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VOL. IX.
J RKFLECTOR, Established .1883
GAZETTE. Established 1875
ABILENE, DICKINSON COUNTY, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 3, 1891.
I THE ABILENE REFLECTOR,
1 Official Paper of Dickinson Countv.
NO. 2.
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SOCIETY CALENDAR
rilATEUSAL AID ASSOCIATION.
Crcwc.nt Council, No. 10, '. A. 4.. Meets
the nrst hihI third Monday nights cif each
month 111 ocd fellows' hall. 1). jlatlesou.
president; J. O. McFnrlarid, secretary.
UKAXD AKSIY OF 1I1E KEFUHLIC.
Ablleno I'uitt So. 63 Aleuts at thts. court
uiue the hecond and fourth Monday evcu
.ngs of each month. All comrades nm tu
rned to im-ei with us. W. L. Aillso- , 1. C;
A.S Davidi-un, Adjutant. Jc2i-ly
Woman's Uoliof Corps,No.G3 Meetsaltcrnats
Cuoedar afternoons at3 o'clock in the city hall.
lire. Alice Seeds, president: Mrs.Mary Naiil,
locrctary.
KNIUIITS OF ITIHIAS.
Damon Lodpe No. 6 Meets every Wednes
day evening, corner second and llroadway
Visiting brutbers cordially invited. '. S.
Crawford. C C; A. E. Cooper. K.or It. & P-.
A.O. U.W.
Abilene Lodge, No. IB- Meets every 'lSurs
flay evening in Odd Fellows hhll. Join
ilurmilijn, M. W.: lticbard Waring, iccord
or. .
I. O. O. F.
Western Home Lodge, 1. O. O. r. No. &"
Meets every Tuesday evening in Odd Fellows"
hall. Oflicera: Kob'o Grand, I.. I. pr?.
Secretary, F. V. Close. Visiting brethren
tordially welcome.
MASONIC
Abilene Commandery No. 25, K. T. Meets Id
Masonic hall on the flrtt and third Thursdays el
each month. W. G.i owlvf, E. C. . 3. smith.
Recorder. li-
Cyrus Chapter, No. 25, It. A. M. Meets In M.v
:Ouic ball on the eecocu and fourth Frlduyeof
S.ch mouth, l) L. Moore, II. I. J. I.. Wcrley
eccretarj .
DIJiUJUTOIlV.
The Re2ctor cheerfully recorumeiuu
the fcllo-w:i:g bvsuiess film? o the cor:
fidunce and p:tro.iage of th p'lbni.
STA2IEAUGH, EUE.D tc BLWi.7 ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ABILENE KANSAS-
ATTORlEY AT LAW.
&r Office
uilding.
upstairs, Abilene Bank
iu:S-dc
H. B. STONER,
AUCTIONEER.
saloa Crted tit lSeiuonab'o Rates.
Farm Sales a Specialty.
Appointment Book for dates of tales wil
be lound at Urilllmrt & risle's. on Broadway,
where nil di-iring his services niity leave no
tice. 1'ustofll- emtdn ss Abilene, ha. M-ly
S.STEELSMITH,M. D.,
Sirieon, &ynecologist and OgdIIsL
Practice limited to Surgery, surgical
diseases Diseases oi Women and Dis
eases of the Eve.
YMni ABILENE HAS
F. J. EOUTIN, M. D.,
HI I I
(Successor to Ir. VanScojoc. with same
of II ct and residence, cor. 4th Mid Spruce Sts.
Abilene, Kansas.)
WEspscial uttentioii to obstetrics, the
treatment of chliOrcn and dls asee ot
wome.i. All calls atteiifed promptly.
THOMAS KIRBY,
A3ILEHE, K4KSAS.
Transacts a
GENERAL BAMIN& BUSINESS
. Gives special attention to Collec
tions, buys and sells Foreign
and Domestic Exchange.
Negotiates Mortgage Loans
All bu-dnrss promptly utt nded to
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Kansas City &St. Louis, Mo.
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and lluffet Carf .
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THE MOST DIRECT LINF, TO
TEXAS AND THE SOUTH
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To principal points in the
kONE STAB STATE.
IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE
cMempllls, Mobile, .NewOrleana and principal
,, cities in Tenuohsee, Uississipl, Ala
bama and Louisiana, offer,
ing the clicice of
TO NEW ORLEANS.
For T'ckets, Sleeping Car Berths and lux
ther information apply to the nearest Tlcki
ARent, or J. H. LTON, TV. P. 4 5!S Main St.
Kansas City. Mo.
TV. H. HEWMAH, Gen.Traflic Maiuarer.
IL O-TOWNSEND,
G.P Agent, St, Louis, Mo.
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U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 18S9.
LURID POLITICS.
Open
Warfare on President Polk
of the Alliance.
PARTISANS ARRANGING A DUEL.
