Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-06-27
"IOOTTREFIFE AND BEAT THE DRUM.

If TO cite taC fact that no prOuder name l.
connected with the history Of Kansas than
that OF John 4. Martin and that he rclin-
pushed a splendid and growing business to
shoulder a musket in the defence of hi.
principle. j. ''cap-tFap,r which must sink
in utter insignificance before the hobby or
idea OF prohibition. then set the EAGLE
down ''ciap-trap'' paper and lis editor
the widest clap-trappcr in all America -
Wichita EAGLE.
In irving 10 divert attention from
Col. Martin anti-prohibition record,
the EAGLE Inadvertently admits that
il is supporting him out of opposition
10 what il term, the ''hobby or idea of
prohibition" We repeat that il is the
mercst clap-trap TO drag in the battle
of Lookout Mountain as the issue in
VOWED in the nomination of the Re
publican candidate for governor of
Kansas in 1884. There are many
Union soldiers in Kansas, priyates a
well as officers. whose share in the
battle of lookout Mountain was
quite ~ meriluri0uS as Col. Martins |
and if the nomination for governor is
TO be decided by the question as 10
what citizen OF Kansas did the best |
fighting nj Lookout Mountain, the ed |
itor of tie EAGLE j. not the bcs; quail I
flied Judge of who that soldier is. |
And. by the way, where was the Wild |
est clap-trap in America when
the battle of Lookout Mountain was |
being fought? He j. so intense an
admircr ofnilitary service and SO fond /
of criilci>ing Republicans who, like
Blaine, did not draw a sword. shoulder /
a musket or lead regiments on the en-
sanguincd battle fields of the war for |
the union. that he himself must needs /
flourish n most dashing and blood !
stained military record. When did he I
do his fighting la the union army !
What part did he take in, or what did |
lac see of the battle Of Lookout mount
ain ? How many pounds of rebel bull
lets are lodged in bis person: How
many artificial arms, wooden legs and
trepanned skulls does he carry about
1.-THE doughty editor Of the EAGLE VIII
just reveal TO M admiring public the
dazzling outlines oc his military glory
it is highly probable that he will be
hailed as the soldier hero Of the union
crmy, and entitled 10 au enthusiastic
acclaim in the Republican nomination
for governor Of Kansas. by all means
let the EAGLE scream. loot the life
and beat iha drum see the con-
qucrine hero, third term postmaster
M Wichita. come. Col. john \. Mar
tin, capturcr Of lookout mountain,
retire. The gorcrnorship is not for
prohibition or for anii-prohibition. II
is for martial fame; FOR The Napoleon
of The United States. the Caesar OF the
Republic, The Alexander The great of
the Arkansas valley, the widest clap
trappcr of all America, The editor Of
the Wichita EAGLE.-Emporia ltcpn5-
lican.
Why will this old stager and only
original champion Of prohibition cter- I
nally he. ihr question, ,plit-hairS and I
cquivocatr, and why continually thrust
upon us our own Importance while
striving to hide the iusignilicance of
his own candidate and the hopclessnes-
of his canvass? The woods are not
full of hullct-scarrcd heroes. Nuu make
us tired with your personalities and
your pe'jfio prIHcipii, jgHor0tjo cicR-
chi. Stick TO your boitinG candidate ,
for governor, lest yon get lett IN your ,
own county. The editor of the EAGLE 8
is not posing - a military hero, nor Is :
he wanting ANY support political or q
otherwise from the baiIiwick of The .
Emporia Republican. OF course no. =
body claims that we were ever at
Lookout mountain. neither was your +
candidate for governor, but Col. John +,
A. Martin. our candidate, was, aud
he showed such intrepid hcroiSm i
on its ragged brow that all
the ay-at-Aomcs in America D.
viii never b. able 10 smother dawn n
the blaze of glory which trails aloa" n
down the years after his name and h
action. A. to the record of the editor -
of the EAGLES military fame, il will =
be found in the same volume with :,
that of Scion o. Thatchcr's and The a
editor oe the Republican, if in fact, his h
name appears at all, which We doubt. r
When Scion O. Thatcher had :,
chance on the border to spill! little O.
blood and gain a littlc fame. we find q
him posing before a crowd OF his fell E,
low "home guards" al Shawncetown, ;.
the invasion rs myth =,
md Jim Lane humbug, and ali the a
while the heutrHant-co.oncl OF a.
The Santa Fe Battalion stood !,
upon the border south of -
Wcstport, pre- ing back The hordcs J.,
IF General Price thai were threatening J..
10 devastate TIL, fair land and lay :,
waste its many humble homes. And
where was the iiioT OF the Rcpubli-
AN in this trying hour OF Wild terror, in
lowing blood, short saiion- and polit- G.
cal subtlety? Why, standing in the 81
public square AT Paols, picking his in
eeth with splinter and begging such ho
# the boys Is had votes to 20 home Sc
before they got killed, Nes, "toot No
he fife and beat the drum for the III
hird-term postmaster nj Wichita fail pa
Il after all th, to be made lieutenant 81;
GOVERNOR only because greater num- an
er of this Lyon county outfit were ex
ot killed, but were permitted to come GA
ONE and vote solid for old Elm N,
'eeler. 90,
In the face of these narrowing de-
ails and blazing pages of history we
ppeal 10 the enlightened Judgment of aut
II cotcmporaneousp patriots TO say if be
is not humiliating to the very dregs. Re
ow that the grandest stride yet. is in
bout to be taken, by the migh;iesi ine
Dung giant OF ail the western COM an,
10 have these gray old rats lin
-awl out of their carporation-lincd It's,
olcs and point their subsidized paws Flo
scorn at the military record of we. pul
&c time-worn and weary toilers who Wi
ave been the tumble instruments in ace
lc hands of discriminating provi- all
sncc in securing all the multiplied par