The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-07-17

The county commissioners got up and
howled long and strong yesterday and
for q time things looked rather blue III
that neighborhood, and each member
was pacing the floor and muttering,
set is an outrage" as the reporter enter
ed the room where peace generally
reigns supreme
Brother Harmon had a bunch Of his
wlaiskers fn his mouth upon which ne
was venting This feelings while his eyes
blazed with anything than a lamblike
f;,tbmissiveness Chairman Webb was
chewing eight-day matches, while Dea-
con Wilson's face was as red as farm
hand and even Dug Caldwell or County
Clerk Denny did not have the courage to
enfer their roorn and even the Eagle
representative ssoppd to consider before
enterins ilslssA
1t was eelf-evident that something
had stirred the usual gentle commits
eioners and when the meek-eyed Major
Burr took one suuint at the features OF
the ruff1ed board he wiped a tear as well
as his nose on the sleeve OF his coat
and like the Arab silently stole away.
One colored man looked in upon the
board, turned up the white of his eyes
and went away with his troubles care
fully folded IN his breast.
Brother Harmon dropped his whfs-
kers and spit out the ends, cleared MS
Throat and looking daggers at the re-
porter said: 1T is an outrage; II is
burning shamei The county won't stand
II: this county is not going to harbor,
protect and keep the INDECENT of Okla
fpu1a. Texas and the other counties
Of Kansas and the sooner we put our
foot down the better. The railroads
are hauling In people and dumping
tfem upon the county to be feed Why,
today there has been seven families
laid down here by the railroads and
they have applied to US for aid. They
want US to buy them a ticket TO some
other point, and If we would consent
10 this YOU would find Wichita overflow
ed. This has been the worst day l ever
cav for applications. Just before you
came In a man was here who had been
sent by the Texas authorities TO Guth-
die; Guthaie sent him to Arkansas City:
Arkansas City fired them to Winfield
and that place sent him to Wichita
Now, the only thing We can do is
either to refuse point bland to help
them, or else 1ee0 L0em OF snip lnsIn
on to somebody else, and we have con-
cluded to quit Why the hospitals
were fileed the other day with Oklahoma
Subjects and when we told the matron
than we would not be responsible for
any persons except actual residents OF
the oouty there was a general scatter
nenk- 1t seems that the other places
have got tt into their heads that If they
can ship their poor upon Sedgwick
county that their duty is done.
''Yon might as well let the outside
world know that Wichita and Sedgwick
county will not be made a dumping
We viii try and do our duty
by our own poor and when that is done
Dur work of relieving the suffering is
finished Aside from the poor who are
shipped in upon the county We have
a mother undesira bic class who have ap-
piled to US for aid and want to be sent
to the hospital and we have shut them
off also.
I'VE have been In correspondence with
the railroads trying to get them to
grant a special charity rate to US but
they have refused"
The other commissioners acduieSed in
what Mr.. Harmon had said and 1t be-
gins TO look rather blue for the poor of
Oklahoma and other points TO receive
any further aid