The advocate., 1896-09-02

large amounts Of bonds with little OF
no value were practically purchased by
| the present board under most peculiar
looking conditions, and which only
failed by the persistent refusal of one
Of the State officials TO allow the scheme
to 90 through. There were not only
some State officers concerned in the
deal, but some men very prominent
in the last Legislature"
The ADVOCATE can heartily indorse
the following from the Usage City
Public Opi11tO7a "The denomination
of Fl. G. Jumper for State Senator by
the Peoples party Of Ossge county Is
well deserved Endorsement Of q de-
voted and able member of the party
who has faithfully and cspably dis
charged every duty that he has ever
been called on to perform. His ex-
perience is valuable to the people and
he will be able to do more effective
work in their interest than ever be-
FORE"
LesVenworth Times (Rep.), July 6,
1895: Governor Morrill, up to this
date has acted toward LeaVenwoFth
fairly. He has maintained the line Of
conduct mapped out In the snte.eleC-
tion negotiations. What these "snte.
election" negotiations were is not hard
to guess in the light Of the fact that
In Che same issue of the Times as the
above appeared there were eleven sS.
loon advertisements and five breWerles
were paying for space in It's columns,
All of these sixteen institutions were
LeaVenWorth concerns.
LesVenWorth Times (Rep.), May l,
1895: "The business administration
of this State seeems to have done some
very course work at the dlctstion Of
Cy Leland. Why were 'Lelsnd's'
headquarters maintained at the ex-
pense Of the StateP Why were the
clerks employed there by CY paid out
of State fuudsp Why was it consid-
cred necessary for the taxpayers to
maintain political headquarters for the
gang? Such acts are unprecedented,
and to say anything is unprecedented
In Kansas ia saying q good deal, con.
siderinR the administrations we have
been afflicted with
Sheriff Pat McCluskey of Cheyenne
county seems to be made Of the right
kind Of stuff. Some days ago war.
rant was placed In his hands for the
arrest of a cattle thief. While trying
to arrest his man, the thief secured q
Winchester and was about to open
fire on the Sheriff. McCluskey was too
cool and too quick for him and sent q
ball Whlzzing into the thief's person
before he had time to move. His at.
rest was quickly accomplished. The
prisoner Ia not seriously wounded.
MCCluskey has always had the reputa-
tlon of being one of those men who do
what they start out to do.
LesVenWorth Times (Rep.), August
8, 1895: "DoWn In Kansas City, Kas.,
enterpriSing youths are still able to
get q job at a dollar q day serving time
In the county jail as substitutes for
convicted bartenders. Two new cases
have just come to light. This is q
form of Viearious at0nement which
does not commend itself to the County
Attorney, who bitterly rem arked {:
"A man who will serve as substitute
In jail is very low In the scale of civlli-
zstion.' Not half 80 low as the Off
GERS who will permit such thing to be
done, responded Chairman Drought
Of the Board of County Commission
ers."
Webb McNall has now taken the
field for the State and National ticket.
Webb is one Of those plain, common
men who knows how to present his
ideas 80 that no hearer will have any
trouble understanding what he means.
He has been for years one of the
strongest campaigners the Republican