The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-06-10

ing oyatlORs through the Unlteh States, IN hopes
of getting their money back by robbing the Gov
ernment, when the chief of the plunderers should
enter upon the Presidency for third term, can
not stand the expense any longer, and " i'll drop
Grant like hot potato.
Too HEAVY 4 LoAD.-The combined strength
of Turkey Gobbler Conkling, Don. Cameron, Lo-
gan, Matt. Carpenter, Washburne, the Solid
South, ihe Machine, the Methodist Church, and
Thomas Mast, powcrless to pull Grant
through This shows how heavy the load was.
IIo must he petrifi.d. Hence they call him a
Sphinx.
u Whenever /, il essential to kill of Pres
idential candidate, jast get old Turkey Gobbler
Conkling so manage his causc in Convention.
He put in his time in exhibiting his malice,
sneering at and slnrring opposing candidates.
lie wnuld have killed stronger man than
Grant.
,-Yy' The secret Of old Monsieur Bakers sud
den descrtiun of Blaine and conversion to Grant,
has Just leaked ont. Grant wrote him letter,
suggesting that all distinguished foreign trav-
elers should stick together, and labor to snstain
and buld up each Others renown.
Il Hasn't Grant got a son named Fred !:
The npstart has fallen intn such ntter insignifi-
cance, since his dad hattcncd himself ont by
butting his head against George Washington,
that the public will soon really forget whether
Fred. is person or young bull-pup.
~ When Mrs. Johnny Bull Sartoris comes
over to visit her cigar smoking DAD, she cannot
live daintily at Government exponse, but will
have to put mp with such common rations as
were saved from the public plumber and official
gifts of eight years.
IL Window, as dark horse did not even
turn ont to be a very poor mule. Ic ncvor got
beyond his 10 State votes. Minnesota fooled
away her little strength about rs completely rs
a State ever lid.
tg' We condole with tho poor, cringins, lick
spit Grant papers of Kansas. But thcre is no
help for them. They must como down to the
support of the nominee, bolt-it doesn't mat
ter much which.
Y Will the Chicago later Ocean suspend,
now that the Grant Boom has explodedf 1t has
been kept alive hy political contributions, but
there is nobody now left who is Interested in
contributing.
Y Hello. Old Baker. What is your opinion
of a third tefm' wo don't mean third coHsec-
Htire term. Are yon almost ready to take the
contract to eat another pio of dirt?
n We recently called attention to the fact
that a man named James was never beaten, as q
candidate of any leading party for President.
Now 1t is James A. Garfield
" Flatter than pan-cake-she poor fool
who imagined that it was his mission to over
throw the yencration for Washington in the
hearts of his countrymcn.
u Let's see did Grant 20 in on the first bal
lot, with his 40 vctesf Was he without oppo-
sition, by the time the Convention nett Was
he nominated by accamation'
u Now you can sec how reliable the st. Lou
is Globe Democrat and the Chicago Inter Ocean
are, with lot of small fry echoes Mt Kansas
City, Topeka, and Omaha.
u Will somebody please carry out Bob.
Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, Jr., on a chip
They have been kept too long of of ice, and he
gin TO smell badly.
~ Grants solid South is so disappointed over
the result of the Chicago Convention, that it
will probably go solidly for the Democratic can
didate.
~ wantcd-Fffty young bul-pups, rs intel
lcctual solacc and amusement for the Gelena
Loafer, in his sad disappointment.
ra@ There nscd to be a song that ran some
what in this way: "Grant is going TO make it,
nil the same, and don't you forget it."
y" Poor, old Judas Iscariot Baker has slip
ped MP on the Topeka post Office again. lie
drtied himself for nothing.
q VIII Grant take to drink, now that Inc is
fiattened out-or will his constitution yield to
that incurabic disease,
IF- Any person having nirt to be removed,
will please call on old Monsieur BI%rr, of To-
p-ka. lie will eat it.
e Wonder how Grant likes it, As far as he
has got, overthrowing the superstiiious example
of Washington
u A few toots about "Blaine Idiots" is now
in order from Mrs. Donglas, Of the Hutchinson
Ncrs.
II The Republicans can hold Buckeye Re-
unions, this year.
Y Wouldn't somebody please throw us down
and sit on ms,