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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-05-22
Where Will the Seligman Road
Go?

The fight being over and no chanc'
for capital or claims of misrcprescnta
ton being made, the question of wher,
the Seligman road will go from WIGHT;
may very properly be discussed. ID i,
hardly probable that any one outside OF
the directors have any definite idea OF
the calculations Of the company rs to
the destination of the line. We have
heard the widest theories advanced, but
rs none of them comedies with our own
we will give il for what it's worth.
Providing aid in the counties named
can be secured. then il will go up the
Big River valley through Rice county.
crossing the 4. L. L. S. +. at Hutchin-
son, then north through Lyons, the
county seat of Rice, 10 Ellsworth the
county seat of Ellsworth. where il will
cross the Kansas Pacific railroad. north
10 Lincoln Centre the county seat Of
Lincoln, to Bcloit the county scat OF
Mitchell. Such "A line will sweep through
the great wheat counties of Kansas
the golden bclt--opening up TO ST. Lou
is. by an independent line that touches
no river town. the great bulk of the
products of Kansas. Think about it. il
you have time.
The other branch from Wichita will
run out into kingman county and on
west. All this is our guess.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-05-22
CLEAR THE TRAcKsFoR
THE GREAT TRUNK LINE.
Wichita to Maintain Her Ascend
ency as the Metropolis Of
the Arkansas Valley.

The result-of the election ON Tuesday
for the subscription Of stock to the St
Louis, Wichita 4 Western road was
practically unanimous, carrying by a
majority much larger than was antici.
pated by the most sanguine friends to
the enterprise. The election in the city
was very quiet, there being less excite
ment than ct an any election ever held
in the city. Being no opposition there
were no chances to get up even an ar
gumcnt. The same state of facts exist
ed in most of tie townships.
The result Of the election as to the
future Of Wichita is well understood
At the click Of the telegraph instrument
that carries the news to New York, or
dcrs will be given TO forward the line
without moments delay.
No people probably ever showed such
a unanimity with reference to so impor-
tant an enterprise as the voters of Sedg-
wick county did in the vote of Tuesday.
The following is the vote by wards
and townships as far as heard from up
TO the hour of going to nresS. t
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The High Tide Of State Rights.

The High Tide Of State Rights.
Senator Blaine made the following
brief but powerful address upon the
State supremacy bill just vetoed by the
President:
p Mr.. President. want to make sim
gle remark on the bill itself. If there
is to be veto upon it, desire simply
to put a punctuation point in the prog
ress of things now going on, and that
punctuation point is to mark the high
tide which the ancient doctrine Of State
rights is reaching in this chamber and
in this Congress- The question has en-
gagged the attention of the American
people for just about fifty years. 1t has
had its ups and downs, its victories and
its defeats. 1t was strengthened for a
time by Jackson; il was dallied with by
Van Buren,; ii rose TO full strength I'M
der Polk and Pierce and Buchanan; it
marshalled itself for deadly struggle
under breckenridge, and if | mistake
not majority of the Senators who sit
on that side of the chamber opposed
Breckenridge when he embodied that
deadly heresy. In whatever there was
in the issue between Calhoun and Jack
son, that side of the Senate chamber
represented Calhoun. Whatever there
was In the contest dividing the Demo-
cratic party between Breckenridge and
Douglass. that side of the chamber rep
resented all the evil there was in the
policy of Breckenridge, and | desire
here to affirm and point out that there
never was before the rebellion, there
never was at any time in the history of
this country-any such assertion of
State rights, any such assertion Of the
mastery of State government over Fed
eral government in its own domain, as
is here asserted by the heirs lineal of
Calhoun and Breckenridge. shall not
debate this bill. Itwere useless. 1t has
been cxhaustively debated. The whole
measure is n removal of the Federal
Government from its proper domain
and the installation of States into de-
grecs of power not dreamed of Calhoun
and were not asserted by Breckenridge.
We thought there had been something
gained on this question in a costly war
and i'm the amendments to the cOnstitll-
ton; but the tide, as il now sweeps, is
on the abb, and the power of the FEEDER
al Government was never SO weak as
these laws and these proceedings will
make it. Pass this bill. While warm
ing Of the national government from all
interference or control of its own cleo
tons. you voted down on the other bill
the proposition that armed men should
not come to the polls with the express
intent of interfering with the rights of
voters, and You did it under the paltry
bubble that il was not within the con-
stitution power Of the United States
government to warn blOOdy-handcd
rufiians from the polls when Represent
atives in the Federal Congress were be-
ing chosen. Pass this bill. Pass it rs
triumph of the reactionary party against
the spirit of the Union. Pass il in def
ance of all the lessons and teaching that !
have come down from bloody abOrtive |
rebellion. Pass it, and mark il as high |
tide of that reaction which. were it to
rise higher. could only lead to another
formidable rebellion against the author
iiy of the Union.
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General Manager. which latter fact wfrl

