Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-25

from almost every district in the south,
particularly when ''colored brother"
is after legislative honors.
The boss of congress has been strut
ting around with more of a strut than
ever since his return from Maine. He
mOdestly declines to accept all the
credit involved in his triumph and is |
content to let it be known that it is not /
''me and the people," but 1.-The people /
and me-" But one thing he is not care
full to keep out of sight. He has said |
that the Tom Reed of the next few |
months shall far eclipse the record. |
arbitrary and bad as it may be. of the |
Tom Reed of the past His motto and |
the logic thereof is, 1.-The majority |
should rule; ann the majority hence
shall rule Ever since the election
Reed has been anxiously awaiting con-
gratulatory telegram from his old
friend Blaine, but the wires or some
thing else are down, or possibly Blaine
hasn't had time to telegraph.
Now that the republicans are in a
fair way to get their tariff bill they are
little in doubt about it, at least as to
the time it should be put into effect.
There is, without doubt, a pretty good
scare in New York over the provision
that all imported goods in bonded
warehouses shall be taken out by
October 1St. New York business men
and their importers and their repre-
sentatives have fiocked to this city with
anxiety depicted in their faces and
dire predictions on their tongues.
They declare that the importers, in
anticipation of the new tariff, have
brought in foreign goods to the value
in hand to get the merchandise out of
bond so early as October. If forced
to the wall, they say, these goods must
be sacrificed at auction not only to their
ruination but also to the great injury
of domestic manufacturers which
would be closed out ia the competition
with cheap wares from abroad. In
short, under the present republican
policy they prophecy a panic of no
small dimensions
The republicans are always affrighted
at the approach of evil to wealth, they
care little about the harm worked to
the people. and hence have started
Secretary Window and his agents on
an investigation jaunt to see just
how much danger the New York Gus
tom house is liable to bring to business
interests.
The handsomest man in congress
was doWned when Representative
| Charley Gibson, of Eastern Shore,
Maryland. lost his seat in the next
house. His constituents admired his
beauty so much that they want to keep
it at home where it must ever be "a
festival to the eye" LIN truth, though,
Gibson is handsome man, a fact the
more conspicuous as there are precious
few good looking men in congress. 1t
has frequently been the criticism that
the people, as a rule. must pick out
their homely men to send to congress
much after the way in which certain
suspicious ladies select their husband s
typewriters. They must have such
personal virtue, but not manly beauty,
as will preserve their moral character
amid the wiles and destinations of
Washington female life. But do you
know at home the angler for hearts
here fish just as persistently for the
homely as well as the good looking fell
lows? And with the same result, for
there are very few Josephs in congress
to withstand the Establishments of
Potiphar'S wives. Of course a vir-
tuous few can be found, and every wife
and mother at home, no doubt, believes
her hubby" to be among this small
set of the chosen and select
1t has been as circus to attend the
sessions of the Raum investigation the
past week. To hear one member
address another as dirty dog" is
rather novel, and when 1.-The dog
aforesaid intimates his opinion that the
other member is a ''blackguard" aud
insinuates that lie ''ain't afraid" why
it can be seen that things look like d
crisis is at hand. This is all Pickwick-
Ian, however, as the members of this
day have reversed the old rule. Then
congressman used to quarrel in public
and fight it out in private; now they
quarrel just the same in public bat
they make up and kiss in private.
forgot to say that the leading characters
in this every day drama were Cooper,
OF Indiana, and Flick, of Iowa. the
first named appearing as 1.-The dirty
dog" and the latter as 1.-The black
guard Bob.
"Hon. James r. Hallowell has chal-