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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16
OUR MONEY MASTERS.

! In the estimation of England, Amer
| lea is on a par with Ireland. They
turn up their precious British noses
at US and dare us to attempt paying
our debus to them in the 81 :, ful money
of the United States" as the statutes
provide, instead of in gold by the
pound We only owe them about five
billions Of dollars, principally for Sc
curitieS issued ON railway steals. Two
hundred millions Of dollars annually in
the way of interest, paid in gold, on
the scales. makes comfortable nest
egg for our good British cousins. but
we hope they won't send over the
queens army, as they do to some coun-
tries, to enforce payment They
said If 1.-THE Republican convention
would pronounce for the British STAN
dard that they would dump millions
into America on new loans and for buy
ing up new securities. Some people
think we have borrowed too much
English money already, and that we
had better not try TO carry any more.
Their excuse now is that the Chicago
convention complicated things, not that
they think that there is any danger of
their having to take lawful money"
because London correspondents of New
York papers say that "lunatics and
bankrupts," backed by Anarchists, ran
that Chicago convention However,
we note that American securities are
not going up with a rush in London.
]. PierpOnt Morgan Is terribly exer-
cised for fear the capitalists of Europe
rnay not be satisfied with the money
outlook in America Morgan wants
his princely margins to continue and
also the bond sales to go on. He cares
nothing that the burden of debt be-
comes intolerable so long as his nest
is feathered. If things come to the
worst he cen transfer his business and
possessions from Wall to Lombard
street.
Upon the whole it night be the part
of wisdom for America to settle her
own financial basis without refer
ence TO the desires Or expressed opin-
ions of J. Pierpont Morgan and his
English partners.
British talk Of Reputation is an in
suit. Nobody wants a fifty-cent dol
lar, nor anything but sound dollar,
a dollar as good as any other dollar.
however. is not a whit
more dishonest than confiscation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16
AND THE CAT CAME BACK.

The gray head of Charles A Dana
would be red were it less white The
New York Sun, which 'shines for all. y
has blood on its face, and the rays are
of a sanguinary hue. The old mans
gold environment renders the Chicago
platform a seditlous instrument If
the head of the office with cat would
but get outside of his shell he would
find that both New York state and city
are infected with the "craZe" which he
now charges to his ancient enemy Gro
yer Cleveland. There is man talking
free silver to thousands every night at
Cooper Institute, and he is setting fire
to elements with whom Mr.. Dana does
not mix. Its cOtempOrary the Herald,
sent half dozen level-headed report
ers out into the interior of New York,
into St Lawrence county. into Oneida,
Onondago, Lewis. Madison, Oswego,
and other counties, and they all send
back the same report, which in effect
is that the farmers Of New York are
standard crowd seem to think that adj
that is necessary TO lay the question is
intelligent discussion. A letter from a
prominent eastern delegate at the St.
Louis convention, informs the editor
of the Eagle that such campaign OF
educati ton will be opened up on the LIST
of September as will in four weeks
thereafter see the craze dissipated. We
are afraid that our friends are reckon
ing without their host The discus
sion OF the question may have, probably
will have. the opposite effect The
goldbug thinks that it is ignorance
which has brought about the silver
sentiment of the west, when in fact it
is the result of reading and discussion.
Information upon that subject is dan
gerous. as these eastern gentlemen will
learn later on. But Dana holds Presi-
dent Cleveland responsible. He says:
"By Singular fatality, the first man
to obtain possession of the presidents
Office in the Democratic name both
awakened Democratic sentiment and
famed Poprlism's destructive flame.
A POLITICAL freak, of alien instincts,
without conception Of party govern
ment, and aiming at personal gov
eminent only. lie destroyed the idea of
party cOferency anti allegiance to ira
ditioD. headed and Inspired, in tie mad
crusade of 1892 against capitals Iron
heel" and against the rich as robbers
of the poor, the greatest socialistic DEM
onstra tion yet recorded, made, by his
financial laundering and classifying, the
monetary standard hateful in
the eyes of every voter, and actually
the FOpuiistic income tax now
openly made a PLANK in the Democratic
platform. Southern poverty, engen-
dered 10y the war. and the common dis
stirred ar to reckAssness BY
the agitation of the past twelve years,
Lave at last blazed into q demand f1r
debased coinage and tax on wealth,
and have carried the national Demo
cratic convention"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES

