The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-20
Some Influences
iR7 Kansas

Hutchinson News: The invitation of
| William Allen White to Senator Plat S
wedding has been lost in the mail
/ Topeka Herald: The Kansas City Star
notes that Mort Albaugh hasn't said a
word since Fred Dumont Smith accused
him Of "tergiyersation-
Clay Center Times: tine Broken
! Oath now doing the kerosene towns OF
| the Fifth district. has no connection with
the foods and broken dams.
| Wellington News: After all, there might
| be something in the world worse than for
giraffe to have tonsilitis-a centipede
might have soft corn on each foot
Topeka Capital: On the question whom
he favors for United States district
| judge, Senator Long has all the politI-
clans guessing-possibiy not excepting
Senator Long himself.
Dighton Herald: The attention of Will
| liam Allen White is called TO the fact
that the Hon. T. c. Plat possesses not
only a '-cat-like tread but also a cat
like purr. The mater should be investi-
gated.
Sterling Bulletin: The maneuvers at
Fort Riley will cost Uncle Sam $4,000,
but it is worth the price 10 give the SOL
der boys some idea of what real war
is. They will not ze so anxious then
for scrap.
Atchison Globe: Here is a rule that
never fails: 1t is fatal for "a politiian
to secure an active newspaper organ
in a todn. The organ will sound his
praises daily or weekly. and disgust the
people. who win finally rise UP and over
wheim the politician.
Salina Journal: Speaking of the anti
flood congress at Kansas City. the
d~,sr
feel normal If not playing into the hands
of that predaceous abreption." That's
the way the people up here look at the
matter when they think about it.
Ashland Clipper: There is talk of the
Democrats nominating Hon. w. A. Harris
for governor. and it would be wise Sc
lection. The state holds no more incor-
ruptible man than W. \. Harris No
honest man can point out dishonorable
act of Mr.. Harris. He is honest. clean
and able.
Caldwell Advance: Tuesday of last
week the people of Argonia voted a spe
cial tax for buying and improving tract
of land for city park. Argonia is the
first town in Sumner county to act under
the new law granting such power. 1t is
the right thing to do. Town parks are
worth ten times their cost.
Arkansas City Traveller: Arkansas City
has man who will lose $50 at poker in
an evening and not Inurmur. If asked to
donate 30 cents to help boom the town
he will refuse. Yet he makes plenty
of money. We don't understand why
the good Lord let's such people prosper
Lyons Republicans: If Homer Hoch
wanted position in Washington we are
glad that he has secured a good one,
fourth assistant postmaster general, but
it always occurred to us that a position
in Washington was a sort of a mauso-
leum for any ambitious young man.
the Gazette has always admired Ed
Hoch for: The way he runs the machine
in Marion county. 1t is noiseess, smooth
as goose-grease, powerful. and as mer-
CHESS as iron. No one hears about it.
but when a man gets into the innards
of things down there he sees it and feels
1t. And this is as ii should be- Ed
Hoch is strong, clean man, and if ne
didn't dominate his county if he let the
crooks get hold of things. he would not
be doing his full civic duty. 1t is the
Hoch machine in Marion county, which
makes him always sure of carrying his
county and Hence strong when he ap-
pears before the people.
Kingman Leader-Courier: The average
bank deposits in Kansas by years. COM
mencing with 1881, have been as fol-