Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-05-29

An Eastern criticism Of the ans
stutcsmpu-pnrn.

An Eastern Criticism Of the Kansas
tntcsm n-Hnrd.
Perer is n poet as well as a Populis'.
Since the day when loving Sappho burned
and sung there has been none like Pensr.
This Is a true bill. PETER has written an
epic of goo pages. lie lanes II "Myri-
drama" He does not descend to the friv-
olty OF rhyme. PETERS muse pulls on
high rubber boots ana wadcs In at a gait
that would make Homer tired. II Is blank
y~erse-vcry blank. At one crisis Pefers
muse takes a stroll among the primroses.
lie does q turn with love and meets his
pcllinh. and. peril Of his beard. beloved!
collnboratcs with the lady in a kiss. Here's
what he says Of tt:
iidnt iovn, and In the forehead Of his fair.
pure listener he pressed q fervent KISS,
And took her fondly In his arms
\ tender, long and fond embrace.
Escaping alive from his ray dangers.
pGntr talks or war. He is an expert of
carnage. as he served as a private in an
d ~ in lbs Ihte irobsiiion' This is a speci.
men Of the great popnlist-poets war
song:
Amid the trembling tramp of heavy rush.
The deaftnIng war of constant cannonade.
Having made war medicine. our poe.
plungcs backward to creations dawn ana
jumps siiewlsc at the FIRST Man de-
scriptively, as follows:
And lovely in her pristine sarb. where.
In arm, in holiness enshrined, the happy
First roamed in peace.
Returning from Eden and Adam and
Eve, PETER becomes reckless and general.
however. Nnn EnnW fhlF something ia
happening. even Il you don't understand;
1t runs away with the emphasis and
falling downstairs with a kitchen stove.
Mind this:
Spread out the map Of mans misfortunes,
Ills struggles and defeated hopes. and
The spots where. in the dim perspective OF
The years, each had its origin and death.
Look Ger the wasted fields of war-the
OF powers stretch, where fiery passions
held
High carnival DER graves Of heroes slain;
Where battling millions, swaying on tho
verge
OF death, like angry waves at sea, poured
Their blood-lke rain.
1t would appear n, this stage of his great
work as ii the poet had concluded to night.
Marquis OF Quecusberry rules. After the
above round PETER rested one minute
while his seconds piled towel ana fan. Vt
the call Of time, however, he stepped brisk
~ to the center OF the ring and got in the
iolowtns stunning right-hander, to-wit;
Wherever man has struggled in his hopes:
wherever freedom lurked; wherever truth
Was hushed. or heaven hid from view.
Behold! From each of these runs
out a ray
BE told. but see them as they start.
Within the bosom Of Il beauteous
cloud
Which hovcrs DER the sacred mount where
First heard the written law proclaimed
They meet, a focus OF ascending rays Of
hopes.
Pcmer hates a despot. All Kansas does.
tho life Of the SuUfiower state when the
entire population doesn't stand ready TO
knock of work and make the days OF a
dospot glide swiftly by. Nero and Gallgula
and other tyrants played IN a great dta! OF
IN Rome instead of Topeka, They wouldn't
hax.e lasted as long as u drink of whisky
In Topeka, FCffer voices the Kansas senti.
Incnt as TO despots when he speaks OF
them thus:
Most cruel monster that thou art.
cppressur OF mankind. destroyer Of thy
race.
Turning from desrots, PETER goes natur-
ally and beautifully TO woman, anG win
mind, uses these unsnardei words:
And woman-noblest, best Of all-she pleads
. 'a fH''N"f fA'N " 'HN 'F7 So
now
That's strong and deep within the heart
Or man to help the best, to save the worst
Her sex presents.
PETER winds up his very lucid and excel
Lent effort with what one might call a Gar
rison finish, and decides to remove tine
capitol Of the nation to Kansas in these
trrsc, vlrile sentences:
The seat OF government
PUtomac's placid banks must bid adieu
50 Upon the soil OF fair young Kansas
was
The first great battle for the right fought
ont,
And'ft ommcmoration of that noble work
Would be, give her the nations capital.
After, as stated, 200 pages of stills and
turgidlty, just to show that he rcpents OF
nothing he has done, but rather elorles
therein, PETER appends a postscript, where
In he warns a world already out of breath
with lodging that he intends 10 write an
other poem later On.-Al Lewis, in New
York Journal.