The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-16
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

President Arthur seems to have con
siderable influence with the present ad-
ministralion, after all.
"PolitIcs and women" is what got
away with Collector Green, of Kansas
City. 1t takes a mighty good man to
stand up against that kind Of a layout.
A bill is before the Ohio Legislature
to prevent and punish treating" on
election day. No effort, it seems, is be-
ing spared by the party in power, 10
keep the old Buckeye state in the Re-
publican pyramid.
Peter Cooper will be 81 years old
February 18th. When he was born the
city of New York contained $1,000 peo-
pie, and his mother was born on the
spot where st. Paul's church now stands.
Mr.. Cooper has lived under the admin
istration of all the presidents.
New York Tribune: Mr.. Watterson
rises to say that the slaughter" he
promised, in case the Democracy
abandoned the Free Trade issue. sis
all right and will arrive on schedule
time" Voorhees, will do well to climb
a tree and hang out a danger signal.
1t is now said that the president never
had any idea of appointing ex-senator
Sargent, of California, as secretary of
the interior. We are really glad to hear
this, because we never could imagine
what claim that far western statesman
had for a cabinet position.
Thomas Hughes still stoutiy holds his
faith ia the Rugby colony. He hoped
better things of it than have yet come to
pass, but he blames those who made un-
authorized representations of what the
colony really was, for a great deal of the
| disappointment felt by colonists-
There seems to be an influential and
of putting Secretary Lincoln in the
Senate as successor to David Davis. It
is being quietly worked, and there will
be no noise about it for some time TO
come, but it is believed he can be elect
ed easily.
1t is real refreshing for a dead man to
throw himself in the breach for the sake
of harmony in his party, and that is just
what BoOkwalter proposes to do to heal
the troubles in the Democratic ranks in
Ohio. He says he will not hesitate to
sacrifice himself. The trouble Is to find
out what earthly good the sacrifice of
Bookwalter will do anybody.
james F. Wilson, the newly elected
senator from Iowa, is described as above
the medium size, with q compact, square
figure, solid neck and square head,
covered with hair, now quite gray. He
looks something like common soldier
in the regular army, with an unspiritual
obedience in his face, and look of one
who had received hard knocks and
walked his pace with musket many q
rainy night He is popular man on
account of his Democratic manners
rather than from any effort to please
In his memorial sermon on the late
DR.. Bellows, the Rev. DR.. COllyer spoke
at length of the work of the Sanitary
Commission. In describing DR.. Bel
lows visit to General Halleck at the
time the commission was organizing, ht
s said: ~The general said to him, q
: hate philanthrophists.' DR.. Bellows in
1 stantly responded, And we hate gener
als' Then he added with that rare sac
which never failed him. OF course yol
: mean bogus philanthrophists. General
y and 1 mean bogus generals The bal
' tie was won and the Sanitary Commits
sion was fact.