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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

mands absolute honesty and candour.
Having fatigued himself thus far, without
further loss of time ne scrsmbles abruptly
to the high level OF a barrel-oTgan and be-
gins with the dey1hshness OF a wOund-up
automaton his oft-repeated howl about a
"half-doIlar basis" calling MS governor
dishonest, and all others who are willing
to consider the claims Of the free SILVER
men no better than thieves and variets-
When ne ceases the earth trembles. and IN
the sepulchraI silence that follows We be-
come sensible that further remarks on
the subject OF the "stump-tail dollar
must perforce be sheer batos. Yea, how
absolute the knave isl
Yet there IS serious side 70 all this.
The power OF i fool Is one Of the mysfer-
les Of the divine providence We find -
considered that twenty wise men may
with travail and much pains move the
worth an Inch. and a fool can stop IL SO
FAR as the ''fifty-cent dollar Is concerned.
not one in the tw0 heu!sphere5 can cay
what the silver dollar would be worth un-
der free coinage. 7 might be forty, ATTY.
SKY. eighty. a dollar. or 6. dollar ard a
ha,f. for all that can be certainly fore
tod. Mary undetermined factors must
enter into The problem, which a. best -
purely coujectursl. but the incommuni-
cativeness Of -he Tribune on these points
IS he-art-rerdlug. Wouh 70. and we pray
God. thst rs worship may ind some -hia
spots in The vel tnat enWraDs h-s uefltsl
faculties. and that his d-EnIy-lighied soul
may see or feel or apprehent something
besides = Gfty-ce1; dollar before be cles.
before he dies. before ne cies; or THAI the
Tribune would copy more alrertly from
the New York Journal % Commerce and
Commercial Bulletin
We ourselves favor re present system.
with god a. q basis. f,a.aGsa e. viii foat
or SUSAN q larger volume q circulating
medium cfzn silver. We rhsak that ~tta
a United Sfates hank Instead - Tnltei
states treasury % Wan street. 20 loot.
an1 via re cons sguent ard u1aerEto1-d
policy - regard 20 payrneo-s r. cosE-lhs
present sentimental EO4-y u ~ gov-
srrnsnI therein being eauirats1-zs
could safely Increase ths circulating ne
dun very largely aad feat silver 20 or
hearts coutsnt- TIE E3.dbgK woaie thea
e4- ~ tse silver insecf. esea ta The uczt. .
ard ve wosl4 have pza-e. sErE0ry. az1 4
p-1spsrsty for a. sn1sdalts Per-oz- /
F'zl15fa-ly yogrs = u. GILBERT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

forms his readers that ne was not drunk
the week before.
Jake Admire tesuhes that no one was
drunk at the Oklahoma City convention
That Is gratifying.
The ChOetaw nation received over s65.-
90 IN royalties from It's coal mines Ia tho
last thirteen months.
Nearly all the big eastern papers OF the
country who have mentioned Fiyun's
statehood bin approve of f..
The watonga Herald says the o4la-
hona cousi tutaonal convention should bs
compOs~d of men. not schis;srs." What
Is 'sohistsrT'
Now that e g all over. the Arapahos n
pers ought 70 come out honestly and tell
the facts in that @ county. Boxgy creek
gold excitement.
According 20 ne oklahonsn Of Okla
houa City. Joe Lowell Of tnat toEn vas
fined IN the police court NE other day
for using profane language
The PopuHsts % Oklahoma county havs
me- and condeuaned the legislature All
The county commandments and ln,ioru~-i
free coinage. the Nonros doctrine. Cuba
and single statehood.
CIaud RosSason. Ilviuz near Shawnee.
was alone ia the house with his als,rr.
In order 90 frga;en her he took a rye.
fastened e 70 thc ceiling. tied Il ar0-ln9
his neck. kirked The chair out On wsieh
he was standing. lie was st-4nEIeg BE-
fore his lister could rescue I'm.
II Reno Csfc,ba- TThS q Lr.s.e h-ss al as~,--
favored ne auneTsftOo 20 TIE STATE a
Oklahoma the Chickasaw Nation. . q
were possible % 81 -. b1t ws must cau-
cs1e that f21s Odzlaisoeaa CITY cozvs1fs01
has ls-5 IS 90 bsHs9s nat thsrs " ~ con-
sldsrahis nsEmsser - ne TsyQis - tf.az
country that az rfaz'roga % grlfiug Win
Oklahoma o. ary terms Tha E1rez
Cgzrks cas- provides fsL4s the Cflickasa-z
Hsztiou assoli3 neuf fsc sclsxs,sa 70 rhe
cougA Hs301. yst taers VA rot more go
SIX Or ssven eeisszzfes from the sr.slrs A.
1on ard met - mem we're nsEsca--~-
men VITO rad free pssass. Eoros % 80
'uos> important tgSzs havssg no rsr.-.-
serentsoo wEaseye-. Wow IL rss--,~ -.
< IL cslsekaaszs were css.foas % state
7s-~l ~'th vs<-ssoz'12 sssrT s>-rssoa q shs
-'1nfry snosss1 have been rsursss=tes b.
~ cor saf41a. a eezsxzrs from thzt
-7'Irl'r7 state f. our pres.-.1s .aat BE- -
sssss s1At rzsetssFs-- " essrfszsza q he peo-
pc IS sis ra''lfltFy Tgsd oepaas s;atshoo-i
, - oklas.aSsls. AID Es xoszs aor saVor -
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17
WHAT IT MEANS

