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The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18
REASON FOR ANTLTHlRD TgRmERs.

The fathers Of the republic were Of different minds
doubtless the wisdom Of permitting successive terms
OF the presidency be held by Washington in
the otquoted passages Of his Farewell Address laid his
final retirement from the presidency rather upon the fact
that the young republic could along without him
upon any notion Of the wronguness of his contnu-
IN oce Indeed it is interesting to recall that Wash
;ngton was the point Of declining even second term
which Of his successors has seemed think opposed
the spirit Of institutions unless it may have been
Hayes who advance Of his election that
should decline to be candidate for second term Wash
ngton called in Madisons assistance to prepare public
announcement declining stand in 1892 but the mpor-
tunities his friends showed him how critical the
foreign relations OF the country that moment
duced him TO change his resolve somewhat humor-
light is thrown the affair by that four years
later having meanwhile broken with Madison Washington
the Madison manifesto over almost as orig
inaIy written in his Farewell Address making it appca-
bic 10 third term instead Of second Some historical
student has raised the question whether Washington
had carried his intention 1872 of declining second
term that precedent would have been considered bind
ing upon his successors as his thirdterm position
Mr. Jefferson is the authority against third term most
frequently quoted company with Washington But JEFF
ferson Of impulse sometimes he was wor-
Tied things which other he regarded with
great eQuanimity if actually with favor Thus in
1887 he wrote of the four years of the presidency
with limit set on reelecons Reason and experience
to that chief magistrate continuable an
officer for life" Il wish the years they had
made him forever ineligible second time" But he had
become recnced to the existing conditions by 1873
Of the lack Of Imitation q wish it to
remain uncoected so long we avail ourselves Of the
services Of great leader" And Washington himself
he appealed thus in 1892; Il consider your continuance
the head Of affairs Of the last Importance This to
be sure had reference for the moment to second term
but the expression Of three years before was like the con
stuonal provisions for electng presidents unlimited
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18
OUTLINES OF okLAHomA.

The decision Of the Washington court
on the Lone Wolf suit win be handed
down today or tomorroE.
This year Dennis Flynn VIII serk the
American eagle bald-headed on the
Fourth OF July 81 Chandler.
The governor OF Alaska and the gover-
nor OF Porto Rico get 4 better salary
than the governor OF oklahoma
Mrs James A Nichols, Of Ei Reno, who
was injured in runaway and had 20
have her leg amputsted, is dead
The Altus News wants 10 know II the
new Presbyterian creed VIII permit q
man to be saved under the organic act.
II there is gold in the Wichita mount
aims It is about time somebody lugged q
little Of il out into the world and showed
IN one Oklahoma town the cherries were
so thick in one mans orchard that he
simply cut the trees down and threshed
en-.
The prospective settlers are growing a
good deal over the lavish manner in
which the school sections are 10 be
handled
Ed Marchant. OF Cleo Springs. says that
one Of the prime causes OF the prosperity
OF secret societies is the lack Of fraternity
in churches.
The governors OF New Mexico and
Arizona viii be re-appointed- They had
fights on them similar 10 that made on
Cassius Barnes.
The printer who makes up the Shawnee
Herald is an artist: and the pressInan is
another The Herald is a thing OF beauty
ana Joy forever
Stilwen. of the Orient, writes to the
editor Of the Augusta News that the steel
for the road from Anthony 70 Augusta
has been purchased.
II is inevitable that when the drawing
takes place, every time a man draws s.
good claim some OF the newspapers viii
speak of II as luck Cd"
Bill Cross, Of Oklahoma City, who Is
goO-goo-eying the Democratic nomination
for congress, is known by the travelling
men as The Oranipresent."
The city council Of Oklahoma City has
made a resolution 10 the effect that a
little park in haywood addition shall be
known as Col. Stiles park.
That Lincoln county man who has gone
insane over worrying for fear his wheat
crop would fail is an instance Of what a
periloUs occupation wheat-g growing really
is
Secretary Hitchcock sat on the Lone
Wolf gang Saturday. They wanted to see
the president Secretary Hitchcock told
them no, and sent 'em away with long
faces.
Elmer Brown, OF Oklahoma City, has
been made oil inspector and II Is to be
hoped sincerely that he will dispose OF
some of his malaria and try to like a few
people in this world.
Two boys at Cleo got & team and start
ed out to see the world They were over
hauled brought back and the infamma-
ton for travel in the region was drawn
to another part Of their anatomy by the
application OF a shingle poultice.
4 drunken Indian created a scene IN
Minco the other day by falling into the
gutter and staying there. The town has
no patrol wagon, so a dray was requisi-
toned, the drunken Indian was dumped
in, taken around TO an alley and dumped
out.
Cherokee News: Miss Ruby Higgin-
botham, in letter 10 ye editors wife,
says: III you haven't q cave, have one
dug at once. Do not put il off. This is
good advice. and from one who has been
there" She was IN the twister at
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18
9aifu~ S Eagle
M. M. MURDOCH, Editor.
LANE DE PoUeEY AND KING EDWARD.

