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pensing with all needless Offices and
expenses, then will the people say,
well done,' but If they simply sit
round and draw all the salaries In
sight, then will their constituents
rightly say, depart ye wicked, know
ye.not.'"
In reply to a Capital article in which
reference was made to q small cash
contribution to the State committee
by Senator Peffer, the Topeka Democrat
says: at Is very unfair to point to
Senator PETERS small contribution to
the Populist State Central committee
as an evidence of a niggardly nature.
Senator PETER, as his friends all know,
has done his part In carrying the linsn.
cisl burdens of the Peoples party.
For several years now Senator PETER,
who is the principal owner of the AD-
vOCATE, the leading Populist paper In
the State, has maintained that vlgor.
Gus journal in the fore front at a heavy
cost. Moreover, Senator PETER, 1t Is we'll
known, made three months canvass
in the late campaign for the National
and State ticket at his own expense.
No fair. minded Populist will bring the
charge Of parslmony against Senator
PETER"
The convention Of miners Of CrSw.
ford and Cherokee counties held re-
Gently at Plttsburg, declared In favor
Of q law providing for payment Of
miners every two weeks, against the
company's being permitted to issue
scrip, in favor of law providing a
Sesler of weights and measures. The
shot firing law was declared to be
satisfactory. A demand was made for
the enforcement Of the present law
providing that miners shall be
paid for the correct weight Of their
output before 1t is screened. A pro-
test against the scheme Of the COM
psnies to force collection Of q fee for
the medical staff without miners con.
sent was adopted. A resolution condem.
ming the present system Of bringing
convict tmined coal into competition
with the product Of free labor was
adopted. The bill introduced by Ex-
Representative Bone In the last
Legislature will be revised and sub
mitted to those miners for their &C
ceptsnce or rejection. The meeting
was a success. The miners may de-
pend that Representative McGrsth
and the other Popullsts elected by their
votes will do everything in their power
to secure the passage Of legislation in
their interest.
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MemphIs Route Holiday E1cursIOns.

On December 81 and % excursion tickets
will be sold TO points in Tennessee, Ala
bama, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and
the Southeast generally, at the rate Of one
fare, tickets good thirty days for return.
On December "a, 25, and 81 and January
excursion tickets will be sold between all
stations on the Kansas City, Ft. Scott &
Memphis railroad and branches (where
regular rate exceeds so cents), with return
limit January J. e. LOCKWOOD,
General Passenger Agent.
Whhn whiting AdvsKtisoEa ngentlon AdyoDaks
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him. The burglar, who later gave his
name as Patterson, took a baby with
him upstairs and whenever an at
tempt was made to capture him he
would thrust the baby between him
and the crowd. He was finally taken
after three hours psrleylng, He will
be tried at once, as court is In session.
Sam Kimble, F L. Irish and H. A.
Perkins, all Of Manhattan, took OCca-
sion several times In the campaign to
question the statement of fact in refer
enCe to the financial legislation of 1873,
made by Professor viii in lecture
given by request of the college stu
dents. Shortly after election the Pro.
fessor addressed a note to the persons
named asking them to meet him In
public examination into the history OF
that legislation. The replies were
characteristic of the gold advocates In
that abuse, ridiCule and everything but
reason and common sense predomi
mated. No other inference can be
drawn from their action than that they
lack faith in their cause and ability tC
defend it.
Kansas City Journal. "Webt
Wilder reCites in his ANNALS Of Kan
sss' that In 1854, when the 6rst tide Of
New England settlers began to drift
hitherward, the Mlssourisns tied COW
at each crossing Of the Missouri river
When an emigrant arrived at the cross
ing he was certain to make some re-
mark about the animal, and If he said
cow he was suffered to cross, but il
he said 'keoW' he was hustled back
East and out of the country as 6
bloody minded sbolitiOnlst. In retail
lstion for this 1t is said the KsnsaI
fellows tied a bear on their side of thu
river, and when an immigrant crossed
who called it bear he was welcomed
with open arms, but the fellow wht
called 1t 'bsr' was scoOted back into
Missouri as an unwelcome slavery ad
Vocste."
