4 AND TOPEEA TRIBUNE. OmoiAL Fafib or ths PaoFL-'e Pabty ot Kajtsas. N. R. P. A. Published every Wedneiday by f HE ADVOCATE PUBLISHING CO. Booma 43 and 48 Knox Building, TOPEXA, . KAN3A8. $1.00 PER YEAR. ADVERTISING BATES. Display matter, 20 centa per line, agate meas urement, (14 Mnea to the Inch.) Beading notices, 40 centa per line, ddreaa all communlcatlona to THZ ADVOCATE PUBLISHIXa CO., Topeka, Kanaaa. entered at the port office at Topeka, Kansas, aa aeeond olaaa matter. WZDNE3DAY, DECEMBER 21. 1892. Governor Flower, of New York, has appointed Sasan B. Anthony manager of the state industrial school at Rochester. Thia is a very proper thing to do. It is about time for politicians and offioials to discover that the people of the United States consist of two sexes. Ir Senator Peffer can do anything to abate the Standard Oil Company, the Ex press will hereafter be a Peffer organ. Buffalo Express, December 13. Let the Express consecrate its en ergies to the election of enough men like Senator Peffer to control our na tional congress for just one session, and we will guarantee not only the abatement of the Standard oil trust, but of many more greedy corpora tion of equally vicious character. Tax flimsy pretense that the state house lottery was conducted fairly in the case of the Coffey county tie, and that the People's part should there fore gracefully accept the result, is altogith r too ganzy. The names of the men conuected with the affair and the star chamber method of con ducting it, &ta a bufSeieut gn rantee that it waa not fairly done, and to aocept the result, aud permit the re publican 1 1 organize the house in consequence of it, would re coward lce, aud not only cowardice but a crime. A Goldsmith of to-d y oould find abun dant material 'or arjr number of poems on deserted Tillages by taking a trip to Nevada. That state, which had a population of 62.000 in 1880, had one of only 45,000 in 1890. Toe falling off ha been so rapid in '.he past two years, on account of the drop in the prioe of silver, that the total is believtd to be down to 40,000 now. Globe Democrat. If it were only Nevada. But that same Goldsmith of to-day could go into other states and territories and find more deserted villages where the people never depended on mining for an occupation. And he would nod that the same legislation that caused the desertion and depopulation in Nevada has ruined many a business man, and driven many a farmer from his home. I THE DEPEAVITY OF THE PBESJ, The Washington correspondent of the Kansas City Journal is entitled to rank among the foremost liars of the age. Why people continue to support papers that employ such men and publish such rot it is difficult to understand. It might, with some de gree of reason, be supposed that subscribers to newspapers desire the news that they desire facts which will enable them to keep pace with current events. This is unques tionably what they pay their money for. Do they get it? Not very often. The leading daily newspapers of the country strive to be sensational rather than reliable. They employ a set of unscrupulous correspondents to fur nish this trash, and pay them, not for furnishing the news, but for filling a certain amount of space with some thing that is sensational, no matter whether it has any foundation in fact or not. Such foundation is not at all essential. In fact, the wider the de parture from truth, the better it suits such papers as the Kansas City Jour nal, and a correspondent possessing the qualifications of the Washington Ananias who contributes so liberally to its columns is considered of more than ordinary value. As an illustration of his valuable services, we reproduce from the Journal of December 8 his version of a little proceeding in the house of representatives, together with the official report of the same proceeding as published in the Congressional Record. The following is from the Journal: Washington, December 7. Special. Baker, of Kansas, went down under a flood of ridioule to-day, and, as estimated, will not be heard from for a weak. It was the first chance the members hare had this ses sion to make a football out of a nonentity, and they improved it vigorously. The first bill the speaker oalled up in the morning hour was the famous Frt Hays military reservation bill. This is Biker's only pride and pet. He was insanely ner vous over it during the last two months of last session. He was afraid if he failed to gei it through, he would be defeated. It is the only bill he has that concerns his district aa a loo U mes jre. While this is true, it did not originate with the S