The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-07-06

GETTING BROKE IS.-HenslIall was delegate
| in the State Congressional Convention, by way
of initiating him into the WAYS of the party One
Of the first things after The Convention assem-
bed, WAS Ia bring in slee-eiuh, to sing songs.
| "My God" says he, sis this the way 'Repub-
lean Convention does-sng comic songs. Wig,
IN Democratic Conventions, every man spoke
from the very bottom of his boots, impressed with
the feeling that the country was going to the
dogs, and they were the only ones who could
save it. But here comes this immense Republi-
can Convention, and opens mp by singing frivo-
lous songs. They sang "Marclling Through
Georgia" and 'Old John Brown the whole
Convention joining in the chorus; and before he
knew how it came about, Henshall found him
self yelling, at the top of his voice, in regular
camP-meetins fashion ''Glory glory. .liallelujali
His soul is marching on, Then some one pro-
posed that all present who had marched through
Georgia, or who had fouglIt in the army, rise to
| their feet. Nearly the whole house was stand
g Henshail among the rest. Seeing
lot of young looking delegates still on their
CHAIRS he said: ''tiet up, boys, get up: no man
to-day can afford not TO have marched through
Georgia But,' = replied one, .'we did not We
were only five years old, at that time .iOh,
the devil.' retOrted Hensiall s'what does that
matter' If they had called for Andersonville
prisoners, couldn't hang back from that crowd
But the excitement of Republican Convention,
and the intense heat, and the fatigue and loss of
sleep, and the varied quality of what they had
to eat and drink, were too much for Henshall |
The night he got back home he was taken
deathly sick, and rolled and tumbled about in |
bed, groaning and mumblins. s'Why what in |
the world is the matter!" asked his wife. ''What
have you been eating, to make you sick ?" 81 |
think il was wild goose, he replied. ''Oh!" she |
retortcd al didn't know but that il was crowi" |
THIS IL Too RoUGH-A correspondent at Hia- 1
watha sends us the following. Ii is an extract |
from letter written by one of Morrilrs dele
gates at Topeka, during the Convention, 10
friend in Hiawatha;
Topeka il crowded and iainmed and the weather
is villainorsly hot. The Majors crowded
TO suff0caiion. lie has an army OF delegates and !
workers. who continually coming and going.
Then. there is lot of bumners here from Doniphan
Ceunty. who took the Majors money and promised
to carry their County, but couldn't do "a thing: now
they are here, wearing look rs II they doing
it nil, and occupying the room. and crowdng
who able To do something. and who have !
not been repudiated by their Counties. The Major
them nothing. They have showed enough of
his money down their pants to paw them well for all
tbcv nrrtrnded no do for him. They came here bnr
dened with revenge, and want the Major to carry it
for them. after he has supplied them with the funds
TO fight their battle in his and they have
been whipped. They seem to imagine that he is un-
der II heavy debt of obligation to them
- The editor Of the Troy (Kasl Chi<fi a gifted
slanderer, and TO have the advantage of most
other people in being himself proof against slander
His abuse is always directed gainst respectable pe
pie, and his shafts fall harmless at his feet-St Joe
Herald.
But even a very bad man has some redeeming