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The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

| Just 6a VIDE or L1e marx mere. Inc ST
Louis platform of 1889; the Ocala plat
form of 1890. and the Peoples party
platform of 1891. all declared in favor
| Of the free and unlimited coinage o,
| silver. While the Alliance subordinat
| ed the silver question to the idea of na
tionaI paper money, regulated by pei
capita issues, to be loaned TO the people
AT nominal rates of interest through the
sub-treaSury plan. it nevertheless fay-
ored coinage of silver as well as gold
The Peoples party platform at its form
al organization in May, 1891, says: I'VE
demand the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver" This is demand B." ~De-
mand A. is the principal financial pro-
nouncement aud is almost sixteen times
as long as the silver demand and sug-
gested the idea that the Peoples party
was for the ratio of 16 TO lie parts
of paper TO ] of silver. This is practi-
cally the relation of the silver question
to the other parts Of the financial
schemes of the Alliance. 1t was Pef-
fer's idea in his "Way OUT and Ear
mer's Side" The idea prevailed that
the free coinage of silver would not an
swer the situation for the reason that
coined silver would belong to private
persons who would exact ruling rates
Of interest for the use Of it.
The remedy should, therefore, be
found, rather in national money loaned
to the people at gratuitous or nominal
rates Of interest. This alone would
solve the interest problem-it was inter
est rates which was blighting the eoun-
try. The government could make roads
and bridges as avenues of transpOrta-
ton: ii could as well make a medium of
exchange TO, transfer property which
shoulI be done without profit by the
nation. While this is true, it must not
be forgotten that all the parties or So
cieties from which the Peoples party
sprung favored the free coinage of sill
yer. The Greenback party in 1880 is
the first national declaration we have
met in favor Of free coinage Of silver.
This and all the declarations that follow
up to the first Peoples party platform
i'm 1891 was rather protest against dis
elimination in favor of gold than the
announcement of silver policy as any
real remedy for existing evils.
The Journals statement is grossly
careless for one so near the scene of
Alliance political activity. The Alliance
organization was a term used to desig
nate a farmers movement There have
been many farmers organizations, be-
ginning with the Grange" in 1861. All
in the nature of things, were to be non
political: They were to further spe
cial interest-that Of the farmer-and
therefore could not take sides in parti-
san contests. The object was not to ar
ray the farmers against other classes
or 10 make the farmers political or
ganization, but TO protect and encourage
their interests by united action. The
whole plan wss changed by the ALI
ance action in 1850 and the Peoples
party of 1891. The lawyers. doctors,
merchants, preachers, teachers, politi-
clans. etc, vino now control the Peo-
pies party could nel have had member
ship in the Alliance. The Alliance
could not well he political organiza.
ton, and the formation of the Peoples
party was the necessary doom of the
Alliance as such.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

Nathan Con OF West Virginia is TO be at
;orney general The eleven thousand two
hundred and ninety-seven Oklahoma law
yers who expect TO be supreme judges Of
the Territory should correspond with him
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

As he sits on cloud and looks below a,
the Bryan Democrats who celebrate him.
and the Palmer Democrats who celebrate.
poor old Andrew Jackson must weep. lie
never knew the acts OF his administration
we're so obscure
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

The Populist legislator who today Is pre-
par.ng st Topeka 10 jsb the harpoon into
the railroads, ten years ago was town
boomer and read with eS;acy in the local
paper; Dirt flies SO Kansas has
changed
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

That Pop legislature has rowed out into
deep water, IL Is holding PETER over the
side OF the boat Presently he VIII go to
TIE bottom with his vote for the river and
hsrbor bill tied round his neck.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

While everybody is not seeking ofice. still
Major Mckinley's lawn has not suffered
from the influx of men like Senator All
son who called to say they didn't want any
fhfrnrr
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

Many of the southern crimes are atroci-
Gus, but it does seem that all the average
Southern sheriff does is 10 stand around.
waiting to be overpowered
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

II Andrew jackson were alive today. he
would De a Populist; also gold Democrat;
also Bryan Democrat. Consequently it
is very fortunate that Andrew jackson is
rot alive
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

Senator Sherman is reported as having
said: Il am too old TO go into the cabi-
net" But a man may be old and his heart
(and his galD still young
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

Kansas needs no vindcation Kansas
will be eating trufiies when jackasses will
be braying on New England's grave.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

