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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22
TOO SLOW. MR.. BREWER.

The commission selected by Grover,
with a Kansas man at its head. to
settle a matter so iminent as to render
the whole world apprehensive and I'M
easy, has been taking up too much
time in fixing up comfortable head
quarters, selecting secretaries, aud the
like. AT least this is a Kansas esti-
mate and one which may be entertain
ed elsewhere. 1t is position of earn
est and prompt action, for the reason
that while America may be making up
her mind as to the rights involved,
England may find herself in position
to deny the findings. This flying
squadron business hath an unpleasant
seeming. There is too much talk on
our side Of the Atlantic and evidently
too much action on the other. English
papers and preachers are talking peace
so loud that little else is heard from
that side, but the British ministry and
admiralty are saving wood evidently
in a lively fashion and saying nothing.
put in commission for nothing. Its
not all bluff Its anchors may go down
in the Atlantic ocean at Bermuda, or
at the mouth Of the st. Lawrence or
the OrinOco, or in all three places. A
of that character would prove
unpleasant at any time be
fore we as a nation had determined |
where we are "at'' on the stand taken |
by our head and chief on the Venezuela |
boundary question, which question
seems to embrace everything in sight
Oh the globe, including the suzerainty
and the sphere of influence of Eng
la nd
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22
HENRY STANLEY ON WAR.

In The Nineteenth Century for jan
uary are two articles on the Venezuel-
an question Of singular interest. The
authors respectively are Henry NJ.
Stanley, VI. T., and Edward Dicey, G.
B. Mr.. Stanley is the well-known ex-
plorer. Born in Wales, he came 10
America at the age of II, and was
adopted by merchant in New Or
leans. AT the outbreak OF our civil
war he enlisted in the Confederate
army; and having been taken prisoner,
he enlisted in the United States navy
and served on board the Ironclad Ii
conderoga as acting ensign. Fighting
on both sides, he seemed TO prove that
his sympathieS were impartial After
an adventurous career as an explorer
he resumed his British citizenship: his
allegiance he had never renounced, and
he is at present a member OF the house
of commons
Mr.. Dicey is a graduate Of Trinity
college, Cambridge, a lawyer, a jour
nalist, and a man Of comprehensive
views, OF extensive knowledge, and
possessed Of q keen, analytical mind.
Both these writers condemn Mr.. Cleve-
lands Venezuelan message; but they
understand its import. and fully COM
prehend that IL expresses American
sentiment and American feeling. 1T
tJhe MESSAGE, says Stanley, was 10
electoral dodge, as atfrst believedby Us.
II was no Jingoistic impulse; IT was no
dislike 70 England. or counting Of the
Irish vote. but the expression OF Amer
lean sentiment and American convic-|
ton" Nevertheless, he declares that II
appears TO him 10 be q public warn
ing to prepare for war" and he fails 10
see why people over here can declare
so lightly that there VIII Be DO war.
Peace IS not 10 be despalred OF alto
gether. because as yet hOstilIiies have
not begun; but as the action OF the
president IS 20 rest upon the report IF
the American commission. our only
hope is that II win Re 50 favorable 20
our claims tina. the Americans viii not
think il worth while for % small
cause Is Il may turn out 70 be 10 pro
claim war"
Stanley refers % the fact that By the
last census. there we're II. 1G3. Sfs5 psso-
pie Of British birth residing IN the
United States and J.. 10000 - British
parentaEe- Besldes these there were
.. Css1.o0. native Americans who. We
may safely say. are mostly Of British f.
origin Tne res q tie population !
consisted q 10000 colored and L. (
o.. co G various Eurcpe3a nzrIe1aI- I
lies" re thinks i Eould - mon /
sro1s iniquity for the two peoples . .
lnbrue Laelr hands IL each Otaes's bloo1 ,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22
CLARA BARTON GOES.

