Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-04
WESTERN KANSAS.
The Time Has Come For
Her People to Assert
Themselves.
The Election of Speake. and the Or
gsnization of the Legislature an
Important Factor.


Of the EAGLE 30 drcp the mater OF
an equal and just political representa-
ton for Western Kansas III the affairs
of the state. not at least until Western
Kansas shall have been aroused TO a
sense of the business and importance
of such demand and action he la
GLE does not insis; on the old cry hat
the representative men oi western
Kansas IN state conventions. III the leg
stature and elsewhere shall appeal 10
the representative men OF The Old east
eru pocket rings and O. mb'nations for
recognition, but rather that The west
crn men shall appeal 10 their own
manhood and Judgment. The one,
the oniy necessary thing. now, II 4"
make the west understand or realize
ifer own weight AMI power. Once
that joint gained. harmonious ac ION
will secur.. all that is fair, and that Is
all that is desired.
Draw a line north and south across
the state through Einporia saY--and
a line must be drawn somewhere 10y
those who woulil make a successful
effort FOR an equal;zatiou-and about
all That This state has eve" had from
the general government and ali HAT II
has ever had from j., own legislature
or pei Iical conventions. either IN the
way OF state Institutions. state or fed |
cral pretermcnt and honOrs, either IN
money appropriations or offices, has
gone To the men living and the towns
located on narrow strip of the east
end OF the state comprising tier OF
about three counties wide. Gov |
ernucnt bindings. Indian SCHOOL, |
soldiers home. penIieniiarN, AL
The charitable institution irclud- |
inc the state Blind. the Deaf and
Dumb and the insane asViuul-- the |
cspito Itself, the state university, the |
state normal college, and all The great
offices. state, federal and foreign, with
all their profits and honors, have been
appropriatcd by or confined 10 this
strip. stIip really insignificant III ter
riinry as compared 10 the balance "i
the slate an,twliich in everything else,
if we except assurance and brass. is
inferior and second TO the territory |
living west Of the line designated III
even the two great essentials. brains
and wealth.
Asa state. nor as "a parry, could we
afford at this time to throw overheard
80 brilliant. prominent and true "A man
MS Mr.. ingalls, only because OF his To-
cation. Such Il step woG'd prove an
unpar,lonab,c blunder, perhaps, bui
the newly elected legislature is now TO
be organized and we insist that The
West shall in that work take IFS first
sel-rcliant independent step IN Vlnai-
eating lis owa strength and impor-
Lance While there may Toe dozen
men residing on the heretofore favored
strip who would make iirc speakers
who Will pretend 10 ieny that The
west has plenty of available material.
The west should name The speaker
and control the Important joint conf
miricc-. especially majority on the
WAYS and means and ION the railway
committees. the one fixing the revcn-
ne and dcterminin. the expenditures
of the state and the other having su-
peryision of all bills introduced Affect
ing railway construction. twenty
odd counties in the western hall OF
the state are now seeking railway con
nectionS and a. many more
having single lines are seeking more
politicians aud demago"ues 10 rhecpn
trarv Notwithstanding, the swiitest.
surcst, most saiisfacl ory and least cx-
pensivc way of solving the entire que,r
ton of transportation is by the build-
ing of railroads aud railroads and still
more railroads until waiered stocks
shall become an impossihiliy because
of lack of dividends To sustain such .
stock and until pools can no longer
stand because of complications and :
interests. The state wants |,
four times, YES eight times a. many {
miles of road rs ii has to-day, ever, {
county il, two or half dozen lines of :
competing roads. until without ex- a
pcnsc and in the absence of extortion +
and the continued presence Of close I
all maximuns have re- {
solved themselves into satisfactory
,
And there is another reason why the
west is urged by the EAGLE 10 take the !,
sceptre of state in is own hands. by
the election OF the speaker and in the r
organization of the legislature and its t
The next legislature will.
under the constitution. and as organ =
lied this winter. make new appor- a
tionmenr of the state in 1856 and the a
committee should also u
be in the hands of the west if we are =
TO expect anything like justice. =
The EAGLE notes with pleasure that r
its article of last Sunday upon tins
same subject has been copied by the !, q
Winfield Courier, which paper adds {
the following explanation and com n
ment:
We clip the above from The Wichita =
EAGLE and think il is about level .
We have no personal objection to eN- :.
Gov. q. L. Anthony. of I.eavenworth. y
or ex-Speaker j. Il. Johnson. of Tope- !,
ka. Both are able bodied men and .
would do their work well. OF the
two we would prefer johnson n not =
having quite rs large an axe to grind y
for his city a. has the ex-governor. :,
The only other prominent candidate -
is J. II, Burton, of Abilene. He y
is Young. honest. able and am !,
bilious and has no special axe to =
grind. lie made splendid rec =
ord in the last Legislature on the rail- :
road legislation and is in harmony = |,
with the great majority on aiding the :
The enforcement; of all laws on our !: =
statute books. We have noticed n :,
rule that the best speakers are young :
men and believe he would :