The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-01
SLICK sLAPs AND SLIM SLAMS.

Oklahoma City Oklahoman: AS a
rooster, Marsh Murdoch is a bright,
brilliant success.
Kansas City Journal: Wichita will
petition the governor for local self
government. In the event self-govern-
ment is denied il would like receiver.
Guthrie Capital: Another small mat
ter of over million in gold ship
ped to Europe. If the president will
not, Marsh Murdoch should call his
famous halt"
Leavenworth Times: Since in all
Wichita no jury can be found to satisfy
Compbell as fit TO try the prohibition
case, why not apply for change of
venue, say TO Topeka?
Emporia Republican: 1t appears that
there is not a man in Wichita compe-
tent TO sit on a whisky jury. But when
it come to sitting on whisky barrels,
Wichita is right al home.
Augusta Journal: What is the mat
ter with appointing Murdoch TO ex-
anime the constitution, and see If Gov
ernor Morrill, has the right TO hold the
rod of an Iron ruler over Wichita.
Winfield Tribune: A court in Which,
ita has put in about week getting a
jury TO try a whisky case. The object
ions urged to those summoned for jur-
ors is usually that they pay taxes and
read the Eagle.
Topeka Journal: Now is the time for
the police commissioners OF Wichita to
show their hands. They should re-
move the police judge unless he will
permit a jury to be selected TO try the
whisky cases.
very has agreed 70 make an address at
the Wichita fair on Oct. 2 Next to
opening a new joint the most popular
thing which can happen in Wichita is
a free silver speech.
Lawrence Journal: Wichita petitions
the governor for an opportunity 10 gov
ern herself for a while. If Wichita
can't govern herself better than the
police commission governs her the town
site ought ito be vacated.
Leavenworth Times: Affairs in Wich-
tia have reached a pretty crisis when
out of 800 respectable business men,
attorney general to be a fit member of
the jury 10 try the case against the
Citizens club.
Kansas Breeze: After making the
proper discounts on account of the in
cOsistent, unreasonable and utterly
wrong positions OF the editor, it must
still be acknowledged that the Wichita
Eagle is the most readable daily paper
published in Kansas.
Lawrence Journal: Wichita now has
two sets of policemen, and has not
money enough to pay one lot. The
saloons alone were not able TO ruin
Wichita, and so prohibition came in and
is kindly rendering all the assistance in
its power to bankrupt the town. The
work is about done.
Kansas City Journal: The inability
of the prosecuting attorney TO secure a
jury in the city of Wichita or Sedgwick
county to try liquor cases on their
merits comes pretty near proving Gov
ernor Morrilrs position that public SEN
timent must be enlisted before prohibi-
ton can be made success.
Emporia Republican: The prohibit
ton are demanding the removal of the
Wichita police judge because he doesn't
violate all the time honored court rules
in the selection of a jury to try the
whisky cases. If the prohibitioniStS
are not careful they will lay themselves
liable to the charge of being extremists.
.,7vvlv11ce journal: After spending
several thousands of dollars trying to
close the Citizens club at Wichita, the
state has dismissed the case because it
could not find twelve men in Sedgwick
county who did not believe that the
v
law is too severe The whole trial has
been something of farce.
Topeka Capital: While the real es-
tate men are having their page ads.
printed in the eastern papers they
should get In column sketch of Joe
Patchen as sample Kansas product
A few lines might be thrown in for the
other king of side wheeIers." John r.
Gentry, also while we are about il, an
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dom of Wichita.
Leavenworth Times: The Wichita
situation grows still more interesting.
Campbell, having rejected the respect
able citizens as unfit for jurymen.
throws up his hands in a fit of petu
lance because the court rejects import
ed men who distinctly say they believe
the defendants are guilty before the
trial. The result is an impasse such
as was foreSeen and foretold from the
beginning.
Emporia Republican,: After long
fight Kansas City has plenty of water
Of her own. and now if Wichita could
get her beer, peace would be in sight.
Lawrence Republican: Another riot
is threatened in Wichita because of the
discharge of a policeman. This seems
strange. The general impression has
been that since the Truly Good took
charge of Wichita they had no police
men and no need OF them.
Atchison Globe: OCCASIONAL, in ly-
ing about AtchisOn, Wichita and Leav-
enworth, the opposite papers gay some
thing funny. The story is going the
rounds that Leavenworth woman who
was recently sent to jail for keeping a
house of i'll fame, couldn't raise money
to pay her fine. The Leavenworth
police commissioners then appointed a
receiver for her house, who ran it until
the amount Of the fine was raised,
Lawrence Republican: Wichita ap-
pears determined to practice what she
breaches. Almost every man sum-
moned on the jury in the big liquor case
penalty prescribed by the prohibitOry
law too severe. It may be possible
that a jury will be secured, but the
chances are that il il is. half Of il Will
be fixed for conviction and half for ac-
quittal. Prohibition viii eventually
cost Wichita more than he boom
Topeka Mail: Speaking Of Wichita
joints bring TO mind an incident Of the
Grand Army encampment at Salina
several years ago. A speaker had al
luded in very complimentary terms TO
Colonel Jim HolioweIl as The little
Giant of Wichita" and a delegate in an
other portion OF the hail arose and in
quired: we can not hear distinctly
in this part Of the room; did we under
stand the comrade TO say the little
giant Of Wichita or the little joint Of
Wichita?' "
Medicine Lodge Crescent: The one
feature OF the present political situa-
ton in this state that we dislike 70 see
II the way RUFF Cone. the Denopcp
boss Of Sedgwick county, is working
Colonel Murdoch the editor OF the
Ea gle, on the silver question. and Gov
ernor Morrill, and the state department
on the prohibition RUFF is dandy.