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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
A UNITED FRONT.

The Cheney journal makes up the
following exhibit and estimate of the
late Republican county convention. 1t
says: Each voting precinct in the
county was represented. The conven-
ton was made up of one hundred aud
seven delegates. The resolutions
. iopted favor in entirety Blaine and
Logan, Martin, Kelly and all the rest
OF the ticket, and also the resub mis-
sion of the prohibition amendment.
Many pronounced prohibitionists were
in the convention, but all agree that
it is right to resubmit the question.
The most radical advocates of prOhi-
bition ought not to be afraid to
trust it with the voters of the
state again, and then all abide by
the consequence. The first nomination
was for probate judge. E. b. Jewett
was presented, and meeting no opposi-
ton his nomination was made by ac-
clamation. &. A. VanNess and Arthur
II. Carpenter were nominated for
clerk of the district court. The fisrt
formal ballot gave VanNess "A, and
Carpenter 80. For county attorney,
!. NJ. Balderston and G. w. e. Jones
were put up, and the fol nal ballot
gave Balderston 81, and Jones 46. B..
d. Hammond and X. l.. O'Mealy con-
tested Cor county superintendent
until the first formal ballot gave Ham,
mond 20, aud O'Mealy l6. j. W..
Wingard, Jessie Ask and G. NJ. Garri-
son were nominated for coroner, and
the formal BALLOT gave Garrison 81,
Ask 43, and Wingard l. At the nine
tieth representative district conyen-
ton held in West Wichita, r. E..
Lawrence, J Fl Jones, of Cheney, F. NJ.
Dofffemeyer were placed in nOmina-
ton. Mr.. Lawrence received ma
jority of all the votes cast, aud was
declared the nominee. Mr.. Jones was
NOT candidate. the votes given him
being cast against his consent as COM
plimentary. The eighty-ninth district
nominated RodOlph Hatfield over l..
N. Woodcock by vote of "a to 20.
The delegates from the first county
commissioner district held conven-
ton of their own. A. E. johnson, l..
A. Wilson, o. ii. Burchard and B. e.
Smith were presented. The one re-
ceiving the least number of votes
dropped out, until on the third ballot
Mr.. Wilson got 25 Of the Al votes and
was declared the nominee. All the
differences and disagreements now
seem 10 be adjusted. The entire party
stands willingly upon the same plat
form and presents n united front.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
EVERY WORD TRUE.

We give little complimentary notice
taken from the EAGLE referring 10 the next
county attorney and commissioner of the
first district in Sedgwick county. The Pam
tagraph can heartily endorse both gentle
men, having known them for years We
expressed our desire some three weeks ago
TO see Capt J. NJ. Bslderston nominated and
elected county attorney, for one of the best
counties in the great state of Kansas. Our
hopes were fully realized on Saturday after
noon last, When we stroiled into the con-
vention Just in time TO hear of our
friend Jake's nomination being made
unanimous. To say that we were fully re-
paid for our trouble, but mildly expresses
il. Mr.. l.. Wilson, the gentleman nomi-
mated for commissioner, is a thorough
gentleman and accountant, and more
staunch Republican can not be found. He
acted AS agent for the Illinois Central rail-
road at Tonica, H., about eighteen years,
he was also postmaste; during that time.
Some seven or eight years ago he resigned
the above positions in favor Of his brother,
Jobn c. Wilson, and came 10 this country.
Those who vote for Mr.. Wilson, may rest
assured that they have cast their ballot for a
true-hlue Republican, and one who will
look after their interest with an eagle eye.
We can also endorse Mr.. Rodolph Hatfield,
the candidate for representative from the
e;ghty-uinth district. Having known Mr..
HetAeld since the fall of "a when we were
school boys together attending the Lincoln IN
mn University. He Is man that ~
every way quAiiaed to Gil thst position WITH
honor 70 himself and his distnct--oeog
,ick Paragraph.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
A DIFFERENCE.
GARDEN PLAIN. Sent. %.

