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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09
F1psr-CI,Ass MIsDEMEANANTs.

Poor DIR. Jameson and his associates
in the attempt to murder the people OF
Pretoria. having been tried and found
guilty and sentenced to imprisonment
from seven months to fifteen months
each. sympathizing world bemoans
their fate If they were murderers in
the eyes of Dom Paul they are still
heroes in the estimation of England. A
dispatch from London says that 1he
raiders have been made hrst-clasS
misdemeanants." and will therefore en-
ioy privileges that will go far 10 make
their imprisonment endurable. They
will. for instance. get their meals from
q caterer. will be allowed wine and
beer. will not wear prison garb, and
will have their mental work, such as
keeping their apartments tidy, done
by other prisoners, who happen NOT TO
have been so fortunate as the raiders.
AS DIR. Jameson's associates have a
well-established social position, several
of them being connected with the peer
ace. and one of them being a real live
lord" it is not likely that society Will
frcwn upon them after their release
from Holloway Jail. on the contrary.
they will no doubt be the lions of
more than one season, unless they in
sist upon returning to South Africa "a
soon as they are liberated 1t would
appear, therefore, that the lot OF
Transvau raider is not such a bad one
after all. The only disagreeabie feat-
ure is the unerring aim OF "Oom
Paurs" unterrified rifemen. but IL may
reasonably be expected that the raiders
will avoid them in the future, ana II
they do they will show as much wis
dom as they manifested when they
came home TO stand trial for an Of
Tense that involved no greater punish
ment than few months imprlson-
ment, with wine. beer and costly
yiands not limited.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09
PoPoCRATrC TROUBLE.

Mrs. Bryan and her husband are en-
route for Madison Square. New York
Senator Jones, the chairman OF the
Popocrat party is already there From
the gossip of the itinerary Mrs. Bryan
is doing the most Of the platform rush.
ing. but her husband Is accorded the
right to do the talking. However. Bryan
is not doing all the talking Senator
Jones. the chairman OF the Democratic
national committee. has been discuss
ing the deman ds Of the Populists in a
way that viii not tend 10 promote har-
mony between the two parties which
claim Bryan as their candidate for the
presidency.
In reply 10 & question whether Mr..
Bryan would accept the PoPulist nom
iuation for the presidency. Senator
Jones said THAI inasmuch as Bryan was
nominated on the Democratic ticket
with Sewan. he could do nothing that
would reiect upon the latter n Dem
ocratic candidate. When told that the
Popuiist national committee had de-
cided- il Bryan did not accept their
nomination by August .. 20 take his
name from the ticket and put so-le-
body else on in his place. Senator Jones
remarked. We'll let them do So
This seeIns 70 indicate that the boy
orator has decided 70 coaiinue 10 PIE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09
ALova TIE kansas NrLz

IL Is said that a majority % the dele
gates 10 the state convention from But
Ter county are for Tom Potter.
II - now claimed simultaneously over
the state that I,-.-iy Is a grea, rerIbn,s-
siouist and also great prohibitionikt
on August n. Lucien Baker and n. O.
Horr. the man whom CON Harvey ala
up. will speak al a pub!ic meeting N En-
poria-
only one paper IN Ransas up 20 eAfs
that roasted AZ any iengih ingalls, Lyons
sp~ech. This one paper - the Enpor1a
Gazette
There are hundreds o, Democrats In
the state Who viii never vote for Jerry
BofEn for eooEres@uan-a;-larg~ neither
VIII TREY vote for Dick Blue.
Rm White q Emporsa wants an orei-
nance pzssed IN TIA; town prohibiting
people from eating watermelon suebly
after o'clock n The evening
There ~ very little question that Jerry
simpson win be beaten THIS year.
asrTs number % Popull-ss have 10 on~s-
dencs IN Mr. slmp~on an they s~y %
win great frequency ard fore.
TIE Democrats have never hksf Frank
DosteT. Dozt.r ~ss ones = stasnca 70
pBtHcan and Re has never been as ei'isr
sTains, ne Re,1bii-sn party a. - las
been against tn Democratic party.
There 40 several hundr~f EspDhiiosns
in Rznraz who when Mo-r-ll T. rs-o-nsns,-
81. wf,i have - pleasure o' h<i1z -
minded THAT they haze predicted ssv-rpl
tines publicly that EorT1u esanos &c
elected
Just before Df Little was 70. no-aina,-
81 ~ tn Popul-sss. Efvar1 appsare1 b.
fore shera ard scc~rss- popait--a n ran
u r. far % Mr. fsf.ln - ~ thst - ca
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tunnel sszn-
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rzsch better tsan sEy otn4r member -
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TO ycvrz aro 49, crsii,s1 wsta A4sisx
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TIE rnlnieers eo0zri-s ~l<a 80 Lord zsss
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09
THE CONFUSION THAT FoREBopEs


