Kansas Greenbacker from Emporia, Kansas • 2

SPEECH OF L. E. HAMILTON, Kansas Grseubaclieiv ion. The interest as over ninety-six million a year, eight million a month, over two hundied and fifty thousand a day. How long will it take the money loanera to own this whole country, and we become a nation of money lords and serfs? HIGH AND LOW SALARIES.

When the Riggs railroad bill was pending in the House at Topeka, Genl. Bull of Osborn county moved to strike out $3,000 as pay for commissioners and insert thus saving $1,500 a year as pay for commissioners. The following was the- vote Yeas, 37; Nays, 63. Mr. Diddle of Linn, moved to strike and to prevent Republicans from gadding after strange Gods.

Thine for consistency, L. P. Hamilton, Member 74th, Dist. Politics, Greenbacker. Ex.

John Brown, Republican. RESUMPTION HAS COME. Reader, had you noticed how how times are looming up All you have to do now is to work for ten or twelve dollars a month, or sell your wheat at sixty cents, your hogs at two and a-half to three cents, take national bank bills, go to the bank and demand greenbacks. If your crop comes to $50, you can take your greenbacks, go down to New York and get coin. Then you let's see yes, we have it; you will then have ao "honest dollar," and can travel in Europe.

Don't abroad or traveling abroad there was a drain of probably $1,500,000,000 a year from this country. It was that drain which threatened the hoard of gold in the treasury. Compared with that drain, the $141,000,000 of gold in the treasury was a petty and contemptible provisiou on which to base the tremendous industries of the country, which were to live or die according to the success or failure of the resumption scheme. The pile of gold in the treasury, although it might be fenced against the people of the United States, could not be fenced against the foreigner. In conclusion he said: I did believe it desirable that resumption should be maintained just as it is, I would still put a stop to the power of adding to this hoard in the treasury, and thereby adding to the calamity will come from the withdrawal of greenbacks to procure gold for this foreign drain.

That is the purpose of the amendment as reported by the committee on banking and currency." Mr. Phillips supported the amendment offered by Mr. Ewinsj. He said in order to maintain legal-tender currency at par he thought it well to adopt the senate amendment (that legal-tender notes be received for customs duties), and also to adopt the amendment submitted from the committee on banking and currency. Mr.

Townshead spoke in favor of a proposition which he desired to offer as an amendment to the effect that in payment of obligations of the government uot specially required to be paid in coin, gold, silver and currency should be used in equal proportion to the amount of these forms of money then in the treasury. Mr. Kel ley declared himself inflexibly opposed to an increase of the bonded debt, and also to artificial contraction of the volume of the currency to which prices and business had adjusted themselves. The increase of the bonded debt under the present administration was over $100,000,000. Mr.

Garfield, of Ohio, the leader of the hard money National bank party in the House made a most bitter FROM TOPEKA. Topeka, Kansas, March 5, 1379. Editor of GrBn backer If you and the taxpayers of Kansas imagine that the legislature is doing nothing, you will have your eyes opened about tax-paying time. The appropriations will aggregate. $500,000 more than two years ago.

The University, for the benefit of lawyers, preachers aud doctors, wilf get the Historical Society, Reform School, Orphan Asylum and Home of the Friendless have really been made State institutions. Institutions supported by charity in other States are supported by taxation here. The Normal School bill has passed the senate appropriating $25,000, on condition that Emporia and Lyon county put up more. If it passes the house, where is the $20,800 coming from? As Emporia and Lyon county cannot be taxed to build a State institution, and bonds issued for such a purpose would be void. This is the most profligate legislature that ever met in Kansas.

Commencing with the $5.00 postage stamp steal the leading members all have some job, and it's "tickle nie and I'll tickle you." While our expenses will be increased half a million, not a measure will be passed to relieve our tax-ridden people. Salaries will remain the same: the of redemption law" will still disgrace our statute books; and the "in terest ill continue tohave it all their own way. About the cheekiest thing lately is Webb's letter, asking sixty days to finish the revision of. the laws and an extra session of the legislature, at a cost of $100,000, to act upon them. Dasslcr's Statutes is a complete revision, with every decision annotated, and are already the standard authority in the State, as Swan's is in Ohio.

