Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-11-16
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

trustee in Ridge township and for
treasurer in Hope.
The county high school OF Atchl-
son county at Efingham burned to the
ground Wednesday night.
Frank Strother has left the junction
City Sentinel and will go to Raleigh.
N. O., to take a position in a job Office
Ed. Shadlnger takes his place on the
Sentinel.
"A gang Of tramps tried to
hold up Gardeners hack near the stock
yards last night but Gardner made
such fast time they could not catch or
stop him.
Hope township redeemed itself
xloriously going entirely back on Popu-
ism which has been successful there
for three years. 1t came up smiling
with . good Republican majority.
Union township, which has been
Democrat and Populist from time i'm
memorial, came over to the Lords
side grandly. Its splendid majority
for @. II. Koepke shows what his friends
and neigbbors at home think of him,
The Democrats are as much
pleased at the result in Dickinson
county as the Republicans. They
realized that the only way to redeem
Kansas good name was to put down
the advocates Of anarchy and rotten
money.
Congratulations to II. Is. Aldrich,
chairman of the Republican central
committee. He led gallant fight and
the result amply justifes his able cam
paign tactics. Solomon City can "point
with pride" to Mr.. Aldrich as a good
manager and good Republican.
The REFLECTOR is proud OF the
splendid work done by the Republican
central committee and the boys gener-
ally throughout the county. II was
not clustering, noisy work but 1t was
that earnest, manly effort for good
government that carries conviction
The result tells the story.
1t Is funny. The Pop leaders have
sent ont orders to their followers TO
claim that the party has lost no votes
and men come In from 10 miles In the
country not having seen paper since
election in their simplicity believing
that Tuesdays election was more or
less Of u Pop victory.
Foster, the st. Joe weather fakir,
has broken loose with this prediction:
More severe weather than usual will
occur from Nov. % to Dec. 7, and
Immediately following this period
severe cold wave may be expected.
Winter storm waves will cross the
country about Nov. 1920 and Dec. 8.
They tell It on John ID. Haskell that
he went home late Tuesday night con-
tideat Of Pop victory. wednesday
evening he heard the cannonading and
mounting horse rode In post haste to
help celebrate the Pop millennium.
Whed he reached town and found that
the boys were celebrating Republican
landslide Johns language was more
expressive than elegant.
AT Topeka there was roar be-
cause In some precincts the voters on
coming out of the booths handed their
ballots to the judges instead Of person
ally putting them In the boxes. In
this county the ballots were handed u
the judges throughout the county.
The law says voters "shall deposit
their ballots but does not says where
Judges should see them in order to be
certain that the ballot Is the one giver
out.
1t is currently reported that thu
reason ID. Frazier did not exhibit I
more agile gait on Tuesday was because
he was busiy engaged in making prep
aration to celebrate the 52nd birthda.
OF Albert Edward, Prince Of Vale
and future king of Great Britain
which important event was duly oh
served by all the loyal subjects Of hi
majesty on yesterday, the 9th inst.