Nine Lane de Pougey has arrived. She is French Of
poor parentage is uneducated is wild She is sinuous,
sensual on the Greek order. and brunette.
She has had on her string king two whole batch
Of princes many politicians literary Of the
poetcal kind Some time ago she was ripped up the back
BY another woman. who actress and who chded
Lane for lacking visible means Of support Lame
solved for something visible the stage For
tune brought her to London King Edward vY the gray
headed old rascal her. all England is being
unutteraby shocked and outraged because the emperor
wines and dimes with her pays the hatterng
attentions.
The explanation Of the reason that old veteran ike
Edward should take up with woman who ruined a
half dozen young wealth. been the object
OF repeated due who not cultured only found
in the worans personality.
isn't all face and hgre-t is the charm back Of both
which makes them incandescent Occasionally women Of
this plunge view sent by the devil who
wants vacation On the smaller scale they viii go
through community ike cyclone, the larger scale
they viii ht the heart of government and knock its
foundations from under it
In comparison with such dynamite is chOcO-
late bonbon. glance Of her eye win net of monu-
virtue; her smile viii drop saint in
the dust the agony Of temptation, and touch Of her
hand will turn philosopher into a Satyr She is mex
plcably irresistible.
Yet there is escape for her It was Xenophon who,
conscientiousy anxious to be high minded worthy,
went Socrates and asked him should escape such
woman whom he wished to escape and didn't wish to
escape Socrates said: 'Xenophon, when you that
woman turn and run for your life"
Since then the kind has improved. It doesn't do to
risk YOUR feet The thing for King Edward to do is to take
an automobile and get somebody to tie him in first
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18
NOR pRoMlsEs ERoM - slnran

Hope never dies. Mr. Leishman. the United States
minister at Constantnope has informed the state depart
ment that he has received another promise the second
the Turkish government that the indemnity Of about
$4,000 demanded Of the destruction Of Amer
can property in Armenia, in 1888, would be paid
Minister Tirre in President Cevelands administration
the first to claim the honor of promise from the
Sultan Then Mr. Angel went to Constantinope especially
to collect the indemnity and brought back whole waste
basket full of promises Then Mr. Strauss tried it and got
the personal three different times that the
$4,000 would be forthcoming Weary waiting he then
left in disgust and delegated Ar Griscom his charge
daares TO attend TO the The latter called every
week for long time and received positive assurances
but no cash. Now the Sultan has promised again
From time to time the government concludes to make
demonstration" but this appas the sultan He
always bobs up smiling with more promises
Twisting the British lions tail is the only hard job
in the world. To rig Spanish wndlass around the Sui
tans neck that VIII twist that $4,000 Of him Is fully
difficult Isn't it about time 10 make another demon
stration?
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

belief in evolution be his only fault he can comfort
self with reflection that he is far better OF than the
university at Saina"
The Post continues This incident is evidence Of the
wide difference between Methodsm in Massachusetts and
in Kansas One Of the leaders Of the agitation against
Professor Tubbs is the Rev. n J. Mumford who sp-
parenty been wholly successful his undertaking This
not however Mr. Mumfords first heresy He dis
played similar activity year two ago. when he
student in Boston university also Methodist institution
At that time he much troubled what he regarded
the unorthodoxy Of Dr. Hincey Mitchell professor
Of Hebrew and got eight other students to join him in
protest against Professor tches teachings The board
Of trustees with great prompness gave decision in favor
Of the professor But Mr. Mumord yet content per-
sisted in making disturbance over the matter and was
accordingly dismissed from the university Thus orthodoxy
apparently question Of geography rather than belief
and there may have been basis for lament of
pous Baltimore north Philadelphia
everybody was heterodox."
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18
TUBss AND TROUBLE

