any physician dare TO rec
Culmend repose and silence to Colonel Pat
mana Belt? Colonel Pat Donan knows bet
ter than to keep silence; II would nurt him.
In short, most of the noise made in the
United States is unnecessary TO the United
States, but Indispensable to the makers.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
DR.. PoweII's Discovery.
rom the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
DR.. Thomas Powell, a physician OF Col
umbia, Mo-, claims to have made discov-
cry which, if it prove to be correct is
bound to revolutionize the science of medi-
cine. Investigators hitherto have found
the germs of disease, even discovering the
generic bacillus Of each disease and it's
location in the system, but none of them
has suggested any method OF destroying
the bacillus after he has found It. Now
comes DIR. Powell and says he can inocu-
late the system so to render il i'm
pervious to disease germs. He says as
vaccination prevents smallpox, so his dis
covery will ward off scarlet fever. con-
sumption, diphtheria. and all other dis
eases of which the germ is the cause. In
other words, he will keep the disease from
entering by shutting out the germ.
In this connection there was printed re-
Gently communication from DR.. Leslie
2. Kelley in which he discussed the germ
theory in most lucid and interesting
manner. Says the doctor:
The micrObe causes a disease by manu-
featuring poison. AS the germ OF disease
the microbe is a plant. Its method Of
making poison can be wen understood if
We compare the method of its physiology
with that of larger plants. as the deadly
niEhtshade, the nuX vomica, or the poppy.
These plants make belladonna, strychnia,
an alkaloid poison or poisons genericaIly
known as ptOmaines. These poisons cause
disease, and to understand the method we
will reduce the proposition to its lowest
terms, as the mathematirians DO"
After describing the microbe and its or
ganism as a single cell, DR.. Keeley further
says:
Apparently the protoplasm of each cell
is a homogeneous fluid-but not so in real
ity. Each cell contains in fits protoplasm
millions OF active, moving. working mole
cuies-each one having independent indi-
vdGalism-as much of this character as
human or other individuals. il is the work
OF these molecular individuals to manu-
facture poison for the use of the InicrObe
and resistance for the defense of the It's
sue cell The microbe can be pois-
oned, and the drugs having this effect are
the remedies OF disease. They are called
antiseptics or Eermitoxics. Unfortunately,
there are very few of these poisons which.
II used strong enough to destroy the mi
crobes. will not more or less poison the
patient.
How TO destroy this microbe and cure
the patient has been the despair Of the
investigators but if DR.. Powell's discovery
be true it will not be necessary to kill the
microbe in the system. for the microbe
will not get into the system. The inocula-
ton Will bar him out, and with his bar
ring out the active cause OF disease will
be removed.
Assuming that DR.. PowelIs discovery is
true, and its truth or falsty will soon be
demonstrated, as he proposes TO make a
practical test on a sufficient scale, a pleas
ing prospect opens itself up to suffering
humanity and correspondingly discourag-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
SOME ODD DECISIONS.

Two decisions have recently been made
by the courts which are interesting if for
nothing else than their novelty. One was
by 4 Wilkesbarre. Pa, judge who es;ab-
lIsheG the legal status of the word Mug
vump." and the other by Columbus, o.,
judge who decided that the man who
cheated machine was just as amenable
to the laws as the man who cheated a
human.
In the first case It was in testimony that
Thomas Johns. a we'll known Republican
% Wilkes barre had become convert to
the silver cause and written a number
o: articles for the local paper. One day
he was met in the street by a Mr.. Flick,
who saluted him with, Hello, Mugwump"
This angered Mr. Johns and he caused
the arrest OF Mr.. Flick on the charge
Of abuse and slander. When the case
cam- to trial the Judge held that the
word "Mugwump" meant respectable Re-
publican who was inclined TO kick over
the traces. and that. therefore. it was
neither slanderous nor abusive; whereupon
Mr. Johns was forced to pay the costs and
dismiss his case.
TIE second case was that OF man
Who had been arrested for working" a
slot machine with pieces of lead which he
had nodded into shape and size of nickels
It was in testimony that the machine
which he so worked played a piece Of
music. weighed him and told his fortune,
all at :he same performance, ard this was
an important feature in the trial because
it was alleged that having benefited him
self with no tangible property, such as
gum or candy. the prisoner could not be
held for larceny. I; was held by the court.
however. that man who listened to d
p.ecc OF music. acquired knowledge of
his own weight and had his fortune told
became possessed Of something Of value
and the prisoner was forthwith sentenced
to one year In jail.
The relation Of these two incidents may
At least become useful in corroboration of
tfat fine old maxim. The longer a man
lives the more he finds OUT
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
A Feasible Plan.

