The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-22

complain. to oppose to deny, to pr0tess
and ultimately to acquieSce IN what the
Republicans have done So. when Cla-e-
land came in. being without pans. pa;,r-
Pose or policy. his administration fioun-
dered pItiably. both In foreign and doues-
tie affairs was contemplate in many
things and feeble in al ard left
absolutely no impression whatever CT his
tory. except in the matter II veteing
bills for pensions and public ensiuass. L
followed republican methods and ca'I,ed
on republican ideals. so that when Bar-
risen was inaugurated ii was a. II
stitch had been dropped merely, and we
had kept right along with our ws-k.
IN the Interview, which is not asariv al
printed here. the senator coveres : wit5s
range OF subjects. He was asked. What
Is the greatest book in the English IAN
guage?''
senator ingalls, rejected a moment. ts,en
stepped over to the bookcase ana. taking
down a small Bible. turned over a few
pages. THE book Of job he said. rs
the oldest, ard in my judgment. the high
est production Of the human intellect. Il
IS specially interesting because il shows
that humanity AZ the dawn Of history was
engaged in considering the same proh
lens that perriex US now-imTnortalitv.
the existence Of evil. the afifctions and
misfortunes OF the good IN this world and
the prosperity OF the wicked We have
made no progress in solving these prob
lens. The barriers are insurmountable
The centuries are silent, the soul strug-
giles, aspires, beats its wings against The
bars, 7utters and disappears.
rs it within the capacity Of statesman
ship to give the poor a better chance. and
TO make a more equal distribution Of
wealth? Is the world better than II was?
Are the people happier? Is religion grow
ing or declining? VIII poverty ever be
extinguished?
There was a profound truth in the dec
laration Of Voltaire. that II there were no
God il would be necessary for man TO IN
vent one. This was fiippant and irrever-
emit, perhaps. but true. God Is indispens-
able. Man perceives this. and the higher
has Development the more distinct is his
perception. The popularity of Insersoll
and mis- school is not an indication O. IN
fidelity. but is rather the strongest evt-
dence Of the religious spiEit OF the times.
tho, its hunger and its thirst for knoNI-
edge about what can never be known No
age has ever been SO profoundly moved
by the considerations CT the problems Of
the hereafter as this and have no doubt
that in response for the search for eter-
nal truth, another Christ VIII come and
another revelation be made"
CATFISH ARISTOCRACY.
John ]. Ingalls, IN the Kansas Magazine
wrote thus:
Shang. the catfish aristocrat. was a pri-
vate in that noble army OF chivalry which
marched to Kansas TO fight the Puritan
idea and the ebbiug tide left him stranded
upon the Missouri bottom. He found a
community with no inheritance OF trans
mitted force from which TO rear the in
situations of her new society. The liberal
climate and generous soil had nourished
a luxuriant vegetation. pastured by I'M
tanned herds. that were pursued by men
more savage than the beasts they slew
These were her only heritage, except the
traditions of religion. education and free
dom that animated the hearts OF the pio-
neers. The useless magnihcence Of the
prairie was unvexed by a furrow Spring
knew no seed time. autumn no harvest.
save of the wild store that nature gar
ners fer beast and bird.
1t is appalling TO reflect what the con-
ditions OF Kansas would have been today
had her destiny been left In the hands OF
Shang and those of his associates who
who first did its voting and attempted to
frame its institutions. A few Hnush-eat-
ing clsw-bacons. her oniy population
would stiA have been chasing their razor
backed hogs through the thickets OF
blackjack, and Juggling for catfish I'm the
chutes Of the Missouri and the Kaw How
great the change has been f. attested by
her half-miIiion people living In Christian
homes and pursuing the arts OF peace: by
her 900 miles OF railroad IN successful
operation; by her granaFies that would
feed the world: by the general preyaIence
OF law and order amid great temptations
70 violence and crime.
Much of this prosperity IL due - the
favorable conditions in which we are
placed, but vastly more 70 the
moral structure Kansas is the child OF
Plymouth Rock. II was once IA shionabIe
to sneer at their historic boulder, but 70
IS the most impressive spot on The face or
the earth, save the summit 81 Calvary
The Puritan idea rules the world. like
Aaron's rod. when 1t appears, Il swallows
up all others. shang and his friends
would have starved 10 death on ths ster-
lie plains OF New England, bu; the Puri-
tans MANFRED the stiuRy soil With ideas.
and II has produced a crop that r. better
;han corn or oil or wine Ideas are more
Drofitabis than hogs OF beeves Rich Vlr-
GINA grows poor and poor Massachusetta |
rich. because the cavalier thought for the /
one and the roundhead fcf the other The ]
Puritan idea IL aggressive II has an IN /
vitality Wherever 70 isI
planted SC becomes a majority 4 Htfie OF 4
- lssven Ieeyens the whole lump. A. 4
sailed. # grows strong. woynded & re- /
wives; buried. 81 becomes an angel of rs 4
5vn resurrection
To the iuvinclble potency q his idea /!
much Of the marvellous growth 4 Kanaas
s attributable. II Is, on The Whole. dosifss
III Whistler there is " nas ever been. Fl
his country. any idea BAT he Puritan.
'1aaHg never thinks; ha veRetafes. re *
SIG. Re toiis on horsefack through ffe
mud vfth he sack = meal from lsrrnfI
p grocery. The Puritan buflss a ranroas
nd nae5issfe- nsw pr-5 cts - - travels
r his yslace car frsr1 oesan 70 scean
= heressever b. 3au,ss a NJ tglrnnotsf|
aresr. the telegraph. TIE o.f-r-x rrers.
he saving nacesne s-6 ths fnnurssrs'sie
ciliez'srnents = hla zgnlus aIFnaHzs ~
= ueansus preseaes. reaSsr the bs-Sfus !
2 llfs Isss ds1ra6lng. ara snns3e fhs
aul b. The c7nscs81sness q l,s powers - G