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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
THE SOONER THE BETTER.

The business of the Venezuelan COM
mission ought TO be dispatched as
quickly as possible. The boundary line
between the two principal parties con-
cerned should be justly and definitely
determined-as it no doubt will be-by
those having the matter in hand and
then, whether within the meaning of
the Monroe doctrine or not, this gov
eminent has no alternative, but 10
firmly demand acquiescence in her de-
ciSiOn. 1t is only necessary to cite
one precedent in Justification of such a
course, viz: the emancipation of the
slaves of the south, during the civil
war. There was clearly no authority
was considered imperatively necessary
to crush the rebellion, and it accom-
pliShed its object and was sanctioned
by general approval the world over.
The obligation presses just as heavily
and urgently in the present instance,
upon this government to take a decid
ed stand, as when by act Of federal
authority four millions anu a half Of
bOndmen were rehabilitated with the
full measure of their natural liberties.
1t is high time that the arrogant,
grasping nation that boasts of its drum
beat enclrcling the world, should be
checked in its remOrSeless and IN
scrupulouS career Of conquest Not
content with debating and controlling
the financial policy of the greater part
Of the world, the British empire like a
bird of prey, swoopS down upon the
weaker peoples of tn. earth and rObs
them of their pOSseSSiO1ys, meanwhile
posing as great Christian nation. The
English boast that they have killed
India; they have oppressed her with
taxes and prohibitory tariffs and dis
couraged her arts as far as it was pos
sible and bribed converts TO the Chris
tian faith by letting the land TO the
original occupants free Of rent And
yet there are not wanting preachers
and college professors in the eastern
section of this country who daub their
respective mouths with spotless cam
brio and obsequiously bend the knee to
this deSpotic despoiler of the weak and
helpless.
There is consolation in the thought /
that the namby-pamby milk and water
sentimentaliStS who know more Of
books thar they do Of men, will cut
but little figure in the settlement Of
the Venezuelan difficulty. When the
commission has handed in its report 4
and the full extent OF English impOsi-
ton is ascertained, it viii then be the
special mission of Uncle sam 10 stop
that encircliny drum-beat and smash
ing the head OF the drummer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
DO THEY MEAN FIGHTp

The Eagle has all way through the
late threatened unpleasantness been
the only distinctive war paper in Kan
saS, the only paper, Republican or
Democrat, TO maintain from day to day
that it was to be, inevitably. a fight or
Il back-down. The incident of the fly
ing squadron was held 10 mean Cuba
as its destination and not Bermuda.
Nobody, however, knew or for that
matter knows yet the destination of
that English squadron. 1t may be
Sandy Hood and the New York har-
bar. One thing is certain, the whole
English press braced up last Friday
and Saturday, as per cable indications.
Before the sun of Saturday went down
ending the week, the London papers
were asserting the ability Of the Brit
ish empire 10 whip the combined DOW
erS of the earth. 1t is a very serious
question if England doesn't mean war.
There was nothing in the speech of
Mr.. Arthur J. Balfour at Manchester
on Wednesday last, in which he allud-
ed TO the Anglo-American disagree
ment, that would justify the bellicose
tone adopted 10y the ST. James Gazette
toward this country Friday. in com
mentins upon the remarks of the first
lord OF the treasury; and if the official
organ Of the ariStOcracy and exponent
of British JingoiSm sly Cd alone IN It's
hostility toward the United States its
vaporinsS might be dismissed as in
significant But there has been gen
eral StilfeninS in the tone of the whole
British press in discussing the Ven
ezuela-Guiana BOUNDARY question since
The European complications with
which Great Britain was threatened
nave failed 10 develop.
The coincidence between this appar-
ent change of temper in Great Britain
and the activity at the British naval
arSenalS a Esquimault. Halifax. Mas
Sau and 81. Lucia is remarkable. Were
the eonciliatory suggestions Of our
British cousins merely 4 mask to cover
their preparations, anu 60 Tney really
mean fight:
STin BalfQur's speech is remarkable
Tor a number of things. As first lord
Of the treasury and the leader OF the
Conservative party in the house Of com
mons. his speech was not conservative.
II contains the average amount of
good VIII 10 men," which British rul-
erS profess when they are intent on de-
spelling other nations He declares
that the South African marauderS were
BOT guided Icy mean, sordid motives. "
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
great deliver. Bolivar. and uniting for
the defense of their independence.
CAMPOS AND CuRA.

