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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-08-20
Editor Graphic:


Realizing that you are
naturally good natured, and while
posing as an editor, are always ap-
preciative of items of news, 1 again
ask space in your columns to give in
detail short account of an nother flee
dinner given by the old soldiers OF
Edwards county. This time they me-
by tens and twenties at the residence
of Thomas Zimmet's, August Il, 1897
When the roll was called it was ascer-
tained that no less than 60 person;
had congregated in honor OF Mr.. Zim
NETS Goth birthday. After all having
partaken OF sum ptuous repast, thl
afternoon was whi led away by spin
ming army yarns, and giving a re-
hearsal of each old soldiers individ-
ual experience. Mr.. Zimnet enlisted
in Co. K 111th Penn. Voulenteers ant
served nearly four years. He was Z:
gdod soldier in times of war and il
| q good citizen in times of peace, and
when the crowd dispersed they wishet
him many returns of such social gath
erings. RIP.
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All Free Silver Republicans, Demo.
Gratis and individuals who believe in
political reform are cordially Invited
to participate.
Local committeeman shall be elected
at the various primaries (where such
was not done in June LAST, and new
committee shall meet at the court
house Immediately after the conven'
tion and organize.
By order of committee.
S. F. WILLIAMS,
Chairman.
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PEOPLES PARTY COUNTY
CONVENTION.

The Peoples Party will meet in del
egate convention at the court house,
in Kinsley at 11:O0 a. n, Saturday,
Sep, IL, to nominate candidates for
the following Offices: Treasurer:
County Clerk: Register of Deeds:
Sheriff; Surveyor and Coroner. 1t is
recommended that the primaries be
held on Thursday, Sep. 9, from 2 to
4 o'clock p. M, except kinsley, Ito 8.
The number of delegates from the
various precincts shall be as follows:
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Birthday Celebration.

The old soldiers and their families
met at comrade Minton's last Satur-
day to assist him in celebrating the
5lst anniversary of his birth day in a
proper manner. Mrs. Minton had
prepared a bountiful collation., to
which about IS hungry and, thirsty
individuals did ample justice. Com
rade Minton first enlisted in Co. f,
sSth Ohio volunteers. He served out
his term of enlistment after which he
again enlisted, August, 1863, in Co. l
heavy artillery. He was mustered ont
near the close of the war at Nashville,
Tenn. The old veterans will meet next
on Tuesday, the 24th with Robt. Trot-
ter, of Brown township.
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COUNTY OFFICERS.
POPULLST TICKET.

For Judge OF the 33rd. judicial District OF
kansas.
J. e. ANDREWS. :. of Rush county
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THE REAL ISSUE AT LAST

The Sound Money league announces
that international bimetallism is dead
and it is proceeding to bury it face
downward. The country is to be con-
graduated that there is a prospect that
the farce of endeavOring to coax Eu-
ropean nations into an agreement to
recognize silver as an international
medium of exchange will not be re-en-
acted. The plan of sending a commits
sion all the way across the Atlantic on
fools errand has been repeated for the
fourth time. 1t was Il Republican
scheme to avoid direct issue on the
silver question, and throw dust in the
eyes of the American people.
The league will now proceed to de-
molish bimetallism in this country, an
object it will find more difficult to ac-
complish. There never has been a
chance to make silver an international
standard of value since 1873. and the
hoodwinkers understood that from the
beginning. International bimetallism
would be of some value; it was carried
on successfully on the continent of Eu-
rope after Great Britain adopted the
gold standard. International bimetal
lism has very little to do with domestic
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| bimetallism. Our interest In the sub
ject is in the home use of silver. and its
rejection as a money metal domestically
will be fought persistently and success
fully. The issue is now stripped Of the
fog which has heretofore enshrouded It,
The league seems to be afraid of the
attitude of the south in the future, and
it has quite as much to fear from the
west. Silver will not down at the bid
ding of it's enemies any more than the
ghost of Banquo would disappear at the
command of it's friends.
The league has found the issue for
the future, it invites 1.-The friends of
sound money and all who would con-
tribute to the well-being and safety of
our commercial life to join in bringing
about the unmistakable declaration
that now and henceforth the monetary
system of the United States shall rest
upon the single gold standard" There
can be no more shirking or lodging.
We hope to hear no more pretentions to
bimetallism without any bimetallic part
in them, no more plays of Hamlet with
the part of Hamlet left out. We have
had the gold standard substantially for
twenty-four years, and especially for
the last seven years, and no one under
it's influence points with satisfaction to
the vigor of our commercial life. Be-
cause it has lacked that vigor and such
volume as a more generous money sys-
tenn would have given it, the masses
seek a change from the single to the
double standard that we may experience
again the prosperity that prevailed when
the double standard was in force in this
country.
The league urges the gold standard
as an inducement to foreign invest
ments. The craze for such investments
in the past is the pandora box from
which flow some of the most grievous
evils which affiict us. We are con-
stantly and seriously depleted of our
gold by payment of interest and profits
to foreign investors. If we must so to
the gold standard it would seem to be
good policy to prevent it's outflow in all
possible ways. The outflow to pay
trade balances is trivial as compared to
that which is caused to compensate for
eign investors. The advocates of the
double standard would prevent the out
flow of gold and of other kinds of money |
by affording the means of creating a
money volume that would render it un-
necessary to depend on foreign capital
to carry on all our practicable enter
prises and to conduct our domestic COM
merce.
The herald., 1897-11-11
THE PRESIDENT AND CUBA

