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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

The Indian Territory papers are mourn
ing over the defeat Of Dennis Flynn.
F. A. Foley, living near Noble. while
digging a well recently. dug up petrified
human face
Tom Doyle Of Perry is leading by far in
the newspapers for the speakership OF the
territorial house.
Leo Vincent now claims that Callahan -
elected by 1,2sS. The official count viii be
made November ..
A Manchester, England. man has written
to America for copy Of Frank Greer's
SANS American School
There is a man or two al Oklahoma City
who could tell the New York Herald a thing
or two about Henry Scott, too.
]. T. Martin. the embezzling clerk Of Ok
iahoma City, according to the Guthrie
Leader, has been captured in Missouri
The Republican party in Custer county is
generally being complmerted by the terri
torial press. II made the fight OF the sea-
son
The Guthrie daily newspapers are fighting
hard, and 1t viii not De long before some
one gets mad and threatens TO do some
thing personal
John HInkle ard william Knipe o. Payne
county were over IN Guthrie the Other day
picking Their way carefully among the
heaps CT dead and wounded.
The Oklahoma City Timss-Jouraal sprop-
os Of the fake abou, the resGsciiatioa Of
Harry ST John. asks that the dad De ieft
10 rest in peace II would be a pretty good
idea
TIE Democrats are stu tGying 70 make
cut how Greer county was % close Greer
county Is al snz-noiy. Tie Democrats AID
PopuIsIs down there 90 not fuse Thsy
fight.
Charles Curtis OF Kansas. who was -
elected CONGRESSMAN. has announced TIA;
he VIII 70; now support q free homes b.l
as oklahoma does not deserve IT. Bat
Chsrssy VII Gene around
The mast rezarka5ss sot % eats pa5i4za
Cd IN t-b.lzri5a Over Ire election q Aefxt1-
icy were these Il IRE Tscgnseh Re
publican. rhicn raa evsryssi1s n he e.
ace. tram q turned ra,e 10 a stock co1s-
cut
The Republican territorial COMMITTEES re
IN Guthrie tie othe- evening as1 reTurFsss2
thanks 70 VILLAIN Gr.1@s. Il ,. Artery
". 7. Wake. J. Il ssrc0n5sE and seq
rsoUr Pr.ce for tseor bad Eo-k = ~ can
pzixI
During ;he las, sez days q has b~s7
dzzz.nE o. tzs gentle zsat o. Otto Aecs-
meyer .hzs lis 30 3o-zzt co-ns r 9zser
re c4yz serviss -. oste h@z szsse sss
tzss boss ~ --xtsse hoUs@'' q otsahc-sss
aAs svsE ha1
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

not zsy What ha viii A. except thst he VIII
arsi collect al the sSsesscs Of fraud pea
abb. ara Il fhiz evtt.nee SLOWS hin hon.
es;ly eIsc.eA se VII coHtss;. II !: Shows
the majority EllI. as aeasstiy expressed. %
bs TIA; Dir. Csuzhxa saaJ serve ths peoVls
for TIE nszt Two ysarE. thea 81. Callahan
all AZ re SAT szssisturb@d. III am e.
tisle4 % To- s1zt--st "a. votes hoass;ly east
have slscfs5 rss--shsa ~lIl not - bssssa
oaf q rs sezt- n tbs syt5s5os sh0~s &E,
Callahan szGfiss . TIE s<af-sf can not
an9 fFs1ax Eslss5csssfiy 20 srryars.aiiy prove
that Re zzz act ssscssd-tAsa az at 10
RAE - sttsnp; 70 bat hirn cat Q; ban sat
AZ ss wat d TAT rs Nil Of ihs Ee1sls
sszH prevail"
Ar. EIJza rszss a. s&-sirssis ss>s>a %
his Ezs5eet 20 tbs isrTs.orlas egrznstsss.
s5sxsaE tEe Hzass sirrssa< sss1aSsos. sas-
ee-l.y ana .So@ssy n avSsrsns defeat a. -
szS Sao~r - siesaFx- Hs Esi1s ~ hezr.s
ef m E~uzshl.1sz-s q Ckixssasa z.oss so-
tAszsxs;sesTiT All firmly fsza ever b<,.r..
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ver1e ssatos4fy - oTsrec-ne-ssa psox~z as
~orssrss. strszx-a rsth 80 r~s.se. Nearly
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hlsa. ssasszE hsaa % eours wstssn SIS Il
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

