The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-27
WINTER IN KANSAS.
An October Blizzard IN the Sun
flower State.

Snow everywhere. The trees along
the avenues are dropping with their
burden of snow and sleet, and the
walks are Uttered with branches broken
off by last nights storm, or by the
weight of the wet snow clinging to
them. The telephone wires and
even those of the electric
car lines hang festooned with ice.
1 started to take car into the
city, but after wasting nearly an hour
along with party of grumbling citi-
zens, most of US plunge through the
slush as last resort, and reach the
CITY only to find it pretty we'll par
alyzed, so far as business is concerned.
A procession of cars stands on the
avenue waiting for the repair of some
break in the wires, but soon they be-
gin to move, and are reinforced by a
heavy snow pillow, which clears the
way. And this is not the Attic regions
in October, but the land Of sweet pota-
toes and MISUNDERSTANDING in
the bowery capital city thereof.
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This is only way Topeka has of
trying to break the record. 1t is not
the kind of Topeka I used to know in
the seventies, when street cars, electric
lights and even water works we're mere
localities. It is Topeka after the boom
has struck it and left it, after taking
in good share of the adjacent prairie
and plating it for additions. While
the city has dropped back little from
it's high water mark of 10000 popula-
ton, it still remains handsome iu-
land city.
Kansas politics are usually OF a
pretty warm variety, but as near as I
can learn, General Apathy controls the
situation here as we'll as in Minnesota.
An old politician told me few days
ago that the so-called Leedy gang is
doomed, however light the vote may
be, while the chances are favorable for
gain of three if not four Republican
congressman. My authority is vet
eran Republican editor, who character
lied the present Populistic admins
tration in language more vigorous
than polite. Two bumper crops in
succession insures the doom of Popu-
lism in Kansas.
Mckinley day at Omaha witnessed
a Yeritable overflow of humanity, the
paid attendance reaching almost
100000. don't want to be in such a
crowd again. It was jostle and crush
ali day, and a great swarm of human
kind surged and buzzed about the la
coon and in the midway like bees in
their time of swarming. In order that
the president and his party might be
able to see something of the exhibits
in the main buildings, most of them
we're emptied of spectators and closed
for several hours. Our party found
perches along the colorado, between
the electricity and manufactures
building, and after a tedious wait,
President Mckinley appeared, hat in
hand, bowling pleasantly in response
to the ovation of cheers which greeted
him. An ambitious mother pushed
her infant child toward the president
as be passed, and no doubt she will
boast to her dying day that the great
war president paused to give benev-
olent smile of recognition to her little
one. After Mr.. Mckinley came sun
dry members of his cabinet, and a
party of military notables, including
General Miles, Sumner, Lawton, Gree
ly and others. The great crowd showed
their partially for the president and
for General Miles by cheering wher-
ever they appeared. In the evening q
a colossal head and shoulders of
Mckinley appeared above the grand
plaza outlined in electric lights.
Of the exhibits within the grounds,
the most interesting to me was the
thousands of we'll dressed, self-respect-
ing American citizens, of all ages,
sexes and nationalities. Notwith-
standing the rather dyspeptic views of
your gifted contributor from St. Paul,
[ have faith in the common people of
this great country. They may allow
the other fellow to get the Offices and
l.