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WHY Is THIS THUsY

Somebody hands the following "prct.
ty good one" to an eastern paper. 1t ie
from an octogenarian Democrat to Mr..
John Quill, and reads as follows:
DEAR SIR.-This is the cussedest
country that ever was seen. Which is
which! What is what? Where are
things? What do things mean? Here
there was an election In Kentucky the
other day, and the Democrats had 60.
600 majority. The WoTId said 1t was q
great victory. Now there is an election
Ii Maine, and the Radicals have a ma
jority of 10000, and the same paper
says 1t is also great victory. / don't
understand it. Ii one dog fights an
other dog, does one dog beat whether
he does or not7 If the yellow dog gets
whipped does he whip the specified
dog? And is it any proof that he raj
lied or got up q reaction7 i can't
grasp 1t. 1t never used to be go. This
Is another result of eight yesrs Of Rad
1cai rule. This is what Freedm1s's Bn.
rean has done for us. If this IL so.
heads and tails are both tails. and botk.
heads. I'm you and you're me, and
were both each other. Inside out is
inside in, and upside down is right side
up, and topsy-turEey is straight. and
the deuce takes the ace and they both
take one another. Il don't make anv
dlnerence whether am an oyster OF n
democrat and il ] don't drink rum /
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MARION COUNTY.
MARION CENTER, Kansas,
October "a. 1868

OCTOBER "A, 1908.
EDITOR NEws-Dear SIR: knowing
that you take much interest in the po-
liticaI affairs of this portion of the State,
l send you the result of the meeting ap-
pointed at this place on Friday last by
G. V. Eskridge, F. G. Hunt, and others.
These two gentlemen started for this
place to fill said appointment. Mr.. Es-
kridge was unable to get here, but Mr..
Hunt came and found good and ap-
preciative audience-ladies and gentle
men-in attendance. He spoke about
one and a half hours-paid glowing
tribute to our acknowledgements, Grant
and ColfaX; spoke of the consistent
course of Hon. Sidney Clarke-upheld
him in his position on the reconstruc-
tioi. acts and the great Usage treaty land
swindie, and convinced almost the
whole audience that it was impolitic to
put any other man in his stead. Pass
ing Mr.. Clarke, he noticed, briefly, the
candidates for the several state offices,
and then took his seat, the audience
applauding him loudly.
Isaac Sharp, the Democratic candidate
for State Senator i'll the 18th district,
being present, Che having an appoint
ment to speak here the next day. some
three or four Democrats called him out
and he took the stand and spoke about
two hours. He having occupied part
of the time at Mr.. Hunts meeting, it
was agreed that Mr.. II. should STAY I'M
til to-day and Mr.. Sharp was to divide
the time with him.
At the appointed hour the meeting
was called to order and Mr.. Sharp took
the stand and spoke about one and a
half hours. During his speech he re-
ferred to the State Normal school and
said that if he was elected he would not
vote dollar to the support of the school.
He took his seat, not amid the applause
of the listeners, for all looked solemn.
Mr.. Hunt took the stand and replied
to Mr.. Sharp's speech of the evening
before and of to-day, and l cannot say
too much in praise of his effort. He
completely "'scooped" Sharp on ever;
POM, and although this was Demo-
Cratic meeting, under the call of Sharp,
when Mr.. Hunt closed his remarks
Sharp refused to reply to him, and the
meeting broke up with three cheers tor
Grant and Colfax and then three cheers
for f. Hunt, of Emporia, and marry
cheer for Sharp.
Yours, &c, REPUBLICAN,.
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MEAD-SHARP.