GARDEN PLAIN, Sept 90, 1884.
To the Editor Of the Daily Eagls.
A few items from this prosperous little vii
lage may not come amiss to-day. Business
has been quite brisk, at least the real estate
business has.
Mr.. John Duff sold his quarter section Of
land lying just north of town to a gentleman
form Ohio; consideration, $500.
Mr.. NJ. Winches, one of our hardware
merchants, sold his residence to gentleman
from Indiana by the name of Masters; con-
sideration, $3.50. Mr.. Winches will, at once,
build house. Mr.. Masters will move his
family here in a short time.
Mr.. w. II. Taylor, ST., sold his farm, one
and half miles north of town; considers.
ton, $4,000. The purchasers names wa.
unable to learn.
] would like to have you answer me 9
question: Is the Wichita Beacon political
paper mean does it claim any political
principles Is it an Independent, anti-mo-
nopoly, Greenback, labor reform, woman's
rights or Democratic? don't think it is q
Republican.
The only thing can find to denote its creed is
the proceedings of the Democratic powwow
recently held in your city, which was in the
weekly edition of the Beacon, of the 24th
inst The editorials consists of such subjects
as, "Blaine's confession and avoidsnce;'
''Mr Blaine's statements" "Another muscu-
lar liar" and "Mr. Blaine's statement in re-
gard to his marriage" In his article "Be-
yond our comprehension" the editor makes
use of some language which should be read
and properly considered by the young men
throughout the land, Wis: 1.-THE men who
fred on Fort Sumpter, did the country in
fnitely less harm than those will do who
cast their suffrage for Blaine, knowing, as
they have the opportunity to know, the
record of the man." Perhaps do not clear
" understand his idea. do not wish to
misjudge anyone, much less man so much
older than myself But, were l Democrat,
that statement would have stronger ten
dency to drive me out of the party, than all
the charges against Blaine, if they were true.
The idea of man who casts his vote for
Blaine being worse than one who takes up
arms against the government, is statement
which will poison the Democratic blood, OF
a great many good and loyal men.
ONE VINO LOVES HIS COUNTRY.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
Ed. Dorsey and His Old Friends.

Ed. Dorsey has begun to realize what pol.
itical recreancy means. 1t was all very well
when the Democrats were pstting him on
the back and assuring him that not only
would they stand to him to man but that
all his old Republican friends could be
wheedled into his support on the ground
of personal friendship, but now, when the
Democrats have metamorrhosed him enough
to take him to their bosoms and TO daily
counsel with him, his old Republican
friends stand aloof. There was but one
thing left to do and that to write personal
appeals to his former supporters. We have
an answer to one of these appeals which is
published Just to show with what success
Ed. is meeting in turning Republicans over
to the support a nominee of the Democratic
party. The letter needs no introduction MOI
explanation, and is as follows:
MAGNOLIA, Kansas, Sept. 25.
Z. A. Dorsey:
DEAR SIR-Your favor handed me by our
lifelong Democratic friend, W. A. Madden,
dated the oath inst, is before me and has
ten to reply: You say you hear that l am
not going to support you as against John
Kelly. Did you come out squArely before
the convention as did Kelly? No, you came
out as an Independent and accepted the
Democratic nomination. Ed, did you ever
ask any Office of the Republican party that
they did not give ii TO you. You had no
grounds for doing as you have done, there
fore as friend and well wisher / would ad-
wise you over your own signature to with
draw from the canvass. Personally ! am
your friend in anything you may need; pol,
itically can't help you. 1 was II delegate
TO the county convention that met on the
Goth, and there cast my vote for resubmit-
ting the prohibition question to vote OF
the people, and will also cast my vote in
favor of all the nominees from Blaine down
to Wilson for county commissioner, and
were you one of these candidates would
stand by you to the last as i shall those
whom helped TO nominate.
cannot conscientiously vote for or sup
port you.
Yours truly,
THOMAS NoRTHRoP.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03

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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
NO CORN.

Butler comfy took more premiums
ct the state fair ON sheep than sedg-
wick. Your fruit came from Califor-
mia and Butler county orchards most
", while your corn was grown by ar
ti6cial cultivation. Your predisposi-
ton to prevaricate about your big
crops is such that nobody believes
your big stories. If You will gaze on
the figures printed elsewhere you will
observe that the kingdom of Sedgwick
Is not such a great country after all
when put in comparison with empires
Of the first magnitude Ell Dorado
Republican.
Sedgwick county holds the certifi-
Gates for all the first premiums award
ed at the late state fair on fine wool
Merinos. OF course we don't raise
any corn or the like in Sedgwick coun-
ty; it was some other county that sent
thirty-One car loads ON single train
as donation to the Ohio river suf-
ferers,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
Coming Home.

The Wichita EAGLE now transfers 10
its editorial columns the resubmissiOn
articles of the Leavenworth Times.
The EAGLE will in week or so com.
mence giving strong meat from the
columns of the Union. City
Union.
Now here's evidence that the juno
ton City Union is TO come over to our
side. Don't be backward, George
We would like to have you with as
We are working to the same end, and
and the only difference between us has
been as to the best way to attain our
object. Try it within the party"
As a straight Republican member OF
the legislature. you'd be worth doz.
en- of the striped sort. Take our ad.
vice and you will more certainly de.
feat aud discontinue cowardice and
corruption in Kansas politics.-Leav-
enwOrth Times.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
OKLAHOMA.

