The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-20

OIlef uay. n long biluc dSOs Jul ny
the Reform" campaign of 1874, Jim
Murray-of blessed memory-and Col.
Jones and Joe Richards were CANVASS
ing this county "agin" the Republican
party. Murray was great orator
and he had speech that he was very
proud of. He always spoke first, and
Jones followed with few sensible
remarks They had got pretty well
over the county in this fashion, all
pleasant and friendly, and one night,
toward the close of the campaign, the
aggregation was billed to appear in
Deer Creek township. When they
got to the school house Jones asked
Murray to vary the usual program
and let him speak first. No objection
was made and the Colonel took the
fioor-and spoke Murray's speech!
He had it all down pat, all the argu-
ments, all the Jokes, all the flights of
elOquence, and he said it all. He did-
MT leave Murray a tail feather of it.
Murray, of course, "caught On"ss before
he had gone far, and his comments
and soto rOice remarks to Joe were
heart-rending. "Listen to him." he
would say. "Listen to the Id
plagiarist. That's my joke, and he
knows it, And them's my arguments!
o, the thief! o, the brazen, unblush-
ing thief! There he goes again! An
other one of my jokes. And these
cackling monkeys think they are all
his own! o, the iron-bOund, brass
mounted gall of the man!n And so on
and so on. The old settlers who re-
member Jim Murray can supply the
explosives and can imagine the eX-
plosive state of mind and body he
was in by the time Jones got through
He tried to make a speech, but every
time he got fairly started he would
catch sight of jones' bland smile and
the wink of his other eye, and then he
would forget what he was going to
say. After ten or fifteen minutes of
this experience he quit. And he
swore at Jones all the way home.
The discovery was but recently
made that among the city records
destroyed by the fire last November
was the record OF the council proceed
ings for all the years prior to 1899.
According to the laws of Kansas the
validity of any city ordinance must
be proved by the record of its passage
made in this book. The destruction
of the records consequently left all
our city ordinances passed prior to
1889 without anything to stand on,
and hence null and void. The new
council therefore finds itself under the
unpleasant necessity of framing a
number of new ordinances, and some
the REGISTER. While the extra eX-
pense thus entailed upon the city is
to be regretted, yet the loss is not
without it's compensatiOns as the new
laws will be clear and consistent with
one another, instead of confused and
conflicting as was the case with many
of the old ones. Every council for
several years has talked about revis-
ing and reconstructing our city laws,
but, while wishing that it might be
done, hesitated to undertake it. Ne
cessity has now compelled the work
to be undertaken, and it will be done
well.
The Kansas City Journal has this
to say concerning possible candidate
for Congress against Funston. The
Allen county acquaintance of Mr..
Davis will recognize the portrait as
true to life:
There is a prospective candidate however,
which is the last hope of the enemies of Mr..
Funston. The candidate is an old farmer who
owns quarter in the northwest corner OF Bour-
bon county and his name is Jonathan Davis.
He is a rOck-ribbed, cOpper-lined Democrat, and
can show moss three inches long m the small OF
his back. He is also a member of the Alliance
and is very naturally "agin' the Republicans
The Fort Scott statesmen have been at the old
fellow for some time to mortgage the lower
eighty and go into the race. He will fail how
ever to get the support of the Lawrence and
Kansas City aristocracy, who want man who
can decline n Greek verb, and discourse on
Sweetness and Light" As between the two
farmers they VIII probably vote for Funston.
According to the Globe, the most
successful store in Atchison "adver-
tises with as much system as it buys
goods.n The store referred to is the
Boston store. "The manager" says
the Globe, "has paid this office $40 a
month for advertising, but he never
grumbles. His bill with the Globe
has never been less than $50 a month"
We never knew it to fail. The store
that advertises is the store that gets
the trade. If anyone doubts it let
him simply examine the advertising
columns of the REGISTER and then go
around town and see for himself.
Arrangements for the observation
of Decoration day by the old soldiers
and citizens of lola and vicinity have
all been made. AS announced last
week, Col. w. A. Johnson, of Garnett,
will deliver the grafton. L. s. Slower
has been appointed chief marshal, w.
H. Mcclure president of the day, and
f. j. Thayer captain of the firing
squad. The Post, w. II. C.. and 5. of
! V. will of course be in line, and an in
vitatiOn has been extended to all the
fraternal orders in the city to partici-
pate in the parade. The music will
be furnished by the lola Cornet Band.
Our friend Rev. J. w. d. Anderson,
who has been teaching at Neosho
Falls for a year past, has received a
call to the ministry of a church i'll
South Dakota at a handsome salary,
and expects to remove soon to his new
| charge. We have profited by his re-
mOval from Kansas to the extent of a
number of Kansas books and pamph-
| lets for which he has our best thanks.
! But we are nevertheless exceedingly
sorry to have him go. ''DOt' Ander-
son is a good man to have around and
the Dakota people are in luck to gel
/ him.
The Woman's Missionary Society OF
Neosho Presbytery, will hold its 10th
Annual meeting in the Presbyterian
church at lola, May 81 and June /.
Delegates are expected from all the
churches in the Presbytery and a
large attendance of our own citizens Is
earnestly desired. a cordial invita-
ton is extended to all to attend the
various sessions. The program will
be published in full at later date.
Union: Inthe Hutchinson COnven-
ton Capt. Il. S. Slower, one of the del