Wichita eagle., 1889-05-09
IN THE soup

4 IN The r.
| The police court revenues seems to have
dropped with a sickening thud, and crys
for the flesh pots of Egypt have been
| dinned into the EAGLES editorial ear.
1.-The cutting off of fifty thousand dol
! lar stream" as one official put it, ''de-
| mands cry from the press" We assured
him that this bird Gully screamed, and its
scream is put in on direct taxes. There is
| no other way. Cut the expenses down to
the lowest notch and levy per cent OF
| taxes sufficient to cover it. We told him
farther, however. that if new and expen-
sive Offices were to be added by every leg
islature and the police force increased at
the will of every new commission there
would be cry from taxpayers within the
| next two or three years which would drown
any that the newspaper might set up.
But" said he, I'VE are already owing the
police a months salary or more and very
little money in the treasury, and we don't
want this administration to make worse
showing financially than those which
have gone before. OF course not, but some
things are inevitable. The taxes Of the
city of Wichita for years have been less
than one-half of that of any other city OF
its class in Kansas, and besides, Wichita
is not half as deep in the soup, SO far as
financial embarrassment is concerned, as
the other leading cities of the state. We
may become as hard up, but its certain
that such Is not the case now. Surprising
we are two or three thousand dollars be-
hind. Take some of the other cities OF the
safe. Here's Kansas City, Kan, as shown
up through special message from Mayor
Mccoy, where the general revenue has
been cut short from the same cause.
The general revenue Of that city
up to May 1st was overdrawn
to the amount of s., 007, and the general
improvement fund was in debt s., 562, and
that the receipts for the next nine months
would aggregate only $50, Co., and the ex-
penses S5S, 500, making total deficiency of
S3S, 500.
Now let US look at Topeka, where they
run things on still higher pressure-and
we get our figures from their own papers:
On the 8th of April the cash on hand N
the general revenue fund was SCI and
the unpaid pay rolls aggregated sl2, 1864.
In addition TO this there is due, July 1, to
the electric light company Sl5, S35. Is, max
ing total payable out of the general
1uuC, VI 60 -J~.d~ He Ga pcIoCo
for three months have also to be pro-
vided for before the July taxes are
paid And to meet all these expenditures
there is in the fund only S226.62. In
the general improvement fund there was,
on the Sth of April, 500 &c. and the IN
paid pay rolls and miscellaneous claims
audited aggregated s3,47I.7S. This makes
an aggregate Indebtedness, on the Sth of
April, of Sl5, 92s AZ, with resources aggre-
eating only s43551. The amount due the
electric light company, July LIST, viii swell
the indebtedness to 81, 1920.
Its only the inferior article that comes
cheap. Good things come high and those
who enjoy them should be the last to
grumble about exposes. Wichita is
great, good, clean and growing city; has
done more growing than any other city in
less than half the number of years of
either Of the other cities. and at less than
half the taxes levied by the other cities,
and if necessary can stand a greater ex-
pense than any other city without feeling
ttsmore than half as much.
IN THE NATTER OF FATHER CASEY. 2
The order summoning Father Casey TO
Newton has very evidently stirred the
Catholic community of this city to its very
depth. His friends among the most prom
inent members Of the old congregation are
outspoken in their protestations. They do
not want to loose him. Father Cassey's
among the childrenaof the par.
ishs seems remarkable and even the child
rem have set up a cry against his removal.
1t is not known, we believe. why the bishop
made the order, or rather that any charges
oga insthis work or character were made.
Father Casey sgreat work hereis known
to all. The parochial school Il fine brick
and stone structure, was erected under his
as was St. Aloysius' church
and also the Sisters academy and the
Broth ers' academy on the West Side. In
short, the great bulk OF the property at
presen held here by the church. and all
of which is very valuable, was secure d
the enterprise and faithfulness of
Father Casey. 1t is said that his assign
meut to Newton is promotion, but evil
IDENTIFY the Catholic people do not view it
in that light. 1t is matter. of course, of
which the community at large knows lit
tie and therefore a matter which ought
60 be settled inside of the |
church "a ther than through newspapers
We only say what we have because of the |
general tai k on the streets, and because |
leading Catholics have unreseryedly talked |
in the prese nee of the writer Of it, evil |
IDENTIFY desiring that something should be |
said. We do not know enough of the law |
of the church to say whether there can be
any appeal made outside of the one made |
to the resident Bishop Hennessey, but such |
an one will be made at least and a very |
strong one. for the retention of Father |
Casey in Wichita, which probably would |
not have been made q bishopric when it /
was made but Tor his efforts, and who was |
a prominent candidate for the high posi-
ton.
on CITY PARK.
The matter of city parks and the advisa |
bility of establish ing them in view of the /