The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-30
SLICK sLAPs AND SLIM SLAMS

Kansas Breeze: Possibly Wichita doesn',
approve of bicycle girls in boomers, bu;
We observe the papers down there have
Straddler.
Emporia Republican,: The Wichita
papers think that the fact that 520-pound
man has struck their town is worthy of a
double head" They are accustomed to
small men down there.
Kansas City Star: Morrill, having re-
fused convict's request TO be legally
executed, the Wichita Eagle wants 20
know if personal liberty is TO be COM
pletely abridged in Kansas.
Abilene Reflector: A butter and egg
dealer down at Wichita named Lewellins
has come out in an iterview declaring
that Morrill, is failure as a governor.
Mr.. Morrill, will probably consider the
source OF the remark.
Lawrence Journal: The Wichita Eagle
demands that the people Get down of
the fence" on the financial question.
They are down already. Colonel. The
trouble is that they are on the other
side Of the fence from you, and are out
of sight.
Botkin in Pop Advocate: Evidently the
crooked end Of the Murdoch Rebellion has
already been Strengthened into line with
the party, as Bent has lately declared that
above all he is a Republican-but Of
course Marsh has a higher price, and
the governors contingent fund is almost
exhausted.
Atchison Globe: Atchison may stand
Joints, but it will not stand crap shoot
ing. Wicked men who expect TO shoot
craps may as well understand once and
for all that they will not be tolerated
here. We recommend that Wichita and
Leavenworth join in this crusade against
crap shooting.
Eureka Herald: II Uncle Sam doesn't
keep close watch over Marsh Murdoch
he will go over to England and give
Johnny Bull terrible beating. AL rea-
prevent his escape from the country,
otherwise he may be called upon to return
some OF that Alabama money.
Guthrie Capital: The Wichita Eagle
says that the rumor is probably correct
that Grover Cleveland has put the pare
goric bottle in place where he can find
1t in the dark. The Eagle should be moro
modest. Grover is turning his attention
entirely to fishing and does not think OF
such things as rattle-boxes and paregoric
This is too warm weather for men OF
Growers build.
Larned Eagle-Optic: Although the
Wichita Eagle has been screaming for
free silver for three months. II would be
hard to determine from reading Its edi-
torials of the last few days II II is going
TO be able to keep up much longer at its
present ratio Of 16 to /. Atmosphere,
even in as windy a locality as that in
which the Peerless Princess is situated
cannot last forever.
Emporia Gazette: The worst thing
about Wichita after her saloons and dis
reputable places is the fact that poetry
in the local papers works on scheme OF
geometrical progression. a local poet
Will write piece, and then poet near
by will write an anwser and then the
answer to the answer will be answered
by two or three others who in turn will
each be answered by three or four others.
Woodward News: The politicians up
at Wichita got togethr and wheedled the
Republican county convention into adopt
ing a straddle-bug resolution on the silver
question. The following week the bus
mess men of Wihcita. 500 strong, met and
organized a free silver league, and now
the politicians want TO reconvene their
sideshow and declare unequivocally for is
to /. The action taken by Wichita Re-
pubicanS Is big victory Tor Colonel MOr-
dock and his Eagle.
Mt. Hope Mentor: An eastern man,
in Wichita, approached a group
of men, mostly farmers, standing on the
corner of Main and Douglas, among whom
were several from Mt. Hope. and asked
if they could point him 10 a saloon. The
farmers looked at him in blank amaze
ment and stood speechless. Finally a
policeman suggested that he might mean
a Joint" The visitor nodded. and imme-
diately the farmers made rush TO grab
him, and in their efforts to accommodate
him nearly tore off his coat.