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WORKING FOR TIE PEOPLE.

We call special attention to the speech
Of Hon. VIM. A. Phillips upon the bill to
tax railroad lands, which has just passed
the House. The speech of Col Phillips
will be endorsed BY every man in the First
District 1t is certain that nearly all the
measures in Coosrs. championed by our
member are in the interest of the people Is
against corporationA 1t is only fair to
give him credit for his course. 1t is only
Just also to give Mr.. Phillips credit for
sound judgment and great influence in
securing the passage of bills through the
Houss in the Interests of his constituen.s
We truss this bill viii pas the Senate and
become q Law.
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NARROW GAUGE r. z. TO TOPEKA.

Ii the era of railroad building ever come'
again, and ve presume it will sometime
about the first road Topeka will be inter
ested in, will be q narrow gauge from Leav
enworth. 1t will probably be built from
Easton, using the present track to thai
place from Leavenworth. From Topeka il
will be built southwest through Wabaun'
zee and Morris counties, crossing the Sants
Fe road in the neighborhood of Florence OIL
Peabody, and thence to the border If the
State. 1t is only question Of time wher
such = road will be built.-1cpeku Common
ueaih.
If the proper effort is made, the road car
be built during the present year. The off
GERS of the road are at work.
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DoRcAs ALLIH KEErs on TALKING


LEAvENwoRrH, March 10th, 1876.
SISTER JERuHA There has been @
much news Of late to read and hear, that
could hardly command leisure to write.
Firt, in local importance, is the "misfor.
tune" Of one Of our State Senators. You
have doubtless seen an account of the
tampering with . bill alter it passd both
houses Of the Legislature. OF ooune j.
made good deal Of talk, andexcited much
wonder. Not 1t the commission of the
crime / haven't head anybody express
surprise at that-but that the game should
have been 20 foolishly played. Belknap,
too, is another unfortunate. While every
body talks about the repeated failures, in
the integrity of our public men, nobody
seems to heed the warnings given.
In local politics and national alike-the
search is not for honest capable men, Who
will iegislate for the public good, but
rather for those Who will run veil for the
party, and 70 run well-means to have in
6uence with the slums of society, and to be
abe to do-either personally or BY proxy
their dirty work to be the willing tool Of
monopolies and corporations to bow to the
whisky elenent; to Be possessed Of M
Known peiscip's; 10 have IN unlimited
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TWeek1p Gimes
THURSDAY. MARCH 10, 1876.
NEW sfIPSHIRE

The probability now is that the Repub'
licans will carry New Hampshire, Tues
day, BY . very fair majority. If the Gov
ernor ID elected BY the people it will be
disappointment to the Democrats, WHO
have hoped to throw the election into the
Legislature, q m.jority Of which body they
expect to control The chances are now.
however, that both Governor and Legisla.
ure will be Republican.
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oRv1LI CRAFTS fIAHsAcTIoHs WITH
DUkTKE & YEcK.

Our dispatches this morning state that
DIR. Terry, Of St. Louis, testified yesterday
before the committee on expenditures in the
War Department and ssated emphatically
that he knew Of no transactions between
Orville Grant and Durfee & Peck. Thi,
corroborates the report published in Tn
Tnn last week, Of an interview With Capt
C.K. Peck. The St. Louis Times has beer
moving little too fast this time. Another
campaign falsehood exposed.
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INDIAN TERRITORY.

