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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27
HOKE'S SUCCESSOR.

Hoke Smith, Of Georgia, sab, was
thinking Of himself and his future, and
not about his Georgia appointees in
Oklahoma, when he repudiated Cleve-
landism and resigned his position as a
cabinet officer. Hoke goes back to his
newspaper and law Office in Georgia
with the president at Buzzard's Bay,
under no obligations to retain Hoke's
appointees in Office in Oklahoma or
elsewhere. If Francis should have
a mind to square up some Of his old
political accounts in Missouri there is
no telling whether the Georgians in
Oklahoma would go back to anything
in their native state. Political picking
will be mighty thin in Georgia now
that Hoke has poked out Of power.
David r. Francis, the ex-governor Of
Missouri, and secretary of the interior,
Is a nice man, but an awful Bourbon.
His idea Of Democracy is Jacksonian
spoils and Cleelvand enthorned along
side of Jefferson on golden pedestal.
He has no use for a free silver Demo
crat or for any man who holds an Of
fee at the hands of such a Democrat.
Our sympathies are with the federal
appointee from Georgia in Oklahoma,
but our judgment is with the red-head-
ed MiSsOurian.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27
M'KINLEY SAID 1T.

From 1889 to 1888, a period OF ninety
nine years, there have been forty-seven
years when a Democratic revenue tar
i'll policy has prevailed, and fifty-two
years under the protective policy, and
it is a noteworthy fact that the most
progressive and prosperous periods of
our history in every department Of
human effort and material develop
ment were during the fifty-two years
when the protective party was in con-
troll and protective tariffs were MAIN
tanned; and the most disastrous years
years of want and wretchedness, ruin
and retrOgression, eventuating in insult
ficient revenues and shattered credits,
individual and national-were during
the free trade or revenue tariff e-as OF
our history. No man lives who passed
through any Of the latter periods but
would dread their return, and would
flee from them as he would escape
from fire and pestlence; and 1 believe
the party which promotes their return
will merit and receive popular condem-
nation
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27
WHY SAYS ALTGELD9

Governor Altgeld seems to have came
to turn in the road to prosperity
Since the Chicago convention ne has
been recognized as cock of the walk in
state politics. but the questions pro-
pounded in the open letter Of Exon
gresham Forman. touching his per-
sonal integrity, and pointing so directly
to malfeasance in Office that he must
clear the matter up at once or go down
to a disgTaceful defeat The very SER
iousnesS of these offences is such that
no man in public or private life would
lie under them without an effort to
clear it up. 1t is true the charges are
made only by implication, but they are
made in a public letter, and there is
no miStaking the nature of the offense.
The governor owes 1t to himself and
his party to answer this letter at once
When he does this, vindicating his
honor, he will only be where he started
in the race for governor. He stands
in need of a spotless official record be-
cause of his much-talked of sympathy
with Anarchists. His constituents ex-
pect it for the further reason that the
party laid down to him at Chicago in
yielding to his demand that Cleveland
should be Inundated by q resolution
condemning his order calling out troops
to preserve order during the great Pull
man strike. This was the price paid
for his consent to take the race for
governor. Every delegate in the ma
tional convention who voted for this
resolution is responsible for Governor
Altgeld's conduct, SO he must answer
Forman's charges or stand convicted
1t is not all smooth sailing over the
stormy main of politics, even for an
honest man, which only proves that the
piratical mariner is in the wrong boat
when he embarks ON an office-seeking
VOYAGE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