Clara Barton fixed today for her start
to Constantinople, on her mission of
mercy, the warning Of the sultan's gov
eminent that nothing of the kind could
be permitted, to the contrary notwith-
standing. Clara Barton may fall a
victim to the brutal fanaticism of the
Turks. but she lacks nothing of hero
ism, and will march to her death, if
needs be. as marched the martyr to the
stake. There has been nothing in all
the century, now drawing to its close,
so horrible as the Armenian massacres.
If Clara Barton sails today nothing
short of death can stay her footsteps.
Imprisonment would not be resorted to
because Of her prominence before the
world She will either fall victim of
assassination or she will reach her deS-
tination. The authorities at CONSTANT
nOple know that she is neither spy nor
emissary, but that she is only bent on
a mission of humanity, in which she
herself declares that she would not
step over a suffering Turk to first re-
lieve a Christian. In obedience TO the
principles to which she has devoted her
life, her mission is to comfort and sue
cor the victims in Armenia. For the
sultan or the Turkish ministry to throw
obstacles in her way would prove u
serious matter, for the Red Cross has
its members and organizations scat
tered throughout western Europe, and
harm to her would mean an interna
ti0nal offense. Being philanthropy,
for humanity simply and solely, the
Eagle believes that success will crown
her efforts. Her destruction would be
the signal for the obstruction Of the
Turkish empire itself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22
TO CUT POSTAGE.

A committee of a Philadelphia COM
culars to the editors of the daily news
papers of the country, proposing that
they advocate a one-cent postage rate
on letters, suggesting that what these
papers would save on letter postage
would pay the extra rate on newspa-
pers. IL would do no such thing. Such
change as is proposed would add to
the postage expenses Of dailies, such as
the Eagle, about five dollars per day.
For the big metropolitan papers it
would completely knock. out their
mammoth Sunday issues, as neither the
paper or subscribers could afford the
extra postage which would, on some
of these papers, amount to from two to
four cents on each paper, the proposed
rate being the book rate of eight cents
per pound. There is very little COM
plant of letter postage. The enor-
nous deficit Of many millions annually
in the mail service CONES first from
carrying all kinds of rubbish in the
way of unbound books of romance,
and like pamphlet trash as second-clasS
matter, or at the newspaper rate, in
the second place from the free delivery
system, and in the third place from the
abuse of the Thanking privilege. In
addition 10 these expenses are the i'm
mense subsidies paid steamship lines
and the high rates paid many of the
trunk lines of railway.
1t costs the government about eight
millions Of dollars a year to carry the
letters which the people send through
the mails, for which service the gov
eminent collects about thirty-eight mil
lions of dollars. But the heavy profit
on the letters is eaten up by the things
to which we referred above. The
abolition of the franking privilege
would be long step in the right direc-
ton. 1t is privilege that is william
ously abused. The difficulty that
would be encountered in changing the
rate for second-class matter has grown
out of the Needless legislation that has
given a newspaper rating TO nearly
every form of publication. The re-
suit has been 10 load down the mails
with undesirable matter, and to give
a profit 10 publishers at the expense of
the service.
What is needed is TO revise the sec
ond-clasS schedule and give to news
papers q separate classification. The
newspaper is as important 70 the gen
eral welfare in the dissemination of
quick intelligence as a cheap letter
rate: and any enlargement of the postal
charges which should compel an in
crease in the price OF newspapers 10
mail subscribers would create popular
With the repeal of
the Thanking privilege. and with a
proper revision Of second-class rates on
matter other than newspapers, one
cent letter postage might be accom-
pliShed and leave a balance OF profit
on the business of the poStofice depart
ment.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22
SEEM TO WANT TRouRI.E

