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The advocate., 1890-12-24

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Humphrey appears 10 have had a
small majority Of all the votes cast on
November 4 for governor Of the state.
Hon. A. Ii. Heber, who represent
ed this county in the house Of 1889,
ran again for the Office Of representa-
tive in 1890, as an irregular Ingalls,
republican" and barely succeeded in
securing triumph on the face Of the
returns.
Joseph M. Brannan, Of Meade,
writes TIE ADVOCATE an interesting
letter, in which he says the alliance is
still moving on, and the peoples par
ty are trying the virtue Of a contest
in the case Of representative in his
county. He says Of the two factions
OF the republican party-the rlngsters
and the mugwumps-t the ringsters
have undertaken to seat a man that
the people think used unfair means
to procure his seat So their candi-
date commenced SUIT Of contests the
taking Of testimony begun on Decem-
Der II, and they had not got through
with the second witness on the even
ing Of December l6 They seem to
be trying to wear the people out and
exhaust their means, knowing that
funds are scarce, and Mr.. Brannan is
told by those who attend the trial
that it is a.clear cut case of bulldoz-
ing on the part Of the republicans.
They adopt tie same means that
they say are used against the repub-
licans in the southern states. They
try to intimidate the witnesses, and
tell them there is no law to compel
them to testify.
Their case is a desperate one, and
Mr.. B. advises the people to stand
manfully to their work and they will
surely succeed. He wishes that every
man, woman and child that is old
enough to understand anything about
law and equity could witness the
work done by the servants of the G.
o. p. to save their chief.
They would turn heaven and earth
to beat the people by fair or foul
means. Anything to beat Grant" as
the saying goes.
Mr.. Brannan justly desires the peo-
pie Of the state to know Of the condi-
tion Of his part of Kansas.
In this connection The ADVOCATE
would say that a contest is being
made in the Ossawatomie district of
Miami county, by Thaddeus B. Lehr
against j. b. Remington, an "Ingalls
prohibition republican" and that in
Ellis county the seat of Hon. ]. H.
Reeder who was a Union Pacific
railroad striker in the house of 1889
lis now under contest.
Tue ADVOCATE expects further in
telligence on the contest in Meade
county. Ii postpones comment on
the case.
The advocate., 1890-12-24
CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE APPORTION
MENT.

| S'AAAiAa NAAV PA"'vpDN A"5 A'A""A y y
appOrtiOnment, as per the schedule in
THE ADVOCATE of December 3, 1890.
He refers TO the counties Of Garfield,
Morton and Stanton as each having
cast less than $50 votes for governor
at the last election, and hence should
not be distrioted for the purpose Of
electing a representative, but should
be attached to the county next east Of
the same and vote with it for that
Office. Thst method is constitutional,
but the county Of Stanton would be
in the same relation as the other two
counties named, for it's vote on gov
ernor aggregated 255.
But il might be the part of wisdom
TO district no further than No. 1913,
and leave the counties oil Garfield and
Morton TO come in TO make the num-
ber 125, when their vote becomes suf-
ficiently adequate for a representa-
tive.
Lyon county would be entitled to
but one representative, and it was an
accidental error in giving it two in
the list.
Mr.. George thinks Leavenworth
and SedgwiCk counties should each
have but two representatives, while
Douglas, Montgomery, Washington
and Dickinson each have but one
And he asks why Douglas and Usage
counties should each be a senatorial
district, while so many counties are
located in the western senatorial dis
triots.
The explanation offered is some
thing about as the following:
The population of a county is to be
considered generally as to it's relation
both to representative and senatorial
districts, and moreover, it was deemed
best to disturb senatorial districts as
they now exist, only when gross il
equities in their populations would
demand it, in the nature OF the dis
tricting Of the state, as a whole.
Usage county, with a population Of
"a, IT'S, is given a senator and two
representatives, and Leavenworth,
whose population is 3S,5O3 is given a
senator and three representatives
Usage with its population has the
largest representation accorded it, re-
latively, of any of the more populoUs
ones, and the like statement might be
made Of Leavenworth.
To make q few comparisons on the
the most populous counties the fol-
lowing matter is submitted on repre-
sentstion:
County. Xxx ssn31rs Mtg31S,
WyandOtte e,..."",.,,..,.,.".,, 5i,i@ 3
Shawne. ....,"....,..,. 49,OlS
SedgWick, k,.".'..'.'..'''",.,...' aS,4W
The advocate., 1890-12-24