IIot-lilooiM of North C.irolin i Accuse
IoIk of rcathcrlcgism, Wliich is a
Dreadful X)H"enfe Auion Corn
Crackers.
Rai.kioii, N. C, Aug. 2". There is
open warfare between the ilemocrats
and the Farmers' Alliance. The dem
ocratic leaders have been of the
opinion for several moatlis that the
speeches of President Polk were rank
treason to the democratic party, and so
expressed themselves, but as a matter
of precaution and to prevent the organ
ization of the people's party throughout
this state, the democratic press and
politicians have refrained from making
attacks on Polk and the alliance. In i
Polk's paper, the Progressive Farmer,
of this week, there appears a cut repre- '
sending a confederate soldier on one side
of the bloody chasm and a federal sol- .
dier on the other, shaking hands across '
the chasm. In the center are the words:
"People's Party." Itight under the con- J
federate soldier arc these words: "A
Solid South For Fear of Negro Su
premacy." Under the federal soldier
arc these words: "A Solid North For
Fear of Rebel Rrigadier Itulc" At the
bottom of the cut arc these words:
"Anticipated twenty years ago by Ilor- ,
ace Greeley. Taken up now by the ;
Farmers' Alliance." Then follows a
long extract from the speech of Polk at
Ocala. Rccause of the appearance of
this cut the general belief is that the
people party is here and has come to
6tay. j
The same issue of President Polk's
paper makes a bitter attack on Messrs. !
Ash and Jeringan, editors of the News
riTid Ohsnrvpr. nnrl niihlishps n. oirnnlnr '
, , f
letter sent out a year ago by -Ashe, which
stated that the News and Observer ad- j
vocated the sub-treasury bill. Polk ;
then denounces Ashe and Jcrnigan as
guilty of a wilful attempt to deceive .
the farmers, because the News and '
Observer holds the sub-treasury bill to
be unconstitutional. lie says such con- .
duct shows that Ashe and Jernigan are '
totally depraved and unworthy of the ,
confidence of any honest and respect- i
able person.
In reply Polk is denounced as a cow- ,
ard, a traitor to the democratic party,
a failuro aud a humbug as a farmer, as
dishonest in nts transactions with sev-
eral individuals, aud as a "feather-leg" i
in every particular. Mr. Ramsay as
assistant editor of Polk's paper is also
denounced as a vulgar coWard.
Jesses. Ashe, und Jernigan intend to
force Polk and Ramsay to resort to the
code for satisfaction. If they fail
they will try to break Polk down
by making him contemptible by hold
ing him up every daj' as a "feather-leg,"
which is a miserable, abject coward, a
pitiless scoundrel and a poltroon of the
most disgusting character.
No one believes that Polk will fight
Ashe anil Jernigan believe in settling
disputes according to the code. Ram
sey is absent, and his friends say he I
will show light as soon as he returns, j
Several oifers to act as seconds have
been made to both parties,
Polk arrived here j'estcrday and held
a council with his friends. It is known
that he was advised he must fight if he
would maintain his position as the
leader of the alliance. Polk will speak
in Charlotte and will then return here.
It is said confidently by his friends that
Polk will challenge Ashe and Jernigan,
and will insist on meeting, the fight to
continue until one or both are disabled.
Polk's friends here declare that if he
backs down now he will be odious
hereafter and that the alliance will go
to pieces Alliance men arc rallying to
Polk all over the state as the result of
this attack, and openly declare for the
organization of the people's party.
EN ROUTE FOR WASHINGTON.
Tho rrcsldcnt I.enves Itutland. Vt., Aiter a
Demonstration HI?. Remarks.
RuTLAxn, Vt., Aug- 29. Tncrc was a
celebration hers last night in honor of
tho president, who was a guest of Sec
retary Pro'ctor. On the arrival of the
procession the president was escorted
to tho platf irm and, being introduced
by Secretary l'roctor, said:
It is not my j.r vl'cgcto call you nc"gh
bors, but lamsu.el may call yon friends.
As I look ntso i t i;c homes In which vou
dwell and co tras them with the wretch
edness of thf cr wded t- ncment houses
of onr great cities; as I Inhale to-night
the bracing a r of these mountains,
and as my iy.- has looked to-day
upon their grrrn summits, I have said how
happy is the lo' of that m n and that wom
an who work 'n one of these bright, whole
si UH X w K -gland Tillages, f Applause
It has eemc 1 to me that the relation of our
mutual friond who has inaugurated and de
veloped tin-. works In which many of you
find jour in- I -ymi-nt was that of a public
u-n factor and a personal -rend. "Ap
plause. The simplicity and naturalness of his own
life anion-' you, his ready appreciation of
the loyalty and Intelligence of those who
Bre cinployeJ by him, his Interest In their
success iu life is the ideal relation between
the employer and h-s workmen. Applause.
