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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-29
DOESN'T WORK WELL.


John r.. Fisher, grain dealer or Har-
per, Kansas, who is a Mckinley Demo-
crat, writes the Eagle inclosing letter
from his son, Dayton Fisher, who is
living in Callas. Peru, South America,
and who writes his father as follows
touching the result of a silver monomet
allism. He says: CAN the countries on
the Pacific coast Of South America
have silver for their national currency.
Some times So United States gold is
worth $3.50, $1,000. $1,000 and in Chilli
l have got as much as $500 in silver
for $500 in gold. mention these facts
to show you how uncertain your wealth
is when you are in a silver O ountry. I
should hate very much to see the dis
case free silver spread to the United
States, as think from the effects OF
what I see about it in this country that
it would be very detrimental to the
general welfare"
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WHAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR SILVER

How much cheap money do the Popo-
Gratis want? At the end Of September
the amount of coined silver dollars, to
say nothing of the subsidiary coinage,
was $447. 2O2,141, and the value of the
bar silver corded up In the treasury
was STA, 500, 399. This volume of de-
preciated silver dollars is maintained
at parity with gold solely by the
pledge of government credit.
Since 1873 the silver mines OF the
country have produced 839, 600
ounces Of the metal, Of which the gov
eminent has bought, 459, 946, 100 ounces,
costing the taxpayers of the country
tine sum of S464, PIC, 262, or little more
than a dollar an ounce. At the present
market price OF silver this would
amount to loss of more than $16O. 600
900. But still the Bryanites, with Har-
yey, the teacher of their financial
school, daily tell the American people
that they have not done enough for sill
yer, and that in order to relieve the I'M
fortunate bonanza miners the minis OF
the United States should be thrown
open to its free and unlimited coinage
at the sacramental ratio of 16 to !!
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-29
FOR KANSAS ONLY.

Under q Mckinley administration,
with a protective tariff congress. Kan
sas, with eight Republican congress
men, two Republican United States
senators and Republican governor
and legislature, will be strictly in 1t,
The attempts at revolution and repudi-
alton, the populations and other dis
eraces of two-years' calamity admin
istration will be forgotten or overlook
ed. PETER will no longer be airing his
whiskers, nor Jerry his socks, and the
Sunhower state will cease to be an OBJ
ject of detest and derision. Money will
flow in. property values will advance,
farm lands will be sought after and
taxes and mortgages will be paid, and
il will seem like old times again. EV-
erybody has brains enough to appreci-
ate the result of such a result. 1t
needs no explanation, calls for no illus
tration. 1t has been the PETERS and
Simpsons, the Credentials and the I-e-
wellings, the cries of calamity and the
threats Of reputation all combined
which have worked so much woe for
Kansas. On Tuesday next the people
of the state can put all these Ill omens,
men and condign conditions behind
them and look the world in the face
and ask it's confidence. AS people We
are seeking no aid or favors, asking
only for a fair chance. Ever since
we took the Populistic schultz there has
been only discredit and opposition from
every quarter. People everywhere have
been speaking slightingly of us or jeer-
ing, while capital has both Stunned
and oppressed Is there to be found a
Democrat or Republican in the state
who will deny this? Certainly nor
When we have undertaken TO plead our
own cause or to urge excuses they have
pointed TO our Dunsmore legislature, 10
our PETERS and Simpsons, and we are
left dumb. Let us wipe-out the hate
full record and clean out the disreputa-
BILE gang and be ourselves again
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PUT OUT YOUR FLAGS.

