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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
THE WICHITA & MCPHERSON RAIL.
ROAD.

MI. HOPE, January oath, 1884.
To tie Editor Of tie Eagle:
The citizens of Greeley township have
become terribly aroused over the prospect
of railroad through the township. Upon
a motion, at a previous meeting, commit
tee was appointed to wait on the president,
secretary and chief engineer Of the Wicbi-
Ia, Mcpherson d. Denver railroad, request
ing those gentlemen to appoint a meeting
with the people of our township, which
meeting came off January "A, 1884. The
meeting was largely attended by the tax
payers anxious to hear, from these worthy
gentlemen, the proposition by which they
might secure said road through their town
ship.
The meeting was called to order by the
president, DIR. L. Ii. Phillips. His remarks
were that he believed the time had come
when the people of Greeley township
might secure railroad if proper steps were
taken.
The meeting, on the part of the railroad
company, was first addressed by y. Bent
ley, attorney aud secretary. His remarks
VIII, eh"s We o"5"' W 80 'NS ~ 1870
the benefit OF railroad, and gave the peo'
pie the assurance, il aid could be secured,
the road could be secured without doubt.
He was very agreeably surprised to End 80
much thrift as there was definitely shown
by improvements and great quantities oil
grain to be seen on the road from wichita
TO Mt. Hope.
Hart n road
MI h"i INei'' s''e"' VI ."' '0'' ms"
US very hhoe epoe'n' anu saw u"
encouragement "a "'''.i so"n"'' mo-
prosperous PooP'o "." '
10 ouiIu Ioau mas no' oeen 'o' " pass
''ei ina" Nun "'s"'' "
MI e. o"h"s' VI D"i' ""' saw ..'
appropriate Suggestions showed 10 tue
meeting about the time OF constructing,
a,so the nronriety of making Mt. Hone a
a.. e., -
poin'' ii 'ha' eau NC 'no Popo,eu ,'''.,
aud time OF building 1884, the bonds viii
carry almost unanimously.
Mr.. A pderson, banker at Mount Hope,
EXPRESSED himself in some very appropriate
remarks
Mr.. Gilmore, OF Reno county, showed TO
the meeting the great necessity OF u rail-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
JOINT REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.

The joint Republican caucus OF senators
and representatives was held tonight TO APP
point congressional campaign committee.
More than 125 members of congress were
present. Senator Edmunds presided, Rep.
resentatiye Miller, of Pennsylvania, secre-
tary.
In taking the chair Senator Edmunds said
the outlook for the Republican party in 1884
was, at this early period of the campaign,
letter than at any period for the past fifteen
years. There was every reason to believe
that the party will be successful if it only
exercised wisdom in selecting candidate.
The following resolutions were offered by
Senator Hoar:
First, That it is The sense of this meeting
that the Republican congressional commit
tee be Immediately organized consisting Of
one member from each State and Territory
having Republican representative for the
preparation and circulation of documents
concerning the subjects pending In congress
and other political Information, and the ex.
ecution Of such other campaign work as
may be agreed upon by that committee and
the Republican national committee.
Second, That we express sympathy and
will extend cooperation in all practicable
ways TO all southern Republicans struggling
to exercise the vital and fundamental right
OF free suffrage in popular elections, and no
less do we pledge our friendship and assist
ance TO all citizens in The southern States
who have not been Republicans, but are
manfully contending against prescription
or murder Of voters and the freedom of pol
itics, honest political methods, public edu.
cation of the whole people, and We recon-
mend prompt and cordial union Of Republi
cans with all such patriotic citizens CON-
bined to redeem theirSt from fatal dom.
nations, false and dishonest practices.
The resolutions were loudly applauded by
the caucus when read.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
1T Is NOT so.