| Derision from his opponents and con-
tempt from his partiSans will follow
General Campos for the rest of his life.
if General Weyler, his successor,
should succeed. by exceedingly cruel
measures, in putting down the Cuban
rebellion.
And yet, weighing the situation care
| fully, ii must be said that CampOs act
ed on the instincts of humanity and
that acting so, he did not err. He had
won former campaign by this course
of pacification. moderation and CON-
promise. He had every reason to be-
lieve that he could win another in the
same way. But the Cuban rebellion
which was smOthered, years ago, has
broken out again and its fire is tercer
now than the first time. General Cam
pas was selected as the leader of the
forces against the Cubans because of
his former success, and he accepted
the trust, believing the present rebel
lion no more serious than the first.
But an exceedingly small force OF IN
surgentS have marched from one end
of Cuba to the other. Beginning on
the extreme eastern end of the alliga-
tor-like island these small bands have
swept across the island to the extreme
western province, burning and pillag-
ing, when they were not avoiding the
Spanish troops. These insurgents,
practically in possession of the whole
island, alone heSitated to attack Ha-
vaIa, and until Havana is captured or
the Spanish forced to evacuate it, the
rebellion is not ended. Havana, to
judge from reports, is too strongly fort
flied TO admit fair fight for the small
insurgent army, which, in surrounding
it, must also lay itself open 10 pitched
battles with the Spanish troops, which
in all probability it cannot risk.
And so with the food at its tide, and
the insurgents unable to act in de-
cisive attack, General Campos, with
his humane policy, is superseded by
"killer" and blOod-drinker.
The absence of any decisive action on
the part of this killer, General Weyler,
during the next week will vindicate
CampOs and assure the world that the
Cubans will gain, ultimately, freedom. |
But in case of decisive action and the !
defeat and utter rOut of the CubanS, |
CampOS will be in contempt of the |
whole world and the Cuban rebellion |
at an end for the time be-
ing.
Does CampoS merit this contempt?
Does the general who spares the lives of |
men and the honor of women and the |
of property and the handi-
craft of labor deserve the ignOminy
coming with the failure of such u plan?
Our precepts tell us no. History tells
rs yes, for the doctrine of war has no
excuse for defeat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
Is SHE DEAD OR MOTT

We all remember how the natives,
backed by the japanese, broke into the
palace Of the queen 81 COrea and muir
dered her and all her women attend
ants. 1t was bl0od-curdling reading
But now comes 4 story from Shanghai,
through a dispatch 10 the New York
Herald, which reads Ike some old TO
nance Of feudaI times of castles,
knights and ladies. II was last Ocio-
Der when the hordes- thirsIing for The
hleod OF the swarthy queen rushed into
her palace a bowling mOband murdered
every woman IN sight But the dis
patch referred 10 now says tia, she
was not murdered IL Is said. sus-
pecting the danger As soon as the hoy
rible TumUlt arose on the outside she
led 10 al obscure Clubhouse, where con-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
THE RUFE CONE CASE.

The Eagle predicts that the case viii
be thrown out of court. The power
to- prosecute Cone for an act which is
by law made a crime, and part OF
the punishment for which is the for
fixture of his Office, in Topeka may be
upheld by the court, but we doubt it.
The constitution guarantees every man
the right to be tried in the county in
which his offense is said to have been
committed. and anybody can see that
the spirit if not the letter of the consti-
tuition is violated by this prosecution.
But there is but one provision of the
constitution which Dawes seems TO
think entitled TO his respect
If Cone has been guilty of a crime he
should be prosecuted and convicted in
the ordinary way. Then if he refuses
to vacate the sheriff's office it will be
time TO rush off to Topeka to have him
ousted. Until it has been first ad-
judged that Cone was guilty of corrupt
practices in the election, we predict
take jurisdiction of the case.
But outside Of the legal phases of
the question the Eagle has no sym
pathy with this raid, which is evidently
inspired either of questionable inter
estS or downright righteousness. That
decimal Of man, who is less as an at
torney, the crown officer of the state
administration, has already saddled up
on this city, by the consent and con-
nivance Of Morrill,, a police board and
police judge and city marshal and as
sistant attorney general, everyone of
whom would be overwhelmingly re-
pudiated at the ballot box, and this
attempt to further annoy
the taxpayers of this county by impos-
ing upon them sheriff of Dawes nam
ing, is not only distasteful but repug-
nant to the people. Rufe Cone would
not be worthy of a public expectora-
ton, had he as little character or of
manhood as this MAJ Dawes. who
brings quo warranto suit, before the
supreme court, ON case which if there |
is anything in, is clearly outside of any
such jurisdiction or proceedings. The !
Eagle does not have to know as much |
as a jack-leg country lawyer in at |
firming so much.
Now watch the supreme court bounce |
Mr.. Dawes and his quo warranto.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
MARRYING AT MIDDLE-AGE.