Saturday is Republican flag day. The
American flag is everybody's flag I'M
der the sun who may seek protection
beneath the shadow Of its folds. The
sight Of its bright stars and undulating
stripes of alternating red and white, is
ever a pledge Of freedom, freedom from
the rule of crowns and the dominancy
Of castles, ever a guaranty Of equality
before the law, ever a promise Of ma
jority rule. and ever a covenant that
the government at Washington shall
never go down before anarchistic mobs,
or the Union be divided by sectional
prejudice. The Republican party stands
for these things, so put out your flags.
Other parties can put out the flag when
ever they please and so often as they do
il the act will be hailed with delight by
every loyal man. So nobody can object
TO a Republican flag day. Put out your
n
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POT METAL MONEY,

II any crowd in America was prepar-
ed TO vote intelligently. everybody con-
ceded that it was that crowd over on
the corner. For six weeks they had
hourly settled the silver question. There
was no other question to settle, and
they did not dream that there would
be another, until yesterday morning,
when glittering- eyed, ciean-shaven
stranger pat a sudden appearance in
their midst, advocating the free COLL
age of iron This new proposition par
alyZed the hired bowler from Colorado,
and all the free and unlimited idiots
who have been hypnotizing each other
into the belief that they knew some
thing about the fundamental money
and its relation 10 civilization. But the
iron jawed apostle held them 10 the pot
metal proposition until the proprietors
OF old stoves and the like were COM
PEELED TO confess that gold as a coin is
preferable 90 pewter. Some OF the Pops
swore that be was an emiSsary of Mark
Hanna's. the Colorado yawper declared
him 10 have been sent out by Wall
street, but all the same he cleaned out
that crowd OF coyotes who have been
expecting the earth to open and swal-
low everybody who wouldn't believe
that money may be of anything or moth
Ing as the whins or capTices of hard
up community, state or nation may en-
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rur CURSE OF HYPOCRISY.

The New York Voice, the national or.
gan of prohibition, a paper which in lts
iaundiced criticisms Of Wichita and its
people has often inclined US to the con-
clusion that its editor, If not a fraud,
was at least an everyday common sort
of a crank, has been run into his hole
in an effective manner by the Chicago
Inter Ocean. The Voice has candi-
date for the presidency in common With
its party. Not satisfied with the advo-
cacy of the nominee it has been attack
ing Major Mckinley. OF course from
the Prohibition standpoint, the only
way Mckinley could be effectively at
tackled would be to call him drunken
sot, a saloon keeper, or the like. So the
Voice. on the 18th Of September, pub
lished a picture of a saloon in Canton
with this superscription: "The saloon
building on this property is owned by
Major Mckinley" Though the SANDER
was shown to be a lie, the Voice has
never corrected its Misrepresentation,
and unto this day that class Of people
who have been in the habit Of swallow
ing all its editors rot no doubt take 1t
for granted that Major Mckinley owns
q saloon or otherwise permits one to be
run on his property. 1t probably makes
no difference, as the people who believe
In the Voice would not vote for Major
Mckinley in any event, still it eases the
sting of such cattle when it is known OF
what meanness they are capable. Here
after should the Voice designate the ed
itor of the Eagle as a red-nosed whisky
bum. and Wichita as the very gate OF
perdition, we will not feel SO badly.
We will know that such charges are
not the hasty words of an over-zealous
but honest writer, but that they are ma
Iicious lies and vici0usly uttered as
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Flynn. Callahan or anybody else and
the people ostracized him.


the people ostracized him.
Oklahoma Times-Journal: When the
fusionists claim but 400 majority for
Callahan il is virtual admission that
he will be defeated. In order to make
a majority of ! 400 the fusionists admit
that Callahan must keep Flynn's ma
jority down TO $50 in his own county,
and that he must carry Greer by Ace.
Beaver by 160, Blaine by 100. Kingfisher
by 800, Oklahoma by 200. besides carry
ing Canadian, Cleveland, Lincoln, Noble,
Pawnee, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger
Mills and Washita by majorities rang
ing from 80 to $50. The widest Populist
will concede Flynn al least 500 in his
home county. 1t is well known that a
bitter fight exists in that county among
Populists and that they have put up
weak campaign. The only speech Gala
han made in the county was at Mulhall,
which lost him hundreds OF votes. Beav-
er county will poll $50 votes. and Is nat
urally Republican over both parties.
Flynn is certain to carry the county by
100. Kingfisher county is Republican
over fusion and the best fight in the ter
rftory for Flynn is being made by Gala
hans nearest neighbors-Democrat
Populists and Republicans alike. Flynn
will carry the county. Flynn's major
ity in the territory will be between $500
and 5000. and the Callahan managers
know il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-29
WHAT THEY WILL DO.

