The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27

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has stood behind him In all the fight.
And who suppOseg that Attorney Cen
eral Boyle would have been able to have
made his brilliant fights against cOrpo-
rate greed had he not haO the unquali-
fled endorsement OF Leedy and had he
not been favored with free access to the
Governors contingent fund. And there
are many other equally important mat
ters that have given the people relief.
Tom Eckert, ex-RepubliCan director Of
the penitentiary: It is possible, and we
may add that 1t iS probable, that Dr..
Morrison received money from Shepherd
under a promise to use his influence to
secure the pardon of Shepherds son
from the penitentiary, but 1t also argues
that Shepherd wFs great chump for
suppOsing that money could be used for
such a purpose with the Board of Par
dons or with Governor Morrill, The
Traveller proved long since that it had
no apologies to offer for public officials
who are guilty Of wrong doing, espe-
cially IL the officer be Republican. We
expect better things of Republicans and
when they have proven unworthy Of the
trust reposed In them they deserve and
shall receive the seVereSt Censure.
Hutchinson Democrat: Kansas has
had some able Governors. AS a whole,
compared with other States, she is Sec
ond to none. Governor Robinson, Gov
ernor Carney, Governors Click and Os-
born were able men, and the progress Of
Kansas is due more to the executive
ability Of these men than will be credited
TO them. Fortunately for the State, Gov
ernOr Leedy Is the equal Of the best OF
them. He Is level headed, pushing and
enterprlsing. Like Grant and Lincoln,
he rarely makes a mistake In his judg-
ment Of character in men, and never
fails to find the right man for the right
place AS a result, State affairs were
never managed better than they are to-
day. Good service and economy are
apparent in all the departments, and
contraSted with other administrations 1t
is above criticism.
Ness City News (Rep.): How is 1t in
our county management? Look over the
history of the Republican party for the
past eight or ten years, and you cannot
marvel at the composition Of the State
and district conventions. During the
time mentioned there has not been call
issued for a convention in which this
county was entitled to representation but
that q certain class of persons, not. to
exceed a dozen or two, bobbed up and
manipulated things so that they were
numbered among the favored ones, and
year after year almost the same set of
delegates has represented this county
abroad. We are not saying this for the
purpose of criticising those who are al
ways to the front, for we may not per-
sonally be In position to hurl the first
rock, but rather to point out the reason
why there is so little interest in our pri-
maries and caucuses.
0berlln Times (Rep): The POpullsts
OF Decatur county are united and work
as one man. The party has trusted
leaders, not one leader, but several of
them counseling together, that the voters
heed and follow No one pretends nor
attempts to boss When there is any
one OF them, or any number of them,
set themselves back in the harness and
refuse to work, the party as a whole
force such into line, or adhere to their
demands, and the breach is mended, Op-
position silenced, harmony restored, and
they march along to victory. There are
hundreds OF good, sound, worthy Re-
publicans voting the PopuliSt ticket In
Decatur county that were driven out
Of the party by boss rule, domineering,
overbearing and unfair treatment by the
sO-called, self-constituted bosses or
pufred-up, self-elected party leaders that
no man of sense and self-respect or
manhood would or could endure or toll
crate when he became the subject Of
displeasure.
Chanute Times (Rep.): Correct you
are, MIR. McNall. II a company, through
It's agents, writes a certain amount of
insurance ON a certain piece OF DroDertv