icule that follows failure to profit by
hard experience.
For these reasons Kansas furnishes an
exceptionally interesting field for two or
three years study.
To these inquiries and complaints
against the mysterious Supfiower STATE
the Atchison Globe comes back puiss
an;iy:
The Globe knows Of plenty of Kansas
men who have money 70 lend 10 Kansas
people. Eastern people are very much
mistaken when they imagine that KAN
sas is repudiating lis debts And the
Globe also knows Of plenty OF Kansas
men who borrow all the money they
want in the east al per cent Kansas
has not gone TO the devil because OF
Populist victory. Eastern people should
also understand that eastern Kansas IS
one thing, and western Kansas another.
Uuder the pew apportionment six of the
eight congressman will come from less
than half OF the eastern portion of the
state. Property is valuable and the peo-
PIE are prosperous. The people of east
ern Kansas generally voted for Mckin-
iey:-the city of Atchison gave the Re
publican candidate for governor nearly
a thousand majority A loan carefully
made in eastern Kansas is as good as
loan made in Ohio. Illinois or New York
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18
BUT IS IT SETTLED?

From Constantinople comes the re
markabIe news that, all reforms de-
manded by the powers having been
granted by the Porte. the foreign am
bassadors have concluded 10 take Their
vacations. NJ. Nclidof. the Russian
ambassador, and Baron Won Calico, the
Austrian plenipotentiary, have gone
home; Senior Pansas is making prepara-
tons TO return to Italy, while Sir Philip
Currie is on the eve OF departure for
Broussa. in Asia Minor. To come down
from generalities TO particulars, the re-
forms granted" include the plan form
ulated in October. 1895. by the British
French and Russian ambassadors for
the Armenian provinces, which Is TO De
extended to all parts of the empire. IN
brief, this plan contemplated reorgan-
ization of the administration OF the VII
ayets. sanjaks and other political divis-
ions of the empire, as well as those OF
the judiciary and the police, by giving
non-Moslems representation in these
various governmental departments in
proportion to their numbers in the vari-
Gus political divisions Of Turkey. Fur
thermore. all the walls, mutisarifs. kali
makams and muktars have been COM
manded to Immediately put the reforms
in operation, and have been notified
that they will be held personally an
swerable for any bloodshed that may
occur in the vilayets. sanjaks, cities ana
other divisions respectively over which
they preside. Last, but not least, the
Sultan is credited with contemplating
the revival of AIidhat Pasha's liberal
constitution Of 1876, under which the
first short-lived Turkish parliament as
sembied at Constantinople in that year.
The prodigality of the Sultan in max
Ing promises is enough to take ones
breath away. His excess of liberality is
comparable only to the innocent credui-
ity of the ambassadors in accepting his
promises as current coin. The situation
al Constantinople recalls, to the Phila-
phia Record, the story told of Richard
Rrinsley Sheridan, who, having been
deeply in debt. called meeting OF his
creditors and gave each of them an l. y.
T.. for tie amount of his demand, ex-
claiming: "Thank God, that's settled!'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18
KANsANs AND THEIR STATE.

