The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-30
ALONG THE KANSAS NILE.

George Clark Of Topeka. formerly O
Sterling, is said 10 be the best mixer in the
Pcpulist party in Kansas.
The Seventh congressional district fur.
nishes nearly half OF the Republican mem.
hers of the next Kansas legislature.
Tho Pratt Republican for a Christmas
editorial published the beautiful chapte.
from Luke telling of the birth OF Christ.
There will be nothing conservative about
the next Kansas legislature. II will turn
itself loose. 1t was elected with that idea,
]. G. Mccoy, the Wichita man who is
organizing the silver clubs OF Kansas. was
once az the head Of the great Abilene
Texas cattle trade.
The Abilene Reflector proves by list OF
counties and prices that Populis; counties
paid most for the printing OF ballots pre-
ceding the last election.
The reporter of the Salna Republican in
searching for new words to fit the old
idea of a dull day found this: Supreme
quietude prevailed upon the Streets
Old General Rice writes piece in the old
/ Kansas strain to the Fort Scott Monitor.
Like old Kansans he asked a number of
| dreadful questions and then ends the COM
nunicat.on with God forbid"
| In Minneapolis recently long resolutions
on the death OF member of a fraternal
! lodge ended with: Resolved. That copy
| of these resolutions be given TO the press
and another copy sent 10 the deceased"
No party has been imposed upon so
much as the Popul:st party OF Kansas
The selection of Linton, the deserter. as
! presidential elec;or, could never have
| taken place outside of the Populist party.
May people believe that as Kansas was
| the first state in the Union 10 have Pop
ulists it will be the first to get over it.
| In this supposition is included the belief
| that the east is still to have taste of
| Populism.
The New York Sun says the most violent
Populists in Kansas come from the west
ern Part of the state. There is nothing in
this. The eastern Kansas 'Popul;sts are
just as rabid as those from the west, IL
no. more violent.
W. H. Martin of Marietta, Indian Terri
tory, Christmas day. was on a Santa Fe
train coming out of Kansas City. He went
to sleep and snored loudly all the way to
Peabody. The people in the car der.ded
and joshed him. When the car was in an
uproar man shook Martin roughly by the
shoulder and said: "Giye us rest"' Then
all laughed. Martin hiccoughed twice and
was silent. A young doctor rushed for
ward and said: 1.-The mans dead" He
was. Then the crowd felt mighty mean.
Dispatch from Dighton: The board of
county commissioners of this Q-ane) coun-
~. in meeting today, formally declared tho
county insolvent. and issued Instructions
to Treasurer John Schiereck 10 refrain
from further payment of interest on the
bonded Indebtedness of the county. The
county has always. heretofore made its IN
terest payments promptly, its warrants
have circulated at very slight discount,
and consequently its credit has been high
The funded debt OF the county is 125,coo.
The bonds are held by about forty differ
ent corporations and individuals in New
York and New England. and when last
heard from they were quoted at par. There
seems 10 be no prospect that payment Will
ever be resumed upon the debt as II now
stands.
Edward Helvie. chairman OF the board
of commissioners, made the following ex-
plantations of their action: I'VE have
stopped payment Of interest upon our
bonded debt FOR the simple reason that |
Lane county is insolvent. We cannot raise |
enoUgh money by taxation 10 meet our in |
terest, and that is the whole story. or |
course, we took this action with great re- !
Iurtanca beoausa This 0ouptv has Ne-a+o- /
fore. among all the counties OF western I
Kansas, maintained its credit at the high |
est. Our home people are not regulators |
They ray their taxes promptly. but not so |
the nonresident property owners. For in /
stance the Jarvis-Conkln Mortgage com |
psny owns ninety quarter sections o. land /
In the county, upon which they have not I
paid a cent of taxes for nearly three years.
Other loan companies and eastern individ- 4
uaIs are delinquent in the same way. The
county has bought in land al tax sale until 4
IL can buy no longer.
IF the bondholders want 20 complain
they must lay the blame al the doors OF !
their neighbors in the east. who own the
land here. collect rentals upon it and re-
fuse to paw taxes. Our home people would 1
cheerfuily do their share. but they cannot
carry the whole burden. and 50 We have
reached the end"
One hundred and nins thousand dollars
or the Indebtedness IS represented by bonds
issued in aid OF the construction Of a
branch OF the Santa Re road from Great
Send through the county
Chief Justsce-eiect Frank Dostsr iookes
into the matter for the county last spT1ag
and !; IL understood that ne advised tie
that the bonds are Illegal |
and can be made void 81 TIE proper lezsl
action. The santa Re railroad = t1e iaEE-
IS: taxpayer IN the county ard ths com
m ssiorers understand thai TIE rosd AL
not gr-eve 3: ire bonds shall happen 70 b
defeated in re courts
The commissioners have retained John Z
Simmons. president Of the FIRST National
bank % D1ghton. sui Charles Lo5oei.
sPeakes % The present house q represent
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