The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-28
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The country will watch Mr. Conkling's
future career as an attorney at law, with
afTeciionaie sOlieitude.
Frederick Douglass has written let
ter urging the colored voters of Virginia
TO vote the ReadIuster Republican ticket
MIR. Conkiing's most relentless cen
sors are forced to concede that he makes
a most imposing and magnificent corpse.
The Duke of Sutherland says the fun
niest thing he saw in this country was
the American fop aping an English
cOckney.
There seems to be no end to the trou-
bles of poor Mrs. Garfield. Some of the
Kansas City papers are now publishing
wood cuts of that afflicted lady.
Senator Ben Hill Is being treated at
Philadelphia for cancer in the mouth.
It would be a terrible blow to the Re-
publican party if the disease should
prove incurable.
The Tribune says that New York has
two senators who will not resign. So
far as that goes she would have had that
if COnkling and Plat had been returned
to their places in the senate.
Garfield seems to shave the edge" on
the ex-senator from New York all
around. Wen bet dollars to buttons
that the Presidents liver is in better
shape today than Mr.. Conkling's.
Postmaster James is still engaged in
his favorite reformatory process, and il
just now making the weather warmer
than usual for those dilatory officials
who do not promptly send in theil
quarterly accounts.
Some of the papers say that it is Mr.
Lapham, the successor of Roscoe Conk
ling, and not Warren Miller, his col
league, who is cousin of Mr.. Anthem,
of the Leavenworth Times. 1t is al
the same, however, to Col Dan, as ii
either event he has friend at court.
The deliberation manifested by Cover
nor Crittenden, of Missouri, in takin,
any measures for the apprehension o
the Winston train robbers, indicates
tender consideration for his Democrat
constituents that will touch the heart
of even as casc-hardened criminals a
the James boys.
II Is said that Bookwalter, the Demo
cratic nominee for governor of Ohio, bt
longs to the Ingersoll school of theology
But if he is the prudent person we tax
him to be he will keep little pitch no
all the same, in the possible event of
certain fervid locality being to pay bt
fore he gets through with Charlie Fos
ter.
From the fact that we have not hear,
of the death of the governor of Texas
who declines to join in the nations
thanksgiving proposed in the event c
the Presidents recovery, because it COZ
fiicts with his views touching the seps
ration of church and state, we infer this
the fool-killer must be taking his sun
mer vacation.
A wealthy citizen of Pennsylvani
! has written to Governor Foster, of OhiC
as n near friend of the President an
his family, stating that he 0he writer
desires to give Mrs. Garfield $4,000
for her support in case the Presider
dies. He does not know, however. ho'
to go about it in such away as to max
his gift acceptable, and SO he asks th
governor for advice.
Mr.. 2. L. White says, in The Prov
dence Press, that ait is General Garfield
habit to draw all the information he ca
from those with whom he associates, an
. he is very skillful in framing question
!, to draw out facts and opinions fror
others. 1t is to this habit that / a
tribute in great measure his intimat
knowledge of men and things, his n
markable apprehension of the current
of public opinion. On the other hanC
he is a most accomplished conversation
alist, and his careful study of men an
events, as well as of books, 50 thorough
ly equips him that it is a treat to listel
to him. There is something fresh an
crisp in every sentence he utters, an
the stranger is startled at the breadth {
his information on every subject touche
upOn."