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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
A SAMPLE OF SPANISH INsoLExCE.

That the SpaniaEds are determined TO
bluff their way out of the Cuban entangle-
ment is clearly manifest from an address
printed in Madrid paper by Emilio Cas-
teIar, one of the foremost men Of Spain
and ex-president of the short-lived repub-
lie. He opens this address with the GUS
tomary dribble about the willingness OF
Spain to grant to Cuba the reforms she
demands but couples it with the declara-
sion that the island people must first be
whipped and reduced TO subjugation before
their claims will be considered. He does
not explain why Spain did not grant these
reforms before Cuba went TO war TO secure
them nor does he pledge autonomy to the
island people which is their principal con-
tention.
They tell me-" says this Spanish buffer.
that conflict with the United States is in
evitable. II viii be as uncalled for an ag-
gression on the part of the United States
as was that Of Napoleon I'm 1868. when he
invaded our territory. We have listened to
menaces with the stole disdain of the just
and true We have done everything posi-
hle to avoid war, everything but humIliste
ourselves before the strong and sully our
national history with indignity. But if the
United States declares for Cuban belliger-
ency. we will maintain our rights against
all Odds
But it is not until we proceed further
into this manifesto that we realize the full
scope of Spanish bravado and insolence.
Tho American constitution" says Cas-
tciar. has distinguished between Ameri-
cans and uaturalized citizens. requiring the
condition of birth in America Tor election
To the presidency. This is wise. for now
we sce what difference there is between
Cleveland. who is prudent, and those who
would rush the United States into war.
Tho stupidity of the latter is fearful to
contemplate. The head of the nlibusters
Is as lar away in point OF intelligence from
the head of the president OF the United
States as was the head Of the immortal
Franlslin from the head of a savage. So
We ought not to be afrrighted by the threats
OF demsEogucs when measured aganst
their rawlings is the prudence of a presi
Gent who is an honor. not only to his coun,
Try. but to all humanity.
And as cleveland has acted. so viii Ne
Kinley. As a Republican, he win perhap!
do even more than would Democrat tc
discourage jingoes who advocate a war
bound to be equally fatal to victor an,
vauqulshed. breaking the bonds of asso
citation which bind the Old World TO tn,
New"
Not content with this insult to the intel
ngence and patriotism of American citizens
coupled as it is with adulatlon of a presi
dent who Is in open defiance Of the senti
ment and constitution Of his country, Cas-
tolar proceeds TO add more insult and NOR
adulatfOn Ia the following language:
Il zee in Mr.. CIeveland's message all tn
fplcndor OF international humanity. and
dsduco from it that he will stand as de
feuder Of his own theory not TO recogniz
tho beIligeroncy OK the Cubans. least of al
10 ncrord their independence or approve o
intervention
a liberal government like ours, con
ceIved by great men and progressive states
Iuoa, even in the lines that have distin
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
KANSAS TOPICS.

THAT ossified Texas man." remarks Pap
Eckert. with a ribaldry which i'll BELTS
this hallowed Christmas season, probably
died hard
There isn't anything in this weather
which convicts Miss Birdie Summer of
Abilene, of being an anachronism.
No one fixes up his political fences in
Kansas any more-he goes out to inspect
his trocha.
Mrs. B. P. Waggener, of Atchison, claims
to have established a new state record
by buying forty-one Christmas presents
for her kin.
If the Pops changed the state consti-
tuition as often as they do their political
platforms there would be a brand new
one every year.
The grimmest joke which has been per-
potrated in Kansas for year was by that
Wichita suicide who left a note in which
he declared: Il see nothing to live for
but DEATH
The Abilene papers have commenced to
compliment the women out there for re-
moving their hats in the theater, and 4
cynical citizen who has been a great stu
dent of human perversity wants to bet
that every woman at the next performance
will wear one.
Senator PETER had to be awakened from
slumbcr to be informed of his first cleo
ton. but since he has tasted office he feels
like that Muskogee girl who declared that
after she learned how to kiss she began
to wonder how she ever got along with
out It.
The Arkansas City Traveller SAYS the rea-
son the state organizer of the new silver
party always speaks of it as she is be-
cause it is a full sister to Calamity Jane.
Al an election held this week the Re
publicans of Harvey county decided to
| abandon what is known as the Crawford
! county system of nominating officers and
| return to the delegate convention plan.
The first instance of a white couple be-
| ing married by n colored minister occurred
in Doniphan county last Tuesday.
In n series of meetings, all held within
| a year. Topeka has declared war against
| France, England, Turkey and Spain. but
| the amounts contributed when the hat was
passed around wouldn't buy ammunition
| enough to fire off a ships gun once.
Mrs. Nichols is the name of an old lady
| after whom station on the Santa Fe be-
! tween Topeka and Atchison was named.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
Mr.. Hewitt's Primer Lesson.

