The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-04
G00DLAND is
STRONG FOR
CHESTER LONG
Seventh District Leader Ten
dered Fine Reception
He SPOKE TO HUNDREDS
Something About Prosperity
Ofthe Place.
He SPOKE TO HUNDREDS

Special Correspondence Of the Eagle.
Goodland. Kan. Sept. s.-Goodland is
this week celebrating her hf5esnth BIRTH
day; the old soldiers from all over north
west Kansas are here in annual reunion:
holiday, celebration and good time are
the order. and Representative Chester I.
Long Of the Seventh district was chosen
10 open the events CT the week.
Goodland is the largest and one Of the
best toans IN northwest KANSAS. 1t IS
the county seat of Shern,s,a, county i
is almost on the Colorado Mre ani in
the next to the last tie. II counties ID
The Nebraska line Goodland IS also a
Rock Island division. II has 4 pop,sla-
tion Of nearly LlG0, which is good for
snortg-ass town. The town was born in
1881 1T was in 1883 that the Rock Island
road built through TO Colorado. The road
was three-quaTters Of d mile south OF the
town and the hiatus sui remains. Good
land wouldn't move 10 the road anl the
road didn't want it TO, for it had bought
a half section OF land plated ii into
an addition and sought 10 build up To the
town That it never did so was neither
the roads nor the towns fault II is
simply a misfortune
But the road has done wei by Good
land. 1t established both freight and
passenger division and an crews both
ways change here. Then there is large
round house, big machine and repair
shops and large yards. The road has
probably 20 employees here aud more than
half have families and homes here. The
monthly pay roll runs from SiS.o00 to
$4,000. which. II you please. is a nice
little jackpot for any little town, short
grass or not. And with the pot so large,
the game is a stir one. Life is stTnuous
that is 20 say. 'somethin is doin' con-
stant'y in Goodland. There are fairs and
reunions and horse races and gun club
shots and bail games and shows and
good times always. Stores are big and
fine and with good stocks. Trade IS excel
lent and prosperity is self evident. IN
addition are the broad pastures of the
short grass cattle barons and the feed
fields Of the smaller farmers. And of
such is Goodland.
Chester 7. Lcng was a stranger in Good
land forty-eiSht hours ago-now Re IS not.
His fame had preceded him. lie vas
known and yet not known. Reciprocity
and Simpson debate had given him fame
even unto northwest-extrere northwest
Kansas. For be fl known 10 all that
contiguity to Colorado. with her beet
feds and beet factories. leaves sherman
county even yet a believer in Roosevelt
and reciprocity with Cuba. In many a
store in hotel lobby and railroad shops.
the great doctrine Of fairness and JUS
tice to an island which is our ward has
been thveshed over and prevails might
ny. and when Chester J. Long high priest
Of this faith. if YOU please. and friend
of the great president. whose doctrine
il is. came along. he was given not
alone respectful hearing. but enthusias-
tic welcome His reception was com
plete. Did he represent the Sixth instead !
OF the Seventh district. were Sherman
and Goodiand IN his constituency.
the result could not have been more fat
tering.
Hir. Long was driven about town and
visited on the streets and in the stores. I
and then spoke TO a big tentfui Of pcpic !
He was fatteringly introduced. lie spoke
OF men-not Of political issues-discussed /
the great personalities or Abraham Lin
coin. Ulysses s. Grant. William McKin- /
ley and Theodore Roosevelt lie was
cheered and well received on his con- /
clrsion he was given a ffteen-minute re- I
cepticn In the big tent
Mr.. Long next witnessed ball game, 4
ard no bleacher fend could have ex- /.
celled him in earnest attention. even 1
though he might n noisy demonstration. 7
This attention 20 the Seventh district I
and welcome to him. only 4
ended when the east-b7und ayer came /
alons and carried him away. The rccoi- I
lection of the day. with i;s nleasins 4
events. will lingcr long with the repre- (
sentative and WITH his newly found .
rriends