The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-08-01
For the EAGLE.
HON. THOMAS RYAN.
A Word to his Opponents and the Delsg IS to
the Wichita Convention.
CALDWELL, HANS, July &c,

{ CALDWELL, HANS, July &c.
n !, Hon. II. N. Murdoch, WscAaa, Kansas
r DEAR SIR:-I want to say q fer
words to the delegates at the comm
a Wichita convention in behalf of th
settlers in thispart of the county. Lik
, great many OF the settlers hereabout
| am poor man, and have settled o
5 piece of government land TO make
, home for myself and family, and car
! not help feeling an interest in every
, thing that is being done to help tn
settlers in this part of Kansas. Thoug'
we cannot all leave our homes an,
represent ourselves in Congress, an,
other halls of legislation, we can d,
our part to put men into Office tina
will work for our interests and secure
the passage of laws that will encour
age and assist those who came here te
get themselves home. A few day.
age l was called on by couple o.
scheming politicians, who were travel.
ing over this part of the country in
the interest of Judge Peters, who i:
making every effort to secure the
nomination of this district to Congre IS
and take the place of our faithful Rep
resentative, the Hon. Thos. Ryan. 1t
is possible that they may succeed in
misleading few men to help them in
promoting their own selfish interests
to the detrimeDt of every settler in
this part of Kansas, but we want them
to know that there are some men who
can read, and who have ideas of their
own, and are not going to take up
with every political schemer that
comes along, just to crafty the per-
sonal spite and ambition of few hun
CRY seekers after office. We want a
man in this Office who will work for
the interest of the poor settler, and the
good of the country, and not to keep
some self-important gentlemen in
government land office, or to satisfy
the ambition of some Judge on the
bench whose eyes are watering for
seat in the House or Senate. If Judge
Peters is such great and good man
let him remain where he is; we want
good men as judges of our courts
they are not so very plenty in this part
of Kansas. What if some man should
get into the United States Land Office
that would not advise poor settler to
contest on an old played out filing in
order to make a fee of two dollars for
himself? Would any poor man be
made poorer by it? When we get a
good man in office keep him there.
When we get man into office who
don't do his duty put him out. That's
my motto. Thomas Ryan is the right
man in the right place. To him we
are indebted for his labors in secur-
ing the passage of an act to survey the
Arkansas river, and if possible make
it suitable for navigation, and thus
open up natural and cheap outlet
for our produce to foreign market,
and not leave us at the mercy of a for
eign monopoly who are filling their
pockets at the expense of the poor
farmer To him we are indebted for
several new postoffices and postal
routes To him we are indebted for
the bringing into market of the lands
known as the Cherokee strip" which
we settlers can fully appreciate. To
him we are indebted for has valuab 10
and earnest assistance in every meas
ure that came up before Congress for
The benefit Of the poor settler, aud the
interest and prosperity of our young
State. And this is not all that we are
indebted TO him for. Every settler
who has taken presumption claim
Knows the great difficulty of making
he fiual payment of two hundred dol
airs at the end of one year from the
line he settled on his land. Ii requires
money as well as labor to make q set
lement and a home on this raw prai-
lie some thirty or forty miles from a
market, and the great majority of set
lers who go out on our public lands
o secure home for themselves and
elp build up the country are men with
small amount of capital, and their
My remedy is to hold their land until
hey can pay for it by their own labor,
nd that too at the risk of being jump ,
d with sll his improvements by some
eartless SPECTATOR. Or else they o
lust borrow money at high rate OF =
interest and commission from some ,
whose foreclosure of the a
lortgage will be forthcoming in the c
vent of failure on the part of his o
is poor victim to pay any part of the h
rincipal or interest when due. Mr..
yam has already introduced bill
TO Congress to help the settlers in h
lis matter. 1t provides that settlers );
/ the Usage Trust Lands may pay for a
cir land in installments of City dol :,
RS each, and allowing them two ;,
airs to make the full payment. Thisd a
il has been approved by the Secreta- .,
Of the Interior and the Commits :,
,ner of the General Land Office, and 4,
til Mr.. Ryan to represent us for an :,
her term this bill will BECOME law, =,
d such other bills viii be put =,
rough Congress as will further bene II
the settlers, and instead OF having az
borrow money of the sharks at an i,
ormous per cent. they can secure N
ne by paying only five per cent. 81
crest to the government for the %
ney, and have their rights to their : p
d protected at the same time. Let ho
not be led astray by lot of po!iti- in
tricksters, but return to office a ho
Il who has been schooled byspracti- III
and useful experience, and has m,
r been a worthy and true friend Of III,
poor settler. A SETTLER. mr.
- of
For the Eagle. tn,