The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-17

states. the cynOSure OF al eyes anu the
load-star CT the west; where commerce
had an outpost and CIVILIZATION loot
hold. Then the name Kansas, a synonym
of pluck, enterprise, energy anu power
was known. respected at nome and praised
abroad. our sun seemed TO be in meridian;
the flush of youth faded in a fortnight,
followed by the bronze of maturity; al
most fuii-orbed we sprang TO manhood,
challenging investigation and provoking
admiration.
The German ard the Frenchman; the
sons of Norway and Sweden; came to
US full of hope and ambition, bringing the
customs of the Fatherland; from the
battlefields of Metz and Sedan, Appomatox
and Atlanta, Characteristic ana Lookout
Mountain, came the heroes, the victor ard
the defeated, beating their swords into
ploughshares, and spears into pruning
hooks" 10 build homes. ard leave
competence to those who should come
after them, from the shores OF the Baltic,
from the ''v.ne-clad hills OF B-nsen,
from the banks OF the Danube, the Rnine
and Rhone; from the heighths OF Aora-
ham, from the lowland5 ana the High
lands; from Antrim, Limerick and Glare.
from Aberdeen and Ross. DumIries ana
Inverness. came the husbandmen and
W
make a home on the sun-browned plain,
whose early dews were kissed by the
first CLINT OF a rising sun. whose setting
was benedict,on.
From 1870 to 1881, 1.-The very stars in their
courses seemed fighting for u.s.
Yet the witch-playing descendent OF
Praise Gcd-"Bare bones" was with Us,
unable from his splenitic physical consi-
tuition TO enjoy or understand the foreign
ers' pastime and customs, he demanded
outlawry.
In 1851 a flight came DER US, more de-
vastating than graSshopperS, more crueI
than an army of armed foes more relent-
less than any tax-gatherer sent out by
tyrant The course of a cowardly, con-
sentative and :ndolent majority permitted
a some-Stomached disease minority, brutal
and revengeful, faratical and hypocriticab
to rule with an iron hand; to fay and
ruin, blister and poison, the avenues OF
hardy agricultural industry. The for
eigner invited 10 make his home under
benign skies. was no sooner dominciied
than the laws that existed at his coming
were wiped from the statute books, and
code as severe as the code enacted by
Draco. 600 Years before the birth Oh CHRIST,
was placed in its stead.
the morality of it is equailed only by
host who invites a guest TO stop with him,
and then robs him while he is asleep, and
uses the money TO spread the gospel of
Christ.
This horde of fanaticS-not content with
the decalogue in one hand and d torch in
the other with severe laws- nave through
successive, maudliE, drunken and hypo-
critical legislatures dominated by demo-
gogueS, if not felons, from time TO time
amended the Draconian code, until now
the sale of a ;himblefull of hard cider is
punishable by a fine of $500 and costs,
as well as Imprisonment for ninety days
in jail Crhe original bill was $1,000 and
one year in the states prison, as the au-
thor thereof stated.
Since that epoch ofleg;Slative despotism
amendments have been made TO the law,
whereby the Grown attorney" may en-
join the building used by dealer. make
the fine and all attorney fees a lien on the
building.
(This measure is supposed to encourage
the building of business blocks. The
present crown official deems $500 a reason
able fee for the action o injunction. as
per claims now filed in cOurt)
Subsequent to this act of amendment
it was made possible for three men, whose
taxes are less than $500. to appoint and
remove officers at will; to rule and ruin.
Yet after the police commission act il
was found that large property owners and
business men had ScrupleS about reducing
a city of the firSt-clasS TO d town or viii
lage, in business and population, TO en-
force an obnoxious Law. when "bunco-
steerers' went free, and hence the Dra-
CONAN policy demanded that those who
pass for men simply because God made
EN- should be invested with power, only
equalled by military deopot, when the
writ of ''habeaS corpus" is suspended dur
ing rebellion. Men of fair reputation
were tried and dismissed, then the clergy,
deceived by the envenomed reptiles that
infest the city, sought the crown and its
attorney and demanded the appointment
of creatures void of independence and
judgment, possessed of either bad or no
reputation, to the end that an open regu-
lated vice be suppressed, and immortality
and cheap poison should fill the purliens
and alleys of the city.
To arrive at this, these hoodwinked
clergymen, together with their adder
tongued contingent, We're forced to go
through every division, resolution, CON-
ment of political chemistry before they
arrived al the caput mortaum Of distilled
vitrioI' now SO happily represented in the
police commission trinity. and late nup-
tialS of the Buddhist and Spiritualist.
Whether or no this full hand" win ever
be surpassed can only be determined when
their progeny arrive at mans estate and
are entrusted with official power.
So far as the crown officer IS concerned,
this community viii render true YER
dict, that 1.-The extremes of alternating
incidence Or fury. insipidity or violence
has governed his life for at least twenty
years.
The rule of this commission is entirely
Russian in its methods, notwithstanding
all other county, state and even city and
township officials can be removed only
for cause" the very judge who can fine
S59o and imprison So days unoer this in
famous law is removed in one minute
without any cause or any notice" A
judge who is so appointed and so re-
moved, is robbed OF all independence and
the attempt TO use his mind. VIII lose him
his place in one hour Gas witness the case
of Judge HaitoaD A man who holds his |
job under the present regime viii, event |
uany graduate Is a scourdreL and exist |
by ''stunkle.sm."
\ long-suffering. patient and priest |
ridden people. grooming under the p-eSen; |
load OF taxation and lack OF income. can |
not but see that insolvency mast ensue, l
unless there IS relief. TIE wholesale IL !
terest Of Kansas is owned and controlled !
east OF Kansas, he agricultural interest /
is bound 10 the wheels OF the railway pres !
dents ear, The local interests cannot Use !
under the load OF the prohibition law. |
The broad acres are being abandoned. I