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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31

The only thing to do in the cyclone
period is to brace yourself with a
wedge-shaped hope that it will not
strike and continue about your bust
naSS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31

About 700 people have been killed by
cyclones this spring and nearly every
man of them had a well-defned idea
OF what he would do II a cyclone should
strike
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31

st. Louis expects no adm fact re-
fuses il 1t will take care of its own
afflicted and make the hOteI-keepers
put up after June 16.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31

The statement that 1t Is a foregone
conclusion that Mckinley Is a gold
standard man is a case where the Pops
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31

Oklahoma's climate is still fine but
it vii not do in ninety days for per-
son what it once would.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31

Sam Peters of Newton, is not can
didate for governor. The present
tense in this holds good for a second or
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31

1t is the natural ferocity Of the ele-
ments that drives man back 10 his
primeYal abode, for safety-into cave.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31

If we were in the Democratic party
we would be cutting a hot retreat in a
northeastern direction.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31
aYstt1 3TYnre
5V@Ay 80 S0J~
NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

Kansas is now threatened with sew
enteen-year locusts and tWo-year Pop
ulists.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31

All flesh may be grass, but all the
men in the short grass region of Kan
sas are not little men, by a long shot.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31

Grover Cleveland has one more river
to cross, but # is not the river and har-
Dor bill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31

The Busy Store--I2s and I77 rlain Street.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23

of the election of Mckinley, as to the eff
feet of the free coinage of silver at 16
TO l upon their personal pecuniary inter-
ests. On the one hand. it is claimed that
while free coinage will result in an in
crease in the prices demanded for COM
mOdities. wages will rise in proportion
SO that workingman for his daily or
weekly stipend can purchase as much
comfort as he is able to purchase now
This is the claim of the Bryan men. The
Mckinley men deny it, and assert on the
contrary. that while wages may rise
slightly. they will not double as it is sup
posed that the prices of commodities WILL
therefore the wOrkngman, while he may
receive larger sum of money in re-
turn for his labor. the money will have
less purchasing power and he will there
by receive less of comfort His condition,
instead of being improved. will be worse
than it now is. The experience of Japan
since 1873 goes to show that the McI<in-
ley men have the best of the argument.
and this experience is confirmed by the
experience of all other countries on sill
yer basis, in which wages and prices have
risen in consequence of the depreciation
OF silver. Wages never rise i'm proportion
to prices. For this reason the free coin
age of silver at 16 to I would be an in
jury. and not benefit to the working
men Of the United States
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23
THE FREEDOM SPEECH.

The freedom of speech and right in
a country like the United States. where
every citizen has his say, can only be
maintained by jealousy guarding the
public uttcranceS. 1t should be deem.
ed a menace to everyone when any in
dlvldual dcScends TO incendiary or ar
archiStic talk TO accomplish a purpose.
If anyone violates this principle it
should always he taken against him,
and i'll the case of II political candidate,
it should defeat him, as the people
cannot afford to trust an intemper;tte
or an incendiary man. and they don't
need TO. The difference between ear
nestness and anarchy in speech is so
clearly defined that there need bee no
mistake.
When Bryan. in his speech at Chca-
so. said burn down your cities, etc, he
gave the key to his whole scheme and
character. If the public trusts him af
ter such note of warming it must ex-
pect an incendiary government. dan
gerous at all times alike to friend and
foe. Bryan W.. undoubtedly be beat
en by his own party. 1t is justly
| ashamed of him. He is not even
Democrat. His party found it neces-
sary TO get away from him entirely
and hold another convention AMI nom
mate Il Democrat TO get away from
the stampede and riot at Chicago that
adopted Il platform that must sink any
candidate that stands on it. Never
mind Bryan'S promises for free silver
to all voters if he is not to be trusted
by his own party. If Il bad man tired
to assure us of good thing we would
all be slow to believe him. Here is
man posing as a Democrat without
any Democracy and so bad that the
best men in his own party cannot and
will not trust him. but find it necessary
to go and hold convention and nom
mate a Democrat so as to beat him II
possible. Instead Of preaching to the
public Mr.. Bryan should privately and
religiOusly try to make peace with and
satisfy the good men of his own party
that he and his 16 to and his anarchy
and burn down your cities is right. HIS
position before the country at the pres
ent time is that of man utterly dis
credited by the best men in what be
claims is his own Democratic party,
many of them tried and trusted Dein-
Ocrats and patriots before he was Old
enough to blat. The pledges, promises
and threats of such man as Bryan
must fall fiat in the face of such facts.
Bryan's bOasted eloQuence must be de-
void of sense and argument when lie
can not convince millions of conceded
Democrats that he is not a menace 70
the country and its business Interests.
He must have tried it on the dog at
Chicago to stampede the convention
but the medicine is no good when oifer
ed to real Democrats, and the reai
Democrats in the Chicago convention
even rebelled. We are told 1evel-heatE
ed people cannot be hypnotzed. oh'
that certain subjects can. We can eiis'
lily place Bryan among the hypnotls's
when he handled enough subjects d.
Chicago to get nominated and fell nat
before a level-headed crowd mere;
Such a man, with such nerve co"hi
only succeed like Syengali.-NeW hofA
Dispatch.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23
ard of this country one moment longer
than can help to get rid of it,

