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Ex-Governor Francis, since he went into
the cabinet, has been looking over the
political situation carefully and has found
much TO cause him to feel alarmed for
the safety of the government He sees in
the growing influence of wealth. and the
powers of trusts and monopolies" serious
trouble ahead, and is afraid If something
IS not done TO check these things there will
be an uprising of the people which will
endanger our very institutions" 1t IS but
Justice to Mr. Francis to say that these
views are not original, with him There
have been many other prognostioators of
evil 10 this government long before he took
up the role OF augur. In nearly every
decade Of the nations history astute, far
seeing men have pierced the future with
unerring ken, as they thought and
prophesied the republics downfall, but the
end is not yet. Ex-Governor Francis should
not repine. The people will in good time
and in their own good way correct any and
all evils that disturb the country. They
wall do it as they did the free silver notion
with the most potent weapon in their
hands-the ballot.
There will be no unrising and our very
institutions" will not be imperilled, for that
would mean anarchy and rapine-a state
OF affairs very much worse than that pre-
scented to the country by all the trusts and
monopolies that ever existed. The people
have in their power the means TO correct
by legislation any oppression that afflicts
them, and hence there viii be no necessity
for any uprising OF the kind Mr.. Francis
hints at. our institutions. of which the
country is so Justly proud, will not be
subverted or even endangered.
During the recent presidential campaign
the very things from which Mr. Francis
fears 50 much We're gfven great prominence
by Popocratic speakers. The soulless cor
poratIons and plutocrats were represented
as crushing the people with an iron heel
Trusts and monepoiies and combines had
the country by the throat. and the point
was made that the Republican party was
the father OF the whole fearful brood.
Yet with calm indifference 10 these fearful
evils as pointed cut by demaEogic spell
binders the people placed the Republican
party In power with fun confidence that
the country would be secure for another
four years. And IN that hope Ex-Governor
Francis may safely rest contented.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Comparative Nuisances.

The girls who pound pianos in a crowded
tenement
Have very much to answer for in line of
discomfort;
The people who hold dances in some quiet
little fiat
Have more. indeed. and yet. It seems,
there's something worse than that;
The woman who's a singer we may wish
had ne'er been born.
But she really isn't in it with the man who
plays the horn.
The children on the stairways, though. In
deed, there be a score,
At least retire early and we hear Of them
no more:
The people who cook onions still this fear
full vengeance wreak
On meek and lowly neighbors only once or
twice 4 week;
So of all the woeful grievances that leave
us all forlorn
There's nothing so distressing as the man
who blows the horn.
Chicago Post
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
The Pops and the PigsIsIn.

From the New York Sun
In the opinion of most experts the
highest parandiac mark Of Kansas Popu-
lism was reached some time ago. but Kan
sas Populism has unlimited surprises in
store for the alienists. The Kansas PopT-
lists are now talking of passing, at the
next session OF the legislature. a law pro-
hibiting football games. and making il a
misdsmeanor TO engage in them. No pro
found knowledge OF the science OF duRier-
heads Is necessary 10 explain the desire
for such a law. Every Kansas POpuIist's
head is a more or less incomplete sphere
inflated with wind. To kick the pigskin ball
is to kick every Kansas Populist in the
head symooltcally. and to be guilty Of ir-
reverence and violence to the wind or
thought that surges and eddies in the roar
ing chambers of his brain. Besides. in
playing and looking at football games. Peo-
pie spend out Of doors time which might
be better employed IN hearing POpulist har-
angues or tinkering the frame Of things
at Populist conventions. From the Popu-
list point of view, that is. from the point
Of view Of a man who hears nothing but
the winds scurrying through his head and
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
"The HomicidaI Taint."
nH New York World