General HarriSOn's engagement to
Mrs. Dimmick is unusual in that the
bride-elect is forty years of age. If
the generals personality is of that
strong character which can set pace
to fashion, and he can by this engage
ment 10 a woman of middle-aGe. eStab-
lish a custom which will lead other
men TO do likewise, he will have ac-
cOmplished something of infinitely more
benefit 70 the country socially than can
be found in all the brilliant record Of
the noble and renowned Harrison
family.
II is generally understood that the
retina Of the eye Of man may fade and
wane as 10 prints. distance and color,
but that IL never weakens TO the blush
Of feminine youth or the dimple Of a
velvet skin. The old man may lift
lettering foot, or raise a palsied hand
or wipe a watery, weakly eye or voice
n piping sentiment from a wheezy
throat but sans teeth, sans voice, sans
strength. still VIII he retain that ambi-
tons discrimination for a blooming.
youthful, beautiful face, and Faust
like. ask it, in preference. for himself.
or course this Is all wrong. and We
know il is wrong because Of its origin
The savage chief. our remote ancestor
whom We still follow in many customs. |
had the power 70 discard the old wife
and 10 take the blushing maiden This
he could dictate as his right and IL IS Z
this old dictaJiOn that today prompts 4
the bachelor 10 seize the flower Of i. 4
knowing even that her reciprOcatiOn Of /
his love is largely preteBsiOn-
And 50 IL is q general custom for 4
widowers OF good round belly and sill
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

There has not beer 2 single disastfos,
prairie FIRE n Oklahoma 90 FAR thLs sea.
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he cozgults a elarvoyazt 10 dscB9-nz
cases
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being ca2sure1 vas true
TIE aaest bri1zs ever erected 70 the
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In WasaiEgsou re~ensly. tired 20 =aase
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
BOLIVAR AND BLAINE.

The New York Mail and Express has
made the interesting if not important
discovery that Bolivar was not only the
Washington of Venezuela but the Mon
roe and Blaine of South America. He.
that paper claims, was the originator
of the Pan-American idea, which is so
closely allied to the Monroe doctrine.
and which was the hobby of James c.
Blaine. Even before the independence
of Colombia, which then included Ven
formed the scheme of a general con-
federacy. composed of all the states of
what was formerly Spanish America.
1t seemed to him that those states, hav-
ing the same origin, being bound by the
same interests and threatened by the
same dangers, should be reciprOcally
bound TO support and defend each
other. The object of the proposed
confederacy was 10 combine the re-
sources and means Of the several in
dependent states for the general secur-
ity and for the defense of their indie
pendence and liberty, and to strengthen
the ties of amity between them, uniting
them as members Of a common family
Mexico, Peru and Chile entered into
treaties with Colombia 10 carry into
effect the plan of Bolivar, and had
these SpaniSh-American states stood
by the resolution thus agreed upon it
would not have been necessary for the
United States to intervene, as in the
cases of Mexico and Venezuela. 10 pre-
vent independent American territory
from being seized by the powers of
Europe. Urhappily, the tendency in
Central and South America has been
toward disuniOn instead of union, and
the Americans of Spanish origin are
more diScOrdant today than when
bound together by the pressure of a
common danger In their struggle for
independence. The once vast republic
of Colombia has been divided into Col
cmbia, Ecuador and Venezuela. The
United Provinces of the Center of
America" were broken up about fifty
years ago into several independent
states, inviting aggression by their
weakness. and provoking il by their
disregard of national obligations and
individual rights. Chile has used her
superior energies not to assist but to
crush and cripple her less belIicose
neighborS. and Brazirs new institu-
tionS are not yet sufficiently robust for
that great republic 10 show the in
huence she may yet exert for good |
among South American common |
weaithS. 1t is no wonder that Eng
land has thought the situation favor |
able for territorial grab. which /
would have excited protest even had |
the victims been ASiatics or Africans. |
and which the United States. as the
only power on the continent whoSel
proves and resources England re-
Spects, has justly undertaken 10 resist.
The SpaniSh-Americans- under
that term Brazil may properly be in
learn from the Venez-
uelan incident the necessity and wis
dom OF following the counseIs Of their
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

eealing herself she witnessed the hor-
ror which followed. saw the bodies OF
Ter women attendants piled upon a
eyre near her hiding place and burned.
mid the h0wlings Of the insane mob.
whose braves she heard congratulatinC
themselves that the "infernal queen
was at last burned. The dispatch goes
on TO say that when the tragedy was
completed and the asSaSsins had. de
parted the queen disguised herself and
made her escape 10 a place o0oside OF
the walls of the city. where she found
safety. But when the bodies of the
women who had been burned were ex-
amined, the king and some others pre-
tended TO identity the queens remains
among the charred victims of the as
sassins. lest a search should reveal her
whereabouts and lead to her murder.
The Japanese have accepted the state
ment of the queens death as true. and
the trial of ViScount Mura and other
Japanese officials is proceeding at Hiro-
shima, although the alleged victim is
alive and well. Last week three Cor
cans We're strangled for completely in
the assassination of the queen, and al
though the Russian charge d'affaires AT
the Corean capital was in the secret
of the queens escape, Russia is using
the supposed death of the queen as a
weapon against the Japanese. The
story is typical of the far East, where
intrigue is common as the peStilence.
That Russian diplomacy should make
bold impOsture the basis of demand
upon Japan is also proof of the old
adage that if you scratch a Russian you
will find a Tartar. 1t is the diplomacy
of the East and not Of Europe, although
the wileS of Russia are worthy of the
East at times. Still the chances are
that the queen was murdered and
burned as at first reported. as il hardly
seems possible that she should have
thus escaped the horrible massacre
and cremation so graphically described
at the time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