The only United States senators of the
entire seventy-eight. worth less than $780,
600, are six in number, namely: Blair, Frye,
Kenna, Jones of Florida, Riddleberger and
Ingalls,. Probably none of these six are
worth less than $50, 900, with the exception
Of the Kansas senator, who has smaller
worldly possessions than any other member
Of the senate Champion.
There seems 10 be an effort to create the
impression that the senate is a body OF rich
men whose membership depends upon their
bank account For our own satisfaction
we looked into this matter soma time since,
and we think we can safely assert that in.
stead of there being only six senators worth
less than $500, 900 there are at least forty, OF
more than cne-half Of that great body Of
honorable men worth less than that sum.
This continual harpiug about the wealth OF
men In high places, where there is no sub
stan;ial ground for the assertion, is demon
slizing. especially TO the youth Of a country
OF such readers and intelligence As ours.
The truth is, many OF that body have moth.
ing but their salaries on which TO subsist
Not more than fifteen would be considered
ssmilionaires," and no doubt their wealth
is enormously overestimated. All the rest
ars in moderate circumstances. The more
any one will look into this matter the more
viii they be convinced that alter all it il
the wealth of mind that carries men into
the United States senate and not the wealth
Of pocket, except in very isolated eases.
found to be king mentally as well. 1t has
not been a great while since we expressed
these convictions to one who was in posi-
ton TO know, and who said that our con-
clusion as to the financial standing Of indi-
vidual members of the senate was not only
correct, but that he knew them to be so.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
HAS BEEN THERE.

The editor Of the kingman Republican
who was former resident of the South
referring to the article which appeared il
the EAGLE on the resurrection of kukluxisn
says cditorialiy:
''it is as true as the living God. o.
course Democrats won't believe it. They
will stigmatize ii rs more Republican lies
promulgated for campaign purposes, bul
any man who has resided in the South out
side OF large towns and Republican neigh.
borhoods. knows it is alas, too true. Only
one year ago the writer resided in Warren
county, Arkansas, on the Iron Mountain
railroad, 10 miles from Little Rock and 25G
miles from st. Louis, on a great public
thoroughfare. Two peaceable. quiet, hard
working colored men were taken from their
bed, at night by masked men and given fifty
lashes each and ordered to leave the county,
simply because they had settled on State
lands. The maskers stated that they want
ed mo d-n Niger to take up land in this
county" The writer quietly ascertained
tie names OF several Of the parties and
made personal complaint to the United
States attorney at Little Rock, but was in
formed that owing TO the fact that The
iArkieSfNiying on State land and not
on GSefnment land the federal officers
would have no jurisdiction. As we had al
ready received several warnings for hold
ing Republican caucuses and meetings in
that county, we knew it would be too risky
to attempt having the scoundrels punished
in the State courts, and consequently the
matter was dropped. The colored men,
however, never dared 10 return. This is
only one of many instances of the existence
Of kukluXisia, in Arkansas, that came to
orr notice within the past two years.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
"INCONSiSTENCY."

EditorialIy, a week or two since, we call.
ed attention TO the inconsistency of the
platform adopted by convention Of Free.
thinkers in Western New York, in that,
while they resolved to defend by arms, and
blood II necessary, all religions from the
Pope down TO the Salvation Army, they al
the same time, resolved TO make war on the
church Tor teaching doctrines which they
the Freethinkers, choose to denominatt
"superstitions." Our friend DIR. Minturn
of Eldridge, il seems is not only in favor Of
letting these Freethinkers be the sole
judges of what they will or won't do, bu
calls us to account for daring TO criticist
thea. In note to us, in which is enclosed
our editorial and another editorial ON thu
same subject. from The Christian Union, Tho
latter expressing even no opinion, he says
"These are instructive. The one indicate,
knowledge, Justice, truth the other ego
iism. injustice, sycophancy. Would tina
the ability OF some equaled their egotism
the world would be the gamer and theil
papers the BETTER
To all of which we add hearty, lreethink
ing and orthodox, amen.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
iMGALLS-UTTER.

The Lincoln Journal remarks concerning
the Ingai's-Utter John Brown controversy,
AMER the Pottawatomie creek executions
'sthere was no more talk about non-resist-
ance and no Free State man had to leave
kansas from that day il he had any pluck in
him.
The EAGLE viii print in full, next week,
The mastery answer Of Ingalls, to the ca.
lumniator of freedoms hero. The answer
appeared in the current issue of the North
Amnieas Rerier and is historical produc-
ton which will live when John Browns
defamers all shall have been forgotten
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
OKLAHOMA LANDS.