From the New York World.
Ex-Mayor Hewitt has the habit of say
ing things well worth the hearing. But
he surpassed himself in his address to the
young pupils at the Rhineiander Industrial
school. Here. for example, is his simple
and admirable primer lesson on govern
mcnt:
Now, to illustrate the nature of govern
ment suppose that Santa Claus came into
this room tonight and put all the toys
that he had on the floor. Well. very soon
the strongest and biggest boys would get
the most Just so. If we should let the doc
trine of force prevail there would be no
equality in distribution. Therefore, an es-
tablished rule is necessary, and the rule
of right is at the foundation of what we
call government. There are three vital
elements-order, justice and truth. order
is maintained by the law and by officers
under the law; justice by the courts In
trying to see that every one gets his
rights. and truth is maintained by each
individual that goes to make up the whole
number of society,"
Order, justice, truth-that is the whole
story.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

who perceives bad smell. or like frowsy
Maddalena just sentenced by Magistrate
Mott TO the workhouse for thirty days on
general principles is an enterprise that
would he detestable if there were evidence
o. malice
Apparently. however, the motive in the
case OF the Republic. as in the cases Of
the Courier and the Traveller, was not
urfriendly to our accomplished and beau
tiful CountrywomHn now sojourninE In
Tcndon. They havt sinned through ignor-
ancc, or have been the unconscious vic
Tins of some practical joker or some un-
scrupulous vendor OF the photographs of
celebrities. But ignorance itself may be
criminal and Mrs. Atherton is not less the
sufferer because the managers of the art
departments of three widely separated
journals of good reputation have allowed
themselves to suppose that she could pos
sibly look like that.
AS to the remedy, We believe that the
time Is approaching when the publication
of portraits or alleged portraits, without
the permission of the person represented
o. nisreprescntcd, will be so strictly reGu-
lated by law that not even the most i'm
pudent new journalist will dare to persist
in his career of indiscriminate atrocity. II
ought TO be made dangerous to print such
lying portraits as these of Mrs. Atherton.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26


Here are sixteen states with a total
vote of 2,012,05S and lis electoral votes
Their aggregate population is about 16,-
100000, which would give one elector to a
little less than each 10000 of population
This shows that the supporters of silver
are more than fairly represented in the
electoral college. If the population, in New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois was
represented on the same basis those states
would have total of $50 electoral votes
instead of lis votes, as they now have A
comparison of electoral votes and popular
votes is still more striking. In the four
Republican states there We're 4,660 731 votes
cast and as they have lis electoral votes
there is an average of one of the latter to
each 4O.500 of the former. But in the six
teen Bryan states only 2,0l2,05S votes We're
cast and as they have 1l5 votes also in
the electoral college there is an average
of one elector to each 1850 votes cast.
This is a wide disparity and it shows how
unjust was the claim that the silverite
strength would not be fairly represented
in the electoral college.
Another fact in these two tables Is sig
niticant. In the sixteen Bryan states the
total vote was not only less than two
fifths of the total vote in New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Illinois, but it was
1851 less than the Mckinley vote alone
in the four states mentioned. This makes
still more ridiculous the claim of the Bry-
antics that they were at disadvantage in
the electoral college. Instead of not hav-
ing an equal chance they went into the
campaign with many advantages in their
| favor and now that they are beaten they
should accept the verdict with good grace.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
Dakota Divorce Complications.

