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The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01

Tie Chicago Republican says: "Mr.
Alexander Simpson, Of Towanda, ILL.,, il
dead. He was bilious, Mr.. Alexander
Simpson was, and he saw the following para
graph from the pen of DR.. Hall: IF = bill.
GUS man wants to get we'll, and il in no
special hurry, all that he has 10 do is to lie
down out of door, between two broad
boards, until he gets ravenously hungry
Mr.. Simpson followed this advice and calmly
fell asleep with broad board On top Of him.
Under ordinary circumstances there would
have bssn no trouble; but there was q Fat
Mems ball in the lager beer saloon next
door that day, and the two champion fat
men get over the fence, and sat down with a
Jerk on top Of Mr.. Alexander Simpsop's
upper board, without knowing he was there.
It sauelched the breath out of him st the
frs, blow. And the fat men, you UNDER
stand, they sat and sat there, and discussed
politics, and the Alabama claims, and the
Legal Tender act, and the weather, and wo-
maL's rights, and the Harrison boiler, and
and they kept On drinking
glass after glass of beer, and getting heavier
and heavier, until one Of them hsppensd 70
look under the board-snd there Wa Alex.
ander Simpson, a. dead a. Nebuchadnezzar.
and mashed O1t 50 thin that you could
pass him under . closed door without scrsK.
ing of his VET buttons. He does not suffer
from bile now. But does snybody know
vhere DR.. Hall ivo? Became Mn: Simp-
on is making inquiries, and ahe 10 anxious
o snatch q few silver hain from his trow,
nd to necesitaie Tie purchase Of Q patent
,lass eye.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01

We noted the fact few days ago, that Mr..
Hoar's Labor Commission Bill had been
amended by the Senate Committee, and would
probably by reported at an early day. 1t
seems now that the COMMITTEES have agreed
to report the bill TO the Senate, with amend
ments, to-day or tomorrow, and it will prob
ably be passed without much opposition.
When the bill comes back TO the House, Mr..
Mcintyre, Of Georgia, will offer substitute
which he has prepared, and which requires
the Secretary of the Treasury, at the end of
each year, to distribute among the States,
according to population, the proceeds of the
sales of public lands, the same TO be applied
to educational PURPOSES.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01

Of delegates in the State Consentioa was
fixed at two for Zach representative district,
with two alternsfes.
Mr.. Stotler offered the following resolu.
ton, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolred, That this committee recommend
to the State Convention that that body admit
no proxies in the convention.
On motion the Chairman and Secretary
we're instructed to draft and publish the call
for the convention in accordance with the
proceedings Of this meeting, ard recommend
that the districts elect their delegates and al
terna,es on SATURDAY, February 18th, 1872.
D.. r. ANTHONY, Chairman.
J. K. HALLowELL, Sec. pro. tenn.
TOPEKA, Jan. 24th, 1872.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
TOO MUCH LEClsLATlON.

On Tuesday last the Judiciary Committee
of the House of Representatives, reported
upon forty nine bills, and recommended that
action on fostyjoT Of them be indefinitely
postponed. We don't know what all these
bills were, but there can be little doubt that
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars will lie
saved to the State by their rejection.
Two of our own Representatives, Mar
chand and Fenlon, are on this committee.
Our people viii thank them for this whole
sale slaughter OF needless legislation. There
is no question but that We are governed too
much. 1t is an expensive luxury, and We
trust our Representatives will give us as few
new laws as possible.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01

We regret to learn of the death Of Caflos
G. Aiken, Of Guiliord, Wilson county. He
was brother to Henry c. Aiken, Esq, Of
this city. Mr.. Aiken was man Of large
business experience. was proprietor of a
Touring mill, and Chairman of the Board Of
County Commissioners of Wilson comfy.
Mr.. A. was one of the pioneers Of Kansas,
coming to the State in 1869, and always
maintaining a reputation for integrity and
merits of character,
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01

Col. Snoddy denounced the Leavcnwor,h
papers as being subsidized in the interest Of
Caldwell. and said that their reporters lad
misrepresented him.
Col. Snoddy will please except THE TINES
from the list OF Subsidized papers, or stand
convicted of wilful misrepresentation. He
knows THE TINES is owned by d. r. An
thony, and as free as the wind from all out
side influences or entangling alliances.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
THE LEAvENWORrH COUNTY DEL.
EGATION.

