The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-08
GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL.


Editor Ed Howe Of the Atchison Globe said to be
possible receptive candidate congress the
First district in late his paper is seemingly
inclined to sympathize set up and main
tanned by the KANSAS City Missouri papers the
burthens of payers OF the state of Kansas Mr.
surely should appreciate the anmus of that Mis-
souri, contingent 1t is not the welfare of the Kansas
payer that the Missouri fellows for They
nothing his rolls farther than they play
upon his preudces in their efforts to build machine
which they manipulate in the interest of
themselves and their this direction
for this purpose the aforesaid and the Re
pubicans back them have pattng all the
heads of Kansas the sticking them daily.
in columns of editorial slush and Topeka specials
1t is asserted that the almost
double in the gross amount collected what they
years ago. We have not the figures before u.s. but
admitting that the property taxable values
of Kansas doubled that time her popula
ton has not increased in such rates The times
doubIy as good value of her output
have expanded wonderfully. Were all taxable values
equazed made uniform the constitution provides
the per tax rate would be greater than it
ten years ago. The $1,000 farm of ten
ago today anywhere from double to five times
that amount. Or the $4,000 farm of five years to
put it stronger majority Of instances, worth
where from $4,000 $4,000 today. with all other
realty values. But of the taxable valuations
property is assessed practically at the old figures
Now that our penal charitable educational in
situations have been increased enlarged
of money in the aggregate to sustain them Be-
Kansas a state for the lump sum Of
s1,40O,00O per annum in the nnetes is it
should not cost s25OOOOO 1904. university
our state agricultural college, schools
our state asylums state deaf and dumb asy
lums our insane ayslums state orphan asy-
lums and old soldiers homes all costing annually
money and will continue to cost money This
also of district school system, of county
high school system and of all municipal affairs for
every town in the state worthy the is making
costly improvements. The last legislature
was matter employees unwarrantedly extrava-
CANT but the institutions would less while
the gratis would be greater did put the Pop party
back into power Mr. Howe ntimates. The Pop party
for grating never equaled. Besides they left
DEFICIENCIES and unpaid bills That monstrous (?)
$4,000 extra employee steal of last winter isn't drop
in the bucket compared of the gratis and steals
discounts DIVES worked by the various boards
and officers constituting the Pop administrations. as
anybody knowing anything of the matter need be
told the Missouri papers aforesaid and their coadutors
and sore-headed sympathzers excepted Cy Leland as
the leader of the last Kansas house is being
roundly abused who is being charged with all
of denquences criticized by the represen-
tatives institutions by local
papers a niggardly usurper because he stood up in
his place the floor insisted in cutting what
deemed extravagant least unnecessary appro-
priations
OF course the game OF politics is all right all
right least inevitable The will din
naly into the Of the tax that he is being
robbed ears of the pessimistic that things
to hold together the will man
euver to stay in When the ms" become the outs
they to the tactics. So far the average
tax payer is concerned it matters little to him in
money way who the ms or who the outs" But
pure prejudice the fear is that the state as a whole
will suffer in the defeat of the Republican party in
the victory irresponsible mongre gang under some
trumped-up Populistic or Socalistic name
"Boss-ridden" is but demagogic catch word We
are all bossridden as nation states and as munich
these respectively. the higher the officer the
bigger the boss In the absence of responsible and