The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-07

had deserted Washington at five in the
morning to avoid the humiliation of turn
ing the Government over TO his hated
successor.
That day the era of Jeffersonian SIM
plicity began. He went TO the Capitol
with one or two chance acquaintance
he met at a boarding house, was sworn
in, made the prettiest short Inaugural
ton speech preserved in history, returned
to his boarding house, sat the foot of the
table and ate with the regular boarders
Washington is long way from this JEFF
erson simplicity now. a few regret that
it is but the great majority like it.
Dolly Madison became the lady of the
White House. Jefferson being widower-
She was Quaker girl of great beauty
and married man named Todd. She be-
came a widow at 20, and everybody in
Philadelphia fell in love with her at one
time or another. Every one praised the
beauty of Dolly. or Dorothy, which was
her real name. Little James Madison
saw her one day and fell head over heels
in love with her. He secured an intro
duction TO her through Aaron Burr and
an early proposal was accepted.
Jefferson's simplicity lasted eight years.
He walked about Washington pretty
much as Ben Mclean walks about Wich-
tia. Presidents did this in a gradually
modified way for years until the time OF
Grant whom Joe Christman's father tack
led for a horse trade one day in Penn
sylvania avenue.
When Madison became President his
wife Dorothy shone with great and his
toric splendor, and, strange 10 say, re-
NAMED popular 1t would require a dozen
columns of the Eagle TO tell all the remi-
niscent stories of Dolly Madison still
told in Washington.
The government OF Washington is an
anamoly Its citizens have no elective
franchise. a commission consisting Of
two civilians and an army officer-ap-
pointed by the President and responsible
to congress-control the destines of over
27s, coo persons. 1t is said. and believe
it. that IL is the best governed. most
beautiful and cleanest city on earth. Ev-
cry street is paved. the property owners
paying half the expense and the Ameri-
can people paying the other half hate
to tell this truth, for | am afraid certain
citizens Of Wichita will pass away with
heart failure when they know they are
paying their share of half the expense
of the fine streets in front of the palatial
residences of Mr. Thomas Walsh of Colo
RADIO and other nillionaires.
Washington has three policemen for ev-
cry l, 900 persons. while Wichita has less
than one policeman for every 1000 per-
sons. Eleven per cent of the people of
Y ri, Cd
while not two per cent of the people of
Wichita are arrested annually. More
than half the arrests last year were ne
groes. although colored people consti-
tute only about one-fourth OF the popu-
lation. More Greeks were arrested than
any other foreign nationality, and it is
queer fact that more school girls were
arrested than all men concerned in the
liquor traffic combined.
The commissioners rule with an iron
hand. but it Is fortunately their policy
to rule for the public good The bakers
must brand their bread and if a loaf is
found a penyweight short of a pound the
maker puts up a fine of So or goes to
Jail The housewife has no control over
the vessels she receives her milk in. The
and seals them. and if he delivers milk to
a woman in her own pitcher he Is fined
heavily. These are simply samples of
what the commissioners demand of the
individual for the general public good.
Whitewings are everywhere. and to IL
lustrate the cleanliness of the streets.
will quote the little daughter of a con-
gresham who said she didn't like Wash
ington because she could find no mud in
which TO make pies.
The people are office-holders and are
estimated by what salary they draw I
foolshly offered some criticisms Of
stranger (to me- in some company one
night and d dowager-like creature with
a self-made face. turned upon me- in ut
ter Amusement. and SAID: Sir, he is an
eighteen hundred-dollar man in the treas
ury," / believe now that if he happened
to be a twenty-two-hund man
she would have slapped me in the face.
1t is a sign that a man IS jay. in
Washington eyes. If he is out Of bed be
fore half-past eight in the morning and.
no really wel-bred person. to the same
eyes. will retire before midnight. Dress
and front elevation go a long way and
generally speaking. it costs more to get
into society here than to join the Elks
in Wichita. / have il from 4 western
friend Of miro that he had to pay out
Sl00 for clothes before ne could get into
the swim. ard then he was criticised be
cause his cane wasn't the latest.
I haven't heard a steam whistle since
1 have been here. Washington ears fail
and l haven't talked through a telephone
but once. The telephone business IS
something like the chicken business-eE-
pensive out Of al proportion as the NUM-
her increases-and II YOU patronize u YOU
must put nickel in the slot or ii won't
give you a pleasant smile. It IS another
case where money talks.
I haven't seen a silver dollar since
have been in ashington-everything is
paper The reason fer this is that only
paper money is made b. the government
al this point. and the government pays
everything and everybody here in one-dol-
lar bills
When the Republicans are IL co1trol Of
the Government Washington is Repub-
Scan 70 the core. but when Democracy
* n me SaC34e 1!le Town - A'e'ii''-i''NiN-
It has developed great men. but never
has produced one. except possibly. Alex
anGer SHEPPARD and the people exiled
him. They claim 70 have produced an
other. but the only great thing have
ever heard that he diJ was this. That he
took an oath never 70 drink another drink
u whiskey Re kept his oath faithfllig,
ard got drunk regularly. He soaked his
bread I'm liquor and ate instead q drank