The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-05-08
A HOWL FROM THE RAILROAD
H.EXTKl,

A HOWL FROM THE RAILROAD
CENTRE.
Atchisou claims to be the great railroad
centre" OF Kansas, and this claim, We be-
lieye, has not been disputed by any of the
other towns OF the State. Atchison also
claims TO be the Iiveliest town in the State
the liveliest town In the West-in tact one
Of the most prosperous. and furnishing
towns in all the country. The people and
papers Of Kansas have 80 much respect for
the veracity of Atchison and her people,
that they have never disputed even this e1-
travagant claim. stchison asserts also, |
that L-zveu~orlh il the dullest town in all 4
creaiiou-lhat Thee IL NJ zeal business 1
done here, IN at the reefs are not used for |
anything OUT COW Pastures, that the busi- |
ness houses here are ali vacant, and that |
the few people who sill continue to exist
here, are without any Visible means OF sup-
port, and would all leave If they were not
too poor TO get away. Now, this is not
tr lie, but its assertion by Atchison puts us in
adilemma to which there are but two horns,
and We are forced 10 conclude that either
Atchison thinks it il true, or Atchison has
lied. The latter horn we should be very
10th TO take, because il we should be forced
by the logic OF circumstances TO conclude
that Atchison has lied about our adversely,
the natural inference would bean un-
comfortably strong one, too,-that Atchison
has lied sbou. her own prosperity; and "a
We should be sorry to think that any Of our
neighbors are less prosperous than they
claim to be, We leave this position, as IN
tensble, and take the other,-ihat Atchison
believes all she Gays about the deserted and
generally deplorable condition of Leaven-
worth The following paragraph is from
the Champion of Sunday morning:
As these refugees are all farm hands, the
proper place for them to stop Is evidently
Leavenworth. They might be prUftably
employed cuitiyating patches OF garden
truck in the streets OF that city. The
ground Is useless for any other PURPOSE
And at least five thousand Of them could
find shelter in the vacant houses of that de-
serted village.
Now, as we have said before, either the
Champion is guilty Of bearing false witness
against Its neighbor, or else it believes what
it says. Circumstances point very sus-
piciously to the former position, but char
ity inclines US TO the latter And, con-
ceding that our Atchison neighbors
believe what they say about Leav-
enworth, and that what they say
about Atchison's Furnishing and pros.
porous condition is all true, We should like
to ask our neighbors of the Champion
whether they think the pitiful howl which
they are sending up every day, because a
few unfortunate refugees have landed at
that point, lie just the manifest thing in the
world?
More than a thousand OF these people
have been landed at the little town OF
Wyandotte. A boat-losd came to Leaven-
worth from St. Louis, and a trsin-load came
here from Wyandotte. The only complaint
from Wyandotte has been that they were
coming faster than the people could take
care of them, and hence an appeal was
made to the public for assistance. In the
case Of Leavenworth, no complaint what
ever has been made. A press dispatch from
here informed the world of their arrival,
and The ZINES told the public how they
looked and acted. A train-load went to
Lawrence, and the people of that place az
once set 10 work to take care q them, but
there was no bowling and crying because
somebody else didn't take them. Several
train-loads have gone 10 Topeka, and while
they have been and are still grievous
burden to the people, there has been no
whining or crying about it. In ali of these
cases the refugees have been sent forward by
the people of S.. Louis to Wyndotte, and
by Wyandotte TO the other towns, yet none
of the towns referred to have raised howl
about the conduct of Wyandotte in sending
them forward. Thus far Atchison has the
honor OF being the only town in the State
to cry and wfine because some OF these uu-
fortunate people have been sent to her.
Her great grievance seems to be that they
were sent from Lemenworth-just as though
they had not been sent TO Leavenworth
from Wyandotte, and TO Wyandotte from
st. Louis. The refugees in Atchison were
sent there just az other parties
have been sent to other towns; few if
any of the refugees have been able 10 pay
their fare further than St. Louis, and after
arriving there, they have been sent from
one place to another by the people along
the way.
Wyandotte has as many refugees on her
hands rs she can take care of; Leaveu-
worth has found homes for one load, and
has another load still in town, qusrtered in
the colored churches, or cared for in the
homes of colored citizens, while two other
boat loads are being expected. Under
these circumstances it is not humane, il
is not patriotic, it is not manly, for
Atchison to whine like whipped spaniel
because she is asked to bear her share of
burden which ali the other large towns in
the State are bearing uncomplainingly.