The advocate., 1894-02-07
GRANDLY REDEEMED.
Suggestion to the MariOn's Religious Edi-
tor and Speaker pro tenn.

simply big, Whooplng' enthusiastic crowd
OF INTENSE republicans determined to redeem
this state from the grip of the socialists,
anarchists, boodlers and criminals who first
humbugged an honest following and have
since been disgrsOiDg the state in the eyes
of the world. In such contest there's
room for but one "Orowd." Let the Tepub-
liCans Of Kansas send their oleanest, Rblest,
wisest men TO the convention filed and
thrilled with this one great purpose, re-
gardless of Tom, Dick or Harry, who want
this or that office. It will be grsndly re-
deemed if republicans are unselash. All
the combinations possible to be made
against US cannot beat US if we are patriotic
and wise. We can only beat ourselves.
The above article ia taken from Ed
Hoch's Marion Record, and we have no
doubt that El's desire will be fully real
izsd and that the next republican state
convention will be exactly what he
wants in every particular; but in order
to enlarge the number of "whoopers," we
would suggest that they import the
same gang Of thugs and bummers that
was gathered in Topeka last winter at
their lnstigstion, Fill them up on some
Of the rot-gut whisky they used on that
occasion and there will be- no discount
on the "whoop" part Of the convention;
and to redeem the state 30 effectually
that it will never have to pass through
that ordeal Bgain, they should be sure
and send as delegates their "clesnest,
Rblest and wissst men" to the conven-
tion.
Let US make some suggestions Rs to
the personnel of these individuals who
have figured so prominently in the coun-
ellis Of that party in the past and who
still continue to direct it's movements.
Take, for instance, the official who
was discovered on the roof Of q bswdy
house in Kansas City in rather scsnty
attire, and under whose fostering care q
young woman, while employed in his Of
fee, gave birth to an illegitimste child;
and the other state officer who, when
sent to Ohio on a campaigning tour, got
gloriously drunk, participated in q saloon
fight and was arrested for being drunk
and disorderly; they should attend as
representatives OF the moral and Virtuous
wing of the party. And then the "gen-
tlemsn" from the mouth of the Ksw,
whose very name is Synonymous with
corruption aud boodleism; the secretary
who pocketed the fees that passed
through his hands Unto his purse) dur
ing his four years Of service to the state;
the auditor who collected commissions
on the purchase Of bonds by the state
for the school fund and allowed exorbit-
ant fees to sheriffs for conveying prison
ers to the penitentiary; the treasurers
who have loaned the state funds for
their own benefit; the prominent leaders
and candidates who have conducted
their campaigns and lived in princely
style for years on the depOSitOrs' money
they borrowed from friendly banks, that
afterwards failed, and left the duped
people, who placed confidence in them,
out in the cold; the "wsy up" RristocrAtic
6nsnciers who have organized bond and
investment companies and, after robbing
the people Of everything they possessed,
failed with liabilities running into hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars and no as
sets; the individuals who, while in the