So many unkind things are being
said of Kansas now that Kansas news
papers hesitate to republish them even
for the very silly purpose of further HUI
initiating their own state or for the 9th
er purpose of making reply and defense.
To offer some worthy, honest and
complete explanation of the course of
Kansas in politics would incur an e1-
haustive analysis of the state, its eli
mate. its location in the Union and the
peculiar temperament Of its people,
which analysis, if pressed to a logical
and honest conclusion, would necessi-
tate the contradiction Of many tradi-
tons long enunciated by this and other
Kansas newspapers. There is no time,
and this is not the time for any such
analysis. Suffice it to say that Kansas
is peculiar from climate, location and
popular temperament.
Above all, Kansans love Kansas. The
affection is not violent; it is not senti-
mental, neither does il rest on any fond
memory Of former glory or confidence
in future station or prosperity; it GER
tainly doesn't find an origin in any vul-
gar self-eSteem as to the states mental
and moral aScendancy over the rest of
the nation. for Kansas man will as
readily rise up and smite the state Of
his nativity and love as an outsider.
Still there is q latent affection there
which finds vocal revelation from Kan
sans On its star-lit nights. over the daZ-
zling hues of its sunsets, IT'S June pros
poets, and its ever-returning caravan of
people who have moved out and are
moving back with grim determination
TO die in the Sunfiower state.
Then no one should now speak dispar-
agipgly of his state, when all the coun-
try curlS n lip of fine scorn at her. Kan
sas is all right. She has made mistakes.
| She viii in the future make them again
And so will every other nation, state
and municipality make occasional mis-
takes 10 the last syllable OF recorded
| time
II Kansas is 10 be put in the stocks
| and jeered by the crowd. Kansas will
stand IT, She has no explanation OF her
| mistake. She does not understand her
self. except in this that she does not be-
| leve that there can be two truths-a
theoretical truth aud an actual truth.
that the honesty that is preached in her
Sunday schools is not 10 be carried oct
in her grocery stores. and being carried
out there shall not lie carried out in the
jobbing house which supplies them,
and in the wholesale house which sup
! plies that. and in the lines OF transpor-
tation which convey the goods and
share in an iniereommercial profit.
Starting ON the naked assumption
that honesty is not an ideal element.
Kansas charges fulfill ST everything
that is tainted with dishonesty. And,
alackaday. Kansas believes every
charge Of dishonesty she hears, and
rarely discrim.nafes-
AS en- instance Of this, let it be point
cd ont that that excellent Journal the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

Choctaw national secretary's Office at fish
omingo an old safe tina, has not been open
cd fo- twenty-five or thirty years. On the
18th the legislature passed a resolution 70
have Il opened and the contents examined.
The local blacksmith did the job, and there
was found among its contents package Of
bills about four inches thick All except
the top bill. which was 8 note, was 50
rotten as not to be made out When AID
by whom the money was put IN the safe
Is not known
The counties OF the territory on Friday
completed the official canvass OF the vote
on delegate 70 congress. There were many
complications Several counties were
thrown iato court before the canvass could
be completed. There was great amount
OF Illegal AID irregular voting The pon n
Pottawatomie county showed ht; 500 votes
Nevertheless 400 votes were ezst-close to
zoo OF which are Illegal without doubt At
feast 400 wholly Illegal votes are inc.nded
IN the votes canyassed. There was the
worst sort Of work II many Callahan pre-
cincts all over the territory. In some places
notably Klngfisher county. the board refus-
cd TO sanction such outrsses AMI refused %
count certain townships where conspicuous
frauds and iuisulsdafions occurred The
State Capital has sid al slcng that an
homes, count Of the votes honestly cast
would show Mr. Flynu elected Adverse
eanvassing boards and partisan courts
have made Il impossible 30 FAR 70 eliminate
the frzadGlsnt v0tes-
The STATE CAPITAL has the otrcfal vote. a.
Officially cauvassed. n every coa1nfy. aad
the face 81 TIE returns shov Callahan eject
81 BY So vo.ss- Tbs rss1orltsz fof ezch
czndidate a.e SHOWN bslow:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18
NOW WAR WITH SPAIN.

We are again called upon to get ex-
cited, when We have scarcely frgotten
the soul-stirring scenes of the late mas
sacre of the Democratic party.
This time Spain is acting ugly and we
are told seriously by the Washington
correspondents that there is danger OF
a conflict The situation which brings
this possibility around is briefly this:
General Weyler has made march into
the province of Pinar del Rio, lying just
west of Havana. This is supposed to
be crucial test of the insurgents quail
tiles. Weyler is to drive them from the
mountains and force them TO fight in
the open. This maneuver has now been
in progress about a week, and Weyler,
instead of succeeding, has met with seri-
ous reyerses. Meantime the Spanish
people are becoming enraged at the
United States These people, living in
Spain. have been sending out their sons.
brothers and husbands to fight the Gu
ban insurgents. They have been killed
and wounded, and have died OF fevers
and hardships, and in their frenzy the
Spanish people are looking for some
body to blame. The government OF
Spain is badly in debt, poorly manag ed
and weak. 1t has arrayed against ii the
powerful CarliSt faction. The present
government of Spain is blamed for Wey
ler's failure in Cuba, by the Carlist fac
ton. but by the great common people
of the country the United States of
America is charged with being the
mower behind the insurgents. Notwith-
standing this country has done every
thing TO keep filibustering expeditions
down, the Spanish people believe that
the United States is not sincere and is
secretly aiding and abetting the Gu
bans
Now the alarmists claim that il Wey-
Ter should be completely routed the
present spanish government would be
so assailed by popular outbreaks and
demands for war with the United States
that the present government, TO save its
own scalp. would have TO take up the
| bowie-knife 10 operate on the United
| States
Our own government is watching all
this very closely. AT Washington the
daily operations OF Weyler are marked
on maps. and the North Atlantic squad
ron is in readiness and will be stationed
of Dry Tortugss during the winter.
There is no question but that the Span
| ish government. 10 preserve itself.
| would join battle with the United
States, for even in defeat the present
government would gain a position II
/ could not hold were IL upset by 8 mere
faction in general riot But IL the
present Castillian regime can preserve
itself without war with the United
States. il win certainly do 50. for such =
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18
THE ORIGIN OF CORN.

