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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07
The aalieha Daily Eagle: Saturday gornue oumber 1885,

Lyman Naugie of Wellington, who got
his political education from one of the
dark counties of Indiana, claims. since
Leedy's election that Kansas is re-
deemed"
A Wellington girl said. election day: IT
suppose there will be a large crowd in
town today to vote, She afterwards con-
fessed that she thought people had to come
in TO vote just as they did TO ratify.
On one Kansas ballot the voter wrote:
.I don't know how 10 vote this ballot. but
/ want to vote the Republican ticket
sraight Fix 1t I'D yourself" 1t was
counted as showing the intention OF the
voter"
In complimenting the Republican papers
in Kansas which made hard fights against
Bryan and Popuiism, no list should omit
the Atchison and Lawrence papers The
returns show their woQk TO have been ef-
fective.
The Kansas Republican papers with
great unanimity are simply going Wild
on their first pages over McKinley's cleo
ton and announcing in small typel2345
ton and announcing that the state is gone
down in one corner in very small type.
Abilene Reflector: The first measure
be one revising the Australian ballot law
so that a single mark at the head of the
ticket will serve to cast a vote for every
man on that ticket This is one bad fea-
ture of the law-and there are others.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

In Blaine county John Dillon and the
rest of the Republican boys were elected.
The post-offices in Oklahoma now change
hands. There is great crashing of teeth.
The campaign buttons in Oklahoma are
now fading away Ike the smallest stars
at dawn.
The legislature of Oklahoma Is free sill
yer. II will not pass a free coinage bill,
however.
ious services regularly held-in the federal
jai, in Guthrie.
At Ell Reno the campaign degenerated
to the use of secret circulars attacking
private character.
The annual meeting Of the Equal Suf-
frage association for the territory will be
held il Perry November Is.
While election returns in Oklahoma are
slow, they are faster than they are in New
Mexico, Arizona and Alaska.
Judge Tarsney has been appointed to
hold court in Greer county. The first
term will begin December q
Tecumseh is accused of knitting Shaw
nee's candidate for the legislature, and the
Shawnee Capital swears vengeance.
The supreme court of Oklahoma is now
the prettiest cynosure the legal part OF
Oklahoma has had for long time.
If Callahan has been elected he will be
in beautiful sympathy with the over
whelming silver majority in congress"
In Noble county Flynn ran right along
ahead of Callahan while the Fusion coun-
~ candidates were running ahead of their
opponents.
The people who bet on the congressional
fight in Oklahoma sat down early Tuesday
evening to wait week in order to tell
whether they had won or not.
The Times-Journal believes that Flynn
would have been elected by several thou
sand majority could Oklahoma people
have been persuaded that Bryan had no
chance of winning.
None OF the Oklahoma papers were fool
ed on the national election They all an
nounced that Mckinley had got there. In
Missouri and other places they were claim
ing Bryan's election as late as Thursday
morning.
Oklahoma City Journal: When we read
of foot of snow in the Dakotas. as yes
terday's papers stated, we begin to appre-
cate the climate of Oklahoma, where flow
ers are still blooming and tomatoes and
peaches are still on the market The Bird
OF November, and not frost enough to Kill
the tenderest vegetables except in few
localities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE.

At Belle PLANE out OF 80 votes cast a
were thrown out as Illegal
Cy. Leland may have been right when he
said Morrill, could not be elected
DR.. Gunsaulus OF Chicago Is going 10
lecture in Kansas this winter. Dr.. Gun
saulus is Phil ArmouTs pet
A cowboy with h.gh-heel boots and big
white hat walked on Harry Bones form
IN western Kansas, beating Bone FOR the
legislature by Z.
Many people in Kansas who felt IL IL
their bones that Bryan was going 10 DC
elected were mistaken. II was EAeu-na-
iism they felt
To the extreme humiliation OF Mort Al
baugh. the Populisss OF Kinsnan county
walked on Governor Morrill, 10 the taEe OF
30 majority for Leedy-
The only satisfaction the Kansas Pops
have out OF the late election Was in beat
ing : candidate for the legislature up a.
Hin City. named Hanna.
Great anxiety IL now manifest among
the Kansas PopEl.sis as TO jus; what By
an Is going TO do with the electoral vote
OF Kansas now that be has IL
The las; campaign has proved that east
ern speakers DO much gcoc T. Kansas de-
spite the denial Of TIE PopuLs;A The
Republicans cf Kansas. taking TIE ssssz-
ten as :; stood IN June. made TREMENDOUS
gains
l1hrny Gilmore * FredoEls- one OF ;ae
iaost intense god me1 n Kansas vas
knocked saliey-vest TUESDAY TIE r.
pubIsczns lost everything II that county
HElxo.-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07
WEST rs NOT POOR