During the campaign story wen
the rounds of the press to the effect
that Jay Cooke would vote for Bryan
Representative II. A. Keefer Of LesV
enworth county, who was at one time
Superintendent of Cookies Iron Work.
at Gettysburg, Pa, wrote him con
graduating him. Imagine his surpris'
when he received reply in which Cooke
said: "Vote as l shall vote, for Nc
Kinley and against anarchy and tht
wicked un-Americsn ideas, 1t csnn-t
be possible that sensible men like your
self can stand such platform. Ii so
l despair of my country. 4 L
Bryan should be elected we would b.
at the mercy of a lot of wicked ant
stupid sdVenturers and no man coulC
tell what damage would be done tt
every interest in the nation" Keefe
answered him. His reply is a stronl
presentation of the silver side Of tn
case.
Oskslooss Times: "Some of thI
fellows are already objecting to tn
sbollshment of the several useleS
boards and reducing the number o
members on others, claiming that al
the people expect of US as party Is II
honestly and economically conduct tn
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dishonesty and a desire to repudiate
their obligations.
The Republican Executive Council
laid out the State House grounds
without providing any diagonal walks
across it. Topeka people object to
having to walk around it. and a citizen
who desired to test the matter of
whether the Council could arbitrarily
arrange the grounds so as to incOn-
venience the public, walked across the
grass plot one day last week. He was
arrested and the court dismissed the
case.
George K. Spencer, real estate man
Of Wichita, has the Endorsement of
large number of Democrats of that
city for Police Commissioner 1t Is
stated that this Is all that Wichita
Democrats are asking. 1t would seem
reasonable that Democrat should be
named who has the Endorsement of his
party. In fact, all appointments of
either Democrats or silver Republicans
should be men who are in favor with
their party.
At the Democratic State committee
meeting the Kansas City Times man
discovered the following candidates of
that party for State POSITIONS: E, E.
Murphy, LesVenwofth, Insurance Com
missioner; Ben Heilbrun, Usage City,
and J. G. Lowe, Washington, Railroad
Commissioner; A, F. Hstten, West
phslis Times, Board of Charities; j,
w. Brooks, Ellsworth, Secretary Rail
road Commission; d. A. Rachford,
Usage City, Clerk Secretary of States
Office.
Mrs. Daisy Morris of Hoyt got a
judgment for $4,000 for damages
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company last week. About year
ago she was sick and her husband tel
egrsphed to Topeka for a doctor.
The company in transmitting the mes
sage got 1t badly mixed up and as
result the doctor did not understand
1t. The delay in securing medical as
sistsnce neCessitsted a surgical opera.
tion which will permanently affect her
health.
J. E. Lstimer of the Pleasanton Her.
aid is in the race for State Printer. He
has been Populist ever since the or
gsnizstiOn Of the party and was with
the Union Labor party several years
before it was merged iIto the new
party. He has been In newspaper
office since he was fourteen years old.
He has been connected with the Herald
for fourteen years. 1t is understood
that If he is elected he will attempt to
establish AMI build up a daily at To
peka. His candidacy is worthy of
careful consideration.
Meriden Tribune: 1.-THE agitation
for the sbolishment of useless boards
and other Offices created principally to
provide places for political hangers on
should be kept up. There are lots OF
worthy men who need and deserve po-
sitions, and there are hundreds o1
others who will have the nerve to ask
for and even demand them. A great
pressure will be brought upon the Leg
islsture to spare those useless positions
In order that there may be more pie
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toral ticket. He now seeks revenge Oy
going after Frakes' scalp.
The Burlington road will establish a
number of model farms Of forty acres
each along its lines in the West Ar
rsnQements are being made to open
these farms at Oberlin, Kas. and at NC
Cook and Broken Bow, Neb. The OBJ
iect is to demonstrate the value OF
improved methods of soil culture.
W, M. Campbell Of Stafford, who
served four terms in the Legislature
thinks that w. F. Brown of Pratt
would make an excellent Speaker. He
SAYS that he is favorable to Brown be-
cause he is above anything in the line
of political trickery or chlcsnery.
Such is the testimony of all who know
Mr.. Brown.
Medicine Lodge TndeU:' "Whether
Senator PETER Is re, elected or not his
record is without blemish or a scar.
He has made one of the sblest repre-
sentstives of the peoples interests that
ever sat in the Senate. He has done
his whole duty and always proved
himself honest, conscientious ana
straightforward"
PHI, Dolan of Salins, a member or
the Populist State committee, is can
didste for member of the State Board
of Charities. He was member or
the Legislature in 1891 and 1893. His
acquaintance with State affairs would
prove of great value in that position.
