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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.

The most assuring reports reach us from
the series Of Republican meetings being held
throughout the county. With probably two
exceptions they have bcen fine ccesses,
warmed up by old Republican enthusiasm, and
marked with determination of no surren-
der to the mongrel enemy. In one meeting,
where forty-two voters were present, but
six men could be found who opposed the
straight Republican ticket, and four Of
those men were Democrats who would not
vote the mongrcl crew. 1t is evident to all
of the speakers that all that is necessary for
grand victory is to make plain the animus
of the opposition to show up the inside Of
the job whereby the franchise of people
was attempted to be bartered away in the
interest Of a little clique.
LIE the good work 20 on.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
PUSHING THEMSELVES.

The clique organ complains that Murdoch,
who was appointed by a meeting OF citizens
az one OF O committee of five to look after
the railroad interests of the county, and to
take the necessary steps to secure the Frisco
road, was backward, and failed in evincing
the proper interest. What Murdoch did was
for the county as whole. The fact that he
had no interest In depot sites, mining or coal
companies, or grading contracts, may have
made it seem that he was little more eau
tious than those who did!
As the organ has brought the matter up,
will it tell the people how Joeelyn and White
were added to that committee! How did 1t
come that Captain White, whose name was
not mentioned at the formation of the COM
mttec by the meeting of citizens, managed
to become 30 important member Of it, OF,
for that matter, member at all We can
answer the question by the record, dear cap
tain, IL you want it. As for Murdoch, he
was not present at the meeting, and did not
know of his appointment until the next day,
but he is not ashamed OF his connection or
work in conjunction with that committee,
nor will he ever be called upon to ''explaln."
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
HURRAH FOR HEISERMAN.

The following certificate, received yester'
dsy evening from the neighbors Of IL. w.
Heiserman, settles the goose Of his calumna'
tors. The gentleman who handed US the let
ter said hundred men would have signed IL
had the chance presented itself:
MT. HOPE, Nov. LIST, 1881.
To the Editor Of the Eagle:
Permit us to say to the public, through
your valuable paper, that We are proud OF
our candidate, II. W. Heiserman, for Regis.
ter of Deeds, notwithstanding the mlsora,
BILE stories that his opponents have circulated
against him. We have lived by him seven
years, and have never heard OF his being In
toxicated. There is not man In the coun-
ty who possesses more fully the confidence
of the people. His private habits and con.
duct are untainted and above reproach, and
we challenge an investigation OF his record
as man and a citizen. When the life of the
country was endangered, at the age of four
teen years, he shouldered his muskct, aud
went out to fight for her defense, and in the
name OF freedom; and while thus battling
for the right, lost his leg. But for such men
what would have been our condition to-day :
We write this without solicitation, because
we feel it duty We owe one OF the de-
tenders Of the Union. Respectfully,
w. S. MACKIE,
+. r. FEyNIMORR,
l.. J. sTRoBEL,
T. II. RANDALL,
c. s. THOMAS,
CYRUS WILHELM,
c. u. BARDsHARE,
IF. HYDE.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
THAT ELEVATOR BUSINESS.
Z. w. HAIGLEY,
w. s. NACKIE.

To The Editor Of The Eagle:
DEAR sIR-Will you kindly permit me
few words in reply to an open letter publish
ed in the .'Beacon'' of the I'll inst, signed
VIM. NJ. Burns. The beacon editor says
''tliere must be hornets nest somewhere"
This is correct. and Burns has ''put his foot
in it." In his oycr-anxiety to haul a few
mongrel ehestnuts out of the fire, he has
.burned'' his fingers. In his anxiety to be
seryiceable tool of corrupt and hungry
ring of Office seekers he has made 4 state
ment which shows on its face either delib-
crate intention 10 lie, or total loss OF mem-
DRY so complete that his statement, If made
before any jury, under oath, would convict
him of perjury, or be totally dsregarded.
He certiiies that in February, 1881. he was
tru tee of the Patrons Commercial Agency,
and that Mr.. Minnich was one also at that
time. Both of these statements are false.
for there are no trustees connected with it.
You were a director, elected in 1873; MIR.
Minnich never was Director difference
OF several years IN dates and gross blunder
as to facts You certify that you got Sl,2O0
in February, 1881, giving note and mortgage
for 1910. The records of the Agency show
that two years before that, or in February,
1879, you did get 81 200, and gave note and
mortgage to j. II. Minnich for 81 900. Two
years later, or in February, 1881, the Agency
renewed the mortgage, included the inter-
est, and made over deed to the property,
which had been lying idle for Il long time.
If you. rs trustee or director, got Sl.2O
when you say you did. then what did you do
with the money
/, as stock holder want to know what be-
came OF that money? Why did you not use
that money to pay your debts instead Of civ
ing deed for the propertys You either did
not get the money. or you as one of the trus-
tees, pocketed it Your whole article from
beginning to end is series of laundering
falsehoods. You undertake. to rob the grave
in order to give some color Of truth to your
statements: For shame. A man of so little
principle should have better memory. A
physie works badly on grcenback
bowels. For the sake of your family and
neighbors, don't take any more Of if
Yours, JoHS TUCKER.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
TEE PENSION AGENCY.

