The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-08-09
poor things before long, with the hymn
of pious Watts,

To see the clss removed,
Though in some cases, where the sys-
tenn is constitutionally weak, this NAL
| adv proves fatal, vet several are rap
idly recovering. The signs of cOnval-
/ esccnce are. returning reason, sensible
speech. generous and honest recogni-
ton of the faithful and invaluable SER
vices, and modest, firm and reliable
character of General Grant and the old,
true and tried republican party, and a
corresponding loathing of the hybrid,
salmagundi, amalgam, hcrlnaphrodite,
half-blood Observation-Disclosures
that seek to possess and spoil the fair
heritage won by our patriot statesmen
and brave boys in blue.
Trcament-Whcre the itch has turn
! ed to rottenncss, as with FentOn,
Tweed, Ross and Morrissey, and their
satellites, let them go. AS soon as they
begin to stink there is no use trying to
save them, but i'm the first stages, bleed
ing them by extracting half dollar
for a good campaign paper. The
Wichita EAGLE, Topeka Common
wcalth, Toledo BIade, or some other
staunch weekly, will give relief. The
moment you get the man to take two
/ grains of common sense, and get him
into a sane, sensible state, you have
him all right.
! Isn't it astounding that such host
/ of men in our 18th district have just
found out that the Lord made them
/ for judges! Candidates on the right
| OF us, more on the left of us; candi-
dates plenty as Moses lice. III. III . Coz
n meh Sln abs tic finger OF an inteI-
gent public sentiment has not pointed
distinctly to one of them. Shame,
! gentlemen! Why not wait until you
have risen by real merit above the sur
face! Don't fear you will be lost in
crowd. If the people want You they
will call for you. Your worth and fit
ness will be recognized bye and bye.
Work to get to the head of your most
diglificd and honorable profession,
and then the transition will be natural,
short, easy. The common people who,
after all, are quite competent to select,
seem to lean very strongly i'll favor of
Hon. w. p. Campbell, the present in
cumbent. Though young Gas nearly all
the aspirants arc) he has given clear
evidence of sound judgment of law, in
flexible integrity and faithful adhe
renee to the principles of justice and
the rights Of the people, and no lawyer
dare undertake to swerve him by any
mercenary influences. Taking our dis
trict when much of it was in disor-
ganiZcd state, and many questions
were ut issue between different por-
tions of the counties, one side or other
of which must be dissatisfied, he has
borne himself with such firmness and
good sense as to command the respect
and confidence of a large portion of
tIC pCODft. anu ~ stthio AdlI Just
and proper to give him a decent trial
in an open field, another term. If we
are not greatly mistaken he will make |
us one of the very ablcst and best judges
on the bench.
In concluding this hasty letter, let |
me strike a gentle note in relation to |
senator Pumcroy, who seems to have
become such a frightful ghost to so
many who arc touched with the Gree
leysipclas in some Of its stages. Last |
fall this writer was often told, with |
grave emphasis, that the senator was a
bloatcd aristocrat, living in princcly
splendor, with gorgeous imported fur
niture, a stately mansion and livericd
servants That he had nothing when
he went to the senate and had become
a millionaire. That he was destitute
of influence at Washington and a dis
grace to our state, and long cata-
lognc of similar charges, that poisoned
and prcjudiced our mind. so that on
visiting Washington last winter we
determined not to call on him. or that
other sinner, Senator Caldwell. Dur
ing three weeks we made diligcnt in
guiry Of his friends and foes saw his
family, house, furniture and servants {;
examined his roliticai record, consult
ed his pastor and the pastor of other
churches. watched him day by day in
and out Of the senate; saw him ut the
anniversaries of benevolent societies,
inquired into his standing in the vari-
Gus senate committees, asked favors
that required him to walk many miles
and spend many hours, and have to
say, that little by little our prejudice
and hostility was removed, and the
common, oft repeated charges, that |,
with too many others. had taken for
granted as true. were wicked, bare
faced falsehoods. His house and fur
niture aud two servants, Oman and wo-
wan) and his manners. were all plain,
oCtCuts NSitO'~iatNs Juct
what good taste, good sense and due
respect for the honor of his state conld
dictate: no more, TO less. And we
are prepared to say that no man stands
higher in the United States senate, or
in the churches and temperance organ
izations, or in the estimation of the
best people of Washington, than Sam
ucl c. Pomeroy. He has attained to
an cmincnce and influence in the senate
that is of great value to our state. and
could not be reached by a new man,
be he ever so good, for several years.
No man can find where his vote, in
single instance, shows u departure
from straightforward principle, and no
man can go from Kansas to Washing
ton, be he of whatever party, and ask
mail route, or anything else, mani
testify for the good of the people, but
what he will be greeted warmly, and
have the most hearty and cordial CO.