Dassler offers to furnish the State copies at $3.78 each, with any number additional at $3.50, and to sell to the people at $4.50. If this proposition is accepted any citizen will be able to get the laws complete, with a digest of all the decisions under the proper head, at $4.50. There will be no excuse then for ignorance of the law. This proposition ought to be accepted. The legislature will probably close its session on Saturday, and the people will once more breathe easier.

In two years the Greenbacks will be in power, when 1 hope something will de done for the people. Yours, Arcanum. iuto the lumber busiues3 iu this city. John O'Byrue will commence the erection of a dwelling house at Cottonwood soou. The position of member of the legislature must remunerative.

Our member is building a new fence around his premises, and will commence building an addition to his house as soou as he returns from Topeka. Wm. Hillert, is digging a well on his premises and building a new fence. "Stubby" Britton has so'id bia colU to a Mr. Spencer, from New York.

Mrs. W. a. Morgan, of the Leader, has been quite unwell for the past week. Mrs.

W. P. Pugh is recovering. Died, at Cottonwood station on Saturday morning last, 3Iiss Betty Wilheim. Th s.

Jones left Tuesday evening for his home in Dodge City. He has been detained here on account of the sickness of his son. The school board of District No.G, this city, held a meeting Monday, in the Congregatioual Church, the notices stated, "for the purpose of building a M.hool house." It is needless to say that they did not build it, but they did appoint a committee of live, consisting of the board, and W. S. Romigh and W.

If. Cartter, to prepare plans, speciticrtions, with estimates of cost, to be presentod at a future meeting of the distiu to be called at the discretion of the board. TOLEIMl. The people of Toledo and vicinity are busy making ready for spring work, and just waiting for the baimy breezes to blow. Our school is out this week.

John Iv. Patterson is teacher and has had a very good school. C. C. Myscr is teaching the Canaan School.

Phcsent Jones is still around, still increasing in size, but means no par ticalar harm bv it. If it was cloc on election, he might tike sonic of his fat off riding the country over for his frioud Sam Wood, but as it is, his case if hopeless. Tom Allen is teaching the Safford school. I think with the exception of a few idiots, Toledo township will vote the sotid Greenback ticket. P.

M. Mills is still groaning. You won Id think to hear him groan, he was subject to the cholic, but it is a mistake. He is groaning for that almighty dollar and is strong for resumption. Tliere seems to be some dissatisfaction about the post office here.

Some think there is most too many post masters that have not been sworn in. part of three or four families aud one or two clerks. He is running it according to law, Lut I can't quite see it. I suppose there will be another marriage soon. Charles C'oiiaway hangs on Mills' well curb half of his time of late.

Sam Loveless is examining Abraham Beals house and property every week. I suppose for the purpose of buying soon. Good for Sam. A. L.

McPeeleb. HOMESTEAD. J. W. Self and W.J.

Wilson are drawing saw logs to the new mill on Cedar creek. Mrs. Harbour, of Marion county, is lying very ill at the residence of her daugnter, Mrs. James Wilson. Miss Lizxie waton has also lxen quite sick.

We hear that J. Ileckenlively badly injured one of his fingers in attempting to move a large log. We think the first young chickens of the season may le found on the. farm belonging to G. W.

Lawrence. Hattia, daughter of H. McCollough, returned yesterday from Johnson count, where ehc has been attending school. OF MARSHALL, OX THE KESOLUTIOV IX FAVOR OF THE ABOLITION OK THE STATION AL. BANKS AND THE FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE OF SILVER.

Mr. Hamilton claimed that Con gress had exclusive jurisdiction of the money question. Could coin mo ney regulate its values, the value of foreign coins entering bonds of credit that it was only the states that Were prohibited from anvthing but gold and silver a legal tender, that there was no limitation on Congress, that it was of the highest importance that the government should have its option to pay its coin debts in coin that was a legal tender when the debt was created. He asserted that the rights of the citizens was paramount to all others, but the amount of gold in the occidental world is estimated at $2,600,000,000, that the propm tion in 1S52 was in 1S75 it was but $97,000,000. It is decreasing at over $3,500,000 per annum whilst population is increasing; that 000,00) of silver from 1793 to the pres ent time.