than can help to get rid of it,
At Toledo he said: "a Republican sue
cess would simply mean that while the
people are nOminally free they will be
hewers of wood and drawers of water
for those who control the money supply
of the world And again: 1.-The people
who intend to strike down one-half of all
the standard money of the world simply
mean to do with you and your property
what the fleets of the world and the
armies of the world would do if they
came TO destroy One-half of all your. pos
sessions"
At milwaukee, he described the present
political campaign as a struggle over the
question whether the people will ''allow
the host of the gold standard to enslave
70.O00,0OO of people. white and black. in
this country He said further: '''They
say that We are arraying one class of So
cety against another. l deny it. But.
my friends. if a burglar comes to my
home L have Il right to call all my fami-
ly to keep him out, and it does not make
me mad if, when he starts away, he
turns around and shouts to me that | am
trying to array my family against him.
When men array themselves against So
ciety, society has a right to array itself
against them The success of
the Chicago ticket is dangerous only TO
the man who wants to eat the bread
that somebody else earns
In his speech at Lincoln. Nebraska ac-
cepting the nomination of the silver Re-
puhlicanS. he said: Il believe that the
gold standard is a conspiracy against the
human race l would no sooner join the
ranks of those whose purpose it is to
fasten it upon the people than enlist in an
army that was marching to attack my
home and destroy my family"
These extracts from Mr.. Bryan's har-
rangueS give a fair idea of him as an
agitatOr and fomenter of popular diScOrd
and cOmmOtiOn-a man who would risk
the horrors of an armed conflict between
citizens of the republic rather than fail
of his election to the chair which he as
pireS to occupy. 1t is difficult to know
whether he is to be taken seriously. He
is either dangerous or absurd; dangerous
if he succeeds in reaching the height of
his ambition, but absurd if he fails of an
election.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23
WAGES AND COST OF LIVING IN
JAPAN

