Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-03
HARPER.
HARPER, Hans

HARPER, Kansas, Jan. 80. 1886.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
"Whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad" One, Siias Robson.
is very mad, if frothing and Tuning
go for aught. Thi, man, last week,
devoted a column of his valuable"
space to humble an unpretentious,
Penny Wise, yet of all the thin stuff
imaginable, this was certainly the
worst. To make i. still more so, he
embelished the head with carica-
ture of himself that was truly ridicu-
lous. AT first | had thought 10 ans
wer the fool according to his folly. but
| find after reading it, that il is only
worth passing notice.
There is trite saying that TO give
a fool suffi cient rope be will hang him
self, but ii required but a very inie-
rior piece of tow-line 10 Law out this
man Robson. He says, if | want the
law enforced, all that is necessary is
to swear out 4 warrant and i; will be
done, yet in the next breath he vows
that The prohibition law is al
failure and farce-in other words.
il is not and cannot be enforced. If
so, where is the use OF swearing out a
warrant. The president was willing
enough TO be used as cats-paw in
the recent campaign in circulating
the vile charges against Blaine,
yet The editor knew they were base
libe!s. and that he was perpetrating a
fraRd in publishing them. His .'argu-
ment," (excGse the world will compare
to nothing | know of. unless ii be
Democratic free trade twaddIe-verv
fiowery theoretically, but practica ly
not worth cuss. His deep interest
i'll Harper affairs is inexplicable, un-
less il be as gentleman remarked the |
other day, that Robinson fears the |
drug stores and gambling dives will be |
closed before the proposed editorial
COW epiion meets, which would spoil |
all his enjoyment"
As to the Graphic, il has done moth
ing except become every amoosin'"
as Artemus Ward would put it.
Usually Finch is sound reasoner. but
his argument that an officer has no re-
sponsibility. individually, under the
prohibition law, shows him 10 be con-
siderably muddled over the '-mooted''
question. Were his ideas to be acted
upon, we would read in the Graphic
that "a fearful cutting and shooting
affair took place on the street yester-
day, Bat as no one felt sufficiently con-
cerDed TO swear out a warrant, the
who was present, felt under
no obligations to interfere" Or, that
sheriff Couch, being out late the
other night; saw noted thief riding
away with valuable horse belonging
to Capt. Treadweil, and requests us 10
,ay that if the Captain will come in
md make complaint he will do what
he can toward recovering the animal"
f an officer is allowed to shut his eyes
while passing a gambling den, or
when in drug store where every body
las the 'fcholic," he is equally
Justified IN turning his back while
hief gets in his work. Law is law,
lespite newspaper interpretation, and
f the encouragement gets hold of
ew of the fellows here they will not
orget it in hurry. But / have strong
opes of reform, and that speedily.
he printing offices report increased
emand for prescription blanks. which
oes to show that some of 'em, at
EAST, will try to keep little nearer
he safe track.
Frank Bennett returned from the
asst last Sunday, and will take charge
the Sentinel Monday. Isenburg
ill be editor
A number of fine buildings are 10
o up as soon as the weather will per-
lit. Mr.. E. G. Fox has already
for large two-story frame =
yelling. and Joseph Kaufman con-
,mplates erecting a two-story brick
,sidence.
Harper will boom this summer as of
ID, and add many hundreds to her
opulation. e
What about the railroad bond cleo :
on? 1t has not been mentioned since
lie proclamation was published. Bet
r not 60 TO sleep. "
The Graphic should be encouraged =
its efforts to secure water works. Z
here is nothing Harper needs more. F
'e hate city Indebtedness, but better
lat than blocks of charred and black
led walls, where fire has ragged I'M n
lecked for want of water.
Penny WISE. 10