The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-04-10
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Why not make the nomination Of Jim
Blaine unanimousf
The Pennsylvania Democrats are for
Randall for president.
Neal Dow is eighty years old and still
lively on the temperance question.
The Manhattan Nationalist endorses
Hon. ]. Jay Buck for supreme Judge.
Apropos of our unusually late spring,
we notice that Geo. T. Anthony has re-
turned to Kansas from Mexico.
Kansas City Times: Mr.. Blaine may
be out of politics, but he doesn't seem to
be out of votes when the conventions are
called.
Some of the more prominent humor-
Gus publications of the country still
MAINTAIN that Mr.. Blaine is tout of
politics"
Mr.. Henri Watterson regards the DEM
ocratlc situation irritating rather than
satisfactory. Henri can go ahead. He
is right.
If current rumor concerning the fam
lily affairs of David Davis is accurate,
the Independent party is IN an interest
ing condition,
G. Washington Click will blossom
out as the ''head of the delegation" to
the Chicago "me too gathering on the
9Th of July.
We guess Hurd, of Leavenworth, will
take Judge Brewers place on the su.
preme bench. He will only stay there
till next January.
Judge Brewers resignation was sent
in esTuesday, and the judge left for Lit
tie Rock to assume the duties of his
new position.
If Mrs. John A. Logan expects to be
president she had better estop the news
papers from publishing any more woed
cuts of her husband.
Governor Fosters home precinct, il
Ohio, at q recent primary election, tool
q vote on president. 1t stood Blaine 2S7
Foster 10, John Sherman IL, Genera
Sherman, 10, Logan 9, Lincoln Z.
DR.. Morrison Muntord, of the Kansa
City Times, has been wi-or at leas
dined at Washington by the Missouri
delegation. It is said that the Doctor
stomach was greatly touched by thi
substantial testimonial of regard.
The Topeka Common wealth and Capi
tai both favor the denomination of Ton
Ryan for congressman from the Fourtl
+ district The man who can make
''solid phalanx" out of such men q
3 Father Baker and fighting Joe Hudso
is good enough for us.
j The Kansas City Times thinks ths
sill of the seven congressman fror
; Kansas will be renominated with th
+ possible exception of Hanback,. 1t
| quite apparent that the Times has neve
{ seen the genealogical chart which trace
the ancestry of "Hammy" in q direS
= line from the only and original Eli.
{: General Sherman, in his forcible wa,
has informed st. Louis reporter thi
!, he is not Democrat, wouldn't have
: Democratic nomination, and besides
a and always has been q Republics
y That's the word with the Sherman cut
r Gle on. You never misunderstood
S Sherman. The breed don't give you
n chance for mistakes.
y Although Commissioner of Pensio
d Dudley has consented TO enter the
D, diana canvass as . candidate for goYe
= nor, he refuses decidedly to solicit &
" support of single delegate to the sts
81 convention. BE saYs simply thai if {
: convention dominates him voluntari
= he will accept. That's right. A non
e nation secured in any other way wcu
lie not be worth having.
y New Philadelphia, Ohio. seems
q have fixed views on the president
a question. At the recent corporate
a. election the tickets were printed so Il
= the voters could express their pref
\. ences for president. The following Y
be the result: Chester A. Arthur, 2; ]
In G Blame, BIS; John Sherman, Is; G,
y eIal Sherman, 8; Geo. T. Edmunds,
:. john A. Logan, 4; Benjamin Harris,
is l.; Robert Lincoln, 81;