The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27

The effort to secure needed legislation
giving the Interstate Commerce Com
mission additional power has received
the endorsement OF the Topeka CONNER
clal club.
After looking over the bulletin stating
that the Spanish vessel Pedro had been
captured Tom McNeal quietly observed
that according to his understanding Of
the game that counted five.
Republicans are making fight on
Judge Eric Cole in his candidacy for AS
sOciate Justice because he appointed his
wife as court stenOgrapher when he was
Judge Of the Court Of Appeals.
Salina councilmen would rather dis
charge prisoners than to pay 81 per day
each for their support in jail. The coun-
Gil should stop the salaries OF It's Police
Judge, Marshal and other peace officers.
Frank Good, who was Chester Longs
Wichita manager in 1894, says that Long
can't be elected, that he knows 1t, and
that all he wants the nomination for
Is to secure control of the census pat
ronage.
Topeka Republican papers are not
missing a chance to say good word
for Leland now. When they run out of
stuff about the boss himself they FIX up
encouraging records for his trotting
horses.
Nathan X. Grimes, q brother of Frank
Grimes, who seems to have every ad-
vantage in his fight for the Republican
nomination for State Treasurer, has been
convicted at Topeka on two counts OF
selling liquor
Jim Troutman would have been can
didate for Ongressman-at-large If
Charley Curtis had been beaten for the
First district nomination. AS 1t Is Shaw
nee county can't ask for two Congress
sional nominees,
A resolution to submit postoffice rec
concentrations to a vote Of the patrons
Of the Office was defeated in the Usage
county Republican convention.
Usage county Populists Endorsed p. G.
Pipp for Congress.
There are more resident correspon
dents Of metropolitan dailies in Topeka
than in any capital in the West. Kansas
people read, and no paper circulated II
Kansas can live which does not give all
of the State news.
LII. Purcell has sold the Lakin Index
to the editor Of the Advocate and has
bought the lola Sentinel Of j. B. Goshorn.
Purcell runs clean paper and never
carries a county printing fight through
more than one issue.
Billy Edwards is hypnotizing the short
grass fellows by telling them that pat
ronage was never properly distributed
and that he will take care Of them II
elected. That's the sort Of talk that is
pleasing to Republican.
The Aetna Insurance Company, which
does both an accident and life business,
has voluntarily paid the amounts due for
back license fees for both departments
Of the business, 1T only having taken out
one. The amount was $3.50.
The new Populist Commissioners OF
Marshall county seem to be getting In
their work. For the first quarter OF
1897 the old boards allowances were
$40 ,357, and for the same period in 1893
the new board, only allowed $4,79O.
The Scott City News-Lever (Pop.) says
that If Governor Leedy don't back down
from his scheme to consolidate western
Kansas counties in "blOcks OF three" that
his name will be Dennis when it comes to
nominate candidate for Governor.
Major Hood has decided to do more
mixing in his fight for Governor. Funs-
toms farm talk, John Seaton's general
mixing and Stanley's inroads into his
territory contributed to make him think
that he can't sit back and win the nom1-
nation without an effort.
In his farewell to his readers in the
La]kin Index, L. /. Purcell says that ne
has conducted his paper decently at hv-
ing prices and has not conducted 1t to
the satisfaction Of an irresponsible rab-
BILE with wind as revenue and kicks as
a reward" That's sensible talk.