The advocate., 1897-09-01

rector and Of the bank is withheld
Mankato Advocate: ut would be
Just as sensible to give Governor Leedy
credit for our big crops in Kansas as
to give Mckinley credit for the pres
ent price OF wheat. Natural causes
brought about both conditions"
Ex-United States District Attorney
Perry, who has just retired from Office,
thinks the Democrats will put up a
straight ticket in Kansas next year. He
says that he would rather see the Re
publicans win than the Populists.
Secretary f. G. Adams Is authority
on Kansas history, and he says that
the name of the State was spelled Kan
zas until the introduction Of the Kan
sas-Nebraska bill in 1854, when for
some unknown reason 1t was changed.
Representative Brown, of Pratt, has
been publishing some articles favorable
to freight rate reductions in the Wich-
ita CCmmoner. They have reached the
eye of President Ripley, Of the Santa
lie, who replies in a two-column article.
The BelOit creamery people do not
seem to be as harmonious as they
might be. They are firing heavy
weight open letters at each other
through the local papers, much to the
satisfaction of the paymaster generals
of those papers.
Kingman Journal "The Topeka Ad-
vocate has hit upon novel scheme
whereby the Congressional Record Of
the late Congress has been put to use,
and that is using them for newspaper
wrappers-it's about the only thing
they are fit for"
Jewell county POpulists passed res
Olution requiring nominees to run their
offices, If elected (Which they will be),
without the payment on the part Of
the county of any money for clerk hire.
This will save the people of that county
about 81 900 year.
Scott, FOresman & Co. and J. s.
Parks have instructed their agents to
take all books used last year in eX-
change for the new books for which
they have contracts under the new law.
The other companies have not yet
acted in the matter.
The Topeka Street Railway Com
pany is making arrangements to COM
ply with the law passed by the last
Legislature requiring it and other sim
liar roads in the State to put vestibules
on their cars for the protection Of en-
plOyes from inclement weather.
The fact that the new ballot law pro-
vides that all county and township
nominations must be filed with the
County Clerk not less than thirty days
previous to election should not be over
looked. If not filed by that time names
of nominees cannot go on the ballot.
Riley county Populists ought to know
whether the changes at the Agricul-
tural College were in the interest OF
the school or detrimental to it. A resO-
luton in the report OF their convention
would indicate that they approve of the
course taken by the Board of Regents
w. G. Smith, of the Almena Plain
dealer, is a candidate for POpulist nom
ination for County Clerk of Norton
county. There is seldom any mistake
made in recognizing good newspaper
man except in that attention to Other
matters is likely to weaken his paper
R. T. Snediker, of Hartford, Presi'
dent of the Single Tax League, is ar
ranging to call convention of believ
ers in the single tax plan Ito be held a.
Topeka during Fall Festival. Efforts
will be made to have ex-CongressmaI
Tom Johnson or Thomas G. ShearmaI
attend.
Kansas City Times: in Fridays is
sue of the Emporia Gazette there wa
a. three-column, double-leaded editOria
, about Mckinley prosperity, and in th
/ local page there was a pathetic stOr!