From the New York World.
The defense of hereditary taint' in
murder cases is always an interesting one.
and it is generally danserOus-dangerou
for the defendant in the many cases where
it fails and for society in the few where
it succeeds.
It is probable that at least a majority of
men who live to be 40 years old have
had at some time or other, and perhaps
many times, an almost irresistible i'm
pulse to break some ones skull. There
can be no doubt either that this is the re-
suit OF hereditary tainr' in the sense that
their fathers had it before them.
Their grandfathers hadsft also. Not only
that but it can be traced directly back
to the time when II was the universal Gus
tom for any one who felt like committing
homicide to do so al his own convenience.
OF course that may have been hundreds
of years ago. but we still have cases Of
dueling pistols in our museums, and they
are not so very Old either.
The hereditary honliCidal taint in a mur-
derer does not excuse the murder. II
merely means that he has yielded to the
impulse common to all savages and sur
viving in all their descendants to such an
extent that If law and public opinion do
not enforce justice homicide will become
the rule instead Of the exception with all
who feel Ike committing it.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

tation have come TO light again and are
being put into the channels of business.
Furthermore, the balance of trade with
foreign nations is still largely in our favor
and will likely continue that way for some
months TO come, which will result in still
further imports of the precious metal.
This healthy financial condition should
give great satisfaction to the free coinage
advocates. It insures abundance of money
for all legitimate business and at low rates
Of interest. Any enterprise which can
make showing for profit can obtain all
the money it needs, now that confidence is
restored by the triumph of sound money
principles. and as a result tremendous
revival in industrial pursuits is witnessed
in all parts of the country. The clamorers
for more money ought to take heart and go
into business and reap the fruits of pros
r,sritr
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

residence of the parson OF the parish, a
statement which would not be the worse
for little elucidation. What is a donkey
sociable? If it were a gathering exclus
sively of Peekskill males, the designation
might be defended a joke, If 1t were
rejected seriously. But 1t was an assem-
blage of women. and 1t is not specifically
declared that there were any men present
1t is likely, however, that there were, as
no convocation of Sunday school women in
Peekskill or elsewhere is considered COM
plete without them. If their presence gave
meaning TO the appellation. the question
is a curious one whether they were dom
keys because they came or in spite of the
uplifting social influences of the occasion.
The title Of the function becomes more
puzzling the more it is meditated, and it
would seem to devolve on the matrons or
maidens OF the picturesque riverside ham
let TO come to the front with an explana-
ton.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
The Worlds wheat and II, Price.

From the Boston Globe.
The report that Russia has moved OF
behalf of an international conference to
fix definite and uniform price OF wheat
is significant enough. Knowing. as the
high officials of the Russian empire do
from experience. the evils wrought by a
shortage in wheat in their own country.
and appreciating the distress which now
prevails in India through the almost COM
Qlete failure of the wheat crop, they
might well think this an opportune mo-
msnt to urge reform.
Great difficulties stand in the way of car
rying out any plan for fixing a uniform
price of wheat throughout the world with
out reference to seasons OF overproduction
here and misrepresentation there.
But England, Australia. America. Rus
sia and Argentina can accomplish great
things along any line Of human eudeavor
If they but unite their efforts Even If the
proposed international conference should
fail TO realize all the hopes of its project
ors, it might yet accomplish much toward
steadying the value, year by year, of the
great grain staple of the world.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Refections of a BncheIor.

From the New York Press.
a woman's anger is more of temper and
a mans more of Indignation
When girl is cornered in an argument
she says, "Oh. well, you know I'm right,
anyway"
A woman can get into a smoking car
when the other street cars are crowded and
look so indignant that the men who want
TO smoke will all get off.
Love is like a butterfly. It's pretty when
you see it flying at distance. but when it
lights on you and shuts its wings, you can
See it's as ugly a waterbug.
When a woman gives tea and has a
fiower-pot with some maiden's-hair grow
ing in 1t on the piano, the papers say the
house was beautifully decorated with ferns
and potted plants.
The article woman always cuts out of
a newspaper is the one telling what colorsd
hair lot of dead queens had, or one
proving that a dinner with six courses can
be cooked for fourteen people at a total
cost of $40.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Way for the Bicycle,
om the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
The experiment was bound to be made
sooner or later. and it is with considerable
interest that bicycle riders will watch the
outcome Of the first attempt to provide
separate roadways for wheels or pleausre
vehicles and for business wagons. Some
time ago an ordinance was enacted in New
York providing that ali trucks, express
wagons, vans and business vehicles should
keep in single file on the extreme right of
the Western boulevard. while bicycles and
pleasure passenger vehicles shall be re-
stricted to the use OF the other portions of
the driveway. The ordinance. of course,
makes provisions permitting vehicles of all
descriptions to draw up at given destina-
ton on either side of the street
The new measure went into effect a short
time ago. and with remarkable little fric-
ton. For the first few days the policemen
were ordered simply to instruct and warn
drivers or riders who violated the erdi-
nance. and no severer measures of disci-
pline are to be undertaken until the trav-
cling public has been made thoroughly
familiar with the rule. Up to the present
the arrangement appears to work very
satisfactorily for all concerned. The driv-
ers of business wagons which necessarily
move slower than the other vehicles. are
not annoyed by the danger of running
down wheeimen. and the bicyclers and
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Step Toward Solution.

