Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-25
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In Yesterday mornings EAorx appeared |
On an anonynaous communieasion which h |
slset chwned that thssv was sonlsthing
xrone 4 eonsection Win tie giving Of III
late Charity concert The letter wAs pub |
lished in violation Of our rule, not . . re-
Fiction upon tho management Of TIE concert
and not that We ever suspected that any
thing could be wrong. but more to show the
gall Of some peoples suspicious natures,
knowing that full statement Of the entire
transaction would soon be publshed-
There were people Who impugned The mo-
tiva Of Christ and thar are yet people who,
Il they saw m angel ministering 70 dying
SOIL. would impute some selfish or sinister
design. Hthere was any steal or anything
crooked in that concert, the editor Of the
EAGLE d into It Just - deep - anyone, for
| our name stood at the bead OF the commit
of arrangements. That cowardly, anony-
nous communication, in fact, was . direct
reflection on our honesty and manhood. -
| It was upon Prof. Arbuckle and the twenty
or thirty merchants who held tickets for
ale.
Nov ~ to the history Of that concert: A
few weeks since in this Office. Prof Arbuckle
and the editor of the EAGLE we're talking Of
the destitution and probable suffering Of
many in this city; the conversation, We be-
| lieve, growing out Of some article We bad
written on the subject, when the professor
said he bad been thinking Of getting up .
charity concert, but there were 20 many
things announced ahead Of like character
there seemed little chance. We replied that
90 far Is that was concerned, money thus
raised would be needed for many weeks to
come, and that by all means to 60 ahead
with this charitable plan, and thxt the EAGLE
would aid him every way in it, power.
Some day or two Afterwards, maybe longer
Professor Arbuckle came in again, saying:
II have seen number Of people who will
assist in such concert, and it you will allow
your name to be used in connection with the
management, I'll get some banker TO handle
the money or to act as treasurer,
and we will have q relief COM
mittee appointed by the meeting. We,
CONSENTED to the use Of our name and prom
'sed % do oil that vas necessary to arouse
public interest Professor Arbuckie there
upon grew enthusiastic saying that he would
not only use great care that no cause for
criticism should arise, but that no churches,
societies or other organizations As such
should be known in it, but that il should be
Peoples move for the relief Of destitute
women and children. We carried out our
part Of the programme. The hrst work OF
the Prof. was to get up an advertising sheet
containing some appror late appeals and
the programme. By going to about every
merchant in the town and many others he
secured enough advertising patronage to
pay for this work, and it took dsys Of close
faithful work that we know Of Ten thous-
and of these papers were printed in the in
terest Of the movement at actual loss to this
office, and which cost nobody but the adver-
tisers . cent. As tor Professor Arbuckle for
his time to the noble work in hand, neglect
ing his business, neglecting everything for
this unselfsh and praiseworthy cause.
Some days he would drop in Is often as
half dozen times to consult
us about this, that and the
other. The people know the rest. The
concert netted all and more than either b.
or we expected. After the necessary cx-
penees we're paid there were two hundred
and twenty-t three dollars and ifty cents i,
the treasury. There was not, there coult |
not have been, q single cent squandered OF
stolen. and II the snarline. suspic;ou, person
who wrote tbnt communication will sepd N,
his or her namo and tina amount thew con.
,ributed we will send them back their none,
out of our own pocket But that Mr..
Brown, tho general agent of the music.
arm, with which Mr.. A. does his business.
had taken I'M 40 much oftbe l.taer,, time.
statement would have been prerared and
published ere this. But for every t;eke,
sold, every cent paid in or out. there are
abundant vouchers and document. To .bow.
and the man who would intimate that We. |
who have written columns in behalf Of III. |
poor this winter. or that Prof Arbuckle. |
who has worked day and night for weeks in |
in that behalf, would defraud the needy of 60 |
much a. a crurt of bread is too cortemptibl. |