From the New York Press.
How far people who will put UP with
Dakota divorces for themselves can put
up with them for others who take prop
erty rights from them is a question which
is raised by the McGoun action, in which
the invalidity of these pleasing SOCIOLOGICAL
fictions was declared.
Suppose, for instance, complacent hus-
band tries his matrimonial luck again with
out having, as this single non-complacent
husband had, his freedom decreed by a
New York court for n New York cause.
Do the children of the first marriage take
all his property if he dies intestate, or do
the children of the second share it? If the
second marriage is not legally a marriage
at all, as follows from the law laid with
indubitable correctness down in the case
before Justice Russell. certainly the chill
dren of it would seem to be the sons of
nobody and seem to take nobody'S estate.
Bearing this principle in mind, it will be
realized that certain multi-millionaire
who faced the rigors of the New York di-
vorce law year or so ago and thereby ac-
cepted the stamp of a moral delinquent,
probably was not inspired by mere con-
tempt of public opinion. Undoubtedly he
saw TO it that the bond was thoroughly
severed in order to avoid all future entan-
clements of his vast estate.
AS this and other questions arise out of
q cry for divorce reform on the line of
uniformity. We believe that a society with
the noble purpose of effecting a reconcilia-
ton in the conflict of laws between the
states has been peSging away on this line
for about fifteen years. We do not know
that it has ever reconciled the laws yet.
much less started upon the task of per-
suading the forty-five legislatures to ac-
cept the reconciliation. 1t should be dis
tinctly understood. in considering this
phase of the question, that young states
make these loose marriage laws just as
they make loose naturalization laws for
the purpose of inviting immigration. The
premium for settlers in each case is the
right to shake off old ties and begin lire
over again. There is also talk of q United
States divorce law, and although it has
been objected that constitutional amend
ment would be a necessary preliminary to
its passage, we are inclined to think that
the bankruptcy article would carry it. Why
should not poverty of love, honor and
obedience be federally declared, as well as
one of worldly goods?
There is one way out which is rarely sug-
gested-never, we think, save, perhaps. in
Lenten sermon by the rector of Trinity
by which people expect to be pleasantly
startled. 1t is for those who do not feel
themselves equal to the sacrifices necessary
to the observance of marital obligations
not to assume the marital obligations.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
A JOKE FROM PHILADELPHIA.

The diEnified and highly esteemed Phil
adelphia Times, all aglow with the genial
influence of the Christmas season. has
been trying it's prentice hand at jokes on
its editorial page with such success that it
is feared it may be encouraged to attempt
further efforts in the same line. Here is
sample of the scintillations from the red
hot pen of the facetious molder of Quaker
public opinion with all the more conf
dence may the Christmas hearth burn
brightly. because the hung-up stockings
are a kind of adjacent hose company"
Here is your true wit; here is the place
for loud outlaws and ''ribald lafture." If
there is any truth in the injunction to
laugh and grow fat, what mountains of
adipose tissue must one inevitably fall
heir to by the continuous reading of such
pleasantly? Who is there so base as to
intimate that that joke is out at the toes
or run down at the heel? But it may pos
sibly bring down upon the head Of its
architect the wrath of the inhabitants of
the City of Brotherly Love. for there seems
to be a veiled attack in it upon the efficien-
cv of the Philadelphia fire department.
Else why will the fire burn more confident
" by reason of the close proximity of the
hose company? Can't the hose company
| put out fire? If this is not a reflection
on PhiIadelphia's hose company. hose COM
| pany is reflected upon? Ones brain fairly
reels as he tries to grasp all the possibili-
ties centered in this editorial bon mot. II
knocks the socks Off the best things ever
invented by Joe Miller, of pleasant mem
! ory. and may well pass for all wool and {
4 yard wide II that Philadelphia jokist lived
| in England he would be decorated with
the order of the Garter just as soon as
| Queen Victoria could give ii to him.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

to stand on a railway track when a train is
approaching. The world electrified
Tuesday morning to read that an exhibi-
tion of this presence of mind was all that
saved the president from death, providing
Diaz had not got out of his carriage and
walked away when the train drew near II
appears that the carriage was on the track
and that train was laundering down on
It from the distance The coachman, in
stead of waiting for the train TO arrive, as
he might have done, drove across the
track so that when the train whirled past
the president was safe on the other side.
If the coachman had not kept the horses
moving and if the train had struck the
carriage, and if Diaz had remained in the
carriage until it was struck he would
doubtless have been killed. so it will be
seen what marrow escape" he had.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
Populism and Votes.
he PHILADELPHIA Press