Certain interested individuals have been
making point to noise it around this part
of the State that Senator Plumb was inter.
ested in keeping the Indian Territory, or
more especially Oklahoma, closed against
settlers. We asserted over and over again
that there was no truth whatever in the
charge, and that time would rebuke the
selfish slanderers. Now we notice that
during the present session of Congress no
man has done so much towards settling the
status of these lands as Senator Plumb. He
has not only introduced petitions and called
attention to the matter in two set speeches,
but on last Tuesday he introduced and had
passed the following resolution, which goes
to the very bottom of the matter.
ResoIped, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior is hereby directed TO advise the Senate
of the present status OF lands in the Indian
Territory heretofore not claimed and occu-
pied by the five civilized tribes. giving the
extent Of each tract separately, the necessi-
ty for each delegation to keep the lands in
their present condition of occupancy or
otherwise. and whether any portion Of said
lands. and if so, what portion. are subject
to entry under the land laws OF the United
States, and what portion, ii any, could be
made so subject to entry by the action OF
the executive
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
A NEW IDEA.

Ex-senator S. G. Pomeroy, who was al
ways known as a strict prohibitionist, even
TO secret societies, writes letter TO the
Capital in which be makes this new point
II 10 bright, besides being good State rights
doctrine:
81 am opposed to the encouragement OF
the liquor traffic by United States officials
to get our own citizens to pay money TO help
them break the law. and then have it no de-
Tense 10 the deed. see they get S5o,6S0 %
cut of Kansas last year for this retail tax,
paid to our collector, and only about $4,000
for the wholesale dealers. Every dollar OF
that money was taken 10 encourage the yio-
lation OF the law. and also 10 furnish evil
dence against them when prosecuted. Why
don't you have Gov. Click serve notice on
the commissioner OF internal revenue 10
keep out Of Kansas, and not to encourage
the violation OF the laws Of the State. He
Is good State rights Democrat. 1t is an
a6ront to the State, and the law Of Congress
provides that the State law shall be supreme
Click ought TO threaten 10 make war on the
commissioner for his taking money TO have
our citizens break the law"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
ANOTHER VIEW.

None are SO well qualified to talk on ans
given subject as the expert or professional
Of experience The Santa Fe Railroad ask
ed rehearing before the railroad commiss-
toners, touching the r. ties liked for freigbts.
Last week, when the rehearing came up
and the attorneys for and agairst were be-
ing heard by ihe board, Mr.. Touzlin, the
general manager, who was present, asked,
Ia view Of the fact that he had been repre-
scented as fayoring policy OF obstruction,
10 make few remarks touching the atti-
tude OF the Santa Fe and the freight qGcs-
ton in general. We publish the gist OF
what he said, on the first page, for the rea-
son that there is much in what he says
worthy of the most serious consideration,
and because, as he says, the good sense
and final judgment OF the people will be in
the end, not only just, but the rule TO
which both commissioners and railroad
eomnaujes will protitably submit.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31


The editor Of the Wssssra Recorder, print
cd at Lawrsnce, who spent = day or two in
Wichita last week, has this TO say Of US:
"From Emporia we went to Wichita.
Wichita IL situated In beautiful belt Of
country, twenty-seven miles southwest Of
Newton ON branch line Of the Santa Fe
railroad. Tho Fort Scott L. Wichita and
the st. Louis & San Francisco also run into
this beautiful city. Permit us TO say that
Wichita has street cars and all the other IA
cilities which tend to make city. 1t is no
dead place, either. Wichita is q live city
OF about 10000 inhabitants. There is not q
city in the State located upon prettier site.
One thing which will make this city sue
cess is, that the citizens who live there have
confidence IN Mei, fopn. They take pride In
showing the town up. We shall never for
get the kindness with which we were treat
ed by the colored people Of Wichita. Hon.
Thomas Glover took the Recorder man in a
buggy and showed us all around the city,
and explained everything of importance
about it. After We had driven about the
city for several hours on the 18th inst. we
were taken by Mr.. Glover to his residence
where his amiablc wife had a splendid din
ner in waiting for us. Mr.. and Mrs. Glover
have two very fine little boys, Of which they
have right TO be proud. We spent very
pleasant afternoon at the residence :. Mr..
j. II. Covington, where We received the
| kindest treatment by the whole family; we
also met Mr.. and Mrs. i. III. CoyingtOn, who
are an honor to our race. We are also in
dcbted to Rev. Turner and wife, and TO Mr..
McAfee for courtesies shown us, also TO our
old friend Sam. johnson, formerly Of Keo-
kuk, Iowa, and to Mr.. George Parker, form
erly of Leayenworth. The colered people
are doing splendidly about Wichita. About
three fourths of them own their homes
some own splendid farms. There are two
good churchcs-ihe A. NJ. Z. Church and
the Second Baptist Church, both OF which
are in prosperous condition. Rev. Turn
er walks unusually proud since he took to
himself one of 0iathe's fairest young ladies.
| Nav they live long and prosper
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
City Property.

