The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-14
THE KANSAS SPIRIT.
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
The Wichita EAGLE, with a sense of
fine fidelity to the state whose fortunes
it has aided in shaping, resents the state
ment that Kansas has suffered from hot
winds this season. 1t does not go to the
length of denying that there has been
some fairly warm weather in the vicin-
ity of the Sixth principal meridian this
summer, but it does pronounce as libel
Gus the reports that Kansas has been
swept by simoons during the last ten
days. 1t demonstrates, with scientific
cogencv, that the temperature in that
state since the advent of dog days has
not been more fervid than might be rea-
sonably expected of an inland country,
blessed with perennial sunshine. 1t sets
up the patriotic plea that while the
August air has not exactly suggested a
polar origin, it has by no means revealed
the blasting features which have been
attributed to it by pessimistic crop cor
respondents.
The EAGLES apology for the weather
is admirable and significant, as tending
to exemplify noble trait in the
Kansas character, namely, fealty to
the splendid state which has made
its way Through trials to the stars"
This feeling is notably conspicu-
Gus among the old settlers. The calam-
ity howl in Kansas is of recent origin,
and is not prevalent among the pioneers.
The great cardinal article of faith with
the ''old guard is to stand up for Kan
sas, and it is gratifying to note that this
spirit has been sensibly revived by the
latter-day cry about mortgages, poverty
and agricultural depression. Kansas Is
carrying some burdens it is true, but
they are not worthy to be mentioned In
comparison with the hardships so brave
" endured by the men and women who
came first To the land of the sunfiower
and fitted it for the support OF a vast
population. 1t was the faith and the
courage and the dauntiess spirit of these
early settlers which determined the des-
tiny of Kansas. Though often cast
down, they were not destroyed. They
met every encouragement with un-
waverIng confidence in the ultimate
fruition of their dreams, and by kindly
dispensation of faith many of them re-
main until this present day, TO rejoice in
the fruits Of their faithful and unselfish
labors.
a state with such history and so rich
in heroic traditions canuot be converted
to the gospel of despair. Loyalty and
pride are the foundation stones Of the
social fabric IN Kansas, and these noble
and excellent attributes continue to
assert themselves with all of their pres
tine force when the glory Of the state is
assailed. Editor Murdoch, in asserting
his enthusiasm for 90 degree weather,
only reflects a sentiment which is largely
dominant in Kansas and which, by
happy and peculiar moral alchemy, in
vests even discomfort with an enjoyable
flavor.
Il Is this optimistic disposition which
attaches a large commercial value 10
every summer shower IN Kansar which
coos the breath Of the simeon, WHICH
robs the devas,a ting insect OF lis power
TO destroy, which lessons the destructive
influence Of the food and which binds
even the fury Of the cycloue. II Is the
grandest exhibition Of pluck which has
been witnessed in modern times and It's
results have been impeTIsbaoIy iDcoT-
poEased IN civilization which chal-
lenges the admiration Of the world.