The Senators and Representatives from
Kansas have asked President Arthur to trans
fer the pension Office Of this district from
st. Louis to the capital Of Kansas. The re-
moyal would prove eminently wise and just
from any standpoint from which the matter
can be viewed. st. Louis is on the extreme
border line of the district, far removed from
the great body Of pensioners who receive
their money through it, while Topeka is as
nearly the center as may be. Kansas and
Colorado are very largely, if not chiefly, set
tied by eX-Union soldiers, and Kansas has a
much larger number, consequently, Of pen
sioners. Besides, SO far rs the political
phase Of the move enters into the question,
Kansas, although, next to Iowa. the banner
Republican State of the Union, has never
been recognized in any important degree by
Republican administrations. Webope there
fore that President Arthur's administration
may appreciate the justice of granting the
favor asked
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
REPLY TO WHAT

"We publish this extra six days IN advance
of the last issue Of the EAGLE, to give them
plenty of time to reply. ''-Bedeos Extra.
Reply to what? Ny dear sir, we are not
on the reply or the deny. Do you want US
to deny having been reduced to the ranks by
Capt. White, when the archives Of the State
contain our commission, and history has a..
ready recorded how we headed our gallant
command against ssPap" Price at the Little
Blue, and boldly confronted Gen. Marina
duke at Westport, and how, at the head Of
that same command, we did some Of the tall
est running for ''hoss militia ever wit
messed on the border? No, sir, not much.
Would you have us reply, denying that VIC
asked that little question about John Blum,
which gave to the world those eight col
umns of explanations in the shape Of Sum
day edition of the Beacon extra? Please don't
expect such foolish thing, my dear dough-
ty old Captain. Do you expect US to deny
that ''thc praise Of the EAGLE was always
slobber, and its censure, slush." II SO,
what are you squirming about? Are you
expecting US 20 reply to your charges that
Woodcock is an embezzler of public funds, q
violator Of his oath; that Watt is q street
brawler and rowdy who neglects his ofic-
ial duties; that Ed Dorsey and Hank Heiser-
man are ringsters; that John Tucker is de-
faulter who bought secondhand saw-mili
with the peoples money and then whackeo
up with the grangprs, aud that the major
part of the entire outfit are common drunk
ards? Sir, II We thought anybody outside
of your little mongrel crowd believed such
ridiculous nonsense, We should both reply
and deny; but as nobody does, therefore
wherefore. Did you publish your extra ''six
days in ADVANCE land then forget to send us
a copy in the expectation that we would re-
ply to your friend Jocelyn's explanation, in
which be says that "John Blum is q perjurer,
and Murdoch, a mean, low, lying treacher-
Gus scoundrsl;" or your own high-toned ed
itorial in which you say you wouldn't insult
that wretch and assassin, Guiteau, by COM
pairing us with him? We might. dear Cap,
| were we not afraid Of causing more tears in
those innocent eyes Of yours, and tears make
us feel bad.
Oh, no, my dear Captain, we have read
your extra from head to tail, from top to bot
tom, from sidewise to endwise, and, as we
find in it nothing more than we expected, we
leave the matter ola reply to the people at
the polls next Tuesday. And so good bye
until yon think better Of US and humanity in
particular and generally.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
TIE MOYGAELS AT MULvANE.

OCTOBER ID, 1881.
To TIE Editcr Of tie Eagle.
In accordance with previous notice, that
political eoug,omerative company of official
candidates met at the Mnlvane school house.
L. +. Osborn was chosen chairman, (who
very hesitatingly took the chair. Dr..
Harris was chosen secretary. \ programme
was given the chair, consisting of speeches
and songs alternately. Mr.. Noah Alien was
called aud entertained the people four hours,
and then a song, after which Mr.. Derby was
called: came forward aud Mt once convinced
the audience that lie could not offer anything
in behalf Of the ticket, aud returned back 10
the dark corner of the hall, applauded by
Colonel and Captain. The chair arose and
stated next in order was a song, but the Cap
tain could not wait to be called, his mind CO
thought was SO greatly charged with poiiti-
cal matters that was of great Importance to
the legal voters of Sedgwick county, he must
have the floor at once, and with the assist
ance Of the Colonel and two or three others,
the chair was oyer-ruled, to the utter dis
eust of the entire audience who were pres
ent for the sole purpose of hearing Mrs.
Russell sing. The chair, not accustomed ta
being publicly insulted, made his exit FROM
the hall with full assurance that the entire
Republican ticket could be elected, being
convinced that the maniPulators
were the genuine smart Aeeks.
Eff. OSBORN ESQ A Greenbacser.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
rBr1R LAST BATCH NAILED.