The people of this country are always
interested in what their presidents say
in messages to congress, and immedi-
ately before the sessions commence that
interest is especially aroused. There are
several important questions which
President Mckinley will have to discuss
and upon which he will declare his views
and make recommendations. The peo-
pie are quite as anxious to know what he
will say upon the Cuban question as
upon any other. sympathy is so strong
ly with the Cuban patriots that the
great mass of the American people not
only favor the recognition of belliger-
ency, but they will support the govern
ment in intervention to put stop to the
war.
Why the president hesitates to grant
belligerent rights to the Cubans is in
comprehensive. He ought to know
what the feelings of the people are, and
he does know that in the last year of
Mr.. Cleveland's term both branches of
congress expressed the wishes of the
people by decisive vote, while the pres
ent senate during the special session en-
phatically repeated that expression.
1t cannot be that he hesitates fron.
fear of war with Spain. Recognition of
belligerent rights does not constitute a
casus belii. Every nation may form its
own judgment whether the facts in q
= I,
rules established by precedents. Other
wise it would not be free and independ-
ent. The Cubans have kept the field for
nearly three years against the whole
power of Spain. They baff1ed Campos in
modern warfare, and Weyler with his
barbarc methods. A third captain-gen-
erai has been sent over with the sword in
one hand and an ostensible olive branch
in the other. The Cubans have so nearly
reached the point of independence that
they would be foolish to accept Spanish
amnesty and autonomy. They have
possession of much the larger part of the
country and seem able not only. to hold
it but to carry the war to the very gates
Cf Havana. They claim an organized
civil government which is respected and
obeyed in more than half of the island.
1t is contrary to the duty of a govern
ment of a great and free people to be
captious and restrictive in giving con-
sideration to facts which bear upon the
question of granting belligerent rights.
Such government should be liberal in
giving constructions to facts when its
action would affect favorably people
struggling for free government.
Spanish rapacity has impoverished
every country that has ever been it's de-
pendency. Spain has never been in moro
straitened financial circumstances
than now, and to enable her to get re-
lief taxation of the home people would
be intolerabie. Hence her dependencies
must be loaded with more than ex-
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ONLY ONE OF HIS KIND

