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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
COMING TO KANSAS.
A Socialist Editor Thinks it a Good
Field for Him.


Girard Dec. 22.-J. A Wayland. who
formerly edited the Coming Nation and
later the Appeal to Reason. and who
is one of the most widely known s0-
cialists in the United States, announced
his intention of locating in Kansas.
Next week he viii move here and begin
the publication of a sOcialistic weekly
paper Wayland has a remarkable car
Ger
Leaving Pueblo, Colo, where he had
been engaged in the real estate bust
ness, he moved to Greensburg, Ind.
and esta blished the Coming Nation He
is a vigorous writer and he put for
ward his sociahstic ideas in such an
interesting manner that soon his paper
had circulation of about 100000 He
accepted no advertisements whatever,
but depended, and not in vain, upon
his subscription list for operating ex-
penses and an income
About this time Wayland conceived
the idea of moving his paper down into
Tennessee and founding a colony Of his
own where his ideas could be put into
practice. The colony prospered, but a
division of sentiment among the lead
ers occurred and Wayland was fired.
He moved to Kansas City and estab-
Iished the Appeal to Reason something
on the order of the Coming Nation. This
venture did not prove a fna.cial sue
cess. In the recent campaign Wayland
supported Tom Watson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

The Downs Seed and Grain company of
Topeka has been Incorporated with cap
ital of 5000 The directors named for the
first year are s H Downs. j. p. billiard.
A. Benton, Walter Wellhouse and F.Well-
house.
The Palmetto Mining company of Ga
lena is a new Kansas company The
capital is 81. coo. The directors for the
first year are Warren Patterson, Garth
age. Mo: H. G. Barrett, and S. f. Roff,
Hutchinson, J. Shannon and s. G. Grain,
C4alena.
The Elk State Bank Of Clyde, Cloud
county. has been chartered The capital
is $40 600 The directors for the first year
are as follows. r. S. Marsh and e. D.
Thayer. Brandon, Vt: r. H. Gill. c. r..
Armstrong. G. H. Erosseau. A. J. Patter-
son and W. Il. Howard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
Five Hundred to Expose PETER.

The numerous candidates for the senate
in the Fopulist party are each in receipt
Of letter from man in California to
the effect that for the small sum of $500
he VIII publish an article proving thar
Senator PETER traded his vote with the
sugar trust for d position for his son in
one of the sugar refineries in California.
The man that makes this offer is T. II.
formerly minister in western Kansas
and is now running paper in California.
His offer has not been accepted by any OF
the candidates and so far as heard from
all that have received the offer say that
they do not believe it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

Among the latest candidates an
nOuncing themselves as wanting positions
under the state administration are. J. w
Bowlus of Fort Scott for clerk of the SUI
preme court. J. NJ Padgett of Topeka for
commissioner of elections OF Topeka and
T. c. Hentig for member of the state
board of railroad commissioners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22

His Speech Last Night a Collection of
Beautiful Word Pictures.

Captain Joseph G.. Waters speech at
Hamilton hail last night was a speci-
men Of poetical thought that is seldom
equalled. Captain Waters sees things
with the true poetic eye and weaves
about them veil of imaginative Ian
guage that transforms them. He said.
Ihe most lowly people may aspire
% liberty. The most ignorant may have
beyond the learning in all the books q
knowledge Of freedom The desire to
be free possesses mankind as does the
belief of Immortality We have met
this evening to encourage by our pres
ence ana speech the efforts Of an en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
MET IN CUBA'S CAUSE.
A Tremendous Meeting at HAM
flton Hall Last Night.
Adopts RESOLUTIONS In Sympa-
thy With the Cuban Patriots.
Gov-EIect Leedy, Judge Horton, MAJ
TX hudson and Others Made
Speeches


