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the protest signed by certain members in
shat body was ill-timed and calculated to
injure the order. Therefore, we do mot
endorse the action Of these delegates who
refused to participate in the election Of
president of the National Farmers' Ali
ance and Industrial Union. Signed by
EVAN JONES,
J.J, EAGER,
G. L. CLARK.
The above is clipped from the
Fort Worth (Texas) AdUance, and
it shows that the delegates to the
supreme council who signed the
famous protest and kicked up q
rumpus because the whole council
would not fall down and worship
Mscune, are not sustained at home.
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Still another is Summary OF the Ninth
Annual Report Of the Bureau of Status
tics OF Labor Of the State of New York"
with some gems Of minor import.
AS I had no means of access to the
columns Of the Congressional Record, /
deem it fitting here to express nay appre-
citation Of the efforts of the g. O. p. COM
mittee to thus enlighten me as to the
doings Of our national congress.
FL. JOHNSON.
Wichita, Kss., January 9, 1893.
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THE MAOUNE PEOPLE.

The following preamble and resolution
was unanimously endorsed by the Erath
county Fsrmers' Alliance in regular session
al Valley Grove, January 3, 1898:
Bslieving, as we do, that the f. A. q. /. u.
its greatest principle being to unite the
farmers Of this nation in one great brother
hood, thereby bringing the farmers aud
laboHerB Of this country in touch with one
another, and destroying all sectional feel
ing and prejudices, we therefore feel that
IL Is essential to the perpetuatiOn of the
order as an institution for the promotion OF
Che interests and general welfare of the
laboring olasses'Of this nation, that itremain
national; therefore be IL
Resolved by this body, that we reafirm
our allegiance 20 the national organization
OF the order, and that we will support its
present administration, and we believe that
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THEY DON'T LIKE IT,

Governor Lewelling, in his inau-
gural address, made use Of the fol-
lowing expression:
Fit be true that the poor have no right
to the property Of the rich, let it also be
declared that the rich have no right to the
property Of the poor.
This is the bitterest pill that re-
publican editors have had to wrestle
with for long time. They are per-
fectly willing to accede to the propo-
sition that the poor have no right to
the property Of the rich, but that the
rich have no right to the property of
the poor is new doctrine to them, and
how they do howl and tear their hair
at the audacity of it! It is too pre-
pOsterous to be seriously thought of.
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Expresses Gratitude.

EDITOR ADvocATE:--I mail to you q
"Part Of the Congressional Record" as it
came to nae during the late campaign.
This, it will be seen, consists of extracts,
ETC., from that document The seemingly
most important OF these gems 10 the
"Poor Richard Almanac for 1892; price 10
cents" Another extract is Nuggets
and Crystals from the Public Speeches
and Papers Of Benjamin Harrison" !"
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EVIDENTLY AN OVERSIGHT.

The editorial brain of the State
Journal got slightly muddled on the
18th, as the items below clearly show.
The two items appeared in the edi-
torial column, the one Immediately
above the other. The editor should
have an understanding with his fore
man that when two such items are
sent in on the same day they should
be put farther apart in the makeup.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-01-18

The price of the " Memorial of Samuel
N. Wood" +" written by Mrs. Wood, is 81
Tor paper binding, and $l.50 for cloth.
The paper binding will be given with
each club Of FIVE subscribers to the AD-
vocATE, and the cloth viii be given with
clubs OF six. All those interested in the
history OF Kansas politics will want the
book.
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Relief of Supreme Court Docket.

