The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-03
ENTITY AGAINST THE EAST
Governor McIntire TX plains its Extent and
foundation.

] Denver, Col, July 2.-Governor Nc
Intire last evening sent the following
telegram TO the New York Journal, in
answer 10 q request for the opinion:
W. H. Hearst, Editor The Journal, New
York:
! You ask what is the chief reason for
| the western and southern feeling Of en-
nifty to the east. I presume you desire
me to answer the question from west
ern standpoint. l am not aware that a
! feeling Of enmity exists in the west. So
many Of us come from the east that
! nothing but the kindliest feeling
/ towards the people of the various states
/ in the east exists among us. There
! does exist a feeling of antagonism to
certain classes and interests which, as
i the west believes, unduly dominate ma
/ tional legislation and particularly the
/ administration Of the national govern
ment. The selfish and inconeiderate ac-
/ ton or course Of what rs loosely termed
( the money power, is the cause of what
ever feeling Of antagonism may exist.
+ Unquestionably unscrupulous men con-
+ trolling great corporations have had
/ little regard for the welfare of the peo-
far as they were able, whatever they
found in their way. Whether such men
west, north or south, they would act
along the same lines and with the same
disregard for the right of others having
IN mind success only. 1t happens that
these men and corporations have their
/ habitation in the east, but the dislike for
them and their methods and the results
they have brought about is not directed
against the rest of the community in
which they reside. 1 may say, it is not
sectional but class.
There is no feeling against an hon
sstly acquired fortune. nor it's possessor
wherever he may reside, but the class
above referred to sometimes called finan
ciers, are not loved in the west. Ger
tainly not that class of financiers who
through construction companies and
wa tered stock have fastened enormous
fixed charges upon many railroad cor
poraticns and their property. which
must be met by the people and thereby
become a we'll nigh intolerable burden
upon the industries of the country, par
ticularly the west, where freight hauls
are long and the bulk of the value of
the product at market is consumed in
freight charges. No objection is made
to paying for the real cost of construc-
ton, but the part stolen through the
'-AAC mann l'uA1tIOn Dy the promoting
hnGncier is an unpleasant burden. Wall
Street is the general name given to this
gentry. There is an incipient and grow
Ding fe5ling that may amount to antag-
onism If it continues TO grow, caused
by the sneers and abuse INDUCED in by
some people in the east and unfortunate
~ by some newspapers, even some great
metropolitan journals. The calling of
names. saving We are dishonest and
crazy, instead Of showing US our error
or listening to our reasons. is not con-
ducive to kindly feeling. The people of
the west are just as honest in their
views they hold as the people of the
east who hold opposite views Such
feeling as there Us seems to be inevita-
bic and is perhaps Complementary 10 the
feeling Of assumed superiority in knowl-
edge and purpose and integrity we sus-
pect the east Of holding toward us.
(Signed ALBERT W. M'INTIRE.