s.Tom-meaning Congressman Ryan--was
summoned by the ring, and we learned fndl-
rectly from Ed. Dorsey that he had brought
damaging proof against Jocelyn. Beacon,
Nov. 2.
Such contemplate charge but shows the
desperate straights of the little clique's
chance. Mr.. Ryan knew nothing Of the
White and Jocelyn campaign and cared less.
por did he bring any papers or talk with any
body with reference to Mr.. Jocelyn's delin-
queLcies. unless 1t was with Jocelyu himself.
"why, says Marsh, to Miss Benton's father,
we would have nominated your daughter last
year il she had come before our convention
Btacoa Nov. 2.
Another lie. We have no fight with wo-
man. Miss Benton was the nominee Of the
Democratic party and they are welcome to
her record as an official.
sMurdock, Tucker, Steencod and the ring
knew that w oodcock had committed felo
ny.r-Bsacon, Nov. 2.
Another falsehood out Of whole cloth
None other than such as had been caught in
questionable transactions and DESIRED to dis.
tract attention would ever make such
seuseless charge. -
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
JOHN BLUM AND AGENT J0CELYN.
Other Soldiers---0ther KsYi,sstiens Wanted

For the full space of three months, 5. L.
Joeelyn has employed his time in going about
telling the people how honest he is. AT all
times, and in whatever place, the burthcn Of
his conversation has been his own high sense
of honor. No man ever trusted with place
aud power had so unselfshly and strenuous
~ guarded the interests OF the people as he
has. 1t was impossible to find man in
Sedgwick county who could take the same
care OF the peoples treasury as he could.
While such selt-laudation might ordinarily
raise a suspicion of Interior motives, and
while such a course Disguised many of his
former friends, no disposition was shown to
spoil his innocent pastimc; and, had he con-
fined himself to the praise of himself, and
not turned TO denouncing every man who OPP
posed or who failed to endorse him, the EA-
GLE would not have asked him to explain
transaction which involved the bread Of an
ex-Union soldier. The explanation Of this
wonderful example of uprightness, this true
exponent of probity, virtue and rectitude,
may satisfy his clique, but it will satisfy no
one else. True, so far as the law and its pen
alties are concerned, Jocelyn has been shield
ed behind T. Auerbach & Bro, but John
Blum swears he never got his money, al
though his name is endorsed on the back OF
the draft issued to Jocelyn, and Blum proved
that he could not write his own name.
We made no specific charges, simply asked
this man, who has so pcrsstently Haunt
ed his honor and honesty into every
L. las hot
he had himself asked our good officers
to relieve him OF. II SO much more honest
and pure than anybody else, why aceompa
ny his explanation with such TRADE Of per-
sonal abuse as used by him in the Beacon ex-
ira, an to people to whom he has made oral
explanation:
If tbs living example of unriyaiied purity
who came to protect the people of this coun-
ty from corrupt rings and designing railroad
corporations, and to fill two Offices at one and
the same time this high-born, in-blood pa
trieian who, as county commissioner, with
one hand ordered the peoples money paid
out as expenses, while he reached for grad
ing contracts and coal-mining jobs with the
other, and all the while his face ever
beaming with smiles of innocence, if he and
his are satisfied with the Blum explanation,
will he, or they, tell the people Of Sedgwick
county whether or not like claim, only for
q much larger amount. was not put into the
hands of law firm in this city, and how Mr..
Joceiyn settled it?
When they have answered thissecond que
ny, TO their own satisfaction, we have few
other entertaining problems that may, In
degree, relieve the tcdium OF their SANDER
Gus campaign.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
WHY DIDN'T BET

S. p. Jocelyn, at the last annual meeting OF
the Board of Commissioners, held on the LIST
of October, refused to examine the books
and accounts of the County Treasurer as the
law, which he had taken an oath to execute,
explicitly commands. Why didn't he ?
Simply, after such an examination, II he
found everything correct, as he knew he
must, he would have been compelled to at
tach his signature to the report certifying to
the fact, which certificate would have given
the lie to the campaign speeches and declar-
atoms being made by that batch of old sore
heads and mongrel frauds perambulating the
county in the name Of purity and reform.
But Captain Walter and George Steenrod,
who never finch any duty, made the exami-
nation, and found everything correct.
And in this connection it is proper apd but
justice to say that George Steenrod, though
he lives a long distance from the county seat,
rain or shine, has never missed a NEE Ing Of
the board.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
THE MILK IN TIE C0C0ANUT.

