The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-19
SATISFIED WITH KANSAS.
A Wichita Democrat Goes to Missouri and
Returns Home Very Sick.

A well known Democrat OF this city
| spent two days after the election looking
over the almanac in pursuit of the county
| in Missouri that had the greatest per
centage of Democratic votes SO that he
might move there and be among kindred
| spirits, for. as he himself expressed it, he
was very sick and tired of living in state
/ whose Democratic vote is getting smaller
and smaller as the years go by. He picked
/ out a certain county il southern Missouri
as the safest possible Democratic county
! in the state. OF course he only wanted 10
go there while he was sore over the defeat
of the Democratic ticket, but circum-
stances shaped themselves so that he was
compelled to go there anyway TO
transact some business. He never was
there before and when he got to the ccun-
ty seat he had seen all he wanted to see of
the country. He called at the sheriff S
office but that gentleman was out coon
hunting. He then called at the treasurers
Office and found that occupied by little
man who wore little E fat hat of the
vintage of 1855 which the English manu-
facturers dumped on the American mar
ket during those glorious Democratic free
trade days that are referred to so frequent
ly on the stump by old bourbon orators.
There were eight different colOred patches
on his pants made there by the rustic
chair in the office, and in his mouth he
carried corn cob pipe loaded TO the muz-
zle with natuarl leaf tobacco, the aroma
of which could be smelled as far distant as
the Boston mountains: Where Is the
treasurer? asked the Wichita
man. II be the man." said
the individual referred to and then the
Wichita man almost tainted to find such
a specimen of his politics holding an office.
The Wichita man made mental note or
the surroundings and found that candle
box nailed against the wall was the treas
urer's desk. The balance of the furniture
consisted of the old rustic chair rererred
TO and a tobacco box filed with sand,
which was used as cuspidore. This elab-
crate set of furniture was protected from
the outside world by railing made from
barrel slaves held together by strings made
from, or rather torn from, piece of bed
ticking While he was IN there an appar-
antly prominent citizen came in, who
wore another E-flat hat, decorated with
the tail of a coon, and presented an order
of 81 80 to the treasurer, which he desired
cashed. II treasurer handed him back
the order saying: There Is another order
of 50 in ahead of you which must be cashed
first. | have just enough money to cash
your order but if l cashed it colonel so and
so would get hot, for the rule is we must
cash them in the order in which they are
presented. l expect Colonel Jones in.
when the roads get better, to pay his taxes
and then will cash your order for you
The other offices in the court house were
in keeping with the treasurer's Office. In
speaking with the treasurer he learned
that he he received for his services about
S275 and was kicking like bay steer be-
cause it cost him S25 for campaign ex-
penses to get the office. The Wichita
Democrat left the country sick OF the Mis-
souri, Democratic idea and liz the future
will be content to live N Kansas even If
there is not a Democratic road overseer
elected in the state.