j. K Hudson and CBnerS 1~e0S
est.
-pSSS
i -5o r,a-4,Ta
An audience oA al le1ls +. IL,
was in Hamilton hall last hlsAt "
7,rass s7-r1uathv for the cause of CUBA
rr,,,s ,5e,r,-s+iors In the hall were limi-
,,.,.,,ss the front were
tea 70 the stt5@ 1e- '' .,.s..s- r,
lnterrwlned large CUBAN e-iie- .-.,,4,s
flags enclosing the banner
Ifbres and a c0lored map OF the lSiaila-
s.-,,,l f,,,ran 7asr adorned the stand
zs-7,51b 1900 ir he middle of the stage
$4,000 elect John W. Leedy was
4s a,-+ .r fh-. sneakers to step upon
- sf.sa f4f- apDtarance was the sig
- - .,4.-,is1l1l In q few minutes
w t5l.i,,- walked TO tine front of
~. .+e.rs a1,l faised his hand for order.
FL 57 that h the patriots of cuba
49, ts~f-4frer far life and liberty
~ 57s ,.r@.t,-4 asser7i 5led SIS To-
,--er...s.- tt,air s,-r7nathv they
I4 r.4-a canes fsr- r-irieing He
4b-r frfrn1ucad the chairman. Cover
7,s r4.f3.-
ls--..,-,7.~ L sa.7x- ala hat he has new
III 49, f--, 81 a., i,.fora read his
-1- l4ss 4-,;... ,,-as clear and strong
49, ~ IA +59,e r,fl,rlsfasrll was not
,.,s,,sf.sst..7 as he adhered closely to his
i-i--s,5,,+ vy-rAr1 h. smoke of tha-.in-
$3.50. -,5... of f,,ri,..', and called upon
~ e.,,-a.,--t,,7a.rlf $50 rr-ot-ct the inhabi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-22
TOYS, ETC -Tayman-ObeTley HdV. Go.

verted of his Congregation and The
Community" @. w. Braden.
The Pastor in Social Life" II. u.
Rice
The Church in Temperance Reform.
T z. Stephens
Best Methods in REVEALS" J. r.
Madison
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ONE AND ONE-THIRD FARE.

SANTA FE ROUTE-HOLIDA
RATES BY HOME ROAD.
Tickets sold on December "A. %. 81
and January i to all points within 200
miles at one and one-third fare for the
round trip Final return limit Janu-
airy 4.
Fair play., 1896-04-25
Hon. IL H. I{Ifrt.

E.shired. That He art opposed 10 the policy
arid practice Of surrcndcring to the holders of
the OBLIGATIONS Of the United States the option
reserved by the law to the government OF re-
dcemiui; such obligation in either SILVER coin
or go, coin.
R.So!rsd, That we are opposed to the issuing
OF interest bearing bonds Of the United States
In time Of peace. and especially arc we opposed
to placing The treasury Of the government un-
der the control ~ any syndicate Of bankers and
the issuance Of bonds to be sold by them mt an
enormous profit for the purpose Of supplying
federal treasury with gold to maintain the
pclicy rf aoll mnnometalliSm.
Reso'c.a, That the delegates elected by this
convention 10 represent to democracy Of Mis-
souri, in the National democratic convention
to be held in thCa 20, are liereby instructed To
cast their votes and use their influence in that
convention in favor Uf the adoption cf the
sentiment hert'uabnyc expressed. aud such
delegates hereby further instructed to
tote as unit on all questions coming before
such national convention: also to cast their
votes ana use their Influence to secure the
nomination of candidates for president and
vice president who are personality In accord
with the monetary system hcTc;nbefOre adv5
Gated
No delegate or alternate elected by this cor
veUtion shall have the power or authority to
name any other person as hi, proxy to act or
TO vote IN his stead at such national cnnNcn-
tion. but such delegates as shall attend said
convention, and the altcrnates OF such dele
gates shall attend. shall have the power and
they are hcreey authorized, to cast the full
vote Of This state in such convention.
Pcsoircd That We approve the action of our
senators, Hens. f. NJ. toc'lrc!l and GrorGs &.
Vest. on the financial question. and recommend
the recollection OF Hon. George G.. Vest to the
United States senate.
Resoircd, That we in!orse the present admin
istratiuu of the government Of Missouri. and
especially Gov. William J. Stone. ana com
mend his honorable course as an Official ana as
citizen in behalf OF the principles OF dcInoc-
facy
Very respectfully submitted.
Thomas ShacIieford, !. Il. Bell.
JAS. L. Lloyd, G. r. Wilson,
ID. +. Bianton, Lcgrande Atwood,
J. NJ McMichacl, w =. Logan,
W. T. Jenkins, l.. u. WoCdside,
!. J. Fulkcrson, Louis fiouck,
L. z. Mann. H. c. TiIamons
Fair play., 1896-04-25
An Important Test,

