The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-12
WHILSICALITIES OF THE KANSAS
PRESS

A short time ago the Wilson County
Citizen undertook to read a number of
Kansas newspapers a moral, or rather a
partisan, lecture on fealty TO
party, and the Fort Scott Monitor
had few things to say in the same line
Though of all men who can talk one
way through his paper and a directly OPP
posite way privately, with the greatest
felicity, the editor of the Monitor takes
the lead). Aiming his rod of correction
directly at this paper, the Monitor man
said, in part:
Recent utterances of the Wichita EAGLE
and the Kansas City Gazette on the tariff
question, convince US that those who direct
their policy either never knew anything
about the tariff question or never had any
| honest convictions on the subject. The
fact is that there are large lot of news
papers in Kansas showing up just the kind
of stuff they are made Of. They are bright,
sparkling journals, but their management
are showing so plainly that they are Shaky
| in their loyalty to well established truths,
and so Whimsically tickle in their effort to
catch every shifting breeze of public senti-
ment, that their readers must be well nigh
dazed in trying to keep up with them.
That there are a lot Of newspapers in
Kansas showing the stuff they are made
of by slavishly following the lead of an
ignis fatuus that has led their state and
section we'll nigh to the verge of ruin,
because for5OOth, it was an in
depreciation put upon the declaration
of party principles which was calculated
to and did deceive many, but which in
depreciation has been clearly demonstrate
ed and proven to be at variance with
said principles as defined by common
sense. reason and justice; we say the
pity is that there are newspapers, would
be leaders of thought and action that
affect the public veal, who are not only
willing TO lie supinely on their backs
while they and those for whom they e5-
say to speak are being tied hand and foot,
bat who would outlaw all who will not
thus lie with them. As to the EAGLES
''whimsicalities" and ''fickleness" in pro-
testing against the continuance of a
policy. alike harmful to the best interests
of the community and detrimental to
the true interests of its party, because
misleading and subverSive of its princi-
pies. this paper is content TO rest under
the mild impeachment while it looks TO
the logic of events in the near future TO
determine whether the appellations are
worthily bestowed. Meanwhile the
EAGLE enjoys the conviction that it has
uttered naught but words of truth and
soberneSs in its protests against what it
honestly believes TO be wrong and in the
advocacy of what it believes to be right,
guided ever by the sublime declaration
of that greatest of modern patriots and
statesmen. that The serves his party best
who serves his country best" The EAGLE
Is gratified to know that its course and
efforts for the common veal have been
and are endorsed by the right thinking
maSses. as far as its utterauCes have
reached and its only regret Is that its
missionary efforts in behalf of its way
ward critiques have so far been Unavail-
ing: but 1t Is encouraged by the thought
that the lamp still holds out TO burn.