The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-06
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uOtlceu tuc o8We ID 1HE hE0AoIEh. Du'
nevertheless as it is throwing uncalled
for insinuations out against myself and
others who have been trying to do some.
thing to aid the unfortunate of this
county, feel like asking you to in.
dulge me little.
First, 81. G. NJ" calls on the decent
men of this State to do something to
puncture that unqualified humbug-
Kansas destitution. And in reply l will
say that he wilfully misrepresents the
condition of Allen county or he is not
posted; as it is we'll known by many
that Hayward, l. c. Cuppy, and others,
have investigated and find many fami-
lies who need aid and must have it. And
when Mr.. Christy was here from Indiana
with his car load of relief supplies, he in
company with Jas. Faulkner, took the
trouble to investigate for himself, and
he reported more restitution than he
expected to see; and with all of this
evidence -. c. NJ" calls Kansas desti-
tuition humbug. But I will give him
credit Of telling one thing that did not
know and that is, that the restitution in
Kansas had become stsnding joke. But
as he first started out with misrepresen-
tations am not prepared to believe it.
And he also says every decent man in the
State is growing ashamed of the decep-
ton. 81. c. NJ" you seem to be reu
posted. and your knowledge very general
to know all the decent men in Kansas.
Will you give us list of them? And
he says We are far better off than we
were last winter and as this statement is
so ridiculous that any one knows better,
l will not take time to contradict it.
~. c. NJ" also says certain of our
people went to Missouri and found
things worse there than here. That may
or may not be so but it is no excuse for
the people of Allen county to neglect
their poor. And he asks, show is this,
has a Missourian more sand about him
than Kansan, is he less susceptible to
belly ache" In reply to that question I
will say it matters not. But 1 will ven
ture the assertion that If 81. C. NJ" was
placed in the same circumstances that
many of our people are in Allen and
other counties, he wou!:, frequently have
pain in his stomac.. from eating cold
lunches lif he should have any as am
confident he. would not have wood to
warm it with unless some person donated
the same to him. Bat Is he may have
some means ahead it WISE very easy mat
ter for him to sit by his fire those cold
nights and talk about Kansas restitution
being humbug, and throw out insinu-
atoms against those that are spending a
portion of their time in trying to relieve
actual suffering, and every person going
east to solicit aid has such articles as his
to contend with.
And / say now, as said when in
Ohio, that they were wrote Tor caused to
he wrote) by real estate monopolies who
don't wish it to known east that Kansas
has to have aid for fear that it will keep
out emigration aud depreciate the price
of their possessions; and it matters not
to them whose children suffer or die so
they make something and become able
to grasp more, and become greater
curse to the country than they are al
ready. And now will say to 81. c. NJ"
that if he will not do anything to relieve
the poor in Kansas, dom. throw obstruc-
tons in the way of those that are willing
to render assistance. There has already
many teams died for want of grain and
many more will die before spring, and
many that do live xntil time to put in a
crop will not be able to pillow, and in the
name of humanity 1 would like to know
how he expects farmer to make liv-
ing for his family without team.
Now will close by noticing one per-
son that l have not spoken of before, and
that is Jas. c. Murray. and in justice to
him 1 will say he is one of the persons
who took very active part in having
Allen county organized and a relief
appointed so there could be
supplies drawn from the State relief
for this county and after his
doing so much for the destitute of this
county some person has been mean
enough to write to the Kansas City
Times and denounce the whole affair as
humbug and then attach to it the
initials of Mr.. Murray, which is an out
rage after doing what he has for the suf-
ferers of Allen county.
ROBERT Cook,