That the stamps of the government fixed the value, and not the thing stamped, remove the gov- vemment stamps and down she goes to 20 per cent, as in the ca3e of th trade dollar, that every dollar of the $250,000 001 coined, stood the storms of 81 vears of American history; that 412 grain legal tender dollars had never been at a discount; that silver is an American production, and its free and unlimited coinage, would add 19 cents to everv oz. of silver in the mountains and stimulate its pro ductions. That silver in this country was and always had been the poor mans mo ney, whilst gold had been the money of the rich. One measuring aggregat ed capital, the other the daily trans actions of life, that all coined money in one sense was taken money, that no single coin was worth as much as a commodity, as its stamped value as monev that if it was otherwise it would cease to be money, and would be melted up and sold as bullion The speaker said there was no money of the world and never had been and never could be, until ail nations could agree upon a basis and a standard, that we have dollars and cents, the English pounds, shillings and pence: the German marks, the French franks, He said that the silver dollar by law had been the standard the unit and measure of values 81 years, that every bond obligation of the gov vernment was by law payable in silver aud not gold. That silver was never below par with gold when a lull legal tender.

The stamp of the government is all that is necessary to make silver on par with gold, he said our moun tains are full of silver, why discredit it; why rot coin it and keep the pledge and faith of the people. He said gentlemen who advocate the National banking system, wanted money redeemable in specie, yet there was not a dollar iu specie behind the National bank bill. That it was only redeemable in greenbacks. That we had been allowing capital to with draw from business fund itself into interest sucking bonds. That we ought to convert this entire debt into greenbacks, a full legal tender not re deemable in what we do not possess but receivable for taxes, duties on im ports everything that gold and silver is receivable for, that when green backs as money would do anything gold and silver would do as money, thej are at once equal to gold and silver.

That it was uot the intrinsic value of the lhinr that made it valu able as money but "the U3es to which it may be applied" that fixed its money value. That the great demand to-day was more money, less bonds, more labor, better pay. Rep. Hamilton argues very closely and showed himself master of his subject. a SENATORIAL ELECTION.

A correspondent of the Smith Co. Pioneer, speaking of the senatorial election, which we fully endorse, says: The Northwest has reason to be proud of Baker, Bissell, John R. Hamilton, Hutchison, Eastland, Bull and Eggers. They have proved themselves to be men. men who have stood squarely by the issue, who kept their word and who withstood the allurements of money, land office, post office, and everything that is potent in a political fight in Kansas.

I say all honor to them. I know of my own knowledge that a majority of them were offered either money or position for their votes, and that they were subjected to very great temptation, but they stood firm, and to-day are in better shape for an investigation than some I wot of. One good thing has grown out of this fight, that is the confirmation of Tommy Helm, Cherokee Bill was true to the end. i HON. DAN GRASS.

Senator Dan Grass, of Montgomery county, in discussing the Sedgewick and Ha rvev-counts case in the State Senate, on Wednesday said: "There is no power under Heaven to do such an unjust thing." Wonder. what kind of an idea the Senator has of Heaven, and if he gets his ideas from the chaplain, of the Senate, if that is the only place that can do such an "'unjust thing" and this the face of the fact that the lyinsas Legislature, with almost unlimited powers, passing 20 Bills on one roll call, is still in session. We refer tha matter to Bob EMPORIA, KANSAS. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, IS79. DOING NOTHING.