From the New York Evening Post.
If the Indianapolis conference will give
the country a definite and nearly unani--
nous expression of what the chief COM
mercial centers of the West desire in the
line OF currency reform, an important stem
Will have been taken toward the solution
of the problem. The conference IS to cover
the territory from Cleveland TO Omaha and
from 81. Paul to ST. Louis. This was the
great battle-ground upon which free silver
was defeated in the late presidential con-
test. Here it was determined that the goII
standard shall be maintained for at least
four years 10 come. Il would be exceed
inSly valuable now TO hear from the sound
business sentiment OF the West as to hoy
TINS standard can best be maintained a-I
secured by legislation against new attacks
and as to how a safe. simple and elastic
paper-money system can be built upon tht
gold basis. L would he especially eul;ght-
eninS TO know whether the commercial
bodies of the West are now ready to de-
mand that the government shall as rap
idly as practicable. retire from the business
OF issuing paper money and authorize and
encourage an adequate system OF bank is
sues, such as every other civilized nation
euiOyS-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

OF strawstacks and the men full of chaff
and profane language and he thinks the
man who runs the threshing machine pos
es on the apex of mundane glory. Some
times his downward course Is stayed but
usually the moment he gets the necessary
credit he rushes off and buys red thresh-
ing machine-on time.
And the man who has once fallen vic
tim TO the threshing machine seldom re-
trieves himself. From a horse thresher he
plrnges on to a steam thresher: from
mere embarrassment TO hopeless bank
ruptcy. In every farming community there
are old men who have TO be blinGfoided
wEer threshing machine comes in sight
lest they be seized with an uncomfortable
mania 10 mortgage something and buy it.
l. Is estimated that the farmers OF pa-
kota, Nebraska and Kansas have given
notes for enough threshing machines to
thresh all the wheat sold on the board Of
trade during lively deal.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
A Triumph of Virginia Skill and Dar-
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
There IS a certain splendid daring in the
latest example of Virginia's infinite Tart-
ETY. in election frauds. The politicians Who
adopted the original. .simon-pure Australian
ballot law-not the mangled thing which
our politicians and reforTners combined
give the voters of New York and most
other states in place of it-with the high
ambition, apparently, of showing how deft-
ly they could beat it, certainly excite
perverted admiration. 1t is the same as
that which We accord to the haute finance
of thievery, the really great forgers and
confidence men.
AS those who have followed the ballot
question are aware, the mainstay of the
real Australian system is its perfect SIM
plicity and its absolute appeal to the in
diVidual intelligence of the voter. He has
to know the name of the candidate he
wishes to vote for. The perfectly natural
way provided for him to express his wish
is to scratch out all the other names on
the ballot.
This would have stumped most criminals
against the suffrage. With ordinary
intelligence on the part of voters the
boxes would show the will of the people.
The awkward and dangerous method OF
counting out would have had to be resort
ed to- or else absolute violence, which in
this election the sound money Democrats
might not have permitted. Therefore, as
the election printing was in the hands of
the regular Democrats the expedient
simple as the best efforts of genius always
are, was devised of placing on the ballots
the names of the Democratic candidates
and the Republican Candidates and a. null
tiplicitv of other names which cout5 he
mistaken only for those of the Republican
candidates. The hope, which was richly
justified. was that the right RenuhlicaT
names would be lost in this Extraordinary
shuttle. Thus it worked: In one congress
district (where the precincts registered
1,OO0 voters each and there was absoIuteIv
no time for reelection in the minds of tse
yoters-and all voters, minds are slow in
the booths) the Democrats candidate was
John Lamb and the Republican l.. I. Lew
is. Theirs should have been tn, only
names on the ballot. But as 1t was print
ed it read:
John Lamb.
W. H Lewis
l.. L. Lewis.
Elisha L. Lewis.
John Mitchell.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
HHmpered.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
How does il happen that we get TO
Thanksgiving sermon this year, asked
ths first deacon.
He said he couldn't conscientlously do
H." explained the second deacon, since
that deal ne was making with an Eastern
church at a higher salary fell through"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