All the herds of cattle of the Mis-
souri, state agricultural cullcrc. have
been treated for tuberculosis 10y means
of koch's lymph.
The test was conducted by nr. John W COM
way, professor "f veterinary science IA the
Missouri state university. ard ! *. Hickman
assisted by the students in yct.Finar,
hh'!lcihc. None of the animals showed
the slightest indication of disease. al!,! all
were pronounced entirely healthy. -Four herd,
OF thoroughbred cattle ar" kept IL III, College
f"r insirnclionai and experimental prri o,eS.
tn-wit: Jerseys, shurrhnrrs, Hrrcflr,t> art,
Aberdeen Angus. Tn" foundation stock of
thcNe nerds was pru,.ll, "d in IS-1. ami since
that time opportunity has been offered for the
Introduction ~ disease anon. III" cattle This
Is the first public, tc,t for tuberculosis Con-
Quoted in MissouSi, and il i gratifying to the
university authorities aui tha consumers o:
dairy produces to learn tha. the herds are free
rom cpntagiun.
Fair play., 1896-04-25
STE. GENEVlEVE MISSOURI, SATURDAY, APRIL 2. 1896;

the time when the effects OF this act In fasten-
ing Upon this country the single gold standard
wore understood, the democratic party has
consistently and persistently urged that the
grievous wrong be rightci.
The demonetizatlon OF silver resulted In the
steady appreciation Of gold and correspond
ing fall In the price Of commodities produced
by Tie peGple, n heavy increase in the burden
Of all debts, public and private, the enrich
ment of the money lending class. paralysis Of
industry and impoverishment Of tho people
and unexampcd distress in all gold standard
countries. Experience has shown that while
under the single gold standard there may be an
occasional revival of business activity, ac-
companicd by inhanced advances Of limited
number Of commodities, fuch revival is due to
artificial and temporary causes, and can not
permanently alleviate the sufferirgs due to
falling OF prices brought about by the ap-
probation of the gold and lnadiQuate sup
ply OF primary or redemption, money. Duty
to the people requires that the pIrty Of the
people continue the battle of Din1etalliSm un-
til its efforts are crowned with success. There
fore be 1t
Resolrcd, that we demand the free and un-
limited coinage of silver and gold into primary.
or redemption. money at the ratio OF 10 to l.
without waiting for the action or approval Of
any other government.
Res0lrsd, That We are lrrevocably opposed to
the substitution for metallic money OF a panic-
breeding, corporation, credit currency, based
on single metal. the supply Of which Is so
limited that it can be cornered at any time by
a few banking institutions in Europe and
America.
Fair play., 1896-04-25
The Platform,

We, your committee on resolutions,
beg leave to submit the following reso-
lutions:
We. the representatives of the democratic
party OF Missouri, in state convention assem-
blcd, do hereby reafirm our allegiance to the
time -honored principles Of the democratic
party as formulated by Jefferson and cxenpli-
fed by Madison. Jackson and other great and
illustrous men. and we believe that the inter-
Csts CT the people demand that these principles
should be applied to the conduct Of the federal
government and express conviction that
the prosperity OF the people and the perpetuity
OF representative government depends upon
the ir continued supremacy; declare in favor
OF equal rights to all and specials privi-
lcges to none, local Sself-Sovernment, the
highest degree Of personal liberty consistent
with public good, and strict construction of
the federal constitution and condemn the use
OF federal troops in the states by the federal
government for the suppressiug Of domestic
riot. no call being made for such troops by the
regularly constituted state authority. and are
unalterably opposed to a government by in
junction by the federal courts: that we favor
the imposition of an income tax, whereby the
wealth OF the country may be made to bear its
just proportion Of the public burden. We do
nOunce unamcrican and undemocratic the
system of taxation on consumption only. ad-
1t to be fundamental principle of the demo-
cratic party thnt the federal government has
no constitutional power to impose and collect
tariff duties, except for the purpose OF revenue,
and demand that the collection Of such taxes
shall be limited to the necessities Of the gov
crnment when honestly and economically ad-
ministered.
We further hold that the paramount issue
now before the people Of the United States re-
lates TO the monetary system to be adopted by
this country, and upon that issue We declare
that the federal constitution names silver and
gold together as the money metals Of the
United States. The first coinage law passed
by congress under the constitution made the
silver dollar the unit of value. and admitted
gold to free coinage at ratio measured by the
silver dollar unit.
From the beginning OF the government, fol-
lowing policy formulated by Thomas Jef;er-
son and firmly established by Jackson, the
democratic party has been the party Of bi-
metallism. favoring the free coinage Of both
silver and gold at the national mints and op-
posed to farming out to banking corporations
the governments sovereign power Of issuing
md controlling the money Of the people The
act os 1874 dcmOne;izing silver. was sur
reptit!ously passed, withopt tho approval or
knowledge Of the American pssple aad sso1
Fair play., 1896-04-25
QUEEN VICTORIA.
Many q Subject Might Learn Of Her .
Lesson In Gentleness.