| ANADARKA L. u, March y, 1916.
EDITOR TIM.s:-Having reached this
agency-with its delightful society-once &c
more, am disappointed by reason of not
finding the new agent-who is our friend
A. c. Williams, OF your county; regretful-
ly learning that the cause of his non-arri-
val has been severe illness, which, let US
hope, has now passed away.
This community is much interested in
the change of agents, because Agent Rich
ards has SO long held sway, that all have
become accustomed to look upon him as
counsellor, guide and friend. Some of the
old residents may think that the Wichita
reservation and agency without Jonathan
Richards cannot be, but they might do
worse than they will with Agent Will
liams. Our red friends express their in
terest in the change, and the hope that the
incoming may be as thoroughly their friend
and agent IS has been the present-soon to
be outgoing-agent.
For six years has Agent Richards labor
ed without ceasing, with an eye single to
the welfare of these affiliated bands,
through good and through evil report
turning neither to the right nor to the left
in his straightforward course for the benefit
of this people. many of whom bless the day
that he came among them. The boarding
school is d ,urishing, with about seventy
five dark-eyed children of the forest, Who,
nnder the watchful cage of their patient
teachers, are rapidly progressing in their
knowledge of the better way. The various
bands in charge Of this agency are prepar-
ing their fields for planting, and all is
peaceful As the most highly civilized COM
munity. Then, why should this condition
of things be changed, for any reason, or
upon any account. Whilst the adults are
quietly pursuing the avocations of peace,
their children are advancing As rapidly as
the same number of white children in any
And vet the proposition is
being renewed that all this be
over to the military, 80
that officers may have respectable employ
ment-and on the score OF economy"
With military posts comes whisky, and
the time for argument has passed
and my sheet is full. TRAVELLER
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MISCELLANEOUS.

SJeciai 10 Tie Learenaorth TImes.
SED.LIA, Mo-, March lib. +. keeney,
a well-to- do farmer, living a'out six miles
west OF this city, was arrested lat. tonight,
by Marshal Hartshorn, OF Sedalia, ON a
writ Of habeas corpus. K.eney received
by express, about the last q February, a
package, containing $4,000, which was sent
to him by his brother, John Il. Keeney,
from near Huntington, Va. The money is
supposed to be part Of that stolen from
the Huntingdon bank last September, as
John 3. Keeney is said to be poor man.
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THE WEATHER.


PROFESSOR ice freolcts the eetner.
Prof. Tice gave US, during the winter oi
1915, an accurate forecast of the weather
for the Spring and Summer of 1876. Hi
predictions concerning the present winter
have been reasonably ful6lled-not accu.
rately, perhaps, as those respecting the pre-
vious summer, but with reasonable fidelity
Certainly he is the most reliable weather.
prophet We have ever had in this country
and hence what he says of the coming yeal
is of interest. He refers to all the Miasis.
sippi and Missouri valley regions, includ.
ing Kansas.
From these predictions We may expect .
very early spring, with warm, ahovery,
growing" weather in May or June-six-
teen days of warm, rainy or cloudy weather
in the former and At least nineteen days in
the latter month. We may also expect .
warm and comparatively dry July, With
some showefy weather during the first few
days, and further on, few local storms.
There are other facts and observations to
confirm Prof. Tics predictions. Firs,, The
SHOWS in the mountains have been unusu.
ally heavy this winter heavier, even, than
last winter. Second, the winter has been
dry, and 10 therefore, likely to Be followed
by . wet spring. Third, the winter has
been unusually mild, and last summer vas
unusually cool; 70 we may reasonably ex.
pect that July and August viii be very
warm.
IT.. rr,f..,c, v,.>-l;rs. >l>~., H.. -.
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Administra tors Notice.

STATE OF KANSls,
LkAvESwosIH CocxTY,
IN the Prsosse Court in sd Jo~ sid Cosafy.
In the matter Of the Estale Of
JOHN B. WELLS, Deesa.sd
- OF CE - HEREBY CIV n, That Lsstsr,
- Of Administ' alton have b>ea gYaossS . ths
under.i. ned On tie stat Of John 3 Wsfin lafa
Of aid County, deeeassd. By hs Hsoss.b q The
Probate G ufto. tn tosniy and e 70 ,Sosc,sid.
datsd he 2s,h dsy Of Eeos ussy. .. , io7s
MARY WILL, Aa1t' isesst IL
Of the Estate OF Joan Weik DoeeanoA
P, bruary 2sth, 1876
II W1sass ssss ,, I, The uDAs Q gnsd, pfobsss
Judge "f Lsavoavo u 4 UNITY, hsvs
b rsto 81 ny II 4 and sAx.d ihs
r.,., aai of The sid PrUb lie Cur this nth
day of ffehruasy, 4. d 1916
SAN D. LECUAPTE,
mA2.v3t PTobAts Jude.
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Notice Of Final Settlement. I.

