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The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
THE CRISIS HAS COME.

The news from Cuba point unmistak-
affairs of that unhappy island is upon
her people, which crisis involves not
only Cuba's future but that of Spain
also. McKinley's election and the near
approach of Republican policy and
Republican action upon the part of the
United States has precipitated matters
in the Gem of the Antilles. and Weyler
nlE,self. in desperation, has taken the
field in person. There are five months
now in which Spanish troops can fight
without the fear OF death from fever,
and such troops are being rapidly for
warded from Spain. If Weyler fails TO
crush the insurgents speedily and effect
lively, Cuba is lost TO the crown. So the
Spanish lines are advancing against
Maeeo in the western province of Pinar
del Rio.
On the surface the prospects look not
little dark for the patriots. They are
outnumbered and overmatched in men
and in equipments and may indeed be
sooa forced into close quarters. Bnt
still these conditions are not new. Ii
has been the same inequality all along.
and Yet the insurgents have held their
ground and more. They are fighting
for liberty on no pay and short rations.
for their homes, their native land.
They have risen superior 10 even the
present situation and within year past
The only thing certain about the Gu
ban situation is that Spain has begun
a tral effort and thai if the attack now
in progress can be wi:hstood and beat
en- back the day of exhaustion for
Spain and deliyeraIce for Cuba will be
st hand This should nerve the Cubans
to greater exertions and more heroic
fortitude than they have ever yet dis
PLAYED.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
FEMALE SUFFRAGE SURE.

The women agitators have been cOn-
gregated at Topeka again the past week
These never rest For the most part the
great body of women take no interest
whatever in the matter, while as many
are as bitterly opposed to the proposed
innovation as there are irreconcilables
favoring it.
But female suffrage is coming to
Kansas, swift and sure, and without
reference to the convictions of the ma
jority of the men OF the state Or the de-
sires o. its women. The Pop party fay-
ors it and the Pop pasiy is in power.
The law will be passed and the duty
imposed. As for the constitution, that
will cut no figure or prove any bar, un-
less Frank Doster, chief justice-elect,
has changed his mind. He favors fe-
male suffrage. II was only few years
ago that be delivered himself Of an
elaborate argument of two hours length
before the judiciary committee Of the
house Of representatives in which he
held that a statute or enactment COLI
ferring suffrage upon the women of
Kansas would be constitutional The
Pop legislature will pass the act and
Mr.. Doster will hold it TO be good law.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
DOWN WITH THE TRUSTS.

| Among the many advantages, chances
and opportunities which will come to
| the Mckinley administration for serv-
| ing the best interests of the country, is
| that of a niea sure for the more rigorous
| enforcement of the antitrust law.
| the friend of trusts and mOnOpolies,
even TO the matter of bond deals. Cap
ital being enierprising is aggressive and
! being incorporated is soulless. Once in
| coIporated it is conscienceless except so
| far as the sympathies of ITS hired man.
ager can be reached through individual
appeals. The manager has his COM
papy 70 serve, his salary to earn. Con-
situations over mutual interests and
combinations into trusts or pools logic
ally follow. The result is oppression,
and the encouragement of all individ-
ual enterprise which is so necessary to
prosperity. 1t is not upon capital nor
the representatives and owners of cap
ital 10 force combinations of it to the
wall and make it fall back upon its
own ground and its own legitimate re-
sources as the power of an individual or
company. Capital forced TO keep its
own place. without the advantage of
special legislation and of monopOlistic
combination, is the hope of diversified
labor but combined becomes tyrant.
All of the political parties have resolved
against trusts. and laws have been
passed for their control, but it all has
availed little or nothing. The penalties
have not been severe enough, nor the
prosecutions vigorous. Trusts undoubt
edly tend to cheaper its products and
services but only to the greater profit
Of its members and not for the benefit
of the consumer. Not only that, but the
individual producer is crushed. Trusts
or combines are running out in every
direction. embracing more and more of
every conceivable interest. 1t is hardly
possible any longer to find anything
outside of real estate that is not con-
trolled or fixed by some trust behind ii.
Even the products of the soil and the
price of live stock are fixed by cOmbina-
tions which INCLUDE transportation and
terminal market dealers. Trusts are
legitimate subjects of legislation and
the American people are demanding
vigorous laws and their enforcement.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
Think of Tom Reed in such a role and
AMERICA FOR AMERICANS.

