Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17

The EAGLE seems to be in rebellion
against everything republican. The Bird
should bear in mind that Kansas sane
| toned trusts and their parent, the tariff
robbery. by eighty-twe thousand majority.
That majority may not win for the Sun
flower state the respect and spoils of a
Republican administration, but it makes
robbers, of whatever kind, feel very cheer
fuL-Kingman Democrat
The EAGLE does not feel called upon
to SO much as deny. the unjust imputa-
tons attempted to be cast upon it by Its
political enemies, but lest some of its
friends may be deceived by such gratui-
ties as that quoted above it will state
that it is not in rebellion against any
thing truly and purely republican, but
is, as it has been, in earnest defense
thereof. 1t is not pleasant thing to
condemn or criticise wrong doing Of
whatever sort on the part of friends,
but duty if faithfully performed,
compels the doing of many things
that one would fain leave undone.
The EAGLE is enrapporte with re-
publican principles, but is at uncompro-
missing warfare with certain methods
and practices that are un-republican:
have no place in the plans and purposes
of the Republican party and are preju-
dicial and harmful to the best interests
of the party as party, and consequently
of the community at large.
And Just here we take occasion to re-
mark for the benefit of the esteemed
hot with
poor grace from it and its ilk to make
reference to trusts and combines in con-
nection with parties and national poll
tics. If the Democrat knows anything
about it, it knows that at no time in the
history of the country have trusts of all
sorts multiplied and widened and in
creased their monopolistic tendencies
and practical operations as during the
four years of Democratic control of the
government; thatif these ubiquitous con-
spiracies against the rights and interests
of the people are in any way the result of
national legislation, the Democratic party
is directly responsible for it, because that
party has dictated and controlled legisla-
ton by congress for the last fourteen
years, or since 1873. And the
Democrat further knows, if it
only had the candor to admit it.,
that the strongest, most powerful
and most oppressive trusts and combines
in this country, and in the world as for
that. are controlled and manipulated by
prominent, conspicuous and influential
members and leaders of that party. And.
again, The fact-and it is pertinent one
in this connection-that the trusts and
combines are not restricted 10 the list of
protected articles but embrace as many,
IN proportion to the number, that are
found upon the free list, puts a complete
estoppel upon the Democrats assump-
ton on that point. All this hue and cry
raised by Democrats about trusts and
combines in connection with the ''rob-
Der tariff, which latter is to them an
exceeding sweet morsel-at least they
imagine it isis but the cry of ''stop
thief" fact that everybody knows, and
consequently it deceives nobody.
All this by the way; it has nothing 70
do with the rebellion, which even now
pervades the state and only awaits the
opportune moment 10 accomplish that
for which ii came into active existence.