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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

The Spanish premier denies that he has
recalled Weyler, but offers no explanation
as TO why he hasn't.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

it with unfriendly legislation the Santa Fe
is preparing to expend a large amount of
money in new Improvements.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

Possibly Earl Russell was impelled by
laudabie desire to XIII of the mother-in-
law joke
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

!; seems to be a bad year for tigers.
Tammany also got 1t in the neck.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

Kansas shares the bruised bodies and
spraiEed limbs with Missouri, but the sore
hearts are all on Missouris side.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

Senator PETER wants it distinctly under
stood that his book, THE Way Out" has
no reference to the exits of the senate.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

Entered at the Postoffice at Kansas City,
No, as Second Glass Mall Matter.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

Congressman-elect Vincent Of the Fifth
district announces the selection of his pri-
vate secretary in the person of his beauti-
full young daughter. Miss Vincent is now
in Topeka learning shorthand and in other
ways equipping herself for her Washing
ton duties
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

Judge r. W. P. Muse, who died at New
ton last Saturday, was one of the first set
tiers of Harvey county. He founded te
Newton Republican. we believe In 1s7r
that year he was president of the Kai
college Of presidential electors. and Wa
also an elector in 1880. He was author
of history Of Harvey county. and in
the early days served a term or two as
probate Judge
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03
I'd Titles Next Duty.

The appointmet Of Ed Little as private
secretary Of Governor Lecdy takes all thu
other applicants from Dickinson county Out
Of the eligible list, There Is no use for any
Of the score or more OF place hunters from
that county to continue their chase. This Ii
all they will get.-l Kansas City Journal.
The very possibility that this may
be true will send a thrill OF horror
down the spinal columns Of the Dick
inson Populists. Is the "old guard
to be turned down in this summary
manner Just because Ed Little with
true Republican ability for getting
things grabbed piece Of the breast
from the turkey counter after four
months conversion must our old time
patriots be left out In the coldp Look
at Bill Nixon. For six years he has
been coming to town in all sorts Of
weather to see how the cause was get
ting on and has talked long and loud
in behalf Of the sub-treasury and fiat
money until bis tongue is tired. He
made trip to Topeka last week at a
cost Of 1896 in cold cash for railroad
fare alone. Is Bill to be turned DOWN.
Then there is Brother Cranston--for
The past ten years he has carried on
5he Union Labor and Pop fight at
arge expense Of time and effort.
What about himp He wants to be
insurance commissioner. Is he to
70 left outp Then look at AL Russell.
lie wants to be something. Can't he
10 itP What about Cloyd Troxel, the
loblest patriot Of them all Is be
ut Of itp Where are Judge Hutch
son, Frank Close, John Lane, Jack
lndrews, Robert Seeds .and the rest
I the Abilene boys to come in, not to
lention the outside precinctSP We
re patriots up here in this county
nd do not propose to be sighted.
instead Of Mr.. Little having made it
iflicult to get more offices 1t is conf.
emily expected that, being near the
lrone, he will corral few more than
ne county would naturally have re-
lived otherwise. II he don't he won't
Q welcomed with brass band when
comes home in January, 1898.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03
True Gist Of II.

Topeka Capital; Every paper in
Kansas that is standing up for its
action on November 3 and calling on
Republican papers to say good word
for Populism, is a believer in free
silver at IS to 1, and openly or secret
" sympathized with Bryan and
hoped to see him elected. Every
Republican paper in the state that
made any kind Of a campaign for
sound money and against reputation
before the election still maintains the
same position, that Populism is
destructive to credit and business and
that it Is damaging the good name
Of Kansas, just as was predicted 1t
would do If triumphant in this state.
Now that the predictions Of Republic
can papers in the campaign are being
fully verified, it would be highly con-
sistent to turn about and defend Pop
ulism as good thing and retract all
that has been said in sincerity and
good faith against It'll 1t may be
stated in strict confidence that the
Tree silver papers are making very
little Roadway in their scheme Of
inducing Republicans to defend and
endorse Populism.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03
Wheat and Corn Prices.

