Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-01-10
IRRIGATION LETTER NO. 4.
Bubbles From Big Creek.

III remember correctly I promised
to try bubble building with brains
this time and if | succeed in mixing
in a grain Of sense once in awhile it
will be an improvement and proof
positive that brains are better than
putty for some things.
Now | want to be fair and square
with everybody. Let us look each
other straight in the eye, brethren of
the alliance. l confess 1 like your
looks and the purposes of a majority
of your members better. Your aims
are correct and there is not man in
Kansas who would toss his hat
higher or be better pleased than l to
see the beef combine, the grain gamb-
lers and all of their ilk hung on one
string like a catch of clubs and
sinners from Big Greek. But l
once knew tip-top citizen, a fine,
manly fellow, but he had a club
foot. Another friend Of mine had
one side of his face drawn all out of
shape by paralysis, while the third,
smart as whip, had such an out
rageous lying tongue in his mouth
that he was not fit for either a
preacher or lawyer. The deformi-
ties of all three were admired by no
one, but see them you must. | don't
compare deformed foot or a wry
face to lying tongue, however, but
the appearance and usefullnes of all
three persons was in a different de-
gree marred by these imperfections.
Neither did [ ever feel under any OBJ
legations to admire these Affections
because friends of mine had to carry
them through life, but on the con-
trary I loved wry faces and club feet
less and less and actually detested
the third fellow from boots to hat,
skin and marrow, just because of
his devilish tongue.
How am l to help myself if | see
deformities sticking out like mules
ears and smell odors so rank that my
olfactory nerves fairly squirm.
Clean out your stable, you will say,
Now you are shoutin'! That's just
what l propose to do, and not call
in third party. l am one who be-
lieves that the republican party con-
tains brains, virtue and vim enough
to carry US to the 'happy hunting
ground"
1.-THE alliance had stuck to the
old track, politically, iC might to-day
be in a position to demand the just
rights of the people and to back up
its demands by the representation of
the republican party at Washing
ington. But what do we see to-day?
The republican party crippled and
its usefulness impaired for years, per-
haps. Democrats are happy over
their gains. In some states, having
swallowed the alliance body and
brooches, they fairly waddle under
their abdominal distension and at
this very juncture the alliance fell
lows are shouting that they are on
the outside. lie it was not Of such
serious import it would be enough
to make an owl laugh-this piggle
of the alliance and demo-alliance.
Like the two fighting snakes, may
each grab the other by the tail and
swallow Iaway until nothing is left.
After all your toll and trouble what
can you do or undo? l doubt very
much whether you can route j. j.
ingalls, out of the senate. And if
you do, what then? Why, you just
place an awkward, inexperienced
apprentice where has stood an ex-
pert, a tried and approved master
workman without peer in the SEN
ate; not a law can yon make or I'M
make.
l heard men talk as though if the
alliance won the hard times would
be over, money would be as plenty
as chips if we could get free coinage
Of silver.
| LET ms sunnose Thousand millions