The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-13
KANSAS IN CONGRESS.
a, aid Second District man Notes q
Few Things Of Special Intcrest
to Register" Readers.

WASHINGTON d. C, Dec. 5, 1889
EDITOR REGISTER Perhaps the many
readers of your ably conducted paper,
NAV be somewhat interested in mat
ters here as eeen by "Kansas Grass.
hopper;' and while 1 do not pretend
10 much literary skill or knowledge.
may, with your "Mount Dread" eddi-
cation to shape things up, be able to
tell some truths and let the "dear PEG.
ple draw their own conclusions"
The great agony is over. Congress
has assembled and is fully organized,
the President's message received, and
the Democrats mad as wet hens. Did
they expect Republican President to
submit m essage which would please
them? If they did, it would be sure to
have made the Republicans mad, and
now the Democrats are out of humor.
We are all well pleased.
Some talk has been made by papers
in the West because all members of
Congress from that locality did not
vote for western candidate for Speak
err. The western candidates have only
themselves to blame for this. They
evidently did not desire the success Of
a western man. The East was practic-
ally united upon Mr.. Reed. while the
West had four candidates. Some Of
hox haov, opifiotooH
because they voted for Mr.. Reed. Not
ably among this number is Mr.. Fun
ston, of our own Second District. But
it appears that he has shown his usual
good judgme nt in this matter. He in
formed the managers of the western
candidates that if they would unite
upon some one man, he was ready and
willing to support him, but he did not
propose 70 20 into free for all fight
and get left. This the managers Go
not seem to have intended at any time
and the result was easy to foresee.
Major Morrill,, of the first district
will be chairman of the House Pension
Committee, and Mr., Funston, of the
Agricultural Committee. Both these
men are peculiarly well fitted for the
faithful discharge of the duties devolv.
ing upon them. The Pension Com.
mittee will be in the hands of the
friends of the Veterans, the Chairman
being in full sympathy with and fully
unde rstanding the needs of the old
soldiers. They may reasonably look
for the fulfillment of the pledges made
TO them by the Republican party. The
Agricultural Committee is one of the
most important committees in the
House, it being the only one which
has charge of its own appropriation
bill. The American Congress has but
recently realized the importance of
this department of the government,
and its relations to the great agricul-
tural industry of the country. and the
placing of the Hon. E. H. Funston, of
the second district, at the head of the
committee is fitting recognition on
the part of the House of his honest,
faithful, intelligent and practical la
bors upon that Committee during the
past two terms. Who can deny that
he has not more than filled the "Shoesr
of the late D. G.. Haskell, whom our
people vie with each other in extolling
for having attained the commanding
position he did. The fact was appar.
ent, that Dudley Haskell was a grow :.
ing man. He grew to his position and
filled it well and to our credit, but the
people of the second district must not
allow their admiration for his deeds to
blind them to the fact that Farmer
Funston is also growing man. He
has grown to fully fill the vacant
place, and as chairman of the Agricul-
tural Committee will sustain relations
Of far greater importance to the people
of the second district, and in fact to
the State of Kansas, than any man
who has represented US in the House
at any time. I know this will be gall
and NORWOOD to the Laurence Jour-
nal, but our people are an agricultural
people, and facts are stubborn things.
Blood will tell even if it does course
through the veins of a"Plebean Farm
er." None can deny that Mr.. Funston
has fought his way to the head of one
of the most important committees in
the House; one that sustains an impor.
tant relation to a greater number Of
citizens of this country than any other
committee in either House. "Nothing
succeeds like success"
Mr.. Joe Newlin, of Lawrence, has
been rendered a position in the House
post office. This is a good appoint
ment as Mr.. Newlin has had expert
ence as route agent, and will doubt.
less reflect credit upon bis county.
AS matters of interest to the people
of the Second District present them.
selves, 1 hope to be able to keep you
posted. X. G. HOPPER.
GROWTH OF A BIG BOOK.
When Webster's Unabridged was
first published in one volume, it was a
comparatively small book. Some
years after. ar addition was made of
1900 Pictorial illustrations, A Table of
Synonyms, and an Appendix of New
Words that had come into use. A few
years later came an entirely new revis-