The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-09
JUST PLAIN MURDER.

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or four days since. ''Tangy Allen, -
is written for the Eagle by a home con-
tributor and cannot fail to appeal to
the sympatnies of all who hate the
wrongs of biggOtry no less than the
crimes OF rhe depraved.
That horrible story coming from Ken
| lucky, 10 which we allude, as appearing
| in the columns OF the Eagle the other
! day was just such an outrage as that
| Of poor "Tangy Allen Because the
whitecaps took exception to the mode
Of life OF the two old people they were
ruthlessly murdered. That one hundred
armed men should rebul5e immortality
by committing murder upon these two
defenseleSS beings, is Of Itself extra
ordinary, extraordinary for these times
and extraordinary that it should have
occurred in such a civilization as the
| Blue Grass region bOaStS. But what
can be said of the horrible affair when
that old man half roasted and fleeing
| from his prosecutors was Tiddled with
| bullets from guns in the hands Of pro
| Tossing Christians and mOralists, and
his partner, the defenseleSS old woman
| left TO meet a horrible death in the
flames Of her burning home. 1t was
cold bloOded cruelty, almost incredible
too terrible 10 talk about. But our
heroine "Tangy Allen met a like fate
in that same historic region, with this
difference, Tangy was innocent and
| ignorant, but friendleSs and alone The
old pair Of the more recent tragedy
were both white Had the poor wO-
man been tied TO a stake and burned in
the fashion applied to negroes in GER
! tain districts for certain crimes, the
| details might have been more appall-
ing but the fact could not have been
more so. When shall we witness or
hear Of the last of these horrors where
| one law of God and of man is violated
in order to punish the unproven viola
ton Of another law.
The world is full Of Hypocrisy. In
the gIIiSe, or under the name of diplom-
acy, it influences church and state. and
largely rules and controls all things
everywhere. Governor Morrill, Us Il
diplomat suggested to his original
Wichita commissioners that they adopt
the Kansas City, Kansas, prosecution
policy. They agreed to this, but be
fore they had chance to put it in
practice their heads went off.
The State Temperance Union at To
peka find no fault with the traffic at
Kansas City, Kansas, and the state
Ministerial alliance endorses the decla-
ration that the prOhibitory law is en-
forced at that place.
AS the Gazette daily cOngraitulateS
itself and people over the satisfactory
enforcement Of the law, and as the pO-
lice commissioners report for that city
show several thousand dollars of reve-
nue. collected monthly, we have been
greatly perplexed liz our attempts TO
reconcile the apparently conflicting
statements. The Gazette but yesterday
editorfally exclaimed that when the
press and the pulpit join hands the
after the Gazette will be pointing with
pride 20 the satisfactory amount of
monthly fines turned into the city trea-
sury. That paper continually urges
Wichita to quit kicking, leave off gin
drinking, and to do as Kansas City
does and be happy. But the Gazette
never vouchSafes any further informal
tiOn farther than that its people in
smelling the Missouri river across the
line are satisfied. There is no revenue
in smells. It's drinks which cost. If
the drinks are paid for on the Missouri
side. then its loss.
Can it be that Morrill, meant that
Wichita should throw dust in the eyes
of the state. and it's Dick Waite Tenn
perance mission, 10y playing the hypO-
critic? Is that the role, after all. which
Kansas City is so successfully en-
acting? Is all this talk of the Gazette
but make-believe. to mislead? We
guess that is the size of it, MorrilTs
successive interviews. and the Ca
zette'S daily reitrerations. can mean
nothing else. Under the banner of
prchibftory reform. upheld by prolific
prOteSt3tionS, the traffic fer revenue on
~. silently. slimely worms its length
along and Wichita is only left. is only
prosecuted because she won't play the
hypocrite. NLroT1l says his is a business
administration, and again. that South
Carolina under a system of state traf-
fic cleared 100000 cash monies in six
months. Again he says Prohibition
is an absolute failure, but that the law
must be enforced-in Wichita. Put
these declarations together and hinge
them upon the advise he gave the
Wichita commission TO adopt the Kan
SaS City. Kansas, system. and there you
are with the clearly defined policy of
cold WAFER and the privilege of bowling
for the TeetOCaller. something for the
Stcmach's sake for the resubmissioniSt
and monthly revenues and all the year
round hypocrisy for everybody. What
could I've more beautiful TO the men,
berS of the Law and Order league,
what more delightful TO the members
of the Mystic Brotherhood. what more
satisfactory to the taxpayers than alb
Slinence for the teetotalerS. lihations
for the liberals and smooth diplomatic
Hypocrisy for all. Major Morrill, after
all may not only he Il statesman but
born diplomat Of such u,anScenden1
adepneSs rs only Kansas City. Kan
"a could catch On 10 and in utilizing
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