EDITOR ADvoCATE:-T suggestions
in brief in my former article, for relief of
the supreme court docket, are these:
First-Let all questions Of fact be de-
termined in the lower court.
Second-Let nothing go before the
supreme court but questions of law, with
brief statement Of the case sufficient
to show the relevancy Of the questions
raised before the court.
Under this system I believe that our
supreme court as at present constituted
could pass upon all questions brought
before it, without the aid Of commits
sion or court of appeals latter the present
docket was disposed Of, and it would
save thousands of dollars to the state
and hundreds of thousands to parties
litigsnt each year.
/ would further suggest that jury
trials in the district court should be had
in civil cases only when one of the par
ties to the suit should demand it, Just
as we now have it before justices Of the
peace, and in the trial of every cause
there should be a Ending of facts.
/ learn there are several prominent
attorneys in the state advocating the
establishing of courts of appeals. II
these courts should simply be intermedi-
ate between the district court and su-
preme court, with final appeal from this
court of appeals to the supreme court,
that would place us in worse condition
than we are now. But should we divide
the jurisdiction Of the supreme court and
make this court Of appeals a court of
last resort in certain cases, as crimes
and corporations, it would just double
the working capacity of our supreme
court, and would afford us adequate re-
lief, even under our present system of
appealing cases.
Query; Can we create a. court of this
kind under our constitution?
Mr.. Editor, while I have the floor, and
have got my hand in making suggestions,
l would like to present one more ques-
ton to the farmers of this state, for them
to consider, and would be pleased to
hear from some of them through the AD-
vocATE on the subject. I believe that
when any one pays their taxes upon
property that is encumbered with a
mortgage, that he should have a separate
receipt for the amount of the taxes paid
on the mortgage, to be credited to him
on the interest OF the debt. Then no
mortgagee need give in the amount of
mortgages he holds, and the gentleman
living in Boston would pay his taxes on
landed interests in Kansas to Kansas.
To make my meaning clearer, we will
take this example: Supposs have a
farm valued mot assessed at $4,000, and
the taxes on that farm for one year was
800. When paid my taxes would
take a separate receipt for $50 to be
placed as credit on the interest due on
my loan. E.B. Gill.
johnson county, Kansas.
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There are, in round numbers, 100000
farmers in Kansas. The largest num-
Der Of reports printed of late by any of
these interests, being the biennial re-
port Of the State Board OF Agriculture,
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cdSIJ huoy OolnB III BHohO uoLuhuu AOE lM~
migration agents, loan companies, etc.
Another large proportion is absorbed by
county officers, political leaders, etc., so
that the number available for the prac-
teal farmer is small compared with the
number of farmers. 1t is doubtful If
one farmer in twenty-five ever sees this
valuable report. This is not the fault Of
the secretary or of the board, but it is
one Of the inherent faults of the system
under which the state is having this work
done.
1t may not be generally known that
the State Board Of Agriculture and the
State horticultural Society are, in a
measure, private concerns, or societies
with whose succession and officers the
public has nothing to do. Their secre-
taries are their executive officers, and
these are chosen by vote Of the So
cieties. The good work done by them
has benefited the public, but the public
has no control of them other than the
ability of the legislature to influence
them by means Of conditions imposed
upon appropriations.
That here are branches of state service
for which the state pays, while the gov
erning power in them is not dependent
upon the authority Of the state, is al
most as anomalous as if the choice of the
secretary Of state, the auditor, the treas
urer and the state superintendent were
relegated to societies instead of being
elected by the people.
Manitestly, both economy and con-
sistency require that these several re-
lated branches of the state government
be consolidated into one department,
and that the secretary be elected, as are
other state officers, by the people. The
incoming legislature should act favor
ably upon some well-devised measure
eleVating the State Agricultural Bureau
to department and bestowing upon the
secretary the dignity Of an election by
the people and imposing upon him the
usual responsibility Of an officer of the
state, with the care and oversight of all
interests properly refersble to such de-
partment. The measure should also
provide some rational and economical
plan for placing before the actual farm
ers Of the state the information COR
tanned in the valuable reports, and which,
under the present system, is secured by
every other interested party before it
reaches the farmer. The member who
formulates bill embodying the pro-
visions which evidently ought to be
enacted and secures it's passage, will be
entitled to and will receive the hearty
commendation Of the farmers of Kansas.
tits understood that Governor elect
Lewelling will recommend some legisla-
ton in regard to these bureaus. The
new executive, in harmony with the
great majority Of those who have thought
carefully on this subject, recognizes the
incongruity of the present cumbrous
and expensive, and only partially effec-
tive, method of maintaining this depart
ment Of the states work, as we'll as tho
Of securing to the actual
farmer, and that at as early date as to
those with whom he has to deal, the
information collected and pub
lished at public expense Kansas
Eornnar .IaDuarv
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There are 6O3 people
In the alms-hOuses Of
Kansas; so the state
ment In the governors
inaugural that our so.
Clal system Is sending
the old men to the aims
house need not be
taken very seriously, In
Kansas, at any rate.
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It will re seen that in the case Of sew
eral OF these bureaus, less than the
amount appropriated was used.
But it must not be assumed that the
state had no further expense on account
Of the several societies and stations
which are by it supported. 1t is meet
and right and altogether proper that
each should print periodically a report.
Through these reports much valuable
information has been given to a small
part Of the public.
The following is list Of the last full
reports from these several interests, with
the cost OF each:
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The fact that seven
able-b0dIed men ap-
piled at the police sta
tl0n within twenty min
ntes last night, asking
for food to keep from
starving, rather fur
nlshes a slight grain Of
truth for s0pe Of the
statements In Governor
Lewelling's inaugural ,
The question Is, isn't
Governor Lewelling's
remedy worse than the
disease?
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1893-04-01
Southern Methodist Confersnoe-T
Appointments.

