The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-05
AID ASTRA PER ASPERA.

Good Lord, how our state motto keeps
pounding us!
/ used to think it was a temporary
arrangement and when amidst the poll
tai whirlwind we were once safely &C
coucheured, baptised, nursed, Graded
and passed through political measles,
chickenpox, whooping cough, humps
we would then have passed the tribu!a-
ton period and commenced on our
glory period" but here we are over
age and commenced on another stage of
political "periods and in this ''period"
he "who is of softer and more yielding
disposition" as old Robert CroZier puts
it, is positively Sin it." Naturally
''fernist" "wimen" voting from what l
believe are coquet reasons, one OF
which is that we now have too many
voters, and that increased ballot BODIES
no good to US; and also, at least 10 per
cent of the present voters should be
digging coal at Fort Leavenworth-
l now publicly withdraw all objections,
and avow my belief that the sooner this
thing is brought to pass the better.
I also think the cigarette law should
be amended and tobacco, cigars and
snuff included. If there is anything
more to be done, appoint commission.
Let the entire gamut of politics, morals,
philosophy and sumptnary regulations
be over hauled and put it all in the cons
titution, and make it self-enforcing; put
a double twin-screw propeller in it so if
one breaks the other will work.
am opposed to doing out this stuff
to us year by year. 1t is like "hotel
coffee" it don't stand long enough to
settle. For the love of the suffering
Moses let us get to point where we can
say to the eastern investor:
Things are settled. Come on with
your money
From the day of the Spanish buc-
cancer to March 8, 1898, o'clock and
16 minutes p. m. Kansas has
been in moral, social and political ebulli-
ton. Our motto has done US up"
The "aspera" part Of our motto stays
with us like a hungry hound, and the
GLORY" part of it is as dim as the recol-
lection of the decalogue on the mind of
a convict who carries the "Tanch brand"
of dozen penitentiaries on his cadaver-
Gus and pestilential carcass.
In the name OF all the gods at once"
except Pandora, l pray that we hurry
along in our career and get, at least, TO
the base of that mountain of glory,
from whose sublime and regal heights
we eau look upon the impure mortals
grovelling meath us.
Let us in humble supplication beseech
Pandora aforesaid to empty the balance
of her box of ills upon us; pour out the
yials, jugs, tankards and hogsheads of
her wrath upon Us, to the end that we
can joyfully exclaim:
Now, eastern investor, we are at the
end of our rope; soon as we settle,
come on with your money!
Trace Kansas history from the Spanish
bandit TO now; it is commOtion, intensi-
fed, raised to the tenth power, Never
have we gone to bed and been able to
see The lengthening shadow Of the ap-
preaching political, social or moral va
gary that on the morrow was to spring
full-orbed on our vision, and challenging
our attention by its boldness and impu-
dence.
Let Us not hinder this suffrage bust
ness. Let us rather hasten II, and also
pray that whatever other political, So
cial or moral reforms are hidden, and
but waiting the outcome of this one, may
boldly come from its hiding place and
take its proper position, so we can at
least feel that for brief period We shall
have surcease of isus, and turn our at
teution 10 common, ordinary bread-wiu-
ming, business propositions. Let Us
change lad astra per ad aspera" 10
Ever and always provoking public at
tention," ZOnoUs.