Mrs. Booton is visiting n FL Reno. VIII
she die that way?
The Republican leagues of the territory
met at FL Reno yesterday.
Judge Tarsney took in the Chicago con-
vention from the gallery, and weps
A 5-year-old son Of Bill Carr, the outlaw,
shot and killed himself at Purcell the
other day.
Tom Anderson has celebrated the union
OF the Un<ted States and Greer county by
breaking jail at Magnum-
When Doolin took a buggy away from
loving couple he told them he would
return 1t some sweet day
The Ell Reno Globe says that the Chi
cago Democratic convention did not think
that Teller had been long enough on the
"Mourners' Bench
The Perry Enterprise says: There are
few, very few in the territory who do not
want free silver, but We want free homes
and home rule first"
While a free show was taking place
at Oklahoma City the other night. q fell
low took his station outside the tent and
collected a lot of money.
The name OF Pennington postofiee in
Oklahoma county has been changed to
Sweeney. From PenRn TO Sweeney,
What IS the postoffice department think
ing of.
The FL Reno Herald thinks there is dam
ger of the outlaws who escaped from
Guthrie, forming themselves into a new
gang. Not much They have scattered
long ago.
The sheriff of Canadian county the other
day tried to sell piece of property for
S. 81. 80. The figures queered it and he
couldn't sell 1t. 1t will have to be re-
appraised.
AT the end of baseball game In Beaver
recently the umpire was given three
cheers. In other parts Of Oklahoma he Is
usually given three brick-bats and bas-
ketful of eggs.
1t is marbles to millEonaires that If Nc
Kinley is elected an Oklahoma man will
be appointed governor. Mckinley win
abide by the platform and the platform
is for home rule.
It Is said that Cleveland was going over
LIST of federal appointments the other
day picking out the men who had gone
back On him at Chicago, and when he
reached Renfrcw's name he picked of his
slipper and threw it at picture of George
Washington IN disgust.
Enid Wave: The recent rains have
sent the corn crop skyward at a fearful
rate and insures US a man no. crop. The
corn VIII not be nubbins, half eaten by
worms this year. The ears win be from
ten TO fourteen inches and the stalks VIII
be large enough TO be worked into railroad
ties for the II. o. G. railroad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16
ghe auhita Daily Eagle, Thursday oruiua guy s. 1895

national ticket will be headed and
named Democratic" Lewelling and
Harris are the Populist candidates for
governor and David Overmyer Of To-
peka is talked Of by the Democrats.
There will also be Pop-fusion or rather
Democrat absorption in each of the con-
gressionaI, judicial, senatorial and rep
resentative districts. as also in the diff
ferent counties. 1t is an all round
hodge-podge. The Democrats and
Populists agree touching only two
things. They both want the Offices,
and are both for silver.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

mckinley doesn't smoke, chew nor
swear" boasUed Republican. Neither
does Bryan" answered n Populi>t
proudly. II guess I'll leave this coun-
try" said an old Democrat standing
near. 1t is getting too good for me-"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

Ii Hung Chang may have been en-
tertained in Russia, Germany, France
and England but he will not know
what the expression hot stuff means
In English until he reaches America.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

Bryan says: You must not expect
that any platform viii contain all that
you desire" Then someone has been
complaining Of the Democratic plat
form Was it government ownership
OF railroads that brought out this ex-
preston from Bryan:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

John" said the Populist editor.
knock down that odd standing line
about the two old parties being iden-
teal. BILL has left the Democratic
party and Teller has left the old party.
II is true now that they are the same
and ii is no longer necessary TO keep
IL standing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

You can't tell about Bryan. He may
disappear off the face of the earth mys-
teriOusly. These are queer times.
When Schlatter was at the height of
popularity, he vanished.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

The nomination OF Sewall is rather
funny Sewan Is known for n rich
man IN the east, but among the western
Popuiisus he Is not known az all Hence
it was safe 10 nominate him. The
Pops wouldn't have stood Mclean o.
Cincinnati because they know him
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

1t is al right for the Republicans to
denounce the Democratic party, but n
Remuneration OF that platform doesn't
Include a defense Of Justice Shiras.
Shiras' name is a blot On the judiciary
of this country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

my son, the old man in the back
of the crowd who doesn't rush up 10
shake hands with Bryan is a gentle
say L told you So and was for Dick
PIa nd
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

