The advocate., 1897-09-22

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longer They want him to pack up and
! go.
The nomination of c. F. Mingenback
for Treasurer Of Kiowa county is cred
table one. He is a competent careful,
honorable business man Of wide expert
ence. That he will give the county a
safe administration Of its financial af-
fairs goes without saying. There is rea-
son to believe that the others on the
ticket are Of similar character.
Those who are so vigorous in their
criticism Of Superintendent Stryker's
examination questions should bear in
mind the fact that although he prepared
the questions in some branches, these
questions and all others were submit
ted to and approved by the board, which
is composed Of seven members. The
blame belongs to the entire board, IL
blame legitimately attaches to anybody.
Doniphan county, which has been
ruled by the Republican party Ostensi-
bly,, but by Cy Leland in reality, for
generation, has a bonded indebtedness
amounting to $4950O0, all of which was
issued to construct railroads which are
assessed at but $614,000. What a snap
for the roads. No other county in the
State has so completely given them the
earth. But no other county is run like
DOniphan is.
A great deal is being said about the
questions submitted by State Superin-
tendent Stryker in recent teachers ex-
aminations. Mr. Stryker says that the
questions are not intended to be too easy,
but that they are fair, as they cover
matters in all cases which were included
in the normal institute courses of in
struction, and that if teachers gave
proper attention to normal work the
questions will not be found to be un-
usually difficult
The big joke Of the season was the
introduction of resolution in the Stat
ford county Populist convention Censur-
ing Railroad Commissioner Campbell
for alleged opposition to a maximum
freight bill. The report brought we'll
developed smile to the face of every one
who has been acquainted with his record
in the Legislatures of 1889, 1891, 1893
and 1895. If any one has more con-
sistent record as a fighter for this meas
ure his name is not strongly impressed
on the mind Of the writer.
Chase county Populists fused in very
sensible way. All Of the opposition to
the Republicans got together in one con-
ventiOn, agreed on declaration Of prin-
ciples, and then nominated a ticket
which was afterWard renOminated by
each party in separate convention, so as
to get the tickets on the ballots properly.
This sort Of cooperation is sure to bring
the very best of results, as it is primar-
lily combination based on principle.
The resolutions given in another place
show that a great deal of POpulist doc
trine found it's way into the platform.
Two young men at country dance in
Rawlins county last week were led, by
stories of threats made against each
other carried back and forth, to partici-
pate in a shooting affray. Several shots
passed. and one was seriously wounded.
The other attempted to run, but while
he was struggling with bystanders in
an effort to get away the injured man
shot him and he died almost instantly.
The other is now dead. The Oberlin
Herald observes that nobody has any
business going about armed, and that a
man carrying weapons should be Sc
verely punished.
w. S. Wait has transferred all Of his
interest in the Lincoln Beacon to his
son, A. H., who will conduct it alone in
the future. The elder Wait has con-
Quoted the Beacon for many years and
his name has been identified with Lin
coin county history from the beginning.
The Beacon under his management has
always been fearless and aggressive as