drivers of light pleasure vehicles have a
clear roadway to themselves, with COM
paratively little risk of interference from
the line Of traffic which formerly used to
block their progress every few feet,
II the experiment on the Western boule-
ward succeeds its application to thorough
fares in other cities may be expected in
due course of time. The advent of the
bicycle apparently makes it advisable that
on certain streets where traffic of all kinds
is permitted part of the roadway be set
apart for the sole use OF wheelmen and
lighter vehicles.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
The Farmers Weak Point.

From the Chicago News.
BY far the most ints-esting and imper-
tHnt paper read at the convention OF
th-eshing machine manufacturers yester-
day was entitled The Threshing Machine
as the Great Bucolic Vice"
Dwellers IN cities have little conception
OF the sore temptations that beset the
hagdy. agriculturist. OF these temptations
the most deadly and invidIous is the
threshinE machine. 1t begins 20 prey upon
his mind and to sap his native virtue in
his earliest youth. When he is mere in
FAINT in Diusf5res he stands by the hack
S;aop and admires the large red threshing
machine that is hllIng the baruyard full
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

From the Cleveland Leader.
81 know" said little Johnny, Siding up
to the preacher while dinner was being
prepared. why the wicked folks is the
only ones what gifts punished in the next
world"
Indeed" exclaimed the good man. 'I
am glad to hear that you know this. And
will you tell me why IL isg'
Cause" replied little Johnny. "ths
good people always gifts it in the neck
here"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Too Much.
w York Press

From the New York Press.
"Whistr' the bandit leader exclaimed
suddenly "a woman"
The group Of outlaws shuddered Violent
ly. They feared the wayfarer might have
overheard his remark
Il was indeed So She had paused op-
posite their hiding place.
Abandoning their booty they fed precipi-
lately. They guessed that she was about
TO ask what was trump.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Not Entirely New.

From the Cleveland Leader.
We violate no confidence in stating that
the people who predict the success of free
silver in 1900 are the same ones who were
sure of winning on that issue in 1896.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
LII Lnnkeh Rettcr

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Maud-"Who is that deformed young fell
low talking TO May Smiley?''
Ethel-"Why, that's Mr.. Dawkins. the
famous fullback. He had his shoulder
twisted In the last big match
Maud-"What a lovely defOrmity, Intro
duce me, dear"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

From the Chicago Record.
Did you read that touching story OF the
little boy who saved his mother from
bloodthirsty lion?"
NO. How did It happen?"
why, the lion ate the little boy"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

The Journal does not pre-
tend to know the number Of
copies printed by its con-
temporaries. Printing papers
is easy II a publisher has
presses and can get hold OF
Circulation soBs. %s5s to o'Ri5 FFs 5s Se:R 5opf It
a. nal does know. There are two
ItldI classes of circulation-one
PAID. the other FREE. One
Pays ,aSsss?s ss@s PAID to se s'ssie:aP s9ess. !:
Advertisers 4se 13sn Journals 5s2 ia''sses ssea.5a a@h4
PAID. 1t is HONEST circu-
lation. Its growth is steady,
reasonable reliable.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Too Big a Rnnm.

