The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-22
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H. Io;rs Turning toward childish treble, pipes and
whistles in its sound. and the old gentleman
10 undergo physical pain when he speaks His leis
eve i dun and apparently hfeless, for while TIE
right wrinkles with humor or flashes with the eX-
preston Of thought the other eye Lit with no in
iesence and yet he thinks he VIII be quite well be-
fore the summer is over.
~ Gen W. S. Hancock. the Democratic nominee
for the Presidency, Is purely \ military man. lie
gained the distinction he enjoys in his profession in
lighting rebeiiious Dcmocrats- A true Democrat
Grafton in his support would run somewhat after this
fashion, ave have chosen General Hancock TO be our
standard bearer because he wagei US with
great vigor. The victory which he aided 50 much to
gain over Us Gettysburg excites in feelings Of
pride and joy. We kiss the hand that snote u.s. pro-
yided it give us the oftces"-Sda FraHosoO Sst-
letia
~ A correspondent of the New York GrapAie
saws: 1T seems to be decided that Garfield is taken
from something either Welsh or Hesse Darmstadtish
That's all right don't object Then he proceeds
To ask: "But what does Hancock come fromfr And
he goes on answer his own question: "Haneock is
the nephew of his uncle and when that is said every
thing Is said. His story is complete. Give me tic
man who has risen from the helm of q canal boat tn
of the greatest positions the ship of state by
his own ability and integrity
~ General Hancock was made full MajorlG General
in July 1866. The pay Of that Office is g. 500 for tho
inst 1--WE years and addition of 10 per cent. on the
original amount upon the completion of each term OF
s ss IN JuI1. iss to oo and Il he retains M
position to July of next year t will be advanced to
$3.50. This is exclusive Of all the allowances at
wear from the National Treasury notwithstanding he
is Estate supremacy man.
70 Russell Hancock. the candidates son. was not
more than twenty years old when he married Miss
Nav Gwinn one Of the bellies Of Louisville. Miss
Gwinns father, ex-Confeerate, opposed the mar
rage on the ground that young Hancock wiz the sou
of "A Yankee general Young Hancock inrricd his
bride over the Ohio one night eight years ago, aud
they were married on the Indiana shore. The stern
old father gave in after the elopement Neither Cen
erl nor Mrs Hancock knew of the affair for several
months
70 The Democrats fought the Reconstruction acts
with great bitterness for ten years; they select
their candidate for Governor Of Illinois, Lyman
Trumbull, the author of the Reconstruction acts
They have howled about HAYES the Frand; now
they dump Tilden, the fraud martyr, and TINS
eOndone the otfense. They have hoWlcd ''murirr!T
woman; now they nominate for President tn, sol
der who hung Mrs. Surratt Verify, verify fun doth
lie at the root of all these things-Dcacc republican
~ During the visit Of Governor Foster to wash
ngtun o few DAYS since, he stated IN the presence Of
United States Marshal Russell. of Texas and Others
that when the vote began roll in for General Gar
field at the Chicago Conventon; the General sit
ting by my side, and turned d.athy pale After
recovering from the shock, continued the Governor
Garfield exclaimed: -For Cots sake, can IL be nos
sible that Sherman will think have proved untrue
TO him"
~ Owen Buck. OF Oeeaniea. Nil, had a vicious.
kicking horse, which he was anxious to sell While
trying to make bargain with probable purchaser
he remarked: THAT horse Is 50 gentle that my lit
nj. girj ronIJ 90 mn behind him AMI t,yist bis I'll
and he wouldn't raise hoof." The girl overheard
the le took il for the truth tried the experiment ON
being left alone with the horse, and killed by
kick.
70 In 1872 the Confederate-ruled Democrats at
tempted to ride into power the back Of ono Of the
oldest and most pronounced Abolition Republican
leaders they could hnd and ingloTiuusly failed In 1870
they mount the back Of Union General for the same
purpose, and will fail again The American peopla
abhor the decoy duck game in politics. and have the
utmost contempt for the hypocrisy which resorts TO
" An Indiana soldier rises to remark that no
MUOrGeneral of regulars can get the votes of tho
boys in that State. They've no affection for West
Point martinets. TOO many scollops what ailol
those fellows in the army, and too many scolops all
them now said this remarkably frank Hoosier.
- Speaking of William H. English the Indianap-
oils Journal says: ''If anybody thinks that he can
carry Indiana they are wOefally mistaken The
strongest man in his party could carry the State
this year. and he is far from being the strongest
in his party
Of whose predictions the stawarts were predicting
Grants strength ut the South some weeks ago. was
among the first to swing his hat Hancock
nation. Loehranc represents the available strength
either way but has keen appetite for the loayes aud
fishes.