America. or rather, the United States,
of America. is destined to have a COM
posite race which will be distinctive
from all others and probably superior
10 all others, from the fact that it will
be the survival of the 1ittest'' in that
it will be composed Of only the more en-
terprising. self-reliant and adventurous
of ali other civilizations. The Anglo
Saxon will predominant in its blood,
but the fusion of divers races is being
rapidly accomplished. including the
Latin and the African. excluding only
the Mongolian. but not him entirely.
ulation of the United States consisted
in that year of 53.3T2. 103 native born
citizens and 3.249,5i7 foreign born citi-
Zens Or residents. The percentage of
native born TO foreign born was thus
S5.23 to 14.77; the native born being
nearly six times greater in number than
the foreign born. But the latter were
very uneaually distributed among the
states. and thus giving them a great
numerical preponderance. For example.
in North Dakota and Minnesota more
than three-fourtils of the population
was OF foreign extraction. and nearly
the same proportion existed in Wiscon-
sin In Utah il was two-thirds. in Ne
vada. Rhode Island. California. New
York, Massachusetts. Montana. Arizo-
na- Michigan and Connecticut, three
fifths: and in Illinois. New Jersey and
Wyoming, one-half.
AT the date OF our last census our
population Was nearly sixty-three mill
ions And of that population more than
TWO and half millions were born in
England. Scotland and Wales The
population of Scotland. ar the present
day. is but a little over four millions
Scotland. however, from the close Of
the Revolutionary war. has contributed
more or less 10 our population And
valuable part OF our population I; has
proved TO be. In thrift, In integrity, IN
RELIGIOUS and law-abidins quality. the
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
GREAT STATE STILL AsrRAY.

In the jubilant chorus of triumphant Re-
publ!canism two voices properly belonging
there are missing. They are the voices oi
Kansas and Nebraska. a pair Of states
which the whole country had hoped to see
this year restored to their hereditary fell
lowship in the Republican party.
The Popocraic victory in these two
states is particularly unfortunate. II
means that. for the present at least, Pop
ulism is securely intrenched in its early
strongholds, and that an aggressive, con-
tinuous campaign of education must be
prosecuted there in order 10 effect its final
overthrow, The practical Endorsement OF
Senator PETER in Kansas and OF Senator
Allen in Nebraska is an implied approval
of the obstructionist policy which those
gentlemen so persistently pursued during
the last session of congress, and it viii In
all likelihood tempt them into following
the same tactics during the coming winter.
Mr.. PETER may confidently be expected 10
come to the front with his fantastic bond
and currency schemes and Dir. Allen may
as safely be counted upon 20 consume a
great deal of valuable time by his narrow
minded opposition to practical measures OF
legislation.
Republican success in Kansas ard Ne
braska would have given finishing blow
10 the Poouhst movement. and for that
states have been the birthplace and rally
ing ground of the widest and worst
schemes of political agitation the country
has known in the last ten years. Their
affairs have fallen into the hands Of ad-
venturers ard jobbers who have betrayed
the people into political enterprises OF the
most dangerous character and whose eyii
effects, .n Kansas al lesst. appear in cor
rupt administration, widespread ofhc.sl
scandal PROSTATE business and a declining
population. In both states there has been
G revulsio1 Of feeling against the Popal.st
organization and the whole country had
hoped that II might prove strong enough
70 restore them to Republican control
This hope has been disappointed aa5 taese
two great nonv-aiths are stu ss;ray.
wandering after strange gods AM follow
ing the leaders who have steadily betrayed
and disgTseed them
In view OF the result. the duty of the Pc
pub..cans in the senate is clear ard TN
perative- There must be Nc more temper
izing, trading or sfiliaEsng with Hr- PETER
o. Mr- A5en- Those gentIelaen mist Be
let alone. They have shown The ReVahii
can party no favor ard they rnast rece.ys
none from IL II they attempt 10 osstruc-
legislation this year they I'D last, their
opposition must be overcome. II az ali 5y
some other means than Cancellation o. com
promise Tne n~~ atnint-.rzsSoa must Be
able 70 Offer IN proof Of its INTEGRITY e7d
Independence the fact that Il i-r~soczhiy
opposes and Il cordially oppo<<d by PETER.
Alisn ard the whoi< Pepahss ersv--New
York NAH and Express
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
GROVER AND L1L1uoKALANL

