The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-20
Correspondence OF the EAGLE.
Who Shall We Send to the Sc,


Ia q recent issue Of the EAGLE the
names Of Judge Muse, of Newton, and
Hon. Thad. II. Walker were mentioned
in connection with the senate Of the
United States. The farmers of South
western Kansas, we think. are entitled
TO a fair hearing, and their wishes and
! interests should not be overlooked in
SO important a matter as choosing q
United States senator. The aspira-
tious Of any man whose interests are
intcrlimkcd with railroad interests, and
who has not set himself squarcly
against railroad corruptions, monopo-
lies and aggressions, should be instant
ly frOwncd down. In examining the
record of these men we do not find it
such as to convince us that either one
would make senator in whose hands
the farmers and Woodworking men of
the state of Kansas, and the Southwest
in particular, might safely trust their
interests.
A man whose interests have been
completely bound up in the A., Il. & S.
f. railroad ever since he came TO Kan
sas might make good representative
of The railroad interests of the state,
bat would make very poor represcn-
tativc Of the working masses-thc real
bone and sinew Of our young and rising
commonwealth. In neither of these
men do we find such man as the peo-
pie desire in this emergency.
The railroad interests of this. state
are vast. Inside ofits boundaries there |
are not less than seven railroads that
have received large grants of land,
either from the state or general gov
eminent. Doubtless the whole inhu- |
eIcc of these wealthy corporations will,
this winter, be thrown in favor of some
one who will be ready and willing to
do the bidding of these powerful COM
binations.
John J. Ingalls, was the first man that |
Kansas ever sent to the senate who did !
not owe his election in great degree
to railroad influence, and we are proud
of him.
These corporations have always unit
ed to secure the election of men who
are favorable to them, and should not
the good citizens Of the state let their
determination be known that no man
whose garments are not entirely free
from railroad influence and back-pay |
steals need expect any favors from
them, and that any representative who
votes for man whose record is not
spotlcss in this respect need ever look
for future advancement at their hands.
Let us have another man like Senator
Ingalls,, and if the senatorial mantle
shall fall upon some one from the west
ern or southwestern portion of the state
we shall like him all the better.
a senator, we are well aware, is not
the representative Of his own section
merely but Of the entire state. II is an
important matter to the people, how
ever, that lie should be man of broad
and liberal views, one who will not be
a representative of certain class, but
of the whole people, and that his record
on the questions which have given rise
TO the great uprising among the farin-
ers and laboring men of the country,
should he a clear one. We do not in
sist that the successor TO Caldwell shall
be farmer. but we do insist that lie
shall be man in whom the people can
place the fullest confidence, and shall
have such character for honesty that
no man will dare approach him with
bride. We feel sure that such n man
can be found. Let him not be set aside
for time-serving politician.
EAGLE.