There is 4 confusion of minds. Some
Il ing is going TO drop. Much as we
revel in political excitement we hope
it is no tower OF Babel. The whole
country is at sea and every days event
adds ruin 10 chaos and every tomorrow
promises NOTHING but destruction. Men
have turned against eac6 other and
dashed friendship 10 the ground and
politely regard each other as idiots
The miid-mannered man has, by his adj
yocaey OF Z certain metal for money.
suddenly become in the mind Of his
dearest bus dis3CreeinS friend. an An
archjst With knife IN teeth and torch
in hand and crime IN heart Leader
ship Is no more. The prophets are
spat Upon Advice i spnrned- The
beliwetlers have led down the broad
Path before them but the sheep stand
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09
THE POOR" SHAREHOLDERS.

The statement is going the rounds OF
few eastern papers that the railroads
are owned by the class known as poor
people. They openly claim that rail-
way stocks are chiefly held By wage
earnerS, widows and minor children.
The statement would serve a better
purpose if it was true, but It Is not.
How many widows and orphans are
clipping coupons from the bonds of the
Missouri Pacific system: II IL gen
orally believed that this great prop
erty Is owned by the GouIds. just a.
the New York Central is owned and
controlled by the Yanderblis, and the
great international by Huntington and
his associates. II i only the stocks
OF bankrupt roads that are h=Id by PEG
pie II moderate means, and these
shares have long been 80 diluted that
they had no value. This Only cites the
fact that this class Of shareholders are
ignorant and guliib.e. The process
81 liquidation VIII soon wipe vut and
canoel al such holdings. and lznd the
property IN the hands Of first mortgage
boud5oIders-
II the writers who pirate 50 much
about the holdings q widows IN ms
class OF property were candid and
truthful they would coofe-s that they
have been inveigied into t'uying only
sf.eh S-fs-sS - xSs.-a ultimately 10 -.
wiped OF; hy foreclosure TIE
money lords whom they lzud IS The
expoaenis q AZ business honor are tesO
smart 70 iaTeSt IN wind and water.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09
E. II. ROBINS, President,
Y. nj. c. A. Building.

longest words will get an almost unans-
nous vote.
A meeting OF the occupants OF school
lands in the territory was held AZ Perry
yesterday. The idea is 10 get such terri
torial legislation az will be OF more sd-
vantage 10 thu occupants than any they
BOW enjoy.
one way an Okishoman has OF getting
revenge on mankind - 10 move out Of an
old place and leave tho well uncovered
The weeds grow NJ and the next occu-
pant Of the place first discovers the well
when he hits It's bottom.
In Grant county some Of the people Of
Meefort township have had their town
ship officers arrested for issuing foIr
thousand dollars worth Of script Illegally
The men charged have been bound over
20 appear III court 20 answer September }.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09
THE REPUBLICAN SILVER DOLLAR