G. Wood Davis, who by the way,
never predicted 81 wheat except in
the imagination Of some newspaper
correspondent, has a very readable
study on grain prices just out.
Briefly summarized, tile Kansas
statistician says that the worlds
wheat acres have increased about II
per cent since 1884, while the con.
sumers Of wheat have increased IS
per cent. Meanwhile the worlds rye
fields have shrunk nearly 100000
acres. In the last fourteen years the
world has seen ten phenomenal wheat
crops showing an aggregate excess
OF l,269, 100000 bushels over what
the normal production would have
been. The four under-average crops
averaged deficit Of only 65,OOO,OO
bushels. The last four crops Of the
worlds wheat have given an aggre.
gate product Of 66S,OOO,OOO bushels
greater than 1t would have been had
the yields since 1891 been no greater
than the average Of the last twenty.
five harvests. He figures that the
over average product Of wheat and
rye in the three crops Of lS9S-94.95
has aggregated l,O0O,OOO,OOO bushels.
Had 1t not been for thi, annual over |
average Of 1858, 100000 bushels Of
wheat and rye the world would now
be starving.
And with corn. Twenty-Five years
ago Europe, with the Americas and
Australia, had 6S,0OO,OOO acres in
maize. In 1895 the same regions had
I'D, 1000, 900 acres, an increase Of so
Der cent, against Jan increase of S6
Der cent in the bread-eating popula-
ions OF European lineage. With
otton seed displacing corn and corn
PRODUCTS, is it any wonder corn is
owP But the worlds requirements
I wheat and rye will soon take
creage from corn, and, in Mr.. Davis
lew, the bicycle and trolley have :
ONE none too soon, for all food
roducts, such as wheat, rye, corn,
ork, beef, ETC., must Of necessity be
luch higher. \
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

appeal to many people Of Kansas al
personal experience. Then there
are descriptions that are as we'll
adapted to today as to the period Of
which they are part. The political
stories will not reach the reader
outside the State with the same force
as ourselves but they are enjoyable.
The converted alliance man who went
to the Republican State convention
and got woke up to his former enthus-
iasm when he heard Burton make a
speech will be recognized as an old
friend. The doings Of the convention
are all right-the author has been
there. The eastern reader will get
from this book some insight into the
conditions under which this State has
been built that will do him good.
Mr.. White is one OF the Kansas
boys. He is less than thirty years
old yet has made success in more
than one line Of literary work. As
editorial writer on the Kansas City
Star he was recognized as one Of the
brainest members Of that excellent
papers staff. His dialect poems rank
with the best in the West. For a
year he has been the owner and edi-
tor of the Emporia Daily Gazette. He
is virile, quick and good humored.
Possessed Of an overhowing health
|ulness, all his work is strong and en-
tertaining. He has made name by
lard work and has earned all the
praise that has come to him-and it
las been plenty. He impresses one
IS a writer whose heart is in every
hing he does and in this book Of Kan
las tales he is at his best. They are
natural earnest and wholesome. They |
re OF and for Kansans and nothing
more distinctively true Of the State
as ever been written. 1.-The Real
ssue" will become Kansas classic.
ir. White is engaged on a novel-his
rst long piece Of fiction, and it will
Q awaited with interest by his many
dmirers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03
Kansas Peculiar Vote.