President Cleveland seems to have
accomplished more harm than good by
his attempt to befriend Liliuokalani,
the ex-queen Of Hawaii.
Four years ago when the queen was
deposed. treaty between this govern
ment and the new republic of Hawaii
was drawn UP in which ii was proposed
to give Liliuokalani pension Of
$4,000 a year in consideration of her
peaceable surrender TO the new govern
ment. Then the queen enlisted the SYM
pathy of President Cleveland. The
treaty which had been sent to the
United States senate by President Har-
rison was withdrawn and the Hawai-
ian policy of this government overturn-
ed. Next came the arrest Of Liliouka-
lanj ON a charge of treason. and that
was followed by her conviction and SEN
tence to five years Imprisonment and TO
pay a fine of $500. For about three
years the ex-queen has been a nominal
prisoner Of state, but now she has been
pardoned by President Dole of Hawaii,
and she is reported to have said that
she was very glad to receive the par
don.
But what of the future? Who will
provide for the support of Liliouoka-
lani? Surely she would have been
much better off if President Cleveland
had made it possible for her to accept
the pension offered by the Hawaiian
and it is reasonable to sup
pose she does not now regard him as
her '.good friend" as she did three years
ago,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

| NJ A Low OF the Rock Island is hunting
| in the Wichita mountains with party OF
| friends
There must be a story somewhere be
hind the burning of the county court house
\ at AraDahoe.
Sheriff Painter has started out in pnr-
suit Of the fellows who ship quail out of
the territory.
While G county changed her name to
Custer it was not absolutely necessary to
wipe out all previous county records
he Guthrie Capital says that Roger
Mills county contains less than 100 voters,
and yet it gave Callahan 15o majority.
Moses White. Democrat. was in Perry
the other day bewaiIing the fact sud.bly
on the streets that he mad voted for Gala
han.
Near Ralston. so the story goes. an old
Indian squaw left her 6-months-old pa
poose in the tent and while she was gone
hog came n and ate it
The Ell Reno Globe says that McKinley's 5
election was no landslide Where. with the
exception of the Greeley-Grant election,
has there been a landslide?
The Guthrie Leader prints list Of all the
men who want something from Mckinley.
Two or three Republicans are omitted
probably through typographical careless
ness.
A man who is in the federal crush in
Oklahoma says he has never seen anything
Ike it except the back Pullman platform
while the train is going through Royal
Gorge.
There are five more brothers of Bee
Dunn, the man who was killed by Frank
Canton, left. These threaten to go on the
warpath on account of the deed. II they
do the territory viii have some expert
enced outlaws. They know all the gangs
that ever infested the territory.
The Day county Tribune says the entire
silver county ticket carried in that county.
The officers elect are: Robert Aleorn, pro-
bate judge; ". r. Ewing. attorney: II. I.
Walck. clerk; ". F. Burnett. treasurer; ].
E. Bull, sheriff: Miss Della Cam, superin-
tendent; A c. Wilson, surveyor. ]. Y.
Callahan received a majority of seven
votes. Callahan received y and Flynn 10
votes.
The new officers IN Payne county are as
follows: Prosecuting attorney. A T. Neil,
Populist; county clerk, B. p. Means, Popu-
hst register of deeds, Harry Good, Repub-
ican; probate judge, c. w. Sewer. Repub-
Ecan; sheriff. o. W. Anderson, Populist;
county superintendent Harry Breese, Pop
ulist; coroner. DIR. n. W. McG.nn1s, Re-
publican; county surveyor. T. p. German,
Populist; county commissioner, First dis
trict. A. G. Withers. Republican,; Second
district, A. ]. Harrison, Republican.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
ton. In addition to these changes it i.

tion. In addition to these changes it is
proposed that no deficiency appropria-
tions snail be made. which will deprive
some of the state boards Of their per
diem and mileage for the past two
years, and leave the expenses of inyes-
legations ordered by the last legislature
unpaid In the meantime they have re-
solved to investigate McrrilPs admins
tration throughout including the affairs
of all the state institutions. There
promises to be real all around whirl-
wind crop which will prove profitable
only to the managers Of the harvest and
their hired hands. The taxpayers Will
pay the bills. There is only 10 add TO
this schedule the proposition now IN
der consideration of increasing the mum
ber of supreme judges from three to
five and the passage of bill abelishing
the appellate courts at the expiration OF
the terms of office Of the Populist elect
Judges.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
ALONG THE KANSAS NILs

