The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-04-03
are making no showing. This is just
naturally Mckinley Bill year.

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Kansas City Star: Is there moth
ing connected with Wichita but
whisky? Is there nothing to talk
about in young city of Wichita's
population save prohibition and re-
submission? Is the whisky business
Wichita's only business? Is there
anything going on in Wichita except
anever-ending fight "bequeathed from
bleeding sire to son" to defend the
inalienable right to sell whisky by the
drink? 1t would seem so from the
prOclamatiOns, utterances and inter-
views of and with the Government of
Kansas and most of the official and
political intelligence that reaches the
outer world from Kansas. The uni
verse is supposed to be constantly at
the telephone asking the question,
"How many joints are now running
at Wichita?" 1t can hardly be sup
posed that all this can be of benefit to
Wichita, and Wichita should yearn
for a chance to "shut off," "All the
world and the rest of mankind is
longing for rest. Three full days
with not a word from Wichita about
whisky, or joints, or prohibition, or
resubmission, or "Tiger Bill" or the
Police Commissioners, would be a
boon to humanity,
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VIII White: Prof. Blake, of the
University, turned the "X" rays on
Charley Scott's hand at q meeting of
the regents, and found only bones.
When Del Valentine was regent he
might have found as high as two pair
or bobbed-tail flush. The University
is retrograding. Moro of Cy Leland's
"methods."
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Minneapolis Messenger: We have
forgotten just what st. Patrick's day
day is celebrated for, but we believe
there is legend that st. Patrick
comes out of his hole on that day and
if he sees his shadow he goes back
and drags spring in the hole with him,
where they both remain for six
months longer. From this custom Of
st. Patrick comes the expression, "put
him in the hole" COMMITTEE of the
hole" and other holy expressions.
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| Marion Record: The prosecution
of the man Rogers, charged with
burning the county records in order
to enhance the value of his abstract
books, cost Harvey county twenty
odd thousand dollars. This is awful.
The officers who saddled all this ex.
pense on the people ought to be de-
nounced. And the law Furnishing such
fellows as Rogers ought to be result
mitted and repealed. OF course it
should. Nobody but crank will in
sist upon laws being enforced when it
costs anything to enforce 'em, any
how. The way to do is to find out
what laws the criminal classes object
to, and do away with those laws as
soon as possible, to save expense.
Ascertain what mean things the vici-
Gus fellows want to do, and then in
stead of saying they shan't do it,
license them to do it. That's the way.
That promotes harmony. That makes
peace. Let the slogan be: Repeal all
laws that cost anything to enforce,
and license every body to do every
thing they want to that's mean.
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JetOeU County Republican: The
Populists thinks they are going to
make good deal of hay this fall out
of the silver issue, but we think they
Will have to change their name and
change their clothes and Otherwise
disguise themselves before they cut
much of a swath. Some Repu blicans
want silver, but they are not Pops by
long sight.
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Great Bend Tribune: There is no
absolute proof that Solomon ever liv-
ed on a claim in western Kansas, but
a careful reading of one verse in the
first chapter of Ecclesisstes is convinc-
ing that he did. He says: "The wind
goetb towards the south and turneth
about unto the north; it whirleth
about continually and the wind re-
turneth again according to his
circuits"
Topeka Capital: The way the Re-
publican state conventions are coming
out for sound money looks a good deal
like stampede. Ohio, Iowa, Mime