The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-12
CALAMITY IN A NEW ROLE,

The Calamity organ in discussing "The
Credit of Kansas and the report that
has been circulated in this state that the
election of the "woe" ticket here would
hurt our credit abroad Shy intimidating
capital and retarding investments" asks
is it not quite natural that money lend
ers who are Republicans should talk this
way, and so write to their correspond
ents in Kansas? Is it not quite natural
that Republicans east should write such
stuff to their friends in Kansas"
If Republicans generally were as I'M
scrupulous as one would naturally take
the author of the above to be, and ii
should occur to these Republicans out of
| the state to think of this trick to make
! votes against the Peoples party, it might
be done. However, business men are
not in such state of ''morai and mate
rial ruin" as to so about connecting cam
paign lies for the benefit Of any political
party. Besides, did you ever hear Of
Republican money lenders writing to any
locality warning that locality about the
hurt their credit would get if the local
Democratic ticket were elected? Much
as manyRepublicans may have deprecated
Democratic success it never occurred to
them to make the argument against
Democracy that the success of that
party would injure the locality's credit.
The credit of Kansas is at stake and
the Calamity people know it. They
know, as does every one else, that it is
not Republicans alone who feel the
danger to our credit through the tri-
umph of the Calamity ticket. Republi-
cans and Democrats abroad believe it.
The Calamity paper admits that the
credit will be hurt, but that the Peoples
party will re-establish credit such as
will command investments after the first
spasmodic tImidity, which is based on
ignorance, effervesces." Capital will be
very shy Of such guarantees" as these
fellows have TO offer.
This is a new role these fellows are in,
promising 10 pass such "wise laws as
will guarantee to capital and labor
equality OF justice in the availability and
enjoyment of natural resources and op-
portunity." Capital is relentless greed,
we are taught, and what guarantee"
does it need? This talk about '.guaran-
teelng' the interest of capital Is but
slush. The whole of the stock in trade
OF Calamity is to array labor against
cadital. Capital is represented to be
the greatest enemy of labor and the
''plain people" Now that they see the
natural outcome of this teaching, that
capital, the necessary handmade of
labor, stands aghast and fears and de-
clines to come among its enemies, these
profess friendship for capital.
This whole warfare is against private
ownership in property, though not
openly SO avowed. Every man who
owns anything and dares to speak of the
rights OF capital is set down as pluto
crat.
This new departure in favoring capital
is dangerous for these Calamity folks,
and we have probably heard the last of
it. They dare not offer any apology for
an encouragement oe capital for fear
Of losing their apital-hating jaw
do their talking, which is
but abuse of imaginary plutocrats. The
credit of Kansas is at stake. The credit
of Kansas has already been much hurt.
Enterprise has been retarded. These
fellows virtually admit it, but assure us
that after the "firstspasmodic timdity"
our credit will renew itself. We prefer
not to endanger, then rebuild credit. We
prefer to stand up for the credit and
of Kansas.