There is general miSconception OF
the attitude of the Republican party on
the silver question, as set forth in the
st. Louis platform. Because of the
subsequent radical free silver enuncia-
ton of the Chicago convention the
opinion seems to generally prevail that
the Republican party is for gold mono
metallism. Nothing could be farther
from the truth. The Republican party
is for the largest possible use Of silver,
on a parity with gold, is TO 1, unless
the ratio should be changed by inter-
national agreement. Every silver dol
lar of today is a Republican silver dol
lar, and every dollar Of it is worth a
gold dollar. 1t is Is to dollar. The
Republican platform distinctly de-
clares that ''the party is unalterably
opposed to every measure calculated TO
debase our currency" Further along
it pledges the party to promote every
effort to secure an international agree
ment to the free coinage of silver, clos
ing with the further declaration that
all our silver and paper money in the
meantime must be maintained at a
parity with gold. All the silver pur-
chased and coined on government ac-
count. now in circulation, or held by
the treasury. and which silver dollars
are upon IS to 1 ratio, and which are
a full legal tender for all lebts. public
or private, was the act of the Republic
can party. Every act passed by the
national congress in the past twenty
years to be found on the statute books,
Republican party. The Republican
party passed a law directing the treas
urer to pay out coin-gold and silver
at his option. The ''coin-bond" in con-
tradistinction from the '.gold-bond," is
a Republican law. The Republican
party is unquestionably for silver, for
bimetallism and against monOmetal-
lism in either metal This is true If
there is any truth in history. And we
are one who believes that silver will
sooner come to its rights, that. in fact,
it will come only to its full redemption
powers and free coinage at a proXi-
mate ratio of Is to l through the Re-
publican party, but for which party
the United States silver dollar of today
would be worth no more than the Mex
lean dollar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

1892 the PopulistS in Kansas got 49,
III votes for Weaver. This of course
included the Democrats There are
about $4,000 Democrats in Kansas.
There may be said to have been in
Kansas in 1892 Populist vote of $780,
OOO. In 1894 Lewelling polled 1898
votes He had lost thousands of vot-
ers-
Lewelling had lost most of these.
but the Populist party had helped him
IL the work. The same old leaders
hung on TO the Populist party; the
same extravagant claims of friendship
Cor the people anI the same old indif-
ference TO them, when once in office,
made the people who had gone into the
Fopulist party lose faith in it and those
that were waiting 10 see how it would
act back out of the idea of ever join
Ing.
The Populists of today are not the
Alliance people of 1890. They were
then spiritually and mentally, political
ly and religiously aroused. Intoler-
ant only when combatted and thorough
ly imbued with the justice of their
protest they We're a much more formid-
able body than they are today-a polit-
ical machine which is full of jealousies,
chickering's, backbitings, nasty secrets
and odorous scandals, so soiled and
stained and dirty withal that Judge
DenniSon at Abilene, Friday, had to
rush onto the floor and warn the Popu-
lists not 20 wash the Populist dirty
linen ia the presence of the reporters.
So we say that the Populist party has
lost its effectiveness through leader
ship. It's following has been faith
full. its leadership treacherous: its fol-
laphas been sincere, its leadership
deceptive; its following pure in pur-
pose. its leadership malignant in mo-
tive.
There may come time when Popu
lism will win, but it is not under the
present leadership as exemplified by
the Credentials of Kansas. The Re-
pubiicans are not satisfied with their
parry: the Democrats are disguised
with their party, and Populists are dis
trustful and suspicious of Populism.
The situation this year is not One-sided.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09
EXPLAINING A POP PLANK.

