The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-03
BOASTS THE EAGLE AND WICHITA.

From the Topeka Cap.tai-
| Whenever prohibition enforcement is
/ discussed, the papers of Wichita. Leaven-
worth and Atchison seem 10 think that
| the only defense necessary for the open
! defiance of law is to SANDER Topeka The
! fact that the law has been accepted by
| this ojty ever since the county attorney
! and the Capital under Major Hudson won
! he first fight against the saloons, is sp-
parently considered a crime worse than
| high treason against the two or three
cities that claim exemption from the
prohibitory law. Any person not familiar
with republican system OF government
would ina CINE from reading the Wichita
Eagle and Atchison Globe that Topeka in
! 1880 took advantage of the rest of the
| cities of the state TO enact a law depriving
them of the precious boon OF liberty and
that this town ever since had ground them
under the iron heel of a most despotic
cruel and relentless tyranny, against
which the Eagle and Globe appeal 10 every
hberty-loving people for recognition Of
belIgerent rights, until they can wrest
from the oppresSor independence and self
government.
The constant attacks on Topeka for dis
turhing the peace and fomenting discord
within the Republican party are about
as farcical as the virtuous pretence OF
the Eagle and Globe in dressing open and
defiant nullifcation in the livery of home
rule" self government and personal
liberty" The humbug fools nobody
There is not school boy but knows that
the Wichita principle is the principle of
anarchy. pure and simple. If it is good
in prohibition 1t is equally good in horse
stealing or prize fighting. If saloon keep
ers may trampfe on the state authority
there is no reason why train robbers
shouldn't be permitted to carry on their
trade with the same impunity.
So far as Topeka is concerned. this city
never has supported the state govern
ment in demanding of Wichita or other !
towns anything that does not concede |
itself. The pretence that Topeka encour- /
ages any discord within the party or state |
is the emptiest sort of twaddle. Not only 4
is Topeka always relied on with confidence (
TO Offset with its banner Republican ma
joritses the whisky vote of Wichita, Atch- {
ison and Leavenworth. but between cam [
paignS it gives the state no truoble what
ever. If every town and county in Kan ]
sas were no more troublesome to the state /
authorities than Topeka and Shawnee /
county, Governor Morrill, and the entire /
state administration today would have /
no serious problems on their hands and
the party would be united and enthusiast
tic behind them. If there is dissension,
If some good Republicans are IN doubt
as to the denomination of the present gov
ernor, if every convention, every meeting
of the State Temperance union and every
are anticipated with anxiety
for the party, It Is not because of Topeka
or Shawnee county. Can Wichita say
as much?
The Wichita Eagle twits this paper on
having enjoyed the emoluments of Official
state paper in the past The emoluments
Of the Capital in recognition of its services
TO Kansas have not been in its entire
history one-fourth of the sop that has 10
be thrown to the editor OF the Eagle at
to keep him from fomenting new
Murdoch RebeIlions." The state conven
hon goes to Wichita next week TO placate !
the Eagle. There IS a boom for the !
Eagles editor for deEegate-at-Iarge not |
because of any recent services TO the
party or state. but 20 keep him from doing Z
svery thing in his power to destroy Re ]
publican harmony. HIS paper has re-
,eived thousands Of dollars for standing {
Ip for its city and state in the pass II
Governor Morrill, is renominated there IS ]
IN expected bolt from the Eagle. II Mr. !
should be nominated Wichita J
would be expected 70 roll Up Pop or c
Democratic majority. Up 10 the present '
ime but one man has been mentioned for
governor who would be sure 20 get th- e
support OF the Eagle. and that is the Ea- ,
les editor. n
In view OF all the trIbulation the party a
nd state have suffered from the Eagle =
Iullifying principle OF home rule II
ONES with poor grace for that Repubh-
an newspaper 20 throw bricks a. the :
'apital or Topeka We pledge this city :.
0w to give the next Republican ticket !,
wo majority for every one OF the opposi- :
Ion ma jor5ty Of Wichita. !,