The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-30
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1t begins to look like Senator Sherman's
name was ingalls,.
The Kansas farmers next howl viii be
for larger granaries
Since the late rains the Kansas croaker
has frog in his throat.
The LATEST man in Wichita spends most
of his time rushing" the GROWER.
Cablegrams Of Jerry Simpsons speeches
are published in the London Times.
Eight inches of rain has fallen in nearly
all parts of Kansas since the 1st of May.
1t has been long time since the Kansas
farmer could utilize the pig catfish TO plow
corn.
The April showers in Kansas started
about February the first and are still fall
ing.
The grip microbe is on the side of the
Republican party. 1t has brought Gen.
Rice around.
St. John believes the new party IS a
whisky party and PETER believes it is a
whisker party.
When John P. St. John says the new
party is failure, be ought to know, be-
cause he's been there.
It is about time Jerry Simpson was
growing some new horns on his hands and
he probably realizes it.
A Baltimore minister calls Ingalls, a
young man" This seems an effort to
Crowd" Mr.. ingalls,
Schweinfurth, the Messiah, is going to
invade Kansas. He is at Kansas City at
present Alliance again.
Mr.. Noe is editor of the Leon Indicator.
His name is a terror to poetical contrib
utors for miles around.
Senator Plumb's place in Washington
where he goes over his Kansas exchanges
is said to be denum denorum.
General Riee's latest movement is almost
equal to precursory announcement that
Cy Leland is going TO resign.
The people of Kansas didn't care 50
much whether the impeachment court
could acquit, just so it would quit.
The only part of the rural contingent
that seems to be on the run just now is
the pumpkin and watermelon vines.
Kansas is still blushing. One of the
Cincinnati delegates just returned speaks
of the ''needcessity of third party"
The Alliance this year seems to have
substituted in frequency conventions for
picnics. Alliance conventions are picnics
of larger growth.
1t is to be hoped that the farmers
Wife," of Kansas City. will not be so dirty
and greasy as Ben Clover's partner, just
for the sake Of journalism
Mrs. Lease talked the other afternoon at
Sterling, right next door to big barber
shop, and for awhile it looked like some
thing would have to bust.
Tom Norton, the editor of the Newton
Republican will retire and become law
yer. As an editor he did not feel that he
was "agin" the Alliance enough.
1t was not quite two months after PETER
declared that he was too big for the party
harness, that he crawled under the third
party's crupper as meek as a lamb
Jerry Simpson is the victim of jealousy
in the Alliance. Everybody is scoring
him. The only recourse for him is to
It is reported that ex-senator Ingalls,
and D. r. Anthony are negotiating for
one-third interest in the Kansas City
Journal. This is the most grotesque ru-
NOR out.
The story is told of Ignatius Donnelley
that once he had to speak to an audience
that was "agin" him and after several
petty annoyances, they eliminated the ag-
gravation by firing lot of cabbages on
the stage. Hold, gentlemen he cried in
a loud voice that was followed with quiet;
and then compassionately. don't lose your
heads"
An Alliance orator told congregation
of Sedgwick county farmers the other day
that there was no more reason that they
should be Republicans because their faith
ers were Republicans than that they should
be bachelors because their fathers were
bachelors The point didn't strike the
crowd until the orator had been gone over
twenty four hours.
The rumors about Judge Horton having
been appointed to a federal judgeship,
grow out of the fact that the president
recently informed Senator Plumb and
Judge Brewer that he might appoint one
of the United States court for the
settlement of Spanish and Mexican titles
from Kansas, and if he did SO. he would
consider Judge Horizons name in that con-
nection, but no appointments have yet
been made 1t is expected that the an
nouncement of the names upon this court
will be made today.