I would- to God. It was always and every
where so that 'when a man Is put at a ma
chine be should not be regarded by his em
ployer as a part of It; that tu human nat
ure, tho aspirations of a ln.in, should still be
recognized and the relations with the em
ployer be that of mutual c onfidence and
helpfulness and respect Applause.
I cannot but feel that our national policy
should bo In tho direction of saving ouri
wprkinjt peosle Irora thatpontUtJon pf hop?- '
Icssncts which come when wao are third
ly adeo.ti.ite to the su 1 m i e of animal life.
Applause. There i io lripi for any com
munity where thi ?t:re of thingi exists
and there will be no hope fa- the nation
should it become the n -ral condition of
t .e workingmen or A-iu r.ca. That in in or
woman out of wlios I e.rt bops has aone.
who has nothing better n 1 fe, tierore w om
tlio vista ot life stretches In one dcid I.ve!
of unending and unrequited toil, tint nun's
state is calculated to make him reckless in
character.
I can not always sympathize w th that de
mand for cheap things. Thirgs mayt.ctoo
cheap; they are too cheap when the man
who produces them upon the farm, or the
man or woman Mho produces them In the
factory, does not get on' of them living
wag-s, with a mt-rgin tor ol 1 age and
for a dowry and for the inc d -nts tint are to
fol'ow. Ar.p'ausc
I pity th t man who wants a coat so caeap
that the man or worn in who produce the
cloth or shapes It Into a garment shall starve
on the price. Applause.)
I shall- car.-y this toinmunity in my
thoughts as one of the i.est types of Amer
ican neighborhood lif I have found
in Gen. l'roctor a in it valuable con
tribution to the admiiiisirati m of the
government :it Vnhnig:on. Ai
plans'. You cannot know fully how
he ha grown Into the respect and confl
deuce of all who have be-n associated with
him in the cabinet and of all our legislators
m congress without distinction of party. I
regret that there Is nmo da lger that yoa
may reclaim him for Vermont. Ap dause.
Yet it is quite nattird that it should be so,
and I shall do tho best I e in to get a substi
tute. Tlio labors of public oflicc at Washington
are full of high r.-sponsib lity and most bur
densome toll. No man it endowed with an
incapacity to make in stakes Weean. how
ever, all of us, in pu'-l-c or pr vate
trust, bo sure of our motives these are
our own; wo can know whether wo rr
pursuing low and selfish ends or have
set bctore us the general go d, the
highest good of all oar people. Judgment
upon what has b-en done is with you. I am
sure only that I h ive had It In my heart to
do that which should in the highest decree
promote the pro-perlty ot our people and
lift the glorious lla ; yet higher In tho esteem
of the world.
Great applaus-.
We have too long surren lered to other
nations the carrying tra Ie of the wor:d
They have subsid zu I their lines of ships
and have rendered competition by unaided
Ihies Imposs hie. e have the cholco cither
to maintain our pn s :nt in tetivlty or to pro
mote the establishment of American lines by
the same methods that other nations have
pursued.
For one. I am not con'ent that the harbors
of the world shall longer be unfaml inr to
the stars and stripes tluatim; from Amerh-an
ships. Cheers. But my fri nd. I shull not
talk longer. I am Indei d so Cei ply inipressc l
by what I have seen here to-day and to
night, so much touched by tho friendliness
of the welcome that you h-ive given to me
that I do not find utterance.
Thank you and good night.
The president, accompanied by Sec
retary Proctor, took the special train
at Proctor for Rutland at 10:30, leaving
Rutland by the night express for New
Yorlc Secretary l'roctor will go
through to Washington and tho presi
dent to Cape May. Since leaving fapc
May on Tuesday, Aug. IS, the presi
dent has delivered thirty-seven
SpCCCiies.
A Healthy Corrective or Grain Speculation
Crop I'rospects l.rigltt Iron Mar
ket Iletter The Foreign Trade
Influence.
New York, Aug. '20. R. G. Dun A
Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
The speculation in brcadstuffs has
broken down. The failure to export
at more than about SL10 for wheat has
administered the corrective which this
trade greatly needed. The threatened
withdrawal of the crop by the Farm
ers' Alliance amounts to so little that
tho receipts were 11,400,000 bushels for
ulc last "CCK reporteu, against, -yjuu,:
OOQ for the corresponding week last
year, while receip.ts o.t other grain
slightly decrease.
Money is moving rapidly to the in
terior but the treasury has been
strengthening itself, adding S"2,SOO,000
to its gold for the week and also taking
in 5900,000 more treasury notes than it
has put out. I5y requiring deposits of
gold at New York against shipmonu
of currency to the country banks, the
treasury has somewhat increased its
gold reserve!; but the main fact is that
its receipts for the past week have ex
ceeded its payments of all kinds by
about 1,200,000. The official announcer
mont that &u tho Pcr ccnt bonds
not offered for extension September X
will be paid on demand promises a large
addition to the available currency after
the first of next month.
