The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-03-15
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To Hfs Honor, the Mayor Of Sdli-
nal have honOTed you with two
letters aud you have not deigned me
q reply. In my last l offered you,
Rratis. my valuable assistance in the
management Of municipal affairs. 1
can readily account for your reti-
cenee in accepting this Otier. lou
do not wish 10 give me this trouble {;
but let me assure you that am will
ing ~ make all necessary sacrifice In
this matter, aud, figuring from tie
hypothesis that your silence gives
r0nsent, ! will proceed 10 speak nl
many things that have come TO my
notice of course, you will under
stand that my chances Of observation
have been sOmewha limited.
First-I think, aud / q sure you
will agree with me, that Salina i
the best city In Kansas. That she
has never enjoyed boom j. true,
but that her steady growth has con-
tinued from her earliest infancy all
will admit. But does this satisfy
Us? No. StenOrian no. We must
have a bOOmi The question natuT-
ally arises how are We to get it,
Well, one way Is for her present citi-
zens to sit still, like D knot on log,
and wait for some live men 10 aeci-
dentally drop In here and start 10 for
them. But tnat Is not the better
Wichita, nor Abilene, for that
matter, didn't bring about their
bOOns In any such manner. lt takes
wind-and Il takes money to raise
wind. The kind Of wind of which ]
MkNfnwafa
more for that town than all the other
agencies combined. The board Of
trade Of that city "cOughed up Sl0,-
90 a year to put the paper on q good,
substantial footing, and the mer-
chants Of that city, believing In the
efficiency Of advertising, spent many
thousand dollars in that way. Thus
has our neighbOring city been built
partly on wind. We have two daily
papers Ia Salins, you are probably
not aware Of this fact. They are
neither Of them very good papers,
but they are too good for the income
they receive. Can't we work some
scheme To get some of these rich old
fossils in this town to spend a few
dollars on q good morning paper.
Either Of the managers possess the
ability TO conduct such a one il pa
trOnAge Justified il, but IA newspaper
can't live without money! sprak
advisedly. / have tried IL eight
times.
~econd-We might work up u
grand excursion OD all the lines run-
ming into the city. Bring people &"
this town only. Have carriages
rendy. Meet them at the depot.
show them what we have. Make
lhrm feel at home, and those that
don't stop will 20 home and talk
about Salina JOr many days to come.
This r. a pet scheme OF mine. ] have
worked Il before.
Third-A city like Salina ought 10
have pride enough to have some
laws. We ought to have q volume
of 0O pages sand Il would take
lO, 900 IL they embraced as much as
sinuity as the present ones. For a
slight example, the ordinance under
which I was convicted does not spe-
city how long shall liDger. / I"stRnd
committed till fine and costs are
paid" Can they do this and hold
their job. That may mean ten days
or ten years. l want to know some
thing about this aud be We sure
will.
have been here two wee H. NOW
and have not had a drop OF rattle
snake oil" i'm all this time This is
longer than am in the habit OfgolnE
dry. How do you expect me TO helI
pay the national debt II you cOntiu-
ne this severe blow upon the inter
nal revenue department. This Is a
matter in which every citizen in the
United States has an interest, and
Salina Is not the entire United States
Then the poor and the down-trOdden
boot -legger feels most keenly this
blow. You take away from one Ol
your citizens the right to enjoy the
fruits Of his jug. Are you Of ada
mant that neither eDtreaty, aTgu-
ment or anything will remove youI
stOcial indifference to my fate? My
spOtless rep. dragged into the mire
The possibility OF the pursuit OF
happiness" taken from me II q direct
insult to the declaration Of indepen-
denee. This idea Of keeping in jail SC
distinguished a KansRn and genteel
all around philanthrOpist Of "Bish-
op' Edward Everett Vail, "Th {
Poet Lariat.' Speaking OF poetry
reminds me that / dashed OFF, d
few lines last night which / give be.
low In It's virgin purity:
You have read In ancient story Of the lowls
NaZarene,
Who tramped through old Judea. but nrvei
drank benZine,
But the the tourist we will deal with. and re,
cite his piteOus tale,
Is a noted western printer by the name OF
"BishOp Vail"
He was a gallus fellow, one Of natures bril-
liant stars,
And his only failing was he went too Often Z,
the barr,
Tou ofien, sure. he drank OF booze, this man
Of great renOWn,
But al last he met kis Waterloo Ina good
Salimu town.
H. fell ike old NapoleOn-that brilliant son
Of Mars,
And for thirty days will practice al a differ
ent kind OF bHrs.
The city's guest, Ed. Ev. NAIL,
Hastilllau.