The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
suNFLoWER SKINNER.

Senatorial aspirations are getting to
be drug on the market.
The Kansas legislature conyenes on Jan.
I3-the unlucky thirteen.
1t is said that Senator Ingalls, signs all
his kilograms to Billie Buchan, ''Mum."
1t is not at all improbable that Jerry
Simpsons maiden speech in congress will
be suffused with bushes.
Luther Challis' idea of the proper man
ner for ingalls, to take his defeat, is for the
senator to commit suicide
The proceedings of the Alliance national
convention lack that interest that the
presence of Mrs. Lease would impart.
There is law in Kansas against the
smoking of cigarettes by minors, but a
great many of them can smoke with
major.
The Santa Fe paid off on the first in To
peka this month for the first time in many
years. 1t was great surprise to the en-
ployes.
1t is stated as a fact by acquaintance
| that John Davis, the congressman-elec
from the fifth district, is the dullest mem
Der in his own family.
A detective came into Topeka, the other
day, and gave it out quietly that be had
got glimpse of Baker, the congressman
from the Sixth district.
1t will probably develope at the next
election that the Alliance, including gar
deners and fruiterers, as it does will con-
troll the watermelon vote.
The young country girl in Kansas who
plows so many acres and puts in so many
bushels of wheat is much sought after in
alliances-matrimoni alliances.
A Peoples party editor somewhere in
the state is talking of hanging ingalls,. As
long as Kansas has such men. emigration to
Old Mexico ought not TO be discouraged.
When Kansas has been mentioned in
the senate gallery this week it is said it
has been hard to tell whether more eyes
are turned to Senator Plumb or TO SEN
ator Ingalls,
Kansas protest against the Mckinley
bill is heard around the world. The Sun
flower representative in Australia is Pro-
fessor Shelton, formerly of the Agricul-
tural college.
Charles Finch, the editor of the Law
renee Journal was married, Wednesday
afternoon 10 Miss Esther Pierce. of Bald
win City. 1t has been understood for some
time that his heart was Pierced.
II will tell you how it was" said Jerry
Simpson in reply to an inquiry about the
sock story, "at first didn't wear any, but
the newspapers made it so darned hot for
me that finally had to put on pair"
General Rice spoke at the National AL
lance convention Wednesday on the i'm
a..
of the members who has friend in Kan
sas limited aloud that he wanted to be a
collector of railroad revenue"
Woman's arguments are unanswerable.
1t is said that in her speeches, Mrs. Lease
would ask if there was any Republican in
the audience, and if so, let him arise, and
if any patriotic PARTISAN did so, she would
exclaim: There, ladies and gentleman,
look at that jackass."
Doctor Neeley of Leavenworth, quietly
informs his friends that he has all the
Democrats in legislature solid for him for
senator. This is a case, however, where
the word ''all'' is not synomous with
university" There are only seven
Democrats in the legislature.
An Emporia church society hit upon
novel way of collecting Il fund. Each |
woman was to contribute dollar and re- |
late the manner in which she earned it. |
One woman earned her dollar by staying |
away from a ball. Not the least fortunate
part of the plan is that the men, who for |
the most part really supplied the money, |
laughed the most at the circumstances.
Senator ingalls, attracted general atten-
ton when the senate opened at high noon
Monday, and there was manifestation of !
applause. He wore a new suit of black,
the coat buttoned tightly to his slender
figure, and his silvery gray hair, the most
striking point in his personal makeup,
was arranged with careful negligence. In
the buttonhole of his coat he wore large
yellow chrysanthemum.