The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-18
MADE A BIG HOWL
THAVs WHAT TlE sEDGWICK
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DID.

THAps WHAT TlE sEDGWICK
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DID.
Faith in Sending Paupers Here They
Got the Good People of That Fair
City RiIed up, and the Result is a
Vigorous Kick Back-Guthrie, Too, has
Big Kick Coming and it Does Not
Fail to Make it-Laws Concerning the
Matter
The Oklahoma papers, especially the
papers OF Guthrie and Oklahoma City,
are on their mettle, and justly so, be
cause some Of the papers of this city and
the county commissioners have been max
irg charges against the good people Of
the two cities named, and their represen-
t2tives- An immense howl went up from
here. a howl like that of a dog baying
the moon, as Shakespeare would have
il. because poor unfortunate woman
from Oklahoma City came here. prob
ably to hide her shame, ard being in
critical condition, went into the Wichita
holpitdl at the expense Of fhe county
The county commissioners had her exam
ined by notary public and she stated
on oath that neither the authorities of
Oklahoma City ror the county commits
sioners Of Oklahoma county sent here
acre, and hence the great howl against
Oklahoma City was useless and unca-led
Tor. When the county commissioners Of
shls county think they have any griev-
ance against any county in Oklahoma,
they should ascertain the facts first and
then enter into correspondence With the
proper authorities OF said county con-
corning an adjustment Of the matter. Il
is neither fair nor just 10 make charges
o. this kind too freely. The Counties of
Oklahoma, as a general thing, are as
decently represented in public Office as
the counties Of Kansas. and they should
be treated with The proper courtesy. Kan
sas ought not to be 50 COMPOUNDED stuck
up, anyway, as 10 get so indignant when
somebody sick and dead broke comes up
from Oklahoma. Il viii be found upon
investigation, nine times out of ten. that
this same person went dead broke, if not
sick, TO Oklahoma, 50 that it is only a
case Of the prodiga! coming back.
There is one thing that should be done
and that is that no person should be
sent here illegally, and so far as the rec
ord goes no person has been sent here
Illegally. One mar named Kinsley was
sent here pauper from Guthrie, and
upon examination he swore that he had
been sent here by the county commits
sioners of Logan county. The commits /
sioners of this county sent a bill OF ex-
pense TO the county commissioners Of Lo- |
gan county and ii looked as if they had /
A mighty good case, but the Logan coun- |
" commissioners have written back ac- |
knowledging that they sart Kinsley here. /
but denying that he was a resident of |
that county.
The law with reference to this mat /
ter is a little peculiar. Guthrie or any /
other Oklahoma county. or Kansas coun- |
~ for that matter, can send airy pauper |
they may have 10 Sedgwick county, pro- !
Vding he is not a resident Of their coun-
y, but if he is then it is an unlawful
act Thus ii can be seen that when KRIS
ley was sent here from Guthrie, being
d nonresident Of that county, the COM
missioners of Logan county did not do
az Illegal act. If a pauper comes up to
Wichita from Wellington. the commits
sioners Of this county can send him on
10 Newton without violating the law.
but at the same time they could not le-
gaLy send that pauper if he was a res |,
idert Of this county. The idea is that
each county must take care Of lis own
poor.
OF course, county commissioners. as
well as others. have that great American
right Of making a bluff, but If they want
70 make it stick they should not make
il too strong, or they will get called. The
Oklahoma papers are calling them
JUST at present.
l. is to be hoped ir the future that
there will not be such a howl made
against oklahoma paupers until there is
. genuine howl coming. L is also hoped
that the Counties of Oklahoma viii not
send anV p1Lpers here that ;hey are e
gally bound to take care OF themselves.