The advocate., 1897-10-13


sas case was tried on its merits. The
! Nebraska case was submitted on afiida-
Wits solely, and there was no chance ia
get into the merits Of the contention"
Referring to the criticisms Of his abil-
| ity as a cattleman and the inference in
Republican papers that he did not know
enough about the stock business to tell
whether the Agricultural College cattle
were diseased or not, George M. Munger
says that he may not know as much
| about it as he might, but that when a
steer is killed and matter runs from 1t
like water when knife is stuck into
It, he feels safe in assuming that the
animal was not in good health.
Grant Harrington says that in the
compilation Of the history Of Brown
county he finds that three great indig-
nation meetings have been held. The
first was in 1861, when Bill Jones ran
off Colonel Aga's negro; the second was
in 1867, when Representative LacOck re-
fused to vote for the bill granting thou
sands Of acres of school lands to rail-
roads; and the third was in 1893, when
Harrington observed that the Methodist
preacher was something Of liar him
self.
Republicans have frequently charged
that Judge Andrews, of Lacrosse, was a
stakeholder in the First National bank
Of that city. He has repeatedly denied
the charge A case came before him re-
Gently in which this bank was the plain
tiff. He again asserted that he had no
interest in this bank, but that in order
that there might be no room whatever
for doubt in the matter, he requested the
attorneys to agree on some one else to
hear the case. The Judge believes that
the men on the bench should avoid even
the appearance OF evil.
Republican papers which are COM
planning about the alleged smallness OF
the Legislature in appropriating but
81 $50 for the unexpired term Of Judge
Vandivert when he had year yet to
serve, should post up some. Money had
already been appropriated to payhi un-
til July /, so 81 ,250 (six months pay was
all that was necessary to pay for the
balance Of the time for which he was
elected. Vandivert, having been legis-
lated out of Office, ought to be satisfied
with a years pay for doing nothing.
This the constitution allows him,
though.
Wabaunsee POpulists, after nominal
ing the ticket given in these columns in
a recent issue, adopted resolutions re-
neWing allegiance to the platforms and
principles of the party, indOrsing Gov
ernOr Leedy's administration, specially
commencing his North and South rail-
road plan, commencing the good work
of the last Legislature, commencing the
course Of Insurance Commissioner Nc
Nall, cOndemning the killing Of work
ingmen who peacefully assemble on the
public highway, and demanding laws
limiting the power of Judges to issue
writs Of injunction.
Speaking of w. S. Glass, the Populist
nominee for Judge, the Marysville Advo-
cate says: "He will bring to the bench
unquestioned ability, vigorous man
hood and stern and unWavering adher-
ance to the principles of law as they re-
late to the rights of men. Marshall
county doubtless will honor him with a
majority at once complimentary and de-
serving. Learned in law, dispassionate
in judgment, vigorous in body and mind,
he is particularly well qualified to deter
mine points of law and justice. His en-
tire career has been clean and orderly.
There is not blur on his character"
The Ness City News (Rep) now sup
ports Grinstead, the Republican nomi-
nee for Judge, but it did not do so when
he was elected the first time, and the
paper is still in the hands Of the same
man who ran it then. At that time the
News said that four years on the bench
would not make "even an ordinarily