The advocate., 1895-09-25

GDQ unllhnlCeu coinage OF SILVER mas no
business In either the republican or
democratic party, because both are op-
posed to the principle Of free coinage"
holland, the Reno county commits
!, sioner who turned republican while in
. Office, though elected by the Populists,
and voted the county printing to re-
publican paper, failed to get a renomina-
tion at the recent republican conven-
tton.
! A Saline county republican, who has
about as much knowledge of public af-
fairs as the average republican, says
that the present hard times are ION
account of the Populists having in
creased the amount of money in circu-
lation."
Last fall 1t was charged that saloons
were permitted to run in Leavenworth
because the Populist administration was
bodied in the saloon interest. Now the
republicans tell us that public senti-
ment in that city Is such that 1t is i'm
possible to enforce the law.
Harry T. Brown, who was one of the
efficient clerks employed in the state
treasurer's Office during Treasurer Bid
dies term. is the PopUlist nominee for
county clerk in Butler county. Mr..
Brown will make an excellent officer and
no mistake win be made If he is elected.
David Overmyer, lawyer, got $4,000 for
about two months easy work as master
in chancery of the Black Bob land cases.
That was almost as much, and almost
as easily earned, as the amount he got
from the republican committee for be-
ing a democratic candidate for governor.
Kingman county republicans had a
convention the 7th. Resolutions con-
demning the Cleveland administration
were adopted and then democrat was
nominated for treasurer. An odd soldier
was before the convention for nearly
every office and not one was nominated.
Graham county Populists held an en-
thusiastic convention the 14th and nomi-
mated the following ticket: Sheriff, D.
G. Greenwood treasurer, j. A. Mellotte;
clerk, David c. Kay; register of deeds,
Benz. s. Smith; surveyor, ]. w. Rawson;
coroner, J. III. Conner; commissioner,
Third district, James Walsh.
1t now appears that 1T was Chamber
lin Of the Capital who was the newspa-
per man who hung his hat on the air
brake handle on train over In Illinois
the other day. The train stopped on
short notice and the incident was rather
expensive for him, his cigar bill being
several times larger than it would other
wise have been.
The Populists Of Coffey county held an
enthusiastic convention Saturday Har-
rison Kelly made rousing speech. The
following is the ticket named: James
Pieratt, treasurer; w. r. Peterman,
sheriff; James German, register of
deeds; III. c. Leedy, clerk; Joseph
Peters, surveyor: Ed Romary, COM
missioner.
Talk about fusion. Down in Seward
county the republicans and democrats
have arranged for a joint convention
They will go in and assemble together
In one body. What will the republican
papers of that county have to say about
"the sacrifice of principle?" Don't this
look like the two old parties were get
ting together?
The Dickinson county grand jury was
in session one week and adjourned after
returning about thirty indictments. 1t
Is fortunate for that county that it did
not have c. P. Bolmar, of Shawnee
county, on the jury, or it might have
been necessary for the judge to adjourn
court in order to reheve the taxpayers
of the expense of a never-ending session
of a grand jury.
During the republican administration
in Smith county for the four years
1SS7-9O inclusive, the county paid $500
for books, blanks, ETC., and printing.
During the four years 1914 inclusive,