Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-22
TO WICHITA AND BACK.

Hon. Geo. W. Martin, the forcefui
facile and popular editor of the junction
City Union, was among the throng OF
wide-awake Republicans who attended
the state convention in this city week
before last, and in a lengthy account OF
his trip" ToNichita and Back" he tells OF
what he saw and the impressions formed
while here, which appeared III his paper
of last Saturday:
We arrived at Wichita about 40 .. IN.
Repaired to the Hotel Carey, very ex-
tensive and handsome establishment.
elegantly kept When through with
our supper we found ''Yank" Owens. an
old timer from junction City, in watt
ing, and by him we were shown around
town until late hour. ''Yank's' tongue
moved i'll praises of Wichita and It's
greatness at the rate of forty knots an
hour. Among other places we called at
the Eagle office, noted as the most ele-
CANT editorial room i'll the west. fitted
up as present to Marsh Murdoch by the
real estate boomers of the town at cost
of $4,000. Wichita has two other papers
that we value highly as exchanges, the
Beacon and the journal. but we became
so involved we did not get around to zee
them.
Early wednesday morning we found
Mr.. John A. Wallace, a boy cbum of
ours at Lecompton thirty years ago, and
during our time one of the Kansas Pub
fishing House force at Topeka, waiting
with carriage. He drove us about for
several hours past many wonderfully
fine residences, out to the Packing House
and the Burton Car works.
At noon the convention met. and with
the exception of recess, during which
we rode several miles out i'll the country,
it occupied our time until midnight Two
hundred men wearing linen busters and
plug hats. called the ingalls, Marching
Club. with a brass band, and banner
with picture of ingalls, on on one side
and on the other representation of In
gals cutting down a sycamore on the
Wabash, manufactured sentiment for
the convention. Captain Rockwell says
he gained five pounds during the session
laughing at the fun that occurred.
Thursday forenoon we drove about
town again. We met Col. Milton Stew
art, also a former resident OF Junction
City, whom we found engaged in the
publication of his letters from Europe in
book form.
We heard a great deal about 'joints"
while there, but did not see any effects
nor could we detect one. We noticed a
stream pouring in and out of place,
and we THAT is both of u.s. followed in to
see how it was done. But the stream
stopped somewhere and we saw nothing.
We were such a respectable looking
couple that probably we were taken
for prohibitionists and the proprietor De-
came alarmed.
1t is difficult to give our views Of
Wichita OF course il is wonder. They
claim 40 900 people.
The Burton car works is an immense
establishment, with everything about it
first class. We asked several what made
Wichita and what kept it uD, and they
all said they couldn't tell. One peculi-
arity we noticed that will account for
much Of it and that is, we did not meet
a man with the bellyache, everybody's
liver was in good order, and everybody
felt good. The growler does not 1--we in
Wichita. The only sentiment Is that OF
LOYALTY. We noticed corn doctor on
the street, but no worm medicine seem
ed To be needed. Aside from the plans
Of the Almighty this Is the only explain
alton we can offer for the Peerless Prin-
cess of the Plains. the Windy Won
der, the Magic Mascotte Of the Merid-
ian, alias Wichita.