The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-07-25
routes will have service put on them
among them one from Wichita through
to Harner cnunfy


to Harper county.
The line and valuable strip or land
on our southern border known as lie
Cherokee strip, had been held from
the settlers because the Indians would
not consent to its settlement. Imme-
diately after his election Mr.. Ryan
commenced to urge the Department
to procure from the Indians the nee
essary consent to sell 10 settlers, which
1T did, and the lands, as our people
know, were put upon the market last
January and are now nearly al taken.
After Mr.. Ryan had visited the Ar
kansas Valley and heard the people
talk, he concluded that the Arkansas
river might be made navigable as high
up as the mouth of the Little Arkan-
sas, at least to the State line, and that
in such an event it would put millions
of dollars into the pockets of the grain
producers of the Valley. lie at once
commenced searching investigation
of the subject, concluding that the
thing was so Xix ely that the matter
shoul2 be settled. Accordingly, he
introduced bill providing for thor
ough survey of the river from Fort
S:.:.h up to Wichita. The bill was
incorporated in the "Riyer and Har-
Dor BILL" and the survey will be made
this fall. Many of the farmers of
Sedgwick county and many of the bu-
siness men of Wichita believe il prac-
teal and its survey was demanded.
The funny part of it is that while some
OF these men who are trying to force
Peters upon the people were ridicul-
ing the project as chimerical, steam
boat actually reached Arkansas City
from Little Rock and took, on load
OF wheat which by this time has reach
ed the Mississippi river. The captain
of the boat publicly declared that he
was surprised that Others had not
done it before him, as it was evident
that with some improvements the nav
igation of the river was easy and safe.
In this connection, aud the desire of
our people for an outlet direct to th Q
South and Gulf states, Mr. Ryan intro.
duced bill providing or giving
right of way to any railroad company
that would build a road down the Ar
kansas river through the Indian Ter
ritory to Fort Smith, subject 10 the
consent of the Indian tribes along the
line. 1t is believed that the bill W i'll
get through Congress next season es-
pecially with Mr.. Ryan to urge it as
his own measure.
That Mr.. Ryan has been true to the
interests of the settlers is proved by
the fact that he introduced bill to al
low settlers upon the Usage Trust and
Diminished Reserve, embracing con-
siderable country in the southern part
of this district 10 pay for the lands in
four equal installments, under provis-
ions that compelled prompt payment,
and subjects the lands to taxation af-
ter the first installment which is paid
at once. This bill has been approved
by the Secretary of the Interior and
the Commissioner of the Land Office,
and will, beyond question, pass Con-
gress at the next session.
The passage of the Timber Culture
Bill was due mainly to the efforts of
Mr.. Ryan and one other member of the
House.
These constitute the bills of public
nature only and of course do not in
clude pension and relief bills.
AS an evidence of his standing in
the House, Mr.. Ryan had a most fiat
tering recognition for new member.
After his first appointment as men,
Der of the coinage com mittee, he was
about the middle of the session APP
pointed member of the committee on
the revision of the laws Of the United
States, a most noteworthy recognition
of his abilities as q lawyer. Again in
the latter part of the session he was
appointed a member of the joint COM
mittee of the two Houses on the GEN.
sus.
And now in the name of all that's |
jus. and right, what more could these
malcontents, these plotters and pro-
fessional politicians, who can only
thrive as they succeed in pulling down |
to build for themselves, expect of a
man whose first term is but little |
over half out? VIII the people per-
nit a servant with such record to be
summary slaughtered through the
manipulations of primaries? The an
swer of 'No" comes up from every |
county in the district with vehe-
mence that ought to silence all cavil.
Let the Republicans of Sedgwick |
county see to it that they are not sold |
out in their primaries and county con-