The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-01-15
THE RELIEF BUsINEss.

Relief Committee at Topeka. In
these piping times of brainy crit
les, and great men, it is barely |
possible for one to conduct his
own private business in a way to
escape denunciation, let alone
such an immense business as the |
reliefof our sufferers on the border. |
The committee, or the "committy,"
as some of the great beings who go
for it style the organization, must
needs conduct the distribution of aid
according to its own plan, and in the
best way possible under all the diff
ficulties It has to encounter. Itcan-
not travel over the state and consult
all the wonderfully sweet "fiowers"
who are blooming alone in all the
hsmlels, villages and townships ofthe
devastated district, as to who shall
have aid in the respective cOmmuni-
ties, and how it shall be distributed.
The envy and jealousy of little
great men cannot be, i'm the very
nature of the case, satisfied. The
work of helping the people through
the winter must go steadily and
bravely forward. The remedy of
these narrow-souled, envious and
jealous people, is to throw mud at
the committee, to denounce it for
this that and the other circumstance
connected with the business. We
regret to see that they have COM
menced their devilish work already.
To crafty little low-lived spite
they may have against some one OF
the gentlemen connected with the
committee, they would balk its eff
forts and bring reproach upon the
state. Now we sincerely protest
against this thing. We trust the
people will promptly crush the
efforts of these fellows to get the
public into a broil over this aid bus
mess. We believe it is being con-
Quoted honestly and fairly, and that
each gentlemen connected with it is
doing the best he can under the cir
cumstances. 1t is great under
taking. 1t is more extensive than
any of us at first supposed it would
be. These infallibie grumbles are
no better posted and have not been,
nor have they any more wisdom or
honesty, on the average, than the
committee. If the committee do
wrong there is a way to get at them,
but for heavens sake, and for HUI
manity's sake, let US not get into a
miserable, disgraceful squabble
about this aid business, and fill the
newspapers with elimination and
recrimination. Let the people come
squarely and promptly down on
Jealous grumblers, who would do
anything rather than that some
body toward whom their narrow
souled hatred has been aroused,
shall have little credit.
That the plan adopted by the Gen.
trail committee is the best that could
have been hastily devised, we be-
lieVe. The East was being filled
with irresponsible solicitors. Not
long ago a citizen of this county
was travelling on an Illinois railroad
when q solicitor" came through
the car begging money for EmpOr-
ia. lie was succeeding very well.
Our citizen made a statement to the
people in the car, and the beggar
incontinently He'd. He was getting
money for himself In the sacred
name of charity. Was 1t not nee
essary that some system should be
devised to protect the eastern peo-
pie? Was it not necessary, also,
that the same means should be
taken to protect the railroads from
imposition. They were being ask
ed to ship private property in rs
said goods" To shOw the magni-
tude of the noble work they are do
ing we may state that the
Wichita Beacon says that twenty
car loads of ala goods have been
shipped TO that point alone free of all
charges. The gentlemen connect
ed with the Central Relief commit
tee arc not a "capitsl ring" as
they have been designated, but are
honorable men. They are working
hard and faithfully to relieve our
destitute people on the border,
and for one we propose to uphold
them and strengthen their hands,
at least until there is some evidence
of wrong-doing. If there are
good people who honestly think the
affairs of the committee are a0t
properly conducted let them visit
their head quarters at Topeka, in
vestigate thoroughly, and make
their suggestions to the committee. |
Meantime we advise the people not |
to put grain of confidence in |
scribblers and grumblers !
who have private piques to spite. |
These thoughts have been suggest
ed by reading the disguting clatter
of two or three papers and CORES
pondents. We hope to see no
more of it especially SO long ~ 1t
seems utterly uncalled for.
We publish Gen. Sheridan's re.
port to the Secretary OF war of the
New Orleans rebel coup de tel on
the 4th. 1t is q candid statement,
and will receive more credit than
the rebel-cOlored press reports from
that unfortunate region.
The weather is extremely cold