The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-09
DEMOCRACY, DISEASE, DISASTER.

From the Kansas Chief.
These three DIS appear to be fast
| friends. They play to one another's
hand. The first two cause the last, and
the last two are the making of the first.
They are triplets.
| Cholera in the port of New York. An
emigrant vessel arrived from Europe last
week, with more than twenty cases on
| board, and several deaths had occurred.
| Two more vessels have arrived since,
with cases on board. President Harri-
son, with that promptness and that fac
| ulty for doing the right thing at the
| right time that has always characterized
| him, fastened to Washington, and issued
a proclamation declaring quarantine,
and absolutely closing United States
ports against foreign Immigrants for a
stated length of time IL was SO prompt
and SO precisely the right thing to do,
that the English papers and people,
forgetting that Harrison was the adj
versary of their favorite, Grover
Cleveland, Landed the action in the high
est terms of praise. Would it be suppos-
ed tina. any American would condemn
it? Democratic papers are bowling
about 1t, and endeavOring to make politi-
cal capital out of it; and Democratic Of
ficlals are resisting the proclamation.
The Democratic health officer OF the port
of New York says he shall refuse to en-
force the terms of the proclamation, but
will use his own discretion in permitting
immigrants to land. The proclamation
is an infringement upon state rights,
and the president has exceeded his au
thority.
A great war was fought, and a great
rebellion was suppressed. in order to
settle this state rights business. The
cause of state rights was lost. But yet,
whenever an attempt is made to protect
our people from foreign paupers and as
sassins, and from foreign pestilence, or
from disaster of any kind, or to protect
the honor of the nation, up hobs the
Democratic party to resist it, upon the
ground that it is in violation of state
rights. 1901
The city of Chicago was on fire. and
the fleeing citizens were being plundered
by gangs of robbers. They were help
less, because there were no means of en-
forcing law and order. President Grant
ordered General Sheridan, with the
troops under his command, to protect the
people and enforce order, under martial
law. It was the only resource, and
prompt action was necessary. The gov
ernor of Illinois, who had sat like a
bump on log, doing nothing, and too
badly ratified to know what to do, came
to his senses sufficiently to howl against
the invasion of state rights. President
Grant had exceeded his authority, and
had usurped the right of the governor of
Illinois, who had not asked him for as
ciS It ho1
pie of Chicago from being robbed of the
little they had saved from the fire. That
governor of Illinois had been
once turned Democrat. He is now
a Democratic United States senator
from Illinois; and recently, when mob
had taken possession of their employers
property, and threatened to destroy it,
he applauded and defended the act.
{ pestilence ragged in New Orleans,
and thousands were destitute. They
needed medicine, and nurses, and food,
A Republican president asked congress
to vote money to aid them; but that
body was Democratic, and refused, be-
cause to do so would be an invasion of
state rights.
Here is party thatcan find no au-
thorty in law to defend the country, to
educate the people, to promote decency,
to avert pauperism and crime, to protect
citizens in their rights, to encourage
home industry, to suppress anarchism
and brigandism, or bar disease and pesti-
lence from our shores. What is such a
party good for? Why, to adhere to the
time-honored principles of jefferson and
jackson! What grand party for young
and progressive men, or intelligent and
progressive men of any age, to tie them
selves to!