Mckinley has been invited to attend the
G. A. R encampment at Il Reno IN Oclo-
Der.
The Western Oklahoman OF Tsioga has
. up the names of Bryan and Sewan and
Dennis Flynn.
Buchanan Democratic pressdent.
vetoed the first free homes bill that ever
passed congress.
Twenty-eight people came out TO the
the other evening.
1t is reported that Callahan says that
he does not ask the vote OF a single drink
ing man in the territory.
Ii is the best Judgment of the officials
at Guthrie that congress will not admit
a delegate from the Indian territory.
Leo Vincent viii make a fine governor IL
he is allowed 10 run the territory to suit
himself. He viii beat Renfrow all hoi-
low.
Callahan may be brilliant orator. But
can he work? There are lots OF brilliant
orators in congress but mighty few work
ers.
tory, according TO the best advices. PEI
fer, it is said. will fight his confirmation
for anything.
1t is said that Grover Cleveland chuckles
every time he thinks that a free homes
bill has TO go through his hands before it
can become a law.
OF course Dennis Flynn isn't as brilliant
nc lob far tory
goes And of course Reverend Callahan
hasn't Flynn's ability TO rustic.
The minister of the gospel has a wide
wide field of his own outside of politics.
Oklahoma should keep her ministers in
the pulpit They are needed there.
Hoke Smith has not changed his con-
vicuon on gold, but he is supporting Bry-
an. This sort of tangles up the gentle
men in the territory who are trying 10
follow him.
The free homes plank In the national
Republican platform reads almost word
for word with the first free homes plank
ever adopted by the Republican party.
along in Iincoln's time.
If the Popuhsts ever get a majority of
the supreme court of Oklahoma they viii
rot do a thing 10 the future OF Oklahoma
Outside investments will be completely
barred for half a century.
Rev. Callahan is said to mention Dennis
Flynn only In derision. This is bad Why
should Flynn be laughed at? What right
has a minister of the gospel to ridlcule
anyone? Is it right? Is 1t ministerial?
Is 1t manly?
Free homes for Oklahoma means that
the government is going to give to Okla
hOma the sum of sl5, Oo.00e. The first ma
tional platform that declared in favor of
1t was the Republican platform. The
Pops and Democrats only put it in their
platforms for protection
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Te aahita Daily Eagle Thursaag ornne august 27

| work, neither the farmer nor anyone
else has a market for his goods. Juggle
the figures as ron will, there is only one
way to make them add up to prosper
ity, and that is by including protec-
i've tariff. That means plenty OF work
and good wages for the wage-earners,
and for the farmer home market and
increased demand for his products.
When Mr.. Bryan delivered his 5000
word speech in New York, as we'll as
during his tour eastward, he has not
once mentioned the tariff. Well, that
is his safest course. considering his
record and very shrewd course it is
His avoidance of the tariff issue is Mr..
Bryan's way Of saying, The tariff is
settled" Not that Mr.. Bryan believes
that the tariff is settled. any more than
does Mr.. Whitney or any of the other
tariff refOrmers. Three years ago, Mr..
Bryan declared the tariff vital issue
and advocated free trade as the pana-
cea for all ills Nor did he accept the
Wilson-Gorman bill as settlement Of
the question He said, during the dis
cussion on the Wilson bill:
Il think the duties all the way
through this bill are higher than nee
essary and favor the bill not because
OF its perfection, not because the duties
are brought down as low as they might
be, but because the bill is infinitely bet
ter than the law which we now have,
and is step in the right direction"
Why does Mr.. Bryan falter in his
steps" toward free trade? Why does
he not labor for that perfect bill
which would give us free trade? Can
it be because he is afraid to face the
issue, after two years test Of only ''tar-
iff refomT'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27
THE FRAN COMES BACK.

DR.. Nansen's remarkable little ship
Fran was constructed with reference
to ice pressure, 50 that it would be lift
ed up and out before being crushed.
1t drifted towards the North Pole in
an ice pack that would have crushed
any ordinary vessel to fragments. The
stout craft reached point only about
nineteen miles south Of the extreme
point reached by hansen in his dash to
ward the Pole, on foot, with dogs and
only one companion. The curious little
ship drifted farther north by about 100
geographic miles. than any civilized
man ever wSnt before Nansen's expedi-
ton. That however, was not the most
important feature Of the voyage, or
drift, through the fee packs Of the
frozen sea around the Pole. The most
significant fact is the complete success
of the attempt made to build q vessel
that could withstand the utmost pres
sure from the ice. through long arctic
winters.
DR.. Nansen's little ship was con-
structed with a special purpose in view,
and every object aimed at was achiev
ed. The obvious inference is that if
an equally careful and scientific at
tempt were made TO build sledgeS for
service in the arctic regions and to pre-
pare for dash to the North Pole over
the ice fields, the result could be attain
ed with equal precision and certainty.
That is DIR. Nansen's own view Of the
case, and ne is better qualified than
any other man to weigh the chances OF
reaching the goal of unoounted e1pedi-
tons into the terrible wastes around
the Pole.
All things considered, it is quite GER
tain that the North Pole will be reach
ed before many years The present
century may not pass before some in
uepid explorer shall set forth there and
return in safety to tell Of his success
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27
ONLY A RAILROAD INCIDENT.