The Syndicate" is dissolved. OuI
dispatches of yesterday morning an
ROunce that ]. Pierpont Morgan had of
ficially announced that the goldbug
combine, Of Wall street, which made
| a dozen millions of dollars out of the
last Cleveland-Carlisle deal, had con-
Guided to quit Their boosted patriot
ism wasn't equal to popular loan, SO
| they pulled from under. Mr.. Carlisle
! is quoted as having very little conf
| dence in the success of the bond issue,
except through the help of 1.-The syndi-
cate" We should judge he hadn't,
from the confusing and complex terms
of the loan. Not one individual in ten
| thousand will ever understand it Car
Isle says his want Of confidence is
not because of any lack of patriotism
| upon the part of the people, but be-
cause the gold of the country is in the
hands Of the bankers, who are unwill-
ing to part with it except 10 their own
advantage, that is through some syn
dictate which would ''whack up"
Other politicians and fnanciers are
quoted as saying that the only way the
government can get gold is by an in
side, and therefore marginal, arrange
ment with 1.-The syndicate There is
no lack of confidence, says Mr.. Car
Isle, but few men have practically
all the gold and the rest of the country
is shut out. They would like to buy
and are willing TO pay for these bonds
in good money, but when it comes to
gold it is not to be had. In the mean
while the war scare has frightened
European investors, and they do not
want our bonds at any price. But is
it possible that the gJld supply can be
so completely cornered tnat this great
government cannot Fl sd $1000UO,000?
There you have it, nol only the ami
mus but the facts. The truth is, at
least it is the Eagles way of figuring
it out, that the syndicate was dissolved
for the purpose Of getting up a corner
on gold. If Carlisle is correct, and
the gold of the country is so very
largely in the hands of these bankers,
then. after the purchase of the $780,
100000 Of bonds by the people who
have raked it from chimney corners
and pulled it from old stocking legs, |
where it has lain beyond the reach of |
the banker, all 1.-The syndicate" will /
have to do will be to keep up their raid |
on the gold reserve of the treasury and |
a few months will find not only the |
larger per cent but practically all of |
the gold of the country in their |
clutches. If, however, such a consum- |
nation should force the treasurer to
pay out silver the corner" might prove |
a blessing to the people. That fact,
however, would not relieve the mem
berS of ''the syndicate" of deserved
hanging.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17
KNOCK 1T OUT.

