The advocate., 1892-02-17

revolutionary" /" the folks down IN the Twenty
4rh judicial district have called an 'antI-sOciaI
lStic" judicial convention. and An invitation hal
been extended to Democrats, Republicans and
Alliance men TO participate. When judiCla
district 10 driven to this In order to save itSel
from the impending election Of an avOwed an
archsb 70 che office Of district judge, It Is certain
ly time that all men should be fully awake to Che
danger that threatens our state and country
Lawrence Journal, August Is.
ItisrepOrted that arrangements have been
made In six Of the nine Kansas judicial districts
In which judges are TO be elected this fall, by
which Republicans and Democrats win fuse to
defeat the Alliance The securing Of competent
and unprejudiced judges is so important that
good citizens can well afford to ignore partisan
Shipin their selecliOn.-EmpOrtG Republican,
Au0ustO.
SO we are to have fusion on Judge Humphrey.
It 10 square fight between the revOlutiOniStS
and the conservatives, 40 IL ought to be- Demo
Gratis and Republicans who believe alike on f.
nancIal and economic questions should vote TO-
esther. We guess the bloody chasm ls brldged.
State Journal ,(TOpekG)
The nOn-partlSan convention Of the Eighth
judicial district, which met at Council Grove last
Thursday, had an enthusiastic session. About
100 delegates were present, besides many leaders
Of the Republican and Democratic parties In the
district. Judge James Humphrey, Of Junction
City, was nominated for judge by reclamation,
and resolutions pledglng him support and Op-
posing Alliance doctrines were adOpted.-AlmG
Enterprise.
The Topeka Capital, the leading
Republican paper Of the state, had
this to say:
There Is to be fusion in Kansas In spite Of the
fact that all parties have declared against It.
The fusion win be on the Iudgeship In the dis
trcts In which judges are to be elected this fall
The RuslOnlstS will be the Republicans and Dem
OCrats The record made by Judge Mckay, Of
Harper county, has alarmed both of the old par
ties, and they will unite wherever possible
against the Alliance candidates in order to keep
the new party out Of the judiciary.
A convention to nominate fusion candidate
against Judge Nicholson, Of the Eighth district,
has already been called. Judge Nicholson has
always been strong Democrat, but short
time ago he announced that he had severed his
connection with the Democratic party fol good.
Judge Humphrey, for a number Of years Demo
cratic railroad commissioner, win be put inthe
6eld.
In the Twenty-fith district, Judge Frank Dos
Ger win probably be renOmlnated by the Peo-
ple'S party. His sOclallStlc tendencies have cost
him many OF his former adherents, and many
sartern investors are Withholding loans until he
ls retired. The fusion nominee will be Lucien
Earle, Of MCPherSOn,9 Q DelAOcrat.
Judge l. HOuck, Of Hutchinson, has presided
In the Ninth district for eight years. Although
nOmlnally Republican his Repubncanlsm Is
questioned because he Is being pushed by the
Peoples party for denomination. In case he lS
o candidate the Republicans and Democrats
will unite against him,
The nominee Of the Peoples party in the Thir-
Geenth district win be Ben Henderson of Wlnaeld,
one OF the attorneys Of the COffeyville case. The
Democrats win support the Republican candl-
date, whoever he may be.
In the Twenty yelghth district the Peoples
party nominee Il w. 8. BaShore, Of Pratt coun-
ty The Republican nominee Is j. L. Ellls, also
OF Pratt county. The Democrats will vote for
Ellis
@. w. Shlnn 10 the Peoples party candidate In
the Twenty-sixth district. @. A Leland or Judge
Bloyseone, of El Dorado, will be nominated
against him, and viii get the vote Of the old par.
ties .-CnpttGl.
Judge N. @. mcfarland, one of the
most prominent OF Kansas ReDubl-
cans, and for several years commission
or Of the general land Office at Wash
lngton, d. O., said:
lam glad to notice that in some places the
Republicans end Democrats are uniting to arrest
and over throw the so-called Peoples party.
am not DemOcrat-am NOT fond Of the Demo
cratic party, but at the coming election would