Oklahoma Payne is again loose and i
preparing for another raid into the ceded
lands. General Sheridan has directed Gen
eral Hatch, who is in command, to prevent
Payne from entering the territory, but if he
can not do that TO follow him in and bring
him out. The general says the soldiers will
probably have TO take PAYNE across the
country 300 miles to Fort Smith again, and
keep up the farce of arresting him as long ~
the courts allow him to go at large. Genera
Sheridan has ordered General Hatch TO es-
tablish two winter environments in the In.
dian territory, one near the place where
Payne is SO anxious to locate and another
near the boundary line, SO as to intercept any
invaders. Did any government before eveI
commit such outrageous folly! 1t all comes
from the criminal negligence of congress in
failing TO provide for the settlement of the
government lands in the Indian territory,
and from the superserviceable zeal Of the
Interior department to yield to the msudlin
sentiments of the Indian.-Kansas City
Times.
The above is nearer the truth than any
democratic paper ever got before touching
the Oklahoma business. Under the treaties
it is the duty of the administration to pro.
tect the rights and privileges of the Indian,
against all other people The only thing
the military can do is to peacefully remove
irresponsible raiders. There is no law, OF
there seems to be none. under which the
invaders can be punished. Under the cir
cumstances no other power, save and except
that vested in the congress. could settle the
matter. President Arthur knowing this.
sent the Democratic House q special mes
sage last winter fairly begging them to do
something. The Democratic members ig-
nored his message. Now the Democratic
party are passing resolutions and making
capital out of the cussedness of the great
constitutional loafer, Dave Payne, who hiss
for years systematically misled innocent peo-
pie and taken their money. Maybe the right
minded people of the country will submit TO
this thing right along and forever, but we
don't believe it. As the Times says il comes
from criminal negligence Of congress, but if
we were President Arthur, and had been ig-
nored as he was about such q matter, we
would clean out the last white man in that
territory, and keep them out until Congress
took some action one way or the other.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
The Situation Analysed.

The Democrats have been greatly
worried about the claim made by the
Times and other Republican papers
that resubmission is emily attainable
through the Republican party. In a
vain hope that they'd see the point,
we've told them that the Democracy
would never be foolish enough to
throw away their entire stock in trade
and expect customers to waste their
time in gazing at empty shelving, but
even that didn't appear to satisfy
them. In fact, it worried them more.
1t made them mad. What was meant
to be an act of kindness on our part,
turned out to be like rubbing a cats
back the wrong way.
But truth is mighty, and must pre-
vail, and all that is necessary is to'look
ipto history, and all parties and men
will receive justice and stand before
the people in their natural colOrs, with
no disfiguring rainbow embellish
ments.
We will begin with the statement
that the Senate in session in 1883 was
the same that passed the prohibitory
law under the prohibity constitution
al amendment.
And yet this same senate, composed
entirely of Republicans, except a
couple of lone Democrats, passed q
joint resolution in 1888, providing for
constitutional convention, one form
of resubmission, by vote of twenty
eight to eleven.
But what happened in the lower
house?
The Joint resolution was sent to that
body as having been adopted by the
senate ami the house defeated it by a
vote of 73 TO 42-eleven absent or not
voting. The constitutional majority
required was only 83-twO-thirds of
the vote of the whole house-and yet
it was allowed to fail for ten votes.
And this is body composed of only
II straight Republicans, % Democrats,
Is Greenbackers, 8 Independent Re-
publicans elected as AUTHORIZATIONS
lists, Independents and 4 Independ-
ent Republicans.
1t is very interesting to know who is
responsible for this defeat The Dem
ocrats had made loud protestations
then as they are doing now that they
would tear their shirts into shreds for
resubmission, and if there was any
thing decided about them it was. re-
submission. They still talk this way,
with either an utter disregard for
history or q supreme ignorance that iu
this day of enlightenment is surpris-
ing.
But the House Journal, the official
record, is not q very interesting book
aud has little of fiction abOut it, so we
may excuse them. Turning. for them,
however, to page 1920 of the House
Journal, under the heading, "Gentle-
men Voting in the Negative in other
words, gentlemen opposed to con-
stitutional convention we find:
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
WICHITA, Kan, Sept. %, 1884.

WICHITA, Kan, Sept. %, 1884.
10 the Editor of the Eagie:
As there seems to be some misunderstood
ing as regards the use of F. N. Dofflemyre'.
name before the 9Oth district convention
wish TO make the following statement:
Mr.. Doffiemyre was a delegate To the
county convention, and AS both CONVEX
tons convened at the same house, Dotfle-
myre could not consequently attend the
district convention. Having met a number
of the boys who il seems were determined
to meke use of his name in the convention,
he wrote the following letter and sent il
over by Mr.. Snyder of Rockford township,
who failed to present it to the convention.
J. F. BELLEw.
20. SNYDER.
WICHITA, Kan, Sept. 20, 1884.
To the Chairman of the Goth District Con-
vention:
Gentlemen Il wish to say that ! am not
q candidate before the convention for Rep
rssentative, whatever you do in this direc-
ton as regards myself, you will do on your
own responsibility and over my protest.
Very respectfully,
F. NJ. DoFFLMYRE.
This is true copy ofthe letter.
J. F. BEILEw.
X. Q. SNIDER.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
EXODUS TO KANSAS.