Many Subject Might Learn OF Her .
Lesson In Gentleness.
When the queen was a young girl,
one of her chief characteristics was .
certain imperiousness of disposition.
Her word was law, and as distin-
guished officer, whom / must not name,
once declared on leaving her after an
official interview: THE queen did lovS
to be mistress" 1t is a most lovable
trait in her majesty's nature that with
increasing years mildness OF manner
and most considerable thoughtfulness
for others have superseded the aust-c-
ity of her younger days. She is
indeed more inclined to err on
the side of Indulgence than Of
sternness. 'Have it sour own way,
dear!" she will sometimes say in grand
mothcrly discussion with one of the
Battenberg babies. With her personal
attendants the queen is equally gentle.
The queen never hy any chance shows
haughtiness to a dependent.
Not long agoan Irish nurse. in charge
of some little friends of the duke Of
Connaughts children, went to tea
The Irish nurse, a most naive creature,
when the queen unexpectedly entered
the rursery, went down on her knees,
after making profound courtesy, and
when her ma jesty very nicely addressed
various questions to her, replied gram
Jiloquently: Yes, o Queenr' No. o
Queen!" and commenced giving her q
long account of her home and rela.
tions in Ireland. The queen was posi-
lively convulscd with laughter, which,
turning away, she tried in vain to hide.
Her sense of humOr is at all times
keen. Once in a crowd a poor man,
gazing at her and Prince Albert as
they passed by, began to laugh ire
sistahly; but there was no sort of of
fense in the laughter. The queen
joined in, declaring she could not help
herself. The more her humble sub
ject laughed, the more she enjoyed the
fun, and wonders to this day what was
the secret of his Woman
at Home.
Fair play., 1896-04-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

TIE senate WIS not iii session on the
| 18TH. .....ln the bousc Mr.. Cannon
rep, ILL reported the general def
cheney bill. giving notice that he would,
at the earliest prac:ica bic day. ask the
house to consider il. Til" business of
| the house wa, suspended at two . clock ,
and culogicS of the latet;ca. CoggSwcil,
representative from the Sixth district
of Massachusetts, were delivered by ii
number of mem herS, after which, as Il
further mark of respect for the mem
ory OF the deceased, the house, at go
p. m, adjourned.
THE developments in the case of Mrs
Dyer, recently arrested at Reading,
Eng land, in conn cction with the dis
covcry of the bodies Of number of in
fantS in the Thames, are horrifying in
the extreme. Wholesale infant muir
der has been traced to her door.
A SPECIAL cable dispatch from La
Guayra, Venezuela, says: THE war
ship Eivas is back, with Gen. Parcdos
on board, triumphant. The uprising
which suddenly occurred in Nirgasta
was crushed and the leaders cap
tured"
ARTHUR /. FOREMAN, first governor
of West Virginia, aftcrward United
States senator and for eight years
judge Of the fourth judicial circuit
court, died in Parkcrsburg, W. Va ON
the 18th, after two weeks illness.
EX-Gov. WILLIAM f. RUSSELL, of
.,.it az
W. Corcoran, chairman of the demo-
cratic state committee, has announced
his candidacy for the nomination for
the presidency.
A DECREASE beyond all precedent in
the Australian wool clip for 1885 has
been reported to the state department
by Daniel w. Marratta, United States
consul general at Melbourne.
The gold output of California for
the year 1898 was Sl5, 3I. BIZ. 90, as COM
pared with Sl3, ,SG3,2Sl 50 in 1884. The
silver output for 1895 was S599, 7s9. 20,
against $!!92, 3d. So for 1894.
TIE Daughters of the Revolution
are raising funds to erect monument
to &c memory of Francis Scott Kew,
author of ''Thc Star Spangled Ban
ner."
A SPECIAL cable from Valparaiso,
Chill, says: The government is about
to mobilize l4,Oo0 of the national
guards recently enrolled.
EX-CoNsUI. WALLER is threatened
with the loss of his eyesjght as the re-
suit of his oanfneme, IN French
prison.
LsGcT. PEAEY, the arctic explorer. 1t
Is r1mored, may again head an explor.
ing expedition TO the Arctic regions,
Fair play., 1896-04-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

