Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-24
politics before and after eve1y OOG1I1J
convention.

James Craig will represent the sill
yer element of all parties in Finney
county in the state legislature next
winter.
The ElTNrado Times (Rep) asserts
its independence and refuses to support
legislative candidates who are not for
free silver. The silver craze is not
dead yet.
Republicanism is in such bad shape
in Philips county that there were few
candidates for places on the county
ticket and in some instances the Office
had to seek the man.
With the exception of the lack of
about 1000 votes to elect their ticket,
Saline county Republicans are in good
shape.
The two silver parties, the Populists
and Democrats, went half and half on
o ticket in Hamilton county. U. T.
Tapscatt, Democrat selected by the
Populists heads the ticket
DIR. johnson heads the ticket of the
combined silver forces in Chase county.
o. o outcalt in Coffey county; I. j.
Armstrong, Edwin Taylor and G. B.
Hewlitts in Wyandotte county; and
Felix 0Neil in Brown county.
The Republicans of the Sixth dis
trict have difficulty in getting crowd
to listen to Ellis, their candidate for
congress, AS an experiment they ad-
vertised Webb McNall to speak at
Reamsvillc and drew big crowd. At
the same time McNall was out making
speeches for Bryan and the PopulisI
state ticket.
Highland, a town In Cy Leland's
county, is a dangerous place for silver
men. A threat had been made that no
Bryan man could speak In that town
and get away alive. L. W. Elliott
went there one night last week and
organized Bryan club, but was as
saulted before no got out of town, and
had his friends not come to his rescue
he might not have got away alive.
j. b. Watkins, one OF the wealthiest
bankers in Lawr, ACE. has come out for
Bryan and silver He says he does not
want to have to foreclose mortgages,
real estate is not what he wants. He
would sooner see the farmers have
chance to pay the interest and princi'
pal and keep their homes.
Elder Brant of the Fort Scott district
won't keep still. Politicians have tried
every means to induce him to hold his
peace till after the election, but he
won't do it. On last Sunday he preach
cd a sermon in the Methodist churc/
and scored the state administration
worse than at any time before and
said he would keep it up until after
the election.
Tho movement which is said to be on
foot to put Watson electors on the
state ticket by petition IS not making
much Roadway. 1t is hard TO find ten
goldbug Populists in the state who
would be willing to help elect McKin'
ley by allowing their names to be used
on the ticket.
The Populist party central commit
tee of jefferson county-Willetts' home
county-passed without a dissenting
vote, resolution condemning WillettA
for attempting to get up separate
electoral ticket In this state. The res
olution says that Willetts, while max.
ing a pretense of working for Tom
Watson, is really working in the inter-
est Of Mckinley. The resolution fur.
ther states that Willetts' present &c.
ton is contrary to sentiments express.
cd by him In July speech, when he
hartily endorsed the action of the Abb
lene convention.
The Democratic judicial convention
which met at Topeka on the 18th NOM
mated for Judge of the court Of ap-
peals ]. P. Hinman who is the present
nominee OF the Peoples party.
Oberlin had big silver parade the
other day when J. D. Botkin spoke
there. In the parade there were four
tramps, fixed for the occasion. They
were in charge of boss who, every
few minutes, made them hurrah for
Mckinley.
Leedy spoke in Topeka on the even
ing of the 10th. He drew a good audi
ence and made a splendid impression.
William Price, of Everest, who was
elected as a Republican two years ago
to the legislature from the Fortieth
and went as a delegate to the
Republican county convention at Hia-
watha Aug. 81, is now making speeches
for Bryan and silver. The British gold
plank was too much for him.
Senator PETER and Albert Griffin
spoke to about 5000 people in Beloit at
q recent rally.