The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

1.-THE moon and the stars are common
place things;
The flowers that bloom and the pirds
that sing;
But sad were the world and dark our lot:
If flowers failed and the sun shone not
"And God who sees each separate soul,
Out of commonplace lives, makes his
beautiful whole.
must not allow the opportunity TO
pass without paying a just tribute TO
the old timers for the splendid manage
ment which they gave TO the puollc
affairs of both town and county. Inc
officers selected by the people truly ap-
precia ted the fact that they We're ser
wants and agents of the people in the
discharge of their official duties; they
did not assume that offices were Great
ed for individuals, who for the time
held them; they did not presume 10 SO
conduct themselves as to warrant the
conclusion that public office was Great
ed for private use and that II was
theirs rather than public trust ere
ated for the benefit of the people. They
gave to the people an honest ana eco
nomical Administered ton OF public al
fairs Here / am moved TO remark,
with no reference to local couclt1ons,
that in local affairs, the country over,
we have too much so-calieo poilIcs-
In the Municipality the candidate Tor
dog catcher up TO that of mayor
muct say his party's catechism. The
ONLY test should be capacity and inteS-
ritv-not what he believes, but what
can he do and viii he do. The same
should be the test IN all purely admin
istrative offices in the AFFAIRS OF
county.
These qualifications were found to
work successfully for years in the gov
eminent of the cities and towns OF New
dispersion.
WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
But what of this country to which
these people came and settled? what
is its future? These questions may
appropriately be asked owing 20 Its
present conditions: IL is no uncommon
thing to near men speak at these times
disparinsly Of Kansas. who in the days
of a false and fictitious prosperity
sang her praises. Look round you,
contemplate the visit area of land. the
soil of almost unequalled fertility.
adapted TO a varied husbancry; KNOW
the genial and half tropical climate
and remember how in the past the
fields have laughed with abundance
and the answer will be. kansas is all
right" In the great economy OF the
physical world this section was not
made in vain The country IS still in
its infancy: the people here have un-
deryone less adversely than their faith
ers who were pioneersiE the arly days
of the great states Of Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. The number IF crop fail
ures here from the date OF settlement
TO the present time have been far less
than the number occurring for the first
TWENTY-FIVE years OF settlement in The
great sattes ! have mentioned The
country is still IN the formative Per
iod and our people are just coming
into the knowledge necessary 10 get
the best results from soil and climate
To the intelligent. industrious, faith
f1al and economical who are here n
stay there is a prosperous and happy
future For all this section there Is a
spelndid material development IN the
near future. and when il comes, and
come il WILL this city VIII be the city
! OF Kansas
Along with material prosperity there
will be developed q stil higher ciii-
zenshir, and e culture &C broad and
generous as OR pEairfss- Ia my iadS-
ment we can hardly estimate tire pos
sibiliries of Kansas when we consider
her manifold advantages and her Gag
er. RESTLESS and progressive citizen
ship