The official figures Of the Kansas
vote exhibit many remarkable fea.
lures. Governor Morrill, received
10000 more votes this year than two
years ago, and Mckinley received
1,466 more votes than Harrison in
1892. In fact Mckinley received
more votes than were ever cast in
Kansas for Republican presidential
candidate, with the single exception Of
Harrison in 1888. II there had been
complete fusion in 1892, as in this
year, Of all the opposition to the Re-
publican party, the vote would have
stood: Weaver 163,607, as against
1850 for Bryan this year. In other
words, after all the silver hurrah and
the bolt Of so-called silver Republic
cans, the opposition to the Republic
can party increased its total vote this
year but S,2OS.
One Of the remarkable features Of
these returns is the fact that 1874
more votes were cast for the presi-
Dental candidates than for the State
ticket. Contrary to all expectations,
received 1891 more votes
than Morrill,, though Morrill, fell only
1909 votes short of election, while
Mckinley fell 1920 short. This is
accounted for by the fact that Leedy
Tell 6,6Ol votes behind Bryan.
The total vote was larger this year
n proportion to the voting popula-
ion than ever before in the history
II the State, as well as having been
he largest ever cast in the State.
According to the census returns, the
otal voting population of Of the State
s $4,000, while the total vote cast
vas S46, 14S, showing stay-at-homes
o the number Of only about $4,000.
n 1892 the vote was 320,891 and in
1888, $50, POS, while in both Of these
ears the population was larger than
t present.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

1.-THE Real ISSUE" by William Allen White,
OF Emporia; Way 4 Williams, Chicago, pub
| fishers.
When Will White published the
now famous whats the Matter With
Kansas" article it was not through
any new discovery that he gained
fame. He simply told in vigorous
phrase the things we had been talking
among ourselves out here in Kansas
and had not given to the world. Once
in type their truth was acknowledged
and the writer was honored. So with
this new book Of Kansas stories.
Thousands will read it because Of its
authorship and they will find in it
the things we have experienced out
here on the plains and know to be
true. These stories are Of the boom
and alliance times with q few tender
heart-tales added that are the out
pouring Of q soul sympathetic and
loving. The stories Of Kansas poll
tics and the boom are the best and
they are admirably accurate. They
portray Alright the hopes and fears CT
the speculative times as we all knew
them-and that is the supreme test Of
a story. There is one story Of a
boom town, "Aqua Pura," that will
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

The Kansas City journal is very
much disappointed that Gov. Leedy Il
not going to "blow blood into the
ears Of capitalists" 1t had hoped
that he would turn the routine Of the
office over to Private Secretary Ed
Little, and equipped with bucket Of
blood and blow gun prance through
the thoroughfares in search Of capt.
talistic ears into which he might dis
charge his ensanguined fluid. 1t had
even been believed that he might dis
pense with the blow gun and with q
raw beefsteak or two between his up
per and lower grinders become
equipped to perform the blood blow
ing act without other appurtenances.
The governor probably don't feel as
ferocious in this zero weather as he
did in the old wigwam sweat box last
August.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

Several weeks ago was published an
interview with Mrs. Thorpe, the To-
peka police matron, in which she
made the statement that II one-third
of the money that was given by To-
peka people to foreign missions were
given to the poor of Topeka most Of
the distress would be relieved. This
is true as well Of most Of the cities OF
this country. There is more need Of
work for home missions than foreign
and the tendency Of the
time seems to be in that direction.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03
Gave Populism q Black Eve.

Atchison Globe: John d. Haskell,
a Populist living near Abilene, has
had an article published over his
own signature, which Is virtually an
appeal to farmers to boycott every
merchant who does not agee with
them in politics. 1t is such men as
Haskell who give the Populist party
a black eye, and destroy public con-
fidence in it as law-making organ
ization. Every decent Populist, and
there are thousands Of them, will
denounce the Haskell proposition.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

A somewhat doubtful certificate Of
character from the Lawrence Journal:
1.-THE journal desires to say now,
that while Kansas sometimes looks
like fool, and very frequently acts
like one, yet there has been no time
in her history when she was really a
fool. 1t must be confessed, however,
that she plays the part in "a life-like
manner at times"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

Supt..elect Stryker says he proposes
to have teachers attend institute at
least eight weeks every summer.
Those who think four weeks is hard
strain on their pocketbooks will love
Mr.. Stryker with exceedingly great
love when he gets his plan at work.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03
Here's the Vote,

