The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-22
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Bill Nye now lectures with his arm in a
Slug
There are sixty references to the late
Senator Plumb in the annals of Kansas.
Jerry Simpson has applied to Speaker
Crisp to appoint his little boy a page in
the house.
For the time being Senator PETER has
the distinction of being the best senator
from Kansas.
According to biblical lore, man was
made first. Still, DO one doubts that wo-
man was maid first
A little school boy was brought into
Atchison Saturday to have a slate pencil
extracted from his ear
There is to be a senator appointed and
the Ouly definite thing about it is that he
will be from Topeka.
Judge Bashore, the new Alliance judge,
as soon as the vote was decided, bought a
large new residence in Pratt.
Far western Kansas has its advantages
kearney county has never organized an al
lance nor nominated calamity ticket,
Milt Reynolds, Judge Bailey, Captain
Hanna aud Senator Plumb. The ''old
crowd" has an enemy much more truculent
aud unrelenting than the young crowd. !"
Rev. Charles Thwing says football is "a
game Of brains" Thwing came very
near getting the chancellorsbip of the
Kansas university once. 1t was probably
a narrow escape.
John Willis did his state great service
when he was defeated for governor. The
blessings of that event are again apparent
when it is remembered that there Will be
no special session of the legislature.
Though the people have raved great
deal about the Cleveland baby, one who
has seen it reports it TO be little bit of
weakened, sickly-looking child that is not
as good looking as half the children born
in the Kansas frontier dug-outs.
For the benefit of the Ky cranks, it has
been remarked that Xmas is celebrated
throught all Xendom, by all people,
whether they are Atians or not, because 1t
is said to be the anniversary OF the birth
Of Xt, the founder of Xtianity."
The college circles in the state are
wrought up over the coming oratorical
contest. The young orator who wins an
oratorical prize is pardonably 1attered,
but he gets over 1t as he grows up and sees
some hard-handed son of toll who can talk
little 90 to the United States senate
while he is yet struggling to be justice of
the peace
In the face of all forebodiugs the SUPER
stitious claim, the approach of death is
scarcely ever felt or known. While Sena-
tor Plumb was so intent on the removal of
General Grants remains to Washington
he little dreamt that his own poor clay
would so soon be wanting some disposi-
ton.
The further west you CO. the broader
you become. Eastern people consider
New York quite a ways from Washington,
but four hundred miles to the Arizona
man is but brief span. 1t is probable
that Dan Anthony is speaking from an
Arizona standpoint when he refers to his
cousin George r. Anthony as a distant
relative.
General U. S. Grant: like Kansas; 1
like the Kansas people. They implanted
in our soil the principle of universal liber-
ty. II all the population of our country
was like the population of Kansas our
noble institutions would have nothing to
fear. You were born in the struggle of
freedom, when civil war over-rode our
land. If all people were like those OF noble
Kansas we should always be a free nation.
Senator Plumb's last speech in congress
was against slip-shod work. 1t was in the
secret session of the senate Friday after
noon. Senator Plumb. chairman of the
public land committee, took occasion to
criticise the reported confirmation OF the
register of the land office in North Dakota
and called attention to the fact that the
had not been acted upon by
his committee Mr.. Plumb delivered
quite an earnest lecture to the senate upon
the carless way the combinations were be-
ing rushed through, one day over 300 NOM
nations had been confirmed in thirty-five
minutes. He said that he was aware that
the recess appointees would not get their
salaries if they were not confirmed, but he
did not believe that it would cause great
amount of disarrangement in the public
service if combinations were delayed day
Or even a week while the character and
fitness of the nominees were made sub |
ect of inquiry. He moved that the !
be reconsidered. Senator Har- |
-is, of Tennessee, suggested that perhaps |
5he president had been notified, in which /
case reconsideration was impossible; and |
while this matter was being looked into, a |
senator made few remarks |
n the line of Senator Plumb's talk. He /
vas interrupted by Senator Henderson. |
Who was presiding, and who announced /
hat the report of the registers confrma- /
ion was a mistake on ths part of the |
Jerk, as the confirmation had not &C. /
,urred. There was general laughter at 1
his statement. Senator Plumb ended the 1
episode by another little speech, in which /
le said that he did not regret his previous !
emarks, and expressed the hope that /
While this instance had rIghted itself, the /
senator's would still feel the necessity in /
he future for avoiding undue haste in the
natter of combinations.