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Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
aP,RTIsAN RLUNDER.

One of the results Of the partisan conucct
OF the police board under the adninistra-
ton of Commissioners Fyke and johnson
IS a verdict against the city for more than
S., 900 for back salaries of patrolmen dis
charged by these commissioners without
cause. other than that they were Repub-
Leans. Judge Gates, of the circuit court.
has decided that the patrolmen must not
only be paid for their time since discharge
although they have rendered the city no
service in the interim-but that they must
also be reinstated.
Messrs. Fyke and Johnson. who worked
under the direction Of Governor Stone, used
the police department 10 build up local
Democratic machine. The police manage
meut not only protected gamblers. favored
certain saloonkeepers and otherwise pros
tituted the department 10 the base uses of
ilIegitimate politics. but it also discharged
and appointed patroImen with an eye sin
gle TO the value such changes in the force
would have for the Democratic machine.
The commissioners were at last called TO
account, early in the Stephens administra-
ton. and public sentiment turned against
moved.
The removal of the old commissioners did
not change the system under which they
operated. The present commissioners. al
though less open in their methods. have
been quite as partisan in their admins
tration of the police department, and are
at the present time making strenuous ef-
"a force of flafFOmeD
unnecessarily, on the pretext that an ad-
dition is needed to protect the city's new
~ acquired territory. The number OF ad-
ditfonal patrolmen asked is larger than is
needed. but not larger than the machine
could employ in the forthcoming spring
election.
The lesson in yesterdays court decision
should not be lost upon those who are CIV
ing some attention to the present police sit
uation. II is bad enough for the city tc
be compelled to pay for errors of judg-
rnent in the legitimate discharge of duty
but il is much more serious TO be involved
in expense through the disreputable anc
partisan practice of machine politicians.
What Kansas City needs Is home rule fol
the police department. Commissioners wht
are dependent for their offices upon th'
votes of the people will be much more i'm
pressed with the responsibilities Of thei
positions than those who are beholden 10
Office TO a partisan governor. An ordi
nance looking to a change in the system
will soon come before the council for con
sideration, and it is to be hoped that goo'
NAV come of IL.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
Bryan for President of Mexico.

From the Chicago Times-H Herald.
Mr. Bryan and Mexico seem to have
agreed with each other. Mr.. Bryan found
Mexico "a land of sunshine and surpass-
ing verdure." We presume that Mexico
found Mr.. Bryan "a man of sunshine and
surprising verdure.' At any rate We are
informed on the faith Of General Critten-
den that Mr.. Bryan's trip was like tri-
umphal entry. The only way l can de-
scribe it Is by saying that the 500 miles
from Nuevo Laredo to the City of Mexico
seemed like one long road lighted in honor
of the occasion and walled in on either
side by crowds of people, shouting. dancing
and throwing flowers"
And why not? Mr.. Bryan is the cham
pion of all that Mexico holds dear He is
the patron Of the Mexican dollar. II our
greaser friends did not receive him glori-
ously they would be lost indeed to all sense
of gratitude.
Perhaps the trip opened up new visions
to Mr. Bryan. He never can be president
of the United States. Porfrio Diaz is an
old man. His possible successor has not
shown his head. The Times-Herald takes
pleasure in nominating silver president
for a silver republic-a sunshiny and ver-
dant ruler for a sunshiny and verdant
land.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
He Should Open His Eyes.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
William ]. Bryan on his way home from
Mexico stopped in Kansas City long enough
to say that he could see no signs of pros
perity in the United States. There has
been no Improvement" he said. in this
country within the last eighteen months"
Mr. Bryan should consult an oculist at
once Or. IL he thinks that there is moth
ing the matter with his eyesight. let him
consult the farmers and the working classes
of his own state. Nebraska knows that
prosperity has come even if Mr.. Bryan does
not The Western banks know 1t. the tax
collectors know it. The farmers. having
paid off their mortgages. are erecting new
buildings, purchasing new farming imple-
ments and buying pianos and cottage or
gans. The East already is seeking to bor-
row money of Kansas.
Mr. Bryan sees no sign OF prosperity be-
cause he does not want to do so. The os-
trich with its head in the sand sees no light.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
That Cakcwalk.