| 1t is the absolute duty of every active
| citizen to call to the attention of his
| Democratic friends that the Demo
| cratic candidate for congressman-at-
large in Kansas this year is also the
| Populist candidate for the same place,
and his name is Jerry Botkin and he
has spent his whole political career as
a malignant prohibition agitator; also
| to the incidental matter that Jerry Bot
| kin is running on a platform which
condemns Major Morrilrs administra-
| ton for its cowardly, vacillating and
contradictory course in attempting to
enforce the laws at some times and
places, and failing to attempt to en-
force them at other times and places"
As we understand, Mr.. Botkin will
stand firmly on this platform, it will
be an easy matter to locate Mr.. Botkin,
perhaps.
AS his platform says, he is in favor Of
a man for governor who will not sat
tempt to enforce the laws at some
times and places. but who will attempt
to enforce the Law at other times and
places" Or in other words, BOtkin is
against Morrill, because he attempted
to enforce the laws at some times and
places and he is also against him be-
cause he did not attempt to enforce
them at other times or places. Wich-
tia may be some" and Leavenworth
Others" Botkin is, then, in favor of
this sort of a statement: Il am in favor
of a man for governor who will not
attempt TO enforce the law at Wichita,
at one time, but will attempt TO enforce
the law at Leavenworth at another
time"
This is getting the matter down very
closely. Mr.. Leedy if elected is not 20
attempt to enforce the law at Wichita
''at some times" and is to attefpt to en-
force the law at Leavenworth Eat
other times"
Just when 'some times will strike
in the calendar year cannot be deter
mined. ''Other times" is equally puz-
Zling. We might start out TO make
the thing exact, equitable and just
by alternating the two by saying that
January. 1897 was "some time" and
february ''other time" March "some
time" and April ''Other time" and SO
on through the year. By this arrange
ment Leedy is not to attempt 10 en-
force the laws at Wichita in "Some
time" January, but he is to attempt
to enforce them in Leayenworth in
''other tine" February In other
owrds Leedy is To let Wichita alone in
January and sail into Leavenworth
full blast in February. If he doesn't
follow tLis rule the Republican party
two years hence viii come out and de-
nounce rim for attempting TO enforce
the law at some times and places" and
also denounce him for failing to at
Tempt t. enforce the law at other times
and places"
We have had some trouble with pro-
hihition in this state. 1t is time. high
tire. that something was done Open
violation of a law is not pleasant. II
tie Law is to be Unfortunately violated
it should he annLlled. If it is 70 stand
forever il should hc enforced But so
long as party platforms show the
sneaking. shifting, shallow cowardice
that this Populist platform does. we
shall lgo on suffering with the dreary
drag on Industry and immigration in
Kansas for century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09
wAY-BACK SPEECHES.

At a meeting held in Eagle hall.
Wichita, December 20. 1877, the ques-
ton of the characterization of silver
was discussed. There were four
speeches made. W. G. WoOdman. w
T.. Campbell, III. W. Lewis and George
II. English We're the orators Of the &C
casion. WOodman was for a national
currency, Campbell for the gold STAN
dard, Lewis for the reconciliation Of
silver. as was English. The Eagle pub
lished the whole OF Commodore Wood
mans speech. and liberal extracts from
the speeches OF the other gentlemen
1t all makes interesting reading in the
light Of subsequent experience. Judge
CampbelrS speech would be held to be
an up-to-date gold standard speech.
Upon the whole his speech shows that
he had given the subject no little ser
iOUs thought.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

stock still behind and refuse to follow.
The demigods and idols Of party have
been cast and broken On the floor; the
tenets of generations are the butt Of
coarse okeS. the DISPUTE OF a century
is thrown into the garrett of political
rubbish; the ties of partisanship are
unresI.ectcd. the threats &C party lash
Int.ared: the penalty o: party treason
stands annulled- Consistency has be-
come an altruistic dream and is now
believed never TO have been practiced:
dishonesty is accepted if it be skillful:
deceit ass partisanship TO maintain it
and craftsmanship by lying does: par
tisanship. eniangied, ensnared, Grip
pied and torn. in gasping desperation
makes no APPROACHES, but recriminates
a thousand times savagely. All are
alike guilty and all are prosecuting;
none is being tried
A man and his little following with
draws from the Republican party.
fearful Teller marches out and the
crowd Kisses. The broadclOth brigade
in Chicago convention leave quietly
in disgust with the ringing defiance in
their ears that they cannot cruelty
mankind on cross of gold; these men.
the acknowledged and idoliZed lead
ers of the accusing party for twenty
years. A convention at St L.ouis-held
by the professors OF the nation-meets,
RACES in deliriuni. and finally protests
against itself and adjOurns, having
accomplished nothing and verything,
and. being doubtful. surrenders the
whole will of the party in pienary
power clause to the national commit
tee A party IN Pittsburg. of intoier-
am. bigoted cranks also meet, discover
their own crankiness and Immediately
split.
In township, county. state ana sec
ton the tumble is complete. The night
of doubt is coming and with it despair
and from despair inevitable hope and
help at last. For in confusion there IS
no rank and no class. Many things
must fall--practices, theories and be
liefs: much corruption must collapse
like ancient honey-combs: and every
penaity is to be added to every crime.
and witr mercilsss hand, so that meet
punishment may be subtracted from
every advantage foully gained.
In the rack and ruin one thing Will
remain intact. unscratched, complete.
That one thing is truth. Upon it, we
can build all over again, and our resti-
tuition of it will place it higher than
ii has ever been placed among men be-
fore.
The platform Of a national conven-
ton means nothing. The man nomi-
mated fere or there by this group OF
men or that group is immaterial. They
are particles of dust that puff UP from
beneath the brogans of a plodding des-
tiny.
History is not made by the poodle |
dog tussle between the Democratic and |
Republican party, but it is as Thomas |
Carlyle said, "a mighty drama, enact
ed on the theater OF Intinitude, with |
suns for lamps, and Eternity as a
whose author is God. and
whose purport and thousandfold moral
leads us I'D to the dark with the ex-
cess of light of the Throne of God.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

