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Herald sep 3

ANOTHER KIND OF "BILL."

While congress is engaged in discussing
the details of the dry, dull bill intended to
relieve the financial stringency that prevail
in the country, Chicago and all of her visitors
are discussing a "Bill" that is neither
dry, dull nor uninteresting. This "Bill" is
Buffalo Bill, and from the unanimity with
which he is supported there is no prospect
of his ever being repealed. Temporary
closure will be applied Nov. 1, but until that
time the discussion will grow warmer and
warmer, and the stampede from the opposition
ranks, if there is any opposition, will be
so great that his success will be unprecedented
when the roll is called. Like many
other good measures this "Bill" has been
improved somewhat by the Cossack amendment,
proposed by the representatives from
Russia; the Arabian amendment, supported
so strongly by the Bedouins and Syrians;
the soldier amendment proposed by the
originator of the measure, Nate Salsbury,
and so strongly supported by
the representatives from the German,
French, English and American armies. The
original "Bill," that embraced the Indian,
cowboy and Mexican features, was considered
very good. Amendments have improved
it, and the final one recently
adopted, and which provides for the perpetuation
in the hearts of the people of a
monument to the gallant Custer and his
brave soldiers, ensures the support of all
classes and the eternal popularity of this
already favorably received "Bill."

Seriously speaking, the entertainment
furnished by Buffalo Bill and his Wild West
company is without question one of the
most popular of the kind ever put before the
American or any other public, and the merit
of its many features and of the exhibition as
a whole is such that the patronage bestowed
on it is full deserved, and Colonel Cody and
his managers must feel justly proud of the
strong endorsement they have received.
Two performances will continue to be given
every day, at 3 and 8:30 p. m.