The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-04
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signal for Mrs. Mettman's one-legged ghost
TO stalk.
The latest information in the political
field is that Willis will try to get Robin
son to withdraw.
Bill Rice and the old man may fight,
scratch and bite but it is left to Mother
Rice to mend their clothes.
Plumb probably wishes he could run for
| the senate this year just to see how much
more anxious the people are to have him go.
Some paper speaks of Bill Bolton hatch
ing out libel suit. 1t is true that Bolton
is made about right for human lncuba-
tor
As for the editing Of a newspaper, it
would be preposterous to ask the editor Of
the FL Dorado Republican if he knew
Howe.
The Atchison Patriot gives long list of
things Tom Moonlight has done. But it
forgot to state that he has disposed Of more
than one case.
Jerry Simpson calls himself "a humble
peasant" but one of his most Jealous or
gans allowed the typesetter to get 1t into
the paper ''pisant."
People who are solacing themselves on
the adjournment of congress, should not
forget that it is only little over three
months until the state legislature meets.
Somebody calls Luther Challis the Ches
terfield of the Kansas press. Chesterfield
believed audible mirth vulgar. This may
have something to do with the Champions
humor.
The Atchison Patriot is the oldest Dem
-, tote nd
quence of long companionship with a
s2,O 900 Republican majority, is also the
mildest.
Dan Anthony censures the paragraphists
of the state for their fippancy and SILL
ness. Daniel is getting dangerously near
three score and ten and begins to view
things seriously.
The two young worlds fair commission
ers from Kansas seem to be getting along
remarkably WELL the only shadow of
break being probably, that either one feels
fully capable to represent the state alone.
Mrs. Diggs says that she regards Mr..
Ingalls, as she does Washington, Lincoln
or Benedict Arnold. This is interesting,
as it is the first instance, in long time,
Of enough ingenuity to omit any reference
to Massillon.
Oklahoma is very anxious to have Pres
ident Harrison come down to the country
which he opened, but it is very careful not
to let him know that not one county was
named after him or that one carries the
cognomen of the head of the preceding adj
ministratiOn.
A man out west, after discovering the
location of the funds of an Alliance organ
ization, crept under the building with an
augur and other tools and commenced to
work his way to the lucre. Upon being
captured he plead that he was working a
sub-treasury scheme.
Mr.. Anderson is said to sally out of a
Washington club every night between l
and o'clock. This will tend to
make the congressman's neighbors suspi-
cious of sally in our alley" when he re-
turns to reside in Manhattan.
The Democratic organs censured Sena-
tor Plumb for voting in the affirmative on
the final passage of the tariff bill in the
senate. Then when Plumb voted against
the conference report, instead of praising
him, they want to know what is the sense
of electing Republicans to congress when
they have to 90 over to the Democrats to
vote.
When Senator Plumb came to the senate
he was as meek as Moses was reputed TO
have been, says the New York Sun. There
was senatorial courtesy in those days, and
for a new man to open his mouth for the
first two years of his term was unheard of
audacity. II was not then the fashion to
interrupt a senator when he was address
ing the chair, and motions to adjourn or
20 into executive session were made only
by Don Cameron or some other of the old
senators. kept especially for the purpose.
BY degrees Senator Plumb grew bold, and
now he interrupts any senator, makes all
sorts of points of order, twits his colleagues
of facts they do not care to bring to light,
and in various other ways makes himself
feared if not disliked. He would not give
a snap of his fingers for all the senatorial
i'm creation