White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-10-28
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The O,age Chronicle copies our article
relative to Thaddens II. Walkers delin.
luent taxes and his purchase Of State
scrip. and makes it the teat Of the fol-
lowing remsrxs:
The editor Of the White Cloud Chief
generally talks sense. even his nonsense
is Of snperior sort; but his convictions
and preejedires both ere 20 strong that
he o!ten does Injustice. He would not
spare his grandmother the President
i. the y. s.. should occasion offer. Aud
IS mnch % we cd dmire the trait. we lever
q eless are compelled TO put in . protest
once in y hile.
.Thaideus II. Walker. no doubt. is a
rich men, bot ws believe eminentIy viz.
,uous and honest wi'hal. And we fail to
see anything deserving OF other than
praise in his giving moss then any body
else wonld for our scrip. 10 an early day
T. ii. Walker loaned large smoants Of
land warrants TO thoss OF our early set
tiers who were unable to pay Cor thsir
lands. o. course said warrants were let
out at the ruling rates. secured BY mott
gage. The year that most Of the notes
fell due was the yesr Of the famine. and
hundreds found them selves unable to
meet their obligations. Did Walker
take advantage ofthis and forecloss? No
sir. nor in . single instance. where the
debtor was Dsking his homo upon the
land. He said to all such. "You have got
home. your land is worth much more
than the amount for which it n nortga-
ged; give me the legal rate of ten per
cent interest on my warrant and take the
mortgage" The above we can substsn-
tiste. The conrequencs was that the wild
lands only fell to bis share. and they only
by the Courts at = cost Of S75 or 800
to the quarter. What next? The war
broke ont. immigration stopped. and
lands became drug in Kansas. Mr..
Walker then returned to New York where
he helped to raise . regiment th,t was
principally equipped ont of bis own pock-
ct. Declining being its ommsnder. he
returned to Kansas. where he has since re-
mained. making almost snperhuman ef-
forts to pay his taxes. or conrse mnch
of his land went to sale during the troub-
les. and he'd Lis faith been less in X
sas aud her people. he would have let The
land all 60 to grass aud saved himself
years Of anxiety. In those long years all
of bis property outsids of ssid land.
went into the Golfers OF our various treas.
uries; aud to day we for one are glad to
find that he has the ability and will "a
pay more for our State scrip than any body
else.
The above showing is very cret,itsble
for Mr. Walker. and the greater portion
Of the facts enumerated. 1--WE accept them
as facts. ws re not previously posted
on. But the Chronicle is mistaken in
supposing thst we entertain any prejudice
against Mr. Walker. We met him once,
and were very favorably impressed with
him-in fact, we could have cheerfully '
voted Tor h!m Tor ofhcs, even before the
Chronicles "reminiscences. But we had
ddis lands advertised as delinquent.
year after year. in different Counties: and
whan' we resd the statement OF bis scrip
operation, and about the same time saw
him announced as lhs Coming Man. we
thought it good time to show wherein
things did not seem to jingle properly.
We are glad We did it, for we have learn.
ed come pleasant items about The man.
We now ask for information: l. W ak.
ar 3 perm snent and bona fde resident oI
Kansas. or only Pomeroy sojourne'
In pl ain teim.: L. bis bis citizenship suf.
fcient to fntills him to hold office in
ksnsss. while his real home and interes!
are in Nav York?