STATE OF KANSAS,
"oUNrr OF LKAvEyw RIM,
IN the Probate Court of said CevnSv sah yfo<s
la the mat .r oi ksla.e II
JyHAN A 4. HlArLE, Oecsssed.}
rREDITORS and al other ps. sons nteyeseed
~ IN the .fpr said Estate. are h~rs By notified
Jnat at the ,.xt regular tern Of The Prob.fs
o n in and for 50 d cOun'y, 20 Re begun and
acid q. the court room. IN the city and county Of
leayenworth. State Of . oressid, on the hrst
shall apply 10 the said couvs Tor . iull snd 6nai
.tl m~nt Of saih Estate, Johan A. C Aiapls !,
of L~avrnworth, ec~ased.
Leav ~ Orfh City, fehruarv nj. A d. INA
JOhAS "A LOUIS HIMP,E
Adm nstrstrix OF J. A. c. Himpie, Deceased
marI-w&t
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Notice of Final Settle ment.

S"ATE OF KAN-AS,
COUNTY or sAvKxwosTH
In the P,otaie Court o, said County ssd &sse.
In the NJ TIER The Estate Off
JANE I. JONI
iece,ssd.
rREDiTORS and q ! other persons inssr,sts I'm
~ sbe 40 esAid Estzs-. are hereby sosi6et that
N next rryu Of he Pro 0 Coart In
and f'r said u nty, 10 be begun and he'd % he
Probate Cou kOOu, IN the e. urt AO.se In thu
T. ~ and ount Of Lawn sor b, s.asr sf ssoss-
sai ;, on the D. 81 Monday The month Of April.
A. 1876, aai' app.y 10 III ssta Cut Eor .
u and hus setti ment Of sIid kssste.
fZ tkI g. dn.inissi saos With VII
annexed, OF the Isf.is OF Jsme,T Johnson, DE-
ranSsnoI's, Kansas, February 18th. 4. D. 1875.
mxfL-dIt-NAt
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FRAUD HADI EASY.

A Chicago dispatch, of . recent date
states - = positive fact, that there in an
organized company, which has its head.
quarters at Brooklyn, n. Y, got up e1.
pFessly for furnishing witnesses and pro.
fe.ional jurymen in the interest of the
whisky ring which the administration ha,
been prosecuting with such commendable
vigor fer several months. 1t is said also,
that this association has its rami6cations
through Chicago, New York. Philadelphis,
Boston, Cincinnati, and other cities, where
there are regular agencies, and that there
are a certain clas Of lawyers and private
and public detectives connected with them.
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A MYSTERY.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 10.-Capt. ]
Beck, a retired lawyer Of Mt. Sterling, Ky,
and gentleman well-known for relIabili-
ty, arrived in Louisville tonight with spe.
cimens Of flesh which fell last Friday
evening in Bath county. The flesh cover.
two acres Of ground. 1t resembled mutton,
and left traces of blood on the trees and
fences which were touched by the falling
flakes. Chic kens and hogs devoured it with
evident relish. The heavens we're clear,
the sun shone, and only floating cloud.
we're visible at the time-2 p. m, March 3.
Quantities of the flesh have been preserved.
That brought to Louisville was given 10
Prof. Lawrence Smith, 4 well-known scien-
tist, who says no doubt it is animal meat
He proposes making an examination to
morrow. One hundred persons are willing
to attest, with sfhdavits, to the truthfulness
of the entire matter.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 1l.-In regard
to the shower of flesh in Bath county,
Prof ]. Lawrence Smith, the scientist,
says in his analysis Of the specimens ex-
amined: ain my mind, this matter gives
every indication OF being the dried spawn
Of the batrachien reptiles-doubtless that
Of the frog. They have been transported
from the ponds and swsmpy ground. by
currents Of wind, and have ultimately fall
len on the spot where they were found" {"
HURRICANE.
QUINCY, Ill, March 1.-THE "whig"
has the following reports of the effects Of
the storm in Missouri last night:
The hurricane came from the southwest.
and struck Elizabethtown, on the Missouri.
Kansas 4 Texas railroad, about 4 O'Clock.
Some IL houses were prostraied, 5 persons
killed, and several severely injured, some
Of them fatally. At Hasson, on the same
road, three dwellings and the railroad de-
pot we're blown down, and three per-ons
killed. Wither's mill, near Hannibal, No..
was blown down, but no one injured. The
damage 10 timber and fences is very great,
and il 10 thought that further reports will
show . much greater los of LIE In Neigh
boshoods not yet heard from.
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OUGHT TO BE An EDITOR.

