The advocate., 1897-08-25

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Atchison district. His object is alleged
to be to make a record and to be in
position to dictate Senator Bakers sue
cessor in 1901 and to secure the seat
himself if possible. 1t is also alleged
that his friends regard him as yet pos
sessed of sufficient fighting ability to
cope with the Populist majority single
handed. The story is probably imag-
ination and prepared for the purpose of
supplying copy in the absence Of legit-
innate news.
Wellington Voice: "The Voice can
not refrain from observing that had
Judge Ray not acted so foolishly he,
instead of Mcbride, might have had
the nomination for Judge. Judge Rays
prOtestation has been all the time that
no Sumner county man could stand. a
show in a convention. No one doubts
that If Ray had submitted gracefully to
the convention method when the party
declared for it, he could have secured
the Sumner county delegation. But by
his chasing around after a. nomination
by petition in defiance Of the party, he
alienated his support, and Democrat
has stepped in and taken the plum
which with ordinary prudence on his
part would have fallen to him in spite
of all opposition. We say this not in
a spirit of chiding, but in all kindness. "
Representative John Seaton, of Atch-
ison, has announced that he will ask
for the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor next year. Seaton is a resubmis-
sionist. He says that if elected he
would not appoint a Police Commission
in single city of the first class, be-
cause he thinks that the most satisfac-
tory course is to let the people Of these
cities run their own affairs. Seaton
has been in the Legislature for many
years. One of the older members re-
marked last winter in a joking way
that Seaton had been in the House so
long that he was doubtful whether 1t
could be constitutiOnally organized
without his name ON the roll of mem
bers. He was first elected in 1873 and
has served continuously ever since with
the exceptions Of the sessions Of 1885
and 1887.
Topeka Independent: "The hocus
pocus money organ, last Sunday, de-
voted two columns-with a big scare
head-tO the subject of anarchy and
the inquiry, viii the State administra-
ton follow in the footsteps of Altgeld?'
If it will not give offense, we will sug-
gest that it would much better do that
than follow in the footsteps of Altgeld's S
Republican uccessor--GovernOr Tan
ner. But what is all this touse about? I?
Why, the Board of PardOns has actu-
ally recommended that the three years
sentence of two men who were con-
yicted of grand larceny (frOm a rail-
road carr be Commuted to one year.
And, horrible to relate, these men are
said to have actually had some photos
Of noted anarchists in their homes for
sale. No wonder it made the hair Of
the hocus pocus money editor stand
on end like the qUills Of the fretful
pOrcupine. "
Republicans exultingly say that they
will win next year and that they will
stampede the Populists to the Repub-
llcan party by merely pointing out to
them the way their fellows we're bought
up in the Legislature last winter Joe
Ady, who was the Republican caucus
nominee for United States Senator
when John Martin was elected, in 1893,
says: "If l were a Populist, would
just like to- have some Republican
spring that argument. would ask
him, If the Populists were bought, who
it was that bought and who they voted
with after they were bought? If they
were bribed at all, they were bribed
by corporations and were bribed to
vote with the Republican members.
How did It come that the Republicans