The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-01-01
For the EGLI.
A Meeting on the Senatorial Quest
ion In Harvey County.

SxDGwIcK, HmveyCoupty, Kansas, I.
December 18th, 1S75.
A meeting of the dtizens of Sedg-
wick township took pace this evening,
pursuant to previou. notice to take
some action on the snatorial canvass
now pending in the safe, and was or
ganized by calling Ol. z. C. Nichols
to the chair, and elecfng W. A. Mathis
secretary.
j. W. Crawford WIS called for and
addressed the meeting briefly, and At
the close of his remaks offered the fol.
lowing resolutions, which were unani-
mous]y adopted as the sense of the
meeting, viz:
WHEREAS, The state of Kansas, in
extent Of territory, ;urpasses some of
the governments Of the "old world
and includes in its area many different
varieties of the necesaries Of life, and
giving employment u 1.-The hardy sons
Of tOil' in many and greatly diversified
ways, from breakin; up the heavy
prairies and thus opening farms in
some localities to thcno less hazardous
and laborious enterprise of managing
the almost countless herds of cattle
that are now annuay fatted in the
nutricious grasses o. the "great Ar
kansas valley" and
WHEREAS, The greater part Of the
state has been recently and hurriedly
settled, and is consequently in that
chaotic state, in which all newly FORM
ed communities find themselves, and ,
like all other new countries, is COM
paratively destitute Ct bridges, post
offices, post roads and many other
things for which she must in great
measure depend upon the wisdom,
foresight and justice Of those who rep
resent her at the federal capital !"
and
WHEREAS. We can not reasonably
depend upon those who are far remov-
ed from US, and are necessarily ignor-
ant of our wants and necessities, and
therefore unprepared (even if willing)
to give us the attention which our d.
versified interests and callings demand;
and
WHEREAS, The great South and
West-including SO vast an extent of
river and dale, meadow aud lawn, val
ley and hill. mineral and agricultural
lands, as to be within itself "mighty
cmpire"-is now peOpled with All in.
telligent class Of men from. all sections
of the Union, firmly bent on toiling
from honorable poverty" to q state Of
contcntment, and plenty who feel keen
ly the injustice of not having a single
representative in either branch of the
national congress; aud
WHEREAS. Marsh NJ. Murdoch, of
the Wichita EAGLE, has, in his official
career as state senator as well as in his
bold and manly conduct of the EAGLE,
shown himself ripe scholar, an un-
fiinching honest legislator, an affable
gentleman, who can be elevated with.
out being spoiled, a firm and stcadfast
friend to the farmer and lab BRING man,
and o statesman of no mean ability !:
therefore DC it
Resolred, BY the citizens ofSedgwick
township, Harvey county. Kansas,
that we request the Hon. NJ. NJ. Muir
dock TO at once take the field AZ can.
didate for United States senator from
Kansas, pledging him our wsrmest and
most unequivocal support, and that we
request our representative, Hon. a. e..
to use all honorable means
to secure the election of the Hon. NJ. NJ.
Murdoch to the vacant senatorship.
RESOLVED, That a copy of this pream.
bio aud these resolutions be furnished
the Newton Kansan and the Wichita
EAGLE for publication.
Meeting adjourned.
c. G. NICHOLS, Chairman.
n. a. MATHIS, Secretary.