The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-11-22
"BARKIS" IS HAPPY
Over the Result of the Election
A Gentle Kick on Col.
Chas. n. Jones.
Sessions of the Knights Of
Labor and the Army of the
Tennessee.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. Is, 1892.


Wednesday night at the Music Hall
of the Exposition b Iilding, and | do
not think, with all respect to Pat Gil
more and the other artists and artistes
who have made the building famous.
that the hall ever resounded to music
more acceptable to the American peo-
pie. The weather was simply afro
ciOus and would have detained any
but democrats from turning out. 1t
began to rain just before dark and got
worse as the evening wore on. Blu.
We were all there just the same. The
people were anxious to see and hear
Stevenson, and am glad to record,
we're delighted with his appearance
and what he said. Stones absence was
regretted, but we gotalong well enough
without him. | have got
only one kick to make about
the proceedings and that does not ma
turally effect their interest and infu-
ence. 1t is this. l object as do all
St. Louis democrats tried and true, to
Sol" Cha<. Jones passing as the re-
preventative and champion of the De-
mocratic party in st. Louis. We do
not recognize him in that light any
more than we do his paper As Demo-
cratic organ.
There his room in st. Louis for a
Democratic newspaper. We have but
one that is worthy the title here and
that is the Critic rather weakly
weekly circulation, but stalwart in
the true faith. 1t Is edited BY a man
who is better democrat and sturdi-
err than any who now control daily
papers that profess to dictate to voters.
don't know who edits the Critic
and don't care, but he is a man and
a genuine democrat.
OUR REFORM SCHOOL BOARD.
is once more before the
public, shown up in stereoptican style
by one of the elect. Mr.. Fisse, law
yer and patriot, lett out in the cold
by gerrymander of the other truly
virtuous members of the board, is in
dignant and tells tales out of school.
Fisse does not seem to know that it is
an understood thing that men who do
not get regular salary, always have
a sharp eye after perquisites-he may
have been cognizant of the fact, while
he was Sin it, but now that he is not,
he has found a mares nest and is max
ing a great ado over it.
Local papers are making great
noise over the shooting of Jack Chinn
the other day at the East St. Louis
race track, Chinn only got what he
deserved. No one man can run things
to suit himselfin fhis part of the coun-
try, even if he does carry a gun and
knife and know how to use them.
"COl." Gallagher. superintendent
of the Poor House, who was ruled out
by the board of charity commissioners
but refused to abide by their sentence
still clings to his Office and has
BROUGHT SUIT FOR HIS SALARY.
Mayor NOonan, it is understood,
backs Gallagher. l guess there will
be more developments at the trial,
showing how very contemplate men
make themselves for the sake of
little money and small Office.
One of the funniest things that has
happened in st. Louis is the war in
that mutual admiration society,
known as the writers club" The
members seem to have gotten tired of
praising each other and have begun
criticizing. YOU'RE another" is of
course the order of the day and any
newspaper foolish enough to print a
screed from the cOntending parties is
in terrible fix, for most of the men,
bers of the writer's club are ladies and
of an age to talk for themselves-and
all creation.
The Knights of Labor have been
holding a protracted meeting here all
week and l hope have done much
good for their cause.
The "Army of the Tennessee" held
their Twent Fourth annual meeting
at the Lindell during the week and
had their annual banquet last night.
belonged to tie army of the Tennessee
myself once, but was a high private
in the front rank Il am rather talD
and carried musket and | never at
tended banquet, but saw times when
"hard tack and SOW belly were more
welcome than canvass back AMI cham
payne are to the men who celebrate in
these later DAYS. Those fellows know
the widow Cliquot." | never did.
never got any further than Brown
Bess,' but she was mighty good girl
to tie to in the days that tried mems
souls and bodies. All the same,
confess to a