The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-25
EDITORIAL BREVIrIRs.

PERHAPS thousands are returning
from Oklahoma because they want to
live where they can get something to
drink.
hHE fact that no whisky was allowed
to be taken into or sold in Oklahoma
did not, as was supposed, lessen great
ly the number of those who went
thither.
CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER admits
that the solid south is hindrance to
the party favored by it. No doubt
about it. And the sooner it is smashed
the better.
Mr.. HALsTEAD's malady is losing it's
grip on him. In other words, he is
eonvalescing. So are few senators
whose records his paper ripped up the
back some little time ago.
CHAUNCEY 1. FILLEY would rather
enjoy four years in the st. Louis post
Office than cycle Of Cathay. But as
the postoffiee is said to be an impossi-
bility. he may yet drink his tea at
Hong Kong.
GEORGE KEENAN,, the Siberian trav-
eler delivered lecture in Kansas City
Monday night in which he narrated
wildly in his book entitled. ''Tent
Life in Siberia"
GOVERNOR HUMPHREY has issued a
proclamation declaring April 80 legal
holiday. Everybody is expected to OBJ
serve it as such and return thanks for
the Tooth anniversary of Washington's
Inauguration.
FORTUNE was particularly kind to
Captain Murrell in giving him an OPP
portuuity to display his good sense and
judgment in rescuIng the passengers of
the Danmark. The. captain is now
being lionized in way to turn the
head of your average man.
THOSE who were privileged to enter
Oklahoma, government officers and
others, and took advantage of settlers
by stalking all the desirable town lots
Sunday night, should be despoiled of
their stolen property. They certainly
violated the law, and should be made
to disgorge. 1t was a rascally trick.
THE situation in Oklahoma fairly
be ygars description. The accounts re-
eeived from there are only partial or
fragmentary sketches Of picture that
could never be painted. By their aid
and riotous imagination you can fan
cy enough to give you not full, but
perhaps fair idea of the situation.
ROBERT 2. PoRTER, an extreme
protectionist, has been chosen super
intendent of the next census. If he
can manipulate figures so as to befriend
his hobby, of course ne will do it. To
that extent, the accuracy and useful
ness of the census reports, will be dam
aged, or made unsatisfactory to large
body of the people.
EDITOR ToMLINsoN tells his Boston
| friends that he became democrat In
following Horace Greedy. The Colonel
became democrat after Cleveland IS
election, as everybody in Kansas
knows. But then. who in Massachu-
settles knows that2 Away frsm home
a man may say what he likes. Every
thing goes.
AN Ohio judge has made himself
solid with the railroads by setting
aside verdict tor $4,000 obtained
against one of them for personal in
juries to commercial traveller. Tha
judge has sure thing of a position as
railroad attorney whenever he wants
it. His action in setting aside a YER
dict for excessive damages was not
much out of the way, however.
IT is a matter of regret that Joe
Chamberlain and Lold Randolph Chur-
chill are at war with each other because
of political rivalry. We don't really
care very much about Joe who is. poiit-
ically speaking. rank demagogue, but
as he is q sort of son-in-law to Uncle
Sam. Americans would dislike On his
wife's account to hear that Randy had
mopped the earth with him. as perhaps
he or somebody else ought TO do.
A SUSPENSION of proceedings in the
case OF the Des Moines
river settlers b the United