| John A. Logan, jr., can be more differ
in a given time than any other son of
distinguished father in the whole
civilized world, bar none. Russ" Har-
rison, who cut considerable of swath
mentioned in the same catalogue with
young Logan.
1t is but few months since Logan got
into nasty quarrel with one of 'thc
fighting McCooks' about small matter
of uniform and precedence at the coro-
nation of the czar. Pistols and cold
tea for two were talked of, but did not
materialize.
Young Logan has now broken out in
brand new place, or, more correctly, in
two new places. AS president of the
Bit and Spur club, dock-tailed swell
organization of young bloods in Chi
cago suburb, he got into row with the
neighborhood Prohibitionists over the
matter of liquor license. Hardly hal
the odor of this incident blown over
when Logan gained fresh notoriety by
almost wrecking the Chicago horse
show, in his own mind and that of sew
eral others.
1t seems that Logan and several other
Bits and Spurs drove up to the old Col
liseum building in q drag, just as the
show was about to begin and We're re-
fused admission at the particular door
by an employe, who was simply obeying
orders. Young Logan, in high dudgeon.
sought consolation from his fellow Bits
and Spurs, some of whom We're exhibit
ors at the show. The result was letter
sent to the directors of the board of
agriculture, who We're managing the
show, to the effect that if they did not
apologize for the rude conduct of their
employe, the exhibitors would withdraw
their entries, and the judges would re-
fuse to attend. And the board apollo
gized.
The hayseed managers of an agricul-
tural horse trot would not have con-
descended to such abject submission az
the behest of parcel of society dudes.
How different was the conduct of
President Mckinley at Buffalo last sum
mer. The president and several friends
sought entrance to the Grand Army en-
campment in carriage, and We're
stopped by faithful sentry, who said
his orders were to deny admission to
carriages at that place. The presi-
Dental party turned back and secured
entrance elsewhere.
1t is almost impossible to believe
that old John A. Logan, the black
eagle of Illinois," was the father of John
A. Logan, jr The young man certainly
did not learn his manners nor get his
disposition from his mother. There are
some things past finding out
The herald., 1897-11-11
The German Election

BERLIN, Nov. 10.-The result of the
municipal bye election at West Preig-
nitz, province of Brandenburg, where
Herr Schult the Radical candidate, has
been elected by vote of 74S1 against
5999 cast for Herr Saldern, the Con-
servative candidate, is highly signifi-
cant of what is likely to happen at the
general reichstag elections. Two bal
lots were taken. On the first Herr Sal
dern received 5043 votes, Herr Schultz
BIAS, while the Socialists and anti
Semitic candidates received respectively
2Ol5 and 2099 votes. On the second bal
lot the Socialists seem to have gone over
in a body to the Radicals. The anti
Semites declare they will pursue the
same tactics in all the Brandenburg
constituencies while the Radical Or
ganizations exultingly declare that the
next reichstag will be the most radical
Germany has ever seen. 1t looks now as
though the prediction would be fulfilled.
The herald., 1897-11-11
MR.. WATTERGoN STEPS DOWN

One of the most interesting develop
ments of the recent election has been
the result it has had upon the mind of
Henry Waterson and the policy of the
Louisville Courer-Journal. Mr. Wat
erson is disguised and Inundated. He
took it upon himself to wean the Democ-
racy OF Kentucky from the free silver
IDEA, and essayed the role of political
Moses to that end. Free silver was the
leading issue upon which the Ken
lucky campaign was fought, and the
result was sweeping victory for the
leading candidate On the free-silyer
democratic ticket, and a free-silver
Democratic majority of twenty in
the state Legislature.
Mr.. Watterson is awfully sorry. but he
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takes his medicine like the veteran that

takes his medicine like the veteran tina
he is. Listen to him:
The ISSUE as 1t was made and has
been fought out. was clear and explicit.
No effort was wanting to maintain It,
Nobody could by any possibility be
mistaken about 1t. We may regret the
verdict, but we accept 1t. We shall
make no further effort to direct the
party course or counsels. or to share in
any of the responsibilities of party lead
ership, having done our BEST according
to our conscience and belief, to divert
our political associates from a policy
and procedure the end of which no man
can now foresee and the result of which
we very much fear, both as TO the well
fare of the country and of the party.
But we are Democrats, not Republicans,
and mailing our flag to the masthead of
honest money, free trade and home rule,
we shall, in the character of a private
soldier in the ranks, contribute what
ever we are able to that cause.
Mr.. Watterson is to be heartily con-
graduated upon his determination to
be no longer the caudal appendage of
the Democratic party by keeping up the
farcical attitude of the gold Democracy.
The real Democratic party is for free
silver 1t stands on the Chicago plat
form, where it took its position year
ago last July, and whence it has not de-
parted in the slightest degree.
while the lamp holds out to burn,
the vilest sinner may return" Mr.. Wat
terson is not vile; he has simply erred
as men will err. ITO forgive is divine"
and the prodigal grandfather shall be
welcomed back to the fold. Let the gold
Democracy idea be slowed away with
the star-eyed goddess fantasy, because
with the Democratic party in power we
shall have reform in the concrete instead
If the abstract.
The herald., 1897-11-11