8enJed:
| Douglas. ,,,,.,,u,,,.,,,,..,,.'" Ej,lI
,.,.,...,.,,,,,,'t',,t''' 2j,lO'
| Montgomery .,,,.,,,,,,,.,...,,"""' 5000
washington OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 2liHO
Dickinson OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2,2O'
McFhefB0n A,b'i
The remaining eighty-fve counties
that have not been named, fall, all OF
them, below 2l,OOO.
Now, drawing the line on Douglas,
it may be said that it's population is
accorded a representative and a sena-
tor, while Marshall with a population
OF AIS greater is accorded two repre-
sentatives, while, with Riley county,
it makes one senatorial district
II Sedgwick and Leavenworth
counties, as Mr. George suggests,
should have but two representatives
each, then Douglas and Lyon would
each have two representatives in the
next highest order Of population, and
by this arrangement the 43,490 per-
Sons in Sedgwick, and the 23,457 in
Douglas, would have equal represen-
tation; and the 3S, SOB in Leavenworth
the same as the 23, 1T in Lyon county.
In a word on these most pepulous
counties, on the plan The ADVOCATE
suggested, itmight besaid that Wyan-
dotte would gain one representative,
Shawnee and Sedgwick would remain
the same, while the loss of one repre-
sentative each, would come to the
counties Of Leavenworth, Cowley,
Sumner, Labette, Douglas, Lyon,
Montgomery Washington, Dickinson,
Mcpherson, Marion, Franklin, Jewell,
Cloud, Nemahs, Miami, Republic,
Neosho, Pottawatomie and Jefferson.
Here are twenty counties given,
each Of whom would lose a represen-
tative, while Wyandotte, the most
populous county in the state, would
gain one
In the three last senatorial districts
given, which in the aggregate con-
tain thirty-eight counties, with an
aggregate, population of 126,026 and
an average Of 42,3O9 for a senatorial
district it might be considered that
provision is made for three senators
and for thirty-six representatives at
the start--and later, one each for Gar
field and Morton counties for these
people.
Now let it be remembered that the
counties Of Brown, Nemaha, Johnson,
Miami, Clay, Washington, Republic
and Cloud have an aggregated popu-
lation Of 153, 1872, and on the proposed
plan Of apportionment would have
four senators and eight representa-
tives, while the proposed senatorial
districts in western Kansas, embrace
ing thirty-eight counties with a pop
ulatiOn of more than 10000 less than
the above named eight counties pos
sess, is provided with three senators
and ultimately with thirty-eight rep
resentatives--thus less than one. elev-
enth Of the population OF the state,
L I,,,s,, -. ,l,a,,1 -. f..-AI "A "a -.
The advocate., 1890-12-24
RLnoMINnroN. I'M. Don. 8. ia

To THE ADVOCATE, Topeka, Kan.
GENTLEMAN'-We are pleased with the re-
suits OF our advertisement in your paper this
fall, and will include your paper In our spring
LIST 10 commence In January. The order will
prObly be placed through N. w, Aver & Son,
Philadelphia. SIDNEY TuTTLE b 90.
NurgerVm0n
The advocate., 1890-12-24
SPECIAL CLUB IlIBF.
A WORD TO ApYRRTIsERs.

Previous to the election THE ADvo-
CATE held, undisputed, the position Of
the leading paper in the state Of Kan
sas in point Of circulation. The great
political triumph of the peoples
party has given our subscription list
a great impetus, bidding fair to
double during the coming year. Sub
scriptiOn books and mailing list open
for inspection at all times.
Read the following letters from
advertisers:
CRETE, Neb., Dec. "a. 1890,
THE ADVOCATE Publishing Company.
GENTLEMEN ;-Replying to your favor Of re-
cent date referring 10 further advertising In your
valuable paper, we have been very much pleased
with che results, and toward spring we hope TO
do more. Yours respectfully
E, II. STEPHENS, Nurseryman.
The advocate., 1890-12-24

one for each Of the counties Of the
state.
The counties following along in
order Of population are thus pre-
The advocate., 1890-12-24
TOPEKA, KAN, DECEMBER "a, 1890.

entered a8sOCond claas matter in the Post
Once at Topeka, Kansas.)
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-03
Compact and United.