He comes from a county which de-
serves recognition.
The annual meeting of the State
Grange was held at Olathe December
8. E. W. Westgste of Manhattan
was elected Master. Resolutions in
dorsing j. H. Brigham of Ohio for
Secretary of Agriculture and demand
ing the appointment of practical farm
ers as Regents of the State Agricul-
tural College were adopted.
An Eastern financial concern tried
to sell $l25,OOO of fraudulent Com
snche county bonds to the School Fund
Commissioners recently, but failed.
The Kansas City Journal tells about
it and says agents told the board that
they had deal with the Populist Com
missioners and would sell to them.
The ADVOCATE does not think they
will.
w. D. Campbell of Lyndon would
like to be Deputy Warden of the Peni-
tentisry. He has the requisite qualifi-
cations for the place and has record
as a worker. During the recent cam
paign he spared neither time, comfort
nor money to help win the victory in
Usage county. The workers should be
considered when they ask for places
for which they are qualified.
John Gray of Usage county has been
recommended by the Populist commit
tee of that county for Mine Inspector.
Usage is a mining county, and that
position should certainly go to it or
some one of the counties in which
mining is leading industry. Usage
county PopulistS made a great fight
and won a splendid victory. Their
claims deserve consideration.
Rudolph Blsnkenburg, who made
nnunrnl Pnnnhlinnn n nnnnnhnn in Kannnr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-03
THE TENNESSEE CENTENARY.

The centenary Of Tennessee Is worthy OF more
than local observation. rs that of one OF In"
earliest states admitted into the Union after
the adoution of the Constitution; admitted. hap
PLY. on proclamation 10y Washington himself.
The State has had honorable history. and has
PLAYED nm honorable part In the development oi
the Nation II has suffered the common fate of
border lands however. in both industrial and
civil affairs II was too far north To enjoy the
full prosperity Of the more distinctive SlAv"
Statcs and too far south 10 shar" the free IN
dustrial progress of the Northern States. Con
scuucntly. its NATURAL resources have never been
fully DEVELOPED, and ifs people have not "n
loved the full need OF culture and prosperity
which should be theirs
When the War broke out Tennessee soon Ice.
came the lighting ground Of the armies. With
the single exception of Virginia. II suffered far
more than any other state NJ. ny ~ the great
est battles Of the War were fought upon IT,
soil The names Of Donclson. shiloh. Chicka.
mauga chattanooga. Lookout Mountain. Frank
lin and NaShy lie give IL immortal fame In The
annals Of war After the return of pcac" pros
pcriiv was too long delayed But II has come n
last The ancient commonwealth has ava
kcned 10 new NE and 10 better He than II
ever had before Fertile fields busy factories.
multiplied schools and colleges. growing cities.
all proclaim that Tennessee is keeping step {"
the music Of the Mon she has day the
congratulations and best wishes 81 all her sis
ter States
For lust one thing she is 10 b" conniscrni"d
and indeed. rcproachcd That IS that In this
centennial year her government Is degraded
and her good name sullird 10y the presence Of
n fraudulent Governor In ia" Executive Chair
Tennessee knows. as all the Nation knows. that
Peter Turney was not elected 10 the plncc lc
now fills Henry clay Evans was elected 10 II
by the suffragcs Of the people ~ the state Peter
Turncy was put into the place by Il wicked con
spiracy of fraud and force 10y men who knew
they were committing n crime but who did
not hesitate 10 do II 10 serve their own selfish
and dishonest ends II is not agreeable 10 refer
10 such thing AT such n time. But th" crime
was so fragrant that II calls for exposure and
condemnation on every possible occasion. by
no means the least of the good wishes extended
to Tennessee Is this that In the new century
| upon which she Is entering she may never b,
dsgraccd by another Chief Magistrate Of the
Peter Turncy brand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-03
BOLT or KNIFEf

The only question now is whether the Demo
Gratis can hang together or hang separately.
The clattcr about the pro-silver Jennings OF
Major Mex iney is about over II originated
with the defeated bosses. and was doubtless
meant to provide ammunition for the Free
Traders against the Protective candidate unto
the end OF The campaign. hui II Is already
burned powder. The control Of the Democratic
Convention has practically been decided al
ready A bare majority will make the plat
FORM and the silver men have majority.