While many very readily see through the
White and Jocelyn combination, and appre'
ciate the bond that binds them, few under
stand the anmus of their vehement fight
against George Steenrod. Some attribute II
to the fact that George has blocked too many
Of the games Of this brotherhood. That nc
doubt will in some degree explain their atti'
tude, but there is something vastly more i'm.
portant behind. The truth Is, their scheme
can only be fully contaminated, their trade
entirely closed up, through the election Of
Jocelyn and the defeat of Steenrod. Joce
lyn is Republican County Commissioner
whose term--does not expire until next fall
II they can succeed in defeating trusty
George Steenrod, and in electing their man
Caruthers, then the way is clear to make the
Democratic Beacon the official paper of Sedg'
wick county, heretofore accounted one Of
the most reliable Republican counties in the
State.
These cronies' desire for Office overcOmes
any political principles they may have evei
entertained.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
FUNNY.

A prominent Democrat OF this city asked
us yesterday for denial that he had ever
been with us at a caucus at Steele's office.
When asked for an explanation of such an
extraordinary request, he replied that he
had received o letter from a friend living in
the western part of the county, abusing him
for caucusiug with "Republican rings
which fact had been asservated by a mongrel
in his speech the week before; aud he want
ed denial to convince that crowd that he
never did any such thing. We answered him
that they needed no convincing that it was
simply, told rs lie, with many others like
it, and that so long ss there was prospect
of gaining vote for their crowd, they
would continue to repeat it, though he dis
proved it by cart load Of afiidavits from the
best men In the county.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
RcYS WRITES A LETTER.

One Reuben II. hoys, who says he is a Re.
publican, wr.es an open letter to the Bea-
con this week, - which he directs the old
settlers of this county how to vote. As few
know MIR. Roys, it might be well, perhaps,
to state what made his head sore, and why
he is so anxious to defeat Commissioner
Ste enrod. This Roys is an insurance agent,
and he made application to the commission
ers to insure the county buildings. which
Mr.. SteenrOd refused, and which was given
to the companies represented by Steele &
Mann. That's the whole secret of his impu-
dent letter. MIR. Roys may imagine that he
is Republican from principle, but his Re-
publicanism is not deep or broad enough to
cover his mad in not getting that job of in
surancc
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
REDUCED TO THE RANKS.

The Captain commanding the irreproacha'
BILE immaculates has issued his order rcduc'
ing us to the ranks, sending us to the rear
Our commission, which we have treasured
up since the day It was handed us by Gov
Carney, is recorded in the Secretary Of States
Office, still we will take the place assigned ui
without murmur. As for Captain White
and Colonel Jocelyn we shall not try to re-
duce them for the simple reason that they
are not entitled to their accredited ranks
Colonel Jocelyn, who was only Lieutenant
and acting mastering officer, never smell
powder, and as for Captain White, he wal
simply company cook, and was universally
known in his regiment as "Greasy BILL
and the boys do say he hasn't washa d yet.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03
UNANIMOUSLY RENonIHArED.

Ex-Constable Bowman writes long letter
answering the charge made by the mongreis
that Sheriff Watt had neglected his duties
Sheriff Watts record is an open book, and
nothing coming from that source can posi-.
bly, harm him in the estimation OF people
who re-nominated him unanimously. 10
man doubts his honesty, nor that Of his dep
uty, S. S. King; and he viii be elected by an
overwhelming majority, in spite Of the Sian
ders set afioat by the crowd alluded to In Mr..
Bowman's letter, for which we cannot make
room this week.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-11-03

The Commonwealth says the Arkansas Val
ley must unite on one man if IL wants men,
Der of Congress next term. II Tom Ryan Is
a candidate for re-electian, there will be lit
Tie use in uniting upon any man, but If he is
not. we don't know OF better man TO unite
upon than Hon. w. Z. Campbell. The Judge
has all the clements which go to make up a
good Congressman, and If Mr.. Ryan desires
to retire at the end OF his present term, we
hope to see w. p. Campbell elected to take
his place. -CdldeeH Commercial.
We can't exactly comprehend all oil the
above. While we concede that Ryan has
made himself and services Of such value
to the people of southwestern Kansas as to
render futile any attempt to snow him under,
and that he will be, in all probability, re-
nominated without opposition, his home is
at Topeka in the extreme corner of the dis
trict Now, as the State will be entitled TO
double its present representation in Con-
gress next year, the chances for Judge
Campbell or some other acceptable man from
this section will not only not be jeopardized
but actually enhanced. With Ryan renom-
mated. the southwest is sure of represent
alive.