Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-27
BLACK EYE FOR SEDGWICK
COUNTY


| A lot of so-called Republicans banded
together and beat Bob Dean for register
of deeds, last fall and succeeded in cleo
| ting Democrat.
Now mark this The worst black eve
Sedgwick county ever got is through a
circular just issued by one Galloway,
chairman. Of the Democratic state central
committee, which circular he claims is
made up from figures from the register
of deeds offices of the various counties,
and which circulars have been sent. by
hundreds of thousands, broadcast all
over the country. A majority of the
register Of deeds, being Republicans, ut
utterly refused this man, who would
blacken his own state, any access to their
books for any such purpose, and also re-
fused to give him any figures. Where
OF how he got his figures Of Sedgwick
county, we don't know, but here they
are:
Amount of farm, city and town,
individual mortgage indebted
ness. ......-.. -.-....- o,O1o
Municipal city, town and
county bonded Indebtedness,
except that for school pur-
poses. $4,000
Total public and private in
debtedness, except school. s15, 04S, QUO
Assessed valne of all real estate,
including railroad property,
Tor 1888 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Sll foO, SJ3
In other words, to serve political
purpose, this fellow has scattered broad
cast over the country circular which
shows that Sedgwick county owes over
three million dollars more than all her
real property is worth.
This is the hardest blow, and will do
more to hurt the good name and more
to damage the credit of our great and
prosperous county than anything that
ever happened to her. Do the Demo-
cratic property holders of this
city and county desire the
EAGLE to denounce this infamous
showing or not? Can you stand up I'M
der and pay the penalty of such a lie left
to go unchallenged or not? Must it go
out to the world that we as commu-
nifty, less than 10 years old, who are
paying only 2 1-2 cent taxes are yet pay
ing as interest on mortgages alone ONE
AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR,
and that if all we had was sold, all our
land, all our farms and all our homes
and railroads, we wouldn't be able to
pay what we owe; that, III short, we are
THREE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORSE THAN
NOTHING?
Of course the Democratic papers won't
deny it. They probably won't even
deny that some Democrats for pay or
otherwise furnished this Galloway with
such a showing of Sedgwick county, or
that had lot Of fellows defeated Bob
DEAN no such showing could ever have
gone out. Republicans don't own the
farms and homes and lands of Sedgwick
county. The Democrats must suffer
just as greatly from such misrepresenta-
tons as the Republicans, and that circu-
lar will cost the property holders of this
county an amount that no man can esti-
mate.
Gentlemen Republicans how do you
like Democratic methods SO far as
you have got, and how much are you
making out of your schemes Of defeat
ing regular Republican nominees only
that some little clique may be avenged
of some fancied personal wrong or that
some other little clique may get an in
side grip on some little contract, or little
money deposit, or something of that
kind?
If this man Galloway for, through and
in behalf of the Democratic party, and by
his tools in Sedgwick county, is telling
the truth and giving nothing but cold
facts, then as proposition of political
economy we, as the people of Wichita
and Sedgwick county, to do the safe and
wise thing for ourselves and children,
ought to gather up whatever We have
that is loose at both ends and leave
leave for other chimes, leave everything
to the men who hold these mortgages, to
hold their own bag.
How do you like it, Mr.. Taxpayer,
whoever you are and whatever your
politics.