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TBI3 WILL NOT HOLD WATER.
Dr. C. W. Maoune is oat in a lengthy let.
tor to the Alliance and the publio generally
giving his reasons for withdrawing from the
supreme oaunoil at Memphis. He did not
as supposed by many withdraw from the
order, but merely withdrew from that meet
ing. The doctor is an earnest, honest and
faithful worker in the reform ranks, and if
those " busy bodies" who have been so per
sistently persecuting him for some time
had done as much for the Alliance and its
membership as he has, they would have had
less ground for oomplaint. Brother Maoune
' announces his intention of still battling for
Alliance principles, and those taking the
National Economist for the next year may
expect, and will reoeive, something good.
People's Advocate, Ripley, Tenn., Decern
ber9,1892. The statement that Dr. Macune did
not withdraw from the order, but only
from the council at Memphis, is abso
lutely false, as every one who was
present knows. But we do not have
to rely upon the memory or the testi
mony of those who witnessed the pro
ceedings. In the Economist of
November 2G is published a report of
the proceedings of the supreme coun
cil, and in that report we find the fol
lowing language:
At this stage of the proceedings, Dr.
Maoune requested the ohair to give him
time for consultation with his friends,
which was granted. lie, with his friends,
retired to a remote part of the hall, and,
after fifteen minutes oonsultation, Dr.
Macune returned and said that, owing to
Blurs and insinuations heaped upon him by
members of the order and outsiders, he
could not, with self-respect, bxmain a mem
bib 07 THH OKDBR, AMD ANNOUNCED THAT HB
MUST RBSFBCTFUIXT WITHDRAW.
This is precisely what he said, and
every one so understood it at the
time. He may desire to crawfish
cow, hoping for another opportunity
to betray the order, but it will not do.
He is a dead duck, and must take his
place by the side of Hall, McAllister
and Livingston. He should at once
return to Texas and ask of the demo
cratic friends, whose interests he has
so faithfully served in the recent
campaign, the reward of his treach
erya seat in the national house of
representatives or in the United
States senate.
STOP SLANDERING KANSAS.
The Topeka Capital of the 15th
inst., under an acute attack of right
eous indignation, utters a bitter wail in
double-leaded type against the crime
of newspaper correspondents slan
dering Kansas. It says:
For several months Kansas has suffered
seriously from false and apparently mali
cious dispatches sent from this city by the
paid correspondents of eastern metropoli
tan newspapers, reporting political and
other events in a sensational manner tend
in i to make the state appear ridiculous.
True, every word of it. And, by the
way, how long ago is it that these
sensational reports found space in the
cola'mns of the Capital itself, and
were sent out to the associated press
by J. K. Hudson, who had charge of
the dispatches in this city? How long
ago is it that the Capital was adver
tising to the world that the people of
Kansas are repudiators and anar
chists T No paper, and no newspaper
correspondent is responsible for as
ianih of the slander that has brought
reproach upon the good name of Kan
sas as the Capital itself, and people
who have watched its career for the
past two years will want something
raoe than empty protests of the
character of this recent double
leaded editorial to satisfy them of its
sincerity upon this subject. It will
be necessary for it to show signs of
repentence by its deeds rather than
by empty words.
IMPOETANT INQUIRIES.
Senator Peffer submitted to the
United States senate on the Gth inst
a series of very important inquiries,
which, if correct information is ob
tained in answer to them, will be of
immense value in the study of the
railroad problem. His resolution,
which was ordered to lie on the table
and be printed, is as follows:
Resolved by the senate, That the commit
tee on interstate commerce be and is hereby
instructed to inquire and report as follows:
First What is the separate and what the
aggregate capitalization of the railroad cor
porations of the United States which are en
gaged in interstate commerce?
Second What was the actual original oost
of constructing and equipping said roads?
Third What is the present value of the
roads; that is, what would be the cost of
building and "tooking roads as good as they
and on the same lines at the present value
of materials and labor?
Fourth What is the average number of
salaried officers employed and paid by the
several railroad companies; what is the
total amount of money paid such officers
annually as salaries; what is the average
yearly wages paid locomotive engineers,
firemen, and passenger conductors, and
what ia the average daily or monthly wages
paid all other employes?