There are no more painStaking. method
lcal, accurate statistcians in the world
tnan those OF the new Japanese empire.
Japan has published report of the com
mttee appointed to investigate it's none
tary system, which shows in various
parts OF the empire the average prices
paid for all sorts of commodities for a
long series of years past. A correspond
ent of the Cleveland World in Toxic. has
taken the trouble to examine this report
with care. and has furnished to that iOrlr-
nal table in detail showing the general
rise in the cost of living in Toxic and
Osaka since 1873. Taking the prices
paid in 1913 as unit and calling it 100.
his table shows that in 1894 the price of
rice must be stated at 100. of misc. 15o:
OF table salt, 81; of soy, lbs; of firewood
Ill; of charcoal, $50; of cotton. lis: of
rent. 22S: of bath charges. 221. These
are the principal items in the cost of lv.
ing IN Japan. and it is said that i'm 1891
lne total cost of living is expressed by
the figure 1852 as compared with 100 in
1916. ms Is equivalent TO saying that
the cost of living has increased during
tWenty-one years by 62 per cent. on the
average The rise in prices is due to the
dechne III the purchasing power of sill
yer which is turn is due to it's deprecia-
ton IN comparison with gold. or more
properly speaking. to the greatly in
creased output of silver compared with
the output of gold. The effect of this rise
IN prices upon persons with fixed income
Is stared as follows: cit will be seen
that petty official who could subsist in
1919 on ten yen month required at the
beginning of 1894. yen 1920 to live in
pfoportlonate style. while person who
lived on 14.40 yen a month in 1886 pa
CURED 1920 yen eight years later. If is
therefore, easy to see that people living
ON petty fixed income. such as clerks in
government service, whose income *
practically stationary, must now be ex-
perlencing considerable difficulty in mok-
ing ENDS meet, especially since house
rent Which constitutes the largest item in
the cost of living is steadily going I'M.
ward w
Inc same correspondent prints table
OF wages OF mechanics upon the same
plan. which shows that if the average
wage paid in 1873 was 100. The aver.,ge
wage paid in 1894 was 1873. that is ro
say. wages had increased by one-third
or little more than one-half as mucb aS
the cost of living. This statement is in
'eresting and important in its relation tn
me nerce discussion Row in progress no
tween american workingmen in favor of
the election OF Bryan and those in favor
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23
M'KINLEY ExCELS HIMSELF.

The steel and iron industry has been
quoted as the barometer of trade. and
it is true that when the steel rail mills.
the FORCES, the great fOundries. the
nail mills. the huge establishments in
which structural iron and the thous-
and household articles and implements
of agriculture or of mechanics are busy
the whole community is prosperous
There may be exceptional causes lead
ing to exceptional activity in one or
two of the many branches of the great
iron and steel industry while the gen
eral commerce of the nation Ian
cuisines. but it universally is true that
when all the branches of the iron trade
are vigorous the whole country is pros
porous, and when all of them are life
less the whole country is Frustrated.
This condition gives peculiar signif,-
canoe to the visit made to Major Nc
Kinley by 1000 wage-earners from the
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23
BRYAN AND THE TARIFF

