The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-08-13
VIII WE GET HERE

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longing to this state geographically 4
4 well as by the Commercial nature an
: right OF existing circumstances, is agar
revived. That Kansas City is essential
Kansas city and has few real syn
pathies or associations with "poor oil
Missouri" is not to be disputed. He
, enterprise, her activity, her business, he
push. her indomitsble watchfulness G
OF the main chance, her ability to advel
tlse herself under all opportunities or il
cldenis Of prosperity, or depression, o
success or failure OF any measure, he
republican voting majority, are all Kan
sas things" 1t is not Missouri soil this
produces these things. Not that the sol
is not fertile enough, but the tillers d.
not work it for what there is in it.
is not natural for them to do so. 4
man OF enterprise, energy and abiIlt,
in coming west will, ia MIN
cases out of ten, go out anC
live in western Kansas, it being
Kansas, and reside in sod house, de-
pend on irrigation for water, use pressed
hay for fuel, single his house with
grass and pay an enormous price for lum
her for a pine table, rather than take up
his abode In interior Missouri, where iron
and stone, and lead and mineral wealth
and building material lie near the sur.
face, where sparkling waters burst forth
from the ground, where pine trees -four
ish almost as does our preferred sun
flowers, where coal and fuel are to be
had almost for the digging and the ask.
ing. But real Missouri lies
at least half mile east
OF the eastermost limits of the
city of Kansas, Kansas City draws her
life blood from the state whose gate city
she Is. What kind OF an idea is it to
have the great entrance to our rich and
glorious commonwealth belonging to
some other state? Concerning this re-
Yived discussion the following dispatch
of Sunday from Denver Is published:
Attorney General Bradford of Kansas,
now in Denver, was interviewed by
your correspondent to day as to the re-
port that the people OF Kansas had sub
scribad $4,000 tor the purpose of prov
ing the claims of that state that Kansas
City Is rIghtfully part of Kansas. He
said he did not know OF any such fund
being subscribed, and among other
things IN speaking of the subject he said:
at Is claimed by some that what Is
known as the Harlem river, a little
stream to the east of Kansas Guy, which
is swollen flood whenever the Missouri
is on bender, was originally the west
ern boundary OF the state of Missouri
However that may be, l have had an
agent examine the records at Washing
ton, and he is confident the shores clear
ly show the original survey, and con-
sequeniIy the former location of the
Kansas rivers mouth To the east of
Kansas City. Now my position in the
matter Is this: In making no positive
assertions one way or the other, except
TO state that am carefully nvestigating
this matter, if find to my satisfaction
that the former survey belongs east of
Kansas City, as has been claimed, the
legislature will undoubtedly instruct me
to file bill IN equity in the United
States supreme court, complaining that
the state of Missouri is irespasser on
Kansas soil and Is usurping powers be-
AOb6An5 W luO oidtO vi nduSdSs
court will then appoint a commission of
surveyors, who will settle this matter
and you may rest assured 1 shall push
for the recovery of Kansas City, if find
l am right, for all the thing is worth.
have talked with enough Kansas City
people to warrant stating that three
fourths of them would be glad to expert
ence the change"
Has politics anything to do with
their wish for a transfer ?" asked your
correspondent.
"Yes. Kansas City is strongly Repub-
lican, which the state is not She has
long been disguised with the states
treatment of her in many respects
and her people are entirely out
of sympathy with the Marmaduke adj
he being man who was
identified with the early bushwacker
troubles in Missouri. Then, many Kan
sas City people believe that their city is
a part and parcel of Kansas anyway, so,
on the whole, they are quite ready to as
sist us. but then no definite official step
can be taken until the Legislature meets
next winter.