The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-16
"MIzouRYp VS.. KANSAS.

means OIL one Oh lto piA-sAS ~
Atchison has commenced a law SUIT
against the state of Khnsas the true title
of which is as the headlines OF this article.
If the people of Kansas have Wit enough
to know when they are 1nsulfed, ana
spirit enough to resent IT. this law suit
will prove to be the stone which when
removed, will cause the avalanche TO Iail
on the Sni-Hlls pauper, and shortly ena-
bic il to bear submissively the YOKE
which all that part of Kansas worthy OF
the name has been for twenty years pa
tiently fashioning for the sturdy pau
per's neck.
Every man no loves Kansas cannot
but rejoice wherever the ''clay -colored- /
hills" groan. That this yoke Will at last |
fit itself to the neck and cease to chaII Il
there is no reasonable doubt. And there /
| is lust as little doubt that this clandes-
tine law suit, appeal to the courts ana
denied, by late member OF the conieu-
eracy, of the power Of sovereign state
to legisiate on this purely domestic ana
internal matter will quicken the reason
of Kansas and hasten the hour when all
Kansas will bind their manifold insults
| into one mutual sheaf and
create sentiment against this clay
colored fungi. Our sentiment has slept
patiently, but it will now awaken. han
sas CITY and its tools have ''their bloody
sign of battle hung out-something to
be done Immediately"
This lawsuit confesses that the hour
of coercion by brides and threats Is now
buried meath quick oblivios pail. The
railways realizing the Righteousness OF
our appeal, have granted in small meas
ure the demands of the wholesale inter-
est of central and southwestern Kansas,
and remembered that they were Kansas
corporations.
Whether this act Of tardy justice is
the result of common honesty or the rear
, Of future legislative resentment 10 De
embalmed in a statute book, remains To
, be seen. If it shall be proved that the
RAILWAYS have conuived at this last out
{ rage on the young and growing interest
of Kansas. it is a matter of congratuia-
ton that this and all this will come to
S light before our many state and county
9 conventions are held. If this lawsuit
shall be decided adverse to the power OF
our railway commissioner then 1t VIII %
J, we'll to know it ere the next Legislature
j is convened, as we can correct this evil
0 and PASS a law to meet not only this
, emergency, but others hereafter TO ARISE
and all of which will be within the IN
ternal power of the state and not IN any
n wise contravene the interstate commerce
e act. But if on the other hand, ana
e as is most probable. this law suit Is TO De
d DELAYED, heard, appealed, postponed
K held back, reheard, reargued, and be-
IS come dusty with age before 1t Is settled
It then we should rejoice because we are
t, put on our guard, and if we, as state
are idiotic enough to permit the mex
legislature to adjourn without carefully
/ enacting such laws, as can be speedily
: enforced, we should be punished for otll
u neglect. 1t may be that the railways
10 Kansas City and its Kansas vipers have
had in mind some defect in our law al
'e these wears. as last resort when al
81 other means shall have failed. 1t may
be this law does not grant all we have
claimed for it, but the power exists ano
- :, we can put it in a new law if necessary
= But we should not sit still t.
- await the laws tardy length
y If this suit is decided in our favor thei
y we have lost nothing; if it is not so de
. cided we should not run any risks, bu
- awaken for the future and anticipate 1t
Saiina, Hutchinson, Wichita ant
70 Arkansas City are one in this fight, an'
IL through their newspapers should appea
10 to the honest men throughout Kansas
10 to stand by the state, and see to 1t tina
ar the conventions this year nominate
h Kansas men for the Legislature.
Germane to this subject, it may no
be inappropriate to state that the proteS
filed by Kansas City and its viperou
+ contingent in Kansas, against the ap
le pointment of George I. Anthony a
ar railway commissioner, is more power
If full appeal to the governor of hansa
is than any petition could he. In fact it j
at a trumpet tongued clarionet that vii
g. be heard from the Sni Hill TO the Slve
Queens eastern border, from the Re
IN publican on the north to the Cherokee
lis strip on the south, and will result in tn
ey concentration of Kansas in band
t. stronger than triple steel. GoFerno
IN Anthony owes these creature
y a vote of thanks for pointing out in S
marked manner, at this time, the point
of excellence in his character which f
- him for the position of assisting IN tn
wiping out of the Missouri river as
basing point for rates.
To conclude this paper, anything thu
comes to pass which has tendency
provoke the wrath and arouse the II
"A sentiment of Kansans against kanss
- City, over in Missouri, Is blessing an
- should be hailed with delight by tho:
>, who know Kansas best and love 1t mos
- Whilst the individuals that 20 to max
I'D Kansas City. No, may be rath:
decent set of fellows, yet. as IN polite
in the units that make up party may
IN honest men and good citizens, CO
las lec;ively they are bad lot and represeI
} r principle that is wrong, and therefor
in the interest OF humanity and goo
government should be suppressed
.ob Kansas CITY. Mo, represents cor
,od mercial principle inimical To the grow
cd aad prosperity of Kansas, and IN 6ehA
Iey of Kansas every man should give his J
huence toward the formation Of sent
m hat y