During our visit the present week at To-
peka, We were gratified to notice the good
feeling and entire harmony existing among
the members of the Leavenworth County
legislative Delegation.
Col. Haas and Kellogg, in the Senate
Chamber, are both quietly attending to their
duties. In the House, La,ta, Fenlon, Mar
chand and Goddard, from this city, ard Bar
ker, Halstead, and Cooley, from the county,
are hard at work. Fenlon has had much
legislative experience, and is ready ard
quick to protect our local Interests.
We are satisfied that these gen,lemsn are
conscientiously doing their best for the inter-
est of their constituents.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
INTERESTING To KANSAS.

The House Judiciary Committee at WASH
ington, is investigating the land grant and
subsidy transactions OF the Central Branch of
the Union Pacific Railroad, in which both
the St. Joseph & Denver and Kansas Pacific
roads are also interested. Ex-Attorney Gen.
eral Hoar appeared for the Central Branch,
ex-Congressman Ingersoll for the St. Joseph
x Denver, and ex-senator Henderson for
the Kansas Pacific. As nearly the whole Of
the land embraced in all these grants is loca-
ted in Kansas, the investigation is matter
Of considerable importance 10 The State.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
TOPEKA.
Long Debating on the Senatorial In
vestigation Resolution.
Ihe Ell to Postpone the Tax Penalty
Killed.

The Bill to Postpone the Tax Penalty
Killed.
tepec'ai Dispatch 10 1ux Iurs.I
=, TOPEKA, Jan. a.
ine afternoon session was chiefly occupied
IN Debating the Senatorial Investigation re.o-
luton Forcible and eloquent speeches xer.
made by Gov. Robinson, Fenlon and H,,ch;-
son.
Fenlon offered an amendment To tho ,o
luton making il include the Senatorial s,ec.
tion Of 1867, which amendment was adop,ed
BY large majority. The vote on the adop.
ton of the resolution as amended was Il.
most unanimous.
MIR. Clarke, OF Franklin County, charged
that prominent witnesses had already left
the State, and others were preparing to
leave.
The Senate killed tie bill to postpone the
tax penalty.
Ihe Republican State Central Committee
has agreed to hold the Convention in Law
renee. on February 2ls,. The representa-
non consists Of two delegates from each
Representative District.
Many prominent Republicans are at the
Teff; House.
IN: Amendment to the Investigation
Rccnlr<iou Oov.~-l =:
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
NONE OF THAT.

The Council Bluff NOnpdrea has an edi-
torial headed "LEr HIM BUILD, AEso."
Now We want that thing stopped. We
have saryiyed the Latin of the Leavenworth
Commercial, and the Choc:aw Of the Wyan-
dotte Gasese, but If you intend to come at
u with Gsa. language, we'll have to give up
the struggle
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
a MlGTAKE.

The report has been very widely circulated
that Horace Greeley peremp,orily refused to
sign the call for the Republican National
Convention, to be held in Philadelphia on
the 5ih Of next June. This appears to have
been mistake, at least be has written to have
his name appended to the call. He says he
stayed away from the last meeting of the
committee in order to preserve his indepen-
dence,
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
THE ADWaSSION or UrAu

1t is now generally admitted that the
estate" dodge of the Polygamy branch Of
the Mormon Church il, to state the case more
forcibly than elegant, played out" The
President will be Sustained by Congress in
his policy of first abolishing polygamy in
Utah, as Territory, before admitting those
psople to the rights of State. In their ter
ritorial condition the President, with the CO.
operation or consent Of Congress, can COM
pei our Mormon brethren to adopt the one
wife principle; but if admitted as State they
can make polysamy their supreme law, ap-
plicable even to the Gentiles within their
BORDEN And 20. while the Saints hold on
to polysamy, or make only uncertain prom
sss OF its ultimate abolition, they will not
Be admitted - a State.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
RERALD aPECULATIOxs.

