The Advocate and news., 1898-08-31

given the place to Mulroy. OF course he
will be elected. All of the conventions
OF the various parties in that county are
just that uncertain. There is only one
certainty in the whole political sltua-
tiOn there. That is that no matter who
is named by any party those under the
Democrat head will win.
A Sedgwick county farmer was very
much surprised to learn recently that
there was 81, ,260 mortgage on his farm.
Inquiry into the matter developed the
fact that 1t had been mortgaged by
man by the name of Cross, who carried
forged deeds to it, and after securing the
money he disappeared and has not been
heard Of since.
The row between Lieutenant Deford
and ]. r. Chapman in the Franklin
county Democrat convention which Re
publican papers have been promising did
not materialize. Chapman was renomi-
mated for County Attorney without a
fight. The fusion forces nominated Con
Simmons and w. e. Kibbe for the
Legislature, that county again having
two members
Jim Greason, of the Atwood Citizen
(Rep), seems to think that the Office of
Senator from Kansas has been practi-
Cally abolished. Of course 1t was not to
be expected that he would approve of
Senator Harris attention to the nations
interests in the Pacific railroads matter,
but it is surprising that Republican
paper will publish a true estimate of
Senator Baker.
Last Friday night Governor Leedy
came in from long speaking campaign
and he called at headquarters immediate
ly after his arrival to see a copy Of the
campaign handbook which he had, ac-
cording to Republican papers, suppressed
a week before After looking 1t over he
concluded that the Republicans would
be very glad to have him or some one
else suppress 1t.
Atchison county Populists and Demo-
Gratis have agreed on ticket satisfaC-
tory to both elements. The Democrats
get everything, it is stated, except Rep
resentative in the country district. AS
the later is the surest place for an anti
Republican who desires to win, the Pop
uists will at least get something in that
county. I. B. Wilcox Is the nominee for
the Legislature.
The following ticket has been named
in Osborne county: Representative, VIM.
Rosegrant; County Attorney, Chas. H.
Nicholas; Superintendent, Chas. Hahn;
Commissioner, John G. Stanford; Clerk
of District Court, Jerry D. Dunkleberg;
Probate Judge, ]. F. Trey. The ticket
is said to be quite strong Jerry Dunkle-
berg was a delegate to the Populist ma
tional convention in Omaha in 1892.
A satisfactory fusion ticket has been
nominated in Sedgwick county: The
candidates are as follows: Representa-
tive, Seventieth district, w. ]. Babb;
Seventy-second district, w. J. Anderson;
County Attorney S. B. Amidon; Probate
Judge, ]. N. Haymaker; Clerk District
Court, P. L. Arnett; County Superinten-
dent, J. V. Colville; Commissioner, ID.
A. Wilson. The last five are renOmina>
tions.
The story about petition being cir
culated in the Twentieth Kansas urging
that the regiment be mustered out was
true. It had been reported that the boys
were to be sent to do garrison duty in
Arizona, and rather than do that they
wanted to quit the service. But now that
there is a prospect Of going to Honolulu
and possibly to Manila the desire to go
out of the service is no longer in evil
dence.
If the white soldiers were incapable Of
showing a degree of efficiency after
ninety days drill which would entitIe
them to assignment at the front, how
does it come that the colored regiment
was sent forward after about thirty days
drill? Was there not little politics N
that particular move on the part Of the
War department? Should the War de-
partment be conducted as a political ma
chine?
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