Crop prospects are in all respects ex
ceedingly bright and the reports of in
jury by frost do not appear to affect
any considerable portion of the crop.
There is every reason to suppose that
the yield of wheat would be larger
than the 544,000,000 bushels estimated
by the agricultural department, though
a yield no greater would leave 200,000,
000 bushels for export Hog products
are somewhat stronger in sympathy
with corn, bul oil is-lowcr and also cof
fee. Cotton has advanced three-sixteenths
of a cent
The market for iron shows somewhat
larger sales and a better demand,
though new brands of Virginia iron are
still offered at lowest prices. The de
mand for rails'is'stagnant, the combi
nation having succeeded in so far main
taining the price that buyers are dis
posed to wait as leng as possible. In
the minor metals no change is seen in
prices.
A slight improvement is seen in
leather at Philadelphia, though buyers
are cautious, but lumber is quiet, the
building trade being stagnant, and or
ders for woolen goods are backward.
Trads at Cleveland shows some gains
over last year, and at Cincinnati a fair
improvement in groceries, while at
Chicago receipts of wheat are increased
four fold and of wool two fold as com
pared with last year, and increase is
seen in flour and cheese and in sales of
dry goods, clothing and shoes, but. a
decrease of one-half in cured meats, a
third in lard and some decrease in but
ter, hides, and oats. - A heavy increase
is seen in trade in St Louis, country
merchants buying liberally and trade
is improved at Kansas City and at Min
neapolis and St Paul, harvest pros
pects being of the brightest
As much depends upon the balance
of foreign trade, it is highly important
that the imports ifor' July exceed the
exports by only S3.SOO.000 instead of
523,000,000 last year, and for August
thus far the increase in exports at New
York is 13.6 per cent, while in imports
there is a decrease of IS per cent
Prices of all commodities hare declined
1.3 per cent for the past week.
LEAGUE MEETING.
The
Kansas Kepublican Oluba
Gather at Topeka.
HON. J. W. STAILEY PRESIDENT.
Declaration or l'rlnciples Adopted Strong
Opposition (to the Third Party Mani
fested -Senator Plumb Addresses
a Large Assemblage.
TorEKA, Kan., Aug. 27. A republic
an meeting of any kind in Kansas is
always an interesting gathering. About
all the aristocracy in the state belongs
to that political organization. The
young crowd of republicans takes
especial delight in fighting the
elements which do not recognize Kan
sas as the personification of all that is
advanced in nineteenth century civiliz
ation. The young crowd predominates
in the league convention which is in
ex...: i.. Tf -, i.ij :-,. .,.
the "calamity howlers," and little else
is talked
The only business of importance ac
complished at the morning session was
the appointment of the committees on
credentials and resolutions by J. M.
Miller, president of the league. The
committee on resolutions is composed
of men who are known all over the
state and who make it certain thai
nothing impolitic will be done. There
will be no prohibition or other side is
sues in it
1 he committee is composed
r
as follows: I
First district V. J. Railcy and R. C.
Rassett
Second George W. Martin and W. A.
Trigg.
Third J. IJ. Zeiglcr and D. McTag-
gect.
Fourth C
I t KZn TA A V 1 l T1A V
Sims.
Fifth F. R. Davies and IT. B. Daw.
Sixth Tell Walton and Frank Lock
wood. Seventh J. W. Ady and George L
Douglas.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the re
ports of the committees on credentials
and resolutions were received, the re
port of the latter committee being as
follows:
lii-Urv.ng that It is not the province o
this committee to formulate a platform foi
the republican party, wc content ourselves
w th tho following declaration -
Wo hereby apprp7e ti,a strong, ablo ant
successful administration of Tresldent Har
rison. Wo recognize in tho action of tlic
president the members ot the cabinet and
the representative leaders In the late con-1
gress such a wise, conservative and patri.
otic policy as will insure prosperity to tin
country and promote tho interests of all out
people We especially commend tho policy
of reciprocity wherebtho trade ot thlf ,
country will be Increased by commercial
treaties with other nations, and we cordial
ly commend the vigorous foreign policy ,
which Ins charactc-lzed thl3 ndmin(tra. .
t on
We second the unexampled liberality of
the national republican congress in grant
ing pensions to ox-union soldiers and sail-
ors, their widows and their orphans.
We rccngnizo the obedience of represent-
at ves to tho express will of tho pcoplo a
the essential principle of rt publican gov
ernment and we thi reforc commend the
late republican congros in Its faithful ad-
herenca to the pledges of the republicans in
tho platform of 1SS3. J
We indorse the American doc:rinc of pro '
tec: ion us essential to the maintenance ol
or In.lii.trl.il :ii(iennnile-ncn nnd the line.
tr.ne3 of American liberty.
