The advocate., 1890-08-13

state, an early Miamlan, was accorded a
seat upon the platform, and the audience
seemed willing 10 believe him when he
naively told them he could not make a
speech.
Nick Reltz, Of Johnson, and John i.
Walleb candidates. for state auditor, and
IS. N. johnson, OF Doniphan, aud JJ.
Stewart, Bourbon, candidates for state
treasurer, we're present. Mr.. Waller
made his old regulation speech, and WAS
grateful beyond comparison that he was
the only black man Of the 933 Harrison
and Morton electors Of 1888. He praised
as best he could the incalculable CON
science, honesty, intelligence and patriot
ism Of the republicans, and hence, by
way Of contrast, referred 10 the inex-
pressibly wicked ways Of the "rebel dem
Ocrats."
The venerable John Spear, whose
politics are Of the antedeluylan type,
seemed highly pleased to prophecy TO
his conhding fellows what great Victory
was In store for Kansas republicans this
year, and as vice president Of the Finney
County alliance, he could say that the
alliance members would vote their old
party tickets as Of yore. Indeed, this
kind information (H) was gladly taken
into the hearts Of most Of the purely ma
chine delegates.
THE WOULD BE STATE PRINTER, JACOB
sTOTLER.
The sanity form of Hon. Jacob Stot-
ler, Of the Wellington Press, being no.
tlced In the audience while the com
mlttee on resolutions were out OF the
convention he was called upon for
speech and he finally appeared, simply
TO say that the republicans some time
ago were scared, but he could pledge
them that the "scare' was now pretty
much over and that Funston, Kelley,
MCNall and HallOwell would be elected
to Congress; that the republican state
ticket, 20 be nominated, would be elected
and that Ingalls, would have another
election next winter Some Of the dele
gates looked a little as though too much
Of victory had been promised and the
manner Of his speech served TO impress
the dlspassionate observer that he be-
lieved that he had Dragged little too
hard. In his Press Of July t9, 1889, MIR.
stOtler said:
good deal Of bad work has been done one
time and another by the republican party, II
some shTeWtl, clean, fresh man could 20 through
the records and extract the real points for n
campaign and put them before the people
properly no could make trouble for the republl-
cans In the next Kansas campaign over the work
Of the last legislature, and good licking would
do the party good. The air about TOpekn is
either laden with ialsehOOd or else there has
been much bad work about the capitol In the
past few years by sO-CAlled republican leaders
OF the legislature, who worked for individuals
rather than for the good OF the state
But Jacob had probably forgotten his
editorial Of last year, for he said the old
republican spirit was coming TO the front
again in Kansas, What a prophet
THE FUNsToN-lN INGALLS, PLATFORM.
These patriots (H) at Chelsea park re-ai-
frmed their adherance TO the national
republican platform Of 1888; they con
graduated their friends upon the com
plete success Of this republican national
administration, and they declared "tho
passage Of a federal election bill is the
supreme duty Of the hour" Suppose
they carry this to Ingalls, and to PlumbD