The Advocate and news., 1898-01-19
PUBLIC OPINION.

people. The elements OF virtue and
commentator In the State admlnistra-
tion by far outweigh In quantity and
Importance the few spots which mar the
work done. The Union only desires to
remove the spots In order that the good
work may shine the more brilliantly
and thus leave the opposition nothing
to do but sit and see the procession
march on to victory.
Medicine Lodge Index (POp.): The
POpulist State nominating convention
is quite a little distance ahead, but II
would be a wise act II Populists would
keep themselves posted during the in
terlm. There is one man, especially,
on whom bitter fight is being made by
the corporations, and that man Is VIM.
StrykeT, Superintendent of Public In
struction. II 1t is in the power Of the
American Book Company, Prof. Stryker
will be defeated next year, either In
the convention or at the polls. Stryker
las made a gallant and winning fight
against this trust and the people have
felt the beneficial effects. To defeat him
now would be inviting plunder and dis
Couraglng honesty.
Newton Republican (Rep.): There Is
a good deal Of talk about the new fees
and salary bill just at present. There
is much condemnation and good deal
OF walling and gnashing Of teeth. In
spite Of all the bill Is good One-One
Of the few good ones passed last winter.
While it may work an injustice to the
western Kansas county officials, yet In
measure they are provided for and
the harm is more than atoned for in the
fact that the enormous salaries and fees
some officials in eastern Kansas have
been receiving are abolished. The sur
plus, of course, reVerts to the taxpayer,
and directly benefits him. AS matter
Of fact, there will be few genuine kicks
against the law, and 1t will prove highly
beneficial to Kansas.
Kirwin Independent (Pop.): Many
Populist papers are coming out for Gov
ernor Leedy for a second term. We
cannot oppose the reelection of our
Governor. While he may have made
mistakes in some Of his appointments,
his courageous efforts to do all he can
toward enforcing laws (goOd laws, toO)
passed by the Legislature elected by
the same voters that elected him, stamps
him as man who Is not afraid to carry
out the wishes of the people. His veto
OF the railroad bill, some say, is an effort
to thwart the wishes of the people, but
every true Populist understands that
that was not the measure demanded
in the State platform, and discussed in
the campaign. Leedy and the rest Of the
State officers should be renominated and
elected.
Lawrence Jeffersonian: When the
last Legislature scaled down the sala-
ries Of the professors of the University,
dire calamities were predicted by the
g. o. p. press and store box politicians,
and 1t was heralded throughout the land
that the institution would be ruined,
that all the professors would leave. We
have made dillgent search and have been
unable to learn Of single man who
has left. One man has left, but his sal
ary stopped, and he was not patriotic
enough to work longer without pay.
That ia the only change Of any kind
made in the faculty. The facts are that
they cant pick up life tenure jobs, and
they know 1t. BY the way, what impor-
tant job Is that one Geo. T. Fairchild,
late Of the Agricultural college, holds?
Where is that promised $4,000 job?