Wc especially commend tho policy of the ,
administration in the opening of public
lands to st-ttler-s and trust that this policy.
will be continued aud all remaining public'
lun 1 may bo opened to actual settlers as
rapidly as possible, and wo also commpnd
theadmlni-tration for its application of the!
pr.ncirl3 0flocal self-government to tcrri-
torlcs for the first time In the hls'ory of th'
n .tion. " i
We commend thp Kbcr.il financial policy)
of the administration by which $00,000 0)3 of
silver has been added
lVrnZnl. f
during the past year, wh
and gold have be?n maintained at parand
near;-heartily in favor of tho coinage of
t ie full nutnut of the silver mines of the
United States.
tratlon and condemn tho last house of rep- J
rescntatives of this state for its wasteful-!
ness and xtravagancc. We also condemn
it for Its attempt to inact laws tondlng to ' present third party it has lost a repub
SSSa'dVJSSS tnoj "can senator to Dakota, to Kansas and
leaders of the people's party for Its malic- to Illinois, while in the south every
Ions misrepresentations of the resources j senator that it claims will vote with
nnd Indebtedness of the people of this state, the democrats. It is an enemy, and
to whieh misrepresentation wc attribute In contributions to democratic
a largo mcx-ure any hardships which the! " ,. ... ,, , - vv-
people of the state may experience In the! strength. It Is an ally of the ilcraoc-
adjustment of their Indebtedness, nnd wo,
hereby declare as republicans our belief i
that the rcpple of Kansas nro-not only able ,
bnt are wiling la lay every dollorof such,
Indebtedness, and we now, as In the past,
condemn the repudiation ot debt In all Its
forms,
Wc are unalterably opposed to tho.sub-
Iro.nwirr nnil irnvpriiment lnnn sehpmns nf
the people's party and to tho government
uw ill:. snip ui iuuiu-iu3 uiiu uiiivi luuaus ui
transportation, believing that such schemes
arc visionary. Impracticable and subversive
of the principles of free government
Wc urge tho republicans of the state to
suppress factional feelings, waive differ
ences of opinion and unite for a vigorous
and successfnl campaign, believing, as we
do, that if to our bountiful crops and high
prices Is added a republican victory Kansas
will at once enter upon a renewed season of
prosperity.
A tenth resolution was added indors
ing the McKinley law and extending
.encouragement to Maj. McKinley in
the Ohio campaign.
Hon. J. W. btailev. of 2emaha conn
ty, was nominated for president by E. j
C. Little, of Abilene, and elected by ac-j
clamation amid a storm of cheers. , He j
came jorwaru uau acHiiuwicueu wc
honor. , . -
Hon. Richard Bine, of Linn county,
was elected vice-president by acclama
tion and responded fitly.
Hon. J. Ware Butterficld was elected
secretary by acclamation and J. L
Bristow, of the Salina Republican, was
elected treasurer.
The following committee was appointed-
to prepare an address to the
people of Kansas: J. A. Troutman, of
Topeka, chairman; C P. Moore, First
district Holton; M. W. Martin, Second
district Kansas City; C. H. Kimball,
Third district. Parsons; F. P. Harkness,
Fifth district Clay Center; A. H. Ellis,
Sixth district; O. IL Bcntly, Seventh
district, Wichita; S. B. Bradford, of
Topeka, and H. B. KcUey, of McPher
sod, at large.
Secretary Stonecter, in submitting
his report, said that in 1SSS therc were
COO clubs in the league In March, 1830,
there were only 115, 'bat before the end
of the year this had increased to 2:5.
j Now there were over 300.
Each corgres'-ional district named
! its own members of the executive co:n-t-ittee
nnd a recess was taken to enable
the selections to be mide. Following
is the comtn'ttee: First district R- G.
Robinso-. of Ilolton, and V. II. Traccy,
of Wamego; Second, Eli G. Chandler,
, of Kansas City, and V. A. Trigg, of
Garnett; Third, Tom E. Thompson, of
Uoward, and Ed P. Greer, of 'Winfield;
' Fourth,jS. M. Jncldon, of Rurlingame,
and Fred A. Hoyt, of EMe-r.-lo; 1 if th,
' T. A. Sawhill, of Concorai and D. A.
; Valentine, of Clay Center; bixth, K. E.
Wilcockson, of Oaklev, and J. J. Evans,
of Ellsworth; Seventlu -'. C. Rauey, of
Anthony, and Milton IJrown, of Garden
City.
SENATOR Pl.UJin'S ADDRESS.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 27. At th
night session of the republican league
every available space in representative
hall was occupied bpeople anxious to
hear the address to which it had been
. ,
announced the evening would be.de-
, . , , ,
At S o'clock Senator
Plumb entered
the hall amid great enthusiasm, and
was introduced at once. In opening
the first of his political spec-lies in To
peka he contrasted the Topeka now
with the one he saw ia ISo'J, when its
people were unconsciously laying the
foundations of the greatest civil lib
erty. With all that was to be admired
in the Topeka of to-day, he yet looked
back with greater fondness upon the
! one that was.