The investigation by THE NewYork Herald"
gives the silver men about 100 ma jority while
the best showing that Chairman IInrrlty can
ahead. with West Virginia. Ohio, NebraslSa and
California classrd as doubtful. and Louisiana
counted for gold. 1t Is unnecessary to sny that
this il n confession of defeat
Thus II becomes the burning question for all
Democrats whether the party will lose more
votes by an open bolt and separate tickets in
the States than by the silent hostility Of re-
calcirant Democrats throughout the North. 1t
thorltics that Dol, would be mere fooshncss.
Obviously it would he. If there were no thought
Of principle involved. The open split would
certainly take from the party more votes in
Northern States than II * likely 10 lose by re-
fusal Of Democrats TO vote nj all in n Presi-
dental election. or by direct votes Of Democrats
for Republican tickets. But the positive gold
men may distinctly prefer the largest diversion
Of Democratic votes because they want to make
defeat on silver platform as complete and
disastrous MS possible II defeat is inevitable
II Will be all the better TO have II crushing and
conclusive. because that will help them back
the sooner TO control the party. There Is II
| little human vindctveness in the matter The
beaten gold Democrats will not bc sorry TO see
certain Of the insoent victcrs politically buried
Some Of them will be so thoroughly detested
that a bolt In their States for tho express pur.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-03
JTDGE COWING'S REBUKE.

If has been naturally but perhaps TOO has'i!'
assumed that Judge Cowing. while charging the
Grand Jury on Monday, had the Rev Dr. f"rh
hurst in mind His Honor said lie VINO rs
"soils the judiciary becomes a disturDcr OF pup
.lic ncocc and order. and is m enemy OF our
"Govcrnmcnt Such man should be regarded
rs a nitrate Woe bctdc him. or her. or them
"who undertakes to attack the judiciary. Such
IN disturbcr of public peace and menace 10 the
Instability of our Government should be care
emily watched and there should be meted out
.to him n fitting penalty for so serious an Of
"fcnce" Inasm,ch as DR. Parkhurst has re-
comfy passed an unfavOrablc opinion upon
Judge Cowing's course in the ease Of the pol
lev king" these structures may have been in
tended To fit the clergyman. but II occurs 10
us that the Judge may have been thinking OF
an earlier incident with which he was also
connected
II will be remembered that in the spring Of
last wear the Judiciary Committee Of the state
scnote cam, 10 Ncw-York 10 investigate the
Court of General Sessions with special refer
cncc TO the merits of bill affecting that court
which was then before the Legislature. The
Committee convened in this city on March 20
ard the first witness was Recorder Golf. the
alleged author and chief beneficiary Of the bill
under consideration. At certain point i'll TN"
Recorders testimony the committee ana IN"
audience were amazed and shocked to hear
person sitting 10y cXclaim in loud AMI angry
tones. 1T is lie il is a lie This outbreak
produced very painful impression. and was
generally felt to he insulting TO the committee.
an assault upon the witness and the court oi
which he was n Judge and IN aiiront 10 the
people whose representatives. were there pres
ent to consult as To the common interests Inc
offence thus committed was not lcsScncd but
aggravated when the offender. having himself
been called 10 the witness stand, made d"llp
eratcly savage attack upon The Recorder ms
unprecedented performance is still fresh III Inc
memories Of those who witnessed II. ana doubt
less deserved condemnation rs severe rs tha'
which Judge Cowing pronounced on Monday.