The difference between the first mort
gage bondholder and the stockholder of
these insolvent lines is like that OF a
preferred creditor "a against many
claimants 10 the assets Of a defunct
mercantile house. The man on the
ground floor gets the assets. and gives
other creditors the laugh. These poor
people" who own railway shares have
only printed certificates OF less COM
mercial value than the clean, white
paper from the mill. No one denies
this except the platitudinOus writers
who seek only TO deceive the public.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

When Bryan shall have accepted the
nomination in New York there will
be two instances in history where men
surprised the world by going through a
ceremony without spontaneous COM
bustion Of their egotism. The other
case was Emperor William at kieL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

Tom Watson advises the Pops to let
TIE Democrats insult them this year
without murmuring. People intend
ing 10 insult some big brawny Kansas
farmer should call early and be killed
without any dilatory and torturing fur
1niowA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

The regular Democrats will have to
cni0in the National Democrats from
using the name Democratic. But
Holy Moses! The regular Democrats
are in possession Of the courts,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

ingalls, as firmly believes that some
great destiny is guiding the affairs of
the nation as he deeply despises the eff
forts of politicians TO turn the tide of
the ares
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

When Bryan picks up the fnger-bowl
and takes a gulp. Mrs. Sewall VIII utter
piercing shrek and fall back into the
arms of her servants. Then the Bryaus
Will wish they had called on poor little
Tom Watson.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

The Democrats cannot beat Dennis
flynn with n preacher. Dennis is not
religious but congress VIII hear his
prayer much quicker than the preacher
can get free homes through divine in
1ervenfian
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

There is no doIsbt that the Bible was
intended 10 forcibly educate men.
Men stopped going 10 church and the
politicians at ence commenced TO CO.
piously I'LL their speeches with biblical
mutations
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

The difference between the Demo
cratic party and the national Demo
cratic party is marked certainly, but
the Democrat who cannot read is as
liable TO vote one as the other.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

az hold in my hand a Mexican dollar. "
said one debater. 4 little later an
other orator said: 81 hold in my hand
beer check, Is IL legal tender in
Mexico for five centsF Mo- The
audience voted - TO in favor OF the
free coinage of silver.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

Mrs Bryan is sure to be insulted
while visiting the Sewalls. The ser
wants will be instructed 10 ask Mrs.
Sewall il she wants some pomme de
terre and 10 ask Mrs. Bryan if she'll
have potatoes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

With a marvellous degree of insight
the PopuliStS. as their platform shows,
csme to the conclusion this year that
a battle was hardly to be won with the
Dunsmore house as ammunition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

Jerry Botl1in as representative
will force n bill through congress ask
ing that the names Of Milwaukee and
Peoria and Wichita be removed from
the maps of the United States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

The late George T. Anthony Of Kan
sas was man whose greatest misfor-
tune was that he was not born early
enough to be a Roman general.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

Senator Mills of Texas says he would
vote for 1.-The free coinage of pewter be-
fore he would leave the Democratic
party" We shall not attempt 10 argue
with Mr. Mills, after this outburSt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

When the sober second thought
strikes the average American this year
he dimly realizes that he has killed
someone. knocked three or four fellows
down and bolued the convention.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-09

Bryan will be for the Populist plat
form after he is elected-like the Irish
man who couldn't get on a new pair
OF boots until he had worn them a
CAV or two