. That congress revised the tariff as
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j to diverse conditions and has the ap
proval of experience. Inall that has
. been said against it no democrat has
! ever compared it with the Mills bilL
Resides its general good features it has
I that of reciprocity, which will give
i has already given to onr producers and
I manufacturers markets hitherto un-
I opened. That tariff is as much a pol-
j icy of national defense as a standing
I army or navy. The last congress
I passed laws on imm'gration, which has
' too long gone unchecked; ii
opened up large areas of Indian
! lands to homeseekers and created the
' territory of Oklahoma; it brought about
the forfeiture of unearned land grants
it passed an ar.ti-trast law which en
hanced federal authority and uh.icl'
makes it impossible for a groat trust tc
exist as was demonstrated when coun
sel advised the glassmakcrs that the
combint-I:, ;, proposed to form" would
leave them .'ab e to the penal statute
it did it c re of other things whlel
might be inc. Mr-ned. one and all ol
which prp-e udv) all questions as tc
what will bo the result of the next na
tional campaign.
For all its talk against the work ol
, the last congress in enacting these
laws, the democracy will not repeal
one. hx- m several months of observa
tion, with unusual opportunities, tlc
speaker had been brought to tho con
clusion that the republican pnrty is
more firmly united throughout the
country to-day than it has been y.t any
other time in fifteen years. The ques
tions between the parties are not per
sonal. The democracy should cot control
this nation, for its history is against it
It makes had alliances- It collects bad
elements. It has lose ideas of govern
""" ivuac mrtfc it can b oo irusieu
to control our mlllions-of population.
His reference to the bloody shirt were
mCrely to show that whatever of bad
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the democracy has been republicanism
has been the opposite. After tlm v.-d
it took what was left of &l6iy nnd its
memories and held the' suffrage of the
n ,tktev it ndheros in iu
S""u'a rfS' " aanercs to
alliances with the liquor traffic, its cat
lot rates. Its hope to-day is in the vote
of the south and in that of ihn nitlos
controlled by liquor. Thp south is one
section of this country where there is
no jndxfo or Jury.
oan be onlv two sides to any question.
-... o uS LllllU uatlVi 1UI . blJUlC
Third parties have existed for th'e pur-
P050 of
giving the republican party
away. .During the short career of the
racy. Its representatives from Kansas
who arc speaking in the south could
not talk therc werc it not Deiicvcd that
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they carry the severed head of there-
! TtlVltTlTl rfltf Trlflu- ( nrnm1ni1
f VI tl HJ O.AIUJ Ullrf IVUlUtU
there with tho hatred which goes to
traitors, but they are received for what
they bring.
"No state is more detested by the
south than Kansas, as Kansas is the
chief stone in the corner of nationality.
As the soldier tells always of the hard
ships he has passed, so the true Kansan
speaks of the difficulties he has over
come; therefore, those who are abroad
bewailing our situation do not repre
sent even the people who elected them.
Kansas is kind and bountiful and pays
her debts. Her people are to-day the
best dressed in the world.
"It cannot be told what the republic
an party will do. whether it will re
nominate our strong and splendid chief
executive or whether it will nominate
the man from Maine long continued
applause or one ot the half dozen of
others that might be mentioned. What
ever it may do it will be right The
democracy Is for silver only for the
trouble it may make for the republican
party. It talks silver and nann te3
such high-handed. financiers as
Tildcn and Cleveland. Wc should not
-worry. It does not mean it AVhat wc
have to do is to fall into rank. This
league is an instrumentality for bring
ing out young men, the oucs who have
most at stake. As true as the needle
to the pole is the deep-sealed watchful
ness of the American pcdple. When
the time for the contest comes tho bid
faces will all be .cre to salute the bid
flag." ' j
After the speech of Senator I'lufnb
addresses were made ly National Or
ganizer Timothy E. Byrnes, of Minne
apolis. Minn., and United States Dis
trict Attorney Ady- Adjournment
closed one of the largest and ia all re
spects the most satisfactory sessions of
the Kansas league that has been held.
WAR ENDED.
Balmaccda Hopelessly Defeated,
and Valparaiso Taken.
GEN. CANTO'S BRILLIANT .VICTORY.
Five Tlrousand Killed ami Wounded Two
of Ilalmaceda's General Among the
Slain Foreign Admirals In Tem
porary Charge of the City.
Valparaiso, Chili, Ang. 2S. Balma
ceda's power in Chili is broken. His
army has been crushed after five hours'
hard fighting and is scattered -beyond
all hope of reorganization.
The revolutionists have taken pos
session of Valparaiso.
The future of Chili for the time has
been settled, and settled conclusively,
on the hills to the east of the city by
the grim arbitrament of war.
