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Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
As to "Tarin Beggars.-

| From the New York Press
There appeared before the ways and
means committee yesterday delegation
| of the same guild of workingmen whose
members three years ago, before the last
ways and means committee. were dubbed
.tarin begGars" by the late Democratic
candidate for the presidency.
AS TO the substantial justice of the ap-
peilation the evidence given yesterday by
these men and their mates is pertinent
ana interesting. II was Il delegation of
slassworkers to whom Mr.. Bryan applied
the term or the first occasion. It was Il
delegation of Slassworkers whose spokes-
man mad this story 70 tell on the second: {:
SIMON Burns. president of the Glass
WORKERS Association. said tnat the pres
ent tariff caused a reduction of from 22Is
10 " per cent in the wages OF the windov
glass workers. The average reduction OF
the tarin in 1884 was 81 per cent The
MhaseieaIner thas lost about $3.50 a month by
the cnahGe. Ihis was due in part to the
reduction in the days of working eyery-
Where and the entire closing of some of
the mills"
Pottery Is an industry kindred to glass
in the uses of its products its methods
and its place in tariff legislation. so that
the testimony Of a wage-earning potter
would be relevant on this point. even if
MIR. Bryan's speech had not been addressed
to all wase-earners in protected industries.
This is the evidence given yesterday by
John W. Morgan. Trenton operative:
He represented the wage-workers, who.
he said. were in n deplorable condition.
Ihelr weekly earnings averaged Sll.40 prior
10 the present tariff. Under the present
tarlt1 the average fell to Si.63, but il would
nave gone down still further il the same
number OF operatives had continued in en-
Pioyment. The most willing workers in
trenton We're out of work and destitute
All they asked was to be given a chance
10 I'VE as the American workman should
families had been broken up; the last
possible piece of furniture and clothing
had been sold in order to keep the mouths
bread" "i''
IL Is with the satisfaction which comes
win the opportunity to do entire justice
TO public man who has complained of
partisan criticism that we recognize and
acknowledge the precise accuracy of Mr..
Bryans characterization of these men.
out of work and destitute" their fam
lies broken up," "the last possible niece
OF furniture sold" they themselves must
fain confess that they are tariff beg
gars '-beggared by the Wilson tariff. of
which this man was the noisiest advocate
In which the only fault that this man
could find was that it did not go half
far enough,
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
GreenbacIss Defended.
from the New York Mail and Express.

From the New York Mail and Express
senator Sherman. in a letter written last
month to Mr.. A. II. Walker. of Hartford.
Conn, points out one fact with regard 10
the legal tender notes which should be
Kept clearly in mind by the members of
congress who are charged with the i'm
portant work Of currency reform After
declaring himself opposed to the retirement
OF the greenback circulation, Mr. Sher-
man says:
The absolute security of these notes was
never called in question, after the resump-
t1on OF specie payments in 1879. until the
reserve was being trenched upon to meet
deficiencies in current revenue. brought
anont by what is known as the Wilson
tarfT law of 1894
This statement contains the whole truth
OIL the currency problem. The legal tender
circulation never caused any annoyance
until the free traders cut off the revenues.
Then, with an enormous treasury deti-
cheney, 1t became necessary to maintain
the gold redemption fund by artificial. cost
~ and uncertain means. This brought the
soundness OF the greenback system into
question and strengthened the sentiment
in favor of abolishing it altogether.
the whole force of Mr.. Cleveland's ad-
ministration has been used to discredit the
legal tenders and drive them out of cir
culation. Secretary Ca.lisle's reiterated do
@N.'''e Aoi e1iSil iSllltIlenI Is merely q
step in the Democratie movement to re-
store the old system OF state banks of is
sue, and it has en~strengthened by a
treasury policy of selling bonds to replen-
ish the gold reserve. Under q properly
ADJUSTED tariff no such costly measures
were ever necessary. No greenbacks were
presented for redemption. and the treasury
reserve took care of itself.
1t must. threfore, be kept in mind that
the movement to retire tie greenbacks is
simply part of the free trade programme.
The legal tender currency. from the hour
of its birth down to the present day. has
always been opposed by the free trade
doctrinaires. They have fought it In con-
gress and court. and their last blow Mt It
was contained in the Wilson, German bill.
which reduced the revenues so low that
the government has been compelled to
borrow gold to maintain the REDEMPTION
fund.
Senator Sherman's plan for preserving
the legal tender circulation 1. the true
one. First give us n revenue bill that will
enable the government to do business with
out running in debt or borrowing money
for expenses. Then, to make assurance
doubly sure, let it be provided bylaw that
the legal tender notes, when ,nce re
deemed, shall not be reissued excert in ex-
change for actual deposits of gold. With
those simple measures the currency prob
lem will solve itself.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
Morality, Past and Present.
From the New York world