Mr.. McKenna Of California viii be Nc
hinley's secretary of the interior With
two Mes on the throne Dennis Flynn Will
certainly be governor of Oklahoma.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

Hanna is a cabinet possibility, not a
vague, misty possibility. but a possibility
with lacquered sides and ornamental ban
giles
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

Lady Selma Scott did not get justice.
Justice Hawkins was prejudiced He
couldn't help being. He has had a moth
er-in-law himself.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

So long as the police commissions remain
Kansas, with great irascability, will insist
on having fifty different governors every
century.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

II looks very much as IL Garret A. Ho-
bart has gone down into the engulfing
whirlpool of public neglect the third time
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

Indian Agent Seger is having trouble with
Mr.. Two Babies. Why not call him Twins
for short?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10
Are pushing out old st

Embroideries,
TOrcheon Laces,
White Goods.
90 on sale tomorrow morning, and one week will be
given to the low priced selling OF this beautiful coll
lection.
Never in the history of this house were you pre-
sented with such beautiful and artistic lines of EN-
br0ideries and LaCes as we will show you tomorrow
and the prices this week will be highly satisfactory
we know.
Besides, Don't Forget
We will have displayed most excellent collection of
White Goods, n1slins and Sheetings. worthy brands
with good wearing qualities, all at prices that will
be fair to you
We have been rapidly building a
reputation for low-price making.
Come Tomorrow and see the exam
pie we will set to others in our line.
Come here tomorrow. You are apt to be i'm good
company, for the crowd will be larger than usual.
We will just DROP HINT that you should buy
your Musfins at this sale for price reasons.
Dress Goods and Dress Making.
We will make you proposition.
Tomorrow we will put on sale 80 of finest
Novelty Dress Patterns every one of this seasons
Importation and very desirable i'm every particular.
Here is the way: $3.50. $500. SI6.So and $3.50
Suits at $500, and $500 for the making i'm nadame
RusselPS best style.
This proposition will be good only for Suits
bought this week, with 80 limit. Please under.
stand this.
You don't often get chance like it.
I23 and I27 Main St.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

Senator Money of Mississippi hasn't been
collecting facts in Cuba for nothing.
Speeches in the senate will follow. Money
al
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

IF Robinson Crusoe's island has sunk,
McGinty is probably in possession.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10
O!ahoma's New Brooms.

Guthrie, o. +. jan a-The Inauguration
Of the Third Territorial legislature Of Okla
hcma will be pulled on on schedule time, at
10 o'clock, Tuesday morning next. There
/ will be twenty-six members IN the house OF
| representatives and thirteen in the council.
or upper house. The two bodies win meet
| in the Brooks block, the council. on the sec
| ond floor and the house of representatives
on the ground floor. There is a chicken
show in the house OF representatives this
week, but It viii be cleaned out and dssin-
fected Sunday. and, by Tuesday, 1t is
thought that the air will be sufficiently
pure for body Of men. most Of whom are
used 10 living in q "fowel Atmosphere
mingled with the members of both
houses freely today, and l found many of
| them from Kansas. At least dozen of
them have lived in southern and western
Kansas, and not few of them have seen
service in county seat wars. While there
are only few fashion plates among them,
1t Is my belief that. as a body, they will
compare favorably with the legislature of
Kansas, and, and if what they tell me is
true. the devil will not be able to find
much paving material in Oklahoma after
their work is ended. Every man came
here with a grip sack full of good inten-
tions and seeming determination to put
them into effect.
The card" of the lawmakers this year
will be Graves Of Oklahoma county. He is
OF the formerly of Kansas specie, and /
think he is the funniest looking legislator
1 have ever seen. He is a good square
man. however. according to report, and
those who know him best say that he is
quite sensible fellow. He was busily en-
gagged this afternoon denying a report that
never existed, that he was a candidate for
speaker
The city is fairly crowded with pie-hunt-
ers. There are at least 100 men for every
job, and most Of them are farmers. II
would surprise one to observe the charac-
ter of men who want to be janitors and
spittoon cleaners. Usually they are not
only more intelligent, but better dressed
and more prosperous looking than the less-
iatoTs whose heels they follow. There
are great many women here also, look
ing for places. but not so many as one
could see at Topeka. One of the most
persistent OF them is a Mrs. Harvey for
merly OF Wichita, whose husband edited a
union labor paper there about ten years
ago. She wants to be chief clerk, but she
is distanced in the race by the men cam
didates who have votes.
The following are the Offices that are
eagerly sought after, with their per diem
compensation:
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10

