The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-01
A WORD OF CONSOLATION.

| We desire t. offer word of cOnsnle-
ti"n la our troubled friend and brother
of the morning newspaper down the
STREET. We have serutinized things in
| general with n Io!erAble degree of care
and we really cannot sec that there
IS any occasion for him To- tear his
! auburn locks, or iD make his massive
brow the throne of settled care.
Everything seems la he getting along
about as usual, except, perhaps, that
the Gampn,ss Is litile more numerous
than Is necessary We know this is a
wicked aud Pcrverse generation, and
that the Republicans al Lyon county
have the hardihOOd Ia refuse tn lie led
10y the nose IA he desires, bnt these
things must be borne There is nothing
like keeping cod. As our friend and
brother of the Informing paper once re-
marked in one of those brilliant p1lili-
cal orations with which lac has f .vurel
this people from time Ia time, III
Is hard 10 make the people I'M.
dersiand what they want" IL
takes great deal of squirmIng and
twisting and dodging in and dodging
out {" get things just MS one wants them
when one sells up 10 pull the wonl over
the eyes of the perversc masses. We
think tile public will take care of itself
in the end. ID has been used la doing
that in the past. 1t docs not seem 10 US
that the pc ople have any fears that their
liberties are in danger. We must dave
seen about "a thousand men, women and
children moving about the streets yes
Ierday alter the morning paper was is
sued, pursuing their usual ayocaiions
without, seemingly, thought that II
horde of unprincIpled ploitcrs were en-
dangcring the citadel of their lib
critics. We will admit that the
knowledge that the morning
paper had taken its position oA the
watch towers may have had the effect TO
lull them into feeling of security. but
from our stand point of observation we
really fear the present frenzy of the dis
interested morning paper is Sweetness
waste Il ON the desert air" and that Its
warnings are not aPprC ciaied. There
does not sc EN- 10 he any blood on the
moon, the blue grass is coming furw ard
in fine style, the promise of the harvest
is good, cattle and hogs command
good price, two cnngrcssmi n have al
ready been pcaceabiy nominated, the
delegates paying their own hotel bills,
and we have two brass bands who are
allowed Ia practice every night unmo-
Tested. so far as we can see, things are
moving along much as they were before
the morning daily came into the
world aud we can see no real good rea
son why that sheet should insist On
rcnding its linen. We know the city
council and the Jack son township bonds
aud the AmcTIcus convention did not
"matcrialiZr" as desired, but We appre-
bend that these are but incidents in the
life of all great newspapers who, like
Atlas, take the world upon their shout
dcrs. Cheer up, brother! Remember
the story of the old hen who tried To
cover too many eggs, of the toad who
thought it was an OK, of the pugilisiic
male bovine who went pell nell ut cv
cry red rag that was waved ia front of
il, and be "carm." Don't waste your
SELF Unknit that Webste-i III brow!
Let your sandy locks assume their
wontcd state of smoOthness, and cast
-your burden of trouble To the dogs.
We are satisfied tue Republicans of
Lyon county will look out for themselves,
and will not b,e come the duprs of any
get of politicians, The people are not
sach Grrepics ~ you take them 10 he.
They soon take the measure" of men
who endeavor To force themselves on
the public and silt their motives. The
public eye soon penetrates "gauZincss"
and the public sit down with unsliuted
force upon the proprietor of the game.