Fifth What has been the general effect of
the operation of the interstate oommeroe
law on the business and net earnings o' the
roads; has the oost of transportation been
reduoed; has the reduotion, if any, been on
through traffic or on local traffic; has the
effect been uniform throughout the country?
Sixth What has been the aggregate gross
earnings and the aggregate net earnings of
the roads during the last five years?
Seventh What has been the average oost
of moving passengers and freight on said
rondo, computing by distance and weight?
Eighth What is the aotual and the rela
tire oost of moving passengers and freight
in different parts of the country, indicating
the sections where such differences exist?
Ninth Basing the estimate on the trnffio
of the last five years, and allowing an annual
interest rate of 5 per oent. on the aotual
present value of the roads, what would be
equitable charges for carrying passengers
and freight in the United States, said
charges to be the same on all the roads?
Tenth Would it be praotioable to consoli
date the interstate railroad business so as to
establish and maintain uniform oharges for
carriage in all parts of tha country and to
fairly settle at one place all just differen
tials? If the committee on interstate com
merce will compile accurate informa
tion upon these topics, and if the
senate will give that information to
the people, the existence of that com
mittee will not have been altogether
in vain. Can we hope for so much?
COME TO THE INAUGURATION.
Pursuant to a published call, citi
zens of Topeka and of Shawnee
county held a meeting on the evening
of Monday, December 5, to make ar
rangements for the inauguration of
the governor-elect. At this meeting,
the chairman, and an advisory com
mittee appointed for the purpose,
were instructed to select the neces
sary committees, and report at an ad
journed meeting in one week. On
Monday evening, December 12, at
this adjourned meeting, the commit
tees were named, and now have the
necessary arrangements in charge.
The people of Kansas, irrespective of
age, sex, color or previous conditions
of political servitude, are hereby cor
dially invited to be present at the in
augural ceremonies on Monday, Jan
uary 7, 1893, at high noon; and at the
reception by the governor and state
officers in the evening of the same
day. It is desired and expected that
a larger number of the citizens of
our state will be present on that oc
casion than were ever in Topeka be
fore at one time. The arrangements
are in competent hands, reduced rates
of transportation will be secured, the
program will be made interesting,
and all who come will be made happy.
By order of the Citizens' Committee.
MORE WATERED STOCK.
The following item from the New
York Journal of Finance, of Decem
ber 10, shows how the National Cord
age Company waters its stocks, and
the increased price of cordage makes
the people pay the dividends
It is not generally known that the meeting
of the stockholders of the National Cordage
Company will take place before Christmas,
and the proposition to double the common
stock, which will be given as a dividend,
will be carried. This dividend will represent
acquisitions of property made by the Cord
age Company.
People who have been unusually right on
Cordage, those who-bought the stock two
years ago under 80, and have seen dividends
inorease from 8 to 12 per oent. per annum,
say there will be quite a substantial move
ment made both in Cordage common and
in Cordage preferred inside of the next few
days.
The Populists insist that they represent
about all the honesty and decency there is
in politics in Kansas, and yet they are pre
paring to Bteal the lower house of the legis
lature. Stealing in their eyes is only a crime
when indulged in by republicans. Law
rence World.
The World is slightly off. The
lower house has already been stolen,
and the People's party only proposes
to recover it from the thief, on the
principle that the owner of stolen
goods has a right to recover them
wherever ho can find them.
Tub supreme oourt of Kansas has affirmed
a case sent up by Judge's MoKay'a oourt,
the first and only time he has been sus
tained. The decision will no doubt be a
great shook to Judge McKay. Lawrence
Journal.
Now, will the Journal name the
case in which Judge McKay's decis
ion has been reversed? The insinu
ation contained in the above
paragraph is without a shadow of
foundation, and the Journal knows it
The Topeka Capital, which at
tempted to justify the steal of the
Kansas legislature, would now like to
have somebody steal the electoral
vote of the state. It is trying to make
its readers believe that our electors
cannot vote for Weaver because dem
ocrats voted for the electors. "What
the Capital don't know would make a
very large library.
Thi complete election returns for Kansas
are very enoouraging to republicans, if they
did lose the offices. Oakalooea Inde
pendent. It evidently takes very little to en
courage republicans this year; and
we can safely promise them any
amount of the same kind of encour
agement in future elections.
Por the Inaugural.
At the citizens' meeting in this city on
Monday evening, December 12, the fol
lowing committees were appointed:
On arrangements for inaugural. J. P.
