The Advocate and news., 1898-06-08

PUBLIC OPINION B
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GENERAL.

the coal strike preteXt for going to war
with us and assisting Spain.
Medicine Lodge Index (Pop): AS long
as the rights Of property are held to be
more sacred than the rights OF man,
that long will there be industrial slay-
cry
Wichita Beacon: The only way to stop
Sunday papers is to induce the people
not to read on Sunday. There Is one
other way and that is to prohibit people
from learning to read at all.
Wa-Keeney Independent (POp): The
fable Of the farmer who sent out inVl-
tatiOns to q wheat-cuttlng and received
only regrets, must be unknown to Spain,
or It would not be so blindly trusting to
getting assistance from the European
powers.
Wichita Beacon: When Senator For
aker agrees that the time has come TO
return the Confederate flags held by
Northern Grand Army posts and others
as trophies it strikes the average citizen
everywhere that there Is no longer any
bloody chasm to bridge.
Hutchinson News (Rep): The fight in
Shawnee county has made both Mr.. Hes
sin and Mr. SeatOn claim that they al
ways work for Topeka. Now how do
they ever expect to get any votes from
Wichita, Fort Scott, Lawrence, Emporla,
Newton, Abilene, Salina or Hutchinson?
Eugene v. Debs: The Social Democ-
racy is a Socialist party, and 1t Is
pledged to the principles Of Socialism.
II cannot and will not fuse with any
capitalist party, by whatever name 1t
be called We care nothing about offices,
except so far as they represent the tri-
umph of Socialism"
Chicago Record The Record believes
that the municipality should acquire
ownership of the street railway lines
as soon as possible. 1t believes that
an honest council will come inevitably
TO this conclusion when 1t begins to con-
slider the matter This is in line with
the best American thought on the sub
ject.
Labors Exponent (Saginaw); There
are times when the citizens feel like
muzzling the whole United States SEN
ate to stop the interminable flow Of
language, but now, when the ancient
fossils are standing like a rock between
the nation and huge bond steal, one
Is justified In believing that nothing was
created in vain.
Senator German, Of Maryland: Now
is the time, while we are engaged in war,
to test the Supreme court upon the cor
nOration tax. A decision against II will
not destroy our financial structure, but 1t
would destroy the court. The American
people would amend the constitution so
that in time Of war taxes might be levied
upon all interests justly and equitably.
Hiawatha Democrat: Harper's Weekly
defends the kid-gloved high rollers Of
the New York Seventh for refusing to
enlist. The tenor of the defense Is that
IL they went to war 1t would break up
one OF New York's swell clubs, and that
would never do. Let the common herd
60 to fight the Spaniards. The New
York Seventh is needed to give fancy
dress balls and Seeley dinners.
Spring Hill New Era (Rep.): The only
unfortunate thing about the rise In
wheat is that the farmers got but little
Of IL. The greater part OF the advance
went to the dealers and price students
who had the wisdom to foresee that the
needs of Europe. in the face Of the big
crop In the United States were going to
make American wheat valuable.
Lebanon Criterian: In the civil war
the healthlest and toughest soldiers
were those who lived on army ratiOns,
while the great majority Of those who
died Of intestinal disease were livers
on suffers canned stuff AS the army
rctiOns are well fitted for toughening
the men who live on them without in
Jury to the digestive organs the sooner
one becomes habituated to them the bet
ter.
Lebanon Criterion (Rep): The ap-
pointment Of John Jacob Astor to be
lieutenant colonel the appointment Of