With the reading of the appoint
ments of Bishop Key, who has pre-
sided over the Baltimore Conference
of the Southern Methodist Church,
IO9th session at Front Royal, Va,
the Conference was brought to a
close. The next session will be at
Fredericksburg, Va.
Rev. Collins Denny presented a
resolution signed by halfdozen
prominent members of the Confer
ence, requesting the boards of trus-
tees to take into consideration the
ACCESSIBILITY of consolidating the
Randolph Macon Institutions and
the Wesleyan Female Institute. 1t
was adopted.
The appointments made by Bish
OPP Key were eminently satisfactory,
and we append those of interest to
our readers:
Baltimore, Central, j. W. Duffy ;
Arlington, W. H. Kennedy; Mont
gomery, w. E. Wolf; Prince George,
w. ID. VOL; Stepnen City, y. II.
Van Horne; Woodstock, j. P.
Stump; White Post, S. R. Snapp ;
Berryville, J. J. Engle; Darkesville,
J. Fl. Wolfe; Martinsburg, A. M.
Cackley; Charles Town, FL. P. Ham
i'll; and Shepherdstown, F. A.
Strother.
We see with great delight the re-
turn to this place OF Rev. DR.. Cack-
ley. He is a genial, sociable and en-
tertaining minister and gentleman.
His labors in this field have been
crowned with much good, and when
he finally takes our leave the regret
on all sides, we can positively say
will be mutual.
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THE OFFICES

A great struggle is going on in
this country for the pittance that Of
fee provides. From the President
down TO the member of Congress in
unknown districts there is a gen.
eral rush upon, in the scramble for
Office. The business Of the country
amounts to nothing, nor is the wei
fare of the country considered. A
correspondent of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat we'll illustrates it by
a conversation with a Senator as fol
lows
Senator" one of these statesmen
was asked the other day, "has any
thing been done looking to work on
a tariff measure during the recess p
Thunder, nol'' replied the great
man. 1.-THE tariff is minor matter.
So is the silver question. We are
not thinking of such things now.
The great and absorbing question of
the hour is the Offices"
That is about the size OF it With
in forty eight hours after the reor-
ganization of the Senate, fourteen
Senators sons and one Senator's
daughter had been appointed CON-
mittee clerks and were drawing pay
at the rate of $2,240 per annum.
The country was safe.
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An AGED Lady Dead.


Mrs. Mary Good, aged seventy
seven years, died at her home near
Shepherdstown, of general debility,
Saturday eight. She vas the wild
ow of the late Jacob Good, of Wash
ington county. Md, for many years
a well known magistrate at Sharps-
burg. She leaves an aged brother,
John Walker, who is now the only
survivor of very old and respected
family of this county.
The famous Walkers Crossroads
derives its name from the family. 1t
was conspicuous point during the
late war, being used as an important
picket post for the contending armies
and within mile Of the house where
the battle of Gettysburg was planned.
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Plain Words for Mr.. Cleveland.

