Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.

| by all de saloons betw1x' here an de treas
ury wit dat much silver in me pocket"
EDITORIAL NOTES.
| All three of the states in which women
voted for president went for Bryan How
are the suffrage advocates going to get
| around such a record as that?
The late Mr.. Sewau continues TO give his
opinion Of the result, just as If dead men
had a right to be heard.
Secretary Morton thinks the money ques-
ton should be taken out OF politics. Per-
haps Mr.. Morton would have it transferred
to the agricultural department.
| The Republican landslide can restore con-
| fidence, but unfortunately 1t cannot pre-
vent the treasury deficit from growing
right along under a Democratic admin-
| tstration.
| It is said that Mark Hanna Is a former
| ly-of-kansas man. This report comes from
Kansas, not from Mr.. Hanna.
The Kansas Populists will find in due
time that no matter how the lines are
drawn the partisan gerrymander always
takes the shape Of a boomerang in the
| end.
| Every factory that reopens and every
new enterprise that starts is q nail in the
| coffin Of free silver
Bryan will get one OF Kentucky's elector-
| al votes on account Of mistakes of voters
| in marking their ballots, and he will get
| electoral votes in a number Of other states
| on account of mistakes of voters in voting
the wrong ticket.
The citizens of st. Louis don't seem to be
extending the usual courtesies to the W.
C. T. U. ladies. They haven't been taken
around to see the breweries.
The new voting machines on Staten ISL
| and failed to work properly, and many
| votes were spoiled. Machine methods in
| voting are hardly ever satisfactory.
Many regard Major Mckinley as unfor-
tunate because he has no children. but this
may be an error. If he were q father he
might have q son Russell.
1.-THE Democratic party is the bimetallic
party" says Senator Cockrell. This is mere
| euesswork The Democratic party is SO
! bruised up and disfigured that nobody can
tell yet what 1t is.
After two months Of Popocrat sratcry
the country finds the whir Of another kind
of wheels most welcome change.
It ts difYicult to conceive Of anything
more ludcrous than a newspaper which
has for years been the recognized organ
of election thieves and of gang" OF
gamblers and thugs putting on respectable
airs and pretending to have accomplished
a great moral work in the matter OF Kidding
the community Of gamblers.
Possibly Kansas needs a new constitu-
ton but 1t certainly doesn't need one OF
Populist make.
|, Mr.. Bryan is to come over to Missouri
tomorrow and go shooting with Governor
I, Stone and Mr. Bland. Missouri is one OF
the states in which Mr.. Bryan did not dc
u any shooting recently when he went down
the chutes so swiftly.
| Germany declares 1t will not recognize
the Monroe doctrine. That's all right. 1t
hasn't been long since Great Britain was
Il
Wait till Germany rubs up against it.
Kansas Populists will heartily indorse
Chairman Buffers declaration that the
Peoples party will never more unto with
the Democrats. The Kansas Populists are
in the habit of making just that kind OF
declaration themselves-when there's no
election pending.
White uniforms will improve the appear
ance of Kansas City's street cleaning
force, whether they improve the appear
at least have the satisfaction Of believing
it is putting on metropolitan airs.
John Bull has no liking for the Monroe
doctrine. He merely prefers to accept
gracefully what would otherwise be thrus,
down his throat.
Fiddling Bob Taylor will draw official
salary as governor of Tennessee for the
next two years. That is to say, Tennessee
taxpayers will have to pay the fiddler
whether they have a good time or not.
Mr.. Reed didn't do much execution with
his Wichita speech but look how hi
swatted 'em in Chicago and California;!
The battleship Texas. in other words. be
haved very much as the state for which
1t was named-went Democratic.
Enterpris!ng newspapers which are dis
covering the timber that is to go into the
next cabinet scoring humiliatins
scoop on Major Mckinley.
1.-The moral victory in Illinois belongs Il
Altgeld." remarks a contemporary. Good
There is no man in Illinois more in neet
of a moral victory than Altgeld. BY the
way. what was the moral victory il
Illinois?
KANSAS NOTES.
Congressman-elect Napoleon Bonapart,
Mccormick. of the Sixth district, an
pounces that he will appoint his son. Leis
ure, as confidential clerk.
With Mr.. Godlove a resident of Onass
and Mr.. Sinner at home in Upton, Kansas
appears to break about even on her choice
| of a hereafter,