From the New York Mail and Express.
At present the country appears to be suf-
fering from a senseless overproduction OF
cabinet rumors. This industry has revived
too vigorously for the public comfort
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

/; seems to be a bad year for tigers.
Tammany also got It in the neck.
Kansas shares the bruised bodies and
spraEed limbs with Missouri, but the sore
hearts are all on Mssouri's side.
The Spanish premier denies that he has
recalled weyler, but offers no explanation
as TO why he hasn't.
The brutality should also be eliminated
from the football weather.
Possibly Earl Russell was fmpelled bv 4
laudable desire to Kill OF the mother-in-
law joke.
The Philadelphia Press concludes that
now since Bryan Is defeated Mrs. Mary
Elzsbeth Lease viii have TO stay at home.
Evidently the esteemed Press doesn't
know Mrs. Mary Elizabeth.
Possibly times were sufficiently hard TO
excuse Kansas FOR going for Bryan. but
they certainly were not hard enough TO
warrant sending Jerry Simpson back 10
congress.
The multitude Is still focking to Canton
but j. Is not travelling on excursion trains
al Mark Hauna's expense.
I; IS hard TO keep a good road down.
Notwithstanding the efforts to embarrsss
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Those Gold Cornerers.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
Whenever gold shall be cOrnered 1t will
be by those small holders of money who
become frightened by the efforts of silver
ties TO force the United States to a silver
basis.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
The Alternative.

From the Somerville Journal.
The man who Is a great stickler for eti-
Quette never ought to board. He must
either change his principles, or go hungry
II he does.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
Can Crack Crockery.

From the New York Mail and Express.
With regard to the partition of China,
why not send over an Irish-American
kitchen maid and make quick work of 1t?
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

sees nothing but the fnnumerable and n
dustrious tentacles of the money power
octopus football must be not only su-
pertiuity, but 4 crime.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 1896

it with unfriendly legislation the Santa Fe
is preparing to expend large amount of
money in new improvements.
Colonel Watterson might popularize his
fasting and prayer day if he would an
nounce few football games on the side.
Il seems no arrangements have yet been
made 10 have Colonel James S. Clarkson
act as master of ceremonies at the Nc
Kinley Inauguration.
Probably the best way to dispose Of the
battleship Texas is to start her out as a
flibuster and give Weyler a tip.
The Knights Of Labor have lost con-
Siderable membership, but considering the
kind of men they keep at the head of the
organization they have held their own
remarkably well.
1t is gratifying to learn that Librarian
Spofford has been formally exonerated by
an investigating committee. Mr.. Spofford
is one of the men whom the public is very
reluctant TO believe i'll of.
1t is fortunate for Oklahoma that It did
not get statehood before the election. The
next congress will be somewhat Ieary of
woolly new states.
1t is due George Fred Williams to say
that he is not doing any wild, nonsensical
talking about 1900. George Fred knows
when he is beaten.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
sTATEMENr OF CIRCULATION.

State OF Missouri,
County Of Jackson.
II. Gaylord, business manager Of The
Kansas City journal, being duly sworn.
Eays that the actual number OF full and
complete copies OF The Kansas City Jour
nal Daily and Sunday, printed during the
week ending November q, 1886, was as fol-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
An Explanation Necessary.

From the New York Tribune.
From Peskskill comes report that the
women OF the Pleasant Side Sunday school
have just held donkey sociable at the
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27
THE WEATHER.

Washington, Nov. 26-For oklahoma and
Indian Territory: Fair; colder; north winds.
For Missouri: Clearing and fair Friday;
decidedly colder; northwest winds.
For Kansas: Fair; continued cold
weather
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

Total number comics urinted. .......I .Is2 30
Net daily average. =, III
H GAYLORD.
State Of Missouri County of Jackson, IS.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed in
my presence this 2lst day of November, 1896,
Ny commission expires November Sth 1897.
(SeaD LIONEL NOISE,
Notary Public.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

Probably the best way to dispose Of the
battleship Texas is to start her out as a
fltbuster and give Weyler a tip.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

The multitude Is stiu focking TO Canton
but j. Is not travelling on excursion trains
a Mark Hanna's expense
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

Il IS hard to keep a good road down.
Notwithstanding the efforts to embarrsss
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

The brutality should also be eliminated
from the football weather.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-27

Colonel Watterson might popularize his
fasting and prayer day if he would an
nounce a few football games on the side.