George B. Sprague, the ex-president Of
the Farmers Alliance. was one of the
prominent grangsrs assembled in the
corridor of the Merchants hotel. Mr..
Sprague said he had been on tour
through great portion of the state, and
he declared that the Alliance party is
compact and united.
LAS an evidence of this" said he.
"look at the party papers throughout
the state. They are. with one or two
exceptions, absolutely mum on politics.
They know that if they came out against
the Alliance they would be boycotted by
the farmers. and whoever buys them
will have to pay for their circulation.
AS to the talk of the farmers and the
labor element not assimilating. that is
all bosh. They are perfectly harmoni-
GUS. st. Paul Pioneer Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-03

competition in trade and generally re-
ducing prices. All that keeps the order
out of politics in this senatorial district
is lack Of numbers. The political dis
cussions at the lodge meetings in the
district school houses are as heated here
as anywhere, and the questions Of the
tariff, the currency, the banking system,
the railroads, the trusts and taxation are
discussed with more intelligence and
thought than the professional politician
would imagine. Chicago Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-03
The Indiana Peoples Party.

The Peoples party of Indiana, recently
formed by coalition of the Farmers
Alliance. Greenbackers and Union-La-
Dor party. declares:
1--WE are in favor Of placing the chart
table and penal institutions of the state
in the hands of men competent to man.
age them. and not in the hands Of mere
partisans, and that the management
should not be changed when a change Of
party occurs"
The new party favors the repeal of an
existing law permitting townships and
cities to vote taxes for railroads. and de-
mands a more equitable districting Of
the state. The platform is for free school
books and against child labor. Follow
ing the declarations as to pensions is this
declarations:
'sWe favor the issuing of a full legal
tender paper money to meet the dis
bursements under these bills, thereby
enabling the government to maintain its
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-03
What the Canadians Say.

Sir John Macdonald attended Roman
Catholic picnic at Morrisburg recently,
and in the course of his address said in
substances:
In regard to reciprocity the govern
ment had begun and is now DESTROYS of
closer trade relations with the United
States, but the feeling is not reciprocal.
It was the United States that recalled
the treaty of 1854. and ever since all at
tempts made by Canada for closer trade
relations had been refused by the United
States, and they were now passing the
Mckinley bill. an unfriendly measure.
The speaker would like freer trade rela-
tons with our neighbors. but if they
would not grant it he believed in look
ing for new markets He advised farm
ers to grow two rowed barley. for
which. he said. they would find a ready
market in England.
He also said that London would be
better market for Canadian eggs than
New York. and that Canada had already
opened up markets both in China and
Japan for large portion Of her manu-
featured goods. He said Australia was
anxious to have more intimate trade re-
lations with Canada, and advocated the
laying of cable from Australia to Brit
ish Columbia. thence across Canada to
England. Canada must meet the hostile
legislation Of the United States, not in a
spirit of imitation. not ina hostile man.
ner-because Americans had a perfect
right to pass whatsoever laws they chose
but by opening up new markets.
Ottawa (Ont.) Dispatch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-03
The Three RS.
nlands.

In relation to DR.. Depew's suggestion
that farmers should organize. with the
three R's-reciprocity, retaliation and
revenue-as their motto. Governor Hill
in recent speech said DR.. Depew could
have aroused the enthusiasm of his hear
ers to a higher degree and given them
more practical relief by promising to the
farmers of this state suffering under
railroad exaction the remedies afforded
by three other Rs, for which they would
be truly grateful-"regular reduced
tes"-upon The transportation Of their
products. This assurance worlld in
crease the farmers met revenues" illus
trate the advantages of true ''reciproci-
ty" at home. and prevent any desire for
retaliation" upon the railroads for al
.cssed previous extc-tions, and would be
something practical rather than theoreti-
cal,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-03
Citizens Talk.

Captain w. w. Bullock, a farmer Re ST.
ding near OsawatOmie, said: lit is Il
rebel scheme. A good MANY farmers
thought of going into it, but changed
their minds as soon as they found out
what it was. Topeka Capital.
We, the undersigned citizens Of Osa-
watomie township. Miami county, Kan,
are old citizens of this place, and hereby
certify the above report made by Captain
w. w. Bullock is untrue to OR certain
knowledge, and cannot even suggest any
honorable reason why Il citizen will lend
his name to SO base falsehOOd rs the
above Is known to be.
w. II. HUTCHEY, JAMES MCCLAREN.
jim Nj. KANE, j. A. SPADER,
ARCHIE LEE, III. G. DALRYMPLE.
IT. WALTHALL. GEO. CHAMBERS,
ii CHAMBERS w. NJ. MARTIN,
g. S. BARRETT, j. l.. SHIvELY,
C.. III. DUNN, LEVI PARKE.
Those marked thus are old soldiers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-03