Our accounts from the 18th Senato-
rial district are encouraging, and care
full, accurate judges assure US that Mr..
Mead's election is certain. Looking
at it from our own standpoint we
should say that nothing but division
among Republicans in Chase county
could prevent complete Republican
triumph. The Republican majority in
that county on full poll is at least one
hundred and twenty-five, and if this or
even one hundred majority is given to
Mr.. Mead we regard his success as
assured. Republicans OF Chase county
will you do SO foolish thing as to di-
vide on the eve of election and sacrifice
not only your own interests, but those
of the great party whose triumph
throughout the nation is assured, and
with which you should be in entire
harmony? With us, as we have before
remarked, it is no personal matter. We
desire the complete triumph of Repub-
licanism. We want every portion of
our State to vote for Union and Peace.
We know that the MATERIAL INTERESTS
OF our WAOIC AnOCLAOA 0AA AAOANAOA SOuA-
ties are identified with the success of
Grant and Colfax; and that the men
who shall serve them in the State Leg
islature should be those who can best
represent to Republican State and
National Administration those interests.
Hence we hope and work for the election
of Mead, McNay, Case and Wilson to
our State Legislature. They can better
serve their constituents than their
Democratic opponents, and represent
political principles enduring as mankind
and on which all Republican govern
ments must be founded to be prosper
Gus.
Republicansi War Democrats
Lovers of Peace, Union aud Liberty, in
Chase, Marion, Morris and Butler conn
ties, give to Mead and the whole ticket |
an united and effective support. Do
not suffer your counties or district to
be in alliance with distracted, defeat |
ed, disunion, and retrogressive party,
which, while claiming the honored
name of Democracy, is really corrupt
and despotic in ali its aims and tenden-
sies: See that you have out a fall vote.
Spend next Tuesday in what will be .
Anal effort for your country, and you
will have Peace and Prosperity a. .,
ssAWn tsF y0uT easeFtn
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90 drink It, and vice versa. No won
ger we have earthquakes and such con.
xuisions. l am not mad bat soon shall
that proves that Democrscv viii yin
ought to vote the Radical ticEst
oughtn't II That would defeat tbS
Democracy, and yet it would give them
q s'great victory" If I vote for SCI
mour it ought to elect Grant; but WSlI
it? Will it? Why is this thus? WIN
are things so mixed? 1t seems to me-
that could sit down and cry almost
exactly like asbaby about it.
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PROSPECTS OF THE a. T. & s. F.
RAILROAD.

This week we were visited by several
members of the company who have TIA
ken the contract for the construction OF
road. Their names are Henry Reyes
of Vermont, President of the Connect
cut & Passumsic Railroad; Charles w
Pcirce, of Boston, and G.. w. Cobb
of Vermont; Mr.. Pierce being Treas
urer of the company, and the other gen.
tlemen members of the Board of Direct
ors; also, d. L. Lakin. of Topeka, and
Col. Lawrence, of Burlingame.
From Mr.. Lakin we learned the fol-
lowing facts: That the road is to be
built to Burlingame by the first of next
July; that the sum of four hundred
thousand dollars has been paid into the
treasury; that Mr.. Peters, the compa-
ny's engineer, is now at work at Tope-
lla, examining the routes; that the
wheelbarrows, picks, spades, ETC., for
the grading are now at Topeka, and
that it is expected grading will COM
mence next Monday, or early in the
week-that there is no sort of doubt but
that the road will be built 10 Burlin-
game by the specified time.
The above named getlemen came here
to look at the county, and at the prospect
of extending the road to the Neosho
Valley, at this place. They propose to
build it here and beyond, to the south
west, if they are satisfied that it will
finally pay to do so. We believe they
were highly pleased with their visit
here, and at the inducements for extend
ing their road to this part of the State.
They spent Tuesday in riding about the
country, in company with citizens of
the village, and being men of sound
judgment and far-seeing shrewdness,
with very considerable railroad expert
ence, they could not come to any other
conclusion than that the road, built to
this place, would at no distant day be a
paying investment for them, as it
would do the entire business of a large,
productive, and rapidly growing dis
trict of country.
The people along the line of this road
are under many and lasting obligations
to Mr.. Lakin, Col. Holiday and others,
for the untiring energy they have dis
played in getting the road on its pres
ent footing. They have overcome every
obstacle, and to-our certain knowledge
they have not been few, and have tri-
nmphed after many vexatious delays,
and at the sacrifice of their own bust
ness aRd comfort
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FREE SPEECH THROUGHOUr OUR
LAND.