The New York Sun is persuaded that
Gen. Sherman ought to start newspaper
He has always % many good things to say
about passing events that he keeps the re
portes and interviewers very busy during
their visits to him At his st. Louis Office
His notions on most subjects are fresh and
lively, and there is often q puneency abou,
them such as We like to find in editorial
articles and paragraphs. One of his quail.
iications for editorship lies in his fixed and
unaIterable discrimination not to run for
PRESIDENT He declares that even If he re
ceiyed an enthusiastic and unanimous nom-
ina,ion, he would refuse to be Q candidate
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Admiuissrater's Nstice.
STATE OF KANSAS, 4.
LkAvxNwoRra CoUNIv.

STATE or KANSAS. g.
LEAvENwoRra CoUHTv
In the matter of the Estate Of
ERAsTUS RANUS. Dec ased.
In the Pso6a Court IL and (,y aid C5sasy.
AyOTiCE Is HE-t tBY VEN ,hs, Letters
~ Of admin tratioa have been granted TO
Io- undersigned on he Z rste Of ERAS1 Us
FAN, 8, laie of said Co. ntv. ceceasrd be III q
II. n ,rsbe. The r obat Cnu't TIE t.ur tv a.
Ia e aiore aid, dated The 7th day of March. A.
ID lss5-
Of the 1T te ~ EaA >TUS RAAUS, Lecsased
Mac 7;n 10
Il WITNESS wHsnsoy. ], he undevsi-n d, Pro.
Lste dge ef Leaves ~ossh County h We
eresO Gmv hant ssd a0xad e sal Of fhs
ss,d PrSbats Cea : this IN day 81 nereh, 4.
y. lCe. aA4URL d. 1xCOnfrt,
nagphDJW-8 i I4Dba1o JudGo.
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resolution instructing the committee OF
| military Affairs 10 inquire into the man
agement of the Soldiers Home and the Ma
tiOhal Home for disabled volunteers
Adopted.
The House then went into committee oi
the whole on the bill to crrry into effect
the Havaii,n treaty, and was addressed BY
Mr.. Luttrell and Others in support Of the
bill, but without acting the COMMITTEES
arose.
Mr. LEWIS offered . resolution recitinQ
the allegation that Chas. HAYS, of Ala.
bama, member of last Congress, had nom.
mated Gay Rosevelt Beardsley as cadet =,
the U. & Militay Academy from the
Fourth Congressional Districa Of Alabama,
and that Beardsley was Cot an actual bona.
fide rsaidens Of the district for four yean.
but that Mr.. Hayes had falsely certified
that he was, and, also that Beardslev'.
mother had paid Mr.. Hayes $1,000 for ,h-
appointment, and directing that thorough
examination be made as to the truth of the
allegations. Referred.
Alter some other important business, the
House adjourned.
WAMIHo1oS, D. C., March ll.-Mr
ATKI S, from The committee ON appro-
pristions, reported . bill .ppropriaiing
100000 TO supply the deficiency in the ap-
preparations for certain Sioux In iiaas,
Paeed
Mr.. COOKE, from the committee on
military Affairs, reported bill to equalizr
the bounties Of soldien of the late war.
Referred to the committee of the whole
and made special order for Thusday next.
Mr.. JENKS introduced bill 70 trans-
fer the Pension Bureau from the Interior
70 the War Department. Referred.
WASHINGTON, d. C., March 10.-Mr
WILCOX, Of New York, At the request OF
his colleague, Nr. Hewitt, offered . reso
luton reciting frun the reports Of the SEC
rotary Of the Treasury, thss between he
S1-t Of January and The 24sh Of February
there vas an increase of coin and bulIion
in the treasury to the smount nf SIS. S.OO0.OvO
and that befween The 24ih Of February ssd
the 26ah Of February there v.s REDUCTION
OF over 1000. .00o, ssd thst there Aoesu.-
tions, within % sh0ss tine, srquirs a
sxplanation, asd insesucsine d e.
nitsss On vsys md nsans 70 exnnine the
The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-03-16
Publication Notice.