General Manager, winch latter fact WI
prove very acceptable to hc people
along the entire line. ThdsFollowine
resolutions wers oHefed by Presideal
lNickerson and ipan ously edopted s
& WHEREAS, TAe gheral m1aagemdI
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa ID
railroad and it's several bralches I'D
leased lines in COLORADO and New Mexi'
co. has for the past Year devOlved upon
William B. Strong and
WHEREAS, In addition to the many
ordinary and arduous duties resting up.
on him as General Manager, he has had
charge and control of many important
legal questions, involving vital rights Of
the company in Colorado, and also mat.
tiers of grave interest seriously affecting
the rights of the company before Tho
Legislature of the State Of Kansas.
Now, THEREFORE, AS q fit and de.
served tribute to him for his his ability
energy and faithfulness rs q railroad
manager, and as full Enforcement OF
his conduct as such manage, be it
Resolred, That this company has full
faith in the ability, energy and capabili.
ty of William d. Strong, ard it fully en-.
dorses and approves his course and pol
icy in the general management Of the
business cimmitted to his care, and Of
which he has had charge, and for which
he is entitled to and deserves TO have
and is hereby rendered the thanks Of
the company.
Res0ired Further, That the Secretary
of this company is directed to present
him with a certified copy of these resO-
lutiOns.
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Is Che President's Lite Secure /?

There are but two steps between the
rebel Brigadiers' caucus-rOom and the
Executive Mansion, but two lives be-
tween that conclavc of lost cause heroes
and the possession of the treasury of
the Nation, her arsenals and her minis.
Thurman, the man who responds to ev-
cry fiat of that caucus, who bows to ev-
cry beck of that conclave, presides in
the Senate; and Randall, still more
servile tool, in the House, and the line
Of direct succession is only too well
known to the Booths and Paynes of a
solid south. Communistic blood, which
threatens the heads of many govern
mcnts and whose faint even courses veins
in this free land, is cold and open in
comparison to the envenomcd life that
anilnates the blind dcvotee of the Lost
Cause or inspires the editor of Il South
ern .rf0fes
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For the Eagle.
Items From and Around Ell Paso

1
Ell PAsO. May IL. 1879.
MIR. EDITOR After vainly searching
for some time through the columns Of
the EAGLE in hopes of finding our town
represented by some other correspond
ent take the privilege of again sending
you a few items.
Our town is elated at the prospect of
becoming place of some note since the
A.. I. L. $. +. has ut last condescended
to make the route to Winfield through
FL Paso, and though we do not expect
to have second New.YOrk or Philadel-
phia here. yet we have every reason to
believe that this point will make a
healthy, thriving business town-Min-
son City to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
We are sorry to chronicle the death
of the wife of Mr.. Geo. Mackey, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. NJ. Stafford. who died at the
residence Of her parents Thursday, May
Is. Mr.. Mackey at the time Of his wise's
illness was attending court in Missouri
as n witness in murder case, but on
receipt of a telegram came back home,
arriving last Friday. Our sympathies
are extended to the husband and rela-
tives of the deceased.
1t is generally understood that there
will be match game of base ball play
ed here on next Saturday between the
boys of Rolling Green and the Fl Paso
base bail club. All players are notified
TO be ready for active business, and all
are invited to come and witness the
championship Of the Fl Paso boys.
We were glad to hear from the Spring
Creek correspondent, ..Retsel." Don't
be hard on our town people if they are
up TO the boiling point. they won't boil
over and spoil the soup.
Mr.. Cyrus Durham is having -four
ishing business in the carpenter trade.
Cy. is full of business and energy. and a |
skillful workman as well.
A select school, under the tutorage of
Mr.. David Dickson. is prospecting finely
Mr.. Dickson is lately from Ohio.
Friend Nell Mahin' Was in town the
,ther day. He had just returned from
/ trip through the southern counties of
his State, getting acquainted and TAX
ny a claim.
Parties wishing to buy. lots in Fl Paso
viii do well TO see either Mr.. J. Minnich
n John Huf bauer. Huff bauer. though
Greenbacker win exchange lots for a
efficient amount Of gold OF silver.
Some Of the farmers Of this city re-
,ort considerable damage TO corn and
Wheat by the late high winds.
Cherries are beginning TO ripcn, but
re scarce article this year.
The Union Sunday School is progress
ng finely under the management of II.
:. Tucker, Superintendent. and 5. c.
utter, Assistant Superintendent.
Al. Ninnich, our dry goods merchant,
As fine stock Of goods at panic prices
all will do well to bny.
He. Tucker, NJ D.. has increased his !
took Of drugs. I,
We decline the favor Of having Mr..
IoEue transport US over to Minson
ity with his OK team, and We do not
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~ - e 5ood Cheer.
SrnIne Caszx, Nay II, 1879.
Crops are looking finely along the
creek. Their hourishing condition is, to
a great extent a characteristic of the en-
ergy of the farmers who tend ttenl.
The gentle zephyrs Of Sunday and
Monday, the 18th and 18th, considera-
bly, aggravated q few new corners. but
the peaceful calm which followed com
pletely hushcd every murmur.
The citizens of FL Psso enjoy good
Joke at Mr.. Ira Trickey's expense. The
report its that while playing a game Of
croquet few evenings since with fair
damsel of that place in fit Of passion
he assaulted her with mallet and broke
one Of her fingers. The fractured limb
was set by II. c. Tucker, and is now
slowly mcnding.
With the exception of a few incoutro-
yertible soreheads everybody ON the
Creek is in favor Of the st. Louis Wich-
tia and Western railroad bonds.
Mrs. Barnes presented her husband
with bouncing girl baby on the 18th.
The public school in the Law District
is progressing finely under the manage
ment of the efficient instructress. Miss
Fila Prescott. ~
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Will There be Another WARP

