The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-06-13

~ natives Win Killing people TOT C
pite.
THE July number of the Forum will /
ontain paper on temperance by SEN
tor Ingalls,. OF course it viii excite y
omment, as though that trite and
old subject was up for pub
ic consideration for the first time. a
'aper by ingalls, on the hind leg of a
rog would put all the tongues in Amer
ca to wagging.
THEY are perfectly willing at Wichi-
"a to concede the rights to reduced
freight rates to any other town in the
state with tonnage!equal to that of
That Is very generous to be
sure, and spoken with a good accent |
and brave. Such generosity betOkens |
a large contribution to the Johnstown |
sufferers.
By majority of one, the Topeka city
council Thursday night declared the
Kansas Democrat the official paper of
the city for the year, beginning June
Z. The Journal which has been the
official paper for the past year, declares
the resolution in favor of the Demo
crat as worthless, because by virtue of
an unexpired contract it is still the Of
fetal paper of the city.
THE feeling at Topeka is almost I'M
iversal that good work was done in
hanging Oliphant. The feeling is
equally as general throughout the
state that the absurd law concerning
capital punishment should be amended
in the interest of sure and speedy
hanging when one is found deserving
of it, as Oliphant was.
THERE were polled at the Guthrie
election this week 1918 votes. Not a
bad showing for a five weeks old town.
But, as we think of it. she could have
polled more than that before she was "A
hours old, Age has not got everything
to do with the size of an American
town. Some of them, like the humble
bee, are bigger at the outset than ever
afterwards.
II is all very we'll to speaker of the
Grand Old Man." but it will never
do to aiIude TO the Grand Old Wo-
man." With look, Mrs. Livermore
almost paralyzed young Yankee min
lister who, in his enthusiasm intro
duced her as such to an eastern audi
euce. That, we suppose, was quiet
evidence of woman's superiority t.
man.
a LESSON to be drawn from the kill
ing of Rogers, the Topeka merchant
by the burglar is thai
when you find burglar
in your room, don't jump up ant
attempt to lay hold of him. He ha
the drop on you every time. Or if you
must make a pass at him, repeat few
prayers before hand. They will b.
your last.
SIMEON BOLIVAR BRADFORD now il
| Pennsylvania boosting a lost cause
with whiskered eloquenee, telegraph
home that he escaped the JohnstOwl
} flood. His escape was like that of Ri
/ Van Wrinkle who escaped drowning
by being in a boat other that the ON
| that went down. Simeon wasn't any
3 where near Johnstown.
THE evangelist who advises Chris
tians to suspend business relation
4 with the unconverted may be veT
g good man, but he advises "a course thu
/. if attempted, would very soon dechri
t tianize the bulk of believers, or els
make paupers of them. Such preacl
: ing is enthusiasm run mad. DIR. Mui
}, hall, the AtchisOn evangelist, is tt
! one alluded to.
n GOVERNOR MARTIN thinks the
ought to be rule prohibiting al
z cabinet officer; or other high public of
cial from maintaining style of liyiI
beyond his salary. OF course tn
is nonsense. Quit choosing and cleo
ing milhonaires to exalted position
and the mischief complained of W
t soon rectify itself. There is no 9th
al remedy, and that will never be used.
IT is said that some of the prOmine
. educators whose names are being co
L sidered in connection with the chanc'
lorship of the state university d
s. tainted with the heresy of free trat
# When that fact comes to the knowled
le of the regents, those gentlemen will
dropped of course. no matter how :
of perior their qualifications otherwi!
st Else what Is the use of s., 900 plural
ed for protection?
e. WHY not protect everybody" as
ut the New York Herald.
no What question! Protect eYeryb
- and you protect nobody.
uU Protect the hounds if you like,
70 what nonsense to protect both the Ii;
and the hounds! Protect the fox, y
but why protect the goose that he SET
ne to devour? Protect the mOnopolies
ze is well; but not their victims. the p
est pie. Because if you protect the ha
To- the goose and the people you spoil
pro; ection of the hounds, the fox a
the mOnopolies,- Globe.
~ DR.. MUNHALL the great evaDge
Ia a. now holding forth at Atchison is q
'"' there never was a woman who wO
tell her husband her most sec
cd, thoughts" OF course that was a b
'st, guess. While in that line he mi
ay. make the same guess about husbal
CIV with greater degree of probabil
There are husbands who never
nee their wives anything secret or OIL
lei wise.
Nh THE Lawrence Tribune can not
90" that the Topeka lynehing ''dem
- sUrates the necessity for capital pun
ment.'' Then what does it den
nst strate the necessity for, crucifix
Ire, boiling in oil or tearing asunder Y
an horses? 1t must be some of Il
, TO methods or one of a kindred nat
ock Or does the Tribune think that it Wi
popular demonstration in favor of
ice Imprisonment. and meant by its re
nee siveness to create d horror for cap
ave punishment? Is this the view our
Let- teamed contemporary takes of it?