Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-12

The Hon. Jerry Simpson will greatly miss
himself in the Dsxt congress.
The free silver cause is not yet dead,
BY placing a finger on Colorado a faint
pulse beat can he detected.
TIE North Carolina Democrats not only
wiped out the negro Enajorities but wiped
out quite q number OF the negroes. r
The smslines> of Mr.. PETERS vote may
b. dle 20 the wicked campaign raanor that
ne had cui off several feet OF his wh!skers.
That 2-.e9 Republican majority IN Cali
fornia SHOWS that the Pacific coasts en-
ihusiasm fer imperialism is quite robust.
Spain wants sae.GN."g for the Philip
pines. bur if she can get So cash she would
90 well 10 close The deal and make on: the
papers.
The Jackson count: plan OF buying Up
negro voters is al least a few degrees bet
ter thar The North Carolina plan of slaugh-
tering them.
Senator Quay is 4 stubborn sort of crea-
tuTe VINO refuses to consider himself re-
bGked even when he has only q paltry
1Jln.t majority.
l. must be admitted that the Republican
party Of Missouri is not Yet ready TO fur
nisa testimonials as TO the beneficial re-
suits of boss-bouncing.
Havana's request for the privilege of con-
tinuing bull fights should not be hastily
refused. II denied this sport tn TOW
might resort TO football.
The Pennsylvania people show 40 little
Mr.. Wanamaker may conclude to take re-
form off the bargain counter.
In packing up his effects for a return to
Washington, Statesman Bailey will not
overlook u large bundle Of ~antagonism to
dress suits ard Imperialism.
Colonel Bryan is not greatly surprised.
He rather expected the money power to
take advantage Of his case of lockiay
and make off with the country.
Here Is the true explanation. Populism
was merely organized discomfort growing
out of hard times. and the return of pros
perity killed the unsightiy thing.
Jerry Simpson will be sure TO attribute
his defeat TO Wall street gold. but his con-
stituents know that it Is simply a case
! of dumping refuse into the ash heap.
-
Carl Schurz recently declared that "the
| republic is d doomed If the policy of the pres
| ert national administration prevails" Mr..
| Schurz may now bring on his doom.
| Owing to circumstances over which he
| has no control, the Hon. Joe Bailey. states
man and authority on the constitution, will
not preside ever he next house of repre-
! sentatives.
1t will be roticed that the wave of war
| enthusiasm did not wash the sunny South
out to the polls and deposited their Gus
tomary beastly majorities.
| According to a Spanish paper, the
, United States has lost its place among civ
| ilized peoples. II the Spaniards are a fair
| sample of civilized people. the United
states is to be congratulated on its LOGS.
-- srT
A Kansas City organ has discovered thai
| President Mckinley will not permit Ton
| Reed to be speaker OF the next house. No
body viii be more surprised at. this infor
| nation than Mr.. Reed. unless II be Presi'
dent Mckinley.
Kansas is far in advance of Missouri
politically. Kansas sometimes goes wrong
| heels over ears. but she comes back with
mere vigor than she went. Missouri plods
along year after year. stepped In moss
backism and voting her forty-year-oId pref.
udices regardless of issues and conditions
Poor old Missouri.