The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-21
PERsONAL AND POLITIcAL.

UP TO the hour Of going to press Mr..
Tilden's baT'l IL unbung.
It Is now pretty generally conceded
that st. John will secure the electoral
vote OF Alaska,
If Mr.. Pecksnuf were living he would
be writing editorials for Harper's Week
y At salary Of $4,000 year.
BlaIae set down 30 hard on the Irdl-
annapolis Sentinel rs 70 produce . pOIlt-
ical earthquake in Indiana.
Ban Butler will be sIxtY-six years
old N November. The Democratic par
ty wishes he was . good deal older.
There are at least two Ihings 10 CON-
mend CleVeland's address; lie breSiiy,
and the fact that he wore Ben Butler out
waiting for IL.
Mr.. Cleveland's greatest fear now Is
that cannibalism will become rife In the
Democratic party After the November
election.
1t has not yet been determined whether
Rev. DIR. Bali OF Mr.. Beccher will write
the blank chapter in Dorshelmer's life
Of Cleveland.
If any one wants to know how the old
woman kept tavern in IBdianA, they
should take the New York Sun and see
how Dana is supporting Cleveland.
We suppose, OF course, that Governor
Click will be man enough to pay the ex-
penses of the Geo. w. Martin-Geo. w.
Veale-JOel HuntOOn resubmisslOn pic
mic at Topeka on "Wednesday.
Why don't the Emporia Republican
bolt Col. John A. Martin outright and be
done with its peitlfoggingf-El Dorado
Republican.
Because it can do him more hurt by
pretending TO support him.-Topeka
Commonwealth.
tits cheering to reflect that no charg-
es have - yet.been preferred against the
private character of the anti monopoly
candidate Tor president. We would
like to see the scandal that the face Of
the Widow Butter couldn't silence
Ed Howe, Of the Atchigon Globe, has
gone to WakeshA - recruit HIS "shat-
tered constitution" He has left toIer-
abby vigorous baud at She bellows at
home. in she person. We suspect, OF
| Frank Everest.
A very prominent politician of Indiana
has been accused of immoralities which
involve the reputation of several ladies
residing in his town. He has been ad-
vised by hIs friends and supporters to
flee 10 the Adirondack mountains.
The Democrats have generality man
aged the meetings to elect dele
gates 10 the state. RebublicaD( p
re. submission convention 81 Topeka to-
day. A large proportion, It not ma
joritY, Of the delegates will be Demo
Gratis. II will be . Democratic coucern
in its results.
We are more than grattied TO learn
iIom Topeka paper. that DR.. J. Z.
Sheldon who was nominated on SatuF.
day foE senator from the sixteenth sena-
tOriai district has the mack" OF making
friends. There seems 20 be no doubt
but that the work OF Ihs convention was
we'll done.
AtchisOn Globe: The Emporia Re-
publican is beginning TO be heard of Oc-
casionally out side Of It's publication Of.
fce. If Il keeps up its present feeble
ticks in support Of Nj. Martin It will
during the campaign create . half dozen
illusions in Is many different papers
Some Journals appear to Jump into
nOtOriesy without any apparent effort.
Mr. John r. NcLeas. the versatile ed
ltor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, lie sup.
porting Cleveland and Headricks with
much fervor through the columns Of hia
able paper, bus in private way he con.
cedes the election OF BIaiue and Logan
and Is making all hIs bets on the Repub.
Iican ticket Mr.. Mclean has q great
head. he never lets his profession inter.
| fare with his buaiaesa