x-h district; states man. It wa introduced in the senate by the lat Senator Plumb, on the 14 of I ant Da Combr. Senator Perkins put it 'hrounb the eeuat- soon after he was appointed, and gave Baker muy mouths during last ses sion t put it through the houie. The bill provide that the government cede 2,400 acres of land out of the Fork Hays military reservation, to be uwd by the state of Kauaaa for a otate soldiers' home, and for that purpose only. When the speaker announced the parliamentary status of the bill this morning Bker had not ar. rived. No one koew where he waa at, al though near y a half hour after the house had been oalled to order he was absent. The pit seemed to contain all the members but Btker. MoBea, of Arkanrv, a member of the committee on military affairs, responded to the speaker's call for Biker. MoRea ob served that the Kaoaaa statesman waa evidently not on hand. He regretted the in cident very much, as that gentleman was deeply conoerned in the bill. Personally he could not recall juat what it waa about. The speaker was on the verge of passing on when Baker rushed in. He evidently jostled the crowd in the oorridors,f or he oame in a hurry. Some one had met him possibly taking his air bath around the oapitol, and told him of the imminent peril of his bilL He proceeded to catch the speaker's eye, and juat here the football game commenced. Some member jelled to Baker to explain the bill. This was a big job. Ha stumbled along, destroyed tobacco and got red in the faoe. His explanation was about as clear as mud. He was so feeble and ridiculous that the members, who are always disposed to have fun with a weak sister, in a few seconds were pestering him. They put all manner of questions, as though they were really anx ious to know the prioe of corn in Kansas. They wanted to know if they were buying corn in Kansas now, also how many coun ties in Kansas, where this reservation waa at; if in his district; where was his district at; would this make Mrs. Lease senator if it passed, and what effect would it have on him and Mrs. Lease if it did not pass. Diverse and many guy questions were tossed at the fellow, and at first he tried to be fanny, but he fell so flat that he about f aoed and took his punishment just like a ohunk of clay. In the midst of the din and confusion, Baker was heard to announce the great philanthropy campaign principle: " Right wrongs no man." To this some pesky fel lows observed: " Where does that come in at ? " Again he rallied, after taking a chew of tobacco, and started out on what would have been a dandy sentence, doubtlees, if he had been able to finish it. It started off: "It is an unfortunate oircumstanoe " Just here one observed, over on the demo cratic side: "That you are here." The world will never know any more of Baker's unfortunate oiroumstanoe. It got to ex tremely funny that possibly thirty members, who delight m punishing a man who gets into the house without any qualifications for the position, jammed in close to the victim and reached him at short range. Speaker Crisp repeatedly tried to restore order. Baker was supposed to be making a speeob, but he was not. Finally Judge Broderiok got the attention for a moment ard direoted Baker to state that the bill oalled for no money to be paid by the government. This, of course, ought to have oome early in Baker's defense of the bill, but was omitted, as was everything else germane to the subjeot. It finally was ap parent that Baker would never be abl to do anything, and the speaker broke up the mob. De Artnond was given the floor, and offered a few reasons why, in his judgment, the bill should not pass. He was followd by MoRea, who explained the bill to some extent. It was not his bill, and he hid not expected to take this part, but Biker's ridiculous failure forced him to show that the oommittee was not foolish in recom mending that it pass. Baker thought to try it again, and when MoRea had fiaishcd, made the effort, but was choked off. Hjlm-in objected. Bailey, of Texas, had returned and got in his first feeble efforts. Oates had a few discourag ing observations, while Outhwaite was suie Biker was asking too much to have the bill p&srtd. Tuer wererepeattd ones of "vote." To place the bill on the third reading, it went dwn at the rata of 25 to 85 Biker again did not know whem he waa at, and rushed back to see MoRea, when the latter, through a feeling of kindnrss for a helpless being, oalled for teller. There were only twenty-one votes for tellers, and henoe the call waa not sustained, and so went the bill into the bottom of a basket. Biker was fatigued