4-room house and lots on Fifth avenue, Hill
tons addition 5000.
g. room house on Chisholm street. 800.
New 4-room house on Emporia avenue, Hilton't
addition, 80 foot front. Cheap at $50.
3-roOm house with about acres OF ground In
Pierce n vantilburgh's addition. $50.
VACANT LOTS.
| l2s-foot front on Lawrence avenue, south, cor
ner Waterman street. $50.
ll0-foot front on Lawrence avenue, sonth, next
to G. II. Herrington's, fenced, sidewalk,
fine shade trees, east front. 400.
IS foot front ON Market street, south. $50.
lots ON Dougla. avenue east OF railroad track.
Lots l26 1856 142 IA lag, Chisholm street; 1873.
Texas avenue; l6f i66 l5i 40 l+2 III l24
Wichita street 80 81 80 iol ll9 10 and lag,
Church street each, $l2o
les and III, Texas avenue, each 300.
1877, Main street, at $50.
= 40 10, on sherman avenue, large-size lots,
each 100.
Is and Is, Waco street. 60.
IS, Oak street, Jones' addition. 100.
s5 lots In Hyde's addition, Lawrence avenue,
northeast front !, 500.
10 and IL, Waco street $50.
Acre lots choice bottom land, at I'D to 700 each,
in neL net4 of 10 q le. Call and see plat.
TAX-TITLE AND SHERIFF'S-DEED LOTS
We are agents for the original w. W. u
Lawrence title ON the lots hereinafter noted
On most of the tax-deed lots we can give quit
claim deeds for u small consideration, and on
sheriff s-deed lots we authorized TO sell and
give regular warranty deeds, where there Is no
adverse possession Parties having any inter
eat in these lots will do we'll to call and see us
promptly, III they Ia save their interests.
The list Is rs follows:
Waco Street-Lots s 10 - 30 Is 80 Is 10 10,
lea IL ia 81 and %.
Wichita Street--Iotsa0 - 40 u 90 90 so s. 100
100 I22 ll0 liz 81 a A 6 Is 20 10 i23 Us l43 4j
i63 and l65.
Church Street-Iots Il ~ 80 50 100 lV2 l29 l22
liz IA Is II 25 y IS 81 IS AZ Us i21.
Court Street-Lots ~ " 81 ss liz l6i l66 q IS
Il III 1s3 l55 l5I.
Chisholm Streei-Lots 40 " - 60 62 80 81
lO2 I0i l2s la l42 Ia 43 45 "a % %.
Texas Avenue-Lots ! . q - 50 81 " 81 liz
HI.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
WHO WILL MOURN.

IL is again rumored in Wall street that
Jay Gould is in bad way, financially, in
consequence of the vigorous war OF the
"boars' upon the stocks in which he is
specially interested. 1t is apparently an
effort to play upon him the same merciless
game by which they carried down poor
Willard. 1t is reported that MIR. Gould con-
templates another exhibition of the con-
tents of his huge tin box, to allay public
distrast AS to his standing. 1t is believed
TO hold $50, 00e, 900 in Western Union, 3d..
100000 in Missouri Pacific, $4,000, 900 in
Texas Pacific and large amount of W abasll
and Union Pacific.
There is plenty Of money in the country,
and plenty of everything with all grain
bins full, and Mr.. Gould's collapse may as
well come now as later
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
AP. MS TROUBLES.

