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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22
THE CONVICTION OF SENATOR SULLIVAN.

The barter and sale of public trust for private gain re-
ceived staggering blow in the corrupt commonwealth
of Missouri day before yesterday.
Senator Sullivan a smart lawyer, who ought to know
law prostitued his member of the egisa-
ture to rotten baking powder concerns and caught
at it, The attorney general made against him, a
jury him judge who leaned toward the
defense in all his rulings fined him 500 and costs
One hundred dollars costs for bribery in Missouri
think Forty per Of the penalty assessed
against violation a Sabbath ordinance in Wichita
But the cost or penal result the Sullivan
CT little consequence compared with the important
fact that legislative criminal convicted in Missouri
despite the fact that great many Of the influential
leaders of the dominant political party Of the state were
known be opposed to the prosecution of the offenders
The guilty have one comfort however in their day of
travail owing the that bribery is
only msdemeanor in Missouri the legislators can
necessary meet in special session outside the penen
tiary and have quorum.
Genuinely honest citizens of Missouri are encouraged
by the verdict CT the Cole county jury The stain
their reputation is part wiped out they realize
that vindcation their laws by the compare
lively trivial punishment meted to who violated
them will go far toward mitigating the general public
prejudice aroused by the unprecedented roenness and
corruption bodies holding delegated power in that
state during the past two yearsrottenness that has
tainted in every public position, from st. Louis
garbage inspector up a United States senator.
But after ALL from standpoint Missouris leg
isators have bodied in vain Out of their
dalous conduct may aroused public conscience
against official corruption all the country the result
which, when balanced against the of official virtue
in Missouri show inestmable net gain in official
integrity throughout the entire family of states the
sackcoth which Missouri viii serve admonish
the people of other states be vgilant and critical III
the selection Of honest represent them in Office
then the carnival official prostitution Jefferson City
last winter will appear to be quite SO bad as it is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22
cuAMRERl AIN DENIES THE REPORT.

Mr. Chamberlain in denying explicitly that he means
cotton offers the conventional excuse that
his tariff frsting "a very little one, says the New
York Evening Such, indeed, il will be if it comes
only to duties food products with prefer
in favor colonies. On such basis is diff
to the protection plan would bringin suff-
cient revenue In fact "a Revenue Official who has
recently published in the London Times remarkable and
apparently inspired forecast of Mr. Chamberains scheme
assumes that 100000 must be raised from a per
cent duty foreign manufactures There is every ap
pearance that Mr. Chamberlain having eaped far in ad
specific calculations of his advisers, is now
trying to devise apparently moderate measure upon
which all Unfonsts may agree We can not believe that
the British traders will be caught by such lure
They will the ndiousness Of proposals to institute
protectionism the Of and will resist the
first stems vigorously Meanwhile Mr. Chamberlain
premature revelation partial results of his inquiry
must be taken as his tribute the unexpected strength
of the free trade opposition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22
INVESTMENT IN ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.

The street car is the chief means Of travel inside the
limits Of cities and growing towns and by reason OF the
application Of electricity is becoming mere and more
extensively used for interurban purposes and through
rural districts There are in operation today in the
United States 9S7 street deccuic railways Their
combined mileage is 225I7 miles, and the total par value
of their stock and funded debt is s2SOS 9ss The
sverage net capital liabilities per mile OF single track
outstanding are ss62S7 Their income is $25o-
bo4s27 and the annual expenses s2t9 s075 The total
number Of officers IS 7l28 Of employees 1864 who re
ceive in salaries and wages respectively s7s9716 and
$50 40 is9 year
In 1902" says the Kansas City Journal these com
panies carried 5SIl95TSS9 passengers In the North
Atlantic states every nhabitan rides least times
In the year while oct vest he his life and limb to
the Of the mo6rman seveutyour times during that
period The cars so at maximum speed varying from
three to forty miles within and three to sixty miles
without city limits. It is surprising therefore tc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22
LAND VALUES IN GREAT CITIES.

