The Advocate and news., 1898-01-19


to life imprisonment
Webb McNall denies the vagrant
stories, which are going the rounds OF
the Republican press, in which he is
made to appear to be displeased with
Boyle's legal actions against insurance
companies. He says that he lis in per-
feet harmony with Boyle's legal cam
paign against insurance companies.
Ex-State Superintendent Stanley is
candidate for Superintendent of the In
dian schools. It Is being urged that he
Is western man and Is necessarily bet
ter fitted for the place. The place should
be given to Kansas, but not to Stanley
on the false pretense that he knows
any more about Indian schools than any
body else does.
Governor Leedy says that il Kansas
City had built the Pittsburg & Gulf rail-
road that 1t would have been the great
est investment the city ever made. 1t
would have given 1t control of the ship
ment Of grain and produce to the Gulf
and it could have made rates which
would have insured it's supremacy as the
commercial center Of the West.
Emmett Tiffany, who has become well
known to Kansans as editor of the Fort
Scott Lantern and also Of the Wichita
CommOner, died December 19 at Merida,
Yucatan. He had been in Mexico for
several months, where he has been EN-
plOyed by H. Fisk, a commission mer-
chant Of Monterey. He was a bright
talented man, whose efforts were always
in the direction which he believed to be
right.
Walter ~ Allen favors the organiz-
alton Of what he calls farmers trust
lie says that the farmers could organize,
elect farmers congress and have 1t
pass law prohibiting the export of any
farm product until the foreign demand
would greatly increase prices. This
country produces such a large proper
ton of the worlds farm products that
it would cause shortage and Conse-
quent increase in price.
Five years ago the Republicans Of
Kansas arbitrarily secured majority
of the lower house of the Legislature by
securing the recognition of certificates
of election without regard to whether
the certificates were legally or illegally
issued. Now the Republican County
Clerk Of Crawford county insists that he
is entitled to the Office Notwithstanding
the fact another man has a certificate
of election and is backed by a majority
Of the votes Of the county.
The girls societies at the University
have declared boycott on students who
drink. The taking Of this action indi-
Gates too great Indulgence in booze on
the part of the young men. The Law
renee Jeffersonian intimates that the
boys are not much to blame as some Of
the professors indulge themselves. If
this were out at the Agricultural Col
lege Republican papers would be full Of
stories about the depravity Of Populist
discipline, but the University is con-
trolled by Republicans and they keep
still
The Beloit Call publishes letter from
a wholesale grocery house to Beloit
cling agent, who sells direct to farmers,
is explained. Sugar, soda, package cof-
fee and few other things are sold at
less than cost to "catch" the farmer.
Then everything else is put in at big
prices. Then Z per cent. is added for
freight. This is about three times what
the freight actually is. All of the bust
ness is done with the expectation that
the customer will never buy Of the house
again. 1t is a skin game all through.
Charles F. Scott raises question of
party policy and wants to know whether
Mr.. Coburn can make a speech. II he
can he shows a disposition to approve
his boom. In this connection Mr.. Scott
observes that a candidate for Governor
in a close State must be able to talk
and incidentally observes that inability
to make q pleasing speech defeated Nor
rill for reelection. Mr.. Scott is abso-
lutely right. If the Republicans go into
the next campaign with an old grand
mother speech-maker at the head Of the