STATE OF KANSAS. b.
LEAvkkwOxTH COUHrY
Ls the Probate Court IN and for said County.
THE MISSOURI VALLEY LIFEl
INSURANCE COMfArY,
fIainiiff.
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travagant in his figures. The
government was subs. .antially in the hands
Of the Democratic party in IS. sc, 81
and 68. The tax collec,ed on whisky dur.
ing these yeass was a. follows: In 1866
SI3, ,326, 800; in 1867, $s3, ,542, 900; in 1868
SIS, ,655, 900, and this with tax on whisky
Of 81 per gallon. In 1873 the tax collect
ed on whisky was $52, 100000 and this
with tax Of less than one half - much
a. that imposed under the johnson admin
istration. Could il be inferred from these
figures that when the Democratic party
came into power, it would bring . pznacea
for all these ev ls. The Senator had en-
larEed upon the system Of England. 1t
appeared from his remarks,
that he admired that country more than .
republic, and - the Democratic party was
exp~esed sooo 70 Be in power, they
could appoint this wise corpse for life,
and would Be- sure Of them being Republi-
cans. He thought that the civil service re-
form, proposed BY the Senator from Geor-
gia, vas very sweeping; why did he not
bring in bill to have il extended to all
the departments of the government, If life
term vas such good thing In other words,
Why not come out in favor Of monarchy in,
stead of republic! There was where the
whole proposition ended. He knew from
the investigation put on foot BY the Re-
publican administratio0 that he could not
point to any mistake where any surh in.
veetigaiion had been authorized BY . Dem
ocrsiic ADMINISTRATION. Mr.. Sanburn
brands the Credit Mobiler exposure - q
mere result Of an investigation set on foot
BY the Republican House Of Representa-
ivea, bat that party vas IN honest party
shich Investigated Its own membes and
punished them.
The debate was continued at length, and
participated in BY Messn Sherman, With
n, Edmunds and othen, but without ac-
ion the senate went into executive session
md suon afier adjourned.
WAseISGrox, d C, March lO-Mr.
TRELIN .HUYSEN prevented petition
4 Lsng.son, Bsuoks and other coloeed men
4 the i.i-trict Of Colsnbi., aeaiag that
be 4lh Of April next, the annivessary Of
mancipatioa In the District, b declared
,olidsy, % e.abls penoas enployed in The
|epast90b b attead ths mvahsg of lie
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speedy admission ~ States.
BY Mr.. BROWN. Granting the right ol
way to railroad companies through Indian
Territory.
By Mr. RIDDLE. Allowing three
months pay to officers and soldiers Of the
Mexican war.
Mr.. SOUrHARD offered a resolution
calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for
information as to defaulting internal reve-
nue. collectors Adopted.
Mr.. BAKER, Of Indiana, offered the fol-
lowing resolution
Resolved, That the people Of the United
States constitute one nation, and not a mere
confedefacy Of States. As q nation, tina,
Constitution vas formed BY the people, act
ing in their primary and individual capsc.
ity, through their dek gates thereto, duly
constituted that the government under the
Constitution is one Of the people, by the
people and for the people, and that in it,
appropriate sphere the government of this
nation is sovereign and supreme; that in
its nature it is permanent and indissoluble,
except by the action and consent of The
whole people; that no State has any right
or authority to judge Of the constitu,ionaliiy
Of laws enacted by ongress % - To nullify
the execution of the same, and that all
overt acts, BY any State or preople thereof,
Of secession tberefrom, or rebellion sgainst
the same. and Constitutes treason, and that
the late var of rebellion for the dismem-
bernment of the Union was causeless and
indefensible, on any theory Of right or Of
constitutional laws. He moved that the
rules be suspended, and the resolution
adopted, and called for the yeas and nays.
which were ordered.
Mr. COX asked whether it was In order
to read from the constitution these words /:
Done n convention by unanimous con-
sent Of the State-, George Washington."
The Speaker replied that that would be
in the nature of debate, and was not in
order.
The motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the reaolution was rejected-yeas 81,
naye 81. Tvo-thirds not having voted in
the Affirmative. Very iew Democ at. voied
sos it. among them we're: Messrs. DurzDd,
ysneks Mes, Phelps, Potter, Vance AMI
Willians, Of xichieas.
NJ. STONE Of Missouri, moved that the
The Wichita city eagle., 1876-08-24
Hon. 0. H. Sheldon, Of Burlingame.