The New York Evening Post says: The dismissal Of
Prof Frank Tubbs from the chair Of natural sciences IN
Wesleyan University at Salna throws an interest
ing light uPon the standards of orthodoxy in that
Professor Iuhbs aboTng under the grave charge OF be-
neving evolution theory which the people described as
The older and more orthodox Methodist ministers
aoomiRate that they VIII even give Professor Tubbs
bearing Apparently the general issue Of academic free
dom is not involved here for the school Processes be
seosran nstuton that Is it subordnate the independ-
ent investigation Of the truth to the propagation Of certain
doctrines Professor Tubbs himself admits that his stand
ing scientist his as teacher ana admins
traitor and bis character as not the only things
considered IN his appointment Tor he Bishop Vim
pointed me to the seminary The only question is whether
evoutionist can be an orthodox Methodist in central
Kansas The trustees Of The school say no. The decision
nay Professor Tubbs temporary Inconvenience bt
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18
MORE TRANsvAAL rRIsuLArroN.

Just certain optimistic and hopeful Engishmen be
breathe easier to imagine that they saw the end
Of the Transvaa trouble and expense dark
hibuation and added expenditures to their
The fated tory government in precarious power,
has decided according to the London correspondent Of the
New York World to levy the enormous sum Of s250OOO 600
the Of the gold mines Of the TransvaaI help
meet the Of the against the This itself
very heavy load for the regime Chamberlain
and Miner attempt carry other unpleasant
complications in sight
But the very day in which the report Of this pro-
posed gigantic levy is published dings from Ger
many that the entire press Berlin severely condemns
the report Of the British Transvaa concessions committee
being hghhanded and denying private property rights
in against the practice and theory Of all civilized
countries. Nor is it all newspaper talk, if advices from
the German capital be is declared that
the government Of Emperor William has formally in
sucted the German embassy London protest against
the gross wrong medtated against large number Of Ger
stockholders in the Netherlands African rail
road whenever appears certain likely that the
British government VIII adopt the report Of the conces-
sons committee.
Small wonder. indeed. if more than one Englishman
feels tempted to say view of the prospect Of seemingly
endless costs Of the Boer Devil take the Transvaa
If England had undertaken the abrogaon of the
Boer republics how many hundreds Of thousands Of
pounds her people might be in pocket today!"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18
FREE TRADE WITH PORTO RICO NEAR.

Porto Rico as Treasurer Hollander has assured Gov
ernor Allen viii be ready for free trade with the United
the new tax law passed the recent session
Of the insular legislature shall have become operative
all its parts. which viii be July 1 The Porto
Rican government act Of congress- which contained
provision for the collection of 10 per Of the Dngey
exports to and imports from this country also
provided for the dcnnuance Of the collection of these
duties at the end OF years whenever notice should
be given by the nsuar government that system Of
ton sufficient to the maintenance Of its political household
had been enacted the authority was given
the president abolish the existing tariff be-
tween this country and the island by proclamation.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18
LACK OF uJDIcIAL pRocREss.

his latest work. The Riddle Of the Universe" Ernst
Haecke speaks almost with despair of the backward
ton Of government and judicial administration at the be-
ginning of the twentieth century. The eminent scientist
says:
Not week passes in which do not hear Of judicial
decisions over which thoughtful shakes his head
in despair many Of the decisions Of higher and lower
courts simply uninteigble We referring in
the treatment Of this particular wordproblem the fact
that many modern states in spite Of their paper consu
tions. really governed with absolute despotsm and
that many who occupy the bench give judgment less
accordance with their sincere conviction than with wishes
expressed in higher quarters"
Haeckel was here speaking OF judicial conditions in
Europe, and especially in Germany, Of which he
witness He hadn't read the last opinion Of
preme court
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