Indiana is calling upon her farmers to
come forward and act as legislators and
to occupy positions of public trust. This
is not confined to any party, but upon
the safe and tried principles of the
grange it is found popular in all parties
Among those who have been honored we
find the names of orr brethren, Milton
Trussler, William nj. Blackstock and
George Doup. The various parties but
honor themselves by honoring such men,
and it is our hope that every farmer who
is true and tried to his calling may be
successful. Grange Bulletin.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-03

There are some merchants doing bust
ness with the farmers in Franklin coun-
ty, nls., presumably at 10 and 12i per
cent. profit, but the methods of some of
these are peculiar. According to the
contract the merchant must show his
bills for goods to the committee repre-
senting the farmers. From these bills
the committee marks on each article the
cost and selling price. AS a matter of
course the committee in determining
the cost of goods cannot go beyond the
bills presented by the merchant. It is
very easy for the merchant to exhibit
bogus bills from the wholesaler, show
ing any cost price he chooses to fix. A
travelling salesman from st. Louis told
our correspondent few days ago that
he knew a merchant in Franklin county
who is getting rich off contract with
the Farmers Mutual Benevolent associ-
alton lodges by the use of duplicate"
bills II sell goods to customer of our
house." said this travelling salesman,
"who has contract with the Farmers
Mutual Benevolent association, and
he sells a pile of goods, too. When
he took the contract he asked our house
to make him out duplicate bills, to sell
from, you understand. The house re-
fused to do it, not wanting to be party
to such thieving business, and, besides.
it took great deal of extra clerk work,
but at his request the firm sent him pads
of all our different kinds of blank bills.
and now he makes out his duplicates to
suit himself"
While the business experience Of the
F. M. B. A. has had the effect Of break
ing several honest storekeepers, it has
also had the healthy effect of creating
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-03
Should Gro Hand In Hand.

Agriculture and manufacturing are
not in conflict. They should go hand in
hand. They do, except that agriculture
wishes protect IN for itself as it has
been asking for it's neighbor. The plow
should be protected as well as the loom
and the spindle. Protection has all been
on one side. The farmer is getting
cross.-Field and Farm.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-03

honor and pay it's debts, and at the same
time aid the people by giving them a
sufficient volume of money to meet the
demands of the legitimate trade interest
of the country. Our government paid
the soldiers in paper money during the
war. and the veterans will now gladly
accept it in payment Of their just de-
mands."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-03
AN ALLIANCE CANDIDATE.
Address by the Nebraska Farmers NOmi-
nee for Lieutenant Governor.

nee for Lieutenant Governor.
liz ite course of an address recently
delivered before the Dannebrog branch
w. FL. Dech, candidate Of the Farmers
Alliance of Nebraska for lieutenant gov
ernOr, said:
A nations debt of ST.. OOO, 0OO, 900 hang
ing over your heads-can you grasp the
enormity of the same? No. The pro-
ducers Of the country are earning 2! per
cent. under the most prosperous auspices,
but pay out per cent, and in unpros-
porous years nothing is made, but the
rental of money goes on necessarily.
e Whenever rental of money becomes so
high that the product brings less than
the rental amounts to the result is utter
ruination. When man has money in
the bank we say that he is rich: when he
puts in more, people say that he is get
ting richer. How is it with the farmer?
When his corn crib is full they say that
he is poor; when it is fuller and his hog
pens are filled with fat hogs he is still
poor. Oh, they say, it is Overproduction:
he can't sell and get his money back.
The speaker said that the miserable
economic condition was principally due
to the restless and selfish financial policy
of the government. The moneyed aristoc-
racy claimed that the monetary system
was too intricate and abstruse for the
common herd to deal with, and they had
no business to NEEDLE with it. We can't
comprehend it, they say. Oh, yes, we
can, but they don't want it agitated.
They are willing that we should pound
away at the tariff and transportation if
we will only let the money question
alone. They are working game that
leads to the ultimate ruin of the whole
nation, and our only remedy is legislation
through the ballot box. If you do not
relieve yourselves by the ballot box you
will in the end be hurled into a terrible
revolution. Oh, but they say that Dech
is an alarmist. Would to God that ! was
fool, but the signs are too plain to be
mistaken.
The politicians claim that the evil lies
in that we are living too big, and that
we must be more saving. 1t is a ire
mendous lie If the money is here, who
brought it? Did not labor produce it?
If there are comfortable houses for every
man, who created them? Labor; and
should it not enjoy them? But the peo-
pie have in the first place put our rulers
on saddled horse, and they would be
fools if they did not ride it. He scored
the deceitfulness of the old political par
ties, and said that they had obtained
power under false pretenses. They
pledged themselves to perform things
which they never meant to carry out.
If a farmer comes to a merchant and
gets goods under false pretenses he is
jailed. By the application of the same
principle. and if the punishment should
be commensurate with the crime. those
false pretenders should now be in the
penitentiary in place of the halls of con-
gress, every one Of them.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-05-21