The funeral of the late Bishop Ryan
took place in st. Joseph S cathedral, in
Buffalo, y. ". on the lith. and down
under the altar, where SO often he had
offered up the sacrifice of the mass,
was laid to rest all that was mortal ot
the dead prelate.
THE ger John Owen. from To,
ledo, sc, ,0;si bushels of corn, ar
rived S,s,S.ic, Pa, on the 18th, being
the E. We've rival of the season. The
capt tJect td,orted that he experienced
no t'ar's' from ice.
"ea az ii RUnINI, Italian prime
n.ila rs apprised the vatican that
the GsaevieAturs hitherto accorded to
itz-s,an bishops will be withheld unless
the pope permits Catholics to take part
in public elections.
THE house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce decided to post
ponc indefinitely the consideration of
the bin proposing a reduction of Pull
man palace car rates.
THE senate committee on agricul-
ture, on the l4tf, authorized Senator
Warren to make favorable report up
On the animal industry bill.
THERE is probabi that Gen. @.
o. Howard may be named as a member
of the board of managers of soldiers
homes. to succeed Gen. Franklin.
EXPERIMENTS at London do not YER
ify the claims of Chicago doctors that
the ''X'' rays are destructive of the
baccili of contagious disease.
The Potts Bros. Iron Co. posted no =
tices in its mills at Pottstown, Pa, on
the I4th, that the wages of its pud-
dlers will be increased, May l, from
81 25 to 81. IS per ton. About one hun
dred and fifty men viii be benefited
by the change.
W. y. PETERS and John Voncy, both
eugravers, were arrested by federal
officers in Chicago, on the l4th, on Il
charge of making and selling counter
felt postage stamps.
An explosion took place in a collie ry
ut Willington, near Durham, England.
on the I4tb. Eight miners are known
to have been killed, and it is believed
that ls in all will lose their lives.
The executive committee of the Ma
tional Association of Democratic club
convened at Washington, on the l4th,
and called national convention of the
clubs, to meet at st. Louis on Septcm-
Der 30.
THE organiza ton of a Dunbard colony
has been completed at Anderson, Ind,
taking in 25 families. They have closed
q lease on 1000 acres of land in North
Dakota, and will more June / to their
new home.
WARRANTS were issued, on the 18th,
from the United States district at
torney's office in Philadelphia for the
arrest Of John ID. Hart, owner of the
steamer Bermuda, and the ships Of
ficers, on the charges of fili5ustering.
JOSEPH ZLAMEL was electrocnted in
the state prison at Clinton, n. u. on
the I4th. He murdered his sweet
heart, Theresa Kamora. by cutting her
throat at Johnstown on August 30,
1895.
BURGLARS blew up safe and
wrecked bank building ut Diagonal,
Ia, at a. n. of the 18th. Citizens
were awakened and opened fire, and
the burglars left their tools and fed
without booty. 4 bottle of uuey-
plodcd nitro-glyccrin WIS still inside
the safe, aud the bankers :earcl 10
open IT.
Fair play., 1896-04-25
Getting Down to Business.

C0hHIfrEEs APPOINTED.
Committees on credentials and plat
form were appointed, and then husi-
ness was allowed to drift Oh until 2:50
p. m., when n recess was taken until
p. IN. At that hour the committees
were not ready to report, and brief ad-
dresses were made by Gov. Stone and
others.
DECLINED IowA's INVITATION.
The chair read telegram from the
chairman of the Iowa free silver dem
ocratic committee, asking Missouri 10
aid in the Nomination of ex-Gov. Fnies
for president, but at the request of the
convention answer was returned that
Missouri had her own favorite sor, III
the person OF Hon. Richard 2. Bland.
Recess was taken until p. m.
COLD WATER FOR MAFFITI.
During the afternoon an incident oc-
cured which attracted cOnsidera bic
attention. Excise Commissioner Bell
Ut st. Louis was making free silver
speecls. He had spoken a few mo-
ments, and reached for glass of
water. As he did so Mr.. Maffitt
leaned over the platform, and, adj
dressing Bell, said something that
ended with the words ''turn
coat" No sooner had the words
left Maflitt's lips than Bell dashed
the contents of the full glass in Chair
man Mailitt's face. Mr.. Maflitt turned
white with rage, but wiped the water
from his face without saying anything.
Temporary Chairman Hatch stepped
between them and prevented further
show of hoatilities, and Maffitt re-
treated with the water dripping from
his clothes and face.