From the New York Sun.
Full accounts OF the interstate cakewalk
which enivened New Years night at
Wichita, that seat of all festivity in Kan
sas. have not reached the waiting East, but
it must have been a glitteriing pageant.
And it had u positive permanent value be-
yond its temporary frivolities. 1t revealed
a new field for the genius OF statesmen
Seats were reserved for Governor John w.
Ieedy. and some other Kansas officials.
and for Governor Barnes. of Oklahoma,
and his staff. 1t might be supposed that a
governor of Oklahoma could find fun
enough at home, and probably Barnes came
to see I.eedy, who is worth travelling a
good many miles to see. Leedy Is perhaps
the finest composite and all-around Populist
statesman in Kansas. 1t seemed a few days
ago as il there was nothing about which he
had not expressed his views tumultuousiy:
but now he has studied cakewalks. and Is
going to Introduce them among the Popu-
list brethren.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

eases. in behalf of the proper treatment OF
carriage and other matters that affect pub
lie health. AS result of these systematic
precautions thousands of lives are saved
every year 1t is estimated that in New
York city alone thousand children are
saved from the ravages of diphtheria IN
twelve months, By sanitation and the use
NJ sntj-toxine Since the doctors have
begun 10 treat tuberculosis as a contagious
disease the number Of deaths from con-
sumption in New York has fallen off sever
al hundred a year.
Investigation has been made of health
conditions in nineteen prominent Ameri-
can cities. In every instance. with one
eycention. there is shown a decrease in
the death rate during the last few years.
Minneapolis shows the largest decrease
the death rate having fallen steadily from
I. per thousand in 1856 to 9.13 during 1896
The cities selected for the test were: New
York. Brooklyn. Chicago, Boston. Philadei-
nhts New Orleans, Cleveland, Milwaukee.
Baltimore. San Francisco Buffalo, Denver.
Cincinnati. St Louis. Hartford. Providence.
ST. Paul and Atlanta. For New York city
the death rate in 1891 was 26.Sl; 1892, 25s':
1893, e52o: 1894. 2276: 1895. 231l; 1896. 2l52;
1sg, CUP 10 the week ending December ID.
1862. The saving of human life in those
nineteen cities alone averages 1885,. Car
rvine the estimate 10 other large cities of
the country it is believed that the NUMBER
Of lives saved annually by the use OF san
itation and the science of preventive med
| icine amounts to nearly 4o,coo.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

was to happen when the legislature met
If he is not the manager of the anti-Hanna
campaign. why did kurtz secretly pay
visit to him in Washington within month
and remain in consultation with MIN ior
several hours in his private rooms;
The voice is Jacobs voice. but the hands
are the hands of Esau.' Mr. Foraker mas
one chance and 1t is a slight one. TO save
his name II he does not come out at once
and publicly repudiate the conspiracy OIL
his lieutenants he will pass into political
history as 4 man wholly devoid OF honor
or truth. And he will richly deserve his
bad fame
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

From the New York Sun.
One has been founded in Kansas. one In
Columbia college, which is not far fror:
Kansas. whatever geographers may say.
DR.. f. B. Lawrence, of E.idorado. winch is
not a good place for an arSyromaniac and
national free silver committeeman to hail
from has established the Cooperative Po-
itical Library Circle through which 1t is
proposed to organize silver ana reform
forces and supply the local organizations
with political literature. The principal OBJ
jects TO be attained are TO get books and llt-
erature at wholesale prices and through the
library to put them within the reach OF all;
and. second, to faithfully study the great
political problems now pressing for solu-
ton" Among the eminent thinkers VINO
think well of the Cooperative Library CIR
Gle are the Hon. John W. Leedy, governor
of Kansas. and the Hon. Silas Hoiccmp,
governor of Nebraska. II Is understood
that the new institution, which means TO
have branches in every town. Will admit
graduates of the Hon. John Brisben Walk
ers pe-Written university TO degrees ad
eupdum.
The new Columbia university has Frotes-
sor Charles Sprague Smith, of the old Col
uribia to manage and direct II, ana among
the gentlemen who have consented 10 ad-
wise and direct it are the Hon. John Brooks
Ieavitt, the Hon. Albert Shaw. the Hon
Samuel GomperS, ana tne iioil' D. Nii'i
McKelway. formerly of Albany. 1t is to be
| called the Peoples institute: its principal
| object is the teaching of sociology. gen
| eral," contemporary" and american
| an! the teaching is TO be inspired
OF the seven departments into which the
| studies of the institute scholars are dl-
vided sociology occupies two. while an
other is to deal with the discussion OF
questions of the day. i. e.. sociology
again Art. ethics. language and literature
mathematics. music. natural science phil
osophy and religion are ali present or ac-
counted for in the plan of the institute
| hut sociology" is to be the main thing II
it. Here is a section of the plan:
Emphasizes those departments of knowi
edge which contribute TO the solution OF the
social problem"
The essential characteristics of the ed
ucational system of the institute are ina
chief importance will be attached to in
spiration."
In spite Of the fact that the professor:
of SOCIOLOGY in the institute are inspired
its graduates will not be admitted TO de
srees ad eundem by the university at L.
Dorado. I'VE must draw the line some
where" says DR.. Lawrence.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
BANKRUPTCY LEGISLATION.