The District Court convened ON
Monday, Judge Rising presiding.
III the case of Bowler VS.. Curler
the court ordered that defendants
be required to give bond in the sum
OF $500, indemnifying against waste,
and for the valve ri the use ard occu.
patton of the premises pending the
hearing Of motion for new trial.
The divorce case of McKeough VS..
Mckeough was continued until the
l4h of July,
The case of the State VS.. II. Stani,
forth, charged with selling whisky to
Indians, was called (thc lost indict.
ment having been found, aud p. NJ.
Bowler was appointed by toe Court to
defend the accused.
The following jurors were sworn in
p. Carroll, p. O'Niel, Tom Gallow, s.
K. WATSON, j. Mcpherson, John A.
Liedy, n, Baker, Geo. w. White, Fred.
Crockett, r. Bergman, j. J. Holmes,
Frank Hill.
Indian Pete testified thai defendant
ssld him a bottle of whisky for 90
cents, and G, j. Garrison, who was
Deputy Sheriff at tho time, testified
that he gave Pete marked half dol
lar, which coin he subsequently found
in Tublno's money drawer; he also
sam something, pass between defend
ant and the Indian. After about four
hours deliheration, the jury returned
verdict of not guilty.
All trial jurors were excused until
July 18th.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-05-21
The Mt. Dfnblo.

Following is Superintendent Shock.
ley's weekly report OF operations al
the Mcnat Diabo:
The west drift on the sixth level has
been stopped. The east drift on the
same level is in IL feet aud has shown
streaks OF $50 ore during the week bul
is now in barren ground. The east
drift between the fifth aud sixth levels
is in lss feet and the face shows 6
inches of 500 ore. The main east drift
on the fifth Level is in 81 feet and
shows ledge matter in the face. We
are Stopping small amount of ere
from the west drift on the fifth level,
The east Slope above the third level is
giving little $50 ore. The east inter
mediate drift from the winze below
the second eset is in 10 feet and shows
a foot of $50 ore. We have stopped
the south cross-cut from the second
east and have started a slope from the
main drift. We have small bunch
OF $50 ore near this Slope that looks
promising. We are getting some $50
ore from thewest intermediate between
first and second levels from an OLD
Slope. Some $50 ore is being taken
from an old dump on the surface.
The mill starred on the morning Of
9Th inst. and ia now running nicely.
w. II. SuocELEY,
Sup't General and Manager.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-05-21
POLITICAL POINTS

Secretary of State Dnrmer is said To
be out of the isht for re-nomina ion.
Sam Davis is a candidats for State
Printer Sam is good man aud
would make \ good officer.
J. {. Harlow is a candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, Joe's nomina-
ton would be equivalent to election
for any Office in this State.
John Forbes friends are trying to
induce him to run for State Treasurer
Il he will only say the word he will
guard the Treasury for the next four
years.
r. X. Colcord will be candidate
for State Senator.
7. j. Murphy and Jerry Quinn are
candidate, tor Assessor.
JOHNNY Atchison is mentioned as a
strong mau for Recorder.
The Democrats will probably nomi-
nate Bob Stewart far Sheriff. Who
will the Republicans put up?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-05-21

\ nnmher of Mrs ard Mr.. Kuapp'S
friends nave To thank lhem for most
delight day spent in the mountains
last - usGay, the occasion being a
picnic .iNsu ID Aonor Oh Master Eddie's
l.tn / 'lha y. The party left uaw.
'norne at aO9ut half past seven, and
utter u drive of two hours pitched
their tents on the shady slopes Of
Cottonwood canyon. After lunch,
which was do0e full justice by every
one except Mrs. Knapp and Mr..
Wright who were so busy waiting on
others they did not get bite them,
selves tat least that's their story, and
jim lerIGgton had taken some
views which are SO beautiful that
he threatens to send them TO the
Chicago fair, the picnickers amused
themselves by doing just exactly as
they pleased until time to return to
Hawthorne. The day was complete
success, without an accident to mar
lis plea sure.
The party reached home early in
the evening fall Of enjoyment, good
lunch and woodtieks.