1t is we'll known to everybody IN the Cni.
ted States, and to all the reading people in
the world, for that matter, that the New
York Heguld prides itself upon having no
political opinions Of its own, and also upon
its ability TO point Gut the course Of every
political breeze with unerring certainty.
These facts alone give significance TO the
HeraSd's expressions upon public questions,
and in view Of these circumstances it is
noteworthy that the journal referred to, in
its Issue of sunday morning last, tells Us that
everything points to the probable acceptance
by the Democrats and revenue reiormers of
Lyman Trumbull as the coalition candidate
for the Presidency. Mr.. Trumbuips Sena.
torial term expires in 1873, and i, is sup
posed that his succession will create such a
scramble as 10 make reelection uncertain.
The Republicans admi; that the Illinois Sem
a,or would be one of the most formidable Of
the Radicals against Grant. Western rail-
road interests, identified with the great lines
from Chicago westward through Iowa to
O.ualrn, and, probably, the Union Pacific
Interests also, are hard a, work. putting one
oftheir attorneys, Hon. james F. Wilson, of
Iowa, through his PAGES, so as TO trot him
out as a Presidential candidate before the
Republican Convention. Oakes Ames, Gen.
Dodge, Mr.. Allison, Senator elect the Chi.
cago & Northwestern, Rock Island, Illinois
Central, Dubuque Il Sioux City and other
Western reads are in this movement. The
Western roads are more impatient than the
Pennsylvania King, Tom. Scott, appears to
be, and are evidently stripping for an en-
trance into the political arena. Other parties
who:are discontented with the present incum-
bent are confidently counting on several M
n1r divisions. The labor reform party are
sure to nominate Presidential candidates
when they meet at Columbus, Ohio, early
in February next. The Pacific and trans
Missouri States in this convention, will favor
Mr.. Julian; the Middle and Southern States
will support some one on the currency planks
o:taeir platform, as General Ewing, Of Ohio,
or Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania. The
Eastern States will rot be largely represen-
ted there, though Wendell Phillips will lead
delegation from Massachusetts,. Besides
this Convention, it is declared that the tenn
perence politians will either unite with the
labor men, or, what is more likely, nomi-
nate their own candidate. 1t If predicted
that the colored vote will be thoroughly dis-
contented il Mr.. Summers bill fails to pass,
and may render only lukewarm support, or
even offer opposition, to the President's re-
nomination. Besides these factions . leading
German politician, who has just been travel
ing in the Wes., and who is favorable to
Grant, declares Schurz has made great pro-
gress in disaf,eciing the German republicans.
Ali these statements are given upon the
above referred to, not as expressing
our own opinions upon the political situation,
bu: for the purpose of giving our readers an
to see all sides Of the great ques-
ton Of the next Presidency.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
REPLY TO DIOGHNES,

j was very sorry TO see an article in Sun
days issue, signed ''Diosenes," which indi'
rec:ly attacks the private character Of The
Chairman Of the Citizens Committee ol
Twenty-Five. do not know who the Chair.
man Of that Committee is, as it was not stated
in the published statement Of the names oi
the subcommittee. Therefore am not in
teres.ed, only in public manner, either di-
rectly or indirectly in the matter.
think the article was uncalled for, and
entirely out Of place.
This attacking the private character Of in
Jividuals who are acting in public capacity
professedly for the interests Of the people at
large, is reprehensible; it cannot be too strong
ly condemned, and put downby public indig-
nation. The English law on the subject of
libel, is, or was, '',he greater the truth the
greater the libel" and although looking at
this maxim specifically, it seems entirely
wrong, when you examine it more closely
You will, however, see that it is to great
extent right and just. No man will attack
the private character Of another unless he
has some private interes. TO serve, or some
malevolent purpose TO grltify, and the law is
right in not coming to the aid Of srch per-
sons, but to hold them liable for the gratuit.
ous attack
Whether the individual attacked
failed in business before he came
to Kansas, had any money when
he came here, or is indebted outside
Of the State, We have nothing whatsoever 10
60 with, so long as he performs the duty i'm
posed upon him by the public, with judg.
nent and efficiency.
This seems TO me to be an attempt TO
throw discredit upon the proceedings of the
committee. QUERITrE.
As "Queritur" is anxious for further in
We respectfully refer him to "Di.
ogenes," who knows all about the matter,
and whose motives "Queriiur" seems to
consider very questionable.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, Jan. Pin the storm yes.er-
day and the preceding one, rain fell in e1-
uaordinary quantities. The streams in the
south part of England overhowed their
banks. and whole Villages were delused.
Grea, damage was done to property, espe-
cially in the valley of the Severn. The
Thames is above its banks and the town OF
Windsor has suffered seriously. In London
the upper portion Of the city on the river
was flooded, and the loss of property and in
teruptions to business are quite serious.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
The wrisera Lever.