I Inc 6IlQBc ATuGtQ IN Lle hHrTOOr
published in London Times Of June s.
And viii supply details to guard tn
Blood River Bridge"
District Orders-Lines Of Communica
ton.
Sudden the desert changes
The raw glare softens and clings,
( Till the aching Oudtshoorn ranges
Stand up like the thrones Of kings
Ramparts Of slaughter and peril
Blazing, amazing-aglow,
Twixt the sky-line's betting beryl
And the wine-6ark fats below.
Royal the pageant closes,
Lit by the last Of the sun
Opal and ash-of-roses.
Cinnamon, umber and dun.
The twilight swallows the thicket,
The starlight reveals the ridge;
The whistle shrills 70 the picket
We are changing guard on the bridge.
CFew, forgotten and lonely.
Where the empty metals shine
NO, not combatants-oniy
Details guarding the line).
We slip through the broken panel
OF fence by the ganger's shed
We drop to the wsterless channel
And the lean track overhead.
We stumble on refuse OF rstions-
The beef and the biscuit tins
We take our appointed stations
and the endless night begins.
We hear the Hottentot herders
AS the sheep click past TO the fold
And the click OF the restless girders
As the steel contracts in the cold
Voices Of 5ackals calling
And loud in the hush between
A morsel OF dry earth falling
From the nanks OF the SCARED raviue
And the solemn armament marches
Ard the hosts OF heaven rise
Framed through the iron arches
Banded and barred by the ties-
TIL we hear the far track hamming.
And ve see her headlight plain,
And we gather and wat her coming
The wonderful north-bound train.
CFew, forgotten and lonely
Where The white car windows shine
No. not combatants-only
Details guarding the Inc
Quick. ere the gift escape uz
ont of the darkness We reach
For a handful q week-old papers.
Ard q mouthfuI q human speechi
And fhs rno-s-r-rs heaven reto.ces.
And tHe earth allows again.
Meetings. greetings and voices
OF women taking v-th ue1-
s. ws rstura 20 Cur Places
As out On tns bridge she rolls;
And the darkness covers or faces
And TIE dzrkzess re-e1ters Cur souls.
ago-e ths1 s littie iorslv
w-here the lesss-lrE tail-lE1ts s1i-ei
Nc-rcz ccUhs-a1rs-oniv
Details Eusrd-1g rhs IRE.
.raths-." ASKED la-ys1r-oid Mahei LOOK
iur up from her hook What e -
pzr-ssz
BECK -a-k~ answered father sout o.
smart thzt JOG SSH yQad sad = yc---
ss1
Tt.eor.st-Tou Relieve ir giving credit -
whcr credit Is dre d1- Z y1l-
F'ractcaI sIar-T -ges. t-t make eTcEg-
BODY else pay cash
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

King Edward VII. is stuck Lima de Pougy the most
beautiful Of French He is winng and dining
Lanas record fayOrte is: King of Belgium Prince Ma
poeon, General Boulanger Duke Of Cambridge, Prince
Henry Of Orleans Lord Onslow and Jeanne Lorraine the
poet.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

The New York minister who says that Mr. Carnegies
example library line notice the young
education doesn't count like material progress has been
thinking
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

If you are buffer don't let anybody find it out Two
hot cakes which have been dropped Tilman and Mc
Laurin. The public found they were bluang and won't
listen TO EN-.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

a Kansas City reporter asked Lulu Kennedy if she
dreaded the penitentiary. She gave answer
that 1hried the reporter She said she did dread it.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

General CaiTes. the Filipino general has agreed TO
surrender his force which numbers about 500 he does
it in the interest of his health.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

Courts of the first instance have been created IN the
Philippines and seventeen judges appointed And eleven
Of the judges are Americans.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

Doe Of Chicago says that the doctors are planning 70
kdnap him beat him until he is and then mprson
him Dowie has lot of fun with himself
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

They have unveiled statue OF Bismarck IN Germany
Germany grows older the Bismarck statues viii
increase yearly in number.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

As proved by verdict the Kennedy case at Kan
sas CITY, il isn't always safe by ten years for
man TO kin a man.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

The British licked Dewe the other day they say: but
they didn't capture him. and Dewet isn't licked til he IS
taken
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

Phillips who formed the company 10 corner May corn
last saturday sent out $oooooo TO people who helped him
The deal
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

John G. Woolley the lecturer OF Chicago has starte
on tour Of the world TO get material for lecture H
IS simply gaddinE-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

King Edward ought 10 Try to De good he IS old
enough nov for goodness 20 be habit
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

Roosevelt 7v not rather be right than be president
but he wonld rather kiii bear.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

Everybody hopes that Pingree VIII set vel Pingree
IS an individual whom organization has never nuzzled
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

The Brush have that eased feeling again that The
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

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The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18
KipIIna's Latest Poem.

