The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-02-20
From Kansas 10 lgOs0r.

The Senators of Rome were forbidden "a
engage in commercial pursuits, and that
great body Kept lis character for a Long
period, until Syiia, Gear, and other sui.
bilious captains made il an instrument: and.
at last, one Of the Caidwels Of that y.rioi. a
certain Senator DiG:us Juiianus. bynei.;
the Imperial crown for about two hun
dred pounds sterling per vote, or G. $50
drschms
The life, antecejents, and reign of D:,ins
Julianus present an opportunity for para lei
readings.
Mr.. Julianus Was a good trader, and hi,
commercial word was good. For business
man, he was OF the iraLkest nature Ills
checks, when he bonsh: an office, were
promptly paid, and, like men nowadays, he
thought II VA. of no consequence what the
line OF business WAS, provided yen ccuid get
get into it,
The Pie:orian Guard, otherwise The Kan
sas Legislature, had cut of the head of Per
tinax Ross, The Emperor, for voting no,
guilty on the trial OF Andrew johnson Sui
picisnns Tor Sidney Clark-) began To treat
for the Imperial dignity. but he demanded
the office by ri. hi of party fealiy and per
| Torrance, and said too little on the import
ant subject Of qaid pro quo At this an
nouncemen., Ills freedom for hi, p,ra-
sites, says one Of the newspaper authorities
of bis time, 'easiiy convinced Juiianrs .l,a,
he deserved the throne, AMI earnestly cr,.-
jured him 10 embrace so fortunate an op,,,r-
tuniy." This picture does not seem 10
smack OF antiquity, but 10 he plain passage
in Kansas politics.
Didius Juianus WAS ,niulsing hims-l; in
the luxury Of the table when lee heard ii.a;
the purple was for sa'c. lie took out hi. |
lead pencil, and made computation ~ TO |
how much the prize would cost. anil wha; |
the opportunities were for trade in The |
Office. He bib against Suipicianus 40 the |
foot o! he rimparis-we l,ad almost sail IN |
the town OF Topeka; and a, 81, goo in roi.! |
per man-a SUN, considering the increase OF
money, not wildly different from Topesas
prices-he knocked of the crown.
He then inside speech couched in the POM
eroy vein. lie expatiaie,l ON the freedom, Of
his election, his own eminent vir;uer, and
his fall assurance of the affections vi the
Senate. The Senate voted him golden
statue, bat, with that remarkable sigsci,v
which only business Senator can ,s,~-,s Is,
Julisnus remarked that she preferred one of
brass "a more lasting: for he bsd always Oh
serSei that statues OF former Empercrs were
soon destroyed, and those Of brass alone re-
MANNED. not being worth destruction III
The above were signei 'Gath," instead of
hdSard Gibbon, the loyal party press woi,ld
90 for IL; but the chief practical difference
v, that the latter wrote about nation ,;es
royed by It's corruption, which might have
,een arrested had ii possessed such nm his:c-
IAN, and been aroused BY his depiciion- Of
hose evil days.
There was indignation ihronshou, the
aoman Empire. but the Senate aione.
whose conspicuous station and ample pos
esslons exacted the sric:e~t caution, dis.
embed their sentiments, and me, the a.
ected civility of Julianus with smiles OF
This is a good piece Of
culp,ure OF Senate 10 this the differ :,
nee being thst Did;us dealt with Conscr;ia y
athers, and Caldwell with Bankrup, !;
'a,hers. q
The army, however, concluded 10 take =
uiisn'ls in hand, particularly after its =
Ienersl Septimius Severus-a native of !"
frics. and doubtless proger.itor Of Sem G
or Pinchbsck-had offered every soldier
400 to investigate Julianus with a spear.
niianus, however, called on the Pie 'orian
srty. TO which he had been truly LOYAL.
defend him in committee o. otherwise.
ID sought to "Desoaiste" with his rapidly
lvanciug enemy. BIT the PIe orian.
lard the long, dull roar OF the whole en-
re, and abandoned their creation after a q
ief reign OF sixty-six days. That Severus
onid lave marched from the confines Of he
'nron'a Tor kan-as) 80 rapidly. is proui, fr,
W Gibtoi, "of the goodness Of The road. yo
Il the iado!ent and sGblu-d temper a; the TN
ovinc,s.- su