without specifically indicating what ana whom
he had III mind
II is possible. therefore. that Judg" 'oWing'
in denouncing whoever attacks the judiciary
as n pirate n dislurbcr of the public pence ana
a menace to the stability Of our Government
referred not to recent uttcranceS Of the Rev
DIR. Parkhurst but 10 the attack mad" upon
the judiciary in the presence of n SENATE Com
mittcc and numerous spectators on March 30,
1897. 10y Rufus H. Cowing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-03

The wool and woollens schedule OF the act vi
1890 was new In almost every provision ana ali
oxcept three were adopted In the House. In IN"
agricultural schedule NC out of @i changes were
now 70 the act Of 1890, and 90 or these
were adopted IA the House. In the metal
schedule n larger proportion. namely, 10 pro-
Visions. were in the bin proposed in 1SSS
against 20 which were new In 1871. ana III
The chemical schedule 30 were proposed by the
hin ~ 1883. aSains. A. which were new IN
1890 Practically all the provisions OF the To-
bacco schedule were new and adopted III
the House. but 10 out IF 30 new provisions
NJ the cotton schedule including important
chances were in the senate bill Of 1883 Prac-
,icalIv all the provisions Of the schedules re-
latlng 10 linen, fax. hemp and similar products
,yare now and nearly all adopted In the House
or the sundries schedule 4G out Of ID changes
vera new 20 the act of 1890. and 80 OF these
wero made in the House. Ii Is by no means
intended 10 belittle the work done ny aDie
Senators. or TO imply that many ana Vaiu-
ebIe provisions Of this great measure did not
originate in the senate bill Of 1883. but the COM
harrison item by Item shows that in Importance
as I'm number much the larger part or the change
made BY the act Of 1890 was first adopted by the
tyouso under the leadership Of Governor Mckin-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-03
ORIGIN or THE WkTNLEY BILL.

II has been often asserted TINT little credit was
due 70 Governor Mckinley for the framing OF the
Mckinley act. because it was in all essentials pre-
pared in advance by the Republican Finance
Committee Of the Senate. which framed the ALL
son-Aldrlch bill OF 1883 as substitute for the
Mills bill. When thc~Nills bill was reported 10 the
House in 1855 the Republican minority Of the
Committee OF Ways and Nouns in that body. con-
slsting Of Messrs W. n. Kelley. OF Pennsylvania:
r. NJ Browne Of Indiana; Thomas H. Reed. Of
Maine; William Mckinley. jr.. OF Ohio and A. G.
Burroughs, OF Michigan. selected Major Mckinley
10 prepare their elaborate report setting forth the
objections to the Mills bill and the document sub
mitted by him and signed by those members was
one Of IN. most effective In the subsequent cam
pagn. His selection for such duty showed how
he was regarded eight years ago by the ablest Re-
publcnns In the House. But Republican Sena-
tors were anxious 10 put before the people an az
nrmative revision to contrast with the Mills bill,
and In doing so rendered good service.
This Alllson-A ldrich bin has been compared,
item by Item with the Mckinley act OF 1890.
There are 5S2 provisions In the latter measure
changing rates OF duty Of which 1863 were taken
from the Senate bin OF 1888 This Is exclusive OF
40 Items added to the tree list. OF which % were
In the bill Of 1888 while 28. including sugar and
others Of the greatest Importance, appeared for
the first time In the act OF 1890. Exclusive OF
these. - per cent OF the changes made by the act
Of 1890 appeared In that measure for the first
time. and not In the bill proposed by the Senate
Committee. AZ has been shown. the changes pro-
posed by Major Mckinley in the bill submitted by
him to the House Committee Included l07 reduc-
tons as well as 80 advances Of duty. and ts DIFF
ference from all previous tariffs extended to al
most every schedule. II was essentially new
MEASURE and az It's trainers had the benefit OF all
the work done and testimony taken In the tariff
struggles for six preceding years 1t Is no injustice
to others to say that the measure was In detail
the most complete and thorough OF that period. as
1t was In purport and spirit the bravest and most
strongly protective
or the 40 changes made by the act of 1890
which were not In the bill Of 1883. It 10 found
that 276 were In the bill originally submitted to
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the committee by Mr.. Mckinley, 81 were adoeo
IN his committee before the bill was reported
and 10 were added In the House, 80 that oZo' OF
more than three-quarters, were made before the
bill went to the Senate. OF the rest % were
proposed by the Senate Committee ana AFTER
ward adopted, while 80 were afterward adop:ed
in the Senate, or agreed upon In conference De-
tween the two houses. 1t will be Interesting 70
many to know In what schedules the greater
part Of the new work was done. though inns ny
no means shows the relative Importance Oh 'ne
changes that originated In one house or '"e
other In the following. the changes hrst pro-
posed In the bill OF 1888 and the duties retained
by both measures from the old law. are con-
trusted with those new in the act Of 1870. and
these latter are also separated to show no"
many originated in the House and no" many
were subsequently added by the Senate or 'he
conference.