The advocate., 1890-07-09

rltt, VINO was inc fenOWned james -
Merritt; Of Wamego, was In the Proyi.
dence hospital at Washington, d. g., and
in the proceedings Of the Kansas house
Of representatives Of March ., 1885, the
following appears:
Hy consent Mr.. Finch devils n. Finch, NJ
Oaigc county offered The following resolution
and moved itR AdOptlOn.
Resolved that the speaker appoint q committee
NJ Ave Ia dram resolutions expressive Of the re.
Tpt OF the house 40 the untlmpy death uf the
Hon. j, \. Merritt, and thAt In respect iO his
memory the house dO now adjourn until o'clock
Mr.. Anthony (lx.G Governor George T. Anthony
Of LeaycnwOrthl moved 20 amend The resolution
so II shall read TINT the house rs body proceed
to the depot, which motion prevailed,
Now be II remembered, that the last
legislative service Mr.. Merritt had per
formed was in the session Of 1877, when
Mr.. Anthony was governor.
+. M. Shaw, a banker and broker at
PAola, Miami county, on February %,
1879, on his oath said
ON the 3d Of this month gentleman came 10
my house and took him tO Crawford county 10
show him farm had down there That even
Ing was at Mr.. PlAytcr's Office Frank PlHyter, q
banker no GlTrdD, and ! Snld ~ him, "Well
Frank have not seen yOu since We got beat
no Topeka lie said. mo- | said tO him.
III YOU had got lOsslck ~ vote for Horton, he
would now be- United States Senator Instead Of
Ingalls, lie @ld yes he wished he had, / ask.
ed him II he had the paper still that lIosNlck
slgneds asked him tO let me see lt lie did So
read II ai that time, and knew the signature Of
Mr.. HOssack, also that " Mr.. Brown, The In
stnment was In the handwriting Of Mr. PAyterj
II was on one Of the letter heads " the Ient
house That was the original paper and the llrsl
time that had seen u. am not acquainted
with Mr. lIossack personally / only heard that
he was a commercial man; l mean by that, that
he was always ready 10 trade or sell ont,
Hon. Il. II. Brown, on February ~,
1870, said under OATH
knew the signature Of Mr.. HOssaCk and there
fore signed the paper as witness 20 H.
On February n, 1870, Hon. James A,
Hossack swore;
| got drunk during the night Of the republican
caucus,
But he seemed to be able to secure a
receipt for money paid, OF which the fol-
lowing Is copy
January 30, 1870.
Received Of James A. IIOSsack two hundred and
fOTlyfOur dollars (S2tn, I'm full payment Of "a
note for that amount given November ~, payable
at the Merchants and Farmers Bank, no Glrard,
Kansas. Said note ~ he cancelled and returned
~ said lIOSSlCk,
Slgnedl FRANK PLAYTER,
IL is submitted that Crawford county,
on Legislative history, has quite a com
mercial standing.
Elk This county was formerly the
north part Of Howard county. It has
been characterized by a considerable de
gree Of independent voting, and in 1878
It's democratic vote fell to little over half
a hundred, while the vote Of ID. p. Mitch.
ell, greenback candidate for governor,
was greater than thato John =. 81. John
In 1882 Governor st. John was 300 votes
short Of a majority. In 1889 the republi-
cans, on county officers, had, on an aver
age, little over 200 majority.
Labette This county has proportion
ately the largest Legislative representation
of any one in Kansas In 1880 its popu-
laton was reported at 2G,12S, which is
3,Ot6 less than it was in 1886, and these
people have one senator and three repre-
sentatives in the state Legislature. The
republicans have oftimes put ingenuity
TO the rack to hold up their power in this
county, and their methods have oltener
savored Of "thrifty politics rather than
of a system based upon distributive jus
tlce. Hon. b. w. Perkins has a local
fame as probate judge Of Labette county;
and, in his fourth race for congress, made