after the rough treat men. For a few moments he had earned his salary by being kicked around. No one doubts but the bill would have parsed with out the appearance of any serious objection had any one of medium legislative ability been in charge, or had any one not spotted by all. the members as belonging to a gang of monstrosities been in charge. As ex pressed by some of the members, the aff air simply shows plainly how utterly and inex cusably absurd it is for a district to send a man to congress who is neither a democrat nor a republican, and especially when the man himself is an object of pity to those who are kind, and a sure victim among men who insist a man ought to know his plaoe in life. Through the weakness of Biker, Fort Hays reservation loses a sol diers' home, and Kansas a location for an institution that is needed. The Congressional Record is sup posed to report the proceedings as they occur verbatim et literatim, and a comparison of the Record's report of this proceeding with that of the Journal will show just how mifch re liance is to be placed upon anything which comes through the latter source. It will also show another thing. It will show that the Journal, which pretends to have such a deep and abiding affection for the old sol dier, instead of sustaining and sup porting a man who is endeavoring to do something in behalf of the soldiers of our state, endeavors to cast re proach upon him, and prejudice people against him, not because of anything he has done, but simply be cause he is not a republican. This is the Journals idea of fairness and honesty, and a manifestation of its highest conception of journalism, and the people continue to pay for such rot. The following is from the Con gressional Record of December 8: Mr. Baker: Mr. Speaker, this bill pro poses that the congress of the United States shall grant to the state of Kansas a body of land whioh was formerly used for militry purposes, but the military use of whioh was abandoned in 1887. The land is at Fort Hays, Kas. The object in asking for this grant is to provide a cottage home for old soldiers and their families. At the close of the war, as is well known, many of the old soldiers sought homes on the new and un occupied lands of the west. Unfortunately, hundreds of those old soldiers have been dispossessed of their homes, and are to day without homes or shelter for themselves or their family. This traot of land contains 7,600 acres. We have asked oongrees to set aside a certain portion of it for a cottage home for the old soldiers and their families; the balance of it to be leased in forty and eighty acre traots for the benefit of the cottage home. The object ef the bill is two fold, first o provide for old soldiers who are to-day without homes, and secondly to reduce, as far as may be possible, the ex penses incident to the support of suoh of them as have baoome a publio charge. Mr. Cox of Tennessee: What is the value of this land at this time? Mr. Biker: There has b?en no estimate placed upon it so far as I know. I presume it wouid be valued at from $5 to $15 an aore. That whioh is close to the oity prob ably would be w jrth $15 per aore. Mr. Cox of Tennessee: Wnat are the buildings worth? Mr. B iter: The buildings were appraised at$i0,000. Mr. Cox of Tennessee; And there are 7.600 acres in the traot. Mr. Btkar: Savon thousand six hundred acres Tat sAua passe I a b ll oouvying 2,400 awes for this purpose, but my bill in clude tht whole military reservation, to be used for the purposes I hive seated. Mr. Ojtnaite: rhereisa national home in che state of Kinsas for disabled volun teers, is taore not? Mr. B tker: There is; but it does not pro vide for the families of the soldiers. Mr. Livingston: These soldiers are on the pension roll, are they no-? Mr. Biker: 8ome are and some are not. Unfortunately a great many of them have not oome under the pension law; most of them, indeed, are of that class to day. Mr- Bjatner: Is thin land wanted for purposes of oultivaton? Mr. Baker: I can hardly answer that question, for there are many million acres in our ftate that are not under cultivation at this time. Mr. Andrew: Does this bill contemplate that the wires and children of veterans shall oooupy this home? Mr. B iker : That is the purpose that the wives and children, so far a necessary, may receive relief in thia way. We think that the burden of taxation, not only of the people of Kansas but the national govern ment, will in this way be relieved. Mr. Outhwaite: I would like to ask the gentleman whether he knows of any other ataie of the union that has received aa large