PopuliSm grown great Is a tribe
peculiar Think of the farmers OF
New York City giving a long parade in
lumber wagons up Broadway. Pop
alism. the genuine old article, can never
thrive in big city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

People who live in New York City
and admire Bryan should subscribe for
the SQuamtown kanSan, 50 year, and
a warm champion OF Bryan. whom
every newspaper in New York de
r1sairna,aS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

Ii Hung Chang can see one similarity
between the west aud the east. As
sassiation IN the occident is just like
II is in the orient, and LIS experience
and that of FaIre VIII give Ii the
opinion that the orienuals are the better
ma r.ixSmpn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

1t is wrong to joke Bland. To be
pulling weeds today when yesterday
you Thought you would be in the race
for The highest place in the land is no
joke. 1t is tragedy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

John Sherman says! Bryan has
merely the reputation of being a fine
orator" Mr.. Sherman should now be
put to bed. The campaign is getting
along very nicely without him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

Bryan's father, in the circuit court in
Illinois, before instructing n jury, used
10 get down on his knees and pray God
to advise him how 10 instruct the jury
CORRECTLY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

Bryan WAS probably surprised when
his speech set the convention on fire.
Thousands of orators try that kind of
q speech so often that they finally de
spair of it being possible.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

yes" said Mr.. Smith, Il have named
my boy Mckinley Bryan Smith and L
shall get a consulship either as the
father of Mckinley B. Smith or Al.
Bryan Smith,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

Many a man at Chicago got up and
bruised the air with his fists for no
other reason than to wash away for
ever the charge of being a cuckoo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

"No, my colored brother. the Demo
cratic convention did not denOunce
Grover Cleveland because of his atti-
tude towards John Waller"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

'sThe time has come for every body
on this financial question" shouted a
man yesterday. And I'll be Garned
IL can tell which side will win
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16
SOME DONTS.

Don't tell the people that there was
bat -. oso.dsse % silver coined durscg
& hundred years Of free coinage II :
10, true.
Don't tel the people that ne balance
Of trade Is against the United States as
tisoce who daa't know better WI SON
hld out thai !, Is falls
Il IL not only wicked bu- IL is bad pol
tics % ny 90 deceive the people. Sasre-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

Some of the eastern papers would
do well 10 point out where the consti-
tuition says that man Living west Of
the Mississippi river not eligible to
the presidency.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

The eastern papers hold firmly that
Bryan's fine Oratory will find the ac-
coustic properties of the country's So-
Der second thought trife bad.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

Bland lis now nosing around discov-
ering that his friends knitted him.
There is no record that Cincinnatus
wanted to govern Rome; hence they
chose him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

Casually the Chicago Tribune de-
clares that Ingalls, would give 81 to
know what Kansas is going to do this
fall
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

free silver votes is the fact that he
bumped around the country in 1892
claiming THAT fret trade would save the
c.annt1v
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

The Republicans must face this dam
ger on the St Louis platform: 1.-The
sober second thought of a silver man
makes him more for silver than ever"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

That Oklahoma editor who said that
-Hillman at Chicago was the Cyclone
of all eyes may have meant what he
said
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

Mr. Bryan is not a man Of one idea.
This is his misfortune. He has two
ideas and one of them is rank free
trade.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16
9ai1m eagle
M. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.

Some day the Vanderbilt family will
ali be married off and some newspapers
will cease publication.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

We do hope someone will nominate
a candidate who Will paralyze the ooun-
try by having tow birthplaces.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

There is a widespread conviction
that ON finance Ingalls, is round" inpri-
Tate, and fiat in public.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-16

