Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-04-23

certain language and hoped there
were no '.fops'' in this town. The I'M
regenerated thought he said Pops
and they were laying for him.-Logan
County Upper.
Grant Harrington has found a man
who has never seen copy of ''Coin's
Financial School, He says that he
reminded him of the freshman at the
State University who asked. "Who
was Judas Iscariot. anyway?"lGoye
County Leader.
Prof. Coin and Judas Iscariot? A
fellow might find discover an analogy
but it is rather far fetched
1t has been suggested that Cove
City organize IL club devoted entirely
to debating.-Leader.
A good thing. Push it along.
General Coxey can tread on the
grass in Havana all he wants to. What
do we hear from the General?-State
Journal
And how about '.Gineral'' Artz, and
Carl Brown and SIGH?
Here's good shot from George w.
Martin: 1.-THE Advocate lampoons E.
FL. Funston as ragged old hayseed
and contemporary refers to his boom
for governor as "From Way Down
Wander in de Con Fie'" That is the
organ of the party that began bust
ness as a reform movement of the
farmers to put farmers in office. So
far it has succeeded in putting in
Office lawyers like John Martin, old
ladies like PETER and loafers and dead
beats like Leedy.
People who are ranting because the
President didn't go to war two months
ago without any preparation invaria-
bly, say we're as well prepared as we
were in 1860" That's the point ex-
actly. We desire to- be better prepar-
ed. If the United States had been
prepared for war in 1860 three wears
with-it thousands of lives and millions
of treasure Herald.
The Republicans of Kansas are
making desperate effort to lie the
Populist administration into disavor.
but the lies are so crude and bunging-
lv drawn that they fall fiat and are
none Western Call. 1t Is
an undisputed fact that if Republi-
cans undertook such scheme they
would make it crude and bungling.
Practice is what it takes to approach
perfection. The party leaders should
look outside the party for practiced
liar if they expect to rout the pops in
Just why a Republican who joined
the farmers alliance in 1890 should be
a Populist of the present day is be
yond comprehension. The Populist>
have traded off everyone of the ole
alliance principles to get Offices. =
Hutchinson News.
Graham county has elected w. II.
Franks, A. N. Parks and III. A. Ket-
ner as delegates to the Beioit conven-
ton. They are uninstructed, but are
said to speak favorably of S. N.
Hawkes. candidacy "-Beloit Gazette
The Gazette can depend upon il
that old Graham county will drop on
to the winning man when it comes to
a show down.
The dollar is indeed almighty. 1t
the Archimedian lever that LIFTS the
Ill-bred man into society and places
the ignorant saphead IN the United
States senate; it makes presidents Oh
stuffed prophets, governors of intel
lectual geese, philosophers of fools.
and gilds infamy with supernatural
glory. 1t wrecks the affairs of inno-
cense and pollutes the face of the
people; breaks the sword of justice
and binds the goddess of liberty will
chains of gold. 1t is the lord of the
land, the uncrowned king of the COM
nwealth.-Irann'S IconOclaSt.
The above is being extensively
quoted by the PopuliSt press.