The Wichita Eagle objects TO the Ca
zette's plea for a straight vote on prohibi-
ton and insists that me Republican con
venion must meet the issue. The editor
OF the Gazette can claim 20 be consistent
in the belief that this ought never 20 have
been done. The party cannot meet IT,
We have attempted 1t too often already.
II the Eagle and many other Republican
papers that are spending al their time
sneering at prohibition, had been as brave
about eleven or twelve years ago and
joined hands to keep q out 0f the party
We would be il fine condition today. We
cannot see that 4 viii 10 any good 10 pro
hlblt!on 10 wreck the Republican party
over the matter. when the party can Be-
saved trouble ~ placing prohibition or
rs own merits. Il looks As though some
half dozen papers on each side q th5s
question were malicloUsly hent on making
trouble. The Eagle as n g. hal not had
enough Of THIS noussnss. says.
The Republican party IN STATE couvsn-
ton assembled must prove sqasl 70 a
satisfactory Dodge. Ehich Dodge n lst 30
essE ntlallT comp Grnlses O ctGerTtas
20 ultra prohibition Or ho.d for resuOza.s-
sion.
The Eagle lays al he trouble . MOI
riL = says that rad - adhered % The
platf5rn upon W1bch be was elected.
walca platform entirely ignored re qsss-'
tlon. leaving rs enforcement az are al
othcr LAYS. % she regularly elected Of
Hcsrs. or had Re he'd 20 fhs majority
sentiment poilcy first eauzclz;s5 y hlrn.
che-e would have bssa 70 trouble - ~
Republican party q tae state to-day. orser
tkaa the from % rss DICK va Tx l.
c1oses-
Box having declared that al attempts -
enforce such = AZ zZai..at . Clearly &C.
- rzL-t y seLt4r1ent were - vztl. Re I
tsrn~1 r1E7- st0z- ard selecting re rers1 \
pro-ourcfs8 anEt-coro11u1.ty l1 tn state. 4
1sE7Ise1 NO q vita Eas meet iregsrts ssls I
tools ard n extremist raaENsgfes- TIE
f-aT. 1b4-cs1 parry 81 c1rWezricz1 ~ -
caAe1 urcn 20 recozc.le al THESE tf.-Es. .
Or 81 fang % 60 - its n4us ~ -
4cD1.a. u --Iss1Es t1E4 EctalEE Upfs
~ 3 - h~arrf - enc Ezf9i@s. re Ha-hei-ss /
rte WAKE - 81 uufi - parry r. Re-
tuned % poEer.-fsa1aas Csfy es@xe1ta-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

half right when he declared 10 a con-
vention of ministers that our whole
system Of population needs recon
Structing, from top to bottom Ger
tainly this is true with referep-. 10 our
public schools. Our public schools all
seem conducted with the idea that all
the scholars are going TO be graduates
of Yale, Harvard or s0fne other college
or university. The scholars are taught
the first end of a thousand things.
They have such a universal smatter-
ing of the many things as to leave
them thorough in few or nothing
Every child should be learned some
thing which will help him 10 make a
living, for the larger per cent of them
viii be forced to make their own liv-
ing. Isn't there something TO think
about in these suggestions. something
for the parent taxpayer, something for
the boards of education and something
for the teachers?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22
LEvEL-HEADED SMITH.

| The professor of American history in
| Yale is named Smith, and although his
name is not uncommon his head is
| uncommonly level, for a college pro-
fessor He seems to be conversant
with his text book on American his
tory, not only, but understands the
drift of history, as a late contribution
to the Independent, on the Monroe
doctrine, very clearly attests. That
doctrine he historically shows, was first
promulgated for the purpose of pre-
venting the allied powers of Europe
from helping Spain recover her lost
provinces in America. Among other
things Russia was contemplating eX-
tending Alaska down the coast 10 take
in California for her share, and France
was to have a slice of the northern part
of Old Mexico, now New Mexico. He
quotes a letter from Jefferson TO Mon
roe in which he said among other
things that ''Our first and fundamental
maxim should be never TO entangle our
selves in the broils of Europe; our sec
ond, never to suffer Europe TO inter-
NEEDLE with cis-AtIantic affairs"
There you have it, The present reso-
ultiOn in congress goes just that far,
and no further. Professor Smith says
that We have not yet reached the point
die with cis-Atlantic affairs, but that
we are now rapidly approaching it.
True, John Quincy Adams only two
years after the Monroe MESA &c, served
notice on France that we would not
consent to the occupation of Cuba and
Porto Rico by any other power than
Spain, under any contingency what
ever. That is even as far as the Davis
resolution, now under discussion, goes.
Secretary Fish, he says, notified the
powers that the Monroe doctrine
means nOn-European dominion on the
American continent or adjacent islands, |
that all which pertains to America
should be wholly American. Profess |
sor Smith closes his remarkable paper |
with words that have the sound of rea- |
son no less than those of prophecy |
when he declares that lit is most earn |
estly to be hoped that, without the loss
of a drop of blood, the outcome of the
present difficulty with England will be
an amicable division of ''the sphere of
influence" between the two nations
we taking the Americas and England
the rest of the world. In some such
way as this, and probably in no other,
can England and the United States
exert their fullest and best influence
in favor of civilization and popular
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