Mr.. Robert Z. Harris contributes TO
Garden and Forest highly interesting
article on wild Indian Corn" He
makes the following assertions:
Indian corn in its wild state has been
found in Arizona, southern Texas. the
valley of Mexico and Central America.
Rocky Mountain corn / have known
long period of time; IL has very small
ears. Corn has been found growing wild
in the valley of Mexico, and one of the
professors in the University of Mexico
has been experimenting with II. and has
the engraving of plant which grew
about five feet high. Wild corn has also
been grown at the Landreths. near Bris-
toll, to whom it was sent from Arizona.
The last have seen was found by DR..
Williams of Houston, Tex, when on
hunting expedition in the southern part
of that state. 1t is white flint OF fair
size and fifteen stalks have only pro-
duced four ears. which grew on two of
the stalks The plant is a very vigorous
grower. but it is not productive. and
eight stalks grown in Texas did not pro-
duce sinsls ear.
In comment upon this statement, the
editor of Garden and Forest has felt
himself called upon TO declare IF maize
mas been found naturally reproducing
itself where it could not have escaped
FROM cultivation, or have been produced
from dropped seed, this certainly is a
most interesting fact-a fact so i'm
portant, indeed, that botanists will feel
inclined to scrutinize the evidence close
~ before adopting the view that this
wild maize is a survival of the prehis
tcFic form, and not a reyersion of cult
waited corn toward the primitive type.
As Mr.. Harris remarks in his OWL
paper, many years ago researches were
made to establish the fact that maize
belonged exclusively to this country
and was of American origin. The belief
however, that the plant in its wild state
was extinct tended to discredit the the
DRY that it was indigenous. No evi
dence can be found, on the other hand
that the plant existed in the Old World
prior to the voyages Of Columbus il
1892 and of Pizarro in 1924.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18
This HONOR OF WILLIAM M,k1NLEY

That the absence OF rhetoric is some
times the best earnest of sincerity has
ample demonstration in the few homeiy
remarks made by Marcus Hanna at
Cleveland night before last.
His repetition of the words OF William
Mckinley TO him two years previous
are perhaps word for word as the Can
ton major then spoke them: MY friend
| trust you with my future. Mark,
there are some things that L will not 90
to be president of the United States,
and l leave my honor in your hands"
These words have not been prinked
and perfumed for public parade. They
are repeated by Mr.. Hanna just as they
came from the lips of William Mchin-
lev. 4 more dramatic man than Nc
Kinley and less sincere might have WOW
en- in some swelling phrase on honor
and his duty to his God and TO himself
and his country. But Mckinley simply
said, in a quiet, simple manner: Mark,
there are some things l will not DO 10
be president of the United States"
OF the thousands of men who have
Just ended, as candidates, an exciting
participation in politics there IS nardiy
one who does not know how much Is
implied in these words OF Mckinney s.
The evils Of politics infest the paths OF
the great and the small. On every side
of a candidate there are temptefS and
temptations. On every side there are
inducements for the candidate and his
manager to depart from fairness and De
vicious. vile and wicked. Every oppor-
tunity is opened up to lie and deceive
and corrupt
Mckinley, as the highest candidate in
the land, was removed from personal,
hand to hand struggle with vicious
propositions and dangerous and nefari-
GUS offers of advantage. But he knew
his manager would meet them and he
said to him: "Mark, there are some
things / will not do to become president
Of the United States"
And Hanna, in summing up his man
agement of the campaign in the Ian
guage of plain man says he brought
back from st. Louis the trust Mckln-
lev had reposed in him without blot
and not a single promise to redeem. l
think" Mr.. Hanna adds, Il have a
right to feel proud of that; because. of
uhe SUGGESTIONS of administrations from
Lincoln's time to the present there are
none that have enjoyed that privilege
before" In conclusion, Mr.. Hanna
said:
81 can not explain to you what impell-
ed me to enter on this labor, leaving all
my interests at home, except to say it
was uy love for this great man. l had
been with him in the conventions of 81,
IS and '92, and 1 know of their trials
and their temptations, and it was then
l learned to know the heart and charac-
ter of William Mckinley. 1t was then
that he brushed aside all except the
future and said: L will not stultify my
character for any reward on EARTH"
This is a speech for parents to read to
their children, for teachers TO read to
their pupils. 1t sets forth clearly the
predominating characteristic of oui
next president-personal honor and hon
esty. II makes no difference what our
political differences may be, he is our
president and one who shall not only
rule justly but shall be to the youth OF
the land an inspiration TO the higher
and better things of public life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