From the Chicago Tribune.
There is one thing the Republican party
can do. 1t can enact legislation 10 enforce
that section of the fourteenth amendment
which declares that where a state disfran-
chises masses of its citizens because Of
race or color its congressional representa-
ton may be reduced proportionat-Iy.
South Carolina and Mississippi have done
this. They should be cut down from seven
house members to three or four They
should not be allowed representation for
persons they will not permit to vote 4
law taking from those states their ex-
cessive representation will not be force
bill" 1t Will call for no federal officers
in the South. But that Law will enforce
itself without difficulty which federal cleo
tion laws have not done.
the radicals in the party have had their
innings. Their policy has been tried and 1t
has failed. Give the South a chance to
work out its own salvation. Election
frauds are becoming offensive 10 the citi-
zens Of those states. Virsinians, Tennes-
seeans and Alabamians are complaining OF
them more bitterly than Northern Repub-
licans are. They can do more TO stop those
frauds than congress can.
An attempt at force bill legislation viii
awaken suspicious. prejudices and pas
sions which are dying out. Presidenr-eIect
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
Stations
A DISAPPOINTMENT IN okLAHoMA

A day OF so ago all Oklahoma was cleo
triied by the report that the noted dcs-
perado. Mr. Daniel Clifton, who conducted
his operations under the explosive nom de
suerre of Dynamite Dick" had bitten
large portion OF the sandy dust OF the ter
Titory and had passed In his checks. It vas
not the first time that Dynamite had been
laid ont by the bold deputy marshals ard
their intrepid posses. and his latest demise
was hailed, with some misgiving along
with the rejoicing. For Mr.. D. Dick was
a bar to prosperity. Business IanEuished
by reason OF the depressing nature Of mis-
opera ions and trade was almost as dun
ms II would have been had Bryan been
elected. 50 when it was reported that
Dynamite had kicked the bucket with his
rawh!de boots on there was a restoration
Of confidence. and gold and silver. which
had been hoarieG on account of Nitro
Glycsrine's inability to distinguish the
rights OF property, came out Of hiding, and
things began to lock better at once.
But alas Tor he fond hopes OF the much
harassod Oklahomans. Their rosy drsams
were. soon shattered. 4 committee Of dis
tinglGished citizens. in order that their eyea
might make true avoug hngent OF the mort,
Uary returns OF Mr.. Clifton. paid a visit
to the town where the desperate was laid
ont ard which. by singular coincidence.
was lam q kildare. Then the bitter truth
he.aruH kFsvn in all Of It's crushing force.
j. Was not Dynamite Dick who had fallen
victim 10 Tho proves IS Of the deputies
but a villain or lessor magnitude and Of
m'an"r abilities. The dead outlaw was
found TO he''Thrae Fingered Jack doubt,
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
Mr.. Reed and the spe.ker.bip.