Our esteemed contemporary the
News bravely tackles the waterworks
question and after columns
struggle concludes that the city can
not afford to pay any more for water
than it can afford pay. This seems
a sensible view to take Of the matter
and all good citizens will endorse the
News position.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03
The following from the Kansas City

The following from the Kansas City
Journal will be cordially endorsed by
the press Of Kansas; "The Republic
cans Of Kansas ought to feel very
grateful to the Topeka Capital for its
splendid work in the sound money
cause during the past year. Very
few papers in the United States
handled the money question with
greater skill than did Mr.. Harold
Chase, the Capitals brilliant young
editor
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

John Davis of Clyde who wanted to
be on the penitentiary board when
Morrill, went in and when he failed to
get it bolted, is said to have Leedv's
promise ola job. He must want that
one horse position mighty bad.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

The Lawrence World says Of the
the failure of the Kansas City Tribune
which was started as a second daily
paper in Kansas City, Kansas: "The
Tribune never ought to have been
started. 1t simply represented the
bile of disappointed man and a
newspaper cannot run on that. :"
Can't ehP Why lots Of 'em do 1t.
That Is a common feature in the
assets Of class Of bushwhacking
newspapers that are wabbling around
in politics. Abilene has a case of it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

"What we want" snorts Mr..
Clemens as he energies from his cave
Of gloom, sis radical legislation. "
No, Mr.. Clemens, you are mistaken.
What you want is a large adhesive
court plaster put over your mouth
and an office that will keep you busy.
If a few leaders Of your stripe will
keep still the Populist party of Kansas
may make record that is creditable
to itself and the State.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

In the electoral college Thomas L.
Watson will have q votes as the Pop.
ulist candidate for vice president as
follows; Louisiana, Nebraska and
Missouri, each; North Carolina, 5;
Washington, 2; Utah and Montana, |
aach
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

The first man to get the Leedy
snickersee In his neck will be Ac-
countant Challinor-and we don't
know as we blame our Pop friends.
Those reports certainly were en-
barrassing.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

When a thing gets started one way
it sticks. Mckinley will be the Esd
president, was member Of the 2Sd
Ohio regiment and was elected by the
votes OF 2S states.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

Ed Hoch heartily endorses the idea
Of having no inaugural ball. He has
been agin' it for years he says and
is sure Lincoln and Washington
would not have approved. Yet II
history be not at fault Honest Abe
used to "shake his foot" among the
Illinois beaux and and the esteemed
dad Of his country led the minuet
with Virginia bellies. Hunt up better
authority.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

We want to suggest to the new pri-
vate secretary that he take care not
to get absent minded when writing
the governors state papers and start
oil, "When ! was consul general to
Egypt"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

Just why Brother Redding should
leave the contemplation Of the
millenial for a place at the political
pie counter is certainly incxplicablc.
1t can't be that he thinks the Pops
are the Ten Lost Tribesp
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

The editor Of the Maine Populist
declares that the silver question is
only a delusion, as well as the whole
metal theory of money, which should
be complete abandoned. This is what
the Republicans always claimed re-
garding the Populist position, Glad
to see them acknowledge It.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03
Among the hilarious lows TO be

Among the hilarious joys to be a
part OF the State Editorial convention
at Topeka will be trip to Kansas
City. We can't think Of anything
that would attract a crowd so much
as that.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

The one great mistake Of Ed. Little
in the campaign was endorsing Popu-
lism at the convention last summer
when there were so many newspaper
correspondents in the audience.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

The electors will meet Jan. II to
decide who shall be president.
Bryan would better talk to them.
He may be able to change their
minda
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

Clarence Sheets Of Lawrence is said
to have inside track for Dave Nails
place, Is Dickinson's applicant to be
leftp
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1896.

Judge Carver is in favor Of resub-
mission Of the prohibtory amend
ment.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

Since Mr.. Bryan retired from prom
inence Ed Little is the most adver-
tised westerner.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03

Grover is worth a million and what
does he care whether the Bryan wing
Of his party likes him or not.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-03
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gives each week the gist Of important
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important features of any periodical.
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-15

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