We repeat that we take no otoek in the cry that the Legislature is doing nothing; had the Legislature met elected a State printer, a Senator, and passed the nerepsary appropriation hills, and voted the per diem, for the balance of the 5 days in postage utamps, and adjourned it would have been the beet Legislature ever held in Kansas; bad they reduced salaries about one half, reduced the expenses of the State one half. Given us cheaper county organizations, they would have went down to posterity blessed by all except the place hunters! Had they repealed all laws for voting bonds for any purpose, future generations would have raised monuments to their memory; had they given us an equity of redemption law, for 5 years at 0 per cent, interest, repealed the waiver of appraisement law, reduced interest to 6 per cent, fixed penalties for taking more an impoverished people, would have shouted their praises. But this infernal local legislation, ought te be frowned upon by nil good citizens. "Why in the name of common sense, should Leavenworth county with 25,030 inhabitants, have a different code of laws from some other county with 24,000 Why must one school district have a different law than another? Why i it that each locality cannot adopt itself to a general law in force all over the State? The Legislature need not be afraid of what they do not do; the man who prevents legislature is the great public benefacture; and not the man who secures the passage of vicious laws. If the next volume of local laws were a blank, and the general laws were all written on four sheets of fools caps, it were lucky for the State.

This Legislature will not be cursed for what they have not done, as much as for. what they have done. The truth is they are doing these things they should not have done. BEAUTIES OF RESUMPTION. HOW IT WORKS.

Ten years ago, the salary of a judge of the District Court was $1,500. It is $2,500 now. rrt i i i i jlcii years ago imj uuhiicih ui wneai would pay the salary of a judge of the District Court one year. It takes f.000 bushels now, a fanner does well if he clears 500 bushels. Ten years ago 3000 bushels of wheat would pay the entire expenses of the Supreme Court of the state one year.

It takes 18,000 bushels now. Ten years ago, forty bushels of wheat would pay a lawyer's fee of $1' 0. It takes 200 bushels to pay the same fee now. Ten years ago, 21G bushels of wheat at $2.56 would pay a hired hand, one year at $45 per month. It takes 240 bushels of wheat now to pay the same hand, ono year at $10 a month.

Ten years ago. 400 bushels of wheal would pay the county clerk's or trcas urer's salary of Chase county, -one year. It takes 2,000 bushel to pay the same salary now. Ten years ago 1,000 bushels of wheat would pav St. JoIui'h salary as Governor.

It takes 6,000 bushels to pay the same salary now. Ten ears ago, 400 bushels of wheat would pay off a $1,000 mortgage on a farm. It takes 2, 00 bushels to pay the same mortgage now. Ten years ago, 40 bushels of wheat would pay $iuu interest ou a mortgage. It takes 200 bushels to pay the same interest now.

Ten years ago, 40 bushels of wheat would pay $100. tax. It takes 200 bushels to pay the same tax now. Ten years ago, GO bushels of wheat would pay the per of a member of the Legislature one year. It takes 300 bushels now.

Ten years ago, 8,000 bushels of wheat would pay Brother Henry Ward Beecher's salary of $20,000 one year. It takes 40,000 bushels to pay hais tauio 0tUT UU1T( Ten years ago, 40,000 bushels of wheat pay the President's sal aryof $100,000 four years. It will take 400,000 bushels to pay President Hays salary four year. icn years ago, ousneis or wneat would pay $1,000 county printing. It takes 2000 bushels to pay for the same printing now.

as tne interest suckers got our Ononey funded into bonds and burned the money, reduced its volume and -thus increased its value compared to rproduction, we again suggest that we ourht to fund at least half of our laborand productions into bonds, and thus inorcase the value of out pro ductions. Why not put" everything Jnto bonds, labor, wheat, productions the bonds from taxation and live on interest? Why not fund the mountains of the West into coin bonds and save the'expense and labor of digging? Will some one tell us how long it will take a million-dollar 5 per cent bond, interest paptirfo semi-annually, and put at just I 3r cent, to swallow -up the whole country, estimating its value at fourteen billion of dollars? The taxable property of the United States in flush times, was estimated at fourteen billion of dollars. It is A. A. HIM- A 1 Til not ten nurr.

jliio uuiiunai aeoi is over one billion eight- huudred mill out $3,000 and insert Ou this motion the vote was as follows: The aves were Albin, (li) Henderson. (D) Alexander, (R) Humes. (R) Baker, (R) Hutchison, (G) Isarrackinan, Qb) James, (13) Berrv, (G) Keller, (R) Legate, (R) Leonard. (G) Martin, (It) Martin, (G) McCmmb, (R) Rath, (G) Ravbell, (R) Rice, (R) Richards, (R) Bevins, (1) Diddle. (R) Bishop, (R) Kissel (11) ISlanchard, (G) Boggs, (R) Bronson, (R) Brown, (R) Butts, (D) Clogston.