Mr.. Cleveland's obligation to those
who returned him to power and the
tremendous task before the Demo
cratic party are frankly discussed by
President Seth Low, of Columbia
College, in notable paper in the
April Forum. In the same number,
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts, considers the outlook and
duty of the Republican party at this
critical period in its history, and
Oswald Ottendorfer, the eminent
German -Amsrisan Independent, ut
tiers some home truths concerning
the dangers of Democratic disagree
ment on matters of financial policy.
Senator Lodge hints broadly that
Mr.. Cleveland will find it impossible
to fulfil the conflicting pledges Of
fered by Democrats before the cleo
ton in different parts ofthe country.
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READ THIS J!
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE TO BE
GIVEN AWAY!

From March 10th to April 10th,
1898, TIL, Bscayne Bay Co. will
absolutely give to any applicant of
good character, one Building Lot in
the new town, Bi-cayne City," on
beautiful Biscayne Bay, East coast
Of South Florida, the company hav-
ing decided tor the more rapid de-
velopment of their property, to give
away alternate lot on the beautiful
boulevaris Of that new city, WITH
OUT CONSIDERATION. Write at once
to Biscayne Bay Co., Tampa, Fla,
and make your application for lot.
These lots are valuable now and I'M
doubtedly will rapidly be enhanced
Where can you find better invest
ment Zone that cosGs you nothing,
and by which you gain lot in the
midst OF the most fertile and pro
ductive region on the continent !;
and the best spot in tue world to
build winter bone. 3-11,4t.
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West Virginia and the Fair.

PaRKERsBURG, w. VA, March "a.
The final meeting in this State of
the West Virginia Worlds Fair
board wss held this morning in this
city at the office of the president, w.
n. Chancellor. The members of the
board present were Messrs John S.
Naylor, of Wheeling; Sidney Hay
mond, of Clarksburg, and Geo. M.
Bowers, of Martinsburg. The re-
port of the president, W. N. Chan
cellor, was read and discussed and
several minor matters were disposed
of. BY order of the board the office
of the president will be moved to
Chicago, were the future meetings
of the board will be held. The pres
ident will have pleasant and hand
some quarters in the West Virginia
Building, which now about com
pleted. The Office will be open and
ready for business on April Is.
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Gen. Kirby Smith Dead.

NASHVILLE TENN, March 28--A
special from Sewanee, Tenn, to the
american says:
Gen. E. Kirby Smith, professor Of
mathematics in the university of the
South since 1875, died here this af-
ternoon ct 1926 p. m. For two
years his health has been declining.
Gen. Kirby Smith was born in st.
Augustine, Fla, May Is, 1924, and
was therefore in the sixty-ninth year
of his age. With him closes the list
of the full generals on both sides
during the late war, his commission
as full general in the Confederate
services having been issued Feb. 10,
1864. He came from an illustrious
family of soldiers that has partici-
pated with distinction in every war
waged in this country since the old
French war.
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Correspondence.
MORGAN COUNTY.

From the Morgan Mercury.
The new band was out three nights
last week and rendered some excel
lent music at the hall where the sup
per was held. They also paraded
the town Saturday afternoon. When
they get their new instruments they
will be flying" and when uniform
ed they will be out of sight"
We understand the County Court
has appointed committee to secure
plans and specifications for remodel
ing the Court House and placing 3
fire proof vault in the Clerks Office.
When the plans are submitted we
hope they will be of such nature as
to meet with the approval of the
Court. This improvement is badly
needed.
On Saturday morning last ex-
Sheriff Mendenhall, who still occu-
pies the Jail building, noticed that a
brick was out of place in the Jail
wall on the side next to the Court
House and upon investigation dis
covered that the four prisoners had
made an attempt to escape by dig
ging through the wall near the floor.
The boys would have taken their de-
parture Saturday night had they not
been found out and confnded in the
cells, and so they are still lit il"
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Senator FauIknsr's Chances of Beoom-
ing Judge.

