Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-10-08
popvLlsr STAFF POLITICS.

among bAlO LhOAOShS u "AO Ava"
legislature will be found the follow
ing, lately nominated by the silver
people, A. ]. Rice. senator Atchinson,
and Jaclssonlcounties; ]. il Lambert,
representative Lincoln county; G. W.
Eckmau, representative Osborn coun-
ty; Samuel Earnest, representative,
Atchinson county; w. M. Metzler, rep
resentative, Sheridan county.
The Populists of Arkansas City, And
ing that date set for Judge Ddster
conAicted with a Republican meeting,
challenged Scanlon and Kirkpatrick to
divide the time with Doster, and Hav e
q joint debate but tap Republicans
did not care to embrace the oppoEtni-
ty for discussion of the issues of the
day and respectfully declined.
ex-governor 81. Joints making sill
yer speeches in Ohio and Indiana. Mr..
St. John always sticks to the mail is
sue and is not saying much about his
favorite hobby, prohibition, this ! ear.
The silver forces of Reno county have
put up NJ. Watson against the nqtori-
GUS Judge Bptkin for, representa- ive.
Mr.. Watson is editor Of the Hutchinson
Bee.
The Greensburg Signel, the bnly
paper in Kiowa county, has two ed TORS
and advocates both bimetallism and
single, gold standard. The matte Of
political complexion is on sepa rate
pages and is good way to present
both sides and serve an economical end
at the same time.
The Kansas State Bankers as soci-
alton held their ninth annual meeting
in Topeka last week. There was moth
ing political about the meeting except
chat it was meeting of bankers and
of course the political situation was
discussed and cussed.
When the Trades:and Labor assem-
bly, arranged their labor day program
for the Topeka carnival they asked the
Populist and Republican state central
committees to each furnish speaker.
: The Populist committee furnished J..
Crosby who spoke first. He was howled
} off the stage by the old soldiers when
, introduced Populist doctrined in his
} speech, but Marion Br osins the Re
{ publican speaker was allowed to
( speak for an hour and half without
: being interrupted. 81 - '''
Horton like every other town in the
:, state, has its prominent Republicans
who refused to follow the procession
when under the leadership of Wal
Street. At meeting last weekW. w
Price, the present Republican repre-
sentative from that district, presided
and introduced as the speaker of thu
evening John s, Hopkins, a prominen
citizen of that town and life lohf
Republican standing high in the coun
ellis of the party. Aud yet we heal
talks of Kansas going for Mckinley.
Mrs. Ellis, wife of the Republican
: candidate for congress in the sixth
district, has prom Used 300 ladies of Be
lott tea party if her husband is elect
, ed. The whole campaign is exhibiting
so much of the spirit of independence
a that prevailed the Boston Tea. Party Q
historic fame that it is feared Mrs
Ellis friends will have to take tea a
home ...
Doster was greeted by two band
: and 5000 people when he spoke q
: Winfield. The Arkansas City silve
n club, 300 strong, helped to swell tn
T. throng. .'"'.'.: .it',1 -f"F
Frank +. Forrest, who used to b,
called the boy orator but who is nov
3 dubbed the Bryan of Jewell county, i
doing good campaign work this fall il
: the sixth district.
;. W. W. Stewards of Great Bend, lif,
long Republican has taken the stuml
9 for Bryan and silver. In a recen
; speech he said: They say am Dol
l ter simply because, after going to be-
n at night a silver man I did not walk
up the next morning shouting for golt
q like the majority of the Republican,
+ in this section. However everyon,
knows that the majority of Republi
cans in this state were for silver be
fore the st. Louis convention and
therefore 1 claim facts will supper
), the assertion that it has been the golt
Republicans that have bolted and no
, L" o..
: F. L. Irish'and Rev. Fleharty held
2 joint debate in Riley on the financ,
S question. The silver people are wei
. pleased with the way Rev. Fleharty
a handled his opponent and the subject
: Governor Leedy and Dave overmeye
! ,campaigned together last week an,
I had seyerak gpoa meetings beeal