|
DO 1 think the world is getting vorsa ,
| L, do. 1t is getting worse all the time.
There are depths OF wickedness in New
nk nnork to-day that were never known in
These and other similar utterances of a
young preacher at the Cooper Union revi-
val meetings must excite the liveliest Won
| der 1t is indeed refreshing to find among
the worldly-wise children of this generation
| one youth whose education in literature
and history has been so carefully and sue
cessfully expurgated.
lie mas doubtless read his Bible diligently,
but TO him its many apparently very plain
descriptions and allusions have revealed
nothing He has viewed with the blushing
historians the temples and baths and pal
aces OF old India and Egypt, but his inno-
cent eyes have seen nothing. He has visit
ed Babylon and Tyre and Sidon and Car
thage with the merchants of the long ago
Dut ne mas not accompanied them to those
famous and infamous groves maintained so
luauriously at the public expense. He has
no conception of the life of the people of
classic Greece. He does not realize that
Cato, the Puritan of Rome. would shock
the inmates of a New York dive
He denounces our theater because he has
never read of the theater in the days of
Elizabeth or Charles H.. when the spoken
lines of the players reflected the reeking
uebtuChery OF Ine auulenCe. He does not
dream what sort of license a feast day
gave the people of England up to a century
ago.
The poets, the novelists, the chroniclers
OF the past. have not appealed to his un-
derstanding. He has not even suspected
the story of open human degradation that
runs between the lines of the statute book
of every civilized country up to genera
tion or so ago. If the silly doings of some
of our youth so move him. what would be-
come of him If he should discover the char
acter of the approved conversation habits
and morals of as late an era as that of the
four Georges?
If this young man only knew 1t, the Inn
tied resources of vice were exhausted cen-
turies ago. There has been nothing new
since the dawn of history. Our vicious,
even the lowest of them, are only feebiy
echoing the echoes of the past. We could
not sink to the level of our ancestors, be-
cause we have not the necessary brutality
and vulgarity.
1t is just as well that the most of us do
not know the deplorable past of the race in
respect of morals. If we did we might not
be able to realize how much room for i'm
provement there is. For while the race no
longer joyously and frankly rolls in the
mud, ignorant of the glory of the stars, its
feet are still bemired
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
The Torrey nankrutcr Bill.