Nothing is surer in future politics than
that Thomas &. Reed Will be speaker of
the next house. He will be nominated by
acclamation. 1t is morally certain there
VIII be no other candidate before the Re
publican caucus. Mr.. Reed needn't turn
over his hand. The speakership will come
to him by sheer force of irresistible mo-
mentum. No influence of any weight wants
70 organize opposition, and nobody could
organize any if he wanted to-
The mischievous gossip that credits an
unfriendly disposition to the new admin
istration is absolutely baseless. The pur-
pose it imputes is utterly foreign equally
TO the spirit and the policy with which
the new president will enter upon his
trust. No one with any just understand
ing Of the great nature of William McKin
ley would associate him with either the
imaginary motive or the alleged object of
question over the speakership. No pub
lie man is more entirely free from any
small jealousy or dis1ust. His whole be-
ing is one of large and generous quality,
and, independent of any other considera-
| tion, his chivalrous impulse would lead
him 10 De.foremost in desiring Mr.. Reeds
reelection as speaker. But beyond that,
his policy will be to unite and consolidate
and harmonize all Republican forces, and
he will confidently invite and count upon
Mr. Reeds leadership and power in the
Speaker tiIdIE u tOulIlDulc III SOlIIlEuI-
ing and perpetuating Republican suprem-
acy.
The story of opposition 20 Speaker Reed
did not start with the suggestion of un-
friendliness on the part of the new ad-
ministration. That was later decoration.
! 1t started with the assumption of a spirit
of revolt on the part of some of the mem
bers against Mr.. Reeds method of ruling
the house. But that, we feel sure, will
prove equally unfounded. Mr.. Reeds
rulership in the chair may at times be
peremptory, as successful ruIership must
be- but it is mighty and magnificent. He
is born commander. He is one of the
few great speakers. He ranks with Henry
Clay and will live with him when most OF
the long roll are forgotten. What is even
better than the parliamentary genius illus
trated in the kingly power of his admins
tration of the speakership is the practical
sagacity of the craftsmanship which guides
his strong hand. His scepter is forceful,
but it is wisely directed. He uses his
strength for worthy ends. He has the in
sight. the experience, the breadth to un-
derstand what measures make up a sound
public policy, and SO he is not simply
presiding figurehead administering the
rules but a real leader who at once gov
erns and guides the house. With a univer-
sal recognition of his pre-eminent fitness
for the place he will be reelected without
opposition, and all the stories to the con-
trary are Pigments of the Imagination.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
Football and schoInrship.

From He-psr's Weekly.
We are qUtte ready to believe that uni
versity and college authorities are looking
more Sharply after the scholarship OF their
.bility between excellence in athletics and
excellence in the class room. The history
OF college teams and crews proves this 70
be true. There are men who have just
come from The football field who stand
high in their classes. and who have lost
nothing in scholarship rank by reason OF
7he games and matches that they have
Played There is al least one OF these
men who stands easily at the head Of his
class. Faculties realize that they must see
10 II that there shall be no loss Of SchOar-
ship. and no diScredit to scholarship by
reason Of intercollegiate athletics. Only
the otheT day the Ohio university author-
ties compelled the captain OF the football
team 10 resign his captainCy because ne
had fallen behind in his studies. No doubt,
IN recent times. there has been a DISPOSE
ton on the part Of professors, most OF
whom are human and proud OF their insti-
tutlons, to overlook ignorance and stupid
Ety when manifested by a strong armed
oarSman, cool headed quarterback or
cunning pitcher; but the day OF the schol-
ar IS surely coming again; for while profes-
ScrS who are fit instructors of youth are
proud OF their teams ard dearly love
victory OF brawn for their colleges, at the
bottom scholarship IS really their ideal,
and they Will make it the ideal of the in
stitut!ons in which they teach. The time
will come, Ne have no doubt, when the
athlete will be suboriinated to the scholar
IN even the most EuobEng of undergradu-
ate minds, and then We can say: What
If there was 900 mu,h worship OF Drawn
for time? II followed the worship OF
what was considered mind. but was real
ly sentimentality, and some of it ma1ldlin
at that. Out Of all has come a practical
exposition of the old Roman ideal, a sound
mind in a sound body"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07

ing one for the medical profession. What
Will become OF the doctor If the microbe,
his FAST and active friend, cannot get into
the system and furnish him employment
Surely OtheIlo's occupation will be gone.
Not only this. but the doctor must sit by
and see human life prolonged in a man
ner 10 weary both him and the undertaken.
Barring accidents, men will live to that
period which nature intended them TO live.
Indeed, what could prevent them from
keeping on with life until they died from
wear and tear? II the microbe can be
rendered impotent for harm and the lin
ing-up process in the system could be
averted. there is no good reason why
man should not pass the PsaImist's ex-
treme span of four score and go bravely
and cheerfully on TO a hundred or more.
finally passing away from the effects of
sheer old age. These are some of the
possibilities involved in DR.. Powelrs al
legged discovery. If only it be true millions
Will rise up and call him blessed, not only
for prolonged life. but for salvation from
suffering.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
LfmitIeSs Possibilities.

