People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-03-26
MINOR EDITORIALS.

W pUuUs
John P. st. John has followed Jerry
BOtkin into the POpulist party.
Fragments Of a bursted presidential
boom are bearing down upon Albany.
Cy Leland does not appear to be as
big a man in Oklahoma as he is in
Kansas.
Topeka is agitated somewhat for
fear Hutchinson will get the capitol
bee in its bonnet.
The Topeka Capital of Sunday uses
a good sized club in condemning Gov.
Morrill's recent Wichita policy.
Vic Murdoch says the Wellington
Senate is tranSacting more business
than its namesake in Washington.
John P. st. John fears the Prohibi-
tiOniSts will split on the silver Ques-
tion. If St. John cares to keen up
with the fashion he has no kick
coming.
With Tiger Bill Campbell for attor-
ney general on the Republican ticket
and TigereSS MOllie Lease on the Pop
uliSt ticket it would be contest of
many stripes.
Cy Leland has joined the A. P. AS,
whereat there is complaint entered
that Cy does not care so much about
putting down the Catholics as he
does the POpuliSts.
The Washington City prophet who
so confidently prOphesied that Shelby
L. Cullom would be the next presi-
dent, would improve his reputation
by revising his prophecy.
A lady who has just finished read
ing Mrs. Leases latest interview sug-
geSts that it is time Mrs. Marsh Muir
dock, Mrs. Albert H. Horton and Mr..
Lease were having a caucus.
The Republicans of Grant county
Pond Creek OF, have instructed
their delegates to the territorial con-
ventiOn to vote for Tell W. Walton
for delegate at large to St. Louis.
1t is all mistake about Dick How
ard, of the Arkansas City Traveller,
being ignorant of the finance ques-
tiOn. He has just completed reading
the Romance of Copper Cent"
Fashion item from the Oxford Reg
lister: ITO make the new dresS-take
the material for two skirts and make
the sleeves, then take the material
for one sleeve and make the skirt.
Henderson, of Nebraska, has taken
down his lightning rod. He thinks
the crop of western electricity will be
small this year and that the expense
OF maintaining it will not be justified
by the harvest.
Marsh Murdoch has his meals
brought to the eyrie this week. Con-
ference is in session and there is not
room on the streets for both the ennis
saries of the Lord and the other fellow
and Marsh-he knows it.
This Office has been favored with
the nth annual report Of Prof. Shows
church bug experiments at the state
university at LawrenCe.-Oxford Reg
lister.
Is this new kind of bug, or are
we ignorant on bug-Ology?
A Miss Coin has been teaching
school in Oxford township, and is now
going to school to Prof. Massey.
These Coin schools are dangerous
things to tamper with. We suggest
to Prof. Massey that he keep his
weather eye out.
We have been watching the Eagle
for the announcement that chickens
were roosting high in Wichita-con.
ference meets there next week. Par
don us for suggesting it, neighbOr.
but it occurs to US that Eagles had
best get on the top round,
The Oxford Register rises to in
Quire If John Ready, the goose thief
in our jail, is a descendant Of old
Aunt Ready, Of gray goose" fame.
We turn the matter over to Wellinz-
toms legal adviser, who will please
give chapter, section and line.
A Republican at the Oklahoma CITY
convention arose and Indignantly
said to the chairman: "Younp man
| was a Republican before you was
born" The chairman came hack.
shut up' l will be a Republican
when you are dead. Sit down'p
Judas G. Carlisle, formerly of Ken.
tuckyi is going to make a non.parti.
san speech to the laboring people Of
Chicago, Vic Murdoch suggests that
if the free silver people capture the
Democratic convention, Carlisle is
likely to be a uon-partisan candidate
for president.
The Eagle says "Wichita men ara