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Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
THE BRADLEY-MARTIN BALL.

There is much gossip in New York So
ciety in reference to criticisms advanced
by several prominent clergymen upon the
proposed ball to be given by Mrs. Bradley
Martin, one of the city's upper crust or
naments. Among these pulpit critics is DIR.
RaiEsford, rector of St. Georges Protes-
tant Episcopal church, which embraces in
its membership some of the wealthiest
citizens of the metropolis. including Mr.. j.
Pierpont Morgan.
The general opinion among these min
listers is that such wanton waste of money
as is contemplated in this affair is wicked,
ana especially so in times of business de-
preston and where there is so much des-
titution apparent on all sides among the
people One minister declares that the
ball will be an incentive 10 anarchy and
that it will tend to widen the breach be-
tween the rich and the poor. Another
thinks such fragrant extravaganza viii
create discomfort and socialism and SO on.
DR.. Rainsford, however, throws the
blame for much of this feeling, although
unwittingly perhaps upon the Bryan wing
of the Democracy. He says: "It was only
last November that several millions of our
fellow citizens indicated their disbelief in
the beneficence of the social conditions
under which we live. 1t is useless to deny
disconnected to-day, however little we
may like to believe it," There is no doubt
but that a good deal of the prevailing
discomfort is a result of the harangues
made by Bryan and his followers on the
stump. At the outset of the campaign
Mr.. Bryan spoke only on the legitimate
political issues, but when he found that
the people did not take kindly to his
financial heresies he changed tactics ana
artfully endeavored TO array the poor
against the rich. He used all the means
in his power to intensity the feeling and
to make the discrepancy in social condl-
tions appear all the more glaring DIR.
Rainsford is right in limiting that some of
this feeling is due TO the doctrines pro-
mulgated during the last campaign.
As for the Bradley-Martin ball, there are
two sides TO the question. One Is that
of useless extravaganza urged by the min
listers, and the other is that the large
sums of money to be expended on the oc-
casion will be distributed among the legiti-
mate channels of trade and thereby ben
eft thousands of trades people and labor
ers who might otherwise get no share of
it. And there are others, again, who take
the ground that a rich man has a perfect
right TO spend his money as he pleases.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
Passenger Ton freight
uer mile Der mile

Ana 10 this table may be appended the
comment that further reduction marked
the year 1896 Just closed. These rates are
lower than those charged in any foreign
countries. 1t has been estimated that If
the Pennsylvania railroad alone charged
the rates of the London & Northwestern
Company of England its annual revenues
would be increased $12,OOO,OO0
That rates are always equable is not con-
tended but that they average as low as
they can be profitable is proved by the un-
profitable condition of the companies in
spite of economy in operation and a whole
sale neglect of maintenance which must be
made good some time or the deterioration
of the plant and roadbed will pass below
the line of safety.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

scissors this reputation. But anybody who
observes the tonsorial artists of this town
must notice that the evil reputation is not
well founded. In ninety-nine cases out of
hundred they are taciturn. Beyond the
ordinary Good morning" they do not
speak to the subject Sometimes even that
is omitted, and the barber might be dumb
We're it not for the demonstration of the
possession of gift of speech given when
he whisks off the covering and calculates
Next" Perhaps, like other survivals. the
barber of to-day is a decadent, who has
lost interest in the topics of the times.
Perhaps the change has come about from
the fact that the shop with the bloody pole
Is no longer the lounging place foP the idle
or the gossiping. But it is only right and
Just that the followers of a very useful
craft should not be accused of the pos
session of troublesome qualities that are no
longer theirs.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

The plumber was sore of heart and sad
As he gaZed at the sunny sky
And he thought of the lack of jobs he'd
had,
And he heaved dolorous sigh.
But at last he smiled at the blinking sun,
And he threw his lead pipe down
For he'd thought of a plan that would
make him one
OF the wealthiest men in town.
And the scheme was winner from the dav
That 1t first popped into his mind;
Now, richer man than he. they say
Would be very hard to find.
And his plan was one. I'll say to you.
Such as man seldom strikes;
He plumbs when there's any plumbing TO
do.
And he also doctors bikes.
Cleveland Leader,
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
MISSOURI POINTS.