Now is the time to abr0gate the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, that perennial
bugabOo with which England has for
so many years Systematically forced
| others TO backwater 1t was but a
| short time before Cleveland reaffirmed,
roe doctrine, that England was seizing
the Nicaragua custom house and block
aiding COrinto, for an indemnity claim.
She had no business there. Under
the ClaytOn-Bulwer treaty neither
country was TO occupy, or fortify, col
Onize or assume control over Near
aqua. England having violated the
treaty it should have been promptly
declared off by the United States, for
as government we are most directly
and greatly interested in that country.
Blaine held that this odiouS scarecrOw
of Great Britain had been violated by
Great Britain and that it was no longer
binding upon the United States. Cleve
land fell down in permitting the Mic
aragua episode to pass unutilized. But
British intrigue wormed him out of
his vantage ground. That Nicaragua
canal is not going to be controlled by
Great Britain, and it is going to be con-
trolled by the United States, the Clay
tOn-Bulwer treaty to the contrary not
withstanding, and when the British
faced Corinto was the time to have
wiped it out. The New York Mail
and Express says that it is known that
Mr.. Bayard practically gave the ad-
ministration away in this matter, when,
perhaps it was far from his intention
to do SO. 1t was just before his APP
pointment as ambassador to the court
of ST. James. in the course of speech
delivered at a banquet rendered him in
Chicago. In this speech he distinctly
declared that 1.-THE Nicaragua canal
should be built and controlled by the
Joint ownership of this country and
Great Britain" This utterance de-
rived additional significance by the
subsequent fact that he, as American
ambassador, made official representa-
tions TO Lord Kimberley along the
same line of policy of concession and
practical surrender. Now, it is of i'm
pOrtance TO note that Mr.. Bayard, while
secretary of state, held precisely the
same view, and justified the attitude
of Mr.. Clevelands first administration
by claiming that any different policy
would be in violation Of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty.
From these facts it is clearly our duty
to formally abrogate this mischievous
treaty, and thus remove a stumbling
block and an occasion for falling from
the path of all weakened administra-
tons. This treaty was never in ac-
cord with our distinctively American
principles and policies. 1t is less so,
now that the Monroe doctrine has been
made the criterion and touchstone of
our diplomacy. 1t should be buried be-
yond hope of exhumatiOn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17
UNFAIR POLITICS.

1t is given out, in manner stronger
than a hint, that there is opposition
in the house. and especially by its
speaker, to the admission of Oklahoma,
Arizona anL New Mexico as states, dur
ing the present session of congress.
solely upon the ground that it would
increase, presumably, the free silver
forces of the senate. There is no
doubt that such a feeling is prevalent,
but what real weight il may have
would be hard to determine. Certain
" it would be an outrage upon the PEG
pie of those territories TO keep them
In a condition Of servitude 10 the ma
tional government because they hold
certain views upon an economic ques-
ton. The chief thing to be considered
in connection with the admission Of
new state is the right OF its people 20
self-gOvernment. The east has no
right TO keep a state out because Il
does not agree with eastern sentiment
in regard to a particular proposition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17
eoLDBUGs AND SILVER INSECTS.

TO the Editor OF the Eagle.
Truly, the hearts Of men are fun Of fear;
one cannot reason almost with a man
That looks rot heavily. and full q dread
-Shakespeare-
In the columns for which the Tribune
company : responsible here has appeared
since the treasury went broke" az a
moderate computation. 10 less than sev-
en-y-nine articles, headed and beginning
"a a variety OF pleasing and dev.cetGl
ways. and covering the widest RANGE q
subjects. ysI one and al running, X % the
most remarkable oo5nc55e1ce IN the world.
i-ro wonderful pbiEppiss aFzins7 re ny
ty-ceat dollar" We Kro=- not % what
sect or S-aOol MS worship. the author.
may be, be- as great ullrds always form
schools and make p-oselTtss. incline 20
suspect Dr.. Z Y Pierce. q Buns,o. y.
Y who first employed that method 20
gsr his favortte prescription ard pleasant
pG7gzdvs pellets before the Jgbkc. Ard
% be wholly cal6sd u ths matter th-s
JsssEtIcai method Of ''dsrec-.1g TIE a.
tsnxion." b. beginning as rs worship %
the TTfoune 6c-ss. Win soT1e EftIzS news
from the Orseut Of ELSEWHERE ard closing
IS STATED. - about ne OILY way % In
t-o.auce lnoSsnslvesy sz1e delicate sub
tscts as Bsrnsy's cure fo- TIE bird o.
irchiaE piles. as well as 90 come hsppllT
a al csnes 70 TIE oas-striag chorus o.
ne '@Ef.y-cer- doIiar"
To Stow ;tZs necessity. as vel as -
s,l5zln.ty u rs method Ee quote hs
opening measures from a Tecen; e3sczol.
as follows Governor Angela vas asAlst
what rnsnbsrs q ihs CaT.ssLsz E-esaTo-
c.cty could % 70 stvszcs stse Seifzrs q
TIE oOautry. He su<c--3~s teen tAat
your country. Ike your COD. cs1ansls
rsslsSy. demands ezrzes. purpose. = g.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17
WORN COINS ARE GOOD.