Next TO currency reform the legislation
most widely and generally demanded OF
congress by business men is bank
ruptcy act. 1t is quite likely that
this demand will be needed at the
present session, as it is regarded as the
voice of the people and the question is one
into which partisan considerations do not
enter. The measure which is most likely
10 be adopted is the one introduced by Con-
gressman Henderson, Of Iowa. 1t is prac-
tically the old Torrey bill with the objec-
tiouabIe features eliminated. As the public
has familiarized itself with the general pro-
visions of the Torrey bill. it may be of in
terest to show wherein the Henderson bill
chiefly differs from that measure.
Where the Torrey bill defined among
the acts of bankruptcy that of a person
who concealed himself or remained away
from his place of business with intent to
avoid service or defeat his creditors, the
Henderson bill adds a proviso that "he
shall not have returned at least forty-eiGht
hours before the filing of a petition in
bankruptcy and before the rights Of cred
!tors shall have been impaired. altered or
interfered with" This is intended TO meet
the objections made TO the earlier measure
that II might allow creditors to take adj
vantage of a debtors innocent absence to
force him into bankruptcy.
Another change of Importance is the
specification among the acts of bankruptcy
of suspending and not resuming payment o.
commercial paper up TO the time OF filing
a petition in bankruptcy, and TO tho
amount Of five hundred dollars. In the
old law of 1861 it was provided that a mar
could be adjudged bankrupt If he had
suspended the payment of commercial pa
per for forty days. The general sentiment
among Western members of congress ha:
always been against 4 provision of this sor
on the ground that it made the fedora
government a collecting agency. In defer
ence TO that sentiment the house commit
tee has decided to drop the provision OF
Of the Henderson bill.
Perhaps the most important change Il
the new measure is the limitation of tn
amount of indebtedness under which 4 ma
may be adjudged an involuntary bankrupt
The law of 1867 fixed the amount at thre
hundred dollars; the Lowell bill made It
thousand dollars, and the Torrev act q
moved all limit by using the words, IAN
person owing debts" The Henderson hi
makes the limit one thousand dollars. {
other changes observed. some are in vi
direction of greater severity than the To
rey bill. The punishment for frauduler
bankruptcy is made imprisonment onl
and not imprisonment or fine but the pr
visions relating to felony. except in the ca.
of proved fraud. do not appear.
The changes do not affect the vital pri
ciple embodied in the measure for whi,
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
Is 1t "Juda. benedict Foraker"

From the Chicago Times Herald
Senator Foraker pretends to be sound
money man. Yet 1t is for the defeat of
Senator Hanna and the probable election
of a free silverite that his political pro-
teges-Bushnell and Kurtz-are striving
with all the arts of low cunning and
malice.
Mr.. Foraker need not pretend that he
,s indifferent to the outcome. He de-
ceiyes no one, least of all himself. No
sound money man can be neutral in this
fight.
Moreover. we have abundant reason to
suspect that Mr.. Foraker is not neutral
but is the master hand in the conspiracy.
1t is as reasonable to imagine Punch and
Judy in a street show talking and acting
without manipulation as to think of the
wooden Bushnell and Kurtz doing anything
unless the strings are pulled by Foraker.
Mr.. Foraker knows what Is going on In
Ohio. He is informed through hundred
channels. He knew Il month ago what
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
At Omaha.