A writer is 80 like lover! And talk
with the right listener is 20 like an arm-in-
arm walk in the moonlight with the soft
heartbeat just felt through the folds Of mus
lin and b.oadcloth! Bot it takes very little
to spoil everything for writer, talker,
sides poverty hat i,s.ss d. genial ca1sen. Of
the soul, - the poet Of the Elesy calls It.
Fire can stand any wind, but fame is easily
blown out, and then come smoudering, and
moke, and pro6tlea, slow combustion with
out the cheerful blaze which shed light all
round it. The One Readers hand may
shelter the fame: the one blessed minister
ing spirit With the vsnel Of oil may keep it
bright in spite Of the aFeam of cold waief
on tie other i'd doing IL bet to put i out.
From the Atlantic 1estaly J5r february.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
How a speech or Dan vsorhees Was


The Louisville Ledger tells this story Of
the Journalist. Daniel O'Connell, who vas
buried the other day from the morgue in
New York. 1t relates to the time when he
was on the wie,-JoWnal, in Louisville:
"But in an evil hous, when sent to report
q speech Dan VOORHEES, was to deliver at
New Albany, the namesake of the great
Iriah orator fell by the wayside, and spent
the day with some rolicksons friends in
Portland. Returning 70 the editorial rooms
that night he gave Mr.. Haldeman circum.
stantial account of the di6iculties he exp<.
rienced in getting near enough 10 hear every
word VOORHEES, aid, but claimed that he had
got the 'bones' Of the speech, and many Of
the orators fancy fights,' and could repro
duce them verbatim. Weiting his head with
ice water, he ut down, and in two houn
sent up, with flaming headlines, the most
speech that vas ever circulated
On the oratorical credit of the Tall Syca-
more of The Wabash." The fancy aisbes'
we're especially toplOftical. Grattan and Cur
nm were 10 where, aaa even Phillips vas
lotally sclipssd. Brilliant extraciI from
his Npoet went tie rounds, and yet Dan
voorhso Va ungzaiefdl enough aftesward |
o ~ dat be would not for . thouand dol |
an have hsd thasspsech puslahed as his. !"
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
KANSAS LAWS.

John Dressler, of Rochester, Penn, writes
to The TINES TOR information about Kan
sas, and says:
would like some information IS to pub
lie lands in your State, and the best way to
obtain them, and where it is healthy and
productive, as am expecting to emigrate
there with perhaps twenty or thirty Of my
friends.
Anywhere i'm the western or southern por-
tioas Of the State Mr. Dresser will find lands for
himself and his friends, which are to be OBJ
taine1 under the Homestead Law, without
money and without price, all that he will
have to do to obtain his land will be to 20
and select it and live ON it, and, at the end
of Eve years the United States will give him
a patent for it. These lands are Just as coed
as any tie sun shines upon, aud would have
been taken long ago, il they had been in
open market, but the Government; wisely re-
serves them for actual settlers and money will
not buy them. As to "where il is healthy
and productive We refer him to the map of
Kansas there is not spot within the lin
its of the State that is not both 'healthy and
nrOducfive -
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01

The Mobile Tribune, giving for its author
ity . shipmaster whom it namee, says:
We learn of the partial formation of new
island at the mouth of our harbor and near
ly opposite Sand Island, which has grown
some three miles in length, and has had the
effect of deepening the channel over the
outer bar. This island has already attained
such height above the water rs to be the
resort of birds and other sea residents, and
should it continue to increase, which is con-
summation to be wished, it NAV have the
ultimate effect of giving free, clear passage
up our bay TO ships of the heaviest draft.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
SOMETHING TANGIBLE.

