The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-31

more influence IN The state than
lalf a dozen towns south of her.
= they judge the State according to
heir own atmosphere how badly
they will be shout this
Greeley matter. One of the leading
merchants of the city, (and let me
'ay he is justly indignant at the
political course of many of hls old
told us he had been over
southern Kansas pretty thoroughly,
md that he did not hear of Gree
ey except at Coffeyville. A pre-
siding elder told us that he had been
over most of his large district. and
that Greeley's name was hardly
The hattest thing in
Kansas Is Liberalism, and we be-
lieve there will be no Dragging in
predicting twenty thousand major
ity for the Republican ticket. Not
withstanding Liberalism seems so
strong in Lawrence that party has
utterly failed in three separate at
tempts to ge. up ratification meet
ing. They don't ratify. Like the
attempts in the same line in Chicago
and New York, there were not
enough present to make the usual |
convention compliment of vice
presidents and secretaries. The Re
publican boys have got their eyes
open and are full of vim, and they
intend to show the Liberals some
enthusiasm as soon as the Phiiadel-
phia nominees are before the coun-
try.
Pomeroy stock is rather below
par in this city. lie has, however,
some warm friends.
KANSAS CITY-RAILRoAD TO EMPoRIA.
We stopped a few hours at the
metropolis of the West. It seems
as lively as ever. The streets are
thronged with people, the stores are
full of customers, and everything is
on the jump. Her business men
feel much interested in extending
the railroad from Ottawa to EN-
poria. The completion of the A.
L. & S. f. road to Atchison and the
building of the Pleasant Hill branch,
work to her disadvantage and the
best Offset for the damage done will
be the building of the road to EN-
poria. That would put her in direct
communication with all of South
western Kansas. If she uses her
usual good sense and energy it will
not be a year till the cars are running
direct from Emporia to Kansas City.
AN OLD EAIPoRIAN.
1 met here Lee Glenn, an early
settler at Emporia. He has charge
of the city list of the Kansas City
JourDal, and looks we'll and feels
well. The Journal, we may add, is
still the leading paper of Kansas
City, and is justly very popular
here. 1t has done more to build up
Kansas City than all the other pa
pers ever published here.
RAILROAD ROUTES.
Our object in stopping here was
to make the acquaintance of some OF
the railroad men. In Col. Morse,
of the il. &c st. j., and friend Laza.
rus, of the Toledo, Wabash & West
ern, we felt special interest. They
are the men who understand their
business. No wonder those two
roads are so well managed. If the
officers and agents are all like these
it could not be otherwise. Some
little blanks with our name inserted
soon relieved US of the bother of
buying tickets and made the inter
view one of pleasure and profit to
us, and having come over the Han.
nibal s. st. Joe last night we can
unhesitatingly recommend it us a
most comfortable, pleasant route
eastward from Kansas City. We
have never enjoyed finer ride or 6
sweeter sleep than we did in the
magnificent sleeping coach of thi:
smooth, fast and safe route, and
Colonel Morse will always be kind.
ly remembered.
QUINCY.
| Waking up this morning we
found ourselves on the east bank Of
the Mississippi. We took a hasty
view of the situation. On one side
of the track was the grand old
"father of waters" spanned by the
magnificent iron bridge, and the
green woods beyond. 1t was a love.
ly Sabbath morning, neither toe
warm nor too cold. On the other
side was the beautiful city of Quin.
cy. If there is a more lovely OIL
lively town on the Mississippi We
have never seen it. We walked ur
town under the rustling elms
amidst the twittering of swallows
and the sweeter songs of other
birds. We soon reached the Quincy
House, having been informed thai
we could not go further until eye
ming. Having such a hotel to stop
at and such town to stay in we
readily acquiesced in the now Sab.
bath-breaking proclivities of the
Toledo, Wabash s. Western railroad
In front of the hotel is a grand
park of stately elms. All the streets
are lined with large trees, while the
very air is perfumed with flavors
from the numerous flower beds
which abound everywhere, and the
songs of birds in the trees. Quincy
is improving rapidly. 1t contains
about 10000 inhabitants. 1t has q
larger proportion of fine residences
than any city we ever visited.
Many of its business houses are
palatial. They are generally OF
brick, trimmed with the beautiful,
cream colored Joliet stone. Mag
nificent churches abound. These
and the trees give it an air of refin-
ed taste and elegance There must
be great wealth here. The Quincy
House proprietors may not see it to
their interest to do as the Eldridge
did, but we will say, for the interest
of travellers, that it is clean, quiet
and elegant place. 1t is all a way
faring pilgrim could ask IN hotel.
Methodism is below par here, we
should judge. This morning we
found our way to what is called the
First Methodist church. 1t is an
old fashioned pile of brick, erected