(R) Kobb, (K) Cunningham, (R) Sallee. (D) Eckles (R) Beaton, (R) Karris, (G) Smith, (R) Gaines, (R) God Trey, (It) Greever. (D) Hamilton, (G) Hamilton, (R) Hartshorne, (R) The nay? were Anderson, (R) Anderson, (R) Armstrong, (R) Ballard, (R) Blackman, (R) Bower, R) Breyfogle, (R) Brinkrnan, (D) Bruner, (R) Calvin. (R) ('lark. (R) Congdon, (R) Cool, (R) Corbin, (D) Donahue, (D) Eastland, (R) Kckles.

(R) Eggera, (R) Ellison, (G) Faulkner; (R) Smith, (R) Stewart, (R) Stitt. (It) Walker. (R) Wilson, (R) Wright, (R) Huffakcr, (R) Kelly, (R) Kennedy, (R) Law son, (It) Loy, (R) Majors, (G) Maiming, (R) Martin, (D) McKav, (R) McMiilen, (G) Miller, (It) Moore, (It) Morgan. (R) Mvers, (R) Prunty, (D) Riggs, (G) Rood, (G) Spilman, (R) Stumbaugh, Tall man, (D) Fisler, (R) Tavlnr, fR Gable, Frank M(D)Towle, Gable, Thov (D) Waite. Ill Hankins (D) flclniirk, (G) Hodge.

(R Hossack, (R) Waton, White, (R) Willev, Speaker Absent, not voting or dodging: Anderson of Shawnee, Barber, Beatty, Briggs, Bull, Callen, Clapp, Donahue, F.wing, Gillespie, Griffin-stein, Hall, Hewins. Jamss of Shawnee, Kallock, McClintick, Parsons. Price. Randolph, Shaw, Tucker. Wait of Lincoln, Wait of Linn, Wilson of Jackson.

Asthe result of this motion evidently settled the vote of the bill on its final passage. We have given it in full. Had this amendment been adopted, the bill would have been passed. clerk's hire. A motion was then made to strike out -0 as clerk's hire, and it stood yeas, 37; nays, 00, not LEADVILLE.

Wc have a private letter from David Wood, dated Canon City, Colorado. February 17th, 179: David Wood are engaged in freighting and carrying passengers to Lcadville and Silver Cliff and weli posted in Colorado, lie says, "people are coming here now this early by the hundreds on their way to Leadville. 150 came on the train to-night and I'll venture of them that one-third of them will have to go without beds tonight. I never heard of the like, Barlow and Sanderson run two coaches outof here every day, and other passengers have to wait three and four days for their turn to go. Also the7 go by wagons, on foot, and every way just so they get to Leadville they are happy; it is no uncommon sight to see a teamster leaving here with 10 to 20 passengers and their baggage, bound for Leadville; they go in this way with freight teams for $5, each, the freighter hauling their baggage and they walk up all the hills, and as it is up hill all the way to get considerable walking for their money.

They say the rush from the end of the Denver and South Park road is even worse than from here; what it would be when spring sets In and what so many peo ple are going to do there is more than 1 can tell." David-Wood. The most of them we arc allow ed to suggest, will spend what little money they have and come back in this fall broke, and dead beat their way home on the railroads and join the army of tramps. If we were going to Colorado now, to hunt gold and silver, we should avoid Leadville, as we would the plague and prospect in new fields, or at least other fields. Leadville is already over lone, but intending soou to visit Colorado, Leadville. Silver Cliff, Lake City, Our' and Silverton.

