The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-02-26
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fon may have marveed at my protracted silence But
have not been idle. have been to Washington Scna-
tor Harvey roud have accompany him and could not
get out Of it. While hrre heard Of little tilt that
Congressman Col Copb had had with Edridge, of Wis
consn Edrdge attempted TO criticise the wording and
the iucidy so speak Of Cobbs to the army
transportation bill Iprocured report Of the proceedngs
and read that amendment 1t 10 clear the MONDAY
sun understood once and astonished that e.
drdse had the impudence pretend that IL unn-
telligbie to him But dOubiy called Col
Cobb to compare views with him. snd if under
standing Of it did not correspond. Said l.:
Colonel that man Eldridge affected to misuhdrrstand
or rather to not your amendment to the
pertation bill Is the following correct copy Of your
smendment'-
rorsded That the Secretary Of War. in the expsnii
ese r.ds %oseg n BY this PM where the Pa
the government retains the charged for s bus
ther Of theOome into competition with any other line
Of In deciding which line Of
paid to the said Pacific railroads their branche. SO
much saved to the treasury and the transportation
| Of men and supplies aecordn=Iy.'
1T is" replied Cobb II road the proof myself
so thought, said L 1T is plain enough to But
that may be assured Of please repeat your
ing"
Certainly. You my object lowell there it
is 1t is so plain cannot make it palmer"
II take it." said that you meant that If the Govern
ment expends any which il does not such
shall be charged the of the amount already
advancedi"
yes; just so. That is substantially the meaning"
Furthermore, csutinued, when any railroad
in competition with itself any of its branches in decd
ing which is the lowest bidder the amount shall be consd
cred paid that has not been advancedi"
Exactly see you comprehend my meaning"
And in deciding which ia the lowest bidder the Gov
ernnent retains the charged for transportation
| has heeu adj h.
War shall consider all money paid transportation
as SO much saved and the transportation of
and supplies accordingly"
That is it, precisely 1t could not be made palmer"
Then" said where would that leave the men, and
what amount of supplies would they have on handr"
well" replied Cobb II cannot Just saw You see the
bill has not passed yet"
oh, see said AIl have to say h. that Eldridre
must be q fool"
When got back here, learned that they were getting
up large party to go pilgrimage it were to the
homestead Of Senator Harvey obtain precious relics of
the log cabin in which he had lived ong-mementoss to
remind them that true worth may elevate the most humble
and unpretentous to the most exalted post honor
consented to be Of the party There about fifty in
the expedition Besides ample rations well pro-
vided with crowbsrs and other necessary i'm
plemeuts We took the Kansas Pacific night train at
daylight reached Junction City where procured
Der Of wagons to convey the destined spot We
1t was unnecessary he had been the Governors place
and knew the way At Fort Riley we received directions
to ourselves that mistaken whereupon
We proceeded at brisk gait After what seemed to us
tedious ride the person who been there pointed out
little cabin in the distance which he said was tho place we
hunug and seemed to correspond with the drec
tions had received at the Fort The cabin was small
and low, and stood in valley close by of water
and fur from grove of timber Arriving at the lace
and disembarking found low howell with clap board
rooi devoid OF chinking, and unoccupied
why" exclaimed one. THE house is emptyi"
Its all right said the person who had been there be-
fore. The family have probably gone visiting"
81 But the house is open, and lit to live in"
oh the Governor is used to that-he solLered too long
to mind little fresh air."
Bt there is furniture and nothin: straw on the
floor"
81 tell you the Governor lived in the most primitive
style and prefOrs the sotest bed in existence
knOr right So fall to-"
At we all went and had the cabin leveed to the
ground Every man took piece of timber to be manufac
tured into and other articles of ornament
and not satisfied with keepakes for themselves they all
took enough to supply their friends At this juno
tue. heard loud halloong and beheld man running
across the field toward As he speaking
distance he broke ont with
Men Gott in Himme! vas is das! Vat for you tears
down mein sleeps house and meiu house down! Git
out mein field out! pte yourself NIT mein dogsl kick
off your off nit mein fist! Men Got brosegut. der
law nit yOui"
We had to get out of the scrape best could The
fact is we had taken the wrong road the place by
several miles and demolished sheep and cow
stable. We pacfed him by making mp sum of money for
him after which FASTENED to Junction and took
enough timber to exhibit for relics and =, o
the wiser for our misadventure.
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