President of the council ................s $500
Speaker of the council .............. 500
Chief clerk of the council ........ 600
Chief clerk of the house ........... 600
Sergeant-at-arms for each house. ..... 900
Chaplain for each house ........... 400
Chief enrolling clerk for each house,. 500
Messenger for each house ........... 400
Doorkeeper for each house ........... 500
Two assistant chief clerks for each
house ............. .................. 400
Two assistant sergeants-at-arms for
each house ........................ 400
One watchman for each house ......... 500
One janitor for each house ....... 800
One assistant chief enrolling clerk for
each house ......................... 400
Eight deputies ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800
A slate of the men who will probably fill
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-10
Besides, Don't Forget

We will have displayed a most
White Goods, fIHslins and Shee
with good wearing qualities, al
be fair to you.
The advocate., 1897-10-06

be decreased In amount, and would still
be shifted to and paid by the laborer and
final consumer, while the eXactions Of
mOnOpolies, trusts, ETC., would not be
hampered because their interest rates
had been reduced.
Nor would there be any increased OPP
pOrtunities for employment. The re-
sources of nature would not be opened
upon more equitable terms to labor, but
the landlord would still stand as bar
rier between unused land and idle labor.
Wages cannot rise relatively to cost OF
living and other fixed charges while
land monopoly continues, and the land
lord can always absorb the reward OF
exertion and Of advances and improve
ments in production, as he does In Glas-
cow, in Pennsylvania coal mines, Min
nesOta iron mines and Eastern factories.
Money is neither land Opportunity for
productiOn) wealth for consumption, nor
capital to aid production, but counter
to indicate the relative gains Of these
factors. To give the producer more
money we must give monopoly less
money, and to speak Of a monopoly OF
money is to reason in circle by COnfus-
ing and transpOsing cause and effect.
Money has exactly the same relation to
business as poker chips have to the
stakes played for. What we want Is not
doubling the amount Of chips to repre-
sent the same stake, but a new and
square deal, with no marked cards. The
single tax can do this.
w. H. T. WAKEFIELD.
The advocate., 1897-10-06

New York Voice: With human society
made up as 1t u.s. the law which prohibits
wrong Is one Of the strongest educa-
tors in righteousness. Upon this basis
the strongest weapon against the liquor
evil is law against the liquor traffic.
It stamps the ginmill as an enemy and
not the ally Of the State, and forces 1t
to rely for it's support upon the worst
elements of society. Such law will
always be obeyed by the majority, and
will be respected in proportion as 1t is
honestly applied. OF course any law will
always enjoy the poor opinion Of those
who suffer by its provisions or feel its
penalties. Much of the lawlessness Of
our time Is due to the fact that
the people do not properly appreciate
the character of the law as the active
voice of the public conscience. When
the people come to comprehend this fact
they will be more careful about law en-
forcement, and will reserve their strong
est and most certain condemnation for
the public officials who do not faithfully
and to the fullest extent enforce the
States enactments.
The advocate., 1897-10-06
The One Man Power in Government.

Editor Advocate:-Such remarkable
things are constantly transpiring in this
day and generation that people have
become Indifferent to matters vital to
their welfare II not their very exist
ence. How little attention is given to
the new theory of government as in
augurated by the dominant party at
Washington, Centralizlng all power of
legislation in the Speaker. 1t was IL
lustrated in the little episode which re-
Gently went the rounds Of the Repub-
llcan press Of Kansas in regard to
certain bill Colonel Blue had before the
House in the interest of this State; and
he besought the Speaker to allow 1t to
come up, but the latter peremptorily
refused on the ground that Kansas was
In no position to ask faVors OF him as
long as she voted as she did. States
manship, forsoOth!
When I was first called upon to vote
and inquire into the issues before the
people, / found one Of the questions
between the two great parties Of the
country was the power assumed by the
President to veto the legislation Of Con-
gress and his excessive exercise Of the
same. The discussion ran through years
and was waged by the old Whig party
with Daniel Webster and Henry Clay as
Its expOnents, who literally made Rome
howl with their denunciatiOns Of the
abuses OF the veto, as they alleged and
maintained. 1t was very properly de-
nominated q one man power, and as
such utterly inconsistent with the theory
of our government. And thus the con-
tToversy proceeded until the complain
ing party got possession of the govern
ment, when Its President commenced
the exercise Of the power and welded
1t as effectually and frequently as any
of his predecessors. And this, of course,
put stop to the protests against the
abuse Of such an undemOcTatic power,
until our generation wakes up to the
existence and operation OF a new and
more novel and entirely more effectual
one man power than was dreamed of
In those times. / refer, of course, to the
authority exercised by the Speaker of
Congress to prevent legislation--even
the initiation OF legislatiOn-a more
effective power than the veto of legis-
lation after 1t has been partially ac-
cOmpllshed. For this new theory don't
allow legislation to even see the light.
The veto was only exercised after leg
islation had been duly considered and
enacted, so that an expression of the
people could be had upon 1t for the en-
lightenment of the President whose duty
it was to pass upon it. The new pro-
gram Is travesty on popular govern
ment-a cOntrivance to shut off the peO-
pies representatives from any voice in
| legislation and lock the doors Of Con-
gress against the sOvereigns themselves.
In its operation 1t goes entirely beyond
any veto, as 1t don't allow legislation to
be even discussed or considered. AS a
Kansas Representative (Mr. Ridgley)
well says, caucus majority elects q
Speaker and delegates to him the power
Of making rules to govern the body, and
The advocate., 1897-10-06