From the St Louis Republic.
Missouri ought to have the most attract
i've and comprehensive state exhibit at the
Trans Mississippi and International expo
sition at Omaha.
In point of natural wealth Missouri leads
the Union of states. Every metal used in
the worlds great industries is found in
abundance under the soil of Missouri, which
yields every product that feeds and clothes
mankind. This assertion cannot be made
of any other political division of the ma
ton. Indeed, nowhere on the face of the
globe are concentrated within similar
scope of territory many of the elements
of natural wealth whose development is es
sential to the comfort. the happiness and
the progress of the race.
At no exposition of the worlds produc-
tions and of mankind'S utilization of them
has Missouri ever been adequately repre-
sented. Mssourians have made no special
efforts to attract the attention of capital
or divert the streams of immigration to-
ward their splendid state. The develop
ment that has occurred here has been the
result of natural growth. unassisted by
those adventitous aids which intelligent
thrift hase often employed to exc out the
deficiencies of its material resources.
The exposition at Omaha offers an OPP
portunity for Missourans to largely make
up for their shortcomings OF tne past Ill
this regard. 1t is especially designed to
show to the world the progress already
made by the richest section of the conti-
nent and the possibilities that abound in
the vast stretch of country from the Mis-
sissippi to the Pacific. Missouri stands at
the head Of the column of states comprised
within the territory. Missourians ought.
therefore, to exert themselves in behalf OF
| n comprehensive exhibit of Missouris un-
rivaled wealth.
The commission appointed by Governor
| Stephens to see to the states proper repre-
sentation decided at the meeting held In
| St. Louis that $780, would be necessary to
| collect and arrange the exhibit. This
amount must be raised by popular sub
| scription. Revenue prospects were SO un-
| propitious a year ago that the legislature
| then in session could not see its way clear
| to appropriating the needed amount from
| the public income. There is a surplus ir
| the treasury at Jefferson City now. but
the next legislature will not meet in time
| to make any part Of this surplus available
| for exposition purposes. Private enterprise
| and liberality will. therefore. have to pro-
| vide the needed funds. The commission
will issue an address to the public in {
few days appealing for funds. 1t is hoped
that the response will be liberal ant
prompt Work should begin at an earl,
| date and the commission can do nothing
| moreu ntil IL obtains money.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
A Climatic Disaster.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
II is not alone the Oldest inhbitant who
notices the extreme variability or the
weather during the past few years. Sew
eral business interests have had occasion
to remember it-particularly the fruit
farmers of Florida. When. after the
war. Florida first became attractive 10
thousands of Northern searcherS after sum
shine. balmy air and oranges, the cultt-
walton of the citrous fruits was carried
en- with impunity as high up as Palatka
and even Jacksonville. Upon the st. johns
river between these points, were many
beautiful groves, laden with rich frult'
while lower down the Indian river there
was no thought of frosts. But four or
five years ago all precedents were upset
ard calculations ruined by frost which
destroyed the orange groves of Northern
and Central Florida. Yesterdays tele-
grams declare that the present cold spell
has extended the zone of devastation TO
Palm beach. This is nearly 400 miles south
OF Jacksonville: and the pineapple planta-
tions, as we'll as the orange groves. we
are told, are ruined by the unprecedented
cold
That climates OF whole sections OF coun-
try are undergoing changes is indicated
elsewhere than in Florida. California Is
no longer so Eloriously soft as it was in
the pioneer days-though that Is partly
| explainable by the changing Of the cur
rents of the streams. and the spreading
| over the surface of wide areas daily for
| irrigation purposes many thousands OF
| tons of water which would otherwise flow
| to the sea. The temperature and quality.
| 10th of air and soil. are necessarily af-
! fected by this process. But California Is
| stlll lucky in being able to raise its fruits:
| while Florida has been made almost bank
| rupt by its climatic misfortunes.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

this bill is substituted. The friends of the
Torrey bill can easily transfer their sup
port 10 the Henderson bill without doing
violence TO their convictions or sacritcins
anything of real value. There is no reason
to doubt that the present measure will be
satisfactory 10 business interests. and If
these interests are satisfied. nobody else
will cor1pIain
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
A CHILD'S LAUGH.

All the bells Of heaven may ring.
All the birds OF heaven may sing.
All the wells on earth may spring.
AL the wind ca sarth may bring
All sweet sounds together.
sweeter far than all things heard.
Hand OF harper. tone OF bird.
Sound OF woods At sundown stirred.
yelling waters winsoms word.
Wind in warm. wan weather.
One thing yet there is. that none
Hearing ere its chime be done.
Knows not we'll the sweetest one
Heard OF man beneath the sun,
Hoped in heaven. hereafter.
Soft and strong and loud and light
Very sound Of very light,
Heard from mornings rosiest height.
When the soul OF all delight
Fills q ch!ld's clear laughter.
-.Algernon c. Swinourna
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
The Difference.