With Balmaccda practically a fugi
tive, without resources in men or
money; with the principal seaports of
the country in the hands of the con
grcssionalists, and a consequent shut
ting off of all income from customs re
ceipts; with President-elect Vicuna a
refugee on board a German warship
and the country flocking en masse to
the standard of the invaders, it is only
a matter of a few days when the capitol
will fall into the hands of the revolu
tionary leaders.
Gen. Canto and his army won
yesterday's battle by superior general
ship, good hard fighting, assisted by
good fortune in the killing of Balma
ceda's generals and the consequent
demoralization of the army and the
desertion of entire regiments.
Ever since the arrival of the congres
sionalist army at Vina del Mar there
has been a constant series of maneuvers
lor position on tne part ol both gen
erals, as was indicated in these dis
patches. Every day and nearly every
hour in the day therc have been
skirmishes, in some instances- amount
ing almost to battles. In nearly all of
these tho opposition hns had the better
of it
A e'o?e censorship of dispatches was
established by Balmaccda, however,
nn-1 only an inkling of the reverses to
his arms could be got through.
The positiou was, ia brief;
Balmaccda was not In a position tc
make an offensive movement and de
voted his time and energies to making
his defense as strong as possible.
Then all was not harmony in the
military councils of tho president Both
Gens. Barbqsa and Alzcrreca wanted
to havo aapreme control of his forces in
the fight This friction and jealousy
resulted in almost h open rupture
Thursday, am: the two officers worked
"at cuftA purposes.
I a. Canto was in no hurry to move
on the enemy because he was receiving
constant accessions to his ranks from
the people in the surrounding country,
which is populated largely by those
bound by lies of blood or of interest to
thi? loaders of the revolution, many of
wh .in are natives of the province. Then
he had a strongly intrenched position
utul could well afford to wait
THE nATTLK.
Early yesterday morning the boom
of cannon announced to the people of
alparaiso that a movement beyond
the ordinary skirmishes had begun.
The cuscaslona! loud reports of heavy
rns scon swelled into one continuous
roar and then it was known that the
final, decisive struggle, which, at the
cost of thousands of lives, perhaps, was
to decide whether Balmaccda or the
junta wbs to be the ruling power in
Chili, had begun.
Gen. Canto's position was on the hills
above the race track at Vina del Mar,
outside of the city. His raiders had
beon getting bolder and bolder as the
time passed and had been making ex
cursions further into the country. He
had absolute control of the railroad to
Santiago and commanded the ordinary
reads. Hence Santiago was practically
in a state of siege.
Affairs had come to such a pass that
it was necessary for President Balma
ccda to make some move, and a little
after daylight yesterday morning the
word was given to attack the positiou
held by the revolutionists, and led by
Gens. Barbosa and Alzerraca, the gov
ernment troops left their breastworks
and advanced on the enemy under
cover of a heavy fire from their bat
teries. As soon as the approaching column
got within range of the rifles of the in
surgents a destructive fire was opened
by the intrenched revolutionists. The
government troops advanced with much
steadiness to the attack. They were
soon near enough to do effective work
with their pieces and the engagement
became general. Shot and shell, grape
and canister, and rifle bullets tor.e
through the ranks of the advancing
troops until it became too hot and de
spite the efforts of the offcers thay
broke and retired almost in a panic.
Officers worked liko beavers to stop
the columns as soon as they got with-
out the range of the deadly insurgent
Are and at last succeeded.
Then came another attack. In steady
ranks thp government troops started on
a double-quick np into the torrent of
fire and lead which blazed from the
ranks of the insurgent army.
Early in the second charge Gen. Bar
boso was shot down and killed. The
live wavered but kept on. Then Gpn.
Alzerrcca fell from his horse wounded
unto death. I
He was removed from the field and
died within an hour.
Another break and then Gen. Can to
gave the order to charge. With a wild
yell the congressionalist army reft
their defense and charged on the (re
tiring enemy. i . .
Their artillery poured a deadly fire
intn thp ranks of Balmaceda-'s armtr
The loss of their generals left them,
without a head and all the efforts of f.hc
subordinate officers failed to rally
them to meet the onset of Canto's regi
ments and squadrons were of no avaiL
The retreat became a rout, the rout a
panic and then came utter demoralization.
The government cavalry made a
stand, but it was short They wer
literally cut to pieces. Volley aftei
volley was poured into the demoralized
mob of Balmacedists. Whole regi
rnents which had not lost their regi
mental formation went over to the
troopo of Canto and joined in the at
tack on their late comrades.
v These deserters were generally "vol
unteers" who had been pressed intc
service by Balmaccda since the com
mencement of hostilities. Their sym
pathies have all along been with th
insurgents, arl they took this, the first
opportunity, to go over to them.
AFTFt THE BATTLE.
The fighting lasted a little less thai
five hours, and its desperate charactci
may be judged by the fact that fullj
5,000 men werc killed and wounded.