We will try and keep our readers posted on the mineral pioducing interests in the West. CONTEMPT OF THE HOUSE. We want to go to Topeka and commit some contempt of the House. Almost any day, Smith the telegraph manager, now supposed to be in durance vile can kbe seen on the floor, guarded by two ladies, and one day last week, we met him hunting the sergeant-at-arras to take him to Pop-end icks to dinner. Texas counties give a greenback vote of in twelve counties it was successful.

you see what a benefit resumption is to the producers and the laborers (Iu a horn)? INTRINSIC MONEY. Council Grove: Feb. 27th. Editop.s Greekbacker I want to go into a little speculation, I have an intrinsic dollar of 42) graitis, it cost meSOcts. I want to swnp it for a fiat dollar, either gold, silver or paper, then I will make 20 ctsout of the operation.

If I can get $100 and sell on the same terms, 1 will make $2). If I can get $1,000 and sell on thesime terms, I will make 200 and then if I can get 1.000.00) I can make two hundred thousand dollars. Give me intrinsic money to buv and fiatmonev to sell. Yours, Fiat. We call some intrinsic monev man's attention to the above.

If you have any fiat money to swap for intrinsic money please notify us. Would it not be better to change our whole tax system in view of re sumption and scarcity of money and adopt a system of tythes, say turn over one-half of what a man raises, to the tax gatherer, the ballance to the interest suckers. of the laboring people are working for the coupon clippers and to support the bondholders in idleness. The remedy is to give bond holders, legal tender money, in place of their bonds, burn the bonds and stop the interest. Senator Ingalls, in his revised letter to representative Wait, says: He is in favor of issuing a full legal tender money, in payment of all debts public and private.

That's the doctrine. Is sue greenbacks and pay off the banks. Why don't Ingalls introduce a bill to carry out his views? What is he wait ing for? The Hon. G. W.

Greever, Demo cratic member of Wyandotte, has voted with the Republicans about half the time this winter. No wonder there is more of him than there was two vears ajro. He now has a vouni; Republican wife, and as man ami wife are both one, he is now half Re publican, and this accounts for his vote. Mr. Grecver's wife is constantly with him in the house, just where every member's wife ought to be.

If the election of a man to the legislature elected his wife also, it would a great improvement oa the legislature, and we think on legislation also. THE RESUMPTION ACT. The amendments to the Resumption act came up iu House at Washington last week: Mr. Evving, acting under authority of the committee on banking and cur rency, sum muted amendments, thr first sti iking out "Oct. 1, 1879." so as to make United States notes immedi atcly receivable for payment of customs duties.

The second amendment offered bv him is as follows: "Pro vided, that money hereafter received from any sale of United States bonds shall be applied only by redemption of other bonds bearing the higher rate of interest and subject to call: and prepaid, that whenever, from time to time, the proceed of sales of bonds nhall agregate the secretary of the treasury shall issue a call for that amount of bonds, and interest on the bonds called for redemption shall came in thirty days from the date of such call, and all United States notes received into the treasure reissued and kept in circulation with out change in the ajrgreirate amount of tne several denominations existinsr on March 31, 1878; and it shall not be lawful to issue legal-tender notes of lararer denomination than JO. Mr. Ewing 6poke in support of his amendment. He said the senate amendment to repeal the bill which authorized the secretary of the treasury to receive greenbacks for customs would bring into the treasury in greenbacks everv vear. In that war $130,000,000 of monev.

which was active, mobile monev of business, would be taken into the treasury and held for three or six months until the time came around to use it foi the payment of interest on the public debt. Though he felt that the provisions would interfere with the business of the countiy, still he was in favor of it because he wanted to diirnify the greenback and give it all the powers of money, and because he wanted legislative declaration after declaration that the odious purpose of the resumption act, to destroy the best money the people ever had had or ever would have, had been defeated forever, and that the greenback should go down to posteritv as the mst prominent and useful monev in the country. The amendment offered b' him. providing that called bonds should bear interest only thirty days after date of calls, would save to the people the interest for sixty days upon those bonds. But the main point in his amendment was that which prevented further sale of bonds of any denomination for resumption purposes.

Referring to the. scheme" of resumption, he said that the people could uot get a chance to obtain gold. There was only one counter over which gold was passek- and then in sums of not less than foO. This conn-try was in a condition of practical enslavement to foreigners. No les3 than 1,200.000,000 of its debt was held abroad.