. The Davenport Gazette concludes that ssnl-
lers who mar good record on the field BY consort-
ing with the men and aiding TO establish the prnei-
piles against which they eontended in every battle
and every skirmish line, not of the Kind for
whom the loyal masses TO vote"
~ Auultor Bonebrake has received and filed tho
abstracts of assessments of thirtyeigt counties and
the returns of seyenty-two counties. The
Auditor says that the returns will show State popa
aton OF go oOo which will give us seven Congress
men, II the basis of representation remains the same
Or If i is increased ten thOusand-ToPeka Common
reuih.
~ Dan voorhees, has made two memorable
speeches. One was many years ago when he de-
union soldiers as dogs and said they sbouId
wear a collar inscribed. any dog-A. Lincolnr The
Dther was made ON Thursday at Cincinnati, when he
endorsed Of those collar wearerS as HE candidate
Tor the Neutrality-suspicious. City Journal
~ An eccentric rich man lives at Elton. Tenn.
He imagined that the whole country desired him 10
be President: Taking advantage of this hallucina-
him announcing his nomination ut Chicago and sub,
q similar purporting to come from
Cincinnati. He gave great dinner to the Young
men OF the town, and made glowing speech of ae-
,eptance.
~ The spectacle Of John Kelly and Colonel Eel
ows fraternaily hugging each other In a fervid eu-
'raee over nomination which neither wanted was
y amusing rs II was meaningless IL was Of
hose exhibitions which when q crowd gets be-
lde itself and forgets everything beyond the spasm
II the moment.
ssay on the Hebrew inscriptions at Verona I'm Gala
ma, giving the history of the Jewish GEOGRAPHICAL
monuments down to the l2ih century. These are he
ieyed To be the earliest Hebrew nscripti0ns folnd
Europe, and are expected 20 prove VI the highest
Importance 10 students.
I1- Because Hancock shot one way and vo.es an
ther Tor s,IOOo year and gate money. is reason
Ehy the soldiers of the Union army should crawl ipt
ebel beds and beg favors Of the men who for fonr
ears shot and imprisoned and starved tbem.-Lsic1.
)ceQa.
~ There is, says the Boston Journal curious
oneidenee in relation 10 the thirty-sxth ballot in
junction with Presidential affairs. Garfield wa.
omnated ON the thirty-sixth ballot .Tr.Ferlou vas
leeted on the thirtysixth ballot IN 1891 jefferson
nd Burr were exact tie in the Electoral College,
nd the election went To the House Of Representn-
We where jefferson was elected the thirtysxtI
alI0t, the contest lasting for seven days.
~ Col. Robert Ingersoll ha= a friend who. when
e was asked what were the ColoneIs eeoentrieities
nswered Immediately that he had no eeesntrieitics
ut one, and that was that he had no eceentricites
~ The story which the Democrats are eircnIa-
ng, TO the effect that Gen. Garfield was u member
the military court which sentenced Mrs Snrratt L.
ntirely untrue. Gen Hancock is the hero of that
fair
70: The Democrats come before the country once
ore IN stit Of old clothes from tho Reuubliean
srdrobe- After having spent twelve years IN de-
ouneing military Presidents they mite in an effort
, make military President. Ever since the close
the war they have been following in the wake Of
emorrut
" A correspondent of the Cleveland Lender rc-
tes that n great Republican meeting in Warren,
mo- last ran, Senator Chandler, during his speech
irned and, pointing to Garfield said his audience:
Gentlemen, there sits your next President
~ An undertaken at Grand Rapids. Mich, who
az urected ~ the superintendent Of the poor to
,rPse 70 doctor, and, going through mock funeral
'remouy, received in addition the usual sum FROM
'e county The chiefo police discovered the swim
e @ lew days ago, and kindly informed the under
ker OF II The latter has now gone on a summer
ur holding the boss policeman in grateful re,neun-
q According to the New York Tribune. the whole
- sshhst the Democratic party can be summed IN
me necessity Of preventing the triumph Of SOUTH
n neas and Southern civilization In the nation.
~ Seneral Neal Dow Ia to be n candidate for the
fes,aeney ON the compulsory total abstinence tfrk
. WIZ 81 John vote for hint He shoua 40 vote.
pe consistent; for he is asking the people Of Kan
10 vote LOT aim on the same compulsory total all
inenee fieket-Topcka Blade
Y fairfield Is q constructive statesman M we'll
progre-sve one and as brave and nnfinehing %
Is poi.e and wise. His sympathy Il undoubtedly
rong with the efforts to elevate the tone ~ rctirs
= very existence the candidate stands f,,r The
opies senriness and disgust with the spoils ma
me sys'sm-bo'ton TrunseriPt (RepJ
n The fostotfiee Department has made sueb ar
= seneh's Win the roads running fast trains from
~ iors west a. win give the mail service The adj
ntage derived from such expedition
q Inc wife Of Hon James ID. Williams C,sxerp-
on ihdians, died June 9th, at her home near
nestiand, Ind, after lingering Illness. caused hv
all few months since "
There - something more than a rumor that
n Engnsh once belonged to the Au,erieau narf,-