During the last fifty years land values in New York
and Chicago have probably increased enormously
than in any other two cities in the world In 1926 the
Dutch purchased Manhattan Island for s24; in 1890 ac
cordn to the census real estate of the city of New
York was valued s262 00000-fgures that the mind
Is utterly incapable OF comprehending.
The advance the value of land in Chicago has been
equally as wonderful In 1916 there was not single
white person on present site of Chicago and the raw
prairie land was practically worthless The census of
estimated the real estate value Of the city at $780,
600 OOO The most valuable quarter in Chicago in
1880 was worth $40; $780, $780, in 1850 S17500; in
1860 $4,000; 1870 $4,000; in 1885, $30000 in 1890
100000 and in 1894, $l250O0O. At the present time
This Garteacre is worth close to 600 Illinois
land bureau years made careful estimate of
land values in the city of Chicago. The most valuable
section is known as South Sde and its boundaries
are the Chicago river On the north and west, Twelfth
street on the south and Lake Michigan on the east All
the great stores wholesale retail the high Office
buildings and the great banking institutions found
within this area.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

1t requires than ordinary mathematical genius
the distance between the paths of that Indian
Territory preacher who took armed guard into the pull
pit with him and the Saviour whose doctrine he is preach
ing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

Joseph Schrieber is dead at Eureka III This world
good him while he lived allowing him be post
master his town continuously FOR foryseven years
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

II in some way Joseph Folk could ger to be district
attorney CT Colombia United States would less
trouble getting that country to pass the canal treaty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

John l. Webster Nebraska's choice for vice presi-
dent ought the unanimous support of the Ponca
Indians Ie he who defended their chief Standing
Bear twenty-odd years ago
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

Missouri sale of three legislative votes secures
a penalty of 500 fine. In Kansas the sale of single
glass punished with fine of 500 and thirty
days in jail That's the difference between Missouri and
Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

Denver had her about her when she went into
a contest with Boston for Grand Army encampment
Mountain air in competition with beans is handicapped
in contest where old soldiers the determining in
auence
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

If people insist on abandoning babies at Kansas City
they should handicap the poor little cherubs
With nursing bottles bearing the labels OF Topeka drug
stores.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

Yesterday Colonel Alex. Dockery governor of Mis-
souri, njudicous politically dangerous,
admission. He told a newspaper at sedalia that
boodling was an evil.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

For the chair of leg work in Pulitzer's school o
journalism this paper takes the liberty Of recommending
James Willis sayre who made the trip around the world
in hfty-eight days.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

The arrest Of negro at Hamburg because he I'M
able pay accumulated board bill Of $1700 fash
ionable hotel proves that the germs OF hael exist
in Germany also
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

With the wind always favorable and the water sufficient
present the advantages Of the Smoky Hill river for
yacht racing hereby called the attention Of Com
manders Isen and Upton
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

II Sir Thomas Upton were acquainted With American
history he would know that BFii1h never did
have any success in our NaEth Atan.lc waters
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

With Miles California at the time it is 10 wonder
that the Lick Observatory had powerful telescope
TO see comet Of the fourteenth magnitude
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

That Wichita man who committed suicide because he
was afraid Of DYING should studied the phoso
ply Of Andreg Carnegie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22

Most men in nervously scribbling, write
their own name. WHY?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-06

has for some months how been in electric
communication with san Francisco, but the
value of the line to that point was infinitely
less than that OF the Honolulu link as part
of the chain to Manila. Thus with ships
lying at anchor In ting harbor Of Honolulu
1t is possible for the American officials at
Manila and Washington to cooperate in
directing the movements Of such force
midway on the journey from the continent
to the Philippines.
Many interesting astronomical problems
are given new illustrations by means of
this cable, with its possibility for round
the-wOrid messages. A message starting
westward from New York at O'Clock In
the morning Of today, July 6. would. II
hustled along at the ten-minute rate. reach
New York, Of course, at $40. At San
Francisco It would be timed shortly after
o'clock in the morning. At Honolulu 1t
would be timed about IL O'Clock last night.
but at Guam it would be rated as having
been received at o'clock this evening.
after which point 1t would begin to show
the effects Of chasing the sun again ana
Manila would get 1t at o'clock this even
ing. Bombay o'clock this afternoon. Alex
andria noon, Lisbon $50 this morning, and
so on until New York was reached again
at $40 On the other hand, II the mes
sage were sent eastward 1t would be dated
on July at the times Of starting and nm
ishing its journey of p, 1856 miles, but dur
ing a considerable part of its journey 1t
would be travelling tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-06
The Earth's Girdle,