The old Louisville. New Albany and
Chicago (Monon) railroad is again in
the hands Of a receiver. This lis not
a new experience for this line, neither
is out OF the ordinary as news item
The incident is also Of common occur
renee among western roads but the
one significant fact worthy OF note
is that it is probably owing to extrava-
gance in mana cement, and. quite prob
ably, TO the effort to pay dividends on
watered stock. This leak in the COM
pany's income Is supplemented by the
princely salaries paid to officials 1t
is noteworthy mat, in the general seal
ing down of prices and incomes Of
small wase-earners snd producers. the
salaries Of railway officials remain as
they were during the hate era OF high
prices. This is sill the more culpable
because they have the fixing OF their
compensation IN their own hands In
doing this they refuse to recognize that
the earning OF their reads are greatly
reduced and that they are correspond
ingly less able to pay high salaries II
Is such business methods that lead 10
bankruptcy, and IL adopted BY small
concerns /, would be called CUTTING the
property for private gain
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27
BRYAN'S TARIFF IDEA.

Candidate Bryan has had, in the
past at least, the courage Of his audac-
ity. For that protectionists may well
thank kind Providence The tariff is
sue in this campaign Is comparatively
clear and distinct In 1855 and 1892
protectionists have had 10 grapple with
that will-o'-the-wisp, "tariff reform; -
that abstraction which defied detailed
explanation or definition; that chanel
con which changed color with every
changing audience; that modern Pro-
teus, with as many forms as there were
men to lie deceived; tariff reform
which meant to every man protection
to his particular industry and free
trade for that Of every other man. A
tariff for revenue only" is, at least.
something definite, something with
recognized meaning, and it is to a tariff
for revenue only that Mr. Bryan is
committed. Here are his words:
But do believe. as say, and am
ready 10 stand by IL anywhere, that
protective tariff levied not to raise rev.
enue but to protect some particular in
dustry is wrong in principle and vi
cious in practice"
We ask for nothing better than that
he stick uncompromisinsl to these
words.
-Four years ago Candidate Bryan adj
yocated free trade on the ground that
IL would make prices lower; today ne IS
shouting for free silver because it win
make prices higher. One would need
TO be well up in turning double somer-
saults to keep in line with Mr. Bryan
Where Is he ~, any wayf Prices taken
without relation TO wages mean moth
ing. Low prices will do Us no good
II we have no work and no money with
which 10 buy anything, and free trade
means no work and no money, whether
il means low prices or not Higher
prices viii do US no good If there Il no
body % buy our goods, and with fac
tories shut down and neople out OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27
I23 and I27 Main St.

This has been the greatest year for
secret societies in Kansas Most OF them
are known 10 ex's; but there are some that
no one outside the membership knows
anything about. There is one in Topeka
which has only four members. and II Is
as powerful as any other In the state.
Pratt Republican: 4 weli-known free
silver farmer n this county called at a
store I'm Pratt. recently, TO buy a dollars
worth of goods. he gave the merchant
80 sold piece and asked him 10 keep
the gold until he could get enough money
to come in and redeem IL axainA The
merchant agreed to do so. and IN few
days the free siiverits came back after
his gold This simply shows that con-
ststency don't cut any figure with a Pop.
and even free silver man knows a good
thing when he sees IL and he wants to
hang on to his gold
Garden City Herald: Victor BAN,
h-year-oi6 boy who has been herding cat
tie for Mr.. Moore. living north OF the
city. disappeared Thursday. together win
a horse. saddle and brsdle belonging 20 Mr..
Moore When the boy did not return In
the evening Afr. Moore became alarmed
ana put IN most Of the night searching the
prairie. thinking the boy had fallen into
some old well or had met with an accident
OF some kind The night was very dark
and he had to abandon the search until
morning. but no trace of the boy has been
found and n Is generally thought the boy
has stolen the horse and ieft the country.
A liberal reward Is offered for his arrest
OF any information of him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27
THE DUNMOW FITCH.