The annual good roads convention, under
the auspices of the Missouri Road Improve
ment Association. is to be held in Jefferson
City, February 1924, and the attendance of
members of city councils and county courts.
street commissioners, county surveyors
wheelmen, and all others Interested in
street and road improvement is particularly
desired.
Macon has advanced to the stage of dig
nifty and social Importance indicated by the
possession of n Club one with a capital
stock of 5000 having been incorporated
there the other day.
Miss Wisdom is a jefferson City Young
woman who is exploited as having been
Bryan's stenographer some years ago but
who is now, as she has always been, a
stanch Republican. OF course, it is un
derstood without saying that the paths of
Wisdom and Bryan have long led in oppo-
site directions.
James Bradley, of Linueus, claims the
distinction Of being the only .sx Confederate
soldier in his section of Missouri who was
an eyewitness of the surrender of Lee to
Grant at Appomatox. Mr.. Bradley stood
Clinton gives free entertainment to from
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

by failing to do so he loses his right 10
take part in the primaries of any party
If the applicant expresses his party pref
erence the name of the party is recorded
in the blank prepared for that purpose.
The lists thus made up constitute the
basis of the various party organizations
and remain as such throughout the year.
These provisions are calculated to give
the bona fide members of a party a voice
in naming the candidates for whom they
will be expected to vote on election da;,
and thus put an end to bossism and ma
chine rule, which are made possible
through the ability of a few men to control
the nominating machinery of their party.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
To cIRcrMyENr rmE IIIGn H,r.

An esteemed correspondent in yester-
days Journal proposes n solution of the
high hat question that is novel but per
haps not feasible. His idea IS TO separate
the sheep from the goats. as it were. by a
dividing line running from the center of the
stage TO the rear Of the mouse. on one side
OF this line ladies who insist upon wearing
their hats are to be seated. the other side
10 be reSeryed for those who are courteous
enough 10 remove their millinery. This plan
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
The Gont AMI ninIomacr.

From the New York Advertiser
The announcement is made that James
Boyle. Mr.. McKinley's private secretary
Will be appointed United States consul at
Bradford, England. No better choice could
be made. and there will be no dissenting
voice except from those friends Of Mr..
Boyle who would prefer to see him remain
in the United States as secretary to Presi-
dent Mckinley. The appointment of Mr.
Boyle to this post will mean the recall of
the Hon. Claude Meeker, the present con-
sui. and there will be objections to tina.
from those persons who dote on Consul
Meeker's thrilling statistics of the Angora
goat with which the consular reports have
been greatly enriched. Mr. Meeker has
made study of the Angora goat. In his
official capacity he has penetrated the fast
ness where the Angora breeds and rears its
young, and has compelled the beast to yield
UP its innermost secrets as to the produc-
tion of mohair and all that pertains there
to. Consul Meeker can tell at glance
whether given goat will yield enough
hair to cover sofa; and If not. why not.
All this intelligence he has on fifty or sixty
occasions spread before the people of the
United States, and If they do not by this
time know as much about the goat as he
does himself it Is not his fault 1t will
not be surprising if Mr.. Boyle finds some
thing around Bradford save Angora goats.
Wopidn't Fail to Recognize ''POrk."
From the New York Press
Kansas has a member of the state leg
islature named Beans. But Kansas doesn't
seem to know him.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
The Kentucky Primary Law.

