The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

never be there at all. Patriotic citizens
gave them money and transportation to
Fort Leavenworth, where they were
when their regiment reached that place.
Their humiliation was caused by care
less and incompetent officers.
Aside from the delegates to the Wood
son county Republican convention, about
twenty-five persons listenend to ]. M.
Miller's speech at Yates Center. He is
the man who enjoys the empty honor
OF a Republican nomination in the
Fourth district.
A versatile Republican newspaper cor
respondent says the State committee has
the names of 2,269 voters who voted for
Bryan who will vote for Stanley. This
correspondent has learned to be exact
and that round numbers carry with them
an air of suspicion
II the Topeka Karnival Knights really
want to secure a first-class beauty for
their fall festivities, they may secure
the pretty boy from Barber county who
wants to go to Congress. He has not
been able to draw crowd for a long
time, and would enjoy 1t.
George Smelling, Attorney General
Boyle's assistant, placed Chester |. Long
in nomination in the Seventh district
Republican convention in 1896. This
convention was held before the Republi-
can national convention. When the lat
ter declared for gold, Smelling quit.
Hundreds Of lifelong Republicans re-
fuse to accept w. l. Stuart, Leland's
questiOnably nominated candidate for
judge as their candidate, according to
Ewing Herbert, editor of the Hiawatha
World. The World has always been ex-
Governor MOrrilPs personal organ.
One Populist paper in the Second dis
trict refuses to support Congressman
Peters, and with that exception every
fusion paper in the State is supporting
his party's Congressional nominee.
There is not district in the State in
which papers are refusing to line up.
Many Of the Populist members of the
last Legislature are being renominated.
Nearly all Of those who have not been
refused to become candidates again. It
don't take many terms in the Legisla-
ture to satisfy the ordinary member
that he cannot afford to hold the Office.
1AC UOOlu Ids DCcu CudES6u WIFI
most everything, but the latest is the
Florence Bulletins charge that it Is re-
sponsible for John Collins downfall. 1t
says that he could not get used to the
hard times with its attending depriva-
tions Of previous everyday allowances.
What has become of Lyman U. Hum
phrey, e. N. Morrill,, Sam Peters, Billy
Buchan and Dick Blue? All of these
were standing up for Kansas once, they
said A new crowd has sprung up, and
Judging from the tone Of Republican
papers, their motto is to "abuse Kan
sas."
One reason why Representative G. A.
Fell, of Pawnee, did not get a renOmina-
ton was that he did not desire it. He
is party to land contest in Oklahoma,
and candidacy for Office in Kansas would
be a declaration of citizenship which
would lose him his rights in the Terri
tory.
Ewing Herbert, editor of Ex-Governor
Morrilps personal organ, has been called
down by the party bosses, and he is now
giving w. l. Stuart a passive support,
Notwithstanding that he has openly said
that no Republican can honestly indOrse
the trumpery and trickery employed in
his nomination.
After their experience two years ago,
it was assumed that the Republicans
would not engage in the importation of
outside speakers, but they have begun to
import them c. Emory Smith is the
first announced. Men whose names are
parted in the middle seem to be the
only pebbles this year.
A court-martial has been ordered to
try Lieutenant Guy Morrison, Twenty
second Kansas, on a charge of failure to
stop the desecration of the grave of Ma
jor Duke. This is practically the same
charge as that on which Surgeon Dun
can was convicted. Lieutenant Morri-
sons home Is at Clay Center