The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-06
A GREAT BLOW.
To the Editor Of the Eagle.

To the Editor Of the Eagle.
The last great blow is over and
nobody hurt. But it is generally con.
coded by the natives that our former
straight winds and Wellington cyclone
were nowhere compared with the blow.
out September 1st at the Border Queen.
We congratulate the Sockless Sage
upon his miraculous escape from the
murderous assassin raised up by his
Alliance friends. The second Booth
who lay in wait for this Abraham
Lincoln of the West if he came to
Caldwell.
There were about seventy-seven voters
among the picnic party and fully one
half of them were good Republicans,
but the women and children
were out in force and Jerry
gathered them all under his wing as a
hen would gather her brood" He was
SO glad to see such a gigantic, magnifi-
cent and colossal congregation gathered
together in his name.
He, the big Ike, the dog catcher ex-
marshal and policeman of Medicine
Lodge.
He couldn't tell these poor, suffering,
down-trodden victims of the Ubiquitous
Mckinley bill' what he had done for
them, but if they would only send him
back to Washington, they should all
wear diamonds, that is if they followed
him.
Now" said he, 81 want to tell all you
fellers that's come out to this year
meetin' that | amt to blame fer the
Cherokee Strip not comm in."
''If | had my way about it there would
be as many settlers on it today as there
are Texas steers. If owned the rail-
road, riding would be cheaper than
walking. He tried to open the strip to
settlement-tile votes he would loose by
it, wouldn't cut mo figger." He had
made the statement as set forth in the
EAGLE Bird about women selling their
virtue and men their homer. But it APP
piled to the people generally-''no differ
ence-Hai-none. He was one of the
noblest works of God, an honest man.
The very much enamoured of God,
thought a heap of him, and vice versa.
The everlasting powers that be. were in
voked. once thought ignorance and re-
hgion 60 together, now | know it.
He had donned his old clothes and
come out among his people to tell them
about the extravaganza of the gang at
Washington, d. c.; how they kept
servant apiece and were hot house
flowers ali at their (the peoples expense.
How they squandered S6,000,000 on a
useless navy and what do we want of a
navy? To tight Chilli? There is no COM
merce on the seas and the small amount
that is being carried on on the lakes
can dispense with a navy. THE in
iquitous Mckinley bill has made it IN
unnecessary extravaganza" After he
had been speaking about a quarter of
an hour the under pinning gave
way and all the seats went down
which gave Jerry a chance to air his Irish
wit. As he compared it to the Republi-
can platform, "rotten plank some
where" as it was altogether an Alliance
meeting we failed TO see the application.
Before he had finished speaking the
grand stand began 10 tremble, but he
stuck TO it as persisteutly as he did TO
his text, The thieving Republican
party" The ignorant babble went on
until we feared that like Tennyson's old
Brook" it would never cease.
II he made single point we failed to
see it.
Ii he made new convert we miss our
guess.
Ii he isn't showed under clear out of
sight in November, it will he
as much of disgrace To
Kansas as ingalls, defeat If ''whisk-
ers' and ''socks" overbalance brains
then the scales of justice in Kansas are
not as well regulated as we believe them
10 be. The citizens of this republic may
go wild over Little ATnie Rooney"
'McGinty" and IRA la Boom de Ay's"
but after the first burst of enthusiasm is
over they are bound TO come back 10
America" and roar as only good loyal
can. Tue little facetious
jogging, juggling jester Is gaspLng his
last. Il Is the song Of the dying swan.
The wrlggling Poiiywog that wishes he
was fish, and would like TO be whale, !
will be retired to the shallow
waters that surround his I'm
TILED farm at Medicine Lodge.
and if he viii undertake TO farm 1t, (.
which would be his proper vocation, in |
stead OF trying to guide the ship of state, !
perhaps some OF the sand, of winch il Is |
mainly composed, may lodge in his /
yizzard- Kansas viii send q man TO !
" ashington u represent her, Got 9 |