Tie silverites We're won't, in the early
weeks of the campaign, to declare that
even were Mckinley elected the silver
senate would not permit him TO carry
ont his protective policy. The express
ed majority sentiment Of the people OF
the United States Is not an easy breeze
10 breast. The talk was wind A sig
nifcant fact, and one that is a strong
pointer. is the late statement made By
some of these silver senator's that viii
not hinder q protective tariff bill nor
seek TO hinder Its passage by insisting
on the free coinage amendment; that
they will acknowledge Nckiniey's cleo
ton as triumph Of the protective tar
III policy and as proof that the people
are favorable TO dealing with the tarin
question first. This Is significant Tor
two reasons: The first reason is thar IT
shows. on the part OF the silver sena'-
ors. the recognition OF the Importance
Of the tariff issue: the recognition OF the
fact that Major. Mckinley stands nrs'
of sill, for the protective tariff policy
and that the hosts that rally around
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-29
VAIL FROM THE WEARY.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
A long time ago somebody said that
silence was golden. Perhaps that Is the
reason that Bryan is not using any of it.
The old saying was certainly not pat
ented in q campaign year, for in the
days of free silver discussion and vari-
Gus other political noises. he who has
the latest improved pneumatic lungs,
and the loudest holler, IS he who COM
mands the most attention and accumu-
lates the coin.
II this state Of things should continue
very long, r. G. Dun, In rating a man,
will add to his assets SO many square
inches of lungs, of such and such pat
tern, of certain capacity and durability;
Of his ability to control them. of his tact
and Judgment in placing the same in
such position as to make the most of
each breeze and puff of wind that
passes. Opportunities will then be
spoken of as coming in waves and
gusts to blow US into the haven of pros
perity.
Our leading statesmen are even now
becoming known as the Pharisees OF old
were for their much speaking" and
they still follow the Pharisees' habits Of
standing on the street corners that they
may be "seen and heard of men," In
deed with the politicians on one corner
and the Salvation Army on the other, /
fear the poor Pharisee wouldn't be in il
at all this year.
What blessing II Is. to the Pops par
ticularly, that wind is on the free list,
and that Kansas always has an over
production OF 1t. They may have neg
iected 10 put it in their platform, but
they certainly believe in the free coin
age Of wind into noise-16 10 THAT 10
varieties Of the latter to one gust OF
the former. They conscientiousiy prac-
tice what they preach, also, and make II
a bowling success.
Verify they should be pensioned for
their heroic work in saving the countr
Behold them In the club rooms, weary
eyed, settling the nations fate with
deck Of cards-reading Columbia's fort
une on them. no Doubt
Tell them. o nightly winds. that il is
already settled: that even the trees have
changed to the gold Standard
LEE Nice
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THE BACK VIEW OF IT.

He was a ranting, wild-eyed Pop. He
stood in front of well known business
house on Douglas avenue, his back to
the window and his face beaming upon
a dozen street loafers who seemed as
incapable Of absorbing an idea as he
was of communicating one. His voice
was pitched In a major key, and his
gestures not unlike that Of tumble-bug
rolling his bail in a dusty road. The
writer can only attest to what he said or
tried to say land to the pOsterior specta-
Gle presented to the window. He may
have carried the profile Of julius Caesar
or the open countenance Of William Jen
nings Bryan. In either case it was out
Of harmony with the differentiation
stern end view which reflected his per-
son in the plate glass window. AS the
blood coursed quicker in his veins he
grew louder at the mouth and more
vehement in gesture. With the facil-
ity worthy of Co1ey or an Altgeld he
hurled anathemas at the head OF John
Sherman and stacked up his curses on
Wall street, even to the garnet OF the
Hottest sky-scraper In that guilty thor
oughfare. He pictured In brighter
hues the rising Of the silver cloud which
on next Tuesday night is to spread all
over this land and rain buzzard dollars
till every victim of the accused money
power shall have gathered enough 10
try the experiment Of paying his groc-
cry bill for month or more. The per-
grafton under this head sounded
strangely like quotation from Coins
Financial School or some other high
standard authority. What gave color
to our suspicion on this point was the
resemblance to an original idea, back
ed up by rather pleasing metaphor.
But the comic feature Of the enter
tainment was in the acting. The ges-
ticulating CITATIONS toward his front
audience may have been different, but
from the posterior point of view the
stooping attitude which attended each
closing sentence served to automatical-
ly elevate his behind Inc picturesque
ness of this part Of the performance
was greatly enhanced by the great va
riety of patches which adorned the seat
of his trousers. He may have felt that
this part Of the stage setting was hid
den by his coat tails, but it was tell
tail coat, hanging in festoons and tat
tiers about his manly person Like
hen going for a worm. every time be
opened his mouth TO the gaping crowd
his patches and rags spread outwards
and bobbed upward. but there was
deficiency in the order and arrange
ulent OF his tail feathers
This free show was but one OF many
of its kind. and we mention IL only TO
caution speakers against too ckse
proximity 10 plate glass windows
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We WILL GIVE $500
GUESS
GUESS

