The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-12-27
TIIING.IMTJIGS.

~ Major Ben Perley Poore has completed. after
twelve years work. the Book of Constitutions and
edition sufficient to furnish copy to each member
Of Congress has been printed This work consists of
two parts. uniform with the statutes at large, and
containing more than thousand pages each. 1t COM
prises not only the Constitution of the United States
and the present Constitutions of the States, but a
copy of the organic law of each State at every period
Of its history from the discovery Of America to the
present time The earliest of the documents is the
bull of the Pope granting America to SPAIN and the
latest the amendments to the State Constitutions
adopted within the past year.
~ Such staggering contempt of law and such
ifesed in the return from Colorado have rarely been
exhibited, even by n Democratic majority in the
House of Representatives. Patterson himself, who
had brass enough to talk about Ibis bonor' while
lifting up his coattails preliminary to anchOring
the small of his back in Judge Belford's seat, occu-
pies perhaps a special eminence of infamy, but it
to suppose them incapable of making quite
offensive exhibitions of themselves if they only
had the chance.-Ner York Tribune, Rep.
~ The Philadelphia Times tIndD says Of the ad-
mission of Patterson, of Colorado: 1T was SO pre-
pOsterOus q claim to come from anywhere outside OF
South Carolina or Louisiana that neither party paus
ed to consider it longer than to express their con-
tempt for both the claim and the claimant. and the
country startled when it was first whispered in
Washington that there was remote possibility of q
violent partisan majority far forgetting all sense
of deceney and justice as to admit Representative
SO bold a fraud" The Times pronounces the vote
of the House an act. of midsummer madness
rFs Here is very neat eonundrum propounded
by the Xenia Qho) Gazette, which the organs of the
gold monopolists might wrestle with awhile:
..If it is claimed, the reconciliation of silver
will hurt the poor man only, why are most of the
nc, Ieh le, ~ sSISf if. " ~, III ~ viii no nu,
a .no ~, =, nd ;,i , t 'es n 81 & ,n"s gu
VIZ 10 ~ ,ha naar, VII III ~ tn ,no ri mt" 81
.F- The Washington ID. c. Post tells this story !:
:, einoer VI Nonsfsss ., S' Io.o 60. r Ss, Mo % %
ehnrge OF ms rIon 70 ,ake 10. Si Sa PapeIs anu
T, sgii eii' @ anu nc sva n'S ni VI ,ne c.is.
.r..o;,,t Tie n,e,nI.r noclefs5 Ave anil ,,ave the
hov fprr cents This is literal fact and while il
does NOT show that the member is n very had man.
II conyicts him of being like Barks m little near
u,,. p.,o :; .-,; =. . c., c.
lima camnoion AGAINST the President He osserfs that
President Hayes personalIy and Through hi. friends
eneayored to seat Corbn as Senator and that those
friends cowartlly attacked him when he was unarmed
and unable TO defend himself He wants the South
Carolnians to remember all this and act according
ly.
~ Mr. Blaine propoupded this conundrum during
the debate over the New York appointments: "Is It
civil service reform to remove an honest and exper-
enced officer and put in his stead inexperienced
man. however honest who did not represent the city
and peope!" Everybody gave it up.
~ The official toures in New Jersev make nrom
ipent another eccentricity of the Jersey Democrat
The Democratic minority for President in 1876 was
I2743>and the majority for Mcclellan for Governor
was lust I2743
~ The Bosop 7ra,,i,,r savs of Conkl;pp,s victo
4 a.
service reform in the Senate when the New York
nominations rejected, and the Republican sena-
tors did well in applying the lesson"
ryT The confidence chan who offers the industri-
ous man position nj twenty dollars n week and de-
mands 500 TO 81 900 cash security continues 10 adj
yertise Mt forty cent. ncr lime Rrsiness uust Inc
brisk and fools plenty.
r9s Gov HAMPTON is n very able gentleman with
his hat off but he can't add much TO lbs reputation ly
jumpipg on moor Patterson Patterson has been on
the rocky road long enough and should he let alone
~ Old King of Tcrrors John Sherman keeps IN
his daily list of broke', and .cripplet- Take him
ont of the Cabinet tep rut off rbe heads of te other
Cabinet officers, and the country would be blessed
with fair Observation-Disclosures Enquirer.
rzs- comntr,Jler Epox an onnopent of silver re-
monetzation saws thar the silver hill will mass the
Senate bv more Than A tvo.tIirIs vote The pol,l
monopolists and their friends generally concede
this.
To- The Concord IN. HI P,;r;ot an old Demoerat-
ic organ, says: lit is enough to say that man
who slouched hat, who speaks to or shakes
hands with everybody, should be elected Governor
Of this State
~ Boston Post: ''One of the learned members
of the Pitsburg Presbytery said he had heard that
in some dances in vogue in respectable society the
gentlemen put their arms around the waists of the
trii anu slender, ana the lar Idy peariy ear comes
wherc "P ~ '"'' f''n'' "''i '''''' "'' NV
",,e.e' .ots
so monr neon re chr;stsn;n,, tbe;r L,he" RntIfnri
as thers w.
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~ reler opors Is aekhowieaged tne homenest
h",r Iaanj onJ /; so ,..rs oh III; I;nos;,;nn :;
sour TOO onJ Le +; sb9cLnol, nr,fane yet b;s nr;fe
Leea,ne 80 ;aanns of fane;sd r;,aJ ,bat sha tool
ianJannn, " ' ' CIV 'ooN
Px-co,,ross,o,, Nf.r,, l. C,,u,r who sbo,
ex.Sepator PoIerov a few Years since and who has
;naa Laon q, ;r,not. " of a. bn,.; arInn ,ras IN
dcted at the time and the ease was noLb prosd the
other day
- n.,.;I Do5o o,,o or ,,,o g.. ...,ors =, .i;s
County. and long n resident of our nenhborine town
of D0niphan has become one of tbe editor, of the
Kirwin Chief
rs No,ho,;ol cr.o, ,,,s,,os.or a. pos.,u from,
1879 to 1871 died last Thursday aged so wears. He
was an active Journalist in New Hampshire in early
fe and was one of the founders of the Boston States
man.
rys Senator Copkliue has captured the Cpion
League Club of New York and administration men
are to be excluded from the councils of the faithful
~ Judge Davis NAV as well contain bis souI in
patience There is no precedent for making a Presi-
dent of a man who can't bow without erunting.-Bur-
Engton Ha,rIeye
=. Ia.,,no N S,.,,. :; A. , r a..
,.r. SyuS sha ..S; II u,n hI nane oi @ .ne
been gathered TO his fathers He lived in St Auams
rs IT.. ch;o..o yy,,.s ,h;,l. S.n.,or S,.ro, :.
the ..nissing link
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W -" ~ " - ~ " s ~ ny
,Is r;,1 aIe NeM Oiie'ns Imes, Dshiosts, SAYS:
i.i NJ s .h p:J ~ ne eo's ' u Ps'S, r.
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