Kansas has a habit of feeling abused
whether she is or not. This is true OF
several states in the west but most par
ticularly true of Kansas. The Inter
Ocean of Chicago, in giving the figures
showing how much faster the west has
been growing in wealth than the east,
declares that the east is richer than the
west because il is older than the west,
but the riches of the west are increas-
ing more rapidly than those of he east
Between 1880 and 1890 the wealth OF
the great state of New York-wherein
is Wall street, that bugaboo OF stump
orators-increased by S2,26S. 1O1 ,991.
This is a large sum-so large that the
mind fails to grasp it; imagination It.
self hardly realizes it. But in the same
period the wealth Of Kansas and Texas
two states whose united population is
hardly half that of New York, increas-
ed by $2,319, 1926, 267. Thus in the two
western commonwealths half the num-
Der of people contained in the one east
ern state acquired more wealth. Not,
perhaps, money, but wealth, which Is
to say, property, real and personal, that
can be exchanged for money. In the
same period the wealth Of Nebraska
increased by $3.50 S5,514 and that Of
Massachusetts by $1SO.645,447. That
is to say, the thinly populated farming
state of Nebraska increased its wealth
in ratio more than four times as great
as that of the thickly populated manu-
featuring state Of Massachusetts. And
this all came of Nebraska's power to
borrow eastern money with which to
open its farms. Mr.. Bryan denounces
as enemies the eastern men who gave
the western men power to make more
money than they themselves could
make. In the same period the wealth
of the new state of Colorado increased
by S9O5, 122, 267, against S14O,2So,11
for the old state of New Jersey. Mime
sofa gained $S99. ISL. 927. while Ohio
gained $713,3S2, ISL. And newly set
tied Washington gained $69S.69S, 726
while all the New England states, that
were the loaners of money for Wash
ington's enterprises, gained but S244,-
75S, 200.
These figures constitute the truth.
The election is over. In the lull be-
tween campaigns it may. be well to take
the truth to heart.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07
NEW YoRKs POSITION.

