The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

ToPEkz. the 7th of March.


MIsrUR EDrrUR: spect you think awful
hard of me for not writin' this sooner, 'spe-
cially as promised to do SO, and let you
know about mattersand things at the Capt.
tai. ] was engaged st apretty large salary
to write for several of the "leadin' papers"
SIGH as the Levensworth Consarvativ; and
mi time has been muchly occupied. I
seed Dutton this morning. and he told me
he had just got letter from you asking
why did notrwrite, and what had becum
of me. You sill no dout be surprised to
learn that Dutton and Judge Jonson has
quit drinkin' agin. Jonson is one of the
patriarks. and a great fayorite among the
wimen; and am glad he has quit. The
last dyin' throws of the legislator was ex-
perieneed on Wednesday and Thursday,
and consisted chiefly in THROWN paper balls
across the hall at one another. Some
of the members from your Distriek took
part, and can thro purity strait. I seed
Perry Maxon bit TELLER rite in the ''i-ball,
himl" with big ball. I larfed and sed
bully. I noticed Gudge Eskridge comm
in the hall with exceedingly good close on,
just from the barber's shop, with his curly
hair all slicked up and sented with burgy-
mot, and the rude fellers piled the paper
wads at him and split his hair. Gudge Is
good -natered Teller, and didn't pit mad
That mite went to party IN one of the
churches. It was composed of some good
lookin' wimen, some ALFRED ugl7 ones,
members of the legislator, and FIVE or six
hundred small boys who run around the
house playing tag or something of the sort.
I was almost nocked over by them several
times. They would run agin your legs,
ketch holt IF your coat tails, and was very
impudent. Sleeper, from Neosho Rapids,
was thar with all his good close on, and
leadin' two or three wimen round the room.
He is great favorite with the fair seek, 1
expeck, leastwise one would think SO to see
them after him. One of the CRATE featurs of
the evening was the musical demonstration
of I1on. Cap. Peegeedee Morton. He sung
Injun melody, with sad effeck. Many
Use glowed with briny teers. When the
Cap. comes down on the ye haw, ye haw,
ye ha, hs, ha, ha, ha. ha, ha, ha, part of
the chune, it almost makes the hair rize on
feller's he'd. 1t did not effeck me so much
because I have heerd him sing it fifty or
sixty times afore. When he give the last
role of his Use and closed the piece, all the
people stamped and cried long live Peegee-
dee. Then com Jim Horton. and mad a
speech ay lay Wakefield and Lane. which
brung down the hous. l noticed Judge
Bailey there with fair bein' about the
same sise of himself. They made pictur-
esque appearance, and attracked good deal
of attention. About 800 candydats for
State offs has been heer. Little Georgy
Crawford is maxim big race. He thinks
he was cheated out of his rites by the Su-
preme Cort. He says he would maik a
better Guvener than any other man. He
keeps bottle of good whisky in his room,
and takes lots of fellers up stairs. think
it would be good time for some of your
Impery fellers to cum up to Topeky. They
will be furnished with free whisky, which
would do them proud. George has got the
Stait Record bought up on his side and
thinks he's safe. You know it has pow
erful influence, and can be used for any
skuldug game. Little Ed Ross has got the
hole Stait ticket made up, and thinks he will
put it thru this fall. Doc Fletcher is can
dydate for Secretary of State. He has a
crooked finger, and ought to have that offs.
| Besides he is as dishonest man politically
as could be secured for the plais. Him and
Kurnel Holiday is the editurs of the Staff
Record-which probably accounts for its
| telling so many lies. I have heard the
names of several honest men used in con-
nection with some of the State ofises, but
the poltikal managers says honesty used to
be considered a good thing in old fogy
times. but it is played out. Honesty is
not needed. Lawrence, the man with the
long coat, has been heer for some day 8. He
will either go to the Senate next pop or be
Guvener, he amt peticelar which. He has
also got it in his he'd that he is caudydate
for Congress. Lawrence ought to have
something. If he can't git the nomination
for none of the offices he wants, his people
must elect him kunstable or he may leave
KANSAS. start on tower to the north
part of the Staff tomorrow, to electioneer
for Gudge Wakefield for Staff Treasurer.
When I git back I will write you agin.
Yours politically, jim KINS.
SOL Miller, of the White Cloud Chief,
writing from Topeka. thus dilates upon the
advantages of early education:
A hort khroa firnas a hau Sza haua stir