Candidate Bryan shows , Ii.
shirty shrewdneSs in his avoidance NJ ~ VI
issue winch his party has mad tho t. we
most one IN every campaign for nv
many years. until now. He savs. WY Wy
ever may be the individual view. -, ".'
Zens us 10 the relative merits of ~ '"''
ton ana tariff reform. all must ro,aV
hlze tilat until the money question is f,'i'.
ana hnally settled. tie American nn ."',S
VIII not consent to the c0nsdm.,tin,'
any other important question" If h ," u,
sitld that the American people. h,v;"H t
tlied tariff reform. and dpclorn1 ~ '"S
SeVeS very. Very sick of it. and w...n = '-
'eriiiliieu 10 return to the princinIr> y,
protection and stay there, he wouIJ hay VI
come nlllch nearer the truth. b1, thon ~
would have found the truth rmh.rr., *
ing. as usual. Therefore, bn .,
Shrewdly. according to his stand,rI 'N
pfacucai prudence in saying As rtl,
ny possible on The subject. ANA m,L;,,.
tllat little take the form of 4 claim, ,I','-
the people are not Interested in tbn ,,.I
ject. SUI
nevertheless. the Democratic. NAM.
stands pledged by many pllnkS IN n a'a,a
national platforms to Oppose he nr'rn!
1--WE principle. and remains r0n,n;,r,,
oy It's action of scarcely more than to,,n
years ago 10 the doctrine thai n.,,..i,,.
is unconstitutional and must 10 ev,,r,,,,
ed root and branch. A pariv ,.,n''".
clEtnge It's principles as a man can ,.h.n,,,
HIS siiirt. every time change seems m IL
temporarily convenient A party is 20.
SponslDle for its history and lis declare.
'lons III the past as well as IN ,hr ,lss.
emf. 1t may indeed undergo dpvo,u,.
nlent growth and gradual change b,-
only as an individual, by rational nro,
ceSSes and in accordance with rcIo,iorx -
cause ana effect. A party cannot mpr..
~ by Ignoring a subject or saving somp.
llln% n0n-committal abouc it. relieve If.
SELF or all responsibility for what il has
said and done in relation 10 that m,tfn,
through Ill its previous existence
me tarlH question is one regarding
which American voters are deeply in,pr.
ested in this campaign and millions or
them are impatientH looking forward
to November ;. next. rs the time whom
they will have IL chance 10 ev.
press themselves on the subject AZ the
ballot box. No matter how much This
years candidate for the presidency IN
the Democratic ticker may try to run
away and hide from the tariff question.
the voters will not forget thai he is the
candidate of party which stands
pledged by unrepealed platform deciar
atoms to turn over the markets of this
country TO the unrestrained competition
OF foreign capital and labor, and that The
long continued industrial stagnation in
this country has followed an attempt
OF the Democratic party TO carry out its
schemes in that respect; an attempt
which the party leaders have declared
to be only the first step in the way that
they intend the country to travel-Ros.
ton Advertiser.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23
BRYAN is PREACHING TREASON

Attorney General Harmon turns the
flank Of Organism neatly when
he quotes Senator Daniel of
Virginia against Chairman Dan
iel of the POpOcratic convention
i'll relation 10 the subject of Federal in
reference" co-called, with the assumed
rights of mobs to violate the laws of the
United States.
Senator Daniel introduced i'm the SEN
ate that ringing resolution which upheld
Mr.. Cleveland in his suppression by mil
itary force of the interference of kwess
men with the transportation of the mails
of the United States and with commerce
among the states" Ii was Senator Dan
lei who presided over that maniac con-
vention that propounded the assurance
that the president had no constitutional
right to do that very thing which Sena-
tor Daniel formally and vigorously APP
proved his doing
1t requires some little patience on the
part of men familiar with the organic
law of the Union TO gravely meet and
refute the wild assertion of ignoramuses
and blatherskites. but Mr.. Harmon has
simply to submit sections 1927 and 5.29S
of the revised statutes 10 prove the obi
CATION on the president to employ force
against unlawful instructions lin what
ever state sor territory thereof the laws
of the United States may be forciblv
opposed or the execution thereof OBJ
structed." The doctrine laid down bv
Altgcld adopted by she Popocracy and
proclaimed from the stump by Bryan the
attorney general rightly declares to be
more dangerous that the doctrine of seces-
sion. The only plea for Bryan and his
earnest followers is that of shameful ig-
norance of the law. Ignorance of the
law. however is not valid defense.
This man is preaching treason and fools
are applauding him because they know
no better.-New York Commercial Adyer-
tiSer
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23

1t is not we'll to lose sight of tie idcl
that the deficiency in the treasury nn'
der the Wilson tariff is steadily ~
creaSing. And the matter of rai>'n5
revenue has nothing to do with 'h'
question of coinage.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23

1t is all right to make campaign of
education. But the effort of the Demo-
cratic leaders to array the poor against
the rich. and make labor and capital
enemies, is evil and wholly evil
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23
The Old Song.

young Sewall made a speech or two
Before the Maine election.
He talked against the silver craze
And told of his detection
His speeches they were heard and read
They caused the hosts to gather;
They piled up $4,000 votes.
And the blow it near killed father"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23
Chips That Pass in the Night.

