The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-27

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meet them at the train and proceed to some
point where these country people could ge
q good view of the Union depot. and from
| thence to the Coates House, where the
visitors would be permitted to eat a good
| Missouri dinner of corn-bread and pars,
MOS without paying in advance. This was
| received with the widest cheering, but
| when Mr.. Watson said they would be IN
vted to hear Murat Halstead lecture, but
| f their tastes Were such they might go 10
| some theater he spoiled the whole trip tc
| Kansas City. Every editor there had prom
| ised TO take his wife or sister TO her to a
good show. But this talk of Mr.. Watson's
brought the matter to q square-toed public
issue ana instead OF turning the editors
loose at their own sweet will. it put them
on their dignity before the social set down
| there Most Of the women looked disap-
| pointed, made faces and declared they
I wouldn't go 10 Kansas City at all, but Bill
| ~ Morgan, Ed Greer and Tom McNeal got
| together this 10, rn:ng and arranged that
| the excursion should be extended so that
| the editors could go TO hear Halstead for
| the purposes of dignity and to the theater
at night 10 pacify their families. There is
| something radically wrong when a Kansas
| editor can't find a way out.
| Seats in Library hall, where the editorial
association was held, face the west. All
| the editors twisted around and sat with
| their backs 10 the state house south, ex-
cept j. z. Junkin OF Sterling, who lost his
| bearing and though; the capitol building
was in the ether direction.
Ed Little srvs all this newspaper talk
about the dogs OF Egypt barking at the
pyramids simply goes to show how much
people think of dog-fght.
A prominent Pop in Topeka said last
night after looking over a list of bills in
troduced tlat II was a mighty good time
for some man to enshrine himself in the
hearts of his countrymen by blocking leg
isiation a little up at the state house.
Frank Flenniken, who is secretary OF the
board OF railway commissioners and also
secretary to Secretary Sterne, drew his
salary as Mr.. Sterne's clerk yesterday, and
Auditor Morris held him up on his voucher
for salary due as secretary Of the commits
sioners. The funny part Of the deal is that
Flenniken went after the little pile first.
Keefer of Ieavenworth is said to be so
affectionate for his bills that he goes to the
docket clerk every morning, gets them and
after counting them over and smoothing
them out, hands them back to the clerk
nd he ha in ha
noon.
d. o. McCray, who writes for the st.
Louis Republic said something naughty
about the immaculate Ops. Titus of Har-
per county go after him as an old hen with
chickens flies at the wayfaring hoglet and
ran him out of the senate. It's Mes time
to come back.
Ed Little went to sleep at Halstead's lee
ture in Washburn college the other night
The ONLY thing that Ed regrets is that his
chin got down right in public.
The Pop legislators are getting on to the
ways of the capitol When one of them
makes a motion to adjourn now he very
frequently leaves out any mention Of IN
hitching.
Hon. T. A Russell Of Kingman came UP
to Topeka yesterday and visited represen-
tative hall. After few minutes he con-
Guided ne was mistaken and slipped out
quietly and asked one of the janitors where
the state house was located This is the
state house." said the oolored manipulation
OF the room.
mo it amt" replied Mr. Russell, you
Mort Albaugh many a time. This is the
insane asylum
Governor Leedy thrust of his official bur
dens and went TO the Editorial association
last night Tom McNeal responded to Cap
tain Waters address of welcome He be-
gan with Adam and touched up the gov
errors message on the way down ana
while the crowd roared Leedy turned to his
wife and said very dryly: wish 10 God
every one of them blamed dogs had aided |
before Ed went to Egypt
Fred Vandegrift Of the Kansas City Star
viii have a bill presented for the immedi- |
ate suppression OF irrelevant and chronic |
jokes and jokers. This also will go hard |
with Leedy's message.
At the conclusion OF Tom McNeaps re- |
Spouse at the Editorial association last |
night young western Kansas editor turn |
ed 10 Governor Riddle and asked: who is |
McNeal?',
Mr.. Riddle said: 'It's Toni McNeal-.
And that was explanation enough in Kan
sas.
As soon as Governor Leedy heard OF the |
proposed extension of the metropolitan po-
lice commission 10 Hutchinson and Newton |
he said. Gentlemen. It won't do. Thi.
Is stretched now til you
can see through Il, and If you add another |
pull il viii be ripped clear up the back"
1T VIII be iirpei anyway" came in
chorus from the committee OF fellows who
hadn't got anything, and Immediately Mr..
Leedy was so busy he couldn't see them
any longer.
The house committee on judiciary local
has reported all bills for the hanging OF
names OF persons unfavo-ably. which dis,
poses or them. =. l. Brown. chairman.
SAID IN reference t., the matter: There is
no Use il persons oanunr TO the legislature