The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-01-24

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WICHITA, January 10, 1873.
EDITOR COMMONWEALTH The
central city of the State is jast lively.
The streets present the same busy APP
pearauce, and the merchants are busy
waiting on their numerous customers
as in the palmy days of autumn; aud
the heavy stocks OF goods they show
to their customers is the best of evil
dence of prosperity that can point
the reader to so as to prove the state
meut that busy Wichita has the right
to be called the great metropolis of
our beloved Kansas Another evil
dence point 10 is the statement that
the receipts of the Atchison, Topeka
q Santa fe railroad were over SIS, 900
during the month of December. |
leave the readers to draw their own
conclusion as to busy Wichita.
On the evening OF December 5lst
they held a silver meeting in the in
terest OF the dollar of the daddies aud
in favor OF the repeal of the resump-
ton act. Several gentlemen expressed
their views III favor OF the objects OF
the meeting and after having been
closely and attentively listened to-
there were loud calls for Judge W. p.
Campbell, AMI as the Judge felt him
self equal to the occasion and being
opposed to both of the measures be
came promptly 20 the front and stated
his views Oh this all absorbing topic
now being agiiated all over the coun-
! try. lie gave conclusive arguments
and placed himself squarely on the
platform opposed to making either
silver of greenbacks au unlimited le-
gal tender. He claimed that the true
policy of this country is to use a
sound and unfiuctuating standard o!
exchange; also claimed that specula-
ton, extravaganza aud over produc-
ton are the principal causes of the
present stagnation. and these are the
fruitful offspring of deprecated cur
rencv. The country must sooner or
later pat itself in line with the com
mercial world, and until that is done
he looked for nothing but anarchy
aud misrulc and disiruSt.
The Judge is ever ready to espouse
a cause in which he enlists, even if he
has to give vent to his ideas anon 9
Several petitions have been circu-
lated favoring both of the foregoing
objects, and one contains $40 name;
signed in seven and one-half days
This petition is over twenty-four feet
long.
That's all very pretty talk for :
single standard paper. Why didn'
you say something about the man.
other speeches made upon that occa
sion, which just as clearly showed
that our troubles were almost wholly
attributable to the enormous shrink
age of values consequent upon max
ing gold monopoly in the hands o
the money sharks PED. EAGLEl
Colonel G.. x. Miller, of this city las
year broke over 5000 acres of prairie
which he has sown TO wheat, and viii
be known as the great wheat grove
OF the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fc
as L. c. Henry is OH the Kansas Pa
cifc.
Colonel Ii. W. Lewis, the presiden
of the Farmers and Merchants Bank
of this city, came here about eighteeI
months since from Mississippi. ant
testifes his confidence in Wichita b!
erecting beautiful bank buildin.
and building a very fine residence.and
he being a staunch Republican his adj
miration for the Commonwealth is I'm
mistakable and pronounced.
In looking forward for future event;
and making close observations W.
predict that H. G.. Sluss and NJ. w
Levy will be called upon to represent
Sedgwick county III our Legislative
halls, as both possess high-minded
qualities so essential to one filling
those positions, aud both being repre-
sentative men, they will be an honoi
I to their constituents and worthily
represent the county or district.
Hon. John Kelly, the genial Senator
is one of the most obliging and socia
men in this district, and your ocrres-
pendent is under many obligations tc
him.
E. A. Dorsey succeeds Mr.. John
Tucker as County Clerk. Mr.. Tucker
will become Treasurer in October
next. G.. S. Caldwell is the new Reg.
lister of Deeds.
All the above are happily in their
new positions l.. n. Woodcock
County Treasurer, is now in Topeka,
giving OH account of his stewardship.
Among many of the favorite resorts
of commercial men and the travelling
public, the Occidental Hotel should
rank among the first, as its genial,
whole-souled landlord, Colonel a. A.
Lamb, does all in his power to make
it home. His house, from top TO
bottom, is most ably and fifty man
aged; good tables, clean beds, obligius
servants, aud best of all, Mr.. G.. Davis
in the capacity of clerk, is ever ready
with a smile and pleasant answer TO
those seeking information.
Yours, Villas.