Wichita eagle., 1888-08-01

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cerned, that has, in our judgment bee
sufficiently demonstrated, and it is onl,
necessary to determine what district
are to receive the benefits, select tn
locality from which the supply is to b
drawn, with view of course to the prac
ticability oft disbursing the water, and il
providing the necessary means TO obtain
ing it as indicated.
AS for drawing the water supply from
running streams, that cannot be don
without infiicting injury that will full,
Offset the benefits to be derived, if reaIiz
ed to the full.
SIS Higgins to be heard from in thi
campaign" loudly exciaims the Savan
nah. (Ga.) News. Yes. He has jus
been nominated by the Kansas Republi
cans for secretary of state. His name i:
William, not Eugene Higgins. Yet tbs
circumstances can be made the excuse
for another campaign lie
Mills charges that tine republicans are
sending money into his district TO defea1
him for congress. The virtuous indigna
coTery doesn't tally very well with III.
dramatic reply to the member who re
ferred to the number of sheep in his dis
trict-''In my district the sheep don't
vote!''
Mr. Barnum has been heard from. He
is confident" as usual. He predicts
that New York. New Jersey, Connecti-
cut, Indiana and divers others and sun
dry inspected states in the north
west will fall in behind the solid south
under that glorious emblem, the old red
| bandana Mr.. Barnum having been
heard from, the battle can now proceed.
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The Kansas Republicans had to hustle
| themselves to find as smooth a man as
John Martin, but they got there, just as
| hard.-k. c. Star.
| You see there's where you are wrong
again; there was nothing hard about it,
| for, from the way it PANIED out, it seems
that the successful candidate had rather
soft snap in getting the nomination, and
il will be even smoother sailing at the
election.
All the southern protection Democrats
of any prominence shave at last pro-
nounced in favor of Cleveland. They
are opposed to free trade, but prefer
that, with all its threatened evils, to Re-
publican triumph in the presidential cleo
ton. Yet we are sometimes told by the
southern brethren that the war is over.
The ''solid south" is still solid against
the men who conquered the rebellion,
but "the war is over"
Globe-Democrat: The Prohbitionists
claim that they will poll vote in Iowa
this year large enough to give the state
to the Democrats They will probably
soon pretend that they can give YER
mont and Pennsylvania to the Demo-
Gratis in the same way. The principal
element of interest in all this bumptious-
ness and vanity is contained in the fact
that the Prohibitionists thus confess that
they exist simply as an annex to the
Democratic party.
Chicago News (mugwump): A kindly
man with clear record, experienced in
public affairs and determination to do
right, is good man for president. That
description fits Mr.. Harrison very we'll.
If the Republican ticket does not win
next fall it will not be his fault. He has
saddled no quarrels on his party. He
has healed its wounds which gaped in
1884. If the party has chosen to intlicU
other wounds On itself in the interests Of
the high tariff he is not to blame.
The Sioux Indians fatty refuse to sign
the new treaty prepared by the commits
sioners appointed to negotiate with
them, which means that they will not
peacably give up their present reserva-
tons. 1t now remains to be seen what
the government will do about it. The
Indians have simply exercised their NOR
al and legal right. viii the govern
ment undertake to enforce the terms OF
the proposed treaty notwithstanding its
rejection by the party of the first part?
That has been the policy heretofore. We
shall see.
1t was not an uncommon thing for dele
gates at the recent Republican convention
at Topeka to drift into the Office building
of the Santa Fe railroad under the impress
sion that it was the state house And there
wasn't much Of a disposition to make fun
of them either.-Kansas City Star.
There is, perhaps, more of meaning
couched in the foregoing paragraph than
is seen at a superficial glance. However,
it is not profitable, nor yet pleasant,
subject to contemplate, much less discuss
now. Let it lapse into innocuous desue-
tude, inasmuch as harmony and satisfac-
ton are raying illimitably.
The capital removal malady has seized
the new editor and manager of the Abb
lene Gazette, although he is in his new
position little more than a week. With
the retiracy of the Click clique from
the management of the Gazette, and the
departure of Colver beyond the confines
of the state it was hoped the capital
would remain at Topeka undisturbed for
a season, but the air round about Abilene
appears to be impregnated and there is
no telling when the profitless subject
will ha IL, .,,>t%a,, ~ g