The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-10
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.

Writ Walton is going to pay his rail-
road fare this year and is glad that the
walking Is as good as it is.
The coming Democrat is the man
who can instruct his party how to strad-
die the tariff question IN 2 satisfactory
manner.
Enterprise is preparing to observe
Decoration Day. We trust that the
grave of the late Mr.. Hoffman viii not
be forgotten,
jim Legate thinks it will be Blaine
VS.. Butler in 1884 With that ticket N
the field il win be very safe to count on
a strong bull movementin the war-paInt
market
At this distance from the seat of war,
it looks very much as If there was some
defect in the indictment of the Kansas
City Times against the postmaster of
Wyandotte.
Congressman Phil Thomson, of Ken
lucky, recently killed one DAVIS for IN
reference in his family affairs. 1t ap-
pears that Phil is setting up the pins for
another term.
1t begins to look little as if the
Democratic panty would have to fall
back, after all, upon the position of Gen.
Winfield Scott Hancock, who holds that
the tariff is merely a local issuer'
The recent purchase by Chas. Francis
Adams of the Journal building at Kan
City probably gave rise to the rumOr
that that structure is TO be converted, at
an early day, into patent ice factory.
: The associate editor of the Council
Grove Republican, young Mr.. Mnnsell,
is doing some very creditable work on
the first page of that paper. There is
! material in him for good paragrapher
al see it stated that the oldest people
in New York City are of Irish birth. l
have frequently hal occasion to observe
the extreme vital tenacIty of John Kel-
ley and his Celtic political coadjutors.'
/ IS. J. TIlden.
Kansas City Times: Mrs. Sprague is
said TO be disguised with the governors
late marriage. She was not disposed to
be particularly we'll pleased with his
J first. That was one of the main point:
on which she and the governor differed
While it may not be strictly in the ma.
ture of coincidence, it is nevertheless 6
fact worthy of note that several of the
more prominent bunko steerers of Kan
} Esas City have blossomcd out in new
spring suits since the recent visit Of
Chas. Francis Adams to that place.
, Dan Voorhees,, of Indiana, thinks that
Carter Harrison's was the only sensible
: speech delivered at the Jefferson banquet
at Chicago The bifurcated attitude Of
the Democratic party on the tariff ques-
tion is such as to encourage high hopes
of success IN 1S94-for the Republicans
1t is said that the Democrats of IndI
! ana are divided between DcDonald and
Hendricks as presidential candidate
r 1t is extremely improbable that the
i country will eyer have chance to divide
: upon either of them, as they will never
! be able to squeeze through the national
8 convention.
The announcement by Coy. st. JOIN
that he wants no Office will tend to slim
5 ulate popular interest in that gentleman
e among the people of Ohio. where he i
: booked for an extended course of lee
] lures John Peter has lived in Kansas
I long enough to thoroughly appreciate
}. the benefitssof judicious advertising.
The civil service commissioners hav
succeeded in stirring up very inter
g esting row about the appointment of
e chief examiner. This was great mis-
e take That Office should have beef
It filed by a person whose name woul'
e shave commanded Immediate respect
d An irritating controversy at this stage O
IS the proceedings is unfortunate.
Kansas City Times: Mrs. August
Tabor's reception IN Denver was nota
y BILE affair, over 200 ladies and gentleme
n assembling to welcome her home. MIS-
. McCourt Tabor's reception has not bee
y given. 1t will probably partake large
n ly of the nature of the informal recep
If ton mentioned in the 18th chapter Q
d the gospel according to st. Luke, begin
ming at the 18th verse