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Hackstadt. the tailor, makes the best $40
suit in the city. 4ls 9th 4.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30
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THE BATTLE GROUND,

The central west has been the battle
ground of this campaign and is yet the
scene of the hottest conflicts. The east
was for Mckinley from the start, the
south for Bryan, who also claimed the
extreme west. But in the middle west
both parties squared off for a knockout.
Forty days ago the Popocrats seemed
to have the advantage on this center
an advantage given them by low prices
of farm products. But wheat COM
menced to go up and the enemies col
orS to waver and retreat. The rise in
wheat was an argument that could not
be met by any calamity wall. The alb
surdity of the free silverite Offering the
farmer his fearful sympathy because OF
the low prices of farm products, when
wheat is absolutely running away
from the spectators and breaking mar
ket records, is having its effect visibly
Arkansas and Missouri. The differ
ence in the price of wheat alone since
July will benefit the farmers of MiSsou-
ri 10 the amount of s. 3333S. 751; the farm
ers of Nebraska to the amount of S4,-
2G5, 932; the farmers of Kansas to the
amount of SI.03O.431, and the farmers
OF Minnesota TO the amount of SO, 107,-
401. Throughout the country the bene-
fit TO the farmers up 10 the present time
has reached the enormous amount of
over S90.0o0,0o0.
The farmers know a good thing when
they see it, and are not slow 10 avail
themselves of it when it comes within
their reach. They know that this rise
in the price Of wheat is an augury OF
returning prosperity. and that with
the restoration OF the protective system
and with William Mckinley to admin
lister the affairs OF the nation. thrift and
comtentment will once more attend and
crown their industry.
Statisucians estimate that the In
crease in the price of wheat, corn and
oats in the last month is equivalent TO
an addition % about S225. 000. 600 10 the
value OF the existing grain supply In
this country. With this enormous in
crease Of values. together with advanc-
ing prices on other farm products and
the certainty of vast Industrial reviy-
al as a consequence OF Major Mckin-
ley'S election. the agricultural interests
of the country are On The eve of the
most PHOSPHORUS era they have expert
enced in many wears.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30

THAT CHICAGO PARADE.

The whole country, week ago, was
feeling solicitoIls, if not alarmed, over
a threatened collision between the Re-
DUblicans and Democrats in Chicago.
The Republicans had secured permits
sion Saturday, from thecity authori.
ties to parade certain streets next Sat
urday. The Popocrats thereupon an
nounced that they were going to have a
parade on the same streets at the same
hours. This would be impossible. The
courts were applied to as also the city
authorities, and the decision was unan-
imous that the Democrats could not
carry out their program. The Republic
cans, smelling a MICE" thereupon
gave up the day, notifying the Popo-
Gratis that they could go ahead. The
Democrats didn't go ahead or do any
thing else They never intended TO have
parade but knowing that two permits
could not be granted for the same
streets, and same hours, TO two parades
their whole purpose was to raise howl
of coercion and persecution on being
denied the privilege. The privilege be-
ing granted by the Republican courtesy
the Democrats simply slumped.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30
COXEY KNOWS.

One Jacob S. Coxey Is most excel
lent authority for the statement that
''majorities do not always vote as they
shout" Here is where the Organizes
are liable to be most numerically de-
ceived. They have taken the continu-
Gus roar Of applause accorded to Bryan
as conclusive that he will have the sup
port of every voter engaged in the
shouting. Coxey's race for congress
two years ago proves that this is not a
safe criterion, and in his late public ut
tefances on this subject he has the
frankness to say'so. Fads and freaks
rarely fail 10 attract yociferous
crowd. CoXey found il so. and Mr..
Bryan, with his scheme for relieving
everybody's wants by the simple pro-
cess Of coming cheap money. will find
it too close parallel to Coxey's trium-
phal march to Washington. He
sought the same end by different
means. When the day comes the issue
will be settled by notifying Mr.. Bryan
and his dlsheartened followers to keep
off the grass. The issue is one and the
same, but instead Of the order coming
from police authority, it will come from
the people. He will not even have the
right of appeal to courts, or to call for
the protection of military authorities
''Vox populi" is vox Del in this country,
and there will be no appeal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30
GIVE Us BACK RECIPROCITY.