yer hairs, TO search among the opening
buds of life for wives.
Without too great assumption il may
be said that a great part of the marital
Woes have always come and do come
today from husbands and wives of
widely unequal ages. The snow of
December is a fatal chill 10 the bud Of
May. and will ever be, SO long as We
are not angels of Seraphic and ethereal
temperament. .
For this reason Harrison does society
a favor by impersonating December
seeking a union with the still remain
ing glories of an summer August.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

If Ben Harrison thinks by proposing
10 Mrs. Dimmic.k who is forty. that
he has established custom for old
men to marry middle-aged ladies. he
should have a guardian appointed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

That new discovery OF a light that
Will permit a mans skeleton TO be
photographed is not so wonderful. The
same thing is almost accomplished by
the sun, as you will see if you hold
your fingers between your eyes and the
gun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

George W. Click should not plume
himself on being identical with the re-
submission sentiment The reSubmis-
sionistS are thinking just as much of
the legislature as they are of the gov
prnOr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Great Britain is no cnump. If she
makes 4 blum it must be right away.
England is acquainted with the Repub-
ican party and knows that a Republi-
can president viii be worse fer the
Monroe doctrine than Grover.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

When the rheumatism and a deputy
marshal both attacked Bill Doolin he
quit. The story that he allowed him
self 10 be captured for consideration.
however. should not be lost. Ii should
be put into a dime novel al once.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Mrs. Dimmick is forty. Had she
been sixteen Harrison would not have
proposed. Harrison's dignity demand
ed that the bride be fifty, but Harri-
sons heart made a compromise on
forty.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

This country should be prepared for
war right now This thing of get
ting licked for the first two years of
long war isn't pleasant and can be
avoided 10y preparation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

CampOS said: My conscience for
bade me 10 act" Ingalls, said: The
general who would lose a battle
through the exercise of his moral ma
ture would be the derision and jest of
history"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

When General Molkte said he had
nine plans for getting into England but
not one for getting out again he was
was right. England could no more
successfully be invaded than could the
United States.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

England, in these times of peace, is
preparing fast for war. The United
States is talking. And notwithStand-
ing this dishonor Of an old adage, we
will win, if we fight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

q do not believe in calling men
brutes, simply because women can't
vote" says Mrs. Lease. Does the wo-
man know what she is saying? Why,
this is logic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

CampoS' conscience forbade him to
net. His successor, Weyler has no
conscience. 1t is no longer Il war to
the dot and dash in Cuba, but to the
death.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

France and England TO gether have
Stolen Siam, the only pure Buddhistic
country left. This is what Buddha
gets for its peaceful predisposition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Eliminating all the superfuous Span
tSh names, the real reason Spain has
failed in Cuba is because shehaS joshed
md jOnahed and jimmyed around too
spuPh
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

If Bill DoOlin is to receive a consid-
PratiOn for allowing himself to be cap
Tured, he is a financier The Morgan
syndicate ought to employ him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Ed. Hoch of Marion, should stop
and reflect that gong is disliked as a
musical instrument mostly because it
plays only one tune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

If all the Spectators are disarmed,
Ii may be remarked that it is not plain
Weyler was chosen to succeed Campos.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

General Russell Alger has taken part
in the Cuban rebellion and may be
elected at once to the position of reso-
luter-in-chief
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Alas and alack! What strange new
mud is this that is flying at Topeka
between bankers and circus men who
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

AS they say down in the Boer coun-
try, the j. II. Burton senatorial boom
appears to have "laagered" for the
night
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

When TaImage reaches heaven there
will probably be a howl from the con-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

The Beers let an American, Mr..
Thacber. loose, as he told them he was
n correspondent of the London Times.
That is the Yankee all over.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

There are several men in this country
who believe that England can whip us,
but none Of these kind is running for
Office just at present.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

General Weyler, who succeeds Cam
pos, is a man of blood and iron. Per-
haps But what does he know about
telegraphy?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

Also the rumor that the Topeka Cap
ital has been bribed into supporting a
single gold standard is rank fake.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

The breech mechanism Of the
johnson anti-Leland crowd appears to
have become overheated and damned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21

We may not have the ships, or the
arms, or the armies. but Yankee in
genuity is always loaded.