The Advocate and news., 1898-03-16
Minneapolis Better Way

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4 AANSAS. ]. r. Burton would scale
down the government debt as success
fully as he did his own we would favor
him for United States Senator instead Of
Baker next time,
Howard Citizen (Pop.) Ed r..
Ridgely Is the unanimous choice OF the
Populists and we believe Of all the silver
Democrats OF this district. He Is an
able, conscientious man and true rep
resentative. The people will hardly
trade a man like Rldgely for jack-leg
lawyer.
Minneapolis Better Way (Pop.) Some
OF our Populist exchanges are object
ing to holding the State convention in
June on the ground that the farmers are
busy during that month. II our es-
teemed contemporaries can name
month when the farmers are not busy
we will favor It,.
Beloit Gazette (Rep): The Union Pa
ciflc road purchased the Kansas Pacific
al the sale last week, aud there will be
no change in the management. The gov
ernment got It's claim, without interest,
losing six or seven million dollars. Baker
concurred with Harris in opposing this
awindIe, but the new Attorney General,
Mr.. Griggs, of New Jersey, was in the
deal and 1t went"
4 Ottawa Times (Pop): Governor
Leedy ought to remove every one OF the
State police force and stop the lying and
foolish campaign capital OF the opposi-
ton. am pronounced prOhibitionist
and opposed to resubmission, but the
police force in cities Of the first class
Is a wart and should be removed by the
next Legislature. Temperance men and
women are pretty well agreed on this.
Lyons Eagle (Pop.): Texas has new
textbook law which greatly reduced the
price of her school books; and yet copies
of their contracts just received at Topeka
show that she still pays for each one
of her readers biographies, grammars,
spoilers, arithmetics and physiOlogies
used in their schools $1,32 more than
they cost in Kansas. In Texas they cost
$571 and in Kansas $4.S9 and--the Pops
are to blame for it.
Minneapolis Better Way (Pop.): We
notice that many Populist papers are
enumerating long lists OF bills which
they hope will be enacted into law in
case a special session Is called. In our
opinion, any attempt to go beyond the
implied object Of the proposed special
session would be o mistake on the part
or Populists which, so far as the party
is concerned, would be attended with
disastrous and even fatal results.
Caldwell News (Rep,): Mr.. Long has
been twice defeated. He failed in the
last campaign when he was much
stronger than he is to-day Then all
Republicans were his earnest supporters,
but now he has party enemies in every
county In the district. It matters not
how he has alienated them, the fact
remains. Now, what the district de-
mands is man who can carry not only
every Republican vote within 1t, but
many Of the opposition.
Beloit Gazette (Rep): The Topeka
, correspondents are worrying for fear we
will have no insurance men In Kansas
/, after March /, because only few are
already licensed for next year. Webb
wants them to "show him" what sala-
rleg they are paying their officers, and
they object 1t is q plain steal when
companies pay any man from $25,OOO to
4 $50, 900 per year to sit in the main office
and look pretty. And the money Is stolen
directly from the pockets of the insured.
Hutchinson Gazette (Pop): Webb
McNal's demand to know the salaries
paid by the insurance companies 10 not
very kindly received by them. One OF
sthem states 1t desires to maintain friend
,ly relations with the Kansas insurance
department, but declares 1t must politely
decline" OF course 1t is very distastev
full to these corporations to make known
the figures and methods Of absorbing
the money Of the people Of the West,
but we rather guess they will cough
ny" before he gets through with them.
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