From the Philadelphia Press.
4 comparison of the vote cast In n few
of the states in the recent presidential
election will show how baseless was the
argument of Mr.. Bryan's supporters that
then strength would not be fairly repre-
sented in the electoral college 1t can be
made to appear that they were not only
fully represented. but were over repre-
serted in nearly one-third of the states.
The four states which cast over l,ODO 900
votes each were New York, Pennsylvania.
Chic and Illinois. All of these states were
carried by the Republicans by large ma
jcrities, the aggregate majority in the four
states being over three-quarters of mill
ion. The following table gives the total
poll in these states, the Republican vote
and the electoral vote:
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
A Chance for beautiful Women.

From the New York Press.
Notwithstanding their insensitive bearing
in respect of the name of their celebrated
governor, Texans are wheeling into line
with the new esthetes of Kansas City and
East Aurora According to the news from
Waco, ''the deepening sense of culture" is
evident there to all observers. one editor
going so far in the cause of the desire of
beauty as to offer 500 for the privilege of
gazing five minutes on the most beautiful
woman in the world
At 500 a minute the most beautiful wom-
an in the world ought to find IL profitable
to take up with this Texans offer. even II
she he vaudeville singer or a Metropolitan
diva-especially as he is willing to pay
travelling expenses.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
sso ri 2G5s 600

Totals :. .-......4 $50, I3l 1855, $50 1l5
Here are four states which cast in the
aggregate 1850, T3l votes and gave the Nc
Kinley electors 2,65S6g0 votes, and they
have 115 votes in the electoral college. The
population of these states is now over 2l,-
100000, or an average of nearly 100000 in
hatitants to each presidential elector. Now
take number of states which were carried
for Bryan and which have in the aGgre-
gate the same number of electoral votes
that New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Illinois have, and compare the vote and
population and the population to each elect
or. The following sixteen states are chos-
en-, all OF which were carried by Bryan, the
total vote alone being given, this Will
make the comparison more striking. the
Republican vote not being necessary to
fh,a
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
a Superior Cud.

From the New York Press.
My dear" said the bull. tenderly. you
have not been yourself lately. Your health
has been growing precarious ever since
the summer. Tell me. what is weighing on
your mind?"
''It is nothing much, Hector" sobbed the
cow, "only-only-since / saw those sum-
mer girls up at the house chewing tutti-
frutti, 1 can never hold up my head
apainrb
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
Admitted 1t.

prom the New YORK Press.
You make me tired" said the shade Of
Nebuchadnezzar. Claiming forever that
David didn't knock you out in a square
fight"
..Well. he didn't" snorted the shade of
Goliath angrlly.
why. only the other day." continued
the shade of Nebuchadnezzar. you told
me that the stone fairly took your breath
nway"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 1896

reach of any danger he has a snug and
how far properly organized postal saw
ingS bank system would go toward restor-
ing national content. The plan Is so simple
{ that it is very generally forgotten in the
uproar about tariffs and monetary policies.
Yet it is an agency of incalCulable power.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
THE WEATHER.

Washington, Dec 25.-For Oklahoma and
Indian Territory-Slightly warmer; fair;
variable winds.
MIssouri-Generally fair; westerly winds;
warmer in southern. slightly colder IN
northern portion.
Kansas-Fair; variable winds.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
POasihlY.

From the Chicago Tribune.
why do people take so much interest In
what they call Darkest Africa, anyhow"
'I presume they have kind of idea it
would be a good thing to go there and
grope with the country
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
The Aftermath.

Twas the night after Christmas
And in most every house
Each boy had pain
Right under his blouse ]. w. M.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
So ThouEhtIes..