Detwiler, Frank Herald, F. J. Hudson,
Mike Heery, Mrs. W. G. Todd.
On arrangements for reception. R. E.
Heller, G. C. Clemens, Buck Miller,
Frank Curry, Mrs. I. W. Pack.
On decoration of halls. D. I. Fur
beck, Mrs. D. I. Furbe-k, A. B. Whiting,
H. W. Parker, Mrs. G. W. Veale, Mrs. J.
M. Herrington, Mrs. II. R. Clark, Mrs.
M. H. McLallin, Mrs. F. J. Hudson, Mrs.
G. C. Clemens, Frank Sach, Prof. Worral,
Wilson Keith, W. H. Smith, James Hays,
A. P. Shreve, Messrs. Bird & Rodman,
I. E. Gorham, Mrs. H. C. Lindsey, Mrs.
Charles Miller, Mrs. Lee Jones, Mrs.
Thompson, Hiram Hulse, T. X. Jones.
Committee on music Lee Jones, L.
T. Yount,T. J. Andereon,B. F. Foster, G.
D. Wright.
Committee on finance. W. A. Sells,
T. M. Carder, D. M. Howard, J. W, Her
rington, Frank Newland.
Reception committee. Mr. and Mrs.
Dr. S. McLallin, Mr. and Mrs. G. C.
Clemens, D. I. Furbeck, Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Mulvane, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jones, J.
D. Orcott, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller,
C. L. Woods, Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Ben
nington, A. W. Knowles, John Martin,
Mayor R. L. Cofran, Wm. Owen, John
Kopp,F. W. Leech, O. A. Bradford, D.
G. Jones, J. C. Dressel, J. II. Dearborn,
J. Mitchell, P. N. Gish.Hugh Lawler,
M. McAuley, E. H. Huron, Mr. and Mra.
C. J. Stanley, J. F. Linville, A. C. Moore,
L A. Stebbins, C. J. Evans, Rev. W. G.
Todd, Capt. Morris, J. W. F. Hughes,
A. J. Arnold, Thomas Page, Mrs. J. W.
Thurston, Mrs. W. A. Sells, P. G. Noel,
Mrs. II. Fie, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Smith,
Mra II. E. Goodel, Mrs. T. A. Grange,
G. G. McConnell, J. R. Silver, Dr. J. W.
Donaldson, I. W. Pack, J. J. Hitt, J. J.
Rice, A. B. Webber, E. II. Snow, W. D.
Witwer, Jerry White, B. P. Colville, W.
CEly.J. P. Berry, Wm. Dransfield, 11.
W. Parker. A. MrRoberts, Mrs. F. J.
Hudson, Mrs. J. M. Herrington, H. C.
Root, A. C. Klingaman, W. H. Coultice,
C. D. Bush, Frank Price, J. II. Barnes,
Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Lindsey, Mrs. Geo.
A. Anderson, Mrs. L. M. Crawford, Mrs.
D. M Howard, Mrs. J. R. Detwiler,
Andrew Coleman, James Hopkins, John
A. Campbell, William De Veau, F. N.
Miller, James Mullen, E. Lovell, Mr. and
Mrs. A. O. Grigsby, W. P. Douthitt, A.
W. Earnest, Samuel Dolman, F. A.
Kiena, A. II. Hammond, Calvin Ransom,
Mrs. A. B. Whiting, Mrs. T. M. Carder,
IT. P. Throup, A. II. Weatherby, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Webb, A. J. R. Smith,
Mr. English, Mr. and Mrs. E. Dutton,
Miss May Goring, A. P. Shreve, Mr.
and Mrs. Doolittle, Mr. and Mrs. S.
Barnum, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Steinberg,
Mr. and Mrs. M. Oswald, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Krause, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Krause.
Program Por the Inaugural.
The committee on arrangements for
inauguration submit the following pro
gram: Meet in representative Hall at 12
o'clock.
Music by band.
Prayer by W. G. Todd.
Administering oath of office, by Chief
Justice Horton.
Speeches by retiring and incoming
governors.
Music by glee club.
John W. Breidenthal is selected to act
as master of ceremonies.
J. A. Hughes, sergeant-at-arras.
Ushers Frank Curry. J. W. English
Wm. De Veau, W. W. Wiley, G. G. Mc
Connell, James Sullivan, Frank StahL