The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-31
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The Cinci natl Commercial-eszette
now labels it c. o, D-coal OIL De
mocracy.
It seems b. an essential articleOf
the Democratic falth that Fitz John
Porter was a hero.
General r ce. of the f. Scott Monitor.
is treating the tariff question sfler the
manner OF serial.
Miss Ellen Terry is Mrs. Charles
Kelly, but where Charles is and shat he
is dung nobody knows. Perhaps he's
gone 70 jain Mr.. Langtry.
Il is said thrt Os-ar Wild is undecid-
ed whether to go into parliament, take
the stage or marry. We presume the
exped,ent Of dying hts rot occurred TO
him
Ii is stated that R. B. Hayes Is con-
stantly haras'el with the fear that he
may be interviewed Rntherford's liver
really se m TO whittier than it has been
painted.
Senator Vo rhees declares that he
very seldom reads political speeches.
There are goods many points about
Dan that Command ihs respect even of
his political enemies.
ItIs cheering TO reflect that the sue
eessor to Tie late Raii@ay EompissIoner
Hopkins and the new congr, ssman from
the Second district will both have BEEN
chosen oy the time that spring blowing
sets Ia.
A Democratic exchange having re-
marked that "Ohio Democrats do not
want to foster monoplies." the Akron
Beacon responds: "Of course net; they
only want monopolics TO foster Ohio
Democrats
McHugh, the Olio wife murderer,
who is sentenced to be executed, has
taken to writing verses. The clergy
will doubtless recognize the tutiliiy of
attempting to bring such q hardened
Wretch to repentance.
John Thomson. Helen Potter and
Maggie Mitchell are all booked for
entertainments at Topeka. That town
has been very, very wicked, we know,
and yet we are hardly PREPARED to say
that It deserves all this.
John keller, the eminent Tammany
| Hall statesman, thinks that the Demo
cratic presidential candidate should tie
chosen from New Y,Tk. II appears
that the only point of difference now be-
tween John and Mr TiIden is as to the
mn.
The Kansas City Times calls him
George Washington Keller. We i'm
plore the political editor of that paper
by the love which we trust he hears tor
the great name of the father of bis cDun-
try to secure, without delay, the loan of
a con gressiOBal directory and reclify this
| libeluus blunder.
The St. Louis Republican vouchsates
the information that Senator Vest has
| put himself clearly on record on the
prohibition qaestion. 1t may be observed
in this connection that 1t is not at all an
uncommon thing for Missouri states
man to go to b, d with his boots on.
The prospects for the pr1hibitionisis
as political party are so encouraging
that they prop ,se to put another ma
ton Il ticket in the field for next year.
In 1876 they cast 9,553 votes in the
country, and in 1880 10 3O5. 1t would
seem from these returas they are more
ambitious tn wise
liner Ocean: Toe Denver Tribune
calls upon our Springer TO "padlock his
wearisome mouth" It is strange that
the Tribune DOESN'T know that the key
and paddock to Springer's mouth were
dropped down deep well long ago.
Nobody but the undertaken will ever
screw down that opening
If Fred Douglass wanted to marry a
white woman and the woman wanted to
marry him, We fail to s,e why the pub
tic should rend its linen. It would seem
to us that the contracting parties have a
clearly established right to conduct
their funeral, SO to speak, in strict
accordance with their own inclinatlons
aud ideas.
The Elmira, N. Y. Advertiser thinks
that if the Republican party could per-
susde General Sherman to accept the
nomination a9d would place some first
class eastern man, say like HaWisy, of
Connecticut, OF Miller, of New York, or
Robinson, of Massachusetts, on the
ticket with him no power en- earth could
| OrHu, nj he frin
Ex-Speaker Keifer, was guilty of very
small aud unb scoming conduct in pro
curing sinecure for nephew, just an
hour or two before his term as spe lker
expired list March. He forced compe-
tent and unobjecticnable slenogrnpher to
resign his place, IN regular bulldozing
style. The matter is now undergoing
Investigation at Washington, and the de.
velopments are far from creditable 10
Keifer.
Many of the Democratic papers Which
at first denounced the Payne senatorial
election in Ohio, are seeing the thing
: now IN IA different light. They hayt
| been inf .rmtd by their bosses that Their,
: was no corrupt on in the affair, hut tha
it was all fair and homes 81 they ar,
now engaged in backing out of theil
, former pos,i m and in tying t. fix i
t up that WY for their rcadcrs. The
SUNNI 7, ault puts them III vsry rid Gu
: lous position.
. New York Tribune: The RepUb!i-
eau congressional committee only needs
to proceed US we'll as it has begun Il
perform great services for the party dur
ing this year, when thtrc is so much :,
5 be done that needs to be done faithfully
and we'll. The selection of Genera
Hawley for chairman, AMI Edward Nc
, Pherson for secretary, could not be i'm
e proved upon. They possess the conf
1 dence of the entire party as we'll as th'
. requisite abilities AID experience. Ant
: the same is true of the executive com
mittee.
: One of the strongest appeals for tn,
abolition of the liquor traffic or for sucl
policy rs will reduce tue evil OF in
: temperance to the minimum. is Canol
> FarrsT's sdiress, delivered NoYtmbe
e 10Th in Westminster Abby before til
Church of England Temperance Society
1t has been published in full in thi
q country. II is eloquent with facts. /
} seems that the direct expenditure q
e EnqISnd for iatoxicatinO drinks is rs.ck