The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-11-18
More Louse.PeIts.


still crawling. He usually fills the first page of bis
handsome blacksmith organ for our benefit. Bat
he can afford to. He writes on paper stolen from
the State, with pencils stolen from the State, or
pens stolen from the State, dipped in ink kept in
inkstands stolen from the State, and writes most
of his editorials with scissors stolen from the State
He can afford to be liberal with his smear.
The ex- Governor of Kansas, and Minister to
Chill, gives the true version of our $1,000 trans
action Itis entirely different from the stories OF
all the other liars who have written upon the in
teresting subject. But this version is true, for
he got it from one of the men who didn't get any
of the money! Bnt he makes share OF the
proceeds only s., 800. We protest against TINS
cntting down of our wealth. Let it remain at
$1,000. We have got used to that amount, ana
are satisfied with it. But the Ex-Governor nat
tiers our vanity. Not many men are sharp enough
TO sell an entire delegation of seven members
That is inst what hurts the Ex-Governor, and
Minister Plenipotentiary. Having accidentally
got elected to State Office, he imagined that the
officers of the niger regiment were going to run
the politics of Kansas He, Captain of niggers,
being from Doniphan County, made sale OF the
| entire SOuDty utltpallOu 10 sam. eAN
Colonel of the niggers, for United State Senator
But when it came to the delivery, they all refus-
ad to be delivered but one, and he gave simple
complimentary vote, and then went with the
balance. The "old louse-skinner," Reverend
5000 Shirt-tail," stepped in and gobbled up his
meat. That makes the little fellow mad. You
see, il deprived him of his billiard money. Now,
Governor, tell something else interesting about
us.
There are two things the State Of Kansas has
shut down upon. One is supplying her State
officers with billiard and roulette money, and the
other is electing men to Office who chew tobacco
with their front teeth.
We sincerely trust that there is nothing in the
theory that the adoption of the Constitutional
Amendments prohibits a session of the Legisla-
ture the coming Winter. We were about recon-
mcnding that neglected hero, Hillary Smallwood,
the numerous Ex, for some lucrative position,
and expected the Legislature to provide the po-
sition. The fact il, the little fellow must have
something soon, or he is gone up. 1t is now al
most year since he held an Office, and during
that time, has had to depend upon his own re-
sources for gambling money. This makes life
monotonous. His valuable military services en-
tile him to some consideration. Just see how he
has been neglected: As soon as he received his
discharge from the niger regiment he began to
run for Office. The same Fall, he was a candi-
date for County Treasurer, against man who
had been left for dead on a field of battle; but
he was unceremoniously bucked off the track.
But at the same election, he was a candidate for
the Legislature, and was defeated by the most
unpopular man in the District. But this treat
ment of a hero brought its own punishment.
For two years he abstained 6om running for Office
until the people of the District concluded that
the whole State was better able to support him
than they were. So they elected him Represent
ative. They liked the relief, and he liked the
office. The next year, they elected him to the
Senate. Two years afterwards, he changed the
programme, by running for Secretary of State.
Two years later, for change, he ran for the office
again. In two more years, for variety he ran
for Governor; but not getting it, be, by way of
pastime, put in for State Printer. That also
eluded him, when he consented to take the Office
of Postmaster at Waterville, but the powers that
be didn't consent TO appoint him. Then he caus-
ed it to be published that he had been rendered
the mission to Chill, but the Administration
didn't take the hint. But he must have some-
thing, even if it is page in the Legislature.
The election in Marshall County went Repub-
lican, except for those candidates who lived in
Waterville, or were the especial favorites of the
Telegraph. They were all defeated. The people
of Marshall County are suspicious of men who
even live in the same town with the fellow who
had to secure a packed investigating committee
in the Legislature, in order to save him from the
penitentiary. Even Mel. Lewis is probably de-
feated simply from the fact that the louise of the
Telegraph was so imprudent as to mention that
they had once lived in the same Township.
Poor, little, insignificant Smallwood has a hard
time trying to get noticed and complimented by
fawning, suckering and slobberng to curry fsvors.
His plan is to pick out some paper with which the
Chief has at some time had controversy rake up
the old subject and just 60 for with all the smear
at his command. Then he sends marked copy
and expects that paper to copy it, aud compli-
ment Smallwood as a terrible fellow. He tried |
it on the st. Joe. Herald, and that paper, in re-
turn, intimated that they didn't know him OF |
his paper. He has tried it on others, and receiv-
ed more snubs than compliments When one |
uocs occasionally notice lt IlckleS the little
fellow almost to DEATH
Hillary, the ball-puncher, admits that he is not
a consistent Christian. That's strangeI Every
body supposed he was Christian of the strict
est sect-insect.
"Cap." pretends to know all about us, even to
our very thoughts. But it's the nature of a
louse to know what's running in ones head.
scientific writer discusses the question, ais
man degeneratingi" He certainly is not ac-
Iuainted with '.Mrs. Henry" of the waterville
or he never would have propounded
The question.
Hillary says he has held his nose so long that
he is sick at the stomach. No wonder, after
holding such a nasty thing! Scour, fnmigate
md disinfect yourseE-eat garlic or asafatida:
ump into an outhouse vault-aay thing to purify
'Ourself!
The Watervillc nose-holder says he was dis
'osed to treat MS with courtesy, if we would let
lin. We cannot possibly "let" him. Such
hings as he can be "let" but once. But if be
nsits upon it, well let one as near like him as
se cam
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