Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-01-28
GOV. CRAWFORD ANSWERED.

LITTLE FIVE MILE, Jan. Is, 1904.
ED. NEWS: Ex-Governor Craw
ford's letter in last weeks NEWS, il
not only interesting, historically
but as a political and moral docu
ment it is astounding. To think tina
in this day and age and in Kansa'
with her boosted free schools, pro
hibition, Chautauquas, W. c. T. U.
Cy Leland and high moral religioul
plans there are still left men who
boast of making raids in Missouri
for the sole purpose of taking oul
Negro slaves and fine bred mules
and not only mules, but coon dogs
1 remember very well, now, this
same man. Gov. Crawford, together
with ID. r. Anthony, Bob Hiner and
others, took my coon dog-and old
Drum" was the best coon dog that
ever opened up on tick ridge. He
never misstook a possum or rabbi,
track for coon trail, and he could
track runaway Negro as we'll as a
coon. / still feel the loss of that
coon dog.
l supposed the war was over and
those times were done gone and
forgotten, but when one of your old
Kansas Jayhawkers opens up the
old story and brags about their DO
ms with no more conscience than
a rabbit, | think the rising genera.
ton should hear both sides. | knew
Gov. Crawford, and Blain and
Blunt, and Lane, and Montgomery,
and Anthony were fighters in those
days, and / know Anthony ia a
fighter still going around with a
chip on his shoulder, anxious for
some one to knock it off, but / sup.
posed the most of them had taken
the oath of allegiance and hung up
their swords, and yet | see your pa.
per has two Jayhawker correspond
ents as fierce as they were in the
old days when they chased the Bor-
der Ruffians. back into Missouri
and incidentally raided an innocent
and took back with them
a few niggers and mules. l think
Hiner was the man who generally
race horse, as he always
was inclined 20 be Sporty and we
did have some pretty fair runners
in Missouri before the war.
You folks in Kansas have had a
good deal TO say about poor old
with her coon skin caps,
train robbers, boodlera, moss COW
cred Democrats, distilleries. lack of
education, large families of red
headed children, razor back hogs,
ETC., but hadn't you better pick the
oeam out of your own eye: Look !
1t Kansas" says Coburn. Well look !
II her. She was settled chiefly with
he descendants of the steerage
of the Mayflower, the
most cranky, bigoted, fanatic, bull
leaded, one-sided, oue-idea set of
people ever turned loose to afflict
my nation. l think there was about
our million came over and all
marked with the cerulean tints on
heir abdomens. Each one had a
to afflict the public with
nd nearly all came to Kansas.
.ong before the war they flooded
Kansas with their crankisms and
OF satisfied with running that state
hey crossed over into Missouri,
here lived the most peaceful, con-
,nted, law-abiding, happy com.
lunity, With their Negroe slaves,
ace horses, prize mules, female
omen, moonshine stills and coon
ogs. Raid after raid was perpe- {
'ated on our peaceful people be-
IRE we resented the encroachments. I
But at last we turned and we {
ade it about as hot for you all as
ne could wish. Do you remem Der G
ocky Comfort and Cross Hollows, {
here we charged you and recap. c
red train load of contraband i
oods-mostly red liquor At Pea g
idge and Wilson's Greek many an i
d score was wiped out. We had E
any a fracas with the Second Kan C
70 of which / think Gov. Crawford,
ID Blair, Anthony and others c
ere members. 1 don't think Hiner d
10 in the regular army; he was a
Ie of those smoke house, GUNNER a