The possibility and probability Of an
other war in the immediate future are
among the things now dispassionatcly
discussed. The majority party of the
Congress Of the United States is con-
trollcd by enemies Of the Nation. That
marty thus controlled threatens TO de-
stroy the government by Withholding
the constitutional support from the exec
utivc. Legislative and judicial depart
ments, and by disbanding the army.
That is threatened revolution. II the
majority party should carry out this
threat thus made by sdjourning with
out making the necessary appropria-
tions to sustain the governmental func-
tions Of the Nation the overt act will
have been committed. In the event of
revolution il becomes the duty of the
Representative and Senators of the
loyal States to take charge of the gov
ernment and not only provide for. but
protect il and punish its enemies. The
loyal men of the country will sustain
the Congress in any action necessary TO
the life and pcrpctuity of the Nation.
Are our President. his Cabinet, and the
Senators and Representatives who are
opposed to the State rights doctrines.
ready for the emergency? The majori-
~ party must either refuse 10 further
act with the former enemies Of the gov
erument, in their revolutionary at
tenpts, by backing out Of the danger
ous position into which they have been
drawn, or dark days in the near future
are inevitable, in which State rights
doctr;nes and IN who maintain them
must 70 up or down forever.
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General Grant is the happy owner of
two Arabian horses Of the purest blood
"a gift from the Sultan Of Turkey.
One is dapple gray color and called
Djeytan (the panther), and the other is
magnificent black fellow with white
star on his forehead, and named Missir-
Ii. They are on board a steamer ON the
way from Constantinople to New York.
They are housed on deck and treated
like saloon passengers.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-05-22

The Methodists of Boston have secur-
ed a branch of the Boston common elm
and converted il into an arm chair. Ii
was under that famous tree that Jessie
Lee, in 1890, preached the first Method
isl sermon ever heard in New England.
when the churches of Boston were clos
ed against him because he was Meth
odist. The chair has been presented 10
the Boston preachers meeting of that
denomination.
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The third assistant postmaster gener-
al has prepared a circular Of instructions
to pOstmasters, calling their attention TO
the revised and simplified mode Of reg
istration recently adopted. II calls spe-
cial attention to the fact that all matter
not excluded by law from the mails can
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The Stone Question Settled.

At meeting OF the Board Of State
House Commissioners in Topeka on
Thursday, all the members present, on
motion of TX. ii. Williams, seconded by
John Hammond, the Cottonwood Falls
stone was adopted for building the west
wing of the State House.
The Cottonwood stone is the finest
and best in the state and the Commits
siOners did the wise thing. The juno
ton City stone is too porous, too soft
and not fit for such massive buildings
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The Wheat Crop, Hail Storm. and
Other Observations.


Other Observations.
RocKFoRp TOWNSHIP, May 49,.
EpFToR EAGLE:-I did not suppose
when | told YOU of our little storm that
You would go and blow it. This county
is ahead of every thing that has come
along up to this writing in the shape Of
storms or old G. lIoppers. The wheat
that was swept off by the hail is sprout-
ing from the roots, and the fields that
after the rain looked like an old hen
that had been nearly drowned in a slcp
barrel are now dressed in living green.
Joe Douglas says he thinks my field will
yet make thirty bushels per acre, and
before the storm hc thought it would
make about thirty bushels TO the acre.
You just say to your readers that the
little shower of congratulated CONCEALED
water on Dog Creek added fifty per
cent TO our wheat crop. Now mind and
give Joe for authority. Don't YOU tell
them that said so, for l am not fully
in my own mind that il will
make the thirty bushels per acre. The
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Butler County on the Bonds.

News received from Butler county
this morning on the railroad vote gives
the following figures:
Bruno cast III for and IL against
Augusta township, 243 for and against;
Augusta city, ia for and none against:
Spring. 95 for and ~ against: Little
Walnut 6S for and 80 against.
All Of which is respectfully referred
to the men in EldOradO who thought
the Seligmans had no bottom.
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Queen Victoria called Colonel Nick
Smith. who married the eldest of lIor.
aceGreelcy daughters, ''the handsomest
man in the world" He was formerly
Of Wichita. and vas an editor.-WIcH-
TIA EAGLE
All, hut Vie. never saw Prentis.---Cof-
fOnroOd Fails Ledger