From the Chicago Record.
Mr.. j. f. Milholland has an article in
the current number of the North Ameri-
can Review explaining the working of the
primary election law in Kentucky. He
asserts that for the five years it has been
in operation there it has been a success.
All primary elections are held and con-
Quoted in the same form and manner and
urGer the same requirements as the regII-
lar state elections The same protection
against fraud and intimidation is afforde.
for the primaries as for the regular cleo
items. Whenever the governing authority
Of any political party desires to hold a
primary election in Kentucky 1t must give
forty days public notice. stating the day
on which the primary is to be held. the
hours during which the polls will be omen
ands the places of location. and the offices
for which candidates are to be named.
An essential feature of the Kentucky law
is the system of registration. In all cities
and towns in which a registration law is In
force, under the statutes governing cleo
tions. there must be set aside on the reg
ular registration books space for record.
ing the party affiliation" of the persons
registered. 1t is the duty OF the judges 10
ask each person who appears for reg.stra-
ton the question: with which political
party do you desire to affiliate?" II the
applicant does not desire to state his party
preference he Is not required to do so, but
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

seems to be based upon esthetic grounds,
coupled with a close study of the foibles
Of the sex. The correspondent declares that
all women know when they appear TO the
greatest advantage. and that if they per-
sist in wearing their hats in a theater, it
is because they are aware that they look
their prettiest in an adornment of that
kind. And possibly it is for this reason
that they feel they can defy the powers
that be with impunity. Another reason is
that women sometimes haven't the time
to fix up their back hair or their front hair,
as the case may be, and wear hat or
bonnet TO hide the confusion that may ex-
ist in the coiffure.
But this argument is a much stronger
one for the enactment of a hat ordinance
than it is in opposition to such measure.
BY forcing a lady to remove her hat in
places of amusement she will be very sure
that her shining tresses-her crown of glory
are arranged with scrupulous care. There
viii be no danger of her remaining away
because she hasn't time to comb her hair.
She will take time by the forelock. as it
were, and hold him until she arranges her
own locks to suit her fancy and that of her
neighbor in the parquet. Beauty un-
adorned is adorned the most, and there is
no question but that theater fun of
pretty women with their shapely heads
well groomed affords a more pleasing sight
than if they were crowned with the choc-
est gems of the milliner's art. This is of
itself an excellent reason for the enact
ment Of a high hat ordinance, to say moth
ing OF a number of cogent and highly con-
vincing arguments that have been put forth
in favor of this proposed measure.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
Leedy Says.

New York's n naughty pIacs,
beedy says;
It's gilded. old disgrace.
Lcedy says;
IL Is short on public schools.
And it's long on public fools,
And its voters all are tools,
Leedy says.
It's half civilized. that's all,
Leedy says.
And it's tottering to n fall.
Leedy says;
II is rotton 10 the core.
From the Brenx to Coney's shores
And he knew Il long before,
Leedy says.
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
EnIirhfnninr MiIII.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Willie-"Why don't women have whis-
kers. par
Pa-"My son. the habit of talking through
ones whskers is abhorrent. Woman was
placed upon the earth to beautify it and
make 1t lovely But don't say anything
about this to your mother
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