Chicago has decided to organize Fed
Grafton Of Charities for the satisfactory
administration Of the large sums raised
there for benevolent purposes. Such
clearing house, as one Of the local dailies
points out. serves as a check to waste
and fraud. Los Angeles has the Asso-
ciated Charities, organized for just this
purpose. but it has no money to disburse.
and judging from letter from one Of
the directors, recently printed in this pa
per. it is not likely to get enough to keep
1t busy. This is not a creditable state
Of affairs.
The herald., 1897-11-11
TO HANG TOMORROW

Theodore Durrant, the murderer OF
Blanche Lamont, and, presumably, the
slayer of Minnie Williams. is to be
hanged tomorrow. He is almost beyond
the protection of the law, the same law
that condemns him to death, the same
law, the delays and devious courses OF
which have enabled him to cheat the
gallows for more than two years past.
1t was thought by some that the time
usually taken by the supreme court to
send down its mandates would give Dur
rant a few more weeks of this life, but
Attorney General Fitzgerald was of the
the California court to wait on the high
er authority before proceeding in the
case; and so sentence was passed by
Judge Bahrs yesterday.
The comment of the other condemned
California murderers upon the situation
is significant. Allender still hoped that
Durrants lawyers would be able to find
yet another loophole in the law that
might give their client a new lease of
life, and in that case he expected to
profit by it also. 1t is probable that ex-
pectations of this nature will soon be
checked.
The people of California are not blood
thirsty by nature. They simply want to
see justice done, and the community pro-
tected from the injurious effects of delay
and perversion in the administration Of
the law. They will feel relieved when
sentence is finally executed upon Theo-
dora D1Irrant
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EXACTLY AS PREDICTED

The goldbug program is being carried
out to the letter. The executive commit
tee of the National Sound Money league
has issued an address in which it de-
clares that international bimetallism rs
a world possibility is dead and that tbs
time has come when the United States
must proclaim it's acceptance of world
fact" and adopt finally and permanently
the single gold standard.
This declaration is part of the con-
spiracy that was Matched in the Repub-
lican national convention at Chicago
last year. International bimetallisn
was to be used as a vote-getter and a
bluff made at trying to secure it's adop-
ton. After the inevitable failure the
conspirators were to come out boldly
for the single gold standard and attempt
to fasten it permanently upon the peo-
pie as the currency system of the gov
ernment.
The Herald long ago assured it's read
ers that such was the program and that
4dllI pldCGu III tliS COIltt-
ence bluff was misplaced and wasted.
The result has been exactly what was
predicted and expected by the friends of
silver. The bimetallic mask has nov
been cast aside and in it's place we see
the merciless outlines of the single gold
standard.
Fortunately it is not necessary to dis
cuss at this time whether silver is dead.
Everybody possessed of common sense
knows that it is not, and that free coin
age will be the great issue of the pres-
Dental campaign in 1900. Nor will the
Republican party be able to get votes
under false prtenses by promising to
edo something for silver as it did in
the campaign last year. The issue will
be clear and clean cut-bimetallisln
against the single gold standard.
The Wall street conspirators and thei,
sound money shouters cannot fasten the
single gold standard upon this country
without opposition, and when they at
tempt it they will know they have had
fight.
The herald., 1897-11-11
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

State Of California, County Of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. NJ Holt, superintendent of circulation
Of the Los Angeles Daily Herald, being
first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
for the five months from February l. 1897.
to June 30. 1897 Gnclusive) the total crcu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1890 6S5
copies, being nm average daily circuln-
ti0n of S6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1.O71,5s7. being daily
average of S3O6 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219059, being an average
for each Sunday of 1O,431.
L. NJ. HOLT,
Superintendent OF Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of July, 1897.
FRANK ]. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County Of
Los Angeles State of California.
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The Herald correspondent who COM
tains is doubtless not the first person
who has felt the lack of an opportunity
to get a drink of water. Several months
ago the chamber of commerce was con-
sidering a plan to provide number Of
sidewalk fountains in the business ror-
tion Of the city. What has become of
that plan?
The herald., 1897-11-11