From the New York Tribune
An enterprising merchant of London Of
fers a lesson on the violin to any one who
buye pound of his tea. This is an idea
which stimulates the imagination. Why
rot a university extension lecture with
every barrel of -four. or an hours con-
versation in French with every yard Of
silk? There are great possibilities for art
in the method. This tea merchant, who
is apparently only engaging in variation
of the gift enterprise, may develop great
virtuoso who might otherwise go on drink
ing no better tea and spending his spare
moments at checkers. LISTS and Mo-
zarts Iurk in those tea caddies. When the
Londoner puts out 4 sign, Have an hour
OF Mendelssohn with your breakfast cup"
the pOpularization OF music will be well
uEder way. It is to be hoped that he gives
good honest music lessons as we'll as good
honest tea. aad that he is nothing like
the barber who put out the unpunctuated
sign, This Is Tom Grogan's What Do
You Think He'll Shave You for Ten Cents
and Give You a Drink" and then. when
the drink was demanded. replied that the
customer had supplied the wrong punctu-
alton. and should have read: What, Do
YOU Think He'll Shave You for Ten Cents
and Give Yeu a Drink2''
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
COLD AND sILyER COINAGE.

While f:ee silver orators var- zo;nG over
the country declaring that the people were
suffering because there was not enough
mou,y. t'.a m.uts % Unelc sam were nor
r.ly JuEageI % grinding oat shining y.'-
low ra--l,s and double eagles. and tons oc
bright SILVER do''aTs- According 10 the -!t-
rector oc tie mint. the coinage for cnc last
fiscal yca= amounted 10 y7l.IsS. l6S. Of which
there were 1.Jv,,S2 silver dollars. worth On
at arera-e throughout The year fraction
over . coHts NJ their bullion value
Mr.. Bryan said in ere OF his speeches re-
Gently uaat We could not survive as a
commercial nation under the gold standard
for tho reason that there was not enough
Cf The precious metal for use in the arts.
70 say HotE.aF Of the demand for coinage.
The director of the mint says the amount
required 10 the United States for Industrial
plrro-rs Ia 1875 was 81 .ns5 IN gold. and
81. ylI.dL4 IN silver. while the worlds pro-
duc;lon of the two metals for the same year
was over fGT0ooo00
The mint director points out the fact that
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-07
The HANDSPRING.

From the Chicago News.
1t comes TO light that the death of an
American actress which occurred in Aus
tralia a few days ago was caused by over
eSertion and a severe fall sustained while
turning handsprings.
To-day We hear talk on all sides of the
decadence of the histrlonic art. The stage
is not what it once was, say the pessi-
mfsts. But here we have a vindication OF
the mimic craft and a squelcher to all crit
les. An American actress has lost her life
in perfecting a handspring. What greater
devotion TO art could one ask for than this?
For what nobler cause could woman have
died than this-the perfeCting of the hand
spring? Actors have gone crazy on ac-
count of too much Hamlet, women have
broken their constitutions in the thrues
or 4 Juliet's love- but here is woman
who gave her life that the handspring
might live.
What nobler object could she have had
in view? The handspring is one OF the
most ancient of our institutions. When the
empire of the Caesars was at Its height
tho handspring was no new thing When
the pyramids of Egypt were builded the
handspring had seen ages. The hand
spring is not a matter of mere physical
strength. neither is it wholly of the mind.
1t is 4 beautiful blending OF mind and
matter, of calculation and muscle of soul
and sinew. What could be more poetic
than the graceful curve OF the handspring?
II bears the subject away from earth,
typifying that there is something above
and beyond the beneathness; then the de-
Clining of the head and the ascension
of the feet, symbolizing the earthiness of
the brain and the rise OF the understand
ing: then the regaining of the erect pos
ture, betokening the circle of eternal
change which is the life of nature" as
Mr. Bryant puts it.
Americans have just cause to feel proud
that for all this one of their country
women upon the stage has sacrificed her
life while others were dawdling with the
decadent Miss Capulet's poison bottle or
Mrs. Macbeth's ambition to keep the cush-
ion of a throne warm.