Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-18
THE REPORTERS BUDGET.

Scarcely day during the past six month.
has gone BY without somebody having re-
quested this unsofsticated reporter to pitch
into somebody with whom they have had
some trouble themselves, but who did no,
wish their names connected with the affair
They wished TO have the paper assume ali
responsibility and make all the enemies pos.
siblc, while they stood in the back ground
and laughed This beligerant scribe, how
ever, didn't pitch, and has carried the load
around with him all summer.
Now If there is anything this scribe longs
to do less tumultuously than something
else, it is to pitch into his fellow citizens, al
friends of the great daily he represents, and
make them enemies, therefore he hasn,
pitched.
Here are few of the requests:
want you to pitch into Capt Carey and
give him thunder about this sidewalk
around his block on the corner of Douglas
and Fourth avenue. Look at the sidewalk
and see it for yourself When the scribe
told his informant to go see the proper
authorities about the matter, he was told
ii was no use. that Capt. Carey was rich and
stood in with the authorities, and that if be
were a poor man it would have TO be fixed
man who says: "Why don't you go for the
butchers and tell what sort of meat thev
give us at fifteen cents per pound?" which he
would supplement with the kind and price
Of meat he could buy in New York or
some other place back East. Next comes a
man who wants TO give the school board
thunder because the children attending the
Second ward school are made TO stand at the
door, no matter how cold it is, if they get
there before the appointed time, and if they
are five minutes late they are marked tardy
OF course he don't want his name connected
with the complaint. Another complains
that Capt. Smyth had the street teams haul
ing dirt past places where it was badly
needed and put in front Of his own place or
the premises of some of the council. Then
comes another, who wants US to open a ter
rife onslaught on the mayor and the whole
city government. Dead hogs in tie Little
river was the chief racket for long time.
There were also several bad holes that the
attention Of the street commissioner should
be called to, and the racket raised BY the
hotel runners was fruitful theme. The
action of the police and their alleged stand
ing in with thieves and houses of ill-shape
too, was one of the great evils that some one
wanted the EAGLE to expose, but of course
wanted to be clear himself. The JOINTS, too,
were always on hand, and the drug stores
came in for due share of the required
racket; then some fellow would come along
with terribly funny story on somebody
else which would make half a column of
awfully interesting reading; another has a
side-splitiing coon story that ought to oc-
cupy prominent place and have fash
head. Anonymous letters are daily receiv-
ed freighted down with some terrible griev-
ance. One Of these came in last week re-
lating to a petition for road crossings over
the Frisco, on which the council had taken
action but there the matter dropped and
there were none put in nor was the compa-
ny notified to do anything of the sort
These are but tith of the budget of COM
plants and grievances that the great regulat-
or of the universe, "The Daily EAGLE" was
expected TO straighten out, assuming the
sole responsibilities. Not longer
ago than yesterday, a man
wanted TO leave the colored children sepa-
rated from the whites in :he schools, and a
school built for themselves. OF course the
EAGLE could do all these things without any
bother, if be could only be brought into the
notion. He can build cities and railroads |
which are far greater undertakings, and |
here is not the least doubt that if this |
paper insisted that Riel, the Canadian rebel, |
should be turned loose, the Canadian au-
.horities would be compelled to let 90 their |
grip on him. We could settle the Bulgari-
,n-Ssrvian war in one issue, and could make 1
he tyrants OF the old world tremble on
heir thrones, but We haven't time; no, dear
riends, we are altogether too busy watch
ne Kansas CITY.