People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-10-01
no one at the depot to meet Mr.. LONG

and his reception in Wellington
seemed to an on-lOoker, to be quit,
cool. Mr.. Long took the bus for tn,
Arlington where he stopped Saturday
Both of the gentlemen received
numerous calls and great attention
from the assembled people Saturday
We never saw Mr.. Simpson lookin,
and feeling better. He is elated oyeI
the debates, and in the best possible
humor.
Hon. 7. F. Carver, Republican can
dldate for Supreme Justice, the gen
tleman who turned down Judge Mar
tin In convention and wants to turf
down Judge Doster al the election
came in last Wednesday and stopped
at the Arlington. He was getting
acquainted with the boys who are sup.
posed to work 'the dear people,"
The county superintendent has pro.
vlded record In bis Office for she
names of all those receiving diplomas
by the annual examination. These
diplomas are handsome and are a
great incentive to thorough work
They admit the recipient to the High
school without examination. There
were 100 of them issued this year.
Sheriff Heskett left Friday night for
TT. Madison, Iowa. He went after
Otto Gilliland, for whom he has
carried warrant for six weeks. He
is wanted for seduction. Gilliland is
a railroad man. He left here sud.
denly about six weeks ago. The
sheriff at Fit. Madison tclegraphed
our sheriff Thursday that he had
him.
One OF the pleasant surprises Mr..
Simpson met at Wichita FRIDAY
was to have Hon. C. Wood Davis,
who opposed him two years ago quite
bitterly, come to his hotel and assure
him OF his earnest support with that
OF all his household this year. Mr..
Davis Is too bright and too full of
patriotism to allow him to aid in
fastening the gold standard upon this
country.
Charley Elliott has traded his long.
tailed coat and trousers to a man who
is doing the Henry Irving act in a
Chicago roof garden show. Rugged
out in these clothes the man is dead
ringer for the Sumner county states
man, and when he came on the stage
saturday night party of Kansas men
who were in front cried with one
voice; "Ah, there Charleyw-Kansas
City Star.
In conversation with a cattleman
Tuesday we learned that there was a
big demand for stock cattle among
Kansas farmers this year but that no
money could be had to handle them
with. The banks say they have plen.
ty OF money but that they are afraid
to let it out. He was 10 Kansas CITY
recently and called to see an institu.
ton that had been handling good
deal of paper for him in the past. He
offered to increase the rate OF interest
from to s per cent, showed them the
security was ample-good cattle, plen-
ty OF corn behind them, etc.; but it
Was no go, He was shown a letter
from the eastern money bags which
said the people of the west were too
active for free silver, and that it was
hoped that they would see the folly
OF their agitation by November, and
cast their ballots for Mckinley and
Hobart. The cattleman learned far.
ther that they were putting out mon
ey in Missouri on cattle, and came to
the conclusion that Kansas was being
denied money in order to force her
people to vote the gold ticket. He
said he knew Of no way by which they
could have free coinage in Kansas
without having it also In Missouri.
and it looked to him as if the gold out.
fit had given up hopesef carrying Mis-.
souri, aud were trying to coerce the
people Of Kansas. He said the bluff
would not work.