The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-31
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
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chance To boost his mans boom an
other notch. Gibson was a delegate in
conventions twenty years ago when
John Carpenter started up the political
ladder. and he mas always kept to the
esteem and friendship formed years
ago.
If ex-Mayor Charles A. Fellows will
not tell the story on himself, there are
always friends in the crowd who will
Not long ago Fellows was in Kansas
City, as it happened. at the same time
that Senator Burton was so1ournlng
there. In the lobby of the Blossom
house they met Burton was rushing
through the corridor at a swinging gait
when Fellows recognized him. To-
peka'S ex-ma yOr steered straight Tor
the Abilene man as unerrlnsly as a
place-hunter. with outstretched hand
The target stopped hurriedly. exclalIll-
ing: "Hollo; now. how much of my
time do you want2"
peka man. as soon as he could eaten
breath Simply want to say Good
morning.
Smith Center is preparing to snuD
other short-grass towns since Joe Bur
row has announced himself as a can
didate for secretary Of state. and an
up-to-date liveryman is to put In two
Dan Dyer and Billy Nelson Smith
county has for some years been known
as the land where the Populist can
belly up to the crib and not go away
hungry, so the sages are counting on
Joe Burrow to redeem it If he gets the
nomination.
The last time Burrow was down to
Topeka J. ". Conway gave him this
kind of a send-off:
In another paragraph you will notice
that we inform you of Joe Burrows de-
parture from this city to Topeka with
our local statesmen, but the polltlcal
inference of this pilgrimage is not what
inspires this second paragra phi
Joe lives in Smith Center, is now
president of a big bank, lives in a pal
ace and on the fat of the land. He
comes to Norton in order to take
Pullman berth and sleeper in rapid and
heightened comfort. When he made
Norton years ago it was under differ
ent circumstances. He was then mail
carrier from the Center to this outpost
and drove a rheumatic animal tied to
a rafting blackboard In travelling to
and fro he laid in his commiSSary, a
grub box. the supply of bacon, beans
and corn bread to last the trip. cooked
these by the camp fire and slept under
the canopy of the Stats in the buck
board the sleep of the blest- By IN
dustry. economy and loyalty to the
party of prosperity he can now snore
in a palace car while spinning the sun
burned trail he sWeltered in years ago.
He can can now touch button. and
when Scipio Africanus bows at the door
Joe can say, Waiter, a dozen cham
pagnes for three When in the mall
service back IN the seventies his Ian
guage was Mrs. Milk, could you spare
me a penny's worth of COW juice for
my barley coifee2' The west is the
place of transformations Yesterday a
Jehu. today Solomon; then buck
board. now a golden chariot; Whlom
mo ~
once a Joe Burrow, always Joe
Dandy
This is really the first off year in poll
tics that Kansas has ever endured
Consequently there is lamentation
amongst some short grass editor who
miss the price of announcements be-
cause successful candidates are going
to be frightfully few One enterprfsirg
soul however. with an air Of noble
rnartyrdom, asks the candidates to step
UP to the desk With their announce
ments nevertheless in this WISE we
don't see how we are going to get much
fun out of politics this fall with only
township officers. and here and there .
county commissioner to elect But LETT
make all out of it we can We hope to
have several lively candidates for eaicn
Office and we guarantee to give eacn
one all the encouragement possible and
still be CONSTANT Announcements in
the Weekly Blank, gentlemen, will be
absolutely free to all except the sue
cessfuI candidates Our advice to all
is to announce early and fake a redhot
campaign"
Isaac Sharp. an ancient Democratic
landmark in Kansas. died recently in
Washington He f1ourished in Morris
county in the early SOS. and when Nor
ris was the only county in Kansas to
give a majority against Abraham Lin
coin He served in the legislature OF
1868. and was the Democratic nominee
for governor in 1870. This will be news
to most Of the latter day brood of
Democratic fighting cocks in this state