Bryan's boom seems to be driiiihs
in splinters toward Salt River--\e"
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23
WHAT BRYAN SAID AND M'KIN-
LEY DID,

An Object Lesson for fin Plate Workers.
What Bryan SAID on tin plate:
Mr.. Raines, of New York: when the
industry of tin plate is established in the
United StateS-and three months ago
there was not a gentleman on that side
who would admit that there WAS or
would be 4 tin plate factory in the Unit
ed States"
Mr.. Bryan: 1--WE will not admit it TO-
day. sir.'-(Speech in House of Repre-
sentatives, March Is. 1922
What Mckinley DID for tin plate
Tons.
Am ns35 ;Yaz tin plate manufactured ooo ooo
American tin plates plated, 1892
1895. -. ................ 10000
Actual product in four years. 80. 212,OOO
Estimated product for 1896. 800. 13S.OOO
Tons.
Practical results of McKinley's
constructive legislation after
five years. ................ 100000
Va ue Of that industry during this
time to the United States. $50 900 900
Number Of wage-earners employed
at the present time. .......... 10000
Average pay of men in mills. 81. 30 per day
Number OF tin plate mills. includ-
ing dipping plants, brought into
existence. ............. 300
Result: Money kept at home. addi-
tional employment for American labor
and product cheaper and better than
we have ever had before. and the buyers
OF tin plate won over to the wisdom of
Mckinley'S protection policy.
Bryan said we could not make tin
plate. Mckinley has established the in
dusry. and given employment to Ameri-
can workmen at good wages.
Laboring men! Which do YOU want:
What Bryan SAID or Mckinley DID?
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23
AN ADVOCATE OF ANARCHY.

The silver Democrats and the Pop,i-
lists do not say very much about the
Anarchy plank" in their platforms.
Yet Mr.. Bryan declared in his .ettai
or acceptance that he approves Of that
plank with all the rest Here are The
planks as they appear i'm the two plat
forms. The first is the Chicago plank
and the second is the ST. J,ouis niop., !.
we denounce az T he arbitrary
bitrary interference course of the
by federal authOri- courts i'm ass,,m
ties in local affairs ing to impriSou
rs violation of the citizens for indi
Constitution of the rect contempt
United States arI and ruling by in
crime against fire.. junction should
institutions. and be prevented by
we especially oh proper legisla-
iect to government ton.
by injunction az 4
new and highly
dangerous form of
oppression.
Il have carefully considered the plat
form adopted by the Democratic M
tional convention. and unqualified.
indorse every plank thereon says MI
Bryan. In his Labor day address, Mr.
Bryan told workingmen that the gov
eminent should provide some way i,
which they could settle their differ
ences with capital instead of resorr
iEg to violence to settle them"
lie declares violence one means OF Sc
Element. Thus he proclaims hinisel
beyond all doubt or cavil. IN adyoca
OF anarchy.-BuffalO. On. " News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23

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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-03

should animate and govern the citizens OF
every section, state or part OF the republic
After the lapse of . century since its utter.
ance, let US. at length and forever hereafter,
heed the admonition of Washington: There
should be no north. no south. no east, no
west-but common country" 1t shall be
my constant aim to improve every oppor-
tunity to advance the cause OF good govern
ment by promoting that spirit OF forbearance
and justice which is essential to our pros
perity and happiness. by joining most heartily
in all proper efforts to restore the relations of
brotherly respect and affection which in our
early history characterized all the people of
all the states I would be glad to contribute
toward binding in indivisible union the differ
ent divisions OF the country. which. indeed.
now have every inducement of sympathy and
interest to weld them together more strong
ly than ever. I would rejoice to see demon
Strated to the world that the north and
the south and the east and the west are not
separated or in danger of becoming separated,
because OF sectional or party differences. The
war is long since over. We are not enemies,
but friends and as friends we will faithfully
and cordially cooperate, under the approving
smile of Him who has thus far so signally Sus-
tanned and guided to preserve inviolate our
country name and honor, its peace and good
order. and its continued ascenaancy among the
greatest governments on elrth.