The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-01-14
THRY ALL GO.

k00 0O0t Oh Tue 6tote CoSu Gnu WI
b thrown open tomorrow. There is rusI
Of wings and prod isious csckle in the air
% from the four corners come the rura
roosters With distended bills and esger an
ticipations. The old birds are already
tbers-well they know the route through
that barn yard, and taking time By the
forelock they early secured their position.
upon the political dung hill before the pin.
Jssthered chicks should arrive. The latte,
can nov ait % the fence.
So there is . prodieioos to do in the State
bsrn-yard. and the cackle and the Growing
10 immense. But amid ell the etruttine
there IL no mistsking the clarion roie~ Of
the old game thoroughbred. Who from
coiens Of vantage watch the arrivals Of the
country delegations. Each Of thess old
rooster. cIuck beseech;ngly, and knowingly
scratch in the ground to intimate that they
have few rich kernels hid away especially
for their friends.
Ii IL Q comic sight to witness this scrabble,
and those Who assemble to participate in il.
What nine-tenths Of the people who flock to
the opening of the General Assembly 20
there for,it is hard to determine. One consid.
erabIe element Of this gathering il composed
Of young men from eighteen TO twenty Eve
yean of age. This ci.ss ere embryo states
men-too poor IN live xitkosa work. and TOO
proud TO live By it. They. would rather per
form the mUst mental ofhce around the cap
itol-carry letters carry coal or take care
Of n.ember's coat-thsn to earn the wage
Of indu.iry and independence. For this
elsrs.it il anything in Gods world that will
pay their expenses, ~ long ~ it is some
thing connected with the Legislature.
And then there IL the army Of pI.ce-seek
ers, who support their claims in . more
dign;6ed manner. They are 20 weighted
down with individual importance that il IL
an effort to walk; L cir ponderous brain
bea~ with such crushing pressure they can
scarce move their under jaw. But they are
the personi6caiion Of owlish wisdom and
stupidity the wind rebosnds from their
braay cheeks with E ,lian murmars, and the /
extended right arm terminating in extended |
6ngen, forms . telephone DER which il
waited the plaintive vail Of Give me =
cIerkship"
Their sole qualifications are cheek. De-
nocrscy, and unbIushing impudence.
There 10 another Glaze always to be found
ct the commencement Of the Legislature, who
remain until their fluids sre exhausted.
We allude the 'old wheel hoeses"-men
Who held Gt6ce lS5 years ego, and with snb-
lime consistency have ''continued" ever
since. II makes no difference what kind
Of Office they have held. il it were no more
than Judge of election once in four years,
It IL enough. These fathers Of the Republic
are compelled to eo-ihe General Assembly
could not open without them. 1t would
not be legal. They can always be iousd
out of Office hours either At the II sdison or
Fred Knaups And their "oiice hours" are
from q. NJ. to q. m, With slight inter-
Missions for refreshments.
But the ''slickeat" class of all are the
wire vorkers and lobbyis,s. These do not
hang around on the streets lesning against
the lamp posts eating peanuis. No cir.
They have private rooms. where Whispered
are held, and into which the
country member 10 led like a lamb 10 the
sacrifice. Work is done here, and the fret.
neatest, most ornate and artistic kind Of
work. After the varnish il put on, the
work manifeats itaelf the next day hy its
vote. "And by their wcrks shall ye know
them" The above claa~ make Senator,
Laws, etc. and "sll kinds Of job work done
il the nestest manner and at reasonable
raiea. Satisfaction guaranteed or money
RETAINED a. . guarantee Of good fsI,h !"
Yea, they all 70, there patrio,s, and it ~
. wise idea in our Republican form Of gov
eminent to have State and National cen.
tern where this element can at timea be con-
censrsted, tia: the balance Of the State may
be purified BY the brief interval Of their
sbsence.