The administration of Grover Cleve-
land has delayed Kansas in her indus
trial development just four years. 1t
has caused this state in its onward
march to halt for four years-and for
nothing.
But" many a man will say, 'hard
times began in Kansas as long ago as
1889. We had our boom in 1861"
This is true comparatively. Hard times
did begin in Kansas in 1880. But hard
times then were the result of overbuild-
ing and overcoming. The reaction
was natural 1t was peculiar TO the
west alone. The east was still highly
prosperous when Kansas had begun to
taste bitter adversiity. But what was
taking place in 1892? Several things
Indicating prosperity. and among them
the beginning Of the advantages Of rec
iprocity. Kansas was finding market
to the south. Her expectations 10 Cuba
were tremendous. We are nearer an
ocean port than Ohio, Indiana and I'LL
nois are, and they are all manufactur-
ing states. Reciprocity had opened Up
a big market for Kansas. We were Inn
proving. We were forgetting the evil
effects OF the boom's collapse. In 1894
we condemned the action Of congress
for It's repeal Of reciprocity. We sent
Republican congressman 10 Washing
ton from Kansas
Have the conditions changed? Is
there any reason why reciprocity
should not again be boon 10 Kansas:
Then why should we be expected to
send back 10 congress Jerry Simpson.
who voted to repeal reciprocity. who
helped stay Kansas return to prospect
~!
The people Of the Seventh district cer-
tainly cannot DO this foolish thing
kansas has q near seaport She Is so
ing to be a manufacturing portion Of 8
great manufacturing nation And she
can not be 30 foolish as 10 delay the re
suit another four years
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30
CHAIRMAN CAMPEAUs CLAIMS.

Campau's claims, based upon the re-
port of the chairmen of the central com
Inittees for the various states, publish
ed in the dispatches of day before yes
terday, seems. at this writing, to have
created quite breeze. not to say a
feeling of uneasiness, in the Republican
ranks of some Of our south Kansas
counties. That was just what the pub
LEGATION was made for by Campeau. 1t
was intended to scare Republicans and
bolster up his own side. There was
nothing else to it. Certainly there was
little foundation in truth for the asser-
tons of his henchmen. He claimed as
absolutely sure for Bryan West Vir-
ginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Michl-
gan and Kansas. Who does not know
or understand the utter foolishness of
such a sweepingly prepOsterous claim:
But why this ridiculous claim? For
the simple reason that the eighty cleo
toral votes which they represent are
necessary to Mr.. Bryan
election. Without the states named and
giving him the states which seem prob
ably for him, he would lack twenty
one votes in the electoral college of a
majority. He would not carry single
one of these states, not even Kansas,
which they have been claiming by thir-
ty or forty thousand, up to two weeks
ago when they dropped to ten thousand
1t was but a great big bluff only sur
passing the other claim of Campeau
that the chances are that Bryan will
carry Ohio. Such claims ought not TO
fool anyone
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30
GUESS
HERMAN & HESS.
log EAST DOUGLAS AVENUE.
GUESS

What ais jerry" Some one says:
His energy is gone" That isr't ex-
actly it, Jerry Simpson is a changed
man. Esvey man in the district who has
seen him this year knows ii.
Tom Reed was impressed with the ter
rife political struggle in progress In Kan
sas. But he didn't take the trouble 20
tell Kansas So Reed just laid the facts
down on the country and let the custo-
mer examine the goods at his leisure.
The campaign is now getting 70 the
point where a man has 20 De a daisy %
maintain himself in a street discussion.
The general people are cato all ths
points ana a man cant make a mis-
statement without being laughed down.
Lottie Bowes. the T0pe' IS pas
secured an engagement e Meth
ersolc. Nethersole Isl the st sasr
on the stateg. and a kaEs authority
says that she r. a daisy n sac can tea-h
a Topeka girl how 20 smack correctly.
In most Of The street discussions In
southern Kansas the argufers abuse
one another shamefuiiy. But in all the
no blow Is ever struck The
arguments are principally raiiery and 10
speaks wonders that the men take every
thing good naturedly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30

