Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-07
Some Thoughts Inspired by Late
Events.

the vultures gathered for the prey
When there we're not places for all
places were made, (the motto of tn,
"redeemers" seems to be, Find {
way, or make way"-for the afore
said redeemers).
The State Journaltells OF how Rep
resentative Veale, of Shawnee county
informed the house that certain
young man OF that county must have
place, and in support OF his claims
said; This young man, fred by pat
riotism, rushed to the cannon's mouth
to celebrate the great republican VIC
tory. A premature discharge of the
cannon occurred, and as result the
young man has a shattered arm. and
one hand gope,"' etc, eto, and alleges
that this kind Of service must be- re-
warded Another member presents a
bill to pension man at $25 a month,
because he was injured in an explo-
sion of cannon while celebrating in
honor of Senator Plumb. Kansas
redeemers are full of love for them
selves-and, of course, propose to see
to it that Kansas pays the bills.
Nepotism, too, which was never
again to be practlced after KansP
was redeemed nepotism seems to b. ,v4
smltten the redeemers hard. Lien.
tenant Governor Troutman "nlade .
way" for his brother in law to be in.
stalled in the state treasurer's Office.
although the State Journal haatens
to inform the pu0Iiq that Treasurer
Atherton would have much preferred
to choose his assistant from the west
ern part of the state" Bah! Mr..
Troutmau had too much Of a "pnll. :"
so the treasurer had to do as directed
Then Mr.. Bonebrake had TO make 81
place for bis bFother-in-law among
the appointments made by his board.
Wonder why tue Journal is so still
about the dreaded nepotism which
WIS such n crime when practlced by
the peoples party, but which seems
to be all right now? Answer The
Journal expects to be the official or
gan of the state, and must not he too
plain until after it secures the plum.
That is policy, and Ms the Journal
has stood up for the "redeemers," it
ought to have that much out of it,
The Journal tells the plain nnvar-
nished truth about the Leavenworrh
banquet, however, and shows up the
leaders of the great moral (?) party
in anything but an enviAble light, and
after recihng how the people of
Leavenworth knew what will pnticp
the Kansas legislature away from
home, and how there ara lots OF nice
places IN Ltavenworth where you
don't have to sign a blank of any
kind, and how vt was a revelation to
their parched souls" and how it was
the general verdict of the visitors
that good many Of the streets of
Leavenworth are too narrow (D, it
goes on to tell of the speeches.
Senator Bakers speech, the Jour
mol says, was very much like others
he has made. The Journal prints a
picture of the Senator, which being
taken "after the ball was over" makes
him look like the missing link. MIR.
Burton reminded the company Of his
future. Judge Horton said Mr.. Ba-
ker won the senatorship without dol
lars and without dimes, Nobody ever
said the 'redeemer" Legislature could
be bought that chesply, If the Sem
ator got any of 'em for less than ten
dollars they we're cheap enough
David Overmeyer said it looked to
HIM like a democratic banquet, as
they we're not drinking hydrant
water, and congratulated the assem-
blsge because I've" we're the means OF
defeating suffrage, aud helped little
toward defeating prohibition. "How
we apples do SWIM" Mr.. Ady said
he would rather have Lucien Bakers
luck than a license to steal! Well
inssmuch as a United States Senator
can get good pay for legdllzing steal