The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-06-15
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brilliant assemblage of statesmen before at
one ar. .,,r 1901 A., legislative han. % ,,
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but fair 20 say thar the aes of the Cag,u,o1,,,olB
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which the solemn trust has been DISCHARGED Mar
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| TO commemorate greatness compared with the gran
n. ill., .,II;,, of H. ,,.,,,.., b;.h &c.;
~ "''S VI 'io sNue'uio "N'en NicAihS
Birds letters have erected in eommemoration of
| the Kansas delegation. Through him, we have
learned 10 appreciate, to love, and to admire those
n.eiiee'uAi i'ahS' anu men OF tne mouse
Haskell, Ryan, and Anderson-and TO feel gen
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uwarteu oy the oNertoWering ablites OF our own
Kansas statesmen. Likewise, many recondite facts
in the lives OF our Senators have, by the same tai
ented pen, been brought home to the knowledge of
an unappreeiative constituency That marvellous
velocity OF speech with which Plumb overawes aud
dazzes irisd Senate was the sole discovery Of our
own Kicking Bird. But Tor rare depth and
breadth OF generalization Tor reach oil philosophy
Tor that dead level oil mathematical accuracy OF
portraiture that Is seldom gwen TO human to attain
70 the virtues and genius oil the senior Senator from
Kansas
ane spt =. ,ne A,sers ana iouhss o. me hepnh
generous soul brilliant brain OF John srncs
more tnaa IN any oiner one n'sa Ststes senator
England and possesses New England. cnlture and radical
ove o. noe,S bah .es oroa anu org soaled ieoNshp
praires Kntess expanses Of field and farm OF mountain
scenery the grandest and most Gorgeous rivers pict1squ
hav. hIoadepsrI and epcaei ms Political rSpyietoas
New England Yankee who has never for crusse The
YanSee tTapsnlon,es and i;HS 4. vSm Of a,s
full proportions Ingalls, needed his New England birth
would have SI,,t %" b small Nj sf iaisns b1s u
and gall instead now. generous and full bottle
spafkhng Champagne IS TINS man - entrusted A. /
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Thus comes the solution Of the great riddle, that
With ,an,alix;n, ohs,;roc, has an Iona, n.-,la,, all
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puzzled the student of history why 1t was that the
Daniel Websters Edward Eyrretts Rufis Choares
Charles Summers, and Other New England Senators.
W In never Llooncd on Kansas sil Nere men of snrh
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narrow range oil thought and ieebie powers OF mind
How sad Ia reflect that these men transplantcd ia
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our own iettiie neIds' might nave developed from
..smnll potatoes to s.yams of vuudrous proper
tions -.poraeous and picturrsoue .yith bron,lsued
and deepened political CONVICTIONS
I have often Thought the marked excellence of
Kicking Birds letters consists in rigid and close
adherence to truth, as well ms a fine perception Of
the intellectual calibre Of the readers of the Com,
n,onrcalh rural people. receptive and crcdulous,
and rcIgiousIy sensitive to the most uumportsnt de-
parture from strict yeraritv ..Kicking Bird with
eandor absolutely phenomenal has u,inisteret 10
their mental wants and necessities. Read one more
extract from, series of calm historical and unexac
eerate,l PORTRAITS of political personare,, and then
think how like wild and improbable romance seeus
the .Ssr,non nm the Nount in eonnarison there