passed the wicked will be east into the
newly built hell which is awaiting them,
while the good will be gathered to Abra-
| hams bosom.
The Abilene Chronicle relates an enter
tanning story about how a couple of Union
racine conductors got revenge upon one
| OF those hated ''spotters'' VINO are sent
OUT by the officials of every road. The spot
Ter rode from Kansas City TO Ellis upon
MS pass. which was No. 2I7 d. The con-
uuetor was onto his man and believed
that MS game was to catch the conductor
VINO took the train at Ellis and ran it on
TO Denver. So he prepared a note to be
handed to the relief conductor when Ellis
was reached, which read as follows:
There is spotter in the smoking car
who think will pay you cash fare to
Denver. Keep the fare and register pass
NO. IA d. which he carries in his pocket"
When the train rolled into Ellis the con-
ductor Kept away from the man who was
TO relieve him that the spotter would
not suspect any communication between
lhenl' but before the train pulled out the
note had performed its mission
When conductor No. came through the
train sure enough Mr.. Spotter handed over
a cash fare to Denver. which was slowed
away IN the pocket of the conductor, while
upon MS register was entered the number
Oh the pass according to suggestion.
n Few days later conductor No. 2 was
summoned before the superintendent. The
spotter's report had been received discIos-
ing cash fare to Denver while the con-
ductor's daily report showed nothing of
the sort. Laying these reports side by side
the conductor called the attention of the
superintendent to the fact that the only
passenger from Ellis to Denver that day
was the spotter. who had Travelled on pass
NO. 24I ID. This was the spoilers pass and
the superintendent knew it. The conclus-
ION was inevitable. therefore, that the spot
ter had exhibited his pass and himself
pocketed the money which had been given
him to tempt the conductor. He was dis
charge from the employ of the company
by telegraph. while a handsome apology
was placed at the disposal of the con-
ductor.
The Eldorado Republican relates the fol-
lowing tale with reckless disregard of a
moral: "A Butler county successful farmer
and stock raiser told us to-day that he had
spent enough money Tor cigars to buy the
best farm in the county. He further said
he does not regret it, because he had had
more pleasure out of it than the best farm
in the county is WORTH
Upper-crust-society item from the Perry
Democrat: Bill Crane has moved his fam
lily TO Oklahoma City. He was known here
as square man at his game, and well
liked in sporting circles. Bill had charge
of the crap" table at the Hoffman bar
before Billie Bowels was ushered into the
office of county attorney
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

From the Chicago Tribune.
what makes you think times are going
to improve?'
Il simply know they are. The edito1 of
the Weekly Financial PrognosticatorI has
taken 10 wearing gay-coIored necktiesl for
the first time since 1884,
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
An Insult.

From the Indianapolis Journal Z
'Wot did she say when you told her Won
was Il Cuban war sufferer asked Hum
CRY Higgins. who had waited at the srata
She told me-" answered Weary w,,l.ins
who had made the spiel.' she told mo ~
see how quick could walk Spanish.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

party have been as marked and rapid as
those which the critics of the old parties
are able to score up against them in n
half century. PETERS Value even as fire
wood does not warrant unreserved rejoic-
ing over his salvation as a brand from
the burning. But his comparatively inof-
fensive political heresy is completely out
OF place in the practical political piracy
which is now the only apparent purpose of
the PoDulist Marty
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
PETER and the New PopuIism.

FROM the New YORK Press.
Poor PETER, who sank without a ripple In
the sea of Populist politics the other day,
was the first and last of the specimen
of harmless crotcheteer that his party has
produced. He belonged to its Farmers AL
lance stage, in which IL was blind, un-
conscious revolt against the competition of
cheap foreign lands and the exactions of
CROSSROADS usurers. His schemes We're
dangerous enough if there had been the
slightest possibility of their realization
But this even he scarcely seemed TO eX-
pect He would unroll plans and specifica-
tions for some sort of political flying ma
chine, prepare and exhibit some vegetarian
menu of economic diet, then calmly fold
his prints and papers and so upon his way.
OF that which makes for effectively in pol.
itics, save the bare presentation of what
of governmental action, he had apparently
not the slightest conception. In his passing
the amiable visionary stage of his party
passes finally.
Thousands of good, if misled. Americans
had high hopes six and four years ago of
the Populist party. Its Ocala and Omaha
conventions were mass meetings of hymn
singing enthusiasts, antipodally different
from last summers gathering at st. Louis
with its drunkenness and blasphemy. But
those hopes cannot be entertained at pres
ent by any process of fanatic optimism.
In the brief political lifetime OF the first
Populist the changes in the direction OF
moral and political deterioration OF his
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
A Rank Injustice.

From the New York sun
There has long been a theory that bar
bers ere garruloIs persons. 1t is tradi-
uon that has come down from remote an
uqutty. The satirists OF former times and
the sad-eyed Joke writers of this have in
sisted on giving the man of razor ard
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
The ChecrfnI I,tint

From the Indianapolis Journal.
by the way" said the sftoe clerk board-
er. Congressman Money!
"I wonder .f he is any relation ~ Joh.
poe7" interrupted the chee%ful idiot.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
TIE WEATHER.