AT meeting of the War Democrats
in New York, the Hon. hr. Brewster,
of Pennsylvania, said that Mr.. Grant
recently addressed friend in these
words: sSThis much wish, and de-
clare this to be my policy: That snch q
degree of peace and tranquility shall
exist in this country that man may
speak his mind in every part of our
great land, and that without molesta-
ton or hindrance."
HIn the world, to day, no prcuder name
Is borne on any breeze,
And with Grant TO steer the ship Of State
Our nag shall rule the seas.
No Dominion shall be north Of Us,
And south Of US no foe,
Our Stars anal Stripes in the CanAdas,
And likewise in Mexico:
For with President Ulysses
viii be few who care TO fight;
May he rule the country he has saved,
And God defend the right"
Miles OReiHv.
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Doc. Newton, who signs himself
"boss Tanner" and who used to be
known here as ''Old Piety," writes to a
friend in this place as follows, from
Oswego, Kansas: 1--WE have a compa-
ny of eighty Tanners in Oswego, and
yet they come to our standard every
day. We are making this little cool
for treason. Rebels cannot live here
for the reason that we have no whisky
shops, and are building school houses
and churches. Our town moves along
with telegraph speed. Houses grow
up as by magic. Trask, and in fact all
the EmpOria friends, are doing WELL"
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ECONOMY CLICK.

We clip the following paragraph,
from the White Cloud Chief: We can
testify to the truth of the statement.
from personal knowledge, that he al
ways voted in the Legislature to make
the expenses of the State as big as pos
sible, that he might charge extray-
agance on the Republicans, as thew
were the party in power. With this
idea he always supported all the propo-
sitions for daily papers, extra books.
maps, postage stamps, ETC., for men,
beers.
The Chief says:
Mr.. Click, the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Kansas. is severe on
Republican extravagances, and profuse
of promises what he will do to save
money, echen he as elected Governor.
IL is notorious fact that while Click
was member of the Legislature. he
was the head man in favor of every
scheme to squander money. He was
an ardent champion, in the House, OF
the first appropriation for the Capitol
building, which sum was virtually
wasted. At the supper given by the
people of Topeka In honor of the sue
cess of the appropriation scheme, Click
was the pet, on account of his valuable
services. He made silly little speech
on the occasion, in which he pronounc-
ed that appropriation grand thing.
Once he went into Q Republican Con-
vention, and was nominated and elect
ed as Republican. This was q piece
of strategy to obtain influence in the
party. Once, when advocating extrava-
CANT appropriations, he said that the
Legislature was largely Republican,
and that party would be responsible
for all that was done; therefore he
meant to work to make the expenses IS
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THE GREAT DEFEATED.

Where HOW is the -.Deerfield farmer"
Where now is the s'Deerfield farmer ~
Where now is the "Deerfeld farmer"
Seymour Of the horny hande
He is planting patch OF melons.
He is planting patch Of melons,
He is planting patch OF melons,
Flowing up the Salty Landi
Where now is Blairing Francis,
Where now is Biairing Francis,
Where now is Blairing Francis,
With his sword and frey brand(yll
He's got tickets on the steamer Ku-Kiux,
He's got tickets on the steamer Ku-kIux,
He's got tickets on the steamer Ku-Klux,
A iight-draft, fast-sailing, low-pressure,
side-wheeI boat, due November 4, in<the Salt
River Land.
Where now is George II. Greenbscks,
Whore now is George III. Greenbacks,
Where now is George III. Greenbaeks,
Searching for the Promised LandI
He went up with his rag-tag Escort,
He went up with his rag-tag Escort,
He went up with his rag-tag Escort.
Safely to Salt River Landl
Where now is Vallandioham,
Where now is VallanDIGham,
Where now is VallanDIGham,
Who leads the ''martyr' bands
Hewent up in a red-hot canvass,
He went up in a red-hot canvass,
He went up in a red-hot canvass,
Safely to Salt River Land.
Where now is little Sam Carey,
Where now is little Sam Carey,
Where now is little Sam Carey,
Has he reached the Promised Landf
He vert up in his eight-hour chariot,
He went up in his eight-hour chariot
He went up in his eight-hour chariot,
Safely to Salt River Land.
Where now is Tom A. Hendricks,
Where now is Tom A. Hendricks,
Where nov is Tom A. Hendricks,
Hope he's gone to the Promised Landi
He can't be Governor, he can't be Senator,
He can't be Governor, he can't be Senator,
He can't be Governor. he can't be Senator,
For he's bound for the Salty Land.
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A serious earthquake occurred in
California on the 2lst. Many buildings
were injured, and others demolished.
It seems to have been the hardest on
the made ground in the lower part of
San Francisco. Some twelve distinct
shocks were felt during the day, the
first one at 80 a. m. The people were
greatly alarmed and excited, and many
injured buildings had been abandoned
at last accounts. The ground where the
earthquake was the hardest, was the
same as that most severity affected by
the shock of 1865. Only few persons
werc killed.
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ELECTION RETURNS.

