The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-10
Along the Kansas Nile,

Abilene has placed Quo Vadis in one o.
its Sunday school Libraries.
One Of the elements Of Leland's strength
is that he is always against Topeka.
The men who have been accusing Leland
of being boss, have just been forced by
Leland to allow him TO prove it.
It is going to be a wet year in Kansas
and the Republicans campaign thunder
will be the natural thunder itself.
John Seaton is putting lots of money In
! circulation. His latest scheme is to dis
tribute a circular to all the Swedes in
Kansas in his own behalf.
What little desire Kansas has for war
is based on a belief that it would over
shadow the politicians of whom Kansas is
weary. sick and disguised
Topeka is so badly ratified over its own
! badness that a policeman there the other
night arrested a paralytic old gentleman
on the charge of being drunk
| His congregation is so enraged over the
charge against him that they have asked
| that Reverend Embree be retained at the
| Topeka church for another year.
1t is feared now that Topeka will not
have her auditorium completed in time for
use by the Republican state convention.
But Hutchinson has had an auditorium
for years.
You can have some idea how big Kan
sas is, if you will pause as you SIT out
in the front yard in your shirt sleeves
and learn that at Atchison men are clean
ing off the streets ice that has been there
three months.
The spring is here and the tumble
weeds. old newspapers and dry leaves
have started on their annual scheme OF
being on the south side of one hedge
fence one day and on the north side OF
another hedge fence the next
The Populist attempts TO beat Leedy
for the nomination with man named BOD
Sample will fail, Of course Leedy has
made as good a governor as II IS posi-
HE for a Populist TO make and he ought
10 be appreciated by his party
Hutchinson has the congressional con-
vention in May and the state convention
OF Republicans in June Hutchinson
stood b. Wichita two years ago in the
convention matter and the bread on the
water scooted back after many days In
good shape
Mrs. Walkup-Ketchan ot Chicago IS
having trouble with an attorney. he has
tied up her l.fe insurance money in New
York. She has gone after him IN the
courts. No spIndle-shanked shyster OF a
Chicago lawyer will ever beat the charm
ing Mrs WaIkup.
4 Populis:s who told Briedeuthal 70 his
face the other day that even Il We have
prosperity. YOU should let the Repubh-
cans discover it was called BY Brisden-
thai a poor, ignorant fool That VAS
what the man was. whether Mr. Bred
elthal called him that or not
While the House was clamorinE for way
and almost everybody made 4 speech. the
Kansas crowd O. congressman sa- Ike
oysters-dunb They aye ROT % blame
They are merely subject 70 the present
Kansas calr1-sn i1explicshle an5 Eu-
precedentsd thing for Kansas in tine %
excitement
The PopuIist Flzmbeau club q Topeka
has resolved 10 have primaries a its ozu
10 select state delegates a. which Demo
Gratis viii not be allowed 70 vote. Their
primaries Vii not amount 20 anything.
IN Atchison. Les-erEorta. WysuEotte.
Shawnee and Setgwsck counties TIE Pop
ulists with any influence act vita TIE
Democrats.
In ne event of Va- every Kansas poll
tictaa who runs for county oelce all b 4
asked why he Is not out HgAting for n. /
country and IL ne can Rot Elye Z salts 4
factory answer he viii be beaten 4.s 4
elected The politicians have razre6 a 4
go-od 6ezI about their lore OF country. /
The people want them to prove Il