Washington. Jan. 25.-F'or Oklahoma and
Indian Territory: Fair: slowly rising tenn
perature; north to east winds
For Missouri: Generally fair weather;
slowly rising temperature; north winds.
For Kansas: Partly cloudy weather: prob
ably light local SHOWS; not so cold; north to
east winds.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
To Disinfect Street Cars.

From the New York Advertiser.
In paper read before the Medico-LegaI
Society DIR. Hance. of Inis city. took up
with some particularly of detail the story
of his experiments made with cultures of
the ordinary dirt and dust of the city street
cars. He found, as might well have been
expected that this dust was laden with
disease germs in which the bacillus OF con-
sumption largely predomnated. This OBJ
servation corresponds with the reports of
the boards of health of the country and
the suggestive fact that consumption car
ries off more lives on this continent than
any one disease. The explanation, already
referred to in these columns. is simple;
the prevalence of the disorder is largely
due to a national, and still more acutely
a local, habit.
But palliative. If not preventive. of
the spread of consumption germs is within
the means of the street railroad compa-
MES. II they will insist upon having some
cheap and easily applied disinfectant mixed
with the water used for scrubbing out the
cars. they can make large difference in
the mortality reports without adding per-
ceptibly to the cost of operation.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
Consumption and the Dignity of the

From the New York World.
DIR. George F. Shrady enters his protest
in the Medical Record against the manda-
tory clauses of the health boards order
concerning consumption.
DR.. Shrady thinks ii an unwarrantable
interference with the physicians work to
require him TO report all cases of tubercu-
losis and to take certain prescribed pre-
cautions to prevent the spread of the dis
ease.
II is difficult to sympathize with this
view. Precisely the same thing is done by
the health board in the case of diphtheria
scarlet fever and other infectious diseases
Why should it not he done in the case of
consumption. which kills more people every
year than any of these diseases do. and
which. by reason of its longer duration. has
a greater opportunity to propagate itself?
The dignity of an attending physician is
worthy of all respect, But the health and
life of the community are objects of much
more serious concern.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

The journal Company, Publishers.
journal Building, Tenth and Walnut.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26
woaIdn,t Fail to RecognIue Apork-

From the New York Press.
Kansas has a member of the state leg
islature named Beans. But Kansas doesn't
seem to know him.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

4
Several Tending eases are quoted to 7sus-
tain the opinion in this case, which is in
deed, in the line of long series of ante
cedent decisions. The point chiefly insist
ed on was that which was brought out so
clearly by the supreme court of Pennsyl-
vania in its opinion in the case of Morris
Run Coal Company VS.. Barclay Coal Com
pany. This is that combination belongs
to the very essence of Illegal restraint, be-
cause, as the court puts it. combination
has power in it's confederated form
which no individual action can confer. 1t
is judicial dictum now universally recog-
ni2ed that 'men can often do by the
combination of many what severally no
one could accomplish. and even what, when
done by one. would be innocent. There is
potency in numbers when combined
which the law cannot overlook where in
jury is the consequence" 1t is also an
esta blished rule that courts will not stop
to inquire as to the degree of injury m
hicted; it is enough to know that the
natural tendency of such contracts is in
furious. Should the case of the harrow
trust be carried on appeal to the supreme
court of the United States, that tribunal
will have better opportunity than has
been recently presented to it to give an
authoritative and comprehensive exposition
of the law relating to monopoiies.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

The election of Pritchard by the legIsla-
ture of North Carolina means forty-four
Republican senators in that body after
March 4, not counting the certain success
of the party in Kentucky It is more than
probable that the Dupont case will be re-
opened, in which case that gentleman will
be seated as he should have been before
the last adjournment of congress. That
will give the Republicans forty-five votes,
or just enough with the vote of Vice Pres
ident Hobart.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-26

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Then there is another patriot who failed
to land-Colonel w. F. Federman, who, as
secretary of the state silver committee,
made more noise than either Turner or Nc
Nall. Federman will be back in the Re-
publican party very shortly now.