The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-02-05

lssWRNWR saw ASD uRiRD Af Ioe.Ki.
Topeka has been tho hub for the past
few days at which all The intslIigcnce
and ability of tho State. y veil ~ the
the opposites, have conferred. The Of
/ fec Of the Tcfft House WHARF United
States Senators have been made for sew
eral years past, has been the centre
within the centre" wcilled, portiy
and luscious looking men with ~"hne
linen" and glossy beavers have there
whispered and s'bazzed" in close compa-
ny with the cow-hide clad granger. The
Tefft is a great "leveler" Of mankind
during Senatorial election. SO mixed
have affairs been that relief was given
even in asking the opinion Of tho most
hopeless and coa6rmed nonentity that
was jostIed in the crowd. All men
would become equal sooner during the
continuance of Senatorial race in Kan.
sas than at any other time.
The champions Of candidates sought OH
ly to avoid the pressure Of "anti" As far
40 their favorites were concerned, and II
was easily effected, as no ono in the
field exhibited enough strength to war,
rant such an action. There was COM
mencemcnt Of this against Osborn but
he disappeared "like brief exhaltation."
Caucuses were of no avail, as the ''com-
ing man" was hard to manufacture,
when only from twenty to TWENTY-FIVE
votes could be possibly relied upon for
any one man mentioned. CAT cusins
amounts to nothing when combina-
tons" are impossible. Hence, during
those days when balloting occupied but
a few minutes daily, time passed tedious
ly and insufferably slow. Those who
desired to be for the winning man were
almost "plunged in gulf Of dark de-
spair." Pocket books rapidly assumed
pigmy proportions in the presence of
the demands of hotel and boarding house
keepers. Visitors sorrowfally watched
the fieoting dollars as they saw tho end
was not yet. A more gloomy and
anxious throng has not assembled in the
capitol city for many year. With one
accord the verdict was finally rendered
that handsome fortune might be spcn,
in waiting to see the "coming man." The
only consolation that caa be derived from
all this is what has been MANY
good Kansans' great loss has been To-
peka's financial gain.
Such an important thing AS Senate
rial election of course gathered ut the
hub all the prominent rrformers Of the
State. Jim Legate was there, so was
Ben Simpson, Jim Snoddy and sc. POme
roy. The latter hated to be there, accord
irg to his own tell, but was there never
theiess. York was there, by "virtue ofhis
most despised and spurned
of all the crowd. He fitted about, look
ing as if he wished he had showed that
81 900 far down in his pantaloons, and
said nothing. The men who wanted
him for Governor soon after the expose,
don't say 90 now. He evidently hasn't
so much in prayer Of late as he
was wont TO do. We heard him s,cear !
He undertook to run tho farmers, but
they wouldn't run worth cent under
his guidance. They were more likely to
run in fear from his weird and ghost |
like appearance. The ''son of York" is
evidently in "wintcr Of discomfort"
Tho House is nothing more than an
average one in ability, although there
are some very able members. Tom Fen
lon may be considered the leader, with
sharp opponent in tho person Of John
These gentlemen have many !,
''spats." We are Of the opinion that
FenIon feels the slight of not having
been appointed chairman of the judlcia-
~ committee and sometimes gives vent
to his spleen by hammering away at Mar
lin. There are other able members too :
Mason, Taylor Of Leaven-
wortb, Lat,a, Reasonsr, Taylor of Wy
sndotte, Funston A. II. Horton, and
Mapes. Maltby talks the most and is
he biggest bore in the House. Potter
IS fraud. The Reformers" thus far
navo accomplished but little. Their in
discreet actions have made them ridicu-
Gus.
The Senate is a good body Of men,
md thanks to their patriotism and good
Judgment, have pledged themselves by a
arge majority to the best interests OF the
Republican party.
The Kansas City Times Psngbern--
Pig born for short-has created . good
Teal of sensation by his "c!erk," but has
proved himself IN unadultcrated as.
This slobbcrer has . prototype on
small scale in the person OF the C ebrated