in pulling them down from their places
the Populists party will ruin their or
ganizatio
John Madden. who Is running against
Charles Curtis. has this record: In lSS3.
Greenbasker: 1894. Republican: lSss. Dem
ocrst; 1887. Republican again; 1880. part
Populist but principally Republican;
1895. Popuiist.
The Cliggett electors on all the ballots
are mixed UP so that the Popullsts VIII
not recognize them TO be the Democratic
electors. B-iedenthal and his gang base
great deal on the ignorance Of the
Populist voters.
Before Oklahoma opened the writers In
southern Kansas spent a large part OF
their time writing up an outlaw known
as Belle Starr She Is about forgot
zen in southern Kansas now. but a writ
err named varigny has recently set Parls
Wild with descriptions OF this daring
beauty"
Abilene Reflector: A good many peo-
pie are worrying a good deal about vot-
ing the big blanket ballot that will be
put in their hands on election day. The
matter Is simple and easy. There Is
this TO remember. When 81 comes to
voting a man viii have TO make his ballot
on the ins;aliment plan. 1t viii be necss-
sary TO unfold and vote on IL by Sec
tons. II a man attempts 10 take IN
the whole ballot az one bride eye view
he is extremely liable 10 become con-
fused. The proper method Of marking
the ballot IL as follows. When you get
into the booth. see that the pencil makes
g clear black mark Then carefully
unfolding the sheet, and IN the first cob
umn you will see the words. For Presi-
dent, William Mckinley Glue yonr
eyes to that column and prepare 10 vote.
Grasp your pencil firmly in the right
hand and make a cross In the square n
the left OF the first name IN the column.
which is John r. Hamilton. Then foi-
lowing straight down the column. max
ing cross into the left OF each name
TIL you finish with the last name in tho
column. Then fold your ballot. walk
out and deposit II and you will have
clear conscience and be happy ever af-
forwards. II you vote In this way you
will make no mistake.
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The aahita 1aiy Eagle ghursaa oius October 20 1895