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
i''Wot's de matter. Petie?"
IVY. two OF de best Sun'y schools goes
to has dsra festerbuls de same night"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
srATEmENT OF CIRCULATION

State Of Missouri.
County of Jackson.
H. Gaylord, business manager OF The
Kansas City Journal, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full ana
complete copies of the Kansas City Jour
naI. Daily and sunday, printed during the
month OF November, 1886, was as follo"s-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

The Journal does not pre-
tend TO know the number OF
copies printed BY its con-
temporaries. Printing papers
A is easy If n publisher has
presses ard can get hold OF
tIpnUlatinn white paper. But when II
OlUuldliUu comes to QUALITY the Jour
nj raj does know. There are two
Ih9t classes OF circulation-one
PAID. the other FREE. One
Pays Ssis?s sss more ZAP = i. s5sS9S4 saTs$ss :
advertisers FSn Tsi 1oPFnsrf f q n6Eg9T SsEss5fsa es !.
lation Its growth is sttady,
reasonable reliable.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

The Narrow Escape of President Diaz.
From the Chicago Tribune.
President Diaz. of Mexico, Is to be con-
graduated on the possession of a coachman
who knows enough not to permit his horses
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

u I<A HCiND'
State Of Missouri. County of Jackson, IS.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed In
my presence this Both day of November
1886.
Ny commission expires November sth, 1887.
CseaD LIONEL NOISE,
Notary Public.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

Wild corn has been discovered in Ari-
zona. An occasional crop of wild oats is
also located in that territory.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

Governor-elect Leedy was forced to fee
from Topeka to escape the office seekers.
Mr.. Leedy. it will be remembered, was
elected by party whose cardinal princi-
pie is that the office should seek the man.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

The sultan has been given ten days in
which to show a disposition to keep his
promises of reform. At the expiration of
this period if the required showing has not
been made the powers will hold a confer
ence and determine when the next ultima
tum shall be issued
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

The Abilene papers have commenced to
compliment the women out there for re-
moving their hats in the theater, and a
cynical citizen who has been a great stu
dent of human perversity wants to bet
that every woman at the next performance
will Mear one.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

It is distressing to reflect that the ruth
less money power is still forcing Hon. John
P. AItgeld to put the gold clause into his
IeaSeS
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

THAT ossified Texas man." remarks Pap
Ecsert with ribaldry which ill befits
this hallowed Christmas season, probably
died hard"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

When the road was building she made no
claim for damages because it crossed her
farm and in return she was given a life
pass. which she never uses except when
her business as poultry raiser takes her
into Atchison.
There is a woman in Atchison who is
kept carefully hid from the eyes of the
twcnspeople on account of her dreadful
deformity. She is said to more nearly
resemble a frog than human being, and
the local papers believe she would make
a fortune for some sideshow manager. She
is 30 years of age and has borne her de-
formity from birth.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

1t will be noticed that the senate is in
no hurry to lay before the president the
house bill prohibiting liquor selling at the
caDitol
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

If the Pops changed the state consti-
tuition as often as they do their political
platforms there would be a brand new
one every wear.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-26

Senator PETER had to be awakened from
slumbcr to be informed of his first cleo
ton. but since he has tasted office he feels
like that Muskogee girl who declared that
after she learned how to kiss she began
ont
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-30
THE CHAMPIONS TO VISIT ENGLAND.

Baltimore Md. Aug. 20 (spccaD. McCiraw.
third baseman OF the Baltimore Baseball club. T.
making arrangements for a tour Of the champloa
League team through England after the Temple Cup
series this autumn. All the players have agreed 10
go and are enthusiastic over the project. Twelve
men only will be taken. the regular team. orc utility
man and TWO extra pitchers The enterprise VIII
be conducted on the cooperative plan. ard each
player vi probably be asked 10 contribute to
general capital for travelling expenses Manager
Ianlon NAV go along as manager after the schedule
has been made out There are two leagues IN Eng
land with which games could be arranged Tor sew
eral weeks. and the only shadow on the enterprise
l. the fact OF the early beginning OF the football
season. The champions think. however. that the
prestige gained by three successive finishes a the
head Of the American procession ought 20 make
them curiosities enough to draw big crowds.