From the Chicago Times-Erald
The Torrey bankruptcy bil.which passed
the house at the last sessionwiu prohahI,-
come up in the senate very lortlv Whom
1t reached the senate at the lst session If
was referred to the iudicias commit5re
never very friendly to the mtsure. and l.
Is understood that 4 majorityof the COM
mittee will report substitu known as
the Bailey-George bill. which ,rovides fer
voluntary bankruptcy only. Saato- FIosr
OF the same committee. is xps,ted to
make a minority report in fzor of the
Torrey bill. and thus the qstion viii
come fairly before the senate ne Torrsv
bill has already passed the sen:e at least
once. and it is to be hoped will gain.
That this great commercial countr,
should be without banKIrP Nv is one
of the stranSest anom'lics. Weave had
three such laws. but they havebeeu re-
garded solely as sponges to wip out in
debtedness. or as schemes for aking a
debtors assets and dividing theI amoh 2
the officers of the court, leaving lie crefs
itors nothing.
The present measure has beer befors'
congress in one form or another-or tb.
past thirteen years. and has passI both
houses at different times, but notdr.ing
the same term. There is a good chace for
1t now. and the great majority II the
business men of the country are irfavor
of it.
The purpose of the bill is to proide n
means whereby honest insolvents. b Civ
ing up their assets. may obtain a dfscsrea
from their Indebtedness and have aDther
chance in life. 1t also provides a reans
FOR the protection of creditors by cooeiI-
ing a man who is really bankrupt tosur-
render his property before it is enteIy
wasted by improvldence and fraud. rhe
law will protect all parties, and Is :, be
administered in the most economical ey.
1t cannot be other than advantageou to
the entire business interests of the can-
try
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
A nnrren Yictnrx.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Old Bill is the faithful and trusted ma
of all work and always has a seat amoTx
the best of them at the annual banqus
given by the firm to its army of employees
At the last OF these the talk took an unus
ual turn because the blushing typewrite
happened to tell of a football game she ha,
witnessed between the elevens of two fe
male seminaries. Then there followed de
scriptions Of tub races, mule races. climb
ing creased poles. chasing creased pigs
sack races, and like farcical features in the
realm of sports. In the height of the pre-
vailing good humor. the head of the insti-
tuition called on old BILL who promptly re-
sorted to a stimulant to keep from faint
ing.
well, gents" said he, with his artificial
courage, ''the funniest race l ever see kim
on up here in tn salt deestrict. / war
drivin' team fur a leadin' man in tn bus
ness. an in them days we had hosses as
was hosses. One day 1 was takin a load
o empty bar'ls out to tn salt blocks an
right ahind me was feller with another
load fur his people. There kim up a show
er an we stopped to road house, where
they was a lot 'er young feilers 'joyin'
themselves. They made up a bet as ter
which one of us drivers could git over half
a mile fust, an we was wiIlin', fur they
was $40 fur tn winner.
You know how them bar'ls Is loaded on
racks as high up as secon' story winder
an he'll on with ropes. We kim, an when
one of tn fellers fired off a shotgun. we
started. 1t war nip an tuck fur bout 800
yards, when 1 felt them bar'ls a-givin' un-
ner me 1 went this way an that away I
fell in all shapes an all directions, an
never quit fallin'. 1t rained bar'ls over ne
an II seemed like n airthouake t,nner me
When bar'rd hit a hoss he'd kick 1t
higher'n liberty pole an it'd come down
on me. Course tn team ruined away an
l won, but they said 1t war foul, an I
got nuthin but my walkin' papers. 1t
learned me a lesson"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

fields cover 23,OO0 square miles of territory.
with a yearly output of nearly 100000
tons. In twenty-six counties lead is mined,
with an annual production of 1000 tons of
pig lead. In zinc production the state
stands at the head. with production of
131GOO tons last year.
In addition to these sources of wealth
there are splendid quarries of granite, mar
BILE and onyx, all sorts of building stone
ard immense bodies of valuable timber.
The largest orchard in the world is in
Missouri. The state is the greatest raiser
Of mules in the world and is growing in
greatness and wealth every day of the
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

cheek and lips her indhation grew apace.
There is only one thik that can appease
the complainant. No aology will satisfy.
even though the defenant should prove
mental alteration. Noting short of Uncle
Sans greenbacks, and very handsome
pile of them. will apply lie balm of Gilead
to her anger. The price named is much
more than the article is orth in this lat
itude-that is, five thousssd apiece. or ten
thousand for the brace. To the ordinary
human biped that seems smewhat excess
I've, still the courts may scide that they
were worth it,
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
A PredIcnnent,

There is great news from France.
/ can tell at a glance
Yes, hoopskirts. my dear, will be worn In
the dance;
But pray. do you know
How n later day beau
Can dance with girl who is hedged about
so?
My Caroline
In orinoline?
Oh, no.
With an odor of scent
And smile of content
Each maid will appear like a small circus
tent.
Where's an old beau to teach?
Bring him here. 1 besaech,
To explain how you waltz with girl you
can't reach.
My Caroline
In crinoline?
Oh. MOI Truth.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

gresham as he intended to recognize the
rights OF the representatives in these mat
ters.
In passing it may be remarked that this
was the system adopted by President Ar
thur and maintained throughout his ad-
ministration. 1t was partially ignored by
Harrison and totally so by Cleveland The
Kansas place hunter who has congress-
man may take considerable comfort out
Of the situation, but we do not see any
thing in it which offers a solution of the
problem in the Fifth, Second Third and
Seventh congressional districts of that
state.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
Stolen Kisses.

