Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-30
THE NORMAL SCHOOL ENDOW-
MENT LANDS.

The Bur;ingamc Chronicle, published at
the home Of one Of the regents of the State
Normal school, can't find il in his heart TO
endorse what the EAGLE said with reference
to the singular disposal of the endowment
lands Of the State Normal school BY Click
board. Several other papers have cndeav-
ored TO SIT down on the EAGLES effort TO get
at the facts.
In this connection we will call the atten-
ton OF all concerned to the following ex-
tract from very lengthy article taken from
the Beloit Courier, published in the county
where a large portion of these lands are stu
ated. The Courier goes on to say:
..lt Is singular fact that 10 paper in the
state of Kansas took notice of the transac-
ton above mentioned until it cropped out in
one OF the ring, or glucose club papers. The
Topeka Capital, from which We clipped the
above article. received our paper with our
editorials upon this singular deal, marked,
and Vet il paid no attention TO them. The
Cou Tier WAS the first paper in the
lieving nj the time that there was a big
eltts III Us anu OulS WIS biit ohiN PaBNi
this county to say "A word. No other paper
in this county has rs vet opened its head;
but, no doubt, they can squawk now like n
lot Of geese, since the great papers Of the
state have spoken. Now We say, let ex-
Gov. Sharpe have the investigation he so
vauntingly Graves. We are inpossession of
facts bearing upon that transaction which
he. perhaps, little wots Of, and can furnish
the Legislative committee with name. of Ie-
sponsibie citizens of this county, who can,
II they will. swear tina. all of that land is
good excepting the ne Of sec 4, the e2 Of 8,
the mel of 10, sl of "A, y of %, and the sci
of clio acres iii all, which Is
rough and broken, but not an acre OF
il which would not have brought at
least - per acre, cash. We personally
know of two persons who offered 80 per acre
cash for sections and 10, these being an av-
erage of all the lands. We personally know
of men who corresponded with the regents,
or their secretary, begging 10 buy some OF
those lands at s. per acre cash, but who
could get no definite answer from him or
them, and the whole lot was sold to this man
Cross before they knew it. We think we
know that if those lands had been sub-di-
vided, citizens of this and of Lincoln county
would have bought the whole tract, ON
school land terms. giving an average of 50
per acre for every acre of them, and the very
best gilt-edged security.
A it is now the whole tract was sold to
an individual, no doubt in the interest of Il
syndicate. at S3-50 per acre, entaiiing an
absolute loss TO the state of over $4,000,
and passing this immense body of land to
the hands of foreign spectators 10 the
detrment of our own people, in whose be-
4 Il l. - 4 IL,
proftablv engage in an investigation.
Our readers will rccollect how earn
estlv and pointedly We spoke of this
and rallied our Democratic friends upon
this positive violation Of their profes-
,ions of antagonism to the system of in
dividusl or corporate aggregation of public
lands. They will yividiy remember. too.
how like sepulchrc the Democrat of this
city has been-not daring 10 speak about
the matter because it knew that we had
them IN the tolls and would grind them to
powder in the DISCUSSION of the matter. The
board that made this sale is controlled by
Democrats appointed by Gov. Click, and
the Democrat knew it could not defend
them, therefore its wisdom in alb
solute silence. for its party's sake,
although it should have been honest
enough to join with Us IN condemning the
transaction, and thus showing 10 the people
of this county that it had an interest in their
welfare. As to the other papers, We cannot
blame them, because one Of them owes its
very existence to Democratic patronage in
the WAY of county printing. and it was new
er known TO SPEAK on, for the people if a
nickle or two were thereby jeopsrdized,
while the others are remotely located and
perhaps failed 10 make connection with
the lines OF communication and county
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