Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-12-05

meeting from Senators and Repre-
Sentatfyes even if it does not get
adopted. His idea is to remove the
opportunity for raiding the gold in
the treasury by replacing the green
backs with notes payable in gold at
the option of the government He
thinks these notes would everywhere
be regarded as good as gold; that they
would be used by the banks to main
tain their gold reserve. and that their
use would put an end to the much
talked about '.endlesS chain" Men
who are opposed to further issues of
bonds take kindly to Senator Quay's
plan, and if no legislation increasing
the revenue can be had this winter.
they may try to put it through Con-
gress, provided that it is endorsed by
the Republican caucus
While Republicans are unanimously
in favor of the reelection of Speaker
Reed, who is not likely to have an OPP
ponent before the Republican caucus,
the Democrats are actually beginning
to fight for the empty honor of the
leadership of the house minority, left
vacant by the death of eX-Speaker
Crisp. Tennessee has two candidates
for the hip-RichardSOn and
McMiIlen-and Texas has two-Cul
berson and Bailey-and from the man
ner in which their friends are Squab-
bling, it would hardly be supposed by
those who did not know that they
were after so unsubstantial a thing as
the Democratic nomination for speak
err of the next House.
There is decided revival of the
talk of organizing a Patent Bar, with
rules of practice strict enough to make
the profession of soliciting patents as
honorable as that of practicing in our
highest law courts. And there is rea-
son enough for the revival, too. The
honorable patent lawyer doesn't like
to be considered in the same class as
the green goods man, the bunco-steer-
er or the Illicit vender of lottery tick
cts. But if something isn't done to
stop and to prevent the bunco offers
of alleged would be purchasers of pat
ents and lottery prizes for ideas
whether patentable or not, there is
grave danger that they will be SO as
sociated, certainly in the minds of
those who are buncoed by these
schemes of doubtful legality and of
certain immortality. But after all, it
is the inventor who needs protection
the most. The U. S. courts will give
it to him after he gets his patent. but
it is before he gets his patent that he
is skinned, if he don't exercise good
judgment enough to make his appli-
cation through honorable patent law
yers, such as would scOrn the intro
duction of lottery methods into their
business for the sake of enticing adj
vance fees from the pockets of invent
ors. If an inventor doesn't know of
such a firm he should inquire of
friends, and take no chances.
Secretary Herbert's report will not
be made public until the last of this
week, but it can be stated upon good
authority that it will take strong
grounds in favor of the continued in
crease of the navy, and will recon-
mend that three new battle ships and
ten torpedo boats be provided for at
this session of Congress.
Chairman Hanna is expected in
Washington this week, to announce
the chairman of the Inauguration
committee and take other preliminary
steps towards making the Inaugural
tion of President Mckinley the grand
est event of its kind in our history.
/ 1t is supposed, but it is not certain
w. Woodward, the gold democrat
who has been recommended for the
position by Col. Parker, the District
of Columbia member of the Republic
an National committee, but whoever
he appoints will have the cordial sup
port of the people of Washington re
gardless of party.