The country for miles around is filled
with men, many of them wounded,
who werc yesterday morning the de
pendence of President Balmaccda.
The defeat of the government is ab
solute and complete. There is no pos
sibility of a reorganization, and if h
does not succeed in making his escape
through the mountain passes, which
are yet open, the chances are that hi
will be captured and shot
Early in the morning stragglers from
the battlefield began to come in. Ai
the day wore on they came in greatei
and constantly growing numbers, and
it became apparent that the govern
ment troops were getting the worst oi
it
The reports they brought in became
more alarming.
President-elect Vicuna took the alarm
early and went aboard the German flag
ship and asked protection of the ad
miral, which was granted. Then the
intendante, Oscar Veil, sent a communi
cation to Adm. Brown and the com
manding officers of the other forcigr
fleets in the harbor, requesting them tc
send men ashore and protect their citi
zens, as the probabilities were thai
r there might be trouble.
A landing party of blue jackets and
marines from San Francisco were or
dered ashore by Adm. Brown and took
up a position about the American con
sulate. The other naval officers followet
suit and soon there were enough for
eign men-of-war men ashore to protect
the city against any possible outbreak.
The streets of the city by 11 o'clock
were filled with a disorganized mob ol
Balmaccdan soldiers. The execution
among tho officers had been terrific. In
addition to tho two generals Barbosa
and Alzerrcca. nearly ill the staff ofll
cers had been either killed or wounded,
and the fatalities among the line
officers had also been great An attach
on the city was momentarily expected.
To avoid the bloodshed which would
probably have resulted from the victo
rious army entering the city heated
with the fire of battle, Adm. VeiL the
intendante, sent a flag of truco to Gen.
Canto with a proposition to surrendci
the city. It was accepted and Senoi
Don Carlos Walker Martinez, a con
gressional leader, who refused a safe
conduct from Balmaccda and has re
mained in Santiago since the com
nicnccmcnt of the revolution di
recting the conduct of affairs foi
them in the south, was requested
by Gon. Canto to take possession of the
city and act as intendante until such
time as permanent arrangements could
be made. This he did. In the mean
time therc had been a general fight ol
the government officials here.
Scnor Martinez left Santiago and
joined Gen. Canto as soon as he .heard
of the landing at Quintero bay, and
has been with him ever since.
EXTEItlXO THE CITY.
Shortly after noon the victorious
army began to enter the captured city .
from the hills to the southeast
Gen. Canto with hjs chiefs of staff,
Cols. Ilealy and Korner and Senoi
Walker Martinez, were at the head ol
the troops. As the insurgent troops,
flushed with victory, marched through
the streets they were greeted with the
wildest enthusiasm. The people were
wild with excitement and the streets
resounded with their shouts of '""Viva
Chili," "Viva Canto."
Shortly after the entry of the army
of Gen. Canto, Capt Albert Fnentcs, of
tho torpedo boat Alniirantc Lynch,
which was lying at tne fiscal mole,
was summoned to surrender. life at
tempted to steam out and opened fire
with machine guns on the insurgent
troops. There was a sharp engagement
lasting fifteen minutes, and then Capt
Fnentcs hauled down his flag, and
there was not an enemy to tho revolu
tion from Fort Valdiva to Vina del
Mar.
During the afternoon sitch of the gov
ernment troops as were in the clty, or
who cam ft in", gave up their arms and
most of them were paroled.- Guards
werc stationed in the streets to see that
the crowds- of disbanded soldiers and
the dangerous- classes did not make
trouble.
THE DORY. RACE.
Cap!
Amlrens i:-c-fiiei Kjctmanteil and
GiK-A lip the Itarr.
p Losoo-f, Aug. 2! The British steam
'ct Elbruse, from Baltimore August 11,
arrived' at Antwerp yesterday. On
beard of her was Capt Andrews, of the
dory Marmtiid, whi -h bailed from Bos
ton some tiim- ago on a trans-atlantic-race
with t!te ihry Sea Serpent, which
Was suited' by Capt Lawler. The, Sea
Serpent"arrivid at Covcrack, near Liz
zaruVPmit intiie English channel. 'Au
gusts, and some days afterward nn in
coming vessel reported that she had
spoken to the Mermaid a longdistance
from the English coast The fact that
Capt Andrews in' on board the" Elbruse
is talcen to' indicate that he has given
up the race' or else that some accident
has happened 'to hrs boatthat made it
necessary for him to leave her.
' A later dispatch from Antwerp saya
'that Capt Andrews: became exhausted
' in mid-ocean and in consaquence.'HMhen
the opportunity offered, abandoned the
'laco. " j '-
The Vossiche Zcitu'ng says tbat"Rus
sia is undergoing the periodical famine
to which she is subject and which be
comes more serious with each recur
rence, owingto her primitive husbandry
and the indebtedness ether oc&sa&ts.
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