ADvERTysEMEST-"AS Swiss hotel wants
some Munich waiter girls in Tyrolean cos
tune who can speak French '-Fliegende
Blaetter.
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-20

the treasury get it? It neither owns
nor operates gold mines, although every
ounce of gold produced in the country
is taken from land obtained by the
mine owners from the government It
might have reserved the ro1d, or 1t
might have shared the pl Iuct on a
royalty. but it waived its right and
lost that source of supply. It must
rely upon its taxing power to get the
necessary gold. Until recent years this
has been sufficient source of supply.
There was time for some years prior
to 1880 when gold was the chief money
with which customs duties were paid
People preferred toskeep the more easily
handled paper and dispose Of the cum
bersome metal. AS long as no question
came as to the difference In the value
OF gold and paper, men were not only
1ndlnerent as to which they paid out,
but preferred to pay in coin. In that
year the purchase of silver bullion was
doubled, and notes payable in "eoin'
issued in payment. Forthwith there
came change in tax payments Men
began to select and distinguish among
the kinds of money. Let us see how
rapid and great the change was, TAX
ing the customs receipts at New York
as the test, for three-fourths Of the re-
ceipts are at that port
During 1889 gold, in the shape of coin
Or certificates, formed an average of
1854 per cent of all the kinds of money
paid. In 1890 gold averaged 92.9 per
cent. In 1891 it fell to 42.4 per cent. In
1872 1t was III per cent. In the first
half of 1893, the panic year, it had
fallen to per cent Singularly, in the
second half it rose to SO per cent, and
in the first half of 1894 it was 1852 per
cent Then in the second half it fell
abruptly to 1 per cent, and practically
ceased being paid in, the average dur
Ing ten months Of 1895 being 1 Of 1
per cent. Meantime the candle was
burning at the other end, and gold
was being drawn from the treasury by
redemption OF the greenbacks and
treasury notes presented. This move
ment began soon after the Sherman
bill was enacted. In round numbers
there were redeemed in 1891, 81, SOC, 600;
in 1892, $3S.O0O,OOO; in 1893, SIG, 500, OOO in
1894, 0,600, 900, and in 1895, Sill. 0OO, 900.
OF these notes in gold, the notes being
again issued and put in circulation.
The gold ceasing to come in and be-
Ing drawn out by payment Of interest
and in redemption of notes that did not
remain paid and cancelled, the absolute
need Of gold remaining and being in
tensif1ed by this process, there was but
one other possible course to take, and
that was to buy gold. The only way
to do this was to issue bonds; and thus
1t is that, in time of peace, we are
increasing our debt
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-20
WITH INTENT TO AMusE.

why is Mr.. Doodle angry with Kitty"
She put his portrait In frame with
dozen of her admirers and labeled them "A
Yard Of Daisies Exchange.
A Boston Observation-Disclosures, why do
people say falling in lover
because, my child, no sane individual de-
sires to be held responsible for voluntary
participation in such reprehensible precipita-
ton. Chicago Tribune.
wears boomers And yet Col. Ingerson
would have US believe that there is no pun
fshment after death.-Grand Rapids Press.
She stood before the glass, gazing earnestly.
Really" she said, 81 do believe have
mustache coming
And yet she seemed rather pleased than
otherwise.
In another moment the young man she had
seen through the window had entered the
room, bringing his mustache with him.-In-
dfanapolis Qnd9 Journal
oldsport-Been reading anything about this
new photograph outfit that will show what is
in mans hand?
Hicarde-No. Say, where can get one?
II can get one made vest pocket size I'll
have all these dead-game sports borrowing
money to buy sandwiches in less than a.
week.-Indianapolis Journal.
II presume you carry a meraento of some
sort in that locket Of yoYrsr
hair III
''But your husband is still alive?"
Yes. sir; but his hair d ts all gone. "-Woon-
socket Reporter. Is ~
Dangerous Dick-YS toP ME yer father kept
clothin' store befsre he died. an now
find out that he was hung for boss stealin'.-
Arizona Abe QndignanfS)-I never said he
kept a. clothin' store; said he was in the
clothes line when he died That's what they
hung huns him with. sUnaefstan'3san Diego
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-20

ate occupies the same relative position
to public opinion that our senate did
in the Fifty-third congress on the ques-
ton Of tariff taxation and now does on
the currency matter. The question is
raised there. as it has been here: Is
the senate longer necessary or useful
branch of the government? But there,
as here, constitutional obstacles pre-
vent any movement to lend or mend
it, and it will require a revolution
to sweep the obstructionists out
Of the path of progress The situation
there may become serious. Should the
senate insist on it's censure and the
ministry on holding Office, government
will come to a standstill, and the mer-
curial disposition of the people makes
easy the conditions under which an
other Napoleon may come to the front
This, however. is far from probable.