Houston (Tex) Post; The Republican
troubles are by no means over because
they have fastened a new and strongly
protective tariff upon the country. Mr..
McKinley's chief and distinctive pledge,
indeed, has been redeemed to the manu-
facturers and prOtectionists, but that
great body Of buncoed and yet cOnfiding
so-Called Democratic allies who followed
the flag of yellow money or an "intelli-
gent revision Of the currency" are yet
to be appeased. The tariff out Of the
way, the money question will press with
greater persistency and strength than
ever upon the administration. Like Ban
Quo's ghost, It will not down, and unless
The advocate., 1897-10-06
Successful Physicians.

We heartily recommend DR.. Hathaway
& Co., of 20 Dearborn st., Chicago, ILL.,,
as being perfectly reliable and remark
ably successful in the treatment Of
chronic diseases of men and women.
They cure where others fail Our read
ers, If in need Of medical help should
certainly write these eminent doctors and
you will receive free and expert opin-
ion of your case by return mail without
cost; this certainly is the right way to
do business. They guarantee their cures
Write them to-day.
The advocate., 1897-10-06
THE MARKETS.
Kansas City Grain and Produce.
Kansas City, October

Kansas City, October 4.
Wheat-1@2c lower No. hard, 81A
@S11sc; No. 2, 79081c; No. 3, 75@781ac;
No. 4, 7O075C; No. 2 red, 8816@89c; No.
8, S6@S71ac; No. A, SO@SSc; No. 2 spring,
7Sc; No. 3, 75@76c.
Com--1a@1c lower, weak. No. 2
mixed, 24@241sc.
Oats-Fairly active, generally lower
No. 2 white, 19@2O1ac.
Rye-Steady. No. 2, 42c.
Hay-Fairly active, about steady.
Choice timothy, SO; choice prairie, Sc.
Butter-Flrm, scarce. Creamery, 200
21c; dairy, 14@17c.
Eggs-Steady, lie.
The advocate., 1897-10-06

thus he is enabled to shape the legisla-
tiOn for seventy millions Of people. This
must be stopped and all laws Of magnl-
tude and Importance must be referred to
the people for their veto or approval.
A KANSAS FARMER.
The advocate., 1897-10-06

the present administration succeeds in
securing necessary reforms and relief
and gets the money Of the country into
more general circulation, confusion, hui
initiation and disaster must be the inev-
table lot Of Mr.. Mckinley and his fol-
lowing.
The advocate., 1897-10-06
SOME THINGS WORTH KNOWING
ABOUT BOOKKEEPING.

