The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-27
ALL KANSAS IS INTERESTED.

The most encouraging information
and cheering assurances have been
reaching the EAGLE, daily. from almost
every section of the big Seventh, espec-
tally from the more populous and impor-
tant counties. Business men and all the
more substantial and successful farmers
know that Jerry Simpson not only did
not do anything in congress, but that he
was, if anything, a hindrance and a
clog to legislation: that every utterance
made by him upon the floor OF the
house was one Of either Encouragement
or of discredit; and that for Kansas, for
his own district and for his own people
he never had good word.
Jerry Simpson was begotten of calam-
ity and knowing nothing else his only
hope is in calamity. What little fame
he enjoys ne found in his feet. His cleo
ton was discredit to the state and
menace to every financial and
commercial interest of his district.
He lost 10 opportunity in congress to be-
little the people whom he had fooled in
to honoring him. In his speech of April
9Th, as officially printed, by the govern
ment, he asserted that the farmers and
farmers wives of the west went clothed
in rags, and in the same speech he de-
clared that there was not man OF any
sense in this country that would take
farm as gift, because it would be i'm
possible to make living on it.
That the people have become disgust
ed with such blatant demagogy and
damaging talk about them and their in
is no wonder. If majority of
the members of congress should hold to
such views and indulge in such twaddle,
public confidence would be DESTROYED,
financial ruin would ensue, and anarchy
anarchy, in which Simpson believes,
and for which he hopes and prays, if he
prays at all-would prevail, and great
and proud nation would cease to exist.
He is damaging and dangerous only be-
cause of the exalted position to which
he was undeservedly and unexpectedly
and the sooner he is retired |
and sent back to the level where he be- |
longs, the sooner will Kansas regain her |
lost credit, and but for which loss her
people would be more prosperous today
than at any time in all her history.
Kansas stands in need of good words, |
now, rather than of doleful prophecies;
Of commentator. and not curses. It |
has been misrepresentation and not facts |
which has so hurt tins state, and Kansas
wants the truth told about her affairs,
and not calamity lies. No state in the |
Union is in a better condition to flourish |
with prosperity, while no district of the
state leads the big Seventh, and all
would be well but for the cloud of dis
rust and despair which has been thrown
over our every Enterprise by these
of whom this gaunt-
7isaged Jerry is the head and
eader. With this political ad-
re-endorsed and sent back to
congress, and his unknown man Friday,
If this city, elected governor, reinforced
~ calamity legislature, and despite
'ur big crops and Notwithstanding all
'ur energy and enterprise as people,
IN era of retrogression would set in that
ould not be overcome before half of
'ur present property owners and bust
less lien had been lrretrievably +
wamped and ruined.
The world is afraid of and will not
rust any people dominated by either a
social or religious craze. So
he advent OF the PETER Simpson-calam-
~ reign in Kansas proved the signal
or distrust in all her financial and COM
lercial life. There is but one way for
Kansas to regain her credit, to restore 1
utside confidence and to command the
urplus capital and immigration of the
lder states, and that is to renounce
alanity ana relegate all its cranky
representatives., Of whom Jerry Simpson
} the principal representative and ire
ponsible head and spokesman.
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