The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-07
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A common placard in the bug world.
''Pity the chintz-bug"
1t doesn't matter whether Ben Clover is
| of the white or red variety, he viii be
mighty blue before Christmastide-
A newspaper philosopher says: after
you are dead you don't care much about
it." Referred to Anderson and Turner.
| Alex Butts, of the Kansas City Star,
| classes the rising young statesman Of Kan
sas as kids" That's right, Alex, goat
/ EN-
That Republican platform seriously
suggests an alliance between 10 Hudson,
the compiler, and the typographical
union.
Jay Ralph Burton made speech at the
| Topeka convention. The Republicans
have had to face good many odds in one
way or another.
Wednesday an effort was made to get A.
| B. Campbell on the floor at Topeka, but
the calls for him were not loud enough to
| take the roof off.
! If Ben Harrison wants to scare the 50,
900 majority almost to death, let him ap-
point John Anderson TO the position OF
first assistant postmaster general
Harrison Kelley and Hammer Funston
are not much ON baseball, at least they
failed to make home-runs. As for that
we might say, they both struck out.
If there is any regularity in Fifth dis
| trict politics John Anderson, some eight
years hence, will have to leave the pulpit
to answer an urgent call to run for con-
gress.
Warren Foster has established the ALI
ance Gazette at Hutchinson. Foster isn't
so fierce Peoples party man as he was a
Republican ashort time ago. But give
him time.
The Seventh congressional district of
Kansas contains thirty-seven counties. 1t
is not the biggest in the United States,
however. The Eleventh district in Texas
is comprised of ninety-seven counties.
The Peoples party's candidate for
county attorney in Kingman county was
formerly a West Point student. This
looks suspiciously like an under-handed
scheme to associate the military with the
alliance.
A representative of the Topeka Demo
crat telegraphs that the Pacific coast is
Democratic. After this important state
ment there doesn't seem to be anything
left for the Republican party to do but to
send Whoop Tomlinson to California.
Kansas doesn't for moment feel IN
grateful to Genera, Greeley in his zeal to
pacify the hot winds, but in light of the
recent knowledge displayed by Mr. Can
non in the house, it does appear only fair
that he divide his efforts with Illinois.
The Lyons Tribune has a wonderful
idea of Senator Ingalls, transcendent
machiavellian traits. 1t says that Ingalls,
wanted to beat Anderson and make Kan
sas a doubtful state, so that he can have a
chance at the presidential nomination in
1892
Jerry Simpson has this to say about his
war record: 81 enlisted in a three month
regiment but got sick and had to be sent
home" Why should we blame jerry
He is not the only man who couldn't study
the mouth of a confederate cannon with
out getting sick.
There is new story out on George r.
Peck. While he was attending a meeting
of the Loyal legion at indianapolis he met
fellow named Ben Peck, who is about as
popular in indianapolis as George is at
Topeka He also met Lew Wallace, who
is known among the boys as Ben Hur.
One night a little banquet was given in
Georges honor, at which Ben Peck and
Lew Wallace were present. George arose
to respond to a call for a speech, and
seeing these gentlemen on the opposite
side of the table. remarked: "By the way,
Ben seems to be popular name in Indian
apolis. You have Ben Peck. Ben Harri-
rison and Ben HIlr. And now abideth
these three-Ben Peck, Ben Harrison and
Ben Hur; but the greatest of these is
charity" 1t is needless to add that there
was call to fill 'em up all around.