1t is with unfeigned pleasure that
we note the nomination of Hon. o. ii
Sheldon, of Burlingame, as State Sen.
ator from the counties of Usage and
Wabaunsee. Outside the strength of
the nomination and its wisdom as q
party measure, the character of the
man, as well as the devotion he has
shown to that portion of the State
which has not tagged in energy for the
past fifteen or twenty years, is entitled
to the honor and distinction confer
red by his people. Through all the
dark territorial days, that tried mems
souls, as well as through all the trials
and tribulations to which Usage coun-
ty has been subjected, Sheldon has
ever proved the true citizen and un-
selfish man. Intelligent, honorable
square and hopeful he has ever been.
The fact that he beat as good man as
Sellers, of Wabaunsee, attests the
faith the people have in him.
The Wichita city eagle., 1876-08-24
The Next Senate.

The terms of twenty-six senators
will expire on the 4th of next March,
and their successors will be chosen by
Legislatures elected this autumn. OF
these sixteen are Republicans, namely !:
Clayton of Arkansas, Logan of Illinois,
Harvey of Kansas, Wright of Iowa,
West of Louisiana, Blaine (Morrilfs
successor) of Maine, Boutwell, of Mas
sachusetts, Ferry of Michigan, Alcorn
of Mississippi, Cragin of New Hamp-
shire, Frelinghuysen of New Jersey,
Anthony of Rhod de Island, Robertson
of South Carolina. ard Howe of Wis
consin. Nine are Democrats, namely /:
Goldthwaite of Alabama, Salisbury
of Deleware, Norwood of Georgia,
Kelly of Oregon, Cooper of Tennessee,
johnson of Virginia, and Davis of
West Virginia, and one an Independ-
ent, Hamilton of Texas In addition
to these, the new State of Colorado,
whose politics are in doubt, will elect
two Senator's and Louisiana will elect
a second Senator to fill the vacancy for
which Pinchback long contended.
The Wichita city eagle., 1876-08-24
John Guthrie.

The gentleman whose name is above
may well be proud of the final result
Yesterday, although he did not receive
the coveted nomination for Governor
of Kansas. Seven candidates for that
position have traversed the state for
months canvassing for that position.
All of them looked upon Mr.. Guthrie
as the man they had got to beat, and
consequently all of them worked
against him. We do not mean by this
that these candidates in the canvass did
anything disreputable, for we believe,
that perhaps with one or two excep-
tions the canvass was fair and upright.
What we mean to be understood as
saving, is that all the candidates knew
that Mr.. Guthrie was strong before
the people, and their efforts where di-
rect against him more than against
each other. Mr.. Guthrie also had 9TH
er things to contend against. The fact
that there were two candidates from
Topeka for other positions on the State
ticket, operated against him. Notwith-
standing all these things, Mr.. Guthrie
may well be proud of the result. From
the first ballot he continued to gain,
and not until every candidate except
the successful one withdrew and threw
their influence to Mr.. Anthony was he
beaten, and then by only small vote
in the largest convention ever held in
Kansas. 1t is known, too, that Mr..
Guthrie has canvassed the State but
little, He has stayed at home attend
ing to his own business, while his
competitors have been at work. The
result thows that Mr.. Guthrie has
strong hold on the people of the state.
Commonwealth.