The position of New York in the last
| election was unusual. Early in the
evening the expected news came out IN
to the west that New York had gone
overwhelmingly for Mckinley. mat
was the last the country heard from
New York. The usual dispatched con-
cessions of the New York papers were
wanting. No one cared about New
| York after o'clock election night.
The pivot on which elections turned
had changed its center. For many
years the way the majority went IN
New York, that way went the nation.
Long before the war occurred two sue
cessive elections in which New York
was the pivota / state, turning the
scales in favor of Polk, the Democratic
candidate in 1914, and of Taylor, the
Wing nominte, in 1913. So, too, in
1895, the Wings, who divided their
votes between Harrison and three other
leaders who were thought stronger in
few states. in the hopes OF throwing
the election of president into the house,
would have succeeded if they could
have defeated Van Buren, in this state.
1t is not true, as many seem to think,
that overwhelming elections are ire
auent in this country. The great ma
jorities in the electoral college since our
modern nominating system was estab-
lished in Jackson's day have been his
219 votes in 1882, against 40 for Clay.
IL for Floyd, and for Writ; Harrisons
PA in 1910, against 60 for Van Buren,;
Pierce's 254 in 1852, against ~ for
Scott; and, since the exceptional condi-
tons of war and reconstruction which
prevailed in 1864 and 1865, Grants 2S6
in 1872, against 66 in the states carried
by Greeley; and Cleveland's 277, in
1892. against 145 for Harrison and p
for Weaver.
The great majorities, both at the polls
and in the electoral collage, during the
last quarter Of century have been due
to an abnormal falling off in the vote of
one party in the close states rather than
TO a large increase in that of the other.
Thus when Grant beat Greeley so bad
ly, he increased his vote in New York
only from 419,SS3 to 3S7,2S1. In Con-
necticut Grant had 50,641 votes the first
time and 5O,63S the second, but the OPP
position fell from 1850 to 1850. In
Pennsylvania, which was not then so
far from being a doubtful state as it
has now been for long time, Grant re-
ceived $40, $50 votes in 1868, and in
creased the number only to 349,5S9 In
1872. But the Democratic vote fell off
from 313,3S2 to 212,041, so that Grants
majority leaped from 2S,S9S to 1871 ,54S.
In like manner Cleveland carried New
York four years ago by over $4,000
vote fell off from 630,338 to 609,35O.
while his own rose only from &c., $50 to
654. S6S; Indiana, because Harrison
polled only 255, 615 in 1892, against 263,
361 in 1888, while Cleveland had 26l,-
OBJ the first time and 262, 74O the Sec
nDd
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07
KANSAS AND HER DREAMS.

1t is a verify that the winning side in
Kansas awakes from the enthusiasm
of its victory with an awful, depressing
narrowing feeling of crushing respon-
sibil:ty. Kansas is difficult to please.
All politicians understand this. For
merly the Populist politicians did not.
They believed Kansas was ready to
accept anything SO it was stamped
'Populist." They have bravely surviv-
ed this opinion. They know that the
people do expect certain contradictory
policies, and woe betide the man who
tries to please either side all the time,
or all the sides part of the time.
There is no ground for the belief that
we have entered on a period Of pro-
found quiet in Kansas. There is no
such assurance anywhere. tits rather
at this moment the opposite from peace.
We are to have turmoil and agitation
fights within parties and fights with
out; calamitous walls aud hysterical
appeals.
There may be a time coming when
Kansas will endure minimum of poll
tics and demand a maximum of COM
mercial and industrial prosperity. But
it does not think of that at all at pres
ent. 1t is engaged in some great chimer-
ical scheme for the institution of social
istic reforms. Within two years it may
forget this folly and get down to bust
moss IF may take If fOur wears Rut
sooner or later Kansas will quit per-
suading herself that she is not asleep in
order to make herself believe that her
dreams are realities, and surrender for
ever the conviction that bubbles are
good to eat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07
BRYAN AND HIS ONE TERM.

Young Mr.. Bryan'S latest utterance
presidency in 1900 again if he lives and
if the alignment of parties at that time
is such as to offer him an opportunity
of winning.
1t should be said for him that had he
wor, he would have asked but the one
term. He was not insincere in his dec
laration that he would ask but one term
Three candidates have made this dec
laration-Hayes. Cleveland and Bryan.
Last Monday Bryan, at Lincoln, said:
/ have stated that If elected I shall
not be absent from you for more than
four years. When stated ii meant it,
and want you to believe in my SINGER
ity when say il. 1 believe that the Of
fee is attended with duties so great,
with responsibilities so heavy. that the
man who occupies It ought 10 have no
personal ambition beyond proving him
self worthy of the confidence OF those
who elect him. II elected, l shall con-
secrate four years Of my life 10 the SER
vice OF my country. feeling that when
this is done all has been done in the
way of honor that can be done. and
then shall return again TO be pr
vate citizen in this nation, where 10
be a citizen is greater than TO be q
king.
Rutherford 3. HAYES in similar dec
laration was equally sincere. Grover
Cleveland was not. In accepting the
nomination for president in 1884 he de-
livered the following stupendous sen
tence On the matter of official terms:
When we consider the patronage OF
this great Office. the sllurements OF
power. the temptation 10 retain pubic
place once gained. and, more than sn.
the availability a party finds in an In
cumbent whom a horde OF Office hold
ers, with zeal born OF benefits rece!v
ed. and fostered by the hope OF fayors
yet TO come. stand ready with money
and trained political service, we recox-
nize in the eligibility OF a president for
reelection a most serious danger 20
that calm, deliberate and Intelligent
political action which must character
sze government by the people
And yet. after breaking this solemn
rule HIMSELF and getting 70 be twice
president. his real hope was for third
term. Ii was Cleyeland's shifting.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07
GETTING HYSTERICAL.