him flock to his banner because il Is the
banner OF protection; that though a
few come to his support because Of the
Republican position in regard to f.
nance, yet they are but few in compar-
ison with the millions who will vote for
protection to American labor. The Sec
ond reason why their utterance is sig
nifcant is that it is a sign Of the times,
a shadow cast by coming events Al
ready they are planning what they will
do Gin case Of McKinley's election"
Even they recognize the trend Of events
and are forecasting the inevitable. the
election Of William Mckinley and the
triumph Of the American system Of pro-
lection.
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OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Nearly all the papers IN the territory
are publishing Lacey's fine tribute 10
Flynn.
ments: Eighty thousand voters with
out a vote"
What became OF the Indian war over
the issue Of beef on the block instead OF
on the hoof?
Dennis Flynn will make the hot speech
Of his lie next Saturday afternoon IN
Oklahoma City.
The Republicans OF Custer county are
going 70 end up the campaign with q
big rally Saturday.
In all parts OF Oklahoma the RepubH-
cans are getting ready to kick up the
dust some Saturday.
This time next week Oklahoma can he
Joyous o. miserable. Her own vote vii
decide her condition Of feeling.
Bob Lowry ate Populi.t BY the name
Of Valsrsdals whole in joint debate
n Payne county the other night
The editor OF TIE Purcell Register
signs for the return OF LcAtam and
Hornbeck to Indian Territory journal
ssnl-
The Populis;s IN nearly every county
they control n Oklahoma have woefGEy
rnismanaget. But N many many tn
stances the people appear 10 have for
gotten IL
AT last Callahan says II his spsech-s
that he was mistaken IN regard % he
Accusations against Flynn But does
that repair MS fake speech in those
nzrrs O. Oklahoma be visited early u
the campaign.
TIE Woodward Star priats = portrait
Of Bryan tia: makes hin lo-os Ike .
.yphost corvziesceot- Some cae poke.
fur az I; and ne Star rsjosns thai tie
portrait has the approval OF tie nation
al Democratic committee
The strongest team n local politics In
the territory - made I'D OF J. ". Law
ton and Tom Butter 81 Custer county. 4;
n coli day when they car not sos1 >
situation on their wazon esd eErr &
into th@sr oEn goo5saet bsso-e h-szk-
last
IN western Oslahors Reverend Gsg3
me P0puitst a5a.ln~e To- .ae e.o9nrii. kzs
been si.a1-zrn- Cod xxs znss TS1nzte
@rcur - FAKE ta@ r-rnsTk Gesf Ge
fsza c0sii ever PASS tree o0zes BIZ
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active money. The value Of the produc-
ton is but measured by money. Major
Mckinley explained Bryan's fallacy by
saving that it would be no more absurd
to try to start a wooden mill by first
manufacturing lot of yardsticks with
which to measure the cloth. We have
to start the wooden mill first and make
some cloth before we need more yard
sticks with which to measure the cloth.
After we make the cloth we may need
more yardsticks, but not before The
same. rule applies to the relation Oh
work and money. So long as our mills
are shut down and the people out OF
work, it wouldn't make any difference
if all the money in the world were here.
1t would stay in the bank vaults unui
there was work for the people by
which they could earn some OF that
money and transfer it from the bank
vaults to their own pockets Work must
come first With plenty OF work we
may, or may not, need more money
than we have now, with which to meas
IRE the value Of that work. That is
not the point now. The point is to get
the money in the country into circula-
ton, to get it into the pockets OF the
neouIe there must be work for the peo-
pIe to do. And there won't be any work
for our people as long as we let the Ia
Dor Of Europe do our work for us.What
we want first is the re-enactment OF a
protective tariff law that will give US
our home market for our home product
thus giving employment to American
labor. This alone will circulate the
money, and we are going TO have 1t.
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1T WAS A BLUNDER.

The National Republican committee,
saye the Atchison Globe, has not put
enough money into the Kansas cam
paign to pay for a spittOon cleaner at n
country school-house meeting. The OBJ
servation is correct The national COM
mittee has used it's money in large
states which were not doubtful and in
small states with not half the electoral
vote of Kansas which We're twice as
doubtful. No explanation has been Of
fered so far as we have ever heard. 1t
has been conceded that the Republican
state ticket in Kansas would be elected
in the face of which fact the fusionists
have been claiming the state for Bryan.
Morrill, is given ten thousand more
votes than Mckinley, and others on
the ticket from fifteen to twenty thou
sand. The theory is that very large
contingent of Democrats have been
found who will not vote for Pop Leedy
nor any other Pop. that they will vote
for Bryan as a good enough Democrat,
but that when it comes 10 the state and
local tickets they will vote the Republic
can ticket rather than vote for any Pop
nominated in the name Of fusion.
There has been no systematic effort
made to win their vote for the head OF
the National Republican ticket. There
should have been. Bryan is not Dem
Ocrat to hurt. His leanings are Popu-
lists and Socialistic. These things
could have been clearly shown to the
one single element Of the state which is
going TO vote largely as indicated above