'Reform," which is too often mere CHI
nera, is taking tangible shape in Chicago,
where an Alderman, for accepting bribe of
one hundred and fifty dollars, has been fined
one hundred dollars, expelled from ofsce,
and sentenced to Imprisonment for six
months. The reform movement, which orig
inally appeared above the sea OF Tammany,
and seemed at first no bigger than a mans
hand, is rapidly spreading out, and promises
to soon cover the whole political sky. And
to this, all good men will say amen.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
THE ErERNAL FITNEss Of THINGS

THE ETERNAL Fitness Of T1alNGS.
While the Republicans Of Kansas are en-
deavoring to ferret out corrup,ions with
which certain of their party friends are
charged, the only journal in the State that
attempts to white-wash the parties implicated
or apologize for the corruptions alleged is
the leading organ of the Democratic party Of
Kansas-the Leavenworth. Commercial. This
is the most suspicious circumstance of the
whsle affair.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01

The Golden Age says: "Some surprise
has been expressed that Mr.. Fisk should ha e
selected for his burial place the top Of 4
bleak hill in Vermont. But il the old theo-
logical notions are currcct he is in no great
danger Of taking cold. Some one moralizes
on his departure to region where there are
no railroads. 10 steal, no judges to bribe. nor
opera houses to stock with unfortunate girls.
and wonders what lie will do under such un.
accustomed circumstances. We are not 30
we'll versed in such matters a. some of the
old divines prOfessed, and some of the mod
ern mediums would seem to be; but We may
be allowed to suggest that he might make "a
corner" in birthstone.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
GOOD PRICE.

The Chicago papers tell us thai the price
paid by St. Pauls (Universalist) Society for
their new church site on Michigan avenue,
near Sixteenth street, was S4O0 per foot.
The frontage is 129 feet, making the total
cost-but as you have been going to school
examinations for a week or more, you can
easily figure it up for yourself
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
TluE JEWEL. COMPETENCY.

Nearly all the newspapers Of the country
have commented favorably upon the plan
adopted by Hon. J. H. Moore, Member oi
Congress from Illinois, sor filling the Wes,
Point cade,ship from his district. He has
requested the faculty Of the Industrial Uni
versity at Champaign, to conduct q competi-
tive examination for the position, the sue
cesful candidate to receive the appointment.
The faculty have consented, and the examin-
alton, which will be open to all young men
under twenty-one years residing in the dis
trict, will shortly take place. Now the
Pittsburg Commercial wants to know how
those journals which commend the plan of
examination in this instance,
and denounce it in the case of appointments
10 the Civil Service, are going 10 explain the
manner in which they reconcile their divided
opinions? If competitive examinations are
inadequate to de,ec. the qualities needed in
the one position, how does It come about that
they are adequate In the other?
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01

On Saturday last, say, Paris correspond
ent, boatman, for a wager, crossed the
Seine on foot, at the point opposite the Insti-
tute. He wore wooden shoes Of great length
and carried an oar 10 balance himself, Thu.
equipped, lie passed safely from ore block of
ice 10 another, although the current of the
river was no, copmletely stopped, The fea.
was one which few men living have ever
seen accomplished. The joy Of the victor
was somewhat dampened BY his being arrest
ed on reaching shore by two policemen, who
were of the opinion ihst he had transgressed
ruler. He was taken by the jealous agents
before COmmissary Of Police, who, Of
course released him.-Boston Times.
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
Is TMl0 \ RUN

A story is now going the rounds of the
eastern pres to the effect that in the early
days Of Kansas, Gen. Sherman made slen.
der living aa:an attorney in one of the ooun-
ties of the State, and once, when he had
prepared himself most elaborately, il i rela-
ted hat "long, lank, lean genius, !" leaving
his OK team, came before the court as his
competitor. The General summoned up
srandly, quoting freely from an immense
pile of books placed carefully before him,
,nd citing the English common Law to prove
his point. The 'bullwhacker" followed
him, and ridinled his precederts and secuted
1t hi booka He said it vas an insult 10 the
court to read from 'the common Law of
Engiand," and declared that eff We we're
eonpslled to take any Of that aristocr,sic
Rdfish hw," he wanted the every bet Her
Aeisy had, and none Of her common hv.n
HA wn enough; the Justices &c. N. -
and tAs 0enssal lost his c,.e. hv>s H.
lAAssvw tzied in Ksns.s. II the ..o,a.-a
inhahaA" can vouch for this story, Ii him
aepto o. AuuA
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
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