There are few people in this coun-
trv who feel ashamed after every elec-
tion.' This shame is not because tneir
fayorites were elected or defeated, but
because they have succumbed to most
foolish excitement and imagined all
sorts of dreadful things, and lost sleep
and time over their nightmares.
For months men have been at nght-
ing pitch. Twenty-four hours before
the polls closed hundreds OF men could
he found in Kansas who feared that
The government was not good for an
other week. Thousands more, less ex-
citable, looked for bloodshed and riot
in a few hours; tens of thousands all
over the Union were fast forgetting
that the contest was one Of peace and
were half believing it was one OF war.
Bye o'clock on the night of the cleo
ton this taut emotion weakened, sag
ged and wound up like a wet rope
swing. Nobody then thought that the
nation had gone to smash or was IN
danger of it.
1t is now plain to host rational minds
that the same thing which intensity,
agitation and high-strung emotions
seek to accomplish can just as easily
be accomplished with GOODNESS and com
fort. The men who get red-faced and
tremulous over a dispute as to whether
one man is going to carry state some
three thousand miles off, do not do the
cause they advocate any good; they
certainly do themselves harm.
The men who make sentiment in this
country and win by it are always cool,
collected and dispassionate themselves.
Their lieutenants are always of the
same order. 1t is the following only
which allows itself to grow rabid IN
cause. BY this action an excitement
may be manufactured, bat the excite
ment" does no good particularly and
certainly does not win more followers.
If a man really enjoys working him
self up into Mysteries during a cam
paign, it is useless to try to dissuade
him from the habit, but those who real
" feel that they shave been making
fools of themselves should try to quit
the habit our very next campaign. They
may succeed, and if they do, they will
feel better for it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

present tendencies continue. Identity
of race and substantially Identical IN
terests point to close relations between
Germany and England. Traditionai
ties fortified by the intermarriage OF
the reigning houses, disposed the Eng
lish to friendship. But it has been the
habit of the statesmen Of the new Ger
man empire to repel the English, and
the German press follows their Lead
by giving utterance to violent anu
coptemptuous criticism.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Once for all. let good many hun-
dred people out here in Kansas under
stand that sltgeld is not good man
that he is vicious and narrow minded.
more so than any other American poll
tician. Illinois understands this. and
there is no reason why Kansas should
misunderstood il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Mark Hanna said AT the start that he
would eat one dinner with Major Me
Binley at the White House and then
60 back 10 his private business. He
will.now have a hard time living up 10
that He has probably caught the dis
ease Of notifies
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

1t would have been a dreadful thing
IL the second day after the election the
returns would have switched around
from the first indications and elected
Bryan president. But il would not
have caught Major Mckinley mapping.
he did not express himself until the
third day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

The last man in the United States TO
know who was elected was Jones at
Chicago. Jones has been living in Ar
kansas, where Democrats steal the
election after the Republicans an
nounce bow many votes they have.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

waiting, hoping policy in the third term
matter which permitted the gold stand
ard Democrats to get so far behind the
silver Democrats in the race before last
July's convention, and which virtually
led to the ascendency of the Alleged
wing of the party.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

