Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-10-22

A. 4. Coppedge ana us pollJlcs mas Deen
changed from Populist to Republican.
Elder Brant Of FL Scott has declined
the nomination for governor on the
Independent Prohibition ticket,
j. f. Willis has resigned his position
as president of the Alliance, Co-opera-
tive Insurance company.
The old soldiers free silver club OF
Topeka has established headquarters
which is called sold Soldiers Home"
The room is supplied with free silver
literature and a register is. kept Th
generals tour in Kansas did not bring
all the old soldiers back into line.
w. R. Maxwell, who was nominated
for congress by the Prohibitionists of
the seventh district has withdrawn
from the race. It's Simpson and Long
for it now in the seventh, with the bet
ting 8 to in favor of Simpson.
Warden Bruce Lynch don't draw
very well outside of the penitentiary.
He spoke to an audience Of thirty peo-
pie at Goodland.
On the 18th Emporia had its biggest
political parade since 1890. The pro-
cession was over two miles long and
600 horsemen and 200 wagons were in
line. George Plumb, brother of the
late senator was chief marshall Col.
Whitney and Judge Fletcher, two for
mer Republicans were in the parade.
Joe Waters, Col. Harris, Prof. Stryker
and John Martin were the principal
speakers of the day.
Judge Mckay of Medicine Lodge
denys that he had ever promised to be
one of the men who would accompany
Watson on his tour through Kansas.
Abilene will have big political blow
out the night before election. Her
two prominent citizens, Ed. Little and
]. r. Burton, will be the speakers.
Little will address the silver people in
the opera house and Burton will crate
to the gold bugs in the Wigwam. Last
year botl. OF those men spoke from the
same platform but Little could not
stand the dose fixed up in the st. Louis
,a1 InlTal
1t is like sending Goals to Manches-
ter, but the Fl. Scott silver people have
sent $3.50 to the New York Journal fund
to help the cause along.
Stein berger has filed a counter pro-
test with the secretary of state to pre-
vent the electors nominated by the
Poputist convention at Abilene from
being placed on the ticket. He charges
that the electors are all democrats and
that they are ON the ticket for the pur-
pose of deceiving voters.
Ness City has Bryan club of gel
members and there is no question as
to how the vote of that berg will go.
Senator Foraker after spending one
week in the west telegraphed McKin-
lev that Kansas and Nebraska were
sure to cast their electoral vote for
him.
The poll of Shawnee county showA
q loss of about 1900 Republican votes.
Every township in Sedgwich county
will cast majority vote for Bryan on
Nov. 3.
There is harder fight being made
on Doster than on any one on the
Populist ticket. The Republican fix
ers defeated Martin for denomination
in their own party and now they do
not propose to allow Doster,a man who
holds the same views as Martin on
many questions, to be elected. The
fight being made on Doster consists
almost entirely of Misrepresentation
and falsehoods.
H. N. Boyd of the the Bellville Free
man has challenged any Republican
in Republic county to meet him in
joint debate at eight points in the
county.
Calvin Hood, an Emporia banker,
has deserted the silver cause and will
vote for Mckinley.
w. E. Rush, candidate for state au-
ditor, was called home last weel, on
account of one of his little girls hav-
ing been kicked by horse. He was
compelled to cancel several speaking
dates.
D. G. Wood, a resident of Topeka,
makes a sworn statement to the effect
that w. G. Bird, labor commissioner
appointed by Morrill,, offered him S35
to circulate in Leavenworth and Kan
sas City, Kan, a petition to have
middle-of-the-road electors put ON the
ballot. II was represented to Wood
that it would take him but two days to
circulate the petition.
The prosperity OF American indus
tries denanda nnon hioher nrices for