From the New York Herald
In Pennsylvania the market price of a
Mss Is higher than in any other state of
tie Union. One would think that Mr.. Nc
fAnley's high tariff was in full blast and
tfat a perfect cyclone of prosperity had
stuck the country.
( Agentleman is said to have INDUCED him.
isel4in a brace of kisses, so to speak. and
the sculated party demands recompense
She declares that the kisses were not asked
for, bit literally snatched. She was hardly
awareof what had occurred until the cata.
clysm,vas over, but when she awoke to
the fad that robber had touched her
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
Mr.. Harrison's view of the Senate.

From the Washington Post.
IF the Hon. Benjamin Harrison had all
lowed the persuasion of his friends to in
duce him to say that he would accept the
United States senatorship the Office would
have been handed him on a gold platter"
said one of the best known Republican
leaders of Indiana.
But General Harrison has firmly de-
clined to entertain the idea of coming to
the senate for one moment. He Is content
ed with his domestic life and his law prac-
tice. and no inducement could tempt him
back 10 Washington, where, in the last
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

The Georgia people who believe their
state is now entirely rid of trusts should
take a few precautions against over
confidence.
Bryan says the bolting Democrats cannot
come back into the party on any other
basis than unconditional surrender. The
boilers say they would not go back to the
organization as it is at present constituted
on any basis whatsoever. Under the cir
cumstances, it doesn't look as if it would
be necessary to call out the militia to pre-
vent collision.
The murderer who remained in the Illi-
nois penitentiary after Altgeld turned over
the keys of the executive Office is playing
in the hardest sort of hard luck
Senator Hill declares the Democratic
party 'is now on the rocks of Populism. .
That is a mistake. Populism has no rocks.
1t is all bogs and quagmires.
It ought to be an easy matter for Mr..
Mckinley to select an ambassador to En-
gland. There are plenty of men in this
country unlike Bayard.
If the Kansas legislature adopts the Dos
ter bill compelling land owner to sell
when anybody offers TO buy, there will be
no resistance from the Eastern money
lender who took land in the western coun-
ties on mortgage foreclosures.
Illinois has cause to rejoice in the re-
tirement of John P. Altgeld, to be sure
but it is not monopolizing that kind of en-
joyment. Missouri has just seen the last
officially of William j. Stone.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
Complying with order..

From the Chicago Tribune
Full of wrath the commission merchant
wrote to the country dealer in the follow
ing sarcastic style:
Dear Sir:-The last consignment of but
ter you sent me was good and strong, but
the axle grease maker 1 sold 1t to COM
planned that 1t was little too fresh. II
you have about fifty or seventy-five pounds
of butter strong enough to walk YOU NAV
ship II to me at once"
And the country dealer sent him an old
goat.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
Truth.
Naturally a PuzrIe.

From the Chicago Post
See that MANI" he said. and he indlcat-
ed a man who leaning against the side OF a
building and laughing so hard that he
seemed to feel 1t necessary to hold on to
his sides to keep himself from splitting
with merriment.
Yes"
well. he's an Englishman."
What of It?''
Il told him two good jokes last week"
'Well?''
Well I'm wondering which one of them
it is that has just dawned on him and In
causing this outburst."
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

years of his residence, he experienced such
bitter affliction
The general said to me once that during
ms service in the senate he never met but
one man that was really a senator, and
that was George F. Edmunds, of Vermont.
All the rest were errand boys or depart-
ment messengers for their constituents. He
was alsgusted with the experience, and
Grafton"
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
ImpracticabIe suseestIop.

From the Pittsburg Times.
1t has been suggested that all the f.
nee seekers take part In the inaugural R-
rade. The suggestion sounds very fine, ht
1t must be remembered that the parae
must be completed in one day; it Is not o
be continuous performance.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
1t NinY BE.