The shooting at West Glendale demon.
strates that it is not safe to wear dia-
monds on hunting expeditions. If the
degeneracy of small boys must be
guarded against, it is not even safe to
go hunting.
The herald., 1897-11-11

The possibility that the anti-Hanna
Republicans may invite the Democratic
legislators to assist them in selecting
United States senator is not calcu-
lated to make the dictator sleep well O.
nights
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The report that the cyclone near Pla-
cerville was caused by Republican dis
putes over the nominations for governor
and senator has not yet been confirmed,
but it Is seemingly substantiated by the
fact that there was a hard frost in por-
tions of Central and Northern California
Sunday night.
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|traordinary burdens. Autonomy would
not relieve Cuba from grievous exactions
Spain does not want Cuba for mere
prestige. but to obtain revenue. Mr..
Mckinley should not 60 to sleep under
the siren song Of autonomy. 1t is con-
ceived in farce and will bring forth
tragedy.
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A Light Sentence

EUREKA, Cal, Nov. 10.-Henry s..
Hoaglen, convicted last Saturday of
manslaughter for killing his brother
Charles at Blocksburg last September,
was today sentenced by Superior Judge
Hunter to three years Imprisonment at
San Quentin.
The herald., 1897-11-11

The Indianapolis monetary commits
sion will grant no recognition to silver,
whatever that august body may decide
to recommend. A currency scheme that
suits only half Of the country cannot be
expected to be permanent.
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the broader duties upon which he was
about to enter.
GOODS IN BOND

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10.-The Pa
cific Coast Steamship company has been
bonded to carry unappraised merchan-
disc in transit between Port Townsend
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, San Francis
co, Los Angeles and San Diego. Here.
tofore goods In that condition could be
shipped only by the Southern Pacific
company's railroad between San Fran
cisco and Portland and between San
Francisco and Los Angeles.
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The Chicago Times Herald says that
Chinese miners will be imported to take
the place of the strikers in the Northern
Illinois mines. 1t is not probable that
the experiment will prove success.
The herald., 1897-11-11

Newspaper editors who find life little
dull even in the wild west should go to
Brazil, where mobs wreck and loot the
newspaper offices as an evidence of their
displeasure at editorial policy.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER II. 1897.

The business Office Of The Herald has
been moved from the Bradbury build
ing on Third street to The Herald's nev
home at 1873 South Broadway.
The herald., 1897-11-11

A cooking school for boys has been
schools. The sphere -encroaching busi-
ness is beginning to work the other way
at last.
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The Chicago Times Herald actually
ascribes Mr.. Hanna's victory" in Ohio
to the fact that Mr.. Bryan made few
speeches in that state. What desper-
ate joke!
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A fact in natural history-bloomer
girls are not always blooming girls.
Sacramento Bee.
What have boomers to do with nat
ural history?
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A Hone

The Herald has moved to it's new
quarters on Broadway. We congratu-
late The Herald on finally getting itself
together" and hope it may go on i'm
proving until it becomes another Ex-
aminer.-East Side News
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The revolt against Hanna in Ohio
of the Cubans against Spain. Marcus
will not even offer the Ohio Republicans
autonomy.
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Senator White is held in high esteem
by all political parties. 1t would not
be so if he had not labored successfully
for his state and for the whole country
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President Mckinley is preparing his
first annual message. Greater interest
will attach to what he does not say than
to what he says.
The herald., 1897-11-11

Zola has decided to stick to literature
and not go into politics. Is literature
or politics to be congratulated?
The herald., 1897-11-11

That Sixth street resurfacing petition
has not come to the front yet. Why?
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There are now no overdrawn city ac-
counts. The city fathers should try to
keep the city finances in that admirable
condition.
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The disappointed machine Republic
ans are now calling it Smaller New
York"