While il is pleasing 10 know that King
Oscar of Sweden viii amicably arrange
the Venezuelan matter, we did want 10
see things get 70 the place where just
ice Brewer would give the British lions
tail the first genuine rotary stimulation
Il has had since Ingalls, left the senate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

People get idiotic when they get into
politics. II is very likely that Lever
tng's poor kin felt all along that some
hing might happen" and lowering
would be elected Levering's own FAM
.ly probably read the returns with the
6drptS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

King Menelik rejoices that peace be-
tween AbySsinia and Italy has been
concluded. BY the way, the most sud
den production and cancellation ever
made in history was that Italian gen
eral whom Menelik licked.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

The coercion of England into recog-
milton of the Monroe Doctrine as inter
national law is said 10 he the crowning
act of century of American diplomacy
Richard olney is. 10 use a diplomatic
phrase, ''beaut"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

The first ten days after the election
the Chicago banks gained 100000 in
deposits. II would appear specifically
that Kansas was not the only place Ia
boring under the delusion that Bryan
had q chance.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

Comptroller Eckels estimates that dur
fng the recent campaign 100000, 900 in
gold was being boarded. here is now a
run on the Old Sock Savings Bank,
thank heaven.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

Boss Butler of the Populist national
committee announces that if Bryan
again expects the Populist support he
Elust forever drop the word Democrat.
-Four years will take the straddle out Of
fusion, sure
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

The eastern papers. TO the great con-
cern OF the Populist papers in the west.
have begun TO advocate the election of
a president by popular vote. Pennsyl-
vania gave Mckinley third Of his ma
jopitu
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

Mckinley said to Mark Hanna two
gears ago: Il trust you with my fu-
ture. There are some things. Mark.
will not do 20 be president, and l leave
my honor in your hands" Men who
know Mckinley say that is Mckinley
all over.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

After perusing the bloody details of
the Choynski-Maher fight it is refresh
ing to read that the police made no ar
rests as neither man was injured to an
extent worth mentioning.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

Mrs. Martha Hughes Cannon, now a
senatrix in Utah, is the fourth wife of a
Mormon and will speak in the senate in
favor of polygamy, on the ground that
il is better 10 be a fourth slave than a
whole one
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

The North Atlantic Squadron will
probably winter at Dry Tortugas- IL
Spain is bright she will az this time
carefully conceal what spunk she has.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

1t has probably struck Bismarck's
mind by this time that America is not
trying financial schemes for the purpose
of satisfying the curiosity of foreign
statesmen,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

The sirens of politics have not played
their lutes on the shore of the lonely
island in vain. Ulysses Hanna has
pulled the cotton out Of his ears and
pulled for the shore.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

In case of war Germany had merely
secured Russia's consent TO benevolent
neutrality. And France had only secur-
ed Russians consent TO benevolent help
to thrash Germany.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

Mckinley is already hard at work on
q cabinet. The country will have TO
guess about It in everything except this:
1t will contain no Altgeld, Tillman or
DebS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

Those juvenile yisored Bryan and
SewalP caps have disappeared. Do the
babies Of the land, too, feel the humih-
sting effects of defeat?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-18

The story Of Jerry Simpsons boy and
his bets, which first appeared in the
Eagle, is now travelling over the eoun-
try and may catch up with the socklesS
tradition