Late files of London journals made
mention of the fact that large num-
Der of the people of the metropolis had
journeyed to Dunmow to witness the
annual award of fitches of bacon to
such happy couples as should satisfy
the court that they had lived happily
and never wished themselves minated
The proceedings, we are told, took
place in a tent, and there was a sort
Of travesty of legal trial Of the merits
of the applicants. The judge was in
ermine and wore a full-bOttomed wig.
The jury was composed of six maidens
in white and six bachelors. An auc-
tioneer and a publican appeared as
counsel for and against, and three
couples who succeeded in demonstrate
ing that they had steered clear Of con-
jugal jars were thereupon granted their
bacon and triumphantly 'chaired'-
that is to say, carried around the
grounds in chairs of state.
The function, as may be supposed,
partook largely of the character Of a
merry making; yet there is ample war
rant for the idea that it was something
more than a friolity in the fact that
it has held it's ground so long in the
favor of the steady-going British ma
irons. More than six centuries ago-in
1880, in fact-Robert Fitzwalter, a
baron of Essex, just one year married,
fell fatally ill upon his wedding ami
ersary, and while upon his deathbed
he CHANGED to see fitch Of bacon on
the wall. Calling the prior of Dun
NOW to his side he told him that the
blessing Of the Fitzwalters should ever
rest upon the place if every year a
fitch of bacon We're given to such as
could prove that they had lived as
happy married life as he had done
The ceremony continued from 1870 IN
til the abolition of monasteries by
Henry VIII. 1t was revived between
1740 and 1751, but was not seen in it's
present form until Harrison Ainsworth
took it up, about 1850.
That such a quantity primitive GUS
Colu SiIOulu HdNe lIluS survivor Lue cell
turtles that have brought so many
changes to English life and thought
is proof of the essential conservatism
of the English character, and likewise
of the strong influence which the ira
ditionS of folklore continue to have up
on the manners and customs of the
influence, be it noted, which
exercises itself wholly on the side Of
the domestic virtues. The Dunmow
fitch, indeed, is testimony to the world
that marriage is not failure in Eng |
land, whatever may be its status else !
where; and since it makes a pleasant !
Offset TO the divorce court |
scandals, which constitute one of the /
chief reproaches to our boosted civili-
zation, it is to be hoped that it may
continue to typify domestic happiness |
and win ''the blessing of the Fitzwalt-
ers" through all the centuries yet to
rome
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE

| An Emporia girl has a champagne corl
that was given her by Chauncey Depew.
A Peabody Populist announces that h.
/ epileptic court
! II Is said that Judge vandivert Wal
| hung in effigy In Larned because OF his
Imprisonment OF ]. w. Rush
VI. A Householder has been renominat-
ed for the senate In Cherokee county.
What was there about his insanity?
Barney Sheridan says that the Kansas
Democrat who this year supports a Popu-
List. is digging his own political grave.
In CowIey county Beekman Is running
on his traditional belief IN silver and his
present conviction that bimetallisrn Is al
right
John Eaton was IN Arkansas City the
other day. He TOW lives at Kansas City.
but he refuses to say what ticket he VIII
vote
Mr.. J. Simpson OF Medicine Lodge says
he would Ike TO shoot Mr.. joan Sherman
II should be stated, however. that he Will
not this week
II turns out that Frank Doster. the Pop
ulist. shouldered a musket when he was "A
years of age Now he considers al war
as Unnecessary
John Pollock OF wiuseld isn't doing 80
much talking as Bryan but be - display
ing a hand-shaks capacity that Bryan
never dreamed Of
II f. thought that the Salvation army
Will have 10 get out OF Leavenworth with
the same determined rapidly that Judge
Culver OF Enporfa once used
A silver paper At Hu.chinson actually
calls astsrtson 70 the fact thai the I~xi-
can HsraI1's subscription rates are 81 a
year by mai IN Mexico AID g pear b.
mail In the UzIted States
IA Ix.sIeIs brother VIII renalszd a Re-
,,,b,tca, and tr5e5 70 b r-nouainsse6 for
-. Iera<ature n osCizhc-s@- He fz.le-1
7. t1st ssr't a good year for TIE Titles.
Tfaf's al
Juszs Els % Medicine Lodge. aooo-s-
Ing 10 the Nee3ciss Lodge CREST. coa-
fesaeS TIA; Re was beaten in recent e.
hate IN which be atts=nDtsd 20 cefe-zi FREE
silver. This n TIE 1rS- cosfesssoa Of the
KIDD &C record
DsEhsoz Hail: Dsgb;ou has free
Silver LeA<ae. sosao bal ssd-waIks a
Whole Loo q szsnso-ers. anA hzff s1z>n
unused u-.1ilss -esls- TIE s.;@.-oz -
the cry aztho-1ttes L. respectfully c2,ies
70 these r1zt-srz
The Kansas newspapers are a. 1sss In
i,E I'D far fns hzasclzl part a TIE a,
Log-s platform For sore tine they
have be<z = H,1e Sszry q ths word so2s.
but there - 10 un3ktsxfnz it-they are GO
t1g 20 swallow Il zhole
ma ~ect Cd % . cr0zrt o. tse ss<-e-
% = v~>-er, K.assas to-1 r-oszfsY. an
sa19 corH1srtszIsy % al ;as rse1 ther~s
An ne better class o. p-o-se sre fo- g1i..
s--n't We He taok fs@ SO raj SLEEPER
o. to Nitrate route Osf q io4~E izE-sas-
elAtely.
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~ Jest a. slrsos G--~rME-ss os Tc-~k& I
%; r-9fy % sxpoze !. - ~as ksasss1 CT I
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pzr.zE nszrr-lf % N.sss q &at - zzs
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27

