Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-01

| special fitness for the position on account
| OF his military bearing and inclination 10
| be- a bold warrior; predicted that the g. gov.
erncr would not hesitate A moment 10 sFdHt
| any request made by the majority, Oltn.SS on va
| legislature through a resolution ana ""unu
up by voting aye.
| cool deliberate way stated that when NJ
introduced that resolution he thought tHdt
the member from Bourbon would MAKE d
Mt official for the place. but inasmuch as
Mr.. Ware in his utteTanceS yust ~ DeLOis
casting mis- vote. had intimated thSf ttittt ~ nd
not in sympathy with the state mliliia aIu i
confessed mis- own incompetency 70 NJ tie
position referred TO. he tkeIleyl ntslIesu ~
the adoption Of the resolution, .n, mn 20 20
the other members switched from aye ~
no" Mr.. Ware tried 10 get the noor 70
change his vote or do something US ~ ~
the chair failed 20 recognize him ana the
clerk proceeded 10 announce thar the RESI-
luton WAS lost. only one memDtf-MT'
Ware-voting in the affirmative; The gqy-
ernor aid lust what Ware predicted, lie
| followed the advice of the legislature ware
was not appointed major general
while Tom Reed sat down on me quite
frequently during the extra sesslol OF SOIi-
Gress and did not give me the hon s.idIe @
Of places On committees, he DID me tuIn fIi
during the last day OF congress thdt WI
save me humiliation ana efnbdIfaSsiheIll
among my COnstitucnts-my Populist con
stitUeuts" said Congressman Jerry Slilp-
son 10 The Journal correspondent the other
: dIy ..ThOS- Seryiie tools Of the money
power OF the East who make UP the rec
ords Of the proceedings OF the mouse at
tempted to fix the records 50 as 10 put me
crosswise with the Kansas Populsts; anu
they would have succeeded II IL hdd not
been for Reed. During the nrst part OF the
last week Of the session MADE speech on
something or other-I forget what now
and in il I referred TO the brutal majority
Of the Republicans in the house. Inc re.
publicans took exceptions to the term, Dut
/ did rot withdraw IL. When II came 10 the
correction Of the journal the following uay
l discovered that ii showed that l had sdld
| frugal majority. l attempted 70 set ~
changed. but somebody made d mouon 10
adjourn. and 1 was left out: the next MORN
ing / got the attention Of the char ana
asked 10 have the correction made. The
clerks were then ordered to do so, 10! ana
behold. the following morning the recoIu
showed that | had said prudent majority.
Again / tried in vain to get the thlng cor
rected. Some one moved to adjourn. AS
soon as the house adjourned l went 10
Tom. they are trying to give me the
worst of II in this matter Of correction
What's up2 said Tom
Then / explained about the clerks in
serting. for the word brutal first the word
frugal and next the word prudent l tod
him that that would paralyze me with my
constituents. and 1 wished he would help
me- q. out, out; r,o ,,o rooor,s, soid Raed
Il did so and he looked over them. .,,
" Well. that beats h-l,' said Reed II
see that you get the correction made
And at the session that afternoon Reed
gave me a chance to make the correction;
| Wouldn't have been in a pretty hx had
| the records showed that 1 had called the
| Republican majority frugal or pru-
dent'?'
Congressman NJ. S. Peters, of the Second
| district. has caught the scrapping fever OF
Jerry Simpson. and he threatens 20 raise
all kinds of trouble at the next session OF
from me proposes 9pson fG @orA does ali his
| hghting with his mouth. Peters proposes
| TO DO his with his fist.
Efa rn11f IN nj hart n In a
| palace sleeper on his way from Washington
| the first of this week. Peters took an in
voice OF results so far accomplished by him
/ as congressman. He tried in vain to think
| up something that he had done to exhibit
| to his Pop constituents. he sprained ms
| brain thinking, and to save MS soul ne
| could not rake up an excuse for being in
| Washington during the recent extra session
| al all. He remembered how Simpson raised
1 the wind and got his name in the papers
i by fighting Reed. Then he drifted back
/ again TO his own case. -Four months IN
| his own home papers once was a record
! that he was ashamed Of. He became dis
/ gusted with himself. AS long as he was In
| Washington he did not mind it or give il
| any thought; the horror Of the thing came
oyer him as he e. appr9ac9eeSa, e a., nearer
| He determined to do something desperate
| next winter, and this is what II is as he
| related il to The Journal correspondent the
| ether day in the presence of crowd Of
Wyandotte, county politicians; 66t in;srd 70 make
| any long winded speeches. That's not my
| high card. But do propose TO ask some of
| those Republicans some pertinent questions
| when they get to discussing some Of their
| pet party measures. And want to serve
1 rotice right here and now that if single
| one of them gives me an insolent answer
| / will lick him in his seat II il is the last
| act OF nv life. Consound II / will sit and
take the insults some of those fellows pan
OF in reply to questions propounded. Not
while nv name is Nase Peters. III whip
| every man that insults me or ridicules my
auctions if IL is six a day. That's me,
| cCnscund itt