Governor Morrill, last week clandestinely
issued Thanksgiving proclamation.
Governor-elect Leedy's family consists OF
Royal Matthews of Mcpherson is the
only Republican state senator in the Sew
enth district.
The Kansas fellows who are hunting for
unlisted federal snaps should not forget
the army paymaster gold mine.
The Topeka Journal. having run out of
raw kick material sets up howl about
orphan children TO find homes in Kansas.
Leedy has said just one thing so far that
will stick. He says he has policy of
his own and "w.u take all the blame him
self"
1t was proposed by some man the other
day that young Mr.. Boyle appoint Judge
Foote his assistant. Boyle denied Il as the
whole state at once became indignant.
The Swennson Swedish ministry boom
while wandering about over the prairie of
Mcpherson county three weeks ago fell in
to an abandoned well and no one is able to
find the we'll.
II Cy. Leland gets to be secretary of the
interior ten thousand men in Kansas will
simultaneously awaken 70 the conviction
that the United States Indian service can
not survive without their aid
There are more men after the United
States marshalshiD in Kansas than any
other position. and it has been practically
settled for a year who was to have il IL
aIa e ho{r
badly fooled.
The Botkin family all got there the one
running for governor in Wyoming, the one
for congressman at large from Kansas,
the other for the legislature from Huichin-
son, and the one after the county office
down in Oklahoma.
Jerry Simpson has given up the idea OF
reforming things. He never had it very
hard. Jerry viii not be obnoxious in con-
gress 1t is his idea TO be as quiet as pos
sibIe and get next to his salary with mo-
notonous regularity.
Heavens said a man yesterday, The
PopClists will get to quarreling among
themselves over state patronage and the
Republicans over federal patronage. and
what mixed old time we will have II
Kansas two years from now"'
Henry LaDouchere In writing up Ameri-
can politics says that If he lived in Amer
ica he would have voted the Democratic
ticket but for one thing-Bryan was not
up TO the presidential mark. Labouchere
sympathized with Bryan's cause.
Eureka Herald: How many defective
ballots were found when the vote OF the
recent election was canyassed IL IS impos-
s,bIe 10 say. but judging from the feel Of
The several sealed packages the number Is
considerable. Some OF the packages dls~
close the number therein. but others DO
not The Twin Falls precinct. which cast
% votes. sends in twelve defective ballots.
a loss Of - per cent II one half of this
percentage OF loss prevailed Throughout.
the county. The loss would reach fully go
votes In what way the ballots are defect
i've we have TO means <or knowing. nor
can the matter be sscertsinsd short Of a
contest, aad contest .s Hot likely. i;
would be interesting " know what the
trouble was. and 70 know L would doubt !
less be profitable. for It would enable the |
o, Eftie useful fnformzfsc= |
Why any person should make a mistake. |
and thereby lose his vote i dificulf 20 VI |
bu; they 90 /; IN spite Of repeat
ed Instructions
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
M'KINLEY OF DERVOCK.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
Far away from the Western Republic,
beyond the blue waters of the Atlantic, IN
a wind-swept graveyard in the northeast
corner of Ireland stands monument 'Sa-
cred to the memory of William Mckinley
of Dervock" Nearly hundred years have
passed away since this monument was
erected by his Presbyterian Eeighbors who
were stern, unyielding patriots. The mon
ument is now ivy-wreathed and moss
grown, but for his tragic death
The tears that we shed,
Tho in secret they roll,
Shall long keep his memory
Green in each SOUL
After the disastrous battle of Antrim
which his command reached by forced
march through Baliymena, he joined Nc
Cracken's forces and his men were the
last to seek safety in flight. The rank and
file returned d.sheartened to their homes.
The hiding place of William Mckinley was
discovered by the hunting parties of hated
yeomanry, by whom he was arrested,
drum-head court martial and sentenced to
be hanged and that his lifeless body be
swung from a gallows. When the redcoats
OF England satisfied their fiendish propen-
stiles by jabbing their bayonets through
his nfeless remains. his body was lowered
to Mother Earth, who wept unavailing
tears for his sad fate. The barbarous scene
is not yet ended; the head is severed from
the lifeless body and with CORY hands
spiked to the town hall of Coleraine. A
few years previous two of his uncles.
James and William, emigrated to America
to escape from British misrule. and from
one of these sprung William Mckinley, of
Canton, Ohio, president-elect of the United
States.
Freedoms battle once begun
Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son,
Tho baffled oft, is ever Won"
Yours respectfully,
ONE OF THE MACS.
Glen Mary Farm, Delano Township, Nov.
IL. 1896
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