nominee at ST. Louis for vice president
| thinks Of that pluto-popocrat Sewa.l.
whom they are supporting for vice. pres
ident
Tom Watson ought to be less unrea-
sonable. He ought to see that his
nomination at st. Louis was made in
perfect good faith; that his chance TO
become vice president is still better
than il he had not been nominated at
all; that If all the Pop electors are elect
ed he will not be worse than third III
the race; that it is possible-and just as
probable-that the Hobart electors cast
their votes for Watson as that the Sew
all electors will do SO, in which case his
election might be unanimous. Mr..
Watson should bear in mind that If
every state in the union should elect
Bryan and fusion electors he would
have 20 votes, Sewan 377 and Hobart
none, and therefore he would be Sec
ond in the race. Mr.. Watson should be
satisfied. This is a matter of ratio
there are estimated to be five Demo
Gratis to one Pop, which entities Sewall
to FIVE times as many votes as Watson.
If Watson will just turn to it and
elect the Sewall electors they can after
election 60 back on old popOcrat-
&c Sewall and elect Watson vice presi-
dent. On account Of those COMPOUNDED
election laws no such promises can be
made before election, but it can be done
Just the same. See the point?
Bryan is 16 to lie parts Pop and 1
part Democrat. Bryan is all right.
Sewall is all wrong. He lives among
the coupon clippers-is coupon clipper
himself He can't carry his state, his
county, his town. nor his own family.
Now suppose all the east-excepting
the Wall street city of New York-goes
TO Mckinley and Hobart. 1t is easy to
see that the west and the south are I'M
der no obligations to BOndholder Sew
all. Bryan's election will be directly
due to the Pop vote-the vote Of Tom
Watson's party. What would be fair |
in the matter? Elect Tom Watson vice !
president. Tom Watson ought to be !
able to see this, but he don't. He thinks
his party has sold out, has Inundated |
him, has been swallowed by Democra-
cy. Impossible! A reform" party |
would not sell OUT
Tom Watson may be the next vice
president, but the country would be no !
more surprised by such an event than .
Tom Watson himself. If elected, we
hope his notice won't be ''held for post
age"
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HELD FOR POSTAGE.

A man by the name of Thomas z.
Watson, living in Georgia, United States
of America, Populist, was nominated
by his party for vice president and on
the 14th of this month he undertook to
accept the nomination by the custom
airy letter of acceptance, mailed it
with three two-cent postage stamps Oh
it, directed 10 Hon. Marion Butler.
Washington, D. c." The heft of this
letter OF acceptance may be imagined
from the standpoint of weights and
measures when We understand thar
there was prepayment OF postage TO
carry three ounces OF matter, which
was insufficient to convey this letter to
its destination-that is to say, was held
for further postage. After eight days
il was discovered that the letter Of ae-
ceptapce had been held by the postal
authorities at Washington" for over
due postage. The amount OF the due
postage" is left to conjecture. but it
was paid and the letter taken to Popu-
list headquarters and read. 1t was
found then-by reason OF delay-toneed
rev ;sion.
All this is perfectly clear and reasona-
bic TO everybody but Tom Watson. He
is naturally a little headstrong and hav
ing an exalted idea OF himself and bis
party. he refuses 10 believe the postal
authorities would withhold a letter Of
his for few cents postage. That Wat
son won't see this shows how unreason-
able man can sometimes be. That he
won't make the reasonable and ueceS-
sary alterations IN his letter 10 have il
conform TO the changes in the cam
paign since its composition two weeks
ago, shows how a little empty honor
may sometimes turn a mans head
And the end OF all this stuobornness
will be that the Populists OF Kansas
viii never know Just what the PoDrlist
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30
KANSAS NEXT TUESDAY.