WAsHINGToN, March 28.--The Pres.
ident still has under consideration
the nomination of the Justices of the
District of Columbia Court of APP
peals. 1t is understood the only
thing that stands in the way of the
appointment of Senator Faulkner to
be chief justice OF the court is the
question in the mind of the Presi-
dent whether the appointment would
be constitutional. Section 6. of ar.
ticle l, of the constitution provides !:
"No SeDatoror Representative shall,
during the time for which he was
elected, be appointed to any civil Of
fee under the authority of the Uni
ted States, which shall have been
created, or the emoluments whereof
shall have been increased during
such time. The Court of Appeals
was created by the last Congress,
and Senator Faulkner was member
of that body. His term expired on
March 8, however, and it is therefore
argued that the time for which he
was elected had expired before his
appoinl ment could be made. 1t il
claimed there can be no question
that this view of the case is correct,
yet the Presi lent said to membf r
of Congress who called upon him in
behalf of Senator Faulkner there was
some doubt in his mind as to wheth-
er the appointment of a Senator who
had been reelected and was remain
ing in continuous service in the Sen
ate might not be contrary to the
spirit of the constitution, though not
a violation of its letter He said he
would not make the appointment be-
fore the first Monday in April, the
time when the Law creating the court
is to go into effect.
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THE ANNUAL AWAKENING.

THE ANNUAL A WAKENING.
The spring time has arrived, and
the letters of an unusually severe
winter have been broken. The far
mer who has been short of proven
der, the employer and the employee,
who could do nothing, while in the
clutch of the ice king, but carry coal
and cut wood with which to keep
warm, again smile with hope, as the
genial rays of the increasing power
of the sun advance. Sleeping ma
ture is waking up, and life beginning
to leap through the roots that were
seemingly dead, sending out vitality
to grass blade, seed, trees and flow
srs. In the fields can be seen and
heard the plowman and his team
with his "whoa and gee," preparing
for another years supply for both
the dumb animals and the rational
ones. 1t is the annual resurrection
and gives, we presume, but faint
conception of the grander and final
resurrection, when mortality shall
put on immortality, and corruption,
interruption. AS we leave the win
ter, with its long trail of hardships
and cold behind us, let us leave many
of our woes and sorrows, possibly
some buried hopes Herewith, and as-
cept, with pleasure, increased hopes,
renewed or renewing prospects, that
awakening nature, under Gods pleas
ure seems to promise.
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Flowing and garden making are
the order of the day.
Miss Birdie Wright, formerly OF
this place but now Johannesburg,
is visiting her friends here.
The mumps are getting to be an
epidemic in this vicinity. Many
persons are seriously i'll with them.
Mr.. S. Wiland has taken his bride
to her new home. We are sorry to
lose her, but wish her much happi-
ness in her new walk fife.
Harmony Sunday school was re-
organized on the 10Th of March. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year; Superintendent, S. j.
williamson; Assistant, A. s. Lam
dis; Secretary, s. O. Ditto; Treas
urer, Miss l.. Seys'er.
Thursday last, Mr.. O. B. Sperow
moved from this vicinity to the firm
that he purchased, near Morgans-
vile, about year ago. Quite num-
Der Of his friends and neighbors went
with him to assist in moving. Mr..
Sperow is an enterprising farmer, an
accommodating neighbor, and an
upright citizen. We are sorry to
lose him.
Rev. j. Portch will deliver his
farewell sermon at Harmony, on
Easter Sunday, before leaving for
conference. Sacrament of the Lord 8
Supper will also be administered.
At the last meeting of the quarterly
conference, it was decided to ask for
his return to this mission. Rev.
Portch is an ardent worker, and an
able preacher.
Some of the young men returning
home late Saturday night, were very
much startled by the appearance of
a bright light in the east; so bright
as to cast a shadow of the buggy. It
was occasioned by the burning OF Mr.
Martin Bells barn, about one mile
from Williamsport. Twelve horses.
ninety head of sheep, and all the cat
tie excepting two, are said to have
been burned. s. G.
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Insane Asylum Directors.

CHARLESTON, W. VA. March %
Gov. W. A MacCorkle to-day APP
pointed James B. Floyd, of Kama
wha county; john Sweetland, of
Lincoln county. and Robert Arm
strong, of Mason county, directors
of the West Virginia Hospital for
the Insane, at Weston, for the term
of six years, beginning on the first
of April. Also Ed. D. Smart, of
Greenbrier county, a director of the
same hospital for the unexpired term
ending April /, 1895, vice Lucien
Hoge, of Ohio county. resigned. For
direc, ors of The Leland Hospital for
the Insane, fo~ term oil six years:
W. FL. Shumate, of Raleigh county j;
F. Enslow, of Kanawha county,
and B. w. Foster, of Cabell county.
Their terms begin on April LIST.