From the Chicago News.
"Women are smarter than men,
why do you think so!
when a widow marries again she gen.
erally surprises all her friends. but when
widower marries again all the women VINO
know him say he showed signs OF IL the
day after his wife was buried
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
GRIEFS.
re every grief I meet

I measure every grief meet
With analytic eyes;
! wonder II IL weighs like mine.
or has an easier size.
l wonder If they bore IL long.
Or did It Just begin
could not tell the date Of mine.
Il feels old pain.
l wonder If 1t hurts TO live.
And If they have to try.
And whether could they choose between.
They would not rather die.
wonder IL when years have cllet-
Scme thousands-on the cause
OF early hurt. IL such lapse
Could give them any pause.
Or would they 60 on aching still
Through centuries above.
Enlightened TO a larger paia
By contrast with the love.
TIE grieyed are many. An told:
The reason deeper lies
Death is but one and comes but once.
And only nails the eyes
There's grief OF want and grief 4 cold
A sort they call despair;
There's ban!shnent from native syea
In sight ot native air.
And though l may no. guess the kind
Correctly. yet 10 me
A piercing comfort IL aiords
In passing Calvary.
To note the fashions Of the eross.
OF those that stand alone.
Still fascinated TO presume
That some ara Ike my own.
Emily Dickiusor
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
A Neck.Tie.

From the New York Press
Bronco Pete-"What did Alkali Ike mean
by putting bullet through faro KIM .
neck last night?'
The ebartender-'They both shot tender
foot at the same minute yesterday, and Ike
was bound to shoot off the tie."
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
Dick, Chump and Tobe.

From the New York Sun.
The Hon, Richard Parks Bland has elect
ed the next house of representatives.
where will you make your greatest
gains?" asked the reporter. I'VE Will gain
everywhere replied Silver Dick, with "A
broad sweep of the hand and comfort
ing detiniteness; 'the gold standard is too
narrow for this magnificent country" a
colleague of Mr. Bland. the Hon. Chump
Clark, of Pike county, Is even more exact:
THE prospects are that the Democrats
will capture the congressman In every dis
trict next year that did not have at least
5,OOO Republican majority last time That
would give us anywhere from fifty to loo
ma iority in the next house.
In confirmation of these cautious calcu-
lations it should be said that the Hon.
Tobe Scrutchins, of Texas. is convinced
that the next house of representatives will
consist entirely of Democrats.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
The School Free Lunch.

From The BlltImore iitrHIu'
We shall look with interest for the fur
ther development of President Andrews
ideas. We do not see why he should stop
with the free lunch On rainy days.
why not a free distribution of car tickets,
overshoes and umbrellas? The taxpayers
will never grumble at little thing like
that, especially when the expenditure Is
for the benefit of their own children. AS
an experienced and prominent educator,
President Andrews must Know that De-
sides free tuition. free books. and free
lunches. there is something else that the
children need. "All work and no play
makes Jack a duh boy" Amusements
should also be provided by the authors
ties" and then President Andrews classi-
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

cal idea will be realized-'panem ct cir
censes'-free bread and free tickets to the
circus He need have no fear that the
children thus nurtured and cared for by
the public when they grow up will forget
the lesson that has been instiled into
them, or that as men and women. or as
voters. they will be less eNacting in their
demands to be fed and supported by the
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
Weather Forecast for Saturday.

Washington. Jan. For Oklahoma and
Indian Territory-Fair: coo!er in northern
portions: west % northwest winds.
For SIISsogri-Partly cloudy weather.
colder. northwester3y winds.
For Kansas-Partly cloudy weather: cold
er in southern portion. variable winds.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

The president has faith that Mr.. Hanna
will be able TO land on his feet. Mr.. Han
mas feet are broad and substantial. and he
has quite good use of himself for a fat
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
DAY.

Here star and there \ star.
Some lose their way.
Here a mist and thero a mist.
Atterwsrds-day,
Emily Dickinson
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

1t is a long lane which has no turn. Ice
cream. which has got so many young fell
lows into matrimony. has at last saved a
mans life by turning a bullet.