Hon. Jacob Stotler, Of the Emporia Net1s,
who recently resigned the post-of,ice in
that city, thinks the lot OF postmaster,
now days, is not happy one. He says:
"The postmaster not only catches it from
the public, right or wrong, but be is the
victim of all the clerks in the department
at Washington. We got along for several
years tolerably well, but the department
kept getting more arbitrary all the time.
They are constantly tinkering with the af.
fairs Of postofiees which they know moth
ing about-eonstantly adding new duties
and cutting down pay. October LIST they
reduced the pay of the postmaster here
about $500, and since then they have added
any quantity of new duties. There is an
idea generally prevalent that postof1ie is a
bonanza. man never finds out different
until be gets inside. In the Emporia Office
the postmaster is required not only to put
in his own time, but has for years had to
pay 5000 a year out Of his salary for clerks,
aud then there have not been clerks enough
TO do the work. Until quite recently, the
postmaster has been required 10 pay for all
bis fuel, lights, etc. For about two years,
from 1876 TO 1873. we got about 100 out
of the Office, aud il is now fixed SO we could
only get 81 400. Considering the heavy
bond, the great responsibility, the constant
anxiety, the meanness of the department,
and all, we had rather play editor and be
independent at $500 year than be post
master at 81 400 or 81 800. So We quit"
We could add five columns TO the above,
and, like the darkey's love letter, "get
worser and worser every line" The En-
poria postoffic is a daisy and a paradise
compared TO the Wichita office, but it does
no good to either make public the COM
plants, TO whine or TO offer excuses as none
except those who handle the mails can have
any idea OF the oyerworked condition Of
the mail service OF the country. The whole
trouble lies with Congress, who boom and
pay for every other department service ex-
cept that in which the people are most in
terested and concerned about, and that SER
vice they try to starye down to self-sup-
porting basis.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31

lG0 acres In sections 81 and Is, ~, Nv, GO acres
broke, buildings worth $50. 900.
nw4 of 10, %. 2w. 100 acres broke, buildings
worth 800. l 80.
swli of 10, 90, Wv, I55 acres broke. 500
nek of Il, &c, Sw, 81 acres broke, buildings
worth 400. $50.
I93--lG0 acres, 20 broke, 3 miles southwest.
1870 acres, acres broke, fence on one side,
) miles from Derby. 525
202--iGG acres bottom land miles from Derby,
l25 acres in cultivation, acres timber,
good buildings, barn cost 200, pastures
fenced in. good wells, , acres of good
bearing orchard. 1900.
209--l60 acres, 100 in cultivation, good frame
house. granary and barn, living water, all
fenced with hedge and wire, good orchard
2miles from Greenwich. s, 800.
2ll--lG0 acres, - broke, small house, stable,
corral, living water, some orchard, GO acres
fenced. 200.
2l9--s0 acres, well improved place. watere'l
by Chisholm creek, 81. miles from Valley
Center. l, 100
2so--l6o acres, well improved, miles east OF
Wichita = $50
22l--sl3 acres, mostly bottom, $50 in cultiva-
ton. 60 in timber, 100 acres fenced. good
2-story house of rooms, > barns, orchard,
watered by Chisholm creek, miles south
east of town; a splendid farm. 1880
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
STREAMING MATTERS.

A meeting was called at Topeka the other
day 10 devise ways for Kansas people 10
raise money TO pay for foundation for Bar
tholdi's great ''statue OF Liberty Enlight-
enipg the World" which he has had made
tor the New York harbor. If he will pre-
sent the great statue to the country at large
or to any other city-even to Frisco for her
golden gate-wc would encourage the idea
Of the people at large contributing towards
its pedestal, but to New York city, the ma
tional octopus, 70 the city of monopoly
gamblers and stockholders Of untold mill
ions of wealth which has been sucked from
the labor Of this country, not one cent; and
Kansan has to strain his Imagination and
libcrality good ways when he goes down
in his pocket for honest money to help such
q cityis pride
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31
COL. ANTHONY ASSAULTED.

When the history of Kansas for these
years comes 10 be made up, several of its
iiseliest pages will relate wholly TO Colonel
Dan Il. Anthony's personal exploits, adven-
lures and collisions. In fact, his sanguiua-
ry experiences as civil and military officer
and as an editor are unapproachcd in the
life OF any Of its citizens. And now comes
the mayor Of the city, fellow named Nee
ley, who. taxing umbrage at perfectly fair
and wholly truthful editorial in the Times,
assaulted Col. Anthony last Friday with hi.
fists. All understand how physically inca
pacitatec Col. Anthony must be to meet the
attack Of n bully. None but coward,
bully would so attack Anthony, and Medley
must be about the meanest specimen cN
tant. As for Col. Anthony, he will go oil
telling the truth aud exposing meanness
while such men as Medley will hunt tbeii
respective holes of obscurity.