The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

! the old county salary law which was so
expensive to taxpayers. There are sew
eral hundred more, and according to
Stanley they are all very good.
In the Newton Republican a statement
appears that the insurance on two large
school buildings has been renewed and
that "the policies were all placed in re-
liable companies and at very low rates. y
According to Republican papers a. cop
Derhead is a man who insists that the
careless and criminal neglect Of the vol
unteer soldiers should be investigated
and the blame fixed on the proper party.
The Republican newspapers are try
ing the stock yards case over again in
the courts. Most Of them have decided
against 1t. The federal judges have not
approved their decision yet, and never
will.
Frank Dawes, who was Attorney Gen.
eral during the late business" admins
tratiOn, has been nominated by the Re-
publicans for the Legislature. Maybe
he is going to legislate Pitcher out Of the
State
Edwin A. Austin, a Topeka lawyer,
has discovered that Boyle blundered ter
ribly in the stock yards case. In view
Of the fact that he won, the other fell
lows blunders must have been unmen-
tionable.
w. G. Moore, the Populst nominee for
Representative in Republic county, who
is unfriendly to Governor Leedy, has
withdrawn, and A. G. Potts, the Demo
crat nominee, has been substituted in
his place.
f. w. Frasius has been nominated
for Senator by the POpulists in Shawnee
county. He was the Democrat nominee
for Lieutenant Governor in 1888, and has
written many readable articles for the
Advocate and News.
Dick Blue has Cancelled his dates for
Republican speeches. Few Of the old
veterans who are not candidates feel
like hustling much this year in view Of
the treatment they are receiving from
the Pension department.
w. M. Cash has sold the Coldwater
Star to II. o. Butcher Barber county
educator. Mr.. Cash will become busi-
ness manager of the Lexington (MO)
Intelligencer. He has made good name
in his old Kansas field.
At BelleVille, last Wednesday, over
1000 people came out to hear Attorney
General Boyle, Notwithstanding that
Governor Leedy had been billed and it
was known that he was sick and no one
knew who would be his substitute.
Webb McNall says the war is the real
issue, according to Republicans, and he
would like to know what they would
have done for something to talk about
if the opposition in Congress had not
forced Mckinley into declaring war.
A heavyweight insurance article in
the Mail and Breeze shows that McKin-
ley prosperity reduced insurance rates;
but two men wrote the story, and the
fellow who wrote the last half proceeded
to assert that rates had actually been
raised.
Governor St. John, who has always
been Prohibitionist, is the latest Pop
ulist to desert Leedy, according to Re-
publican papers. He has deserted the
Governor about as much as the average
Republican has parted company with
Bryan.
Mcpherson will use the new school
books. It was thought that every city
in the State, outside of the counties
having county uniformity contracts, had
decided to avail itself Of the benefits OF
the new law, but Mcpherson was over
looked
Judge Emery, of Lawrence who never
supported a Populist ticket in his life,
and who the Populist Senate refused to
confirm as Irrigation Commissioner in
1895 because Of his political unfriendli-
ness, has announced that he will sup
port Leedy.
Announcements Of Republican meet
ings almost always include invitations to
women to be present. In 1894 that party
seemed to care little for the fight made
hv tho UOVnnn for nnual rights They