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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1889
Page
4
A jumble of 19th century Kansas opinions notes editors mock Kansas City Star meddling, discuss prohibition revenue gains, resubmission dangers, and the push for a new constitution. It cites lawmakers, governors, and newspapers while weighing state finances and education, with voices from Lawrence, Atchison, and Topeka.
The piece argues that without a Republican governor or legislature a resubmission or new constitution would trigger state and county conventions. It predicts fusion among Republicans, Democrats, Greenback, and Union Labor to nominate a ticket, with Prohibitionists backing Botkin. It claims the old ring will doubt the scenario, but asserts organized Republicans will win next fall backed by Tremocratic votes.
A vivid critique of veteran Colonel Dan Anthony as political lines shift and his party faces pressures from camp followers and a strike risk in a tense national scene. The piece blends a portrait of the colonel with broader notes on commerce and harbor expansion along the Texas Gulf coast and Central American trade.
A sample of beet sugar from Medicine Lodge sugar works shows perfectly granulated, high grade sugar. It confirms beets can be raised in southern Ravena and that beet sugar was produced for the first time in the state. The Sugar Works company reports about twenty tons per acre and rich in sugar by government analysis. Five acres were planted and twenty shareholders participated.
Fromm the Kansas City Star a critique of prohibition politics in Kansas and Missouri. It questions which faction holds the Republican line and urges the state to form its own stance. The piece cites Sol Miller George W. Martin and other figures while warning against overreliance on party leaders.
The column compiles political observations from multiple papers noting resubmission politics, praise for a constitutional convention stance, and commentary from the Lawrence Journal. It highlights university figures like Bion Hutchins, a state university graduate and editor, and recalls Kansan pioneer Jula Speer visiting Lawrence in early December 1454 to discuss Kansas settlement events.
A compilation of opinions on state tax exemptions, prohibition sentiment, and local political episodes. The column spaces critique wealth influence on legislation, note Wichita politics, and reference Kansas and western states viewpoints. The piece blends editorials, anecdotes, and quotes from multiple towns and officials.
Judge Brewer allows all Kansas counties municipalities townships and private stockholders in the C K N and Rock Island lines to join the foreclosure suit against a Rockefeller scheme. Defendants vow to resist what is described as a wilful fraudulent bid under foreclosure. A full accounting is urged to expose alleged fraud and the public mood across the state is supportive of the defendants against the rapacious corporation.
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