The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-30

question of political corruption, or the
decay of political morals, in the June
number Of the Forum. Five millions,
he says, were expended in the late
presidential election, all parties having
a hand in the ugly work. Better reg
istratiOn and naturalization laws and
the compulsory publication of election
expenses are the remedies, or some of
them, which he suggests as desirable
or necessary.
A MAN called Negley writes from
Montana to President Harrison pro-
testing against 1.-The impertinent inter-
meddling of your son Russell, in Mon
tana politics. and saying that that
territory would be reliably republican
now if son Russell ''had broken his
neck OF died a natural death soon after
your Inauguration The president is
told that his sons bartering of public
Offices for considerations of various
kinds is wrecking the party, and that
she is too well known in Montana" to
be chosen to represent it in the senate
Sons of great men oft remind US, We
make our lives sublime, by avoiding
the assininities in which tn y best dc
shine. a.
Z. w. HoCH of the Marion Record
is greatly disguised with ''the syco
plants who are always SOLDERING ovel
public men," and who are very busy il
this state in bowling and cringing be
fore Senators ingalls, and Plumb
Brother Hoch Is doubtless right in
thinking that the senators are as much
disguised with such flInkeyism as Other
people can be. but how is it to be remed
led? How make people manly and
self respecting? How Danish fiattery
Obsequiousness, adulation and toady.
ism? How make men angels? Aye
there's the rub, Brother Hoch. The
thing can't be done. We must take
men as we find them, with their i'm
projections and all. If they displease
and disgust us sometimes, what of til
Smile at them, break a jest at theil
expense, ridicule their foibles, anC
taunt them with their vices and mean
nesses. That is how boys hold eacI
other in check, and men can do NJ
better.
Topeka, as everybody knows, has 3
large negroe vote, yet last Tuesday il
the congressional election, only six
votes, says the Citizen, the organ of
the colored race, were cast il
the third, the heaviest colored ward
III Shawnee county. with its 800 ne
gro votes, less than 100 were poiled
The reason, says the Citizen, why the
negroes refrained from voting Is be
cause they are dissatisfied They
feel that they 'have not been treated
right by either state or national admin
istratiOn." and are therefore under NJ
obligations to either. Well, that's
getting pretty plain, as well as tri1C
independent, and seems to portend {
yawning chasm e'er long between the
grand old party and its wards, TIT
freedmen. We fear the Lord Higl
Tomnoddies of that party are trusting
too much to soft talk, gush and moon
slime. If they would retain the coloreC
brothers, they will have to come dowI
with Il few loaves and fishes instead.
SINCE Lord Londonderry, the Irisl
viceroy, resigned, no one has beer
found by the government willing t.
take his place. The lord lieutenancy o
Ireland was once station not despiset
by men of brains and character. Now
second, even third rate men turn ava,
| from it. 1t has become mere sinecur
and furnishes no opportunities for al
active man to display his powers, Will
a wealthy one would refuse to abjur
the pleasures of London for the vanl
ties and fOoleries of mock court a
Dublin The affairs of that part o
the kingdom are administered by tn
chief secretary, and nothing is left TO
the viceory to do but, as writer put
it, mold miniature court, sit on
throne and have much bowling done be
fore him. His wife is at the top of tn
social tree. has longer train than any
body. and rules IL lot of maids-of- homo
and adde's of the bed chamber, VIII
dare not contradict or give warning
Added to all this fun is large salar
without any work and permission to g
over to England to attend the races.