Kansas City journal., 1897-06-08
KANSAS TOPICS.

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upon the question of whether or not Kan
sas can stand another daily paper.
Entirely too much of the 4th of July
programme at Florence is devoted to aero
nautics. 1t includes Governor Leedy and
a balloon ascension.
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! Having settled who is the oldest editor,
the newspapers of Kansas are now engaged
| in fierce fight over which county sent
the only honest member to the legislature.
Webb McNaI will take notice that the
| Metropolitan is still doing business and
that the United States court is patiently
waiting to be defied. If Webb doesn't shoot
pretty soon Bob semple will have to take
the gun.
In his decision in the legislative investiga-
ton case Chief Justice Doster appears to
have incorporated an opinion upon every
burning issue with the solitary exception
of the one set forth in John Breidenthafs
letter to Congressman Vincent; The
danger we stand in is Of having our fel-
lows bought up"
Another Populist law has gone glimmer-
| ing. Judge Bland. of the Atchison district
court. on Saturday decided that the law
providing for the interchanging OF district
| judges was unconstitutional.
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G. T. Parvin. of Burton, has been taken
| to the insane asylum. Mr.. Parvin de-
cIares that he has been dead for two weeks
| and says it is a shame that the author-
tiles should allow a fostering corpse to lie
around unburied.
To-day" saws the Atchison Globe. ''the
| New York Life Insurance Company sent
| the heirs of w. A. Edison a draft for 5000.
No will hal = the agent
arrested, as McNall has ordered that the
| New York Life shall not do business in
| Kansas The same company lately sent
| the heirs of B. F. Wallack draft for
| 81, $50"
In recounting the marriage of Miss Au-
gusta Nav, the Marion Record overlooked
| an opportunity to quilp a fine joke at the
| bride by telling her that in due time she
| could resume her maiden name without a
divorce.
Those Sixth district Republican papers
which are declaring that, with the excep-
tiOn of Jerry Simpson. no Populist from
Kansas ever attracted any attention in
| congress. overlook the fact that Congress
man Billy Baker established the record
of being able to chew plug tobacco and
spit more scattering than any other man
who ever went to Washington.
Kansas is the greatest place on earth
for breaking records. 1t was related in
these columns a few days since that DIR.
Walker, of Galena. claimed to be the
champion baby doctor of the state. having
officiated at the birth of 1.2S7 of the little
fellows. However, he hadn't walked
around with the blue ribbon long enough
to get it soiled when DR.. Conrad. of New
ton, came disputantly into the ring with a
record of 2.O24 babies.
Jerome Entrekin, the old man who is in
the hands of the United States authorities
at wellington for sending improper letters
to young girls, is brother to John c. En-
trekin, who was adjutant general of Ohio
under Governor Mckinley.
The Guthrie Capital recounts the home
coming of Lewis wilkins. the Oklahoma
giant, who has been exhibiting himself in
Europe for several years. wilkins is 8
feet and inches high, weighs 365 pounds,
measures IS inches around the chest, wears
No. 10 hat, No. IA glove. No. 20 COL
lar and a No. "a shoe. In coming across
the ocean a special room had TO be fitted
up on the Normannia so that he could
stretch out in bed. He is about % years
old and expects to grow several inches
taller.
The Pops are fighting Governor Leedy
in a dozen different parts of the state at
the same time Ex-Sheriff Arnold, OF
Cherokee county. was recently appointed
superintendent of the Hutchinson reform
atOry, but when he found the governor
intended to give him no voice in appoint
ing the subordinate officers. he declined to
accept the place. Last Saturday he said
to the Columbus Courier: THE trouble
the big head. He imagines that he Is a
great deal bigger man than he really is,
and we will have to take him down a few
notches by and by"
Urcle Billy Keethly, a well known farm
e. Of Franklin county, recently died at Po-
mona. Uncle Billy was Democrat, and
never could reconcile himself with the
prohibition law. Once he was elected road
overseer for his district but when he went
to take the oath of office before a justice
OF the peace, he refused to sign until the
words, except the prohibition law" had
been written in the instrument right after
the clause binding the obligator to sup
port the laws of Kansas. Afterwards the
county commissioners refused to accept the
instrument in this form. but Uncle Billy's
Democratic yearning for Office was so
great that it overcame his Democratic an
tpathy TO prohibition. and he signed the
document in proper form.
Amende-honorable item, from the Atchi-
son Globe: The young man who wrote up
the county high school commencement at
Eff1Egham said something about Editor
Klineman being a singer, and taking part
in a quartet, but that the reporter could
not tell whether he sang bass or snare.
The intelligent compcsitor (who is also
abused q good deal unjustly), set it up
snare, but the editor. not being familiar
with the joke. changed ii to 'snore." The
editor very much regrets his hasty action.
for bass or snare" seems to be very good,
after YOU think about 1t.
As an Illustration of how the Populists
treat a member of the legislature who
votes his honest convictions we subjoin a
series of resolutions adopted by the Pop
ulist central committee of Dickinson coun-
ty at a meeting held last week:
1.-THE Populist party stands pledged by its |
platforms 10 the enactment Of maximum
rate railroad law as a measure for tenn |
porary relief pending government owner
shin. and George W. Hanna in accepting |
the nomination OF the party for the SEN |
atorship and election at the hands of Popu- |
lists. bound himself to do the will OF his |
marty. Rv his action in the senate in op- |
position 10 a fair maximum rate law he |
repudiated his obligation, set himself |
against his own people. deserted his colors, |