It had to pav no less than 000 a year to foreism shipping. In thia way ana speudings of Americans residing! speech in opposition, and moved to lay the whole question on the table, this motion carried ayes 141, nayes 110. Haskell dodged Phelps true to his convertious aid true to Kausas, voted "no." Tom Ryans, the pigmy member from the 3d district, voted "aye" with the hard monev. Senators voted squarely against the platform upon which he was elected; voted squarely against, even the State Republican platform. His vote shows that he is a man that does not care for pledges A man without honor or integrity; the Leader of Chase countv and other papers supported him last fall and claimed that he was a Greenbacker This shows that a man cannot be trusted that unless the old party collar, or is working in the old har ness.

We know there was no de pendence in little Tom, and we are rather glad, he has shown his true colors, and can no longer deceive the people of this congressional district. Had this vote been given a vear ago lie would no longer misrepresent the 3d district. i The question is not so mnch wheth er Sherman can sustain specie resumption, but whether that resumption will bring prosperity to tne people. Will it set the wheels of mdusfrv in and irive the idle laborer a chance to earn food for his fauiilv? Sherman and the leaders of his party have -assured the country that it would, aud the people will hold them to strict accountability if these predictions and promises fail. Toledc Wceklv Bee.

The Kausas Greenbacker is now the organ of Senator Plumb and Ingalls on finance, and will in future rep re sent their views. The N. Y. World calls the resump tion farce crooked, saving: What straightforward people meant by resuming specie payments was go ing back, to the Government hard money of 1800; or, in other words, what they merit by a resumption of specie payments was a resumption oi pavments in specie. The Republicans or Democrats either try such resumption; it "can be done." The Terre Haute (Ind,) Express sav: Did the nation ever need a saviour more than now? Greenbacks saved it once, and nothing but plenty of debt -paying greenbacks will save our country now iroin confiscation and our people from pauperism and slavery.

That's so. mam CHASE COUNTY ITEMS. COTTONWOOD FALLS. D. Swoje has moved on to Peyton creek.

Dr. W. II. Carter is talkins of building a stone residence soon. The Leader of last week has a lengthy communication from A.

S. Baily of Elmd-ile, iu which Gen. S. Cary, is littcrallv scored, as Bailey believes. How long the Leader will continue to bore its readers with Bailey's nonsense is a question of vital importance to it.

L. D. Hinkley is shipping seed oats into Rice county. II. Harris is buildingan addition to his boarding house and 6tore at Cottonwood.

Peter Kuhl is building a sidewalk in front of his store, on Broadway. Christian Nehrbass, is the name of the gentleman who purchased Tobias Buckner's place north of Cottonwood. Enoch Harper of Bloody, brought into this city, Sunday, a calf with two Iieads, which one of bis rows had given birth to, the day before. It was exhibited on our streets to the curious for half a day, and is now doubtless to be seen at the office of Dr. Campbell, of Emporia, as he stated that it was his intention to make that gentleman a present of it.

Chas. Ritter, the jeweler, has moved into Mc Williams building further up Broadway. Capt. Jno. R.

Tan Pelt of Cedar Rapide, Iowa, contemplates going OPEN LETTER TO THE ST LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT The foiling correspondent speaks for itself: Dkar Sir: Will you kindly furnish us with a brief statement of your views concerning the best course for your party to pursue in the matter of nominating? candidates for President and Vice President in 133)? We especially wish to ascertain how you stand towards Gen. Grant, if a Republican, or towards Gov, Tilden, if a Democrat, Please answer at once, on this sheet, (giving your name, district and politics), and hand to Mr. J. L. King, at Reportei's table.

Very respectfully yours, Globe-Democrat, St. Louis. Topeka, Kan. Feb 27 1S79. Dear Globe: Iu reply to your request for my opinion as to who should be nominated in 18S0 for President and Vice President.