A dispatch to the Chicago Inter
Ocean from Hillsboro, ILL.,, says: "The
partial failure of crops in this section
for three or four consecutive years
has greatly discouraged farmers and
business men of small capital, and it is
reported that western exodus such
as this part of the state has never seen,
will occur soon unless the outlook
should become more encouraging. A
large number of the leading farmers
of this caunty are now in the west
prospecting, and many of them will
locate the C. An excursion train to
Kansas yesterday took large number
of additional western home seekers"
The same is true in other sections of
the country east of us, and it may be
expected that the immigration to
Kansas will be large. The time was
" hen Kansas was considered to be
drOuthy state, but that day is passed,
and her reputation for sure crops is
becoming widely known.
The next year promises to be one of
unparalleled prosperity for Kansas.
Her absolute supremacy as an agricul-
tural state is becoming known all over
the Union. The grasshoppers and
drouth are only known as things of the
past. The absolute certainty of good
crops which the past five years exper-
fence has proved undisputable. the
abundance OF pure water, healthful
climate, good schools, intelligent pee
pie and cheap land, cannot fail to at
tract the most enterprising men from
the older states.
The most persons are willing to help
build upa country, southwestern Kan
sss is the place. Land is cheap and a
good home can be made pay for itself
in few years. Land that costs from five
to ten dollars an acre will raise from
twenty to thirty bushels of wheat, and
from forty to fifty bushels of corn to
to the acre, and there is plenty of just
such land can be bought in Harper
county now. There will never be q
better opportunity for erterprising
men to secure farms.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
GOING ON.

The Argonia Clipper says that the
Fort Scott & Wichita will be pushed
forward and that Argonis 10 soon to
be connected with one of the best
roads in the State and the most direct
line to all points east. Already men
with money are nocking in there like
bees, for they realize the fact that
Argonia will soon become . city Of no
small proportions. Competition is
what we want, and with the Fort
Scott road we will have it. The COM
pany are now getaing their mon aud
teams together and will commence
throwing dirt next Monday morning
1t lively rate in the direction OF
Argonia, and in less than thirty days
the road will be completed to that
city,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03

Harper's Weekly and other pro-Cleveland
papers have been attributing the following
language to Senator Edmunds, pd in the
last issue of Harper's Weekly, Nast's princi-
pal cartoon was based upon il: at is my
opinion that Mr.. Blaine acts ss the attorney
of JAY Gould. Whenever Mr.. Thurman
and have settled upon legislation to bring
the Pacific railroad TO terms of equality
with the government up has jumped james
G. Blaine, mrsket in hand, from behind the
breastworks of Gould's lobby, to fire in our
back"
One of the members of the Wisconsin
state administration sent copy of the above
to Senator Edmunds at Burlington, Yer
mont, and to-day received the following an
swer, which effectually nails the alleged ut
terances as an invention of the enemy:
BURLINGTON, VT, September is, 1884.
DEAR SIR have yours Of the 10Th. l
am sure that never wrote or said that the
gentleman YOU refer 10 "acts rs the attorney
Of jay Could" for am not conscious OF
having thought SO. As have publicly sta
ted, expect to vote the Republican ticket.
Yours truly,
GEORGE +. EDMUNDs.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
SENATOR INGALLS,.

Senator ingalls, out door speaking ha,
proved too much for him, and he is down
with inflammation of the throat. He post
lively announced at the beginning of tho
campaign that he would not speak out
doors, but was over-persusded and the re
suit is just what he expected. The result
is great disappointment to many localities
but we hope and expect he will be in
Wichita on the 18th Of next month when
the great rally for the southwest will BE-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03

Ex-Governor Geo. 7. Anthony was
nominated by the Republicans of his
dis trict, at his home in Leavenworth,
the other day, for representative and
instructed to vote for John J. Ingalls,
for u. 8. senator. Governor Anthony
and Judge Horton were the two prom
inent figures who headed the fight
against ingalls, six years ago. Since
that time Gov. Anthony has spent
most of his time in Old Mexico.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
The Soldiers Home.

Col. John A. Martin as one Of the
national board of directors for the SOL
dier's home, could not get the new
home located at his own town, but he
helped to secure il for Kansas which
10 equally satisfactory to the people OF
the state at large. Leavenworth 10 as
central and as convenient for the sew
en- states interested rs any point that
could have been selected, and we con-
graduate her people and the entire
state on the decision Of the national
board.