After making so speeches young Mr..
Bryan pauSes long enough to remark
that the fight has just begun. When
Cleveland was beaten in 1888 he made
just some such remark about free trade
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Creelman Of the New York World
says that when the returns Tuesday
evening indicated Bryan's defeat. Bry-
ans face was the face Of an old man.
But Bryan is not TO blame for that He
had probably allowed himself to hope.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Tillman also feels called upon to
make a few remarks. But the whole
country. including both Populist and
Democratic parties, has had quite
enough of Tillman. He is dangerous
man TO the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

The Kansas Republican papers are
now explaining what is the matter
with Kansas Republicans. There is
just one thing the matter. There has
been too Internal much foolishness on
aii hands
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

In the present campaign Cy. Leland
has charge of Nebraska, Kansas and
Missouri. all of which went for Bryan.
He could have been almost as success
full with Texas, Colorado and Missis-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Bland himself can see plainly where,
had a certain Missouri man been NOM
mated. California, Oregon, West Nir-
ginia and Indiana could have been won
for Democracy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Facts and fiction go through an aW-
full twist during a campaign. Now here
comes Arkansas Jones and says that IL
a silver bill were presented Mckinley
would sign il.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

1t was. in short. a terrific struggle be
tween the rear platform and the front
perch. The front porch was station
AIRY, the rear platform locOmotiye-and
the front porch Won in q walk.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

For the first time in the history OF the
state, Kansas is not in the band wagon
as the main procession marches UP
Main street past the county court house
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

In some of the very remote interior
points Of Texas the Republicans are
now giving up their bets, believing that
Mckinley has been defeated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

The Bryanites died rather hard.
They wanted TO celebrate some. so they
got up a little rumor of their own and
had Bryan elected once for about
twelve minutes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

America is the same from its young
est boys to its oldest men. No boy has
the other licke- until he cries huff"
And no election is ever won until the
other fellow comedies"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Kansas went with Mississippi, Ar
kansas and South Carolina. These
people tried to capture us in the fifties.
Have they succeeded at last?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

What the American people demand Is
that at Q O'Clock ON election nights II
shall be definitely announced who has
won, and not be changed again on pen
atty of death.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Kansas. it should be understood. elect
ed Gerry Simpson and the rest because
they would be in sympathy with the
rest of congress" which would be over
whelmingly Democratic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

The abolition Of the police boards
was a thing urged upon Governor Nor
rill. He failed TO do it. Leedy himself
will fail to see Morrill's mistake.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Definition for politician: "a man who
fears that the party in power may bring
prosperity to the country and so keep
his own party buried
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

When John G.. Carlisle writes his
memoirs we shall probably know what
the treasury was getting ready to do Id
case of Bryan's election.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Major Mckinley will now begin to
read with surprise and wonder that ne
has offered cabinet positions TO men
whose names he never heard before.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Kansas does not feel exceedingly nap
nv in the company of Missouri. 1t
would be humiliating enough TO snare
victory with Missouri, but sharing de-
feaI-Igh,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

N the meantime the country is hear
ing exceedingly little Of Matt Quay,
Tom Plat and Senator Lodge, as well
as Mr.. ClarkSon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

OF course, eight hundred local Popu-
lists who want to be police commission
er, know that Leedy will abolish the
police board.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

At this time Oklahoma is greatly con-
soied with the thought that its next
governor will be Republican, anyway.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07
9ailY Ea9le
M. d. MURDOCH. Editor.

There is no place like home after all,
particularly when it has front porch
and you are running for president.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-07

Big Sale of Jackets and Cares.
Big Sale of Jackets and Capes,
Today.
See our Jackets at So so,
See our Jackets at $500
Today.
Examine our Jackets at $500.
Examine our Jackets at so.
They have no equal.
Big Sale of Dress Goods, 48 Cents
Big Sale of Dress Goods, IS Cents.
SO cents other stores ask.
ITEMS UnderWear==rlen'S Underwear
at money-saving prices today. See it in the
north window.
Trimmed Hats and Bonnets,
Trimmed Hats and BOnnets,
big discount today.
Fine Kid Gloves--Low Prices.
Every pair warranted.
Soaps
and Toilet Goods prices
December Observation-Disclosures elineator
is here.
1913 and I27 Main St.