Will say, that I trust the Republican party in its nominations for President and Vice President in will be consistent with its record from 1809 on the finances. (Show the cloven foot now hidden, or sought to be hidden under point-no-point Greenback State platforms, hard head andsoft tail, a tinsel patchwork of glittering generalities that are music to the ear and nothing to the heart. Dead flies to catch gudgeons, "many And nominate Grant, make the issue honestly and squarely "Grant and honest money" Let your battle cry be gold for the bondholder a limited coinage of silver for the mudsill producer, unlimited is3us of national Bank notes that are not money but a candle. -burning at both ends, the banks getting all the light the people furnishing wick and grease, and keeping watch and ward shrouded in the inpenetrable darkness, and gloom of low prices for produce; for labor, want' of employment: Strong men with willing hands and earnest hearts, American citizens, outcasts in their own country, reduced to the pitiable condition of begging the poor privilege of earning "an honest dollar by an honest days work" aud having the boon denied them; cremation of green backs because they pay no interest to the cent-per-cent gentry, who thrive by usury and extortion to the end that capital may be enabled to buy much labor for little money; and vice versa, much labor bringing little mon ey. In other words poverty has no rights that the rich are bond to re spect.

Spread these principles at at large on your banner hold it aloft that the people may see you in all your hidious deformity as a grinder of the face of the poor. By all means gentlemen give us Grant In ISS. But in the name of common decency, show your hands on the money question, say what you mean and mean what you say; Give us a square deal with the issues squarely drawn, to the end that the people be no longer fooled by claptrap platforms gotten upforbuncomb to be spat upon when they have served the purpose for which they were adopted to wit: to catch minnowa "John Sherman's March to the Yes, the sea of troubles." Sidney a.rA Ruhnt-I VT. Lr fcnr biij'l, William upA II hi w-fe a.ii Caleb 3 Smith each of lh-ir, w'H take no- ce that they havs of nurd iu the rourr oi Lyon comity, St tte of Kanft.it; that the nlaintliTrf on i file I.i court; tl-at th" nme oi t.i- prtip to ta-a act on are Ko'-rt II. Maban nl.ii' tia' and Albeit Milr.

di.fv R.iiila'l. r.n iy Milir) and Ruw.1 KaridalL. hT LaobarxlJ Joneph A. Mil-r ri4 Stinan Mi Her hi wif-, MtV ai Sla-r E. Her hia wife, Wiiliant Miliar awi liattie Her li! wife, Calebs Sriith iid Miney Smith, Herbert Smith, Sherbnrn Smith and Majririe Srn tli, rninorv, each andrr tb re of foortten 'i-r, defendant- that firnt h-r -in nnm'-dF mil raid p-t on on or before the 19th day of April, A.

D. 1S79, or. aid pet.tion will be taken aJi trap, and jadztneot will be rendered accordlncly, uju iirMi aad a certain Warranty It-ed, dated April 2td A. I. II1, eieeate-1, a.vd delivered by WS Ham ii.lWr, now deceased, to T.

C. Ilili, a-id la'y reror.l-l in the oflrceofthe IU srlfter of I-ed 'or w.id Lyon comity K-ms, oi April 4th A. D. 1S70, iu book of Ieei, at 3jS. he reformed no to decr.be therein ini convey to atd T.

C. H.I!, h' heir arid aiwizneMl.e'foi'owias iinfrb- -d real ertat-, taite In rv Lyon cou- ty, Kaunas, to wit: The wH ba'f and the orth-eat quartrr of the north-ea quarter (U 1-2 and 1-4 of l-4 or section (). in tnrb p.2fcua of rane 11, t-aft of thea'Xtii pr-iHrpa! meri- liao. exeept'ne five (5) acre off the rorth-ea' cor ner of -1 quarter, houndi-d on the south by conr-ty road a.d on the wet north td curt hw A Ten Creek iod heinff the -ame an deeded to K. W.

Randall hy Ixd IT arut w.i A A 1 1 n-'y be reformed an I ad odsrinif and decree ing Mid plaintiff to be the owner and in tee xiinp'e of ad r-ai etate arI for uh other and fijrtherjydyme.it and reiiff a gnr be iu aod -Ra table iu the prem-, and for ent. J2lUiiI.fc.-S. SCUTT4t LYXS, 3-3t Attorney VUii.usT. ft. BOX ELDER, SOFT MAPLE, IIOXEY LOCUST, SYCAMORE, WALNUT, i A3ID EL For sale by MAX FAWCETT.

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