The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-06
MAVERICK IKE's VIEW.
he Takes sidelong Glance at Politi-
cal Situation.


To the Editor of the State Journal:
Il sees by this yere paper" said
Col. Cactus, popularity known as
Maverick Ike. as he sauntered up to
the bar in the Purple Tom Cat Saloon.
that these we're double-x-bar brand of
durhamS up in Kansas gets a whole lot
malignant an causes Gov'nur Bailey
to throw his hand in the discard an de-
termine that he lays down the reins of
government an takes hold of the pillow
handles an yells 'gid-dap at a pair of
mules.
Now owns property in Kansas an
keeps sort of deSultory tab on this
yere Bailey, an while he don't pack my
political brand none whatever. I i'm
bibes the notion that he grades export
on the hoof. 1t also per1neates my
think mesa that this yere Senator Bur
ton-him who begins to toll the pesos
onto his range with the wireless svs-
tenn as soon as he's elected to the SEN
ate-is the f1rewater these we're Diggers
take when they hits the war path
against Bailey.
1.-THE actions of this yere Burton an
his herd of mavericks figs me plumb
fulI OF marvel, an my aforeformed
opinion about senators havfn' integrity
an dignity to build corrals with an use
in the cook shack, proceeds to get it's
hobbies off an hit the high places for
the wonder range. l marVelS how they
manages to permeate the precincts of
the first families of Washington, but
when reflects that a claw hammer
coat an negligee dress are the main
assets of Washington society nv think
tank ceases to agitate itself nightly.
81 feels sorry for this yere Bailey but
1 reflects that all this yere trouble
comes from crowdin' a Gamer into a
palace stock car an tryin' to learn him
| to eat oats an baled hay, an this is
! just what Mr.. Baileys party done
when they elected this yere Burton. Just
| as soon as he S hair got to layin' fat
an he got a Slaunchwise look at him
self in bar mirror it straightway
! permeated his think arroyo that he be-
longed to the export class an was
worth fancy price on the hoof
This We country is possessed of a
| whole lot of foolS-nice ripe fools that
ought to be stacked before they mould
in the wind-row-an' they amt confined
| to the class that buys circus lemonade
an blows out the gas either However
[ shorely observes that it's about as
| cheap to keep some of the critters in
| Washington as it is to build new asy-
| lums here at home. There's a whole
| lot of people in this country that thinks
a man holdin' office is the kind of crit
| ter that ought to be shipped in for
crossin' with the longhorns an If this
| was done that it would result in an an
imal that wouldn't need to be intro
| duced to the butcher till they got to
Liverpool. However I observes thai
| I've seen some mighty fine longhorns
| off an alfalfa diet an some dI1rharns
what had browsed around the sage
| brush until they would need affydavits
to convince people that they were the
| same whose name appears on the herd
book as Sure Promise No. 1885, de-
seendent of Lord Aberdeen Angus The
IA. About all this election business
does for man is to enable him tt
raise his ante an drink a little better
brand of booze.
81 indulge in the reflection that this
yere Bailey an his brand has a rounl
up one of these yere days an that this
we're Burton herd gets horned away
from the water hole so strenuously thai
they'll plumb forget its location
well, barkeep. you sets out some G.
that quick oblivion you dispense to the
sheep men an I'll drink to the ole
toast: There's no dog of mine there.
Eowsumever I sympatizes with a dos
that's a fighter whether he's possessed
of judgment or not.
MAVERICK IKE