The advocate., 1896-10-21
Some News About Kansas.

county. It tg fair TO presume that Che
Republicans will lose, Rs Butler county
is not In Longs district.
Atchlson Champion (Rep.), October
81, 1895: "It may as well be under
stood here and now that no State, Con.
gressiOnsl or Electoral ticket can be
elected In Kansas In 1895 that Is not
unequiVOcslly In favor of the restors-
tion Of silver to It's rightful place as
one Of the moneys Of final redemp-
/ ton"
The State Election Board has passed
on the First Senatorial district nomi.
nation trouble and has decided that J d.
A. Fulton, Leland's candidate, is enti.
tied to q place on the ballot as the reg
ulsr Republican nominee. John
SChilllng Of Brown county claimed
that right by virtue Of petition which
he had fled.
The Great Bend Beacon answers
Abe Stelnberger's letter as President
Of the Kansas Reform Press AssoCla.
tiOn, calling on the editors to support
the "Mlddle.of .the-rOad" ticket, by call
ing Abe's attention to the fact that
men who are attempting to create dis
sension within the party are not
eligible to membership, and suggests
that Abe resign.
Gene Hsgan, who constitutes the
gold Democrat party In Kansas, has
been writing postmssters urging them
to contribute to q campaign fund. G.
A. Gsyot of Westphslia replied to one
Of these communications In such q
way that Mr.. Hsgsn wrote another
letter In which the postmaster was
quietly informed that he might at
an early day secure relief from Off clSl
duty. If Mr.. Cleveland begins that
sort Of thing he will have a hard time
finding gold Democrats enough to fill
half the jobs.
Winfield Free Press: "a farmer
was in last week and told the follow.
ing story on Kirkpatrick: Kirk was
making speech and had walnut to
illustrate the political parties. The
outer covering said Kirk, represents
the Democratic party, which reeks In
vice and communicates all who touch
It; the Inner shell, Jagged and worth
less, represents the POpulist party, but
the kernel, he continued, as be cracked
the nut, represents the grand old Re-
publican party Here he paused, for
the nut was rotten and full Of worms. J"
There will be eight tickets on the
ballot this year. Only three of these
will receive any considerable number
OF votes. Two, the National Democrat
and the "Middle. of .the.road" Pop.
uist, will not receive more than q few
hundred votes each. These two tickets
will, however, cost the taxpayers
about $4,000, this being the estimated
amount which the printing Of the bal
lots will cost In excess Of the cost with
out them on the ballot. The Repub-
lican party is to blame for this expense.
It was at It's dictation that both were
filed.
Captain Sheppard, a Well-known and
respected Popullst Of Indianapolis,
Ind, states that on July q United
States Commissioners Van Buren,, a
Republican, came to him and made
the following proposition: eff you
will get your party in the middle of
the road on the State and National
tickets and give your personal Rtten
ton to organizing every county, keep.
ing up the POpulist ticket whether he
included the Legislative ticket l dc
not distinctly remember), you car
have ell the money that is necessary oI
that youlreQuire 20 make q complete
and thorough organization, and In Rd
dltlon you can have liberal compensa-
tion for yourself" This proposition
has been made to and rejected by
other reputable Populists, but In
dlcations point clear to the fact thst
the man they were looking for wal
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