The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-15

mind, they might see abundant reason to
| change their hastily-conceived opinions.
! If these persons really wish TO know the
merits Of the case, the Tribune would
| earnestly advise the perusal of General
| Davis's testimony before the insular COM
mittee and also the speech of Mr.. Long
| of Kansas IN the house and that Of Sen
ator Ross of Vermont on the constitu-
| tional aspects of the question"
Mr.. Bailey of Kansas, these latter days
of the session, is developing into quite a
speaker. He made his first effort the
other day while the agricultural appropri-
alton bill was under discussion. His
speech was mainly political, and was a
severe denunciation of the opposition. It
was a good speech, and was listened to
closely by the house Again, on two
other occasions, he spoke briefly Mr..
Bailey's earnestness and forcefulness Sc
cure for him close attention, no matter
what the subject If he should decide to
make a set speech on any proposition he
would have no difficulty now in COM
manding attention.
The Kansas colony was augmented this
week by the arrival Of Harvey F1em-
ing. OF course, as Mr. Fleming is now
managing editor of a Missouri newspaper
he perhaps Is not quite a Kansan, yet he
will always he that more than anything
else. Mr.. Fleming is here on matters con-
nected with his paper, and one OF the
first things he did was to get interviewed
on the remarkable energy Kansas City
has displayed in taking steps for the i'm
mediate rebuilding Of it's convention hall.
Judge W. c. Little Of Wichita spent
several days in the city this week.
A. c. Jobes, bank president and Santa
Fe director, paid a brief visit to Wash
ington the latter days of last week. He
expects to return to the capital later on
In the month.
Department Commander O. H. Coulter
Of the G. A R. of Kansas is here as
member of the executive committee Of
the national G. A. R.
J. N High of Arlington, Reno county
Kansas, is in the city. Mr.. High was
formerly chief of a division in the gen.
eral land Office, and has many acquain-
tances here in and out of official circles.
John Seaton Of Atchison, the veteran
politician, delegate to the Philadelphia
convention. etc.. was here this week.
The Washington Post says: Some men
are speakers of their state legislatures,
and some men are doorkeepers at the
United States senate. 1t isn't often that
one man occupies both positions. Door
keeper Weilep enjoys this distinction.
He was speaker of the Kansas legislature
when Senator Harris was elected to the
senate, but this high honor did not pre-
vent him from coming TO Washington
and sitting patiently in chair all day
by the door which opens upon the SEN
ate chamber from the private lobby.
Weilep has now gone back to Kansas,
There is another senatorial campaign in
progress, and he proposes to run for the
legislature again. If he IS elected, he
will be a candidate for speaker. If there
should be a deadlock. nothing would
please him better than to come back to
Washington as a senator, and speak a
kindly word to the doorkeeper who has
taken his place.
Pensions have been granted to Mrs.
Annie NJ Harrison, Harper; James N.
Seip, Fort Dodge, and Mrs. Eliza Hindes,
Mitchell.
When Joseph Bailey, the former lead
er of the Democracy, first arrived in
congress, he insisted upon the sergeant
alarms deducting from his salary for
those days upon which he was absent.
Now, this Democratic statesman who
makes speciality of the constitution and
glories in being better than his colleagues
can go off on a campaigning tour for
seat in the senate and draw his congress
sional salary without doing his conscience
the least bit of violence.
R. H. FAXON.