how many officials IN the state DO you
suppose there are who did not use money,
whisky. cigars or promises when running
for Office? OF course the fact thai others
are equally guilty does not excuse one
man, but where would our officials be
should the law be strictly enforced? As
a matter OF fact few men can AFFORD TO
run for Office because OF the expense at
tending the election. This is matter %
common nOtoriety. and whenever a man
runs for office he understands that he
must spend a great part OF the salary OF
the first year in order TO get T. This Is
not true In all cases. but IL IS true ia too
many. IL is a sad state OF affairs. and
one that should Toe remedied. The law
Is ample to reach such eases. and u should
be put In motion whert yer and NHsnever
there Is cause for IT. An<tnere Is cause
for 1t IN every county at every election
Lawrence Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22
WHERE IS THE GOLD.

The Eagle is among the papers which
have been holding to the proposition
that Carlisle should have made his pop
ular q loan popular in fact, by max
ing the conditions simple, and then by
placing the bonds in the hands Of post
masters and national banks for sale
outright, dollar for dollar, for gold, the
amount of interest determined by the
market price Of bonds already in the
hands of the people. This was the
Sherman plan. But the objection
comes that there is no such amount of
gold in the hands of the people, conse-
quently that they could not subscribe,
or if subscribing could not obtain the
gold from the banks. Let Us see: The
treasury department estimated the gold
coin in circulation in the United States
on Jan. 1, 1896, at S4S4, 72S,5 4T, and
the gold certificates at $40, 1856, 439, or
at total of 1914, 664, $50 of gold out
side Of the treasury. OF all this vast
sum of over 1914, OO0, 600 not over $3.50,
100000 is visible. on September Is,
1895, the date of the last report of the
national banks to the comptroller of
the treasury, of which We have COM
plete returns, the gold held by the ma
tional banks is given at S110.3IS,30O in
coin, 81 .525,930 in gold certificates,
and S31. 021, 600 in gold clearing house
certificates, which represents deposits
of gold coin by the banks with the
clearing house associations, or a total
of S162, 925,290. The total amount of
gold held by 6,093 banks, other than
national, is given in the latest returns
Al $40, ,262, which, added to the
gold held by the national banks, gives
d total gold holding of the banks of
less than S115,000OO0. This leaves
stock of gold in the hands of the PEG
pie OF S360.O00,000, fifty millions of
which is said 10 be in circulation on
the Pacific coast, in sight, that is, not
boarded
Where is the three hundred and ten
millions Of gold unaccounted FOR? The
Philadelphia American answers by sim
ply declaring that the treasury and
Wall street include in their estimates
at least $250. 100000 which in fact has
no existence. We believe that the
treasury officials are right and the
American wrong. The gold is in ex-
istence and il is in the hands of the
common people. In other words. there
is 100000 of gold being boarded in
the United States. which would come
10 light and be invested were times
more suspicious and affairs generally
more prosperous. That there is S325.-
o00,o0o in gold in the country, as esti,
mated by treasury experts. and that
bur S1T5. 100000 is in sight in the
banks. then there is 500. OO0. 600 in cir
culati0n on the PACING coast. leaving
S300.000,000, in gold, in round num-
berS. in the hands OF the hoarders. IN
the hands largely Of the diStrusuul. Is
4 proposition the truth OF which we
have noI the least doubt. At any rate
ii would be well nigh impossible for
the treasury officials 20 overeStimate
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22
IT IS 3 HUMILIATION.

All official life seems 70 come more
o. less under the Influences OF bribery,
direct or Indirect: ali legislation i coz
trolled 70 a greater Or lesser degree by
the methods Of the lobby The ballot
in the hands OF the free and iadepend-
ent American citizen does not wholly
escape the temptation OF Bribery. GAe
influence OF improper considerations
hoReycombs public lie Congress =
self is no, safe from such 4 chrrge-
Mr.. Adolph Suro, chairman q the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22
TOO MUCH MACHINE.