(''The Bridge Guard in the Karroo,"
published in London Times Of June s.
And viii supply details to guard the
Blood River Bridge"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-18

~Faths-." asked l1-ys4r-oid Nahei look
ing up from her hook What e ~
pzr-es7
-Bsck -aIk-~ answered father. s-sut %
smart that JOG vash yoad sad Z ycz--
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-13

The Vermillion Republican presents
theinames of Jefferson P. Kidder and
Edward Olson as its candidates for the
St. Louis exposition Hall of Fame
Among the many eminent, brainy men
of territorial days, and as a jurist, and
as public official and as citizen, no
man in our history as a territory and
a. state has left such a brilliant
record a. Jefferson P. Kidder. In all
things he was great. in all business
relations gentlemen, on the bench a
digni6ed, able and conscientious judge.
in congress friend of the people, in
social relations loving husband and
father and q genial kind hearted neigh
Dor and friend. All things considered,
no man familiar with the history and
record Of or public men for the past
thirty years can raise one objection to
The name and fame Of Jefferson P.
Kidder as being an eminently proper
selection for this hall of fame. The Re.
publican should stand by It's choice and
demand justice to Kidder's memory
Edward Olson was brilliant educator,
a a:splendid citizen, and all thai, but
We have many names just as deserving
of recognition as his.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-13
DECEMBER -. 1901.

his will power aud wonderful determi.
nation. He was never satisfied any
where and never at peace with himself.
He had wonderful memory and at
one time promised his frontier history
to Doane Robinson for his magazine.
He had pictures of several people cap
tured by the Indians during the Mime
sofa Massacre, whom he rescued from
the savages His brother was killed by
Indians near the present ,ownsite of
Hudson in this county, from which or.
iginated the name of "Pattee Slough"
Worldly troubles and the Pension
Office will bother him no more. May
tue troubled old Warrior rest in peace.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1901-12-13
The Power of Friendship.

Groton Independent: The Canton
LEADER commends Senator Kiltredge
very highly for the appointment of
Judge Clifford as superintendent Of the
Indian insane asylum and Nye Phillips
as the senator's private secretary. Had
Commsndsnt Linn ever uttered such
sentiments when Andy Lee was on
esrth,it would have been disgrace to
the state"
No. no, brother, thou art wrong. Is
there nothing in this life but the base
and sordid motives which come through
political conditions? Must man for.
get his friends because he don't think
as others think? Must an editor for.
get old friends because of changes In
The political weathervane? Must a
man surrender his manhood and
brotherhood when he entertain's poll
'ical opinions7 # these things must
come to pass because q man gets into
politics, then God help the slate and its
future "Commandant Linn" will
never desert friend while life lasts,
nor will Arthur Linn. Commandant
Linn has known Judge Clifford and
Nye Phillips for over thirty years, and
they and I have seen the territory grow
into statehood, and we did our share 10
make the territory fit for statehood
long before most Of the politicians who
now run the state ever SAW its bounda.
ries. The writer spent years of hard
work and good deal of his own mon
ey to help erect q foundation for state
hood. So did Clifford and so did Phil,
lips Clifford and Phillips are travel.
ing down the western slope Of life's
pa 'hway, and it's eminently fit and
proper to reward them if there is any.
thing TO reward them with. They ale
friends Of the Senator and they have !
friends too.
There is no man living who appre.
ciates true friendship more than Ex-
Governor Lee. and no man on earth
sbhors ingratitude more than he.
candy Lee" is honest and fearless in
defense of right and justice, and never
that any man had right to
be his brothers keeper, or that any man
should be other than good American
citizen, free to think, speak and act
Tor himself We have known Ex- Gov
ernor Lee since 1870, when We took
part in q territorial republican conven,
tion in Lee & Prentis' hall in Vermill-
ion We have known him as radical
we have known him as an
snti-machine, anti thief, and anti EN-.
republican. We have
known him as free silver republican
and champion Of labor. We have
known him as the leader of the radi.
;al elements in this state who arose in
heir might and repudia'ed state treas.
nry thieves by electing him governor
swice. We know him today as one of
he most active business men in the
J, ate, but we have never known him
%. 60 back on friend or arrogate to
himself the right to dictate 10 any man
beyond that which his official duty re.
luired, and there are many other
;hings which have been disgrace to
;he state, /" besides saying a kind word
'or old friends .s-- |,