The United States supreme court has
given a decision in a long standing
New Jersey case, which is Of wide in
terest because it affects men, women
and children in all stages Of life and
all over the country in the same way
and the large corporations and small
as well. which are public carriers. The
case grew out OF the refusal Of a con
ductOr in this state TO accept in pay
ment Of fare a worn silver ccin ten
dered by a passenger. The coin was
not muJiIaIed. nor was II claimed 10
be so in the general acceptance OF me
word. though by constant circulation
It's surface had gotten into such a
smooth condition that except by It's size
and general appearance its denomina-
ton or genuineness could not be &C
curateIy determined The passenger
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

declined TO give any other money and
the trouble which resulted found an
end in the courts. II was carried from
one tribunal TO another by the railroad
company, and finally the New Jersey
supreme court held that the coin in
question was good and should have
been accepted by the conductor. Again
the case went higher, and now the
United States supreme court has sus-
tanned the ruling of the New Jersey
court. II puts a strong and clear con
struction uOpn the United States
statute regarding mutilated coins. and
holds that there is no legal provision
against the passage of silver coins
which are worn smooth or abraded by
the wear and tear of circulation, and
that they are legal tender so long as
they bear a semblance of the coin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17
BENJAMIN as a LOVER.

The heart never grows old. Ii is the
golden treaSury-box OF perennial ideals,
Of lofty sentiments ard tender emo
tons. These are immortal. and youth
full ever Age may. nay does elemin-
ate some OF the manifestations pertain
ing TO sex, but only the fieShly ones
the grosser. The advocates OF female
suffrage are wont to declare that there
is no sex TO soul. Nothing is further
from the truth
Benjamin Harrison. late president Of
the United States. in being a private
citizen commands our respect; in be
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17
OKLAHOMA ouTEIEzs.

Pe1ans ~ Shawnee s-ng - cents psr
po1rd
Professor HzEsck I'll ss AT Eozzs~ r.
Havana n a fseE days
Frzzk Greer says taat tAs cs1egzfes a.
OE-ahoua CITY oaly ',g0esae1' cas znothsr
= EttlA
Nrs FIo-ezos H-ekz- 40 zas ASSAULTED
e-zl So or Gre ~ ok-aAo-ua C.fy lar
Sex - dead
Tee clsy cou5cI q Czzsho--a C.iT PAD
- - the F.nanc-al Sszs exc olAsr q So
Tor GaTers1Esag
TIE s1s.or u IaS C-4.zzs I.sx--s -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

We have received from the Topeka
Capital eopy Of its Almanac and
Year Book for 1896. filled with inform
alton and statistics Of the state. in
Guiding election tables. state and leg
islative officers. and other matter val
liable for reference. The price is -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

The rumor report. published in the
Eagle some time ago, that the United
States would make a naval demonstra-
ton against Turkey still holds good
The Armenian trouble isn't settled yet
by long shot.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Gle all these things, or in failing TO do
so its name will be Dennis. If Den
MIS-" then nothing more will be heard
of the gad-fiies, the Hatfelds, the
Wakes, et. al, until the party is re-
turned to power.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Dan Stuart has also arranged n bull
fight to take place. together with the
prizefight This viii insure large at
tendance from the MeXicanS who can
not understand the English language
and consequently would fail TO under
stand the priZefight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Dan Stuart has picked out corner
where he can pull the fight off either
In Mexico, Texas or New Mexico In il
very few minutes. The successful
pugilistic manager Of the future viii
be put through a rigid examination In
geography before he is given 4 license
30 do business.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