+. More and more is the criticism JUST
fable that the public school system OF
America IS deceneratlng into machine
meth0ds,2 rim IN the interest Of the
teacher rather than OF the scholar. II
is more objectionable in the eyes Of
the machine FOR scholar 70 be ,ardy
than absent entirely. The idea Of
common school education has been en-
tireIy lost sight Of in the effort after 4
smattering Of everything Rev. J.
Minot Savage OF. Boston, was more than
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

To avert so dire calamity ne suggests
that we tthe English appoint Euro
pean commission of our own to- exam
inc our claims and report TO our foreign
Office"
Mr.. Dicey cOncurs in this suggestion
of Stanley. and says: in order to give
this commission an international char
acter the great powers might each be
requested 10 nominate q representa-
tive amongst their own citizens, who
would take part in the deliberations.
If a commission SO constituted were TO
confirm our existing contention, It
would be Improbable for the United
States TO dispute our right to enforce
that contention. If, on the other hand,
the commission should decline to sane
ton our claims, We might then aban-
don them without loss of honor" Mr..
Dicey regards Mr.. Cleveland's message
as guilty recklessness. Yet he says:
II feel that if l were an American j
should be a partisan of the Monroe
doctrine America for, the Americans
And feeling this, / recognize the futility
of trying to persuade the American
public that the Monroe doctrine is one
10 which no weight can be attached.
/ am convinced that the most
sensible and high-minded of American
statesmen, however much they con-
denim the form of the presidential mes
sage, would indOrse the general prin-
cipleS contained in this manifesto as
being to their minds the logical out
come of the policy laid down by the
Monroe doctrine"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

If war comes in the next six months,
Cleveland will be renominated by the
Democrats, and he will make himself
everlastingIy solid with the American
people by declining it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

The POpulist boss, Breidenthal, says
that resuhmission is out of the cues
tion. This would indicate of how great
value the talk about the Populist nomi-
mating George W. Click really is.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

The Red Cross society has decided
to so to Turkey despite the sultan'S
edict Clara Barton is to leave for
COnstantinople at once. Women will
rush in where men-of-war fear to tread.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

srYor aad yoar sister ar aboaf the sane
size, aud yal ieok exactly sl5ks- TssiFs
aren't yo4F ssked Tue yssFt0r. ssaCourne
NOS 80 eEc.ssaae1 Tommy, h5ghlY indignant
's;sle . 3 arlrl r. GEsc4so TE10.ns
sExcrsE ne Re s4ad. IL I seem "a bea
his-e lnaIs ~ % ~ elrioslty has Ess
= question. What = s.7s 6rs - :
gsniAsznaa gag glGag or . iaasy gcE.x
os-g cilE-s 7 - y sslzlnE1on Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

It has been discovered at Fort Scott
that the eastern line of Kansas ought
10 extend a half mile into the present
Missouri territory. \ man by the name
of Reagan, not SchOmburgk discover
ed this. and we viii probably be able
to avoid war.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

Mr.. Dimmick, who does not appear
10 any great extent in the gossip. was
the son of an attorney general of Penn
sylvania. He died three months after
his marriage to Mrs. Dimmick.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

The Democrats of Ohio are talking
of supporting Melville Ingalls,. the rail
road man, as their candidate for the
presidency. \ railroad president
would stand a bowling show in the
next election
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

Mrs. Dimmick, it is said, is very
anxious 10 have Mr.. Harrison elected
president again. This will gain her
immediately the reputation of mauon-
ly good sense among a vast throng Of
ex-poStmaSterS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

Henry Stanley. the explorer. has look
ed the ground over and he says there
will be war between the United States
and Great Britain. Stanley has knock
ed around the world long enough Il
make good guess.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

Prizefights as rule are mOnotonous.
but the contest between Choynski and
Hall, Monday night, shows that there
are surprises in pugilism as In every
thing else. In the ninth round
Choynski was saved by the call OF time
and recovered sufficiently 10 knock his
adversary out in the thirteenth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

In the opinion of the Globe Of st.
Louis, the trouble with the Olney boom
is that it is being inflated mostly by
men who will vote the Republican
ticket
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

Nicolo Tesla, the electrician. has de-
viSed 4 scheme which gives man a
whole days exercise in one minute.
ana is a complete cure for everything.
But don't discharge your family physi-
clan lust Vet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-22

Owing 10 part of his speech being
Latin, Bayard thinks that the news
paper reporter failed TO catch the drift
of his remarks. This may lead to n
post-mortem examination of dead Ian
guage