The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13


The Ottawa Herald (ReD) thinks that
most anybody could beat Dick Blue for
COngressman The Herald slips
a cog occasionally and tells the truth.
In the Morris county Republican con-
Vention delegates were elected who are
favorable to ]. M. Miller for Congress and
H. d. Richter for Lieutenant Governor.
c. L. Hill, formerly Of Sahna and later
a tailor at Topeka, has been arrested at
Brooklyn, N. Y, charged with murder
ing the proprietor Of his boarding house.
In the Marion county Republican con-
Ventlon a hard fight was made to elect
q pronounced Coburn delegation, but the
proposition was defeated by a decisive
vote.
Father Eskridge, of the Emporla Re-
publican, Is lining up. He admits that
Major Hood should have the support
of his home city and county for Gov
ernor.
The final redemption notice of sale Of
lands and lots in Sedgwick county upon
which taxes are delinquent occupies
thirty-two columns in the Wichita Com
moner.
It is evident that John Seaton is not
a good politician. He pays no attention
to the walk hundred miles rather than
write letter" idea, and uses $40 day
for postage.
The Shawnee county POpulist cOnven-
tion will be held April 30. The primaries
will be held April %. None but known
POpulists will be permitted to vote at
the latter.
An effort was made to wreck Santa
Fe train near Eudora last week. Ties
and rails had been piled on the track
but they were discovered before train
reached the point.
A large block of stock in the Mexican
Herald is owned by Spanlards. This
explains why Paul Hudsons editorials
are unsatisfactory to his father and to
Americans generally.
P. P. Campbell, of Pittsburg, opposed
instructions for kirkpatrick in the Craw-
ford county Republican convention. He
had a large following but not enough to
secure the delegation.
The Fifth district POpulist convention
will be held at Concordia June /. The
impression Of the committeeman was
that Congressman Vincent would be re-
nominated by acclamatiOn.
The picking must be short out in Cove
county or Wynne Harrington, Of the
Cove City Advocate, would not be ex-
perimenting with the meat Of prairie
dogs as a means of sustenance.
It is to Judge Broderick's credit that
he will not come home to rustic for a
denomination. He is hired to attend 20
public business and he is doing right in
staying where the people sent him.
Westmoreland has new State bank.
At Kansas City, Kas., the funds turned
in by the Populist Police Commissioners
are being used to pay off debts left by
the former Republican administration.
Fletcher Meredith (Rep.) is authority
for the statement that Longs cover
whelming victory" in Reno county con-
sisted of getting seventy-one delegates
while the opposition only had seventy.
Hessln and Calderhead got the Re-
publican delegates from Riley county.
Riley is Hessins home county and it
would not have comported with custom
to have failed to give him the delegates.
The city of Wichita has brought suit
against Sedgwick county for $4,000,
which 1t is alleged has been collected in
taxes levied by the city and which has
not been turned over to the city treas
urer.
Stafford Republicans are quite favor
able to J. f. Greenlee, of Hutchinson,
for Congress. Greenlee was in the Leg
islature Of 1893 and was one Of the few
Republicans who wanted railroad legis-
lation.
The Republican primaries at Newton
brought out very light vote and little
interest was taken. Its the same old
story. People are not falling over them
selves to go on record as Republicans
this year.