White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-11-09
Is. Representative District.


The election in this Township. on Toes
day, resulted in the choice of Charles
Fox for Representative. by msiority of
16 votes over John Fl. Utt. 1t was not
known that Utt would hsve any opposi.
tion, until day or two before the elec-
ton, when Fox was brought out and,
although Ut received 119 majority in
White Cloud. she was overcome BY Iowa
Point and Highland doubling teams on
her.
We have nothing to say against Mr..
Fox, nor those who brought him ont and
voted for him, except as regards the rea-
son why it was done. 1t was an exhibi-
tion of local prejudice and enmity. which
should have been permitted to die out
long ago. and which we thought bad in .
great measure died out. In the earlier
days of Kansas, every town considered
every neighboring town a rival, and
made it special point to bitterly oppose
such towns, whether in politics. trade. or
material interests. Iowa Point was then
strong in numbers. and almost unani-
mously Pro-Slavery. White Cloud was
as unanimously Free State. The enmity
of Iowa Point toward White Cloud was
most intense. The 6rst thing taught ev-
cry newcomer, was to hate White Cloud;
and man might as well have attempted
to establish vegetarian principles in den
Of Bengal tigers, as to have endeavored
to do business or live in peace in Iowa
Point, without 6rst swearing hostility to
White Cloud, and to show bis faith by
his acts. Time was, when q stranger
who inquired at Iowa Point, the way to
White Cloud, were told that no one there
knew of such place; or that there was
no passible road leading to it. They
once even succeeded in stopping daily
mail to this place. by sending false rep
resentations to the miserable Buchansn
Administration. They ran the town ir-
redeemably in debt. and broke nearly
every man of means in it. by endeevoring
to circumvent Nature, and maintain their
temporary superiority over White Cloud.
They spent thousands in endeavoring to
build reliable steamboat landing where
Nature decreed otherwise; and they broke
up nearly every man of means, by put.
ting in steam ferry boats, building fine
hotels, and starting printing Offices. to
compete with White Cloud. ed
Bet the hand of fats fell heavily on
the town. They lost all their public in
stitutions about the same time. Then
the rebellion broke out, and the town was
nearly depopulated, by large majority
of the citizens going into the rebel army.
or being driven out for aiding, abstting.
or sypsthizing with the rsbellion-leav-
ing the place fit harbor for bats rnd
owls. A great number of houses were
haulsd away to Highland. or for farm
houses in the surrounding country; and
those that remained were suffered to be-
come dilapidated in the extreme. Final,
ly new set of people began to come in,
who were generally Union men. 1t was
to be hoped that with the old crew would
depart the local jeslousies of early days;
but it was vain hope. A small portion
of the old leaven remained behind and
especial pains is taken to inoculate every
newcomer with enmity to White Cloud.
1t exists there as badly as ever: and they
seem to be possessed with the old insane
idea of killing White Cloud, which ruin
ed the original proprietors. We refer to
these "reminiscences, not to taunt them
with their misfortune, bnt to illustrate
the folly of people attempting to build
themselves up by breaking their neighbors
down. There is room enough for all the
towns, and il the people of each will
look only to its material interests, per-
mitting the people Of other towns to at
Tend peaceably to theirs. oil will prosper
better, and the utmost harmony and good
feeling will prevail.
1t was this old and groundless jealousy
that defeated Mr.. UT, whose qualiica-
tions are such as are much needed in the
coming Legislature. To show that spite
and not principle was the ruling passion,
we have only to refer to the County tick
ct. The Independent ticket generally re-
ceived some 80 votes at Iowa Point /;
while we, being on the same ticket, but
unfortunately a resident of White Cloud.
received but Z. We venture to say. that
If Mr.. Ott had been elected, and Iowa
Point had any matter of interest to At
tend to in the Legislature. be would have
cbeerfully and zealously attended to it.
For ourself, We can say, that if they have
any reasonable demands to make of the
coming Legislature, We shall be pleased
to be notified of the same, and they will
find us attending to it as promptly "a if
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