From Rochester Democrat and Chronicl.
Perhaps 1t is sort of fellow feeling tht
makes Spain and the Cleveland admin
tration so chummy. Both are sufferiy
| from financial embarrassment.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

whom the same is equally true. Some of
them sit on blood stained thrones whose
only support lies in the cowardly tolerance
of the great Christian nations. Let us
trust the sultan will catch the idea,
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

eloquent Charlton county attorney. has
been compelled by serious illness to aban-
don his lecture. tour.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
THE WEATHER.

Washington. Jan. 12.-For. Oklahoma and
Indian Territory: Showers. followed by fair
"Wednesday night: southwest winds.
For Missouri: Rain; warmer; southeast
winds
For Kansas: Rain. followed by fair in
western portion; variable winds, becoming
northwest.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

The Waterrille Telegraph recounts the
case of a young man up there for whom
prayers were asked in a prayer meeting
because he played the fiddle on Sunday. 1t
was not indicated which one of the sins
the prayers were intended to reform.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
An Errnr.

'I'll drown my cares,
Where Bacchus bears He
The flowing bowl" as
Alas, for him, Surpj&
He quite forgot Bors- a
His cares could sw Or o.
While he could 81
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
KANSAS TOPICS.

In 1888 the legislature was called upon to
pass a bill legalizing the acts of A W
Dennison as notary public in Butler
county.
What part of the army are you?"
queried bystapder as a delegation of pie
hunters passed In the inaugural parade on
Monday. we are the non-commissioned
officers" was the happy response.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

There doesn't seem to be much Western
Kansas drouth in the fact that Mr.. Rain
and Mr.. Drinkwater live neighbors in Gree
low county
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
At Thi. seasS.

From the Chicago Tribune maj
Those are the finest and no straw
berries ever saw at this tbs i, 81 year.
How do you sell them?" oalr u cal
Ten cents" claH
rs that all? I'll take ss,.ottYorl
Apiece"
GOSH" E
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

Editor Weldy. of the GaIena Republican.
advertises the loss of a pair of undressed
Kids and the newspaper boys down in the
neighborhood are pounding the life out of
the old man for not providing clothing for
his family
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

The edict has gone forth from this Popu-
list administration that no women need ap-
ply. Rev. Miss Brant. who was turned
down for chaplain of the senate, has dis
covered this just as Mrs. Lease and Mrs
Dlggs and the rest of the women agitators
discovered it when they tried to get into
the campaign last summer. Women caused
more trouble during dwellings adminis-
tration than all other influences combined.
If the Leedy idea prevails there will be no
women on the state boards or in other
places of prominence
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

Senator Hill declares the Democratic
party sis now on the rocks of Populism."
That is mistake. Populism has no rocks.
1t is all bogs and uuagmires.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13

Florence Berry is the name of Il hand
some Labette county girl who has started
for Oregon, where she will marry man
she has never seen. The match was ar
ranged by correspondence and he sent her
money not only for her fare but also to
pay for handsome trcusseau.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-13
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Georgia people who believe their
state is now entirely rid of trusts should
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-19
HON. GEORGE W. HOLLEY.


 The Hon. George w. Holley, who died at Ithaca, N. r., June 12, aged eighty seven, was a native of Salisbury, this state, and a brother of the late Cover nor Alexander IT. Holley He entered West Point in 1929, but was unable to remain there on account of deafness which fell upon him and continued throughout his life, growing more se- were toward it's close. In 1883 he mar ried Caroline F. Church, daughter of Chief Justice Samuel Church of Con necticut. She died May 30 1884. Of the four children of this marriage only one, Elizabeth P, lived to maturity; she married Irving F. Church, now a professor in Cornell university, with whom MT. Holley made his home from 1882 until his death.
 MT. Holley was man of great cul- ture and refinement, devoting himself to various pursuits, both commercial and literary, particularly the latter. He published two books, Niagara, its His tory and Geology 2 in 1872 and Mag netism, or the New Cosmography," in 1894. In addition to this he was a fre- quent contributor to the press and magazines, and delivered many patri- otic orations and addresses. He resid- ed for many years at Niagara Falls and was at one time member of the New York general assembly.