The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-01-15
The following lines are dedicated 10 MIS-.
I illic Halfway, of Wichita:

The following lines are dedicated to MIS-.
Lille Halfway, of Wichita;
Dear Lillian as thou art wandering up
Life's rough and and ancient mount,
Navest thou ever drink from the sweetest cup
That is dipped from the bamiest fount;
Nav the crooked path. as thou upward chihp'
BE with springs rich verdure spread,
And the oil of Kindness from dripping vines
Perfume thy gentle head.
Nav tempered winds bring peaceful love,
And birds OF brightest hue,
Breath forth their notes III each dark grove
To cheer thy pathway through;
Nav thou gather fruits from the rarest stems,
And pearls in each restless river,
And plucking sweet flowers from Eook and fen,
March onward and up forever;
And when thou hast gained the mountain top
To the western side thou art treading,
Oh. then that strong may be thy prop
Thy staff be more unbending.
And when thou art passing down the mead,
Alternate DARK and light,
MAY Israel's cloud a halo shed
To guide thee on Alright,
To guard thee peaceful TO the las,
To Jordon's gloomy riFor,
There cach and al must drop his staff,
There tendercst ties must sever.
4 FRIEND.
We are in receipt of another set of resoiU-
tiops. passed at a meeting Of two townships,
held at FL Paso, as also leading editorial from
the sumner county Press, all Of which endorse
nc senator from this district a. being conpe-
tent, worthy ana their choice for the position
of United States scnator-ail Of which. we nav c
no doubt he appreciates. We thin. he has
been handsomely and thoroughly endorsed.
There is no mstaking the sentiment oil thi'
county, Speaking az one who knows Inn a
only brother can. but one who has bd'
littIe.fal,h in legislatures ard conventions, We
have not the least fear that he viii ever 0etrd!
the confidence reposet; in him by the Farmers
of this county. whether he i elected to the
T.. s. senate or not. We hardly know whei!l-
er we are beiraying confidence or not in say
ing that he tried to discourage the move III
the out start, which, OWING - the multiplicity
o, candidates, he knew would render HIM a
target for unf.iendly criticism. But he told us
before starting last Saturday that lie was ho'
a candidate any further than he had been made
such by earnest friends. and by men who be-
leye rs he does, and that whatever might hap
pen. or whatever might be said, lac would mol
allow such candidacy to Ia any wise leopard
ize the interest, Of the people OF tins district
or the welfare of his cho.el home, this city
Peculiarly susceptible TO uniriend'y criticism
or the faint praise that cuts more than open
handed opposition or a square fight. We hno"
he places his whole confidence in the people,
who, when they want a man care, not VINO OPP
poses. We have no more faith that the repre-
sentatiyes of the north AMI east viii do justice
to Southwest Kansas than he has, bat TINS We
do know, that he is in full sympathy WITH tht
Southwest and her Interests, and anything iha'
| he can do in an honorable way TO advance Us
interests, both politically and financially, h'
will do cheerfully. While lac is very proud o
the Endorsement he has had. he VIII return
/ home in the spring aud 20 10 work with re
doubled energy TO help make a paper that VII
be power for good in the future. Ana II
| the meantime it shall be our endeavor to ge
him to forever for-wea: politics and Once
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