The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01

3. T1Ltop me disappointed, p0lnte 70
the fact that in spite Of the appointment
Of the alleged promoter Of harmony the
county elected the entire POpulist ticket.
Sedgwick county's bill for S3,9S8 for
the care of destitute insane persons was
not allowed by the last Legislature and
now the Commissioners propose to de-
duct the amount from the next remit
tance OF State taxes. It will pay the
county better to proceed In the manner
prescribed by the law, as the State
Treasurer has no power to allow such a
bill.
Hugoton Hermes (Rep): The retire
ment Of Senator PETER from the Topeka
Advocate takes from Kansas Journal
ism one of its oldest, ablest and most
conspicuous writer's, while the loss TO the
Populist party is well-nigh irreparable.
What Mr.. PETERS plans are Is not yet
made public, but he carries with him
the earnest Godspeed of every true
Kansan's heart.
The Kansas Equal Suffrage Associa-
tion will hold its annual convention at
Yates Center December and 10.
Addresses will be made by prominent
workers. Any member of club in
good standing is entitled to seat and
the right to vote. Entertainment will
be provided, and those who expect to
attend should address Mrs. ]. d. Wirick,
Yates Center, Kas.
Interested parties have secured an
order restraining the city of Neodesha
from issuing bonds for municipal own
ership of a water-works and natural
gas plant. It Is alleged that the elec-
tion, at which the proposition was car
ried by five to one vote, was illegal.
Somebody must be afraid that the people
will enjoy profits which a few private
individuals have been securing.
There Is nothing in the story that
Governor Leedy will refuse to issue
commission to Mrs. Diggs as State Lii
brarian. 1t was alleged that by reason
Of the fact that the Librarian must have
commission from the Governor that
he would refuse to issue it. He has no
such power and in addition announces
that he will issue commission promptly
to whoever the Justices, who are the
directors OF the library, may recommend.
The item in the last Advocate and
News relative TO the sale of the Ottawa
Republican to l.. G.. Slime, a Democrat,
was based on an untruthful dispatch in
the dailies, sent by Editor Allen, Of Joe
BristoW's Ottawa Herald, and Is there
fore a mistake This man Allen Is the
fellow that Ben Kies pulled out Of the
attic Of the Salina opera house during
the session of the State Alliance there in
1890. Aliens record is not improving in
very marked degree.
Superintendent Stryker has prepared a
statement advising county examining
boards to reduce the work of examining
teachers by making use of their exami-
nation papers TO determine the standing
of teachers on photography, penman-
ship, rhetoric, and in part on grammar.
His theory is, teacher who writes a
good hand and spells we'll in his exam
inatiOn can be depended upon to have
good practical knowledge of the first
two, and the same test will be Of more
value than the mere answering of tech
nical questions.
Just before his return to Washington
Senator Baker said in answer to an in
quiry as to his opinion of the interna-
tional monetary conference: 81 do not
believe that 1t will prove success. The
commission has been failure for the
simple reason that Great Britain is op-
posed to it. Until such time as England
favors the project nothing of an inter
national nature can be done. Each
country will have to legisIate upon this
matter for itself | do not think that
any legislation upon this subject will
pass at the present Congress for the
reason that the Senate is too evenly
divided