The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-04
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as his hands were year ago.
The greatest alliance in Kansas is tn
fusion of the rain, the sun and the soil.
The Democratic party has said 'fare
| welP' to Kansas, and that is just what tn
state is doing.
Kansas society will begin to pick u
again. a big harvest in summer means 1
low vest in winter.
OF all the Alliance. State Printer Snow
| is the least concerned about free coinag'
of silver. He is pocketing $1,000 a month
Probably the reason Mrs. Lease never
received any office from the Alliance is be
cause they believe in the Office seeking the
man,
A great many common clodhoppers
whom nobody ever heard of are succeed
ing in getting their picture in the papers
as leaders of the third party.
The grasshoppers that were in eastern
! Colorado are now in western Iowa. Hap
PLY Kansas this year happened to be I'M
der the hop. They went clear over.
John j. Ingalls, may still be a Republi
can, but not to that degree of intensity
that anybody in Louisiana would care tc
send him loaded cartridge in the mails
Tom Norton is taking A G. Stacey's
place at Topeka. Mr. Norton is another
victim of journalism. He quit the news
paper business about ten days ago to
study law.
1t is almost as sure as fate that certain
percentage of politicians will aspire to
Plumb's place in the United States senate
Nn hn str hat har bou hao
to Europe.
The Alliance nominating conventions
are doing great work for the Republican
party. The fellows who wanted the NOM
nations and didn't get them are coming
back in droves.
Farmer Funston's and Case Broderick' s
chief use, at the present time, seems to be
in the nature of a surprise that the Re-
publican party elected anybody at all to
congress from Kansas last fall.
Logic is not infallible. For instance:
Money talks; PETER talks; ergo, PETER is
money. The only grounds on which this
palpable absurdity can be explained is
that PETER is a counterfeit issue.
The Emporia Republican says the plat
form of the young crowd is I'VE must
have Office" The Leavenworth Times
says the platform of the old crowd is 1--WE
must have DOODLE" The platform of the
Democratic party is not broad, but it
covers these 1T is I'VE must have
both"
Il don't take any stock in that man
PETER, who is running down Kansas"
said an old Kentucky gentleman recently.
ft -. r
him tell a crowd Of fellows that the big
gest fish he ever caught in Kansas was ten
inches long haven't any faith in him, l
tell you. A man who will tell the truth
about the fish he catches is likely to IN
derrate everything else"
Hello; what are you doing there on
your knees?" yelled one Kansas farmer to
another who was kneeling in his front
yard
why. I'm praying for rain"
Praying for rain? Why, you fool, don't
you see it's just pouring DOWN."
II know it. It's drowning my corn out
prayed all last summer for rain and
didn't get drop. and 1 thought if l
prayed for it now it might stop"
1t has been some time since the public
has heard of Brown of Harvey" the big
jawed giant of the last legislature. who
was such Banquo to Elder, but he is
still on deck. He strobe into the COVER
i.or's office at Topeka the other day, and
casting whitening glance ON the execu-
tive clerk, McCray, in the ante-room,
Numbered: as Humphrey in?''
Mr.. McGray resented this uncouth refer
ence to the chief executive of the state.
NO" he said. Governor Humphrey is
not in this morning" with the accent on
the governor.
"When will Humphrey be in?" rumbled
Brown.
Il think Governor Humphrey will be in
presently"
well, | can't wait. Tell Humphrey l
called on him." And the giant strobe out.