The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-17
1aiffa~ Eagle
VI. M. MURDOCH. Editor.
Topeka Points the Finger of Scorn.

drug stores accusing of being untruthfu right
on himself and INDUCES msstatements In the
first place. Wichita not asserts licensing the sale
of liquors in and in defiance of the
constitution That liquors are Wichita the Eagle
does not DENY and so they in Topeka Which
town consumes the greater quantity pretend to
know however much we might Wichita regularly
and openly administers of the legally prescribed
aes for this violation law the of money fine,
referrfng that punishment the expensive of
convicting boarding lodging raft of fellows at the
expense Of the taxpayer Topeka attempting both fine
and iprson not only fails imposing the penalty
but drives the traffic secrecy behind prescription
counters If empty barrels up along station plat
forms and botte-lned alleys evidence Topeka
puns gallons on the sly where Wichita openly nips but
quarts the influence of intoxicans is seldom
seen on the streets of Wichita information is
almost constant there bysections and out-ofhe
way he-holes in the capital city nightfa the
sober man is the exception Wichita prefers
publicity Topekas testers, breeds and
pant under the same hypocrisy which the Pharisee
attempted to hide by osntatousy thanking
God that he was not as Topeka, pratng
doing things as Jesus would thinking devil
strikes hands with his Satanic s1yness congratuates
AS for the social evil so called damnng and
blghng to youth and of morals and in
wrecing homes with sorrow and insdous than
are beer they free water, one
has only to refer to the papers, its
court dockets gossps to be convinced
that Topeka has long since deserved sodomistc baptism
of fire and birthstone from heaven.
But the Misrepresentation by this staff contrib
deemer and beittling the mission Him to
save Misrepresentation that it made
in a boom" edition Jesus the dec
laration that anything about the
finances Leavenworth prosperity of
Leavenworth, compared with the finances and
prosperity of Topeka Topeka any prime
license system; everybody who knows anything
knowing that in much better
either of these license Cities The editor of the
Eagle pretends and leaving Leav-
answer herself without any fear
dcon any quarter that measured by the
price the securities of Topeka WITCH
ita respectively Wichita better financial condition
than Topeka Wichita city sold within the
month any city municipal
improvement bonds by any city n the
state and only to o. a has
money treasury Topeka times
no higher taxes Wichita standing credit
county books bought paid for
years ago. city parks by
any city in west, which is now improving in
splendid Topeka pending a proposition
$4,000 buy bare unmproved plat
park Counting unpad-for pavements and other
like improvements Topeka and her municipal and nd
accrung taxpayer and Topeka
debt is probably six times that of wichita
Wichita the greatest city in Kansas and the
richest boasting the high grade educa
tiona institutions, which supported by the
Wichita is wholly herself sefsustaining
and growing time history outside of
brief boom Upon the other Topeka this town
which the Sheldon contributor wch-
tia and Leavenworth, politically supported cor
porately municipality Aside what she draws
treasures and from the favor
iism and interests greatest railway corpora
tons OF the west big great nor prosperous in
anything. There hardly man or an institu
directly or indirectly supported
the other by all the incidental interests
named.
The opinion Of Reverend Sheldon that of his STAFF
contributor Mr. Gleed. the contrary Notwithstanding
do not believe that would have gone out of his
to give Wichita unmerited SIAM or if rebuk
Ing Wichita at ALL He would 50 in contra
distinction to. by holding example as
Topeka If Jesus Kansas in this last year
Of the century the chances are that in steering
Gear Of the Topeka basphemers and whisky hypocrites
He would direct Wichita: to Wichita with its edu
cational lights upon surrounding HILL to wichita
with is progressive commercial spirit Christian lib
crafty to the churches Wichita hospitals and
charities; Wichita its Methodist conference and
where Sabbath three of its business thor
oughfares lined Up nonprofessiona preachers
who believe that they preaching Christ would preach
without scrip stan Besides Wichita is not only metro