The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-11
SUNFLOWER SKINNER.

The farmers of a certain district in But
| Ter county have organized Reliance. They
| talk politics and rely on their wives for
sustenance.
The Lawrence Journal wants the citi-
zens to let up on sending petitions to the
Kansas congressman. They are confused
enough already.
Prohibition TrOutman, OF Topeka, seems
to have gotten his mouth down for brief
spell We should not laugh at him. 1t is
not an easy job
AIullin, the kingman Democrats devil
is also an artist. He is only a beginner,
| but his work on wood in that paper shows
that he Will progress rapidly.
1t Will add to Mr. Funston's perturba-
ton when he reflects before the battle that
Gene Ware, besides being poet, is a
post-prandial speaker Of ability.
This endless, ever increasing mob of
French immigrants streaming into Kansas
must be a source Of great qualification to
our French agent, Emile Firman.
Senator f. A. Berry says he never said
he was openly opposing Senator Ingalls,.
Mr.. Berry probably meant to say that he
never had opposed Senator ingalls,.
The Fort Scott Monitor doesn't like
Speaker Reed at all If the Monitor
was sure it could light on its feet, it
would probably turn summersauIt just
now.
AT Salina on the Fourth man threw a
handful of red pepper in the ice water tank
and ruined it for drinking purposes. No
ACQUISITION as yet has been made against
the original package" dealer there.
Senator ingalls, would not have to 90 up
in the teens if he wished to enumerate
the men in Kansas 10 whom be could
write with the confidence that they would
not give the letter away for publication.
Whitaker, the editor Of the Marion
Globe, thinks L. B. Kellogg should be re-
tired to adorn obscurity. The magma
ton of the editor Of the Globe has per
formed a great feat when it conceived an
obscurity so dense that our attorney gen
eral would shine in it.
At the time Of his objection 10 the Nc
Kinley bill Philadelphia paper said that
Senator Plumb would discover that it
didn't profit man To bolt his parrv's
measures, What that paper said when it
heard Of Plumb's presidential boom in
the west, Is not recorded.
Professor Garfield has declined she
permanent secretaryship OF the National
Teachers association. This would have
taken him away from the state and Nr
Garfield probably thinks he di-cerus
something more enticing than a secretarr-
ship in the ofiing Of Kansas polit cal ar
fairs.
Mr.. D. o. McCray, Of Topeka, Is over IN
Missouri calling the people OF that state
border rufIians and other thrilling names.
He went even farther and abused their
whisky. II Mr. McCray isn't heard from
in a very few DAYS Governor Humphrey
had better look around for a new executive
clerk
The Kansas City Times and Topeka
Capitol have Just finished firing OF a lot
Of their surplus college learning. The dis
cussion was on poetry The Topeka Capt.
tai young man has succeeded IN informing
the readers Of the Capitol in one short col +
umn that he is familiar with austin DOB
son, Andrew Lang. Swinburue. Lowell,
Piudav. Sappho and Wordsworth Tais
column probably took up the spare ~
what the Capital hasn't said for Harrison
Kelley for congress