The News Office will be headquarters
for election returns next week, and we
urgently request some friend at each
precinct in Lyon, Greenwood, Butler,
Chase, Marion and Morris counties to
send us the returns by the first mail
after the votes are counted. We want
to have pretty full returns from the
above counties in our next weeks is
sue. We can do so if friends take the
small trouble to send us the result in
their respective precincts. Remember
this, and send us the returns.
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LATEST INDIAN NEWS.

4 dispatch from Fl. Wallace from
Col. Carpenter, of the 10th cavalry, has
the following information:
Have just arrived at this place. On
the 18th we were attacked by about
four hundred Indians, on the Beaver,
sixty miles east of Clusters trail, about
seven o'clock A. NJ. and fought them
until two P. NJ, when they withdrew
with loss of nine men killed, three OF
whom remained in our possession, four
ponies and a number wounded. We
have three men wounded and have lost
two horses in the fight. We did not
succeed in finding the 9Th cavalry.
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We have every assurance that the
Republicans of Southwestern Kansas
are thoroughly awake to the import
ance of doing their full duties next
Tuesday. Those who have been can
wasting in Lyon, Greenwood, Chase,
Butler, Marion and Morris, give excel
lent reports of the buoyancy and good
spirits of the Republicans. If we mis-
take not the Republicans of Southwest
ern Kansas will give good account OF
themselves on the Sd proximo. We
hope to give good report in our next
issue
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CAMPAIGNERS.

| The Democratic diet-a beat.
The girl that Tilted uendricks-Indi
| Anna.
A place for Ohio Democrats to go
Chagrin Falls.
Wanted-A Democratic candidate for
President. No Democrat need apply.
An intelligent Dimmychrat at Car
thage, Ohio, voted boot and shoe cir
cular instead of ticket.
Preston, who fought in the rebel ar
my and nominated his cousin, Frank
Blair, for Vice President. has been par
doned. For which of those acts?
The True Democrat, the leading Irish
journal of New Jersey, has hauled the
names of Seymour and Blair down and
run up the names of Grant and Colfax.
Blair says: " If they (the Radically
don't know anything about shame, it is
our duty to teach them what it is"
Farnk is teaching US by example.
Ihope the loyal people of the nation
will see to it that no man attains public
position, who has at any time sympa-
thized with the rebellion, or for one
moment doubted as to his duty to our
common country. The success of the
Republican ticket in this contest is the
salvation of the country General 10.
Hooker.
The present position of the Demo-
cratic party is very much akin to that of
the two shipwrecked soldiers, who, find
ing that their frail raft was rapidly 60
ing to peices, said, one to the other:
Horatio-''Frank, can you pray?"
Frank-E|No; can your"
Horatio-"No, but something must be
done id quick"
The Free VIII Baptist General Con-
ference held its session in New York
last week. On Saturday last they took
an excursion to Niagara Falls. On their
return vote was taken, with the fol-
lowing result:
Grant and COlfax ..-......-.... 49,. 143
Seymour and Blair Observation-Disclosures. oil
Majority ..-.. 143
shall catch most terrible fall,
If stay on this platform ut all,
Cried Seymour, preparing TO jump,
With his heart and his boots in a lump;
For the timbers are breaking,
And the whele thing is shaking,
And it won't do for two, Mr.. Blair,
So I'll leave it for you, Mr.. Blair,
And IN climb down and stand on stump.
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The johnson County Democrat is
new paper just started at Olathe. Gates
& Patrick are the publishers, and John
NJ. Gifin editor. The paper is started
on the ruins of the Olathe Central. It
must require an extraordinary amount
of courage to start Democratic paper
at this time,
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A correspondent of the Lawrence
Journal writing from Little Rock, Ar
kansas, sends the following paragraph
which he says he finds going the rounds
of the papers: E'Gen. Albert L. Lee,
formerly of the 7th Kansas cavalry, is
Senator from one of the parishes of
this city, New Orleans) sa practising
lawyer, is State printer of the recon-
struction government, and is worth
half million of dollars.
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A dispatch from Cheyenne, dated
9th, says: Particulars have just been
received from Perry Station, near Elk
mountain, that band of Indians had
attacked Hauts 8 Halls train, loaded
with railroad ties, at noon Sunday, and
killed four whites and captured four
feen vnuIes.
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heavy as possible, and then charge the
extravaganza upon the Republican par
ty. A nice man to protect the interests
of the State, trulyi Squander the mon
ey for which the people are taxed, in
order to make q little political capital
against the opposite partyI
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Every man on the Republican State
ticket is worthy of the support of every
Republican and friend of the true in
terests of the State. Tho men are hon
est, true and capable, every one of them.
Let there be no scratching of the State
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NEXT TUESDAY

