Wichita eagle., 1889-05-21
AN HONOR COMES CLOSE HOME.

Hon. j. W. Douglass, father of Hon.
Geo. L. Douglass, of this city, has. we see
by the dispatches, been appointed commits
sioner of Washington City, ID. c., by Pres
ident Harrison. The Cleveland commits
sion, which has had charge of the Capital
City for three years past. were invited to
step down on the 9Th, much to the relief of
the city, if the dispatches are to be be-
lieved. "Gath." in his dispatch to the
Cincinnati Enquirer, says OF Mr.. Doug
lass:
IL the case of Mr. Douglass, the Repub-
lican member, it was a clear case of the
Office seeking the man. He will be re-
membered as the commissioner of internal
revenue for four years after ISL He has
practiced law in this city since 1873. He
had been in the public service Tor ten years
previous to being made commission r or
internal revenue, first as collector OF the
Erie (Pa.) district, and next as deputy
commissioner here. Through these four
teen years of public service he performed
his duties with great proficiency and in a
manner to gain universal respect. No one
enjoys higher reputation Tor excellent
character, and his ability Is unquestloned.
He is an active member Of the New York
avenue Presbyterian church. He has never
had any alliances with the COMBINATIONS
which have sought TO control district al
fairs for private ends, and there IS every
reason to believe that he will administer
the municipal affairs of the national capl-
tai for the general good.
REGULAR NUISANCE-ARRESTT THEN.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
By calling the attention OF parents and
teachers to the practice of many of the chill
dren in the city of entering yards ana tax
ing flowers without perm lSslon, you Will
oblige many of your readers who are great
ly annoyed by having their flowers stolen.
The children take these flowers to their
teachers. The teachers should enquire
where and how the children get the flow
ers. The children should be prevented
from forming such habits, that may not
suffer the evil effects thereof by the forma-
ton of character. ID.
May, 20. 1889.
Mr.. Miller's protest is a timely one. The
complaint is a general one Only small
per cent of the yards. lawns and gardens OF
the city are under fence, and there are a
class of people-probably late corners, who
seem to act as though they thought every
thing not fenced or locked up is public
property. These people would do well to
read the herd law, and then some OF the
decisions of Kansas courts, not
only as to their children but
as to their chickens. Some people
don't seem to understand that they have
no right to let their chickens run loose and
that the party whom they tresspass upon
have a right to kill them. But the courts
so hold. A lady on Lawrence avenue sent
US word last week that her flower beds
had been ruined by flower thieves and
others have complained that people walk
right over their front lawns with as much
assurance as if they owned them. Mr..
Millers' complaint is the fourth one with
in week and we think that the city ccun-
Gil should pass an ordinance fixing fine
for this kind of outrage and also an ordi-
nance making it warm for the chicken
nuisance. Two of the complaining par
ties last week declared that they would
make no farther effort at beautifying their
lawns until their work could be protected
from CT ilren and chickens.