Grover Cleveland tells some personal
friends that Mckinley's election was a
vindication of histGrover's, policy. Still
1t would have been a little different in
results if ii had been Grover running
instead of Mckinley.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

Russia is massing her troops on the
eastern coast ef Asia. As we have no
explain the secret OF this maneuyer.
Furthermore, we couldn't if We wanted
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

The railroad companies having lines
to the south have been asked how
quickly they can transport troops TO the
Gulf coast As the whole standing army
can be loaded ON a tiat-car, this inquiry
appears supeTfuous.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

Several hundred politicians sn over
the country have looked through the
constitution in vain for passage read
ing: And the president when elected
shall not appoint TO office any man who
has lived in the same town with him
aud knows him personally"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

One of Mekinley's greatest elements
home life in all his public acts. This,
too. when he has been almost all the
time in the public's eye.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

The great mass of people are not
hunting for office, as the newspapers
would lead one TO believe. They wait
steady employment, and they are
watching for the mills to start up.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

Bryan and Mckinley both thank the
Associated Press for its fairness. This
viii make some of the Kansas Pops
who claimed that Bryan was treated
unfairly feel sneaking enough to steal
second hand coftins.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

Owing to the public being too precip-
itate in selecting his cabinet, when Ma
jor Mckinley really does select the men
he is almost sure to prove somebody a
1ior
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

BY the formal recognition of the Mon
roe Doctrine our president. London de-
clares, becomes more powerful in all
America than the Pope was in mediae-
val Europe There is smething in that.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

Arkansas Jones and Butler have
agreed that in the next campaign Ait
geld must be left off the stage. Alt
geld is a bad man. He is worse the
nearer you get to him.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

Those people VINO are spending so
should remember that In the next four
years the silver cause needs the help OF
Bland and Boies and Tillman.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

The fierce and taurine aspect Of the
whether the nations of Europe recog-
niZe the Monroe Doctrine as internal
tioRal law OF not
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

This nation has policy Of making no
copquests. But il has also the Monroe
Doctrine, which Is a mild assumption
come mighty near running this part
of II
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14
HOW ABOUT
Your Letter Heads
And Envelopes?

When you are out, REMEMBER
thst yoz car &c. er-z White
Envelope printed al this oAce,
ia 5000 lots, tor Si.oo Per ,hous-
and.
Tni5 IS less than you can brJ
the plain Euveiope,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

The newspaper men are again trying
TO describe Major McKinley's character
and failed. They will fail again. Nc
kinney will always be good deal Of a
1nue+ary
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

Pluck is three-fourths Of power
Great Britain has more territory in this
new world than we have, but we make
England recognize us as absolute boss
IF the whole business.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

Proverbially republics are migrate
full. 1t may not be many years until
Venezuela viii be slipping up into our
back yard at night and loading our well
with dead cats
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

Scottish immigration to this country de-
serves the highest need of praise. 1t is
a strong and patriotic element of the
American state. and one that in days of
trial can always be trusted to do its
dufy
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

We, the United States of America,
are absolute boss on this hemisphere.
And now that we have forced The
world 60 recognize it, we feel we have
some thing of a job on our hands.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

Ex-Governor Thomas Osborn was
but 26 years old when he took the oath
OF Office as lieutenant governor.-Capi-
tai. Yes, and he has been in office ever
sincp
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

In actual war the enemy's feet would
first capture our Texas Then The Tex
as would promptly sink and drag the
enemy,s whole feet To the bottom.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

While Maryland went head over heels
for Mckinley, it was expected The
big split in the solid soUtn is that 25l
plurality for Mckinley in kentucky.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-14

King Oscar, who is TO arbitrate Vene-
Euela, is descendant from Bonaparte's
marshal, Bernadotte. 1t is, then, at this
point that the Venezuelan row and the
Napoleonic revival merge.