We "mOve on the enemy's
WOrks!"
Close up the lines and prepare
for the last charge. ~
no time for laggards.
Every man must be at his post.
"Push Things"
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The West Virginia election which
took place the other day resulted in an
Other Republican victory. We are get
ting so used to them that this one
scarcely excites notice. The majority
will be upwards of five thousand. All
three of the Congressman elected are
Rannbl;caDo
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Judge Lecompte, of Leavenworth, re-
fuses to accept the Democratic nOnina-
ton for District Judge, and announces
in the Times and Conservative, his In
tantfoR 70 support Grant pnd QoIfsx. !.
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The Printers Union, No. 6, of New
York, has admitted two women as
members, with full participation in bn-
siness matters. Women will receive
seven dollars 9 week while unem-
pIoved.
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Murders of Union men in the south
by the Ku Klux still continue. Several
have been killed since our last issue.
This business will stop soon after the
9TH of next March.
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Republicans, be on hand next Tues
day. One day for your country. Re-
member the sacrifices that have been
made to save it.
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We learn from the Topeka Record
that the new Indian regiment was about
full on the 10Th, and that recruiting had
been stopped. Twelve hundred head of
horses had been purchased, and it was
expected the regiment would take the
field early next week
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The official majority in Ohio for the
Republican ticket is 1900.
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Majority.
The spiritualists, in convention a

The Spiritualists, in convention at
Topeka last week, decided to put mis-
sionary in the field, to travel, lecture
and organize societies throughout the
State. A considerable amount of funds
were raised to bear the expenses of said
lecturer, and appointments viii be
lAade sOosk
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w. B. Parsons, Esq, of Burlington,
is an independent candidate for Judge
of this judicial district.
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There are more troubles in and near
New Orleans, and all the negro police
officers have been superseded.
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"a. II. HORTON,
Presidential Electors ID. r. ANTHONY,
IL. s. KALLOCH.
Congress SIDNEY CLARKE.
Governor JAMES n. HARVEY.
Lieut.. Governor G. ". ESKRIDGE.
Secretary Of State THOMAS M0ONLIGHT.
Auditor A. THOMAN.
Treasurer .. GEORGE GRAHAM.
Attorney General "A. DANFORD.
Assoclafe Justice d. NJ. VALENTINE.
eup't. Public Inst'n PETER MCVICAR.
judicial.
Sudge 5th DiStTict ..........J. II. WATSON.
Senatorial.
Senator 18th Dist. EDWIN TUCKER
Representative.
04th District, -: JACOB STOTLER.
OoIn Distr1css CHARLES DRAKE.
Clerk OF District Court. MOVES sPIcER
PROBATE Judge, -..,........W. X. BOGGS.
County Attorney, $500. p. B. PLUME.
County supt. Pub. InsHn A. ID. CHAMBERS.
County Commissioner. d. L. WARD.
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