The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-22
suNFLoWER sILHoUETrEs.

There is joint in Wichita with PULP
on the front screen door.
In Kansas the Republican party's other
name is Surplus, and the Alliances De
ficit.
The campaign lies before the ambitious
candidate and the campaign lies about
him.
! A shite-Polk is a southern general who
comes up north to tell the people what pa
triotism is.
Just at present, the promising young
man is an Alliance candidate and he
promises great deal.
| Plumb selects the county fairs to make
| his speeches. PETER was never known in
his speeches to take fair grounds.
The Alliance is coming back to the Re-
publican party. The grip and sign racket
| is dying out. 1t is Aud Lang Sine now.
1t has long been the custom TO speak
of Kansas as ''she," but it has just
been discovered that she is widow. At
least she is in weeds.
Senator Plumb is speaking at all the
fairs. Even Peffer and Simpson haven't
the gall to raise the calamity howl before
a crowd of people that have just been
through the agricultu ural exhibit at Kan
sas fair
PETER knows very well that there is no
danger of the government putting per
cent. cheap money into circulation. If it
did, it would scare him to death. If he
sub-treasury scheme was in operation the
price of everything would go up and PEI
fer's s., 900 senatorial salary wouldn't buy
half as much as it does now.
as this the air of business you say in
the circular characterizes your town."
asked the eastern speculator as he looked
at a busted boom town, sarcastically.
''Yes sir" said the boomer, and as he
sighted circular funnel-shaped cloud in
the southwest, land l think you will find
that out here the air means business"
There was once worthy young man in
Kansas. And this young man was intelli-
gent. He looked around him for a voca-
tion in life. And it so happened that his
choice fell upon politics And so it finally
came to pass that he sought a Republican
nomination. And he journeyed forth into
the country to press his claims.
And in his journey he came upon fine
farm house with lawn, passing fair, and
mighty barns and store houses. And he
spake to the proprietor. a fine. portly man,
saying: Farmer Jones, your lands are
very fine; your crops surpass excellence;
your houses and your barns mighty. You
must be prosperous and very rich"
And the farmer made reply, saying:
Prosperous am. and very rich, also" 4"
Then the young candidate raised his
voice, saying, Then Farmer Jones, you
do not belong to the great calamity party,
the Alliance, and you can support me-"
But the farmer squirmed with much
saying: II am an Alliance
man. / can not support you"
And it so happened that the next house
the young man came to was small house
and rickety. And the crops were gone to
waste and the barns fallen in decay. And
the young man counseled with himself
thus: Il shall not stop here, for this man
can do me no good"
But the tenant came out to him, saying:
81 pray you, turn not away. This is not
thriftlessness you see. ] have been sorely |
stricken with malaria for many moons |
and my crops and my barns have fallen |
into disuse and ruin. Can do aught for
you? If so, speak it."
But" saith the young man, 81 am a |
and you are poor and dis |
tressed, and calamity has overtaken you. |
You do not belong to my party"
Mistake not, " cried the man, rejoicing, |
81 am not Alliance. am a Republican. !
My mother taught me to bear up in adj |
vertisy. am Republican and shall sup
port you"
And after that the young man was sore
Iy perplexed Much he pondered over his
discovery. And he bethought him of the
portly farmer who supported the calamity |
party and the poor man who endured his
troubles and was Republican. Aud the
young man counseled with himself, say
ng: Politics surpasseth understanding.
In it am as man in the dark, knowing
rot which way to turn
And 50 he renounced politics. And to
his day he is working in the dress goods
apartment OF dry goods house.