Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-01
MIR. SIMPSON AND MR. BREIDENTHAL
Wall TOGETHER.
AGREE THAT DEFEAT IS CERTAIN
NEW STORY ABOUT THE LATE
HARRISON kELLEY.
How He became Disguised With
.cbrfstiaufty~-lIr. keIlcy's Joke
ON Gene WHre-RcpTesrnta-
tive Peters Outlines
HIS Policy

Coulr..---nau Jerry Simpson mad just drlll-
"a iu from Washington, ana was telling
The newspaper correspondents what haNoc
,,. ,ay- tariff bill would play with the
American people, how II would MAKE the
ron richer and the poor poorer: how the
,-,r,r.. rorlla not expect to become prosper
ars .gitn additional burdens Of taxation
E.a-.aI 1Uou their shoulders. This task
conducted. Simpson and Breidenthal went
into executive session-that Is they
thought they did-in Breidcnthals private
room.
..'The PopuIist party in Kansas Is
,oDer. John" remarked Jerry. salt won
save it," Then. in 4 despondent way ne
continued: Big crops. the rotten f"p
legislature and this d-d tariff biil' com
bined. have done the work.
That's the way l nave II slIeu up
too" said Breidenthal
No way TO figure anything else OUT oI
it." dolefuIly spoke the sOckless states
man. we may carry the Sixth and Sew
enth congressional districts, but that Is
extremely doubtful We have made good
deal Of fun about that wave Of prosperity
hui IT'S coming and il will not be long in
reaching here, either What argument
can a Pop put up TO the Kansas Farmers
telling how miserable they are when they
are receiving from 65 cents to 50 cents
bushel for wheat and are out OF debt ana
have n bank account Absolutely noth-
ing. With such a condition. all OF our
isms fall to the ground. It looks ID
blue"
..Tt links so rocky that under no cir
cumstances would l want TO be chairman
OF the state committee next year, Tephea
Breidenthal. Il may ne a ia 1901 On
some propositions, but not on TINS one.
on. no, / am getting out of this thing
lust in time. ! will let some Otner IeitON
sweat blood and drink from the eittef cup
Of defeat. / went through the i1e"tlLhs
campaign and know whaT'of. in store
Thank God. my commission as bank com
missioner runs for four years. BS tlat
time l will have some other place IN view.
- l feel sorry for the boys who have 20 90
against u next year =.
u may possibly pull through" repi. ed
Simpson, but sure as fate the RepunLlcaiis am.
will elect six and possibly eight congress-
You would be surprised how the people
are loosenng up Their thsr pgT9g 9s5s, stres is coming
out from hiding and to-day the 6aa1s OF
Kansas have S4.000.g00 in money above me
amount required by law; and IN my Juug-
nov on than 1t ever has. 1 saw the hanu,
writing on the wall some weeks ago ana
played a slick little game with a view
of helping out our party by issuing a can
for statements showing the CONDITION OF
the state banks. / made the call so that 1
could get the figures tabulated before the
tarif BIZ went into effect. Had ] waited
until now, the Republicans would have
said the tariff was what did Il. SO head
ed them on on that But l am naXins liaN,lis "a q
hard time standing OF the restoration OF
confidence argument. Do you know now
I get around It? Wen. III tell you. | sim
ply had to make the bold assertion that
he kansas farmers had sd Jested their af-
fairs to 40 cent wheat and 10 cent corn.
! had to declare that at thpse prices the
that Knocks out the old theory Of the Pops
but what else could 1 dO2 Nothing else
under the sun that ] could attribute the
evidence Of prosperity to: don think tne
people will swallow the thing, but It's the
best l had" -ss - r--.. .r.E
Just then the whistle blew and the two
left the office for a hotel where they IN
ished the conversation at the dinner table
Tbs simple funeral service conducted IA ST
Monday at Ottumwa, Kas.. over the body OF
the late Harrison Kelley. who was a con-
spicuoUs figure in Kansas politics for more
than a quarter OF century. recalls an in.
:eresting episode which completely changed
his religious views. In the early days OF
lis manhood. Mr.. Kelley was a devoui
Christian and "A regular attendant al
-hurch. He came to Kansas and settled In
Hoffey cOunty-which was then prO-slavery
Mr.. Kelley was an abOiitionist of tho
strongest type. Somewhere and in sons
way he got hold Of little colored girl tC
raise. The next Sunday he had his wifi,
dress the little girl up in as neat a 1res:
ss was the custom for children to wear IL
those days and started her to Sunday
near there. The colOred girl went 10 tn,
church, but the preacher, who was pro
slavery. drove her home. He said they
didn't allow 'niggers' TO attend that Sun
day school. Kelley had always thoug n
that Christianity did not discriminate as L
color. This made him angry.
The following Sunday he told his wife I,
dress the little colOred girl up again and
that he would take her down to SundaJ
school and see II the preached would no
admit her. While Mrs. Kelley was get
ting the girl ready, Kelley loaded up hi
Old muZzlc-lOadinE shotgun with buck
snot He put in an extra big load. so tha
over his shoulder and took the girl by III,
hand and accompanied her TO the ChurCN
They reached there too early by an II
50 Kelley sat down on the steps " I
waited. As soon as the door was op4 /
by the man who acted as sexton KeN 4
walked in with his shot gun and his i
ored girl. He took a front seat. The III
sas near him, while his shotgun laid scrOA
his knee. The preacher came in after
While and opened the meeting lie wou,,
read passage or the scripture or follow
the words of a sung with one eye and keel
the other on Kelley and the gun ri
never said a werd in protest OF the pres
enCe of "niEEer.' and everything paSse,
of quietly. When the service WAS over
Kelley gathered uD his gun ana his littl
colored girl and went home. The next sun
day he sent the girl alone and there va
no objection to her attending. She after
ward attended Sunday school regularly an,
the preacher never said a word ahoUt IL
The action Of the preacher in barrini
out little child from Sunday school jus
because she was OF color so di~Euste,
Kelley With Christianity that he never So
his foot inside q church after that eNcep
10 attend the funeral of friend or rcla
tive. His last request, made on his dealt
bed, was that no preacher be allowed q
preach u sermon over his dead body. Tn
re0uest was granted. and the service Las
No day consisted in the singing % fcy
songs and the reading OF a couple Of ad
dresses by old friends Of the deceased.
Harrison Kelley always enjoyed a goo
joke. II 10 was on the other fellow hi
side would shake with laughter. II
Wa re his De would not get mad becaus
the uIncT fellows sides would shake
Probably the Joke which he delighted [
ten more than any other was one whiC
he perpCtrJtGd ON Gene Ware. kelle
and Ware were members Of the stat
senate several wears ago at the same Sc
sion. the former from Coffey county an
the latter from Bcurbou.
II there were anything on earth abov
another that Ware detested IL was IN
thought of being az officer in the stat
militia or being tangled Up with IL In an
way he could stand almost anything bU
that keligL hngW ..y, T. so ne put up a hug
other members and told them to keep qlie
one day while business in the senate wa
dragging wCiTily along, Kelley introduce
uleut Cf Ware as mIl0r general % the KaT
sas militia Ware was absolutely dun
founded. He recovered sufficiently
threaten TO violate the rules and Swea
The resolution did not call forth a solitar
speech and the clerk proceeded with N
roll call. EvCrybody voted aye as the
fast about that time. What could he 4
10 tu~n the Joke. Every body knew whel
he stood on militia affairs. and II woul
T9ralyze him to let the thing proceed alon
the lines then being followed. He finall
decided 10 treat Il as joke. and IL noSS
hle. turn the tables on the other member
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