The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-05
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NJ. NJ. MURDOCH, Editor.
THE WAR ON KANSAS.

The Eagles editorial of last Wednes-
day morning headed Lies About Kan
sas," has received numerous endorse
ments and from unexpected directions.
j. d. Botkin, congressmen-elect, writes:
cannot forbear to say that your edi
torial, in this mornings Eagle, on Lies
About Kansas" is the clearest and
strongest putting Of the case yet pub
l;shed,' Nothing, surely, could be
stronger in the way of an unqualified
endorsement than the quoted words,
their source taken into consideration
It being then admitted that we correct
iy delineated the situation in this state,
and that our conclusions were sound,
it follows that Kansas instead of de-
serving either the considerations or
opprobriums of other populations is, in
fact, more in the attitude Of the first
convalescent of community through
which some epidemic had made clean
sweep entitled to congratulations rather
than pity. Kansas may have had, and
undoubtedly did have, very virulent
attack OF real graveyard imitation, as
also a most malignant relapse OF DUST
ed BOOM" but she is well over both. AS
Kansas was the first to catch the dis
ease, it will not be long before every
body will be seeing that she is the first
patient discharged as cured. The howl
ing that is heard against her is from
patients who are still laboring under
the deiirium of collapse from which
Kansas has about rallied. The trans
Missouri states and territories may still
seem a little pale and shaky, but they
are on their feet, and their steps grow
more firm. The eastern states are just
going to bed with boom sequel which
will make them howl from the other
side Of their mouths and IN a way
that will render the obliviouS TO the
fact that Kansas ever had the same
disease or any other trouble. 1t Is lneV-
liable that the boom contagion will run
its course. Every state must as has
Kansas, 20 down and back TO bed
rock. a greater number of expert doc
tors. with a larger supply of medicine,
Rave succeeded in staving off the dis
temper in the eastern creditor states,
hut they all have the graveyard cough,
and the consumption of suspendlng
hanks. the tester Of smashing corpora
tons. the sores of falling prices ana
wages. and of general arophy unerr-
ingly point TO the sequent and 1nevlta-
bile collapse. Kansas has been TO the
bottom. clear. down to the gold stand
ord station. and having unloaded, Is
Strengthening up. Within two short
wears she has discharged millions Oh IN
Giyidual indebtedness and wiped out
noill;ons more of corporate and munich
nal burthens. The records show TINS.
This is not true of the Atlantic ana
Middle states. They are just commenc-
ing TO sauirm under pains which Will
rack their souls and wreck their ior-
tunes, and from which nothing less
than a general European war or some
thing of equally universal potency can
save them. This country is one, and
-nne end of it cannot be sick and the
other end we'll for any great length OF
time. The gold-bug east will be crying
Stree silver more vociferously than
did the west in the hours of her boom
travail, crying protection" crying any
thing. everything in the way of relief.
Some of these cries are on right now.
The Kansas OK will cease to be gored
bv them; their own bull will be doing
the belloWiDg.