The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-06
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the door.
While still referring to the senate,
permit nee to close with a copy OF an
editorial taken from The Roman Punch
and read before the Gridiron club last
month before Mgr. Satolli, late OF Rome.
1t is against the rules of the club to re-
port any of the speeches made there,
but special permit has been issued in
this case by President Stevens, and 1T Is
published st the request OF Mgr. Satolll.
1t shows conclusively that the press
criticised the Roman senate as freely as
our OWL newspapers criticise the con-
2ress of today:
EDITORIAL N THE ROMAN PUNCH.
1t is due the enormous army of read
ers who look to the editorial columns of
this paper that we speak today calmly
but frankly of the financial condition OF
Rome and the general apathy and in
do!ence of the Roman senate.
We have before taken occasion to
speak our mind upon national affairs,
and the free and full Endorsement Of the
people. as shown by our increased cir
culation and the average number OF
want advertisements, which have grown
from 1913 per week to 165 within the
past three years, has been our reward.
Since the publication OF The Roman
Punch began three years ago we have
repeatedly asserted without successful
contradiction that the Roman senate is
falling off year by year, and from an
exhibition of forensic eloquence it has
become simply social gathering of Pc
tered out politicians, who meet, smoke,
swap immoral stories, collect their mile
age and so home.
Where are the silver tongued orators
whose speeches have ornamented the
Fourth Readers for centuries before
Christ?
Where are the men who placed their
country first and their pocketbooks last?
Where are the senators who once held
the attention of all Rome, yet never had
more than one toga in the wash at one
time?
They have given place to ordinary
business men, many of whom do not ad-
vertise
The Roman Punch has always been
fearless and hewed TO the line, let the
chips fall where they may. To that we
owe an increase of circulation which Is
phenomenal, and growth Of the num-
Der of our want ads. from 153 to 165
average per week, and all within the
brief period of three years.
The latest indignity offered to the
people of Rome comes in the shape of
Aqueous Aurelius, the manager Of the
Coliseum, who aspires to a seat III the
senate
Is it surprising that at such an insult
The Roman Punch should assert itself
and say to'all Rome this is the time to
call a halt? [Also. dinna ye hear the
slogan, and other statements of like
character?l Aqueous Claudius Quintius
Aureiius has 10 more idea of states
manship than the subconscious wild ass
Of the desert has of melody.
And in what way, forsooth, hath he
succeeded? Hath he not perverted the
great amphitheater of the Eternal City
and turned the mighty Coliseum under
his management from "a moral Zoolog-
ical exhibit and congress of wonders TO
a rude aggregation of living pictures at
Q sesterces admission to all parts of the
house?
And because The Roman Punch saw
fi5 to hew to the line, let the chips fall
where they may, did not Aqueous Cla-
dius QUintius Aurelius take out his two
column display ad., and with flashing
eye and quivering breath not only re-
fuse box to our editor. but hurl de-
fiance in our teeth, and later on, at
1882 Appian Way, northwest, with
naughty mien and with wicked utter
ance Kissed through his clinch-ed teeth,
bid usage, even us-to go to?
IT'S thus we hurl defiance at this
man, who asks that he may sit where
statesmen sit--he, even be, who when