The last Republican poll Of the state
becomes particularly interesting in con-
nection with the late Popocratic state
ment that Bryan would carry Kansas
by from thirty to forty thousand ma
jority. The claim Overleaped itself. 1t
was ''too big book for so young a
colt" Chairman Simpson has the fig
ures of the last and final Republican
poll. The showing is more than salts
factory. So far as Morrill, and the state
ticket are concerned, they prove sur
prise The poll shows that Mckinley
has the state by twice the majority
heretofore claimed by the committee.
But making big allowance for posi-
BILE masked batteries and all other sur
prises and to guard against future
taunts Of the opposition, McKinley's
majority in Kansas is put down at TO-
900. All of the Republican congress
men will be elected. Botkin will be de-
feated badly. The secret of MOrrilfS
big showing together with the balance
of the state and congressional tickets
is found to be this: A large majority of
the railway and other corporation en-
ployes are Democrats, and Of that
stamp Of old-time Democrats that have
no possible use for a Pop. There being
no Democratic state ticket, except in
name, no Democratic nominees for con-
gress, and only very few Democratic
county tickets, these men, while voting
for Bryan, will not vote for Leedy, nor
Botkin, nor Jerry Simpson all Of whom
are Popuiists, but will vote for Morrill,,
preferring an out and out Republican
to whitewashed Pop.
AS for anything else there are 10000
Republicans enrolled in the League
clubs, of which little has been said here
tofore. There is not township in the
state or a ward in city that there is
not Republican club, organized and
active. There is one other element,
not heretofore estimated in the polls,
which, if not large, is very influential.
1t consists Of a class of Democratic
business and professional men who
don't want a Pop Leedy administration
nor a Pop legislature. One such curse
in a lifetime, they declare. is enough.
With Jack Leedy as governor and a
Pop legislature, it would be goodbye
Kansas so far as business or improve
ment are concerned for years to come.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30
KANSAS AND Her FIGURE.

Kansas viii some day be manufac-
| turing state This is the hope of every
resident of the state today who has any
| thoughts for the future Of the state.
Those who have no thoughts OF the
| states future and those who have such
thoughts but no hopes for Kansas say
| that kansas is too far away from the
ocean, is too far inland to be ever a
manufacturing state"
The answer TO such an opinion should
be silent contempt. Kansas is not go
| ing to always run truck garden to
feed neighboring millionaires. Kansas
is Just as surely going to be manufac-
turing state as the sun is going to rise
tomorrow morning. Twenty years ago
even there were men in Ohio who de-
clared that Ohio was to be always an
agricultural state; Illinois was known
as prairie state. What has happened!
You can not get out of sight Of tall chin
neys in Ohio today. 1t isschock full of
factories. Illinois is the same. Hours
and hours before you reach Chicago
you pass by hundreds and hundreds of
great concerns. Think Of Peoria! of
Elgin, of Joliet, of Springfield. of East
st. Louis, of Quincy! Less than TWEEN
IL years ago Indiana was another state
which was purely agricultural" What
is Indiana today: A manufacturing
state Think of her great wagon works;
her glass works, her machine works.
There is but one state between Hill
nois and Kansas. That state is Missou-
ri--the richest state in natural resources
in the United States. Despite a slug
gish disposition Missouri has become a
manufacturing state. Think of her
large cities: st. Louis, Kansas City, st.
Joseph, Jefferson City, Sedalia, Garth
age, Springfield, Joplin, Pierce City.
And then Kansas. Kansas is the next
state to the Rocky mountains. 1t is the
corner grocery of national inland COM
merce. 1t is in Kansas-and at Wichi-
ta-that commerce turns from an east
west course to a north-SOuth course.
We are nearer an ocean port than Hi
nois, Indiana and Ohio. We have a
great rich market to the south all the
way to the gulf and great rich mar
ket in the mountains of the west We
have to wait only a few years to be-
come a great commercial state. But
that we cannot become under free trade |
which Bryan's election means. Free |
trade as a permanent policy twenty |
years ago would have resulted in Ohio, |
Illinois and Indiana being agricultural |
states today. Until Kansas gets into |
the procession she wants the protection |
policy continued.
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GUESS