Puck's "glrdle round the earth In forty
minutes has been beaten at last. 1t was
very closely approached few years ago
cult from the Grand Central Palace In New
York during the national electric exposition
The message required fifty minutes for a
complete encircling Of the earth. Nothing
better was done until Saturday night when
President Roosevelt's message to Mr.
Then, just to establish new record in
short order. Mr. Mackays response to the
President was sent around in nine and a
half minutes. OF course, both Of these mes
sages being official. were given absolute
right of way. The cable having been Just
to commercial business. and thus the for
NAL words of congratulation were flashed
over the wires at rates which will not be
equaled in ordinary practice.
Politically, the Importance of this all
American cable to the Philippines cannot
be easily overestimated. Touching as It
does at Honolulu and Guam, 1t effectively
links together all the island possessions of
the United States in the Pacific ocean. It
is now possible for the President to COM
municate within few minutes with any
of his representatives in the fnsular de-
pendencies. The navy is now of greater
service because of the possibility Of direct
ing its movements even when It's members
may be as far from base as Guam. Hawaii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-06
The Busy Mr.. Bryan.

Mr.. Bryan keeps his upper lip stin and
his pen busy. He shows no sign of sur
render. Hope springs eternal in his silver
breast. The democratic party, in his judg-
ment. Notwithstanding the Cleveland furry
and other hurries has a chance to carry
the country on the lines of the Kansas
City platform. The following is taken from
a circular letter which Mr.. Bryan has just
addressed to his friends and supporters
throughout the country:
You have probably noticed the activity
of the monopoly or 'reorganizing' element
of the democratic party. The next twelve
months will witness a struggle for the con-
troll of the democratic organization. 1t
rests with the voters to say whether the
democratic party shall represent the peo-
pie in their fight against greed or whether
it shall be turned over to the republican
party. with all that that term has come
to stand for.
II believe that the plans of the reorgan-
iZers can be thwarted and democratic prin-
ciples carried to success If the true friends
Of reform do their duty between now and
the next presidential election. 1t is my in
tention to do all in my power to bring this
about
We have here a deliverance which whets
the appetite for some further information.
Suppose. Notwithstanding Mr.. Bryan's eff
forts to prevent, the reOrganiZers secure
control of the party. Suppose they write a
platform which bears a closer resemblance
to the Indianapolis platform of 1896 than
to that adopted at Kansas City in 1900.
Suppose they nominate candidate for
President who in case of election will lean
to the Cleveland wing of the party. and in
the management of the principles of the
government in particular will consult east
ern opinion exclusively, as Mr.. Cleveland
did. Mr.. Bryan will consider that turning
over the party to the republicans. with
all that that term has come to stand for"
Now. in those circumstances. what will
Mr.. Bryan do? Will he go to the polls,
and counsel his friends to follow him, and
vote for such a ticket? Or, asked to
choose thus between such ticket and the
undisguised republican ticket headed by
Mr.. Roosevelt. will he vote for the latter?
Or, cornered thus. will he head a third
ticket himself. and afford real democrats
an opportunity to vote for a real demo-
cratic candidate?
Mr.. Cleveland is justly criticised for re-
fusing to be specific about where he stands
as to next years contest. In the opinion of
many people a clear statement from him
would simplify matters very much for his
party. Is not this quite as true of Mr..
Bryan? He talks earnestly and contin-
ually against a surrender by his party to
what he calls republican influences. But
If his party does surrender, will he then
surrender? VIII he ratify at the polls what
he has bitterly condemned and resisted in
convention. as being. in effect. republican
ism under the name of democracy? A clear
statement from Mr.. Bryan on this point
may be too much to ask at this time, but
it would simplify matters for his party
very much-more even than any statement
Mr.. Cleveland could make.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-06

into existence are talking about renewing
its lease of power. 1t is agreed that 1t has
done the city considerable service. Tam
many, on the other hand, Is under new
charges of corruption in Office Leader
Murphy himself Is accused, and the par
uculars of a transaction involving the dock
board Of the Van Wyck administration are
awaited with very general interest For the
moment therefore Tammany Is singing q
little small. 1t Is not so certain that the
day Of Jubilee is hxed for November.
Mr. Hill tries to relieve the depression by
introducing national politics into the equa-
tion. Never mind about Charley Muir
ply and tho dock leases" he as much as
tells the members of Tammany and the
democrats Of New York in general THE
Job you have on hand this year is Of far
greater importance than appears upon its
face. You are on the skirmish line Of the
battle already opening for control of the
national government, and as you carry
yourselves next fall the democracy through
out the country will be heartened or dis
couraged" VIII this suggestion affect the
New York municipal campaign materially?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-06
Mr.. Hill Plays Politics.