pressing effect OF Hills onslaught the
speech of Bryan would never have en-
compaSsed his nomination Mr.. Hill
left that despairing aggregation in the
slough OF despond when he concluded
by declaring: If we keep in the good
old paths of the party we can win II
we depart from them we shall lose"
Bryan coming 20 the rescue they de-
part from '-the good old paths" leaving
Mr.. Hill and his contingent in the
lurch, as was supposed Every body
then departed for his home, some of
them to exult and others to sulk. Hill
did neither. He went home to rumin-
ate. Having masticated his crow he
invites Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan to his home.
where presumably crow was not one
of the dishes in the feast which follow
ed Mr.. Hill having found the good
old paths" about deserted has conclud-
ed to desert them himself and take the
chances of the new paths, in which if
he loses, as he prophesied. in one direc-
ton he may win in another.
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AS MAINE GOES.

Thomas Bracket Reed is one among
Americas greatest men. Probably
eight out of ten Of the representatives
Of the American people in congress,
without regard to party, concede this.
Mentally and physically he is a giant,
| Overshadowing most of his political
associates of whatever party. He is
never found depending upon the seduc-
tons Of rhetoric or the witchery Of
eloquence, but relying upon the force
or logic and reason he FORCES his way
with solid blow after blow. His
speech delivered at old Orchard Beach.
night before last, though outrageously
mutilated in it's transmission by wire
when received by the Eagle, contains
more Of true craftsmanship and of
all the speeches which Mr. Bryan has
yet delivered.
The news from Maine is very en-
couraging TO the Republican party.
in a few days and there is every indi-
cation that the Republicans will carry
the state by an old time rousing major
ity. They have realized the import
ance of making the Republican victory
so decisive and so strong that its eff
feet will be felt throughout the nation
AS Maine goes so goes the Union, and
under that watchwod the Republicans
of Maine are bending every energy to
secure sweeping victory.
Mr.. Bryan's managers very shrewdly
decided to keep him out of the state
until after the Maine election They
anticipate a Republican victory and
they do not want to be further depreSs-
ed by having the news go out that
Maine had gone Republican by large
majority after Candidate Bryan had
spent several weeks speaking to the
Maine people
The Republicans of Maine are united
for the ticket Tom Reed. with a great
ness of nature that overlooks personal
has thrown his whole
personality into the con-
test and is doing magnificent service
for the Republican cause. The vic
tory in Maine will be a stimulus to
everywhere and an en-
that the people, when
once the issues are fairly understood. |
VIII be for national honor, individual /
honesty and general prosperity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-27

A letter from Victor Hugo was found
among the papers OF the late George T..
Anthony. II was written In 1878, when
Anthony was governor OF the state, and
in it the great French writer informed
him that the French Republicans had
provided for a gold metal to be pre-
scented 10 the widow Of John Brown. In
commemoration Of what the old aboIi-
ZIONIST did for ire freedom OF the
slaves Victor Hugo also sent To Gov
ernor Anthony bronze copy OF the
gold medal.