Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-06
NATIONAL CIRCUS.
CONGRESS TRYING HARD TO
PLEASE ITS MASTERS.
Mrs. Annie Diggs Feels Like Waking
Them Up-wouId Like to See Real
Woman in the White House.

Correspondence, Topeka Advocated
Plutocratic pirates and gold bucca-
neers have full control of our once
glorious ship of state. The few con-
gressmen who have consciences and
souls are perfectly helpless in the
clutch of these high handed usurpers.
1t will never be different. The general
public will never be served by the
national congress until the two old
party machines are broken, and a new
element gains control; new party
which will come into power for the ex-
press purpose of serving the people in.
stead of the plunderers.
There isn't the slightest use in look
ing to congress for anything save that
which will enhance the fortunes of the
greedy gluttons of fortune. 1t is fore
gone conclusion that whatever legisla-
tion gets through this session will be
such as will please the privileged class
This state of affairs is so fixed that it is
of little interest even to watch the gyra-
tions and listen to the vaporings of the
honorables while making grave pre-
tense of serving their country.
The currency bill is under discussion
in the house to-day. There was a
comical performance gong on when 1
entered the gallery. A big republican
fellow from down east was reading his
speech in thunderous tones, and it was
SO evident that he was making that
speech to his constituents that no one
in the house was listening. think he
must have been trying to ''holler"
loud enough for his down east neigh
bors to hear him. He stood first on
one foot and then on the other, thrust
his hands into his trousers pockets
while reading page of his speech,
which was bolstered up before him on
pile of books. Every few minutes
his voice would tie up into shrill sort
of yell, in order, 1 suppose, to give
extra emphasis to the profound stuff
he was getting off on the money ques-
tion.
Here is one sentence which this
orator shrilled out in extra high pitch:
"Would retire the greenbaclzs? Yes,
l would
The old chump! 1 wanted to throw
something at him. If 1 could have
aimed straight at that pile of books
which supported the dreary stuff he
was reciting to suffering house, /
would have been tempted to throw and
risk arrest by the sergent-at-arms.
Retire the greenbacls indeed! What
for, would like to know? Is it be-
cause they are the best money a nation
or people ever hand? Is it because
they carried the country through
|. terrible war? Is it because they are
connected with the memories of Abra-
ham Lincoln's administration? Ahi
what patriots these latter day repub.
licans are.
stood ali of this rattling idiocy that
was possible without becoming un-
amiable, then departed for the senate.
The show was different there, but
quite as farcical. Another down easter
(this one democrat) was reading his
grafton on the Nicaragua canal bond
steal. OF course, he was in favor of it,
but his speech was in lovely contrast
to the orator at the other end of the
capitol. The senator was spick and
span just out of a band box, as to
dress He handled his gold eyeglasses
aextrously, and spoke in modulated
tones. Nobody was interested, of
course. There was not dozen sena-
tors in the chamber.
Merciful heaven! what is a woman
made of who can be so heartless and
selfish with such boundless opportu-
nifty and means to bless and brighten
other lives that the Presidents wife has
at her command? Oh, for q woman. a
woman of the people, woman with a
soul, such a woman as Mrs. John
Davis or Mrs. Simpson to occupy
the white house and use the glorious
power and privilege of her position to
make other lives brighter.
Frances Cleveland is a woman after
David Overmyer's own heart Q1l not
say soul-I don't think he has one).
Mr.. Overmyer's kind of women are of
the selfish, society sort; women who
wouldn't do so unwomanly a thing for
the world as to go to the ballot box
and cast vote for better and more
Christian order of business and of So
ciety, but who would feel entirely
delicate, refined and womanly without
even an excuse of a dress above her
shoulders and not vestige of q sleeve.
submitting to be gazed at and hugged
by any drunken loafer who begged for
. waltz, provided. of course, that the
loafer was titled or rich
ANNIE L. DIGas.
E. o. BEsSErT has started a new
Peoples paper in Chicago, the cage. ;
He will make an eight page daily of
the publication. beginning the first of