The constitution of Venezuela does
not allow her TO compromise on her
own territory. Even if it did. the
Venezuelans wouldn't do it. Those
fellows don't care much for the land.
They want TO fight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Whatever the collisions and diSas-
tiers next fall. the voter should remem-
Der that Senator PETER is tired and
really needs Il rest. 1t would be un-
kind TO him 10 inadvertently send him
back 10 the senate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

The Missouri dentist who kissed
woman whose teeth he was filling was
promptly chased out of town. Such
leniency on the part of MissOurians
is encOura ging
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

George Douglass believes that the
Republican party is in danger from the
question Of prohibition. But George
Douglass himself is not in danger. This
is perfectly clear TO people in Wichita.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Overmyer says: Hudson gets TO be
stare printer by arithmetic. not by
law" Two beats one. Still Mr. Over
myer. you will not be able TO get that
fusion nomination.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Henry Norman, the correspondent
who has been giving the American
side of the Venezuelan controversy TO
the London Chronicle, has gone home.
He will probably be discharged when
he reaches the office.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

If tnat German professors camera.
which Will take a skeleton and leave
the flesh invisible is Il fact, the dis
covery is OF vastly more importance to
Grover Cleveland than it is to John ].
InCalS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

The talk about the international and
permanent arbitration commission is
silly. This is what the London Times
says. The Eagle agrees with it there.
but in nothing else. The Times should
feel gratified for this.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

cleveland refuses TO say whether he
is a candidate for third term or not.
The old man may not have ambitions
to be again president. but he has a
very sensible ambition to remain d
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Senator Foraker wants the United
States to own the Nicaragua canal.
lie is right As a thorn in the side of
Great Britain, it is alone worth the
price of admission.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Unless the Johnson crowd quicken
their pace the state is liable to undergo
another Chief Justice Martin walk
away, executed by your Uncle Cy Lee
land
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

thirty arrests have been made at
Marion, Kentucky, for the whitecap
burning outrage. VIII the prosecution
go further than that? 1t is said that
the best families are mixed up in it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Mr.. Balfour will gain few friends
right. If most Americans were Eng
fish they would say the Monroe doc
trine was wrong.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

The statement of a Virginian con-
gresham that sOutherners do not OBJ
ject TO the pension system, should be
taken with grain of salt. Perhaps
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

There are anti-monOtonists in this
country just the same as there are
anti-monOpolists, and it is the people
who are tired Of mOnOtony who want
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

This is the day on which Queen Lii
iuokalani is to be pardOned for having
been a queen when the people with
the most guns desired a republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Russell Harrison, it is said, objects TO
his fathers proposed marriage TO Mrs.
Dimmick. Or in other words, he arises
10 the average level Of all stepsons.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Politics is queer. If Allison were
not running for the president, he would
have had trouble in being reelected 10
the senate from Iowa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Ruskin says that it is better to slay
ones neighbor than TO cheat him But
would we rather have our neighbor
cheat us than STAY us?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

The dispatches on the first page of
The Eagle these mornings are a better
geography than any that are studied in
the public schools
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Merchants who desire to learn the
extreme limit of profitable advertising
should keep their eye on Mr.. Pulitzer
fust at present.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

The syndicate has dissolved and In
the course of human events the gold
nightmare will follow it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

While the ancestry Of Mr.. Cannon,
rtah's new senator. is not known, there
Is no evidence that he is a son-Of-a-gun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Gomez, according to the dispatches,
cut his way through line of soldiers,
Elaying five men and not being killed
ence himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

Kansas Republicans who are howl
Ing about Harmony" should wait
While a banoj is being tuned it sounds
horrible
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17
-aS$AlL1<sw
gatau - eagle
M. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.

"What constitutes state" Answer
from the Oklahoma politicians: More
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17

1t may be that we will not fight The
Monroe doctrine may be enforced by
"a simple twist of the wrist"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-17
TO cuK. a com N or DAY

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