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utotefc104e»fne:r-talerbebecan-inaldrasasK.itiersThepUUUDUiil^ bUCIU 1U ACpUUUUttU UCWOpapers. From the amount of discussion that has taken place o ver the killing of Mr. Chevalier, one would conclude that some serious offense had been committeed by our county coroner in refusing to hold an inquest over a transaction that is known to everyone. He showed good sense in refusing to spend the people’s money when there was no occasion for it. Would that all our oounty and city officials ^ould show the same amount of back bone in their official expenditures. If they had, our taxes would not now be so heavy.The doctor has been raised amongst us. We all know him to be a high-minded and public spirited man whose character is above reproach. He has nothing to fear and everything to gain by his high minded silence to these grumblers and fault finders, and when he comes up for reelection thegood people of Douglas county willendorse his action on this matter by an increased majority.I have no sympathy with this constant fault fihding with the railroads. What would we do without them? It would be a sorry day for Douglas in j county if the railroads should get torn gusted with the action of these ever-c- lasting grumblers and take up their jr rails and move them to some place 1-1 where they would be better apprecia-atlted. Suppose a Republican official should occasionally get a free pass over a railroad; what of it; do not allthe Democratic officials ride on free passes? Would not the grumblersthemselves do so if they had the opportunity? Is it not that which makes j UP them mad? I think so. Railroads! won are a blessing to the land—let us cherish them, and make the railroad companies feel that the people are their friends and not their enemies.The killing of Mr. Chevalier wasone of those unavoidable accidents that is of daily occurrence all over the civilized world, and was more the fault of Mr. Chevalier himself in run-le ieicr-his -eisidte;o :aE for: of ( reti fan not II bro for if flt; porMoweiheamo: froj A pea ne 1 non thesaictliai o’el day his lt;froi on 1 sup, the] one wtie no 1 leda and go aDl-sl-i8! ning along the track in front of thee4611t.unbytiiatingihe che vandthetalkwhilHer:on tycrbeerhaskanigiinott:info:engine than of the engineer of the train. Let us be just to the railroad companies if not generous. They have been generous with us. They pay thousands of dollars into our countyI'treasury everv rear. They pav thous-andsof dollars annually.to their employes, all of which is spent in our midst. The Union Pacific generously paved Bridge street on the north side, H on erected one of the most picturesque station houses on the line of their road, spent thousands of dollars in beautifying Bismarck Grove and made it one of the glories of Lawrence. They have contributed thousands of dollars towards paying the premiums offered by the fair association. This generosity on the part ofhis hwhecitysayscomup hotiieawa;thino * r t * «the Union Pacific has been the cause' tiom| of thousands upon* thousands of dol-j lars being spent in Lawrence that y | would not have been spent other-t i wise. InWwithpliecomy
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Lawrence Weekly Record
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Fri, Jul 10, 1891
Page 6
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