HOW 10 use Lne voucher system.
How to open in good form a set of
private, partnership or stock company
books.
How to keep complete bank account
in the cash book.
How to keep a synoptic cash journal.
How to jOurnalize without journal
How to save half the labor of posting.
How to know the condition of any
business at a moments notice.
How to take trial balance.
How to make balance sheet.
How to treat resource and liability in
ventories.
How to close set Of books that don't
balance.
How to change a set Of private or
partnership books into set Of stock
company books.
How to keep the stock, the general, the
individual and the private ledgers.
How to treat capital stock, subscrip-
tion, surplus, contingent fund, franchise,
dividend and other corporation accounts
How to get your gain or loss when
your trial balance don't balance"
How to get your gain or loss in single
entry books.
How to keep an account with branch
house.
How to detect false entries, straw ac-
counts, watered stock, forced balances,
false fOotings, fiat entries, false vouch-
ers, and other Irregularities practiced
by dishonest employees or officials.
How to handle commission, agency
and insurance books.
When and how to open fictitious aC-
counts and why.
How to find errors quickly by the
mystic Gil process.
How to use the safeguard system.
How to handle entries involving dis
counts, rediscounts, collateral, hypothe
Gated and escrow securities.
How to have a set of books made to
order adapted to your particular bust
ness.
COURSES OF STUDY.
United States Civil Service.
Stenography and Typewriting.
Business.
Telegraphy.
Banking.
Penmanship.
Expert Accounting and Auditing.
Address HENRY COON, President.
Kansas City Business College, Keith G.
Perry Bldg, Opp. Postoffice.
The advocate., 1897-10-06
Kansas City Live Stock.

Cattle-Receipts, 5000. Best grades
steady, others slow. Texas steers, $2.95
@4.1O; Texas cows, $1.75@2.35; native
steers, $350@52O; native cows and heif-
ers, $125@4; stockers and feeders, $2.65
Q4.4O; bulls, $2@S.75.
HOgs-Receipts, 4,5OO. Market 5@1Oc
lower. Bulk of sales, $3.75@385; heav-
les, $3.75@3.85; packers, $S.70@S.SO;
mixed, @3.9215; lights, $9.75@S.921s;
yOrkers, $3.SO@3.921a; pigs, $3.25@S.9O.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000. Market weak,
Lambs, $275@5.75; muttons, $2@3.65.
pEDp INNIET1 A FrTKyEN g An INC
The advocate., 1897-10-06

Reliable news relative to Populists,
State and national, is one Of the best
features Of the Advocate. No other
paper covers the ground so we'll.
The advocate., 1897-10-06
The National Kansas City Business College.
From the hundreds of compliments
received we print the following
TESTIMONIALS


/ was mere boy when Mr.. H. Coon
gave me bookkeeping pointers" and put
me to work for r. L. Mcdonald e. Co.,
St. Joseph, Mo-, where I! remained until
1 engaged with G. c. Christie Commits
sion Co., Kansas City. Am now in Chi
cago main Office and draw $3.50 per
month. JAS. G.. EARLEY.
Chicago, Ill.
Mr.. H. Coon closed the old books Of
this company and was authorized to
select and open modern set which he
did to my perfect satisfaction. The
work is now done in less than half the
time required by the oOld system.
@. L. MCDONALD,
Secretary B. & T. Exchange Building Co.
Kansas City Mo.
Mr.. H. Coon is an expert accountant
and teacher Of sixteen years experience.
GROCER'S JOURNAL OF COMMERCE.
Kansas City, Mo.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-30
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
FARM AND HOME.
BY Reducing Bones to Ashes a Valu-
bile Plant Food Is Found-Best to
Grow Early Corn-How to Have
success with Fertilizers,
Early Corn Is Best.

Millions of dollars worth of corn Is
lost every year from failure OF corn
late planted, or planted on too poor
ground to mature it's crop. This soft
corn has some feeding value, but more
for ruminant animals than for the hog.
which gets most of it. But even when
put to the best use the nutrition Is not
in the soft corn as it is in h fully
ripened grain. Not even Reconsideration
can get out of soft corn what Is not
there. Even in the arid West, where
corn dries up prematurely, the earliest
planted corn fares best. When the
hot winds come which wither the i'm
mature corn to almost nothing, the
corn that has formed ear and grain has
so much saved beyond even the power
of the hot winds to wholly dissipate.
Hence we always advise the early
planting of corn. Even If the frost
nips the blade just as 1t is pushing
above the surface, there Is vigor
enough in the root to send out a new
shoot. 1t is rather more serious IL the
frost catches corn when 1t Is fv or six
inches high. Then the frozen leaf has
often to be clipped off before a new
growth will start. Sometimes corn
even thus frozen down natures a bet
ter crop than that from corn planted
after the frost was over. The roo has
been growing even while the top was
frozen. Hence, though such corn would
never have quite as big stalks as that
which grew without interruption, 1t
would have large and well-flled ears.
Most of the stalks would have suckers,
and these also would be well cared.
Early corn always has more grain than
late in proportion to it's stalk growth.