The one suggestion of everyday politics
to which Tammany listened on Saturday
came from David b. Hill. Mr.. Cieveland's
letter was conventional. and In a measure
lnsincere. He knows Tammany, and how
incapable the organization is of contribut-
ing anything to good government. Mr..
Towne. who is fair rhetorician. INDUCED in
some smooth CONGRATULATIONS. and touched
everywhere and nowhere. Mr.. Bailey spoke
briefly. and after the fashion Of polite
guest. BUT Mr.. Hill. who is a practical
man in his line. said something in his letter
calculated to arrest attention and be re-
peated and considered long after the deliy-
erances OF the others should be forgotten
He reminded Tammany according to the
press report. that the election of demo-
cratic mayor in New York next fall would
be the opening gun for democratic victory
in the state and nation In 1904"
Now that suggestion is very much to the
po mt so far as Tammany is concerned. The
situation In New York has recently under
gone change. For a time Tammany
boosted of shining prospects. and even men
outside OF Tammany seemed inclined to
allow them. The Low administration was
characterized as failure. and as certain of
repudia ton at the polls. The more enthusi-
astic of the Tammany shouters placed the
democratic majority next November up
near the hundred thousand mark The
tiger. IL was declared. was coming into it's
own again. and once again in possession
would hold on indefinitely.
We DO not hear that tone today The
Lpw,,administration stands now pretty well
approved The fusion forces that called it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-06
The Iowa Tariff Plank.

Gov. Cummings is inconsiderate of the
feelings of those gentlemen who have read
in the tariff plank of the Iowa republican
platform not only surrender of the Iowa
idea" but the fine hand of Senator Allison.
He claims to have written the plank him.
self. and as long ago as last April. Thus
perishes another little fiction Of the stand
patters. AS the case now stands. we have
Gov. Cummins the conventions unani-
nous choice for reelection, and an express
sion on the tariff question drawn by the
candidate and unanimously Endorsed by the
convention. Does that look like the burial
of the Iowa idea" If so the idea is
certain to rise again. Watch for the vote
in November, and see what the people of
polls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-06
Irrigation and Immigration
From the Wall Street Journal.

From the Wall Street journal.
The immigration problem is upsolved.
Shall we reverse our time-honOred policy
and now close the door against the peoples
of the earth who seek refuge and oppor-
tunity in this country, or can we keep the
door open and still prove strong enough to
transform the immigration into a popula-
ton of useful American citizens? The an
swer given will involve the solution Of
many important economic and political
problems. One of the chief evils of present
day immigration is that so large percent
age of it goes to swell the population of al
ready overpopulated cities. immigration is
chiefly valuable when it goes to the devel-
opment of virgin soil. We want immigrants
to occupy the still large stretches of terri
tory that only need two things to make
them producers of wealth. These two
things are water and men. Our govern
ment has, at least, taken up with COM
prehension of. the Importance and compre-
hensveness Of the task the problem Of irri-
cation. 1t was irrigation that transformed
southern California from a desolate desert
into land of flowers and fruit and health
and beauty. 1t is irrigation that will make
every acre of land in this vast country
productive. Irrigation. moreover it is I'M
portant to remember, depends on the pres
ervation Of the forests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-06
Americas Inferiority in Science.

The recent astonishing sequence Of dis
coveries in regard to radiant energy, from
the first intfmation of cathode rays to the
investigation of the marvellous properties OF
radium, has led not few thoughtful people
to inquire how 1t comes that America Is not
represented in this triumpha1 progress. 1t
Is no longer possible to make excuse on the
ground of national immaturity or lack of
resources, as compared with the old world.
No country has more wealth available for
purposes of research; no country, unless It
be Germany, spends so much on higher ed
ucation: only Germany has so many univer-
stiles Of the first rank Our laboratories
are magnif1cently equipped; there is no in
strument of precision, no apparatus, how
ever complicated, that cannot be had. In
work Of a more practical sort, in engineer
ing. in machine making, in fnventing of all
kinds. America more than holds its own.
But 1t Is frankly admitted on all sides that
in the realm of science this country IL lag
ging far behind. In the short period during
which more has been accomplished than in
all the centuries that lay before, the contri-
buttons of American scientists have been
relatively few, and not of the first impor.
lance.