Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-17
HOW ED LITTLE FOOLED INQUIsI-
TIVE CORRESPONDENTS.
A CONVENIENT CONTROVERSY.
STATE LINE DISPUTE PUT To GOOD
USE BY THE KANsAN.
Made n Good Blind to Cover Up a Visit
to u Washington Girl, Whom Mr..
Little Hns Called Upon
at Divers Times
Before.

Washington, June 16-(SpeciaI) Ed Lit
| tie, private secretary to Governor Leedy,
| of Kansas, is smiling down both sleeves
| and the overflow goes into basket. all
| because he has succeeded in binding some
of the correspondents. The furious reports
he caused to be sent out about changing
the boundary line between Kansas and
Missouri to such an extent that Kansas
would be Missouri and Missouri would be
called Kansas. are all decoy ducks. Little
may be worried about the aforesaid bound
airy line, but there Is nothing 10 show for
1t. He may be worried all right enough,
but not over any Missouri-Kansas bound
airy line.
The warm facts are Little has a girl
Don't jump. but it's so, and, for a wonder.
he is trying to keep It quiet and he has
succeeded up to date all right. He has
friend also, in the land Office, and this
time the friend was used in the state line
decoy scheme. The land Office clerk chased
into print, looked frightened and tried to
act mysterious. and succeeded. All this
set things going on state line this time
Some time ago Little worked similar
scheme in the state department. He came
to see his girl. But ii happened that the
public was fearfully palled with informa-
ton about how the Cleveland administra-
tion was compelled TO make certain finan-
Cial allowances to the former consul gen.
eral at Cairo for enforcing prohibition and
Cairo. This thing went on until a very
respectable New York paper became very
much excited. All the while. Mr.. Little
shade bake. "Planked shad," and not by
boat which Is looked upon as great lux
ury, but by carriage. A ten mile drive
through the beautiful Maryland scrub
jack oaks. This was far preferable to the
common plan of piling up with the common
people on a boat.
Then. again, when Little was supposed
to be knocked into cooked hat by the
judicial information of Secretary Gresham
miles above the city. partaking Of a "coun-
try dinner" OF course a country dinner
was a change for the other party and could
be endured by Mr.. Little.
Just so this time Mr.. Little has been
out TO the country residence Of his friends,
whom he met while an important person.
age at Cairo. He has had a room at
hotel, but never IN" always out" but
the hotel people could not have given
more information If they had wanted to-
While those fearful state line blue prints
were in the air. Mr.. Little was located in
n hammock which, in turn, may have been
located near another hammock and the
gentle breeZes were caressing native for
ests with a commingling OF perfumed
shrubs Such has been the state line con-
troversy that has been raging for days
In this connection, what a pity Mr. Lit
tie did not come to the senate instead OF
that other fellow, who can never hope 10
want to come here for reasons as Dotenf
as can be shown by Mr.. Little
Mr.. Little did not take the train here
tonight for home. as he had intimated he
would, but the train, after winding out Of
country residence and possibly the family
carriage will be at the suburban Dear
Park station when the train arrives
MT; Little had nothing 70 give out con-
n good spirits and very much amused
over the state line game.