The Populilsts in southern Kansas are
longing to get at Breidenthal in some
way. They will probably do 1t by crack
ing Leedy.
II know" said the Kansas Populist
in confusion. "Of course you put the y
in that little square. But where Is the
Ray / hear so much abOut?
In Hutchinson the other day Popu-
list was talking about British gold when
the crowed demanded that he show
them some. He had to sneak off.
Doster has always had it in for Breid-
enthal along with Leweiling and the rest
OF the rebellious Populists or southern
Kansas. That is why Breidenthal is
fighting Doster.
John Briedenthal says he knows that
there are ''POpulists who can be worked
upon" and thai the only thing 10 do is %
get them to the polls early before the OPP
position can get a hold OF them
The New York Herald in its forecast OF
the election says that Jerry Simpson VIII
beat Chester Long. 1t got its news
from some one in Beaven worth. Wha.
does a man In Leavenworth know about
the Seventh district?
No one has answered the question: ,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-30

| such talk is utter rot. The men 10
whom they address it ought to feel in
suited. AS Chairman Hanna appropri-
ately says, the men who (referring to
MI. Bryan and Mr.. Jones of the Popo-
cratic ticket knowing of attempted CO.
ercion, fail to report it to the authori-
| ties, are accomplices and equally de-
serving of public censure and punish
ment. 1t is not pleasing to the empioye
to be told that he is being coerced. II
implies want of manliness, OF self
respect, of courage which every intelli-
gent workingman should resent The
Popocratic managers will deceive no
one by their cries of coercion nor will
they make any votes for their candidate
by circulating charges so palpably
false.
Under the old law in the old days OF
ballot box stuffing and the like, when
one man could place ballot in on
other mans hands and then follow him
up to the polls to see that he voted,
there might have been some excuse for
this CAB about coercion. But today, in
q majority of the states at least the Aus
tralian ballot system is in force. The
voter is absolutely. protected in his
right to vote according to his own free
choice. He goes into the booth and
there out of the sight Of any human be-
ing he prepares his ballot, hands it to
the officer at the ballot box, and no
other person but himself knows how he
has voted. What nonsense, then to
talk about the coercion of employees!
Surprising an employer should wish to
influence by threats the vote OF his en-
ploye. The latter will still be master
of the situation, for in the sacred mo-
ment when the voter registers a free
mans will, threats, entreaties, brides
and persuasions are alike Of no avail.
The employer might have threatened
the corrupt politician may have at
tempted to bride, but when it comes to
the crucial moment the self respecting
citizen votes as he pleases. Even
should an employer succeed in extortinS
promise by threat of dismissal in case
of refusal no voter need feel under OBJ
legations to keep such promise obtain
ed through duress. His vote is his own
and he can cast it for whom he pleases
and no employer can call him to ac-
cnunt
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All orators have way OF meeting in
terruptions. Warner Miller always says
after playing With the interrupter for a
while: Il submit 10 the audience that
the man is either born blind or perverse
by nature" Reed doesn't stand any
monkeying and says sharply: when
you're through, I viii continue" When
a man interrupts ingalls,, he looks sharp
at him and says Yes" sarcasticaily
and PUSHES on.
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be getting square with the politicians

be getting square with the politicians
and will beat him for the Office.
The people should refute this intima-
ZION that they do not appreciate faith
full servants every opportunity that pre-
sents itself.
There is an opportunity in Sedgwick
county this fall. Two years ago John
Davis, Judge Myatt and Mr.. Mackey
were running for office in Sedgwick
county. AT that time the Eagle pledg-
ed the people that these candidates il
elected would make faithful officials.
The people believed that and elected
these candidates They are today can
didateS for reelection to these offices.
Have they made faithful officials: Ask
any man who has business at the coun-
ty court house. II makes no difference
whether he is a Republican, Demo
crat or Populist. Every man who
has business in the court house viii tell
you that THESE men have been without
peers as public officials IN the history of
the county. Populists, Democrats, all
concede that the fight against them is
merely political; they concede that
they have made splendid officials.
Now the voter has only one thing to
decide: Shall he reward the faithful
servant?
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WILL YOU DO TT

Among the calloused and sour and
disgruurled political leaders the coun-
try over. il is = common belief and fire.
auentiy an expression that the people
90 not appreciate good officials
These men viii tell q novice in poll
tics that while he Is serving the coun-
sI5 and the people. his opponent vii
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