The Advocate and news., 1898-04-06

ne nhu Tree DreakI&SJ on the lOWn.
Frank L. Brown, one Of Leland's chief
lieutenants, denies that he introduced a
Buchan resolution In the Anderson
county convention and walked out" be-
cause 1t was not adopted. The Capital
observes that he lis not the kind Of a
man that walks OUT" to which he
might have added that the only way a
convention could get rid Of him would
be to throw him out.
The Cherokee county Republican con-
VentiOn was not tame one. G. w. Pyle,
a prominent worker, charged that ex-
Congressman Kirkpatrick has made
deals concerning postoffices in this dis
trlct, and l can cite instances in which
he has recommended POpulists for office.
1t may suit some counties, but Cherokee
Republicans will not tolerate It," His
remarks are interpreted to mean that
Kirk sold postofices.
The Troy Times is authority for a
story that the Cy Leland Commissioners
of DOniphan county refused to allow a
bill some years ago for the funeral ex-
penses Of an INDECENT ex-soldier but that
in the campaign last year the widow was
promised that II her sons, who were
Democrats, would vote for Leland's
nephew for Commissioner that the bill
would be allowed. 1t states that $50 was
allowed for this purpose.
The damage suit instituted by ex-
Senator j. w. Rush against ex-Judge
VandiVert and a number of attorneys
has been tried and Rush fails to secure
the damages sought. He alleged that he
had been imprisoned as the result of a
conspiracy. The case was tried before
Judge Andrews, who held that Judge
VandiVert had Jurisdiction, which neces-
STATED instructions to the jury that q
verdict be rendered against Rush.
E. P. Knots, who bought w. s. Til
toms Downs Times, has sold out to ]. H.
Smith, of New Market, Iowa, whom he
introduces as newspaper man of great
ability He ought to have some ability
to do business in the neighborhood of
Chas Lands, Dodge, Parks, Conner
Davies, Eckman and Ben Baker. He
must not get any notion in his head that
these are all of the fellows in that neigh
borhoOd who have great ability"
The Oberlin Eye speaks of meeting
Lew Headley, Of the Gaylord Herald,
Jim Greason, OF the Atwood Citizen, and
S. H. Dodge, of the Beloit Gazette, at
the Republican meeting and refers to the
twenty years service of each by saying:
I'm all these years they have never fall
tered, never hesitated, never turned
back, but have fought faithfully and
we'll the battles of RepubliCanism." This
leads the Concordia Empire (Rep.) to
inquire which way they were facing
when they whOoped it up for the Hill
City free silver platform.
On the 18th Of March two sacks of mail
were stolen from the depot at Manhat-
tan. April the writer received from
the Postoffice Inspectors Office at st. |
Louis letter which contained a mutt |
lated letter from A. H. Hoskins, Of the |
Manhattan Republic. On the front OF |
the original envelope was stamped the |
words 'In the postofiice robbery at Man |
haitian, March II, 1898" The letter con-
tanned NO inclosure of value. Another |
Topeka man got letter in the same |
way, but his still contained $40 draft |
which had been enclosed.
The Leavenworth Times and Wichita
Eagle are complaining that Secretary
Coburn furnishes his reports so that no
daily newspaper outside of Topeka may
publish them before the Kansas City
papers do Dan Anthony bitterly ar
raigns the Secretary and alleges that he
deliberately does this for the benefit of
Kansas City papers, The Wichita Eagle
hopes that IL he is nominated for Gov
ernOr that 'his successor may not be
chosen from the Kansas City stock yards,
and that he may appreciate the fact that
the building up OF Kansas City, Missouri,
Is not the way to develop the commercial
Importance nor to enhance the wealth
Of his own State" These papers are
doubtless too vigorous in their remarks,