The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-07
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AIr. ingalls, will lay hold of his gun next
Tuesday.
Talmage is in favor of grand new re
vival So is Senator ingalls,. Revival
means new life"
Ii is to be hoped that Tom Moonlight
New Years day resolved not 10 retire from
politics, any more.
During all his service in the United
senate, John J. Ingalls, has asked for but
two leaves of absence.
John Willis is one man who has discov-
cred great similarity between tue words
Alliance" and allowance"
Last Tuesday an Alliance man said that
in two weeks Cliff Baker would be too
weak 10 run for state printer.
If Billy Buchan goes on gaining
ground" every day, it will be necessary
soon to annex the Cherokee strip.
There is only one Democrat in the state
senate. and he feels a good deal Ike the
Republican members in the house.
The full moon appears the 24th of this
month. three days before the senatorial
contest 1t will probably have blood on 1t.
Apropos of Senator ingalls, prejudice
about Friday it is an item of curiosity that
last November, the fourth, came on Tues
day.
Nobody is working harder for ingalls,
than the newspaper correspondents at
Washington. \ brilliant man Is meat to
them.
Col Jim Hallowel has great, favorable
opinion of Jerry Simpson. simpson would
think more of Hallowell if the Prince had
beaten him.
News is so scarce that the weekly papers
of Kansas have resorted to sundry schemes
to fill up. such as: '.Howfunnyalinelooks
acknowledgements
One of the Alliances in Washington
county, that once had fifty members, now
has but s. The eight were elected to oince
or have promise of one
Corn is higher in Kansas than IL has
been in nine years, and some OF the men
who raise it are higher than they were
ever before in all their lives.
The Democratic party in Kansas is not
dead. 1t is it that applauds j. z. st. John
when he says something mean about the
Republican party and its men.
Tim Mccarthy, y. p. Riddle and Nor
rill are all being pushed for the governor
ship, but the Republican party In Kansas
Just at present is in no condition TO under
90 internecine strife.
A Washington county man stole oats
with a leal<y wagon, and the owner tracked
his property to the thiefs house. Inc
moral of this is that when you have
leaky wagon take corn.
1t was Jerry Simpson who wrote that
''Kawkus rule will not livein Cansas." HIS
wife, who is a good speller herself, had
Just been giving him some instructions
about the mysteries of hard ["
Bill Higgins says one Alliance member
of the legislature has returned his certili-
cate. He gives as his reason that he OBJ
! iects to being made a subject of survell-
! lance by the Alliance herding committee.
! It. is matter for curiosity and sagacity as
well. that none of the men whom the
| farmers allied to represent them were
/ farmers. Glover is a politician, Baker a
school teacher, Davis an editor, Otis city
/ dairyman and Simpson city marshal.
/ The Bank of Republic, Republic City
/ institution, has voted to 20 into voluntary
/ liquidation, which will deprive the place
/ of a bank, and compels borrowers TO hustle
/ for cash to meet their notes, as all loans
will be called in. Reports are that other
/ banks of western Kansas will follow the
Republic City banks example, which VIII
cause an increased stringency of money,
and consequent embarrassment among the
merchants.
William Springer, the Democratic con
gresham from Illinois, received the fol
/ lowing letter from an old friend out IN
Kansas. who is now a constituent CT Jerry
Simpson:
/ NEsCATUNGA, Comanche county, Kan,
/ Dec. p, lS9O-hon. W. m. springer. Old
time and much Respected friend sir:
thought would drop you few lines / Sc
that you got there again in good shape And
/ i am glad of it what is the mater of Jerry
/ Simpson from Over District only that he
I does not ware socks but wait until he
comes To Washington and then you will
Sc he SEES that He is going TO make new
: Rules ne Ses congressman Must get up at
half Past Six in the morning and at :
O Clock the horne will blow and then they
all must 20 to work or not get credit Tor a
full day When Jerry was out canvaslng
this fall He road through the country on
"A mule fed on sOurgam but he got Their al
the same we thought anything to beat
old John Ingells and we hav him In the
hole this trip he is a ded coon the Poop
hav dropped on him and his Bludy Shirt
/ Racket we all went in with The alliance
and come near turning the hull State NJ
side down think we will carry the state
for cleveland Ia 92 if we don't we will keep
the flies of Owe them they will think they
had a fight at any rate Sc Old John VI
Palmer is good for the Senet from Ills
good for him VIII you bea so kind as tC
hav Me sent som garden seeds and Other
seeds For my Self and few neigEbors to'
the agriculture department at Washing
ton and oblige your Old Time Friende p
take good care Of Jerry SimDson and show
him around when he come down TO Wash
iuLJOn
s CALL FOR AID.
DEEBY, Kan. Jan. 5, 81.