The Advocate and news., 1898-04-13

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Senator Baker, whom most people in
Kansas outside Of the Third district re-
member as the "chump" that ]. r. Bur-
ton said the Office got when 1t sought the
man, writes to Kansas friend that the
COburn boom will do to tie to-
Funston made the usual spectacle OF
himself at the Third district Republican
convention. He got an opportunity to
talk and so thoroughly improved 1t that
Stanley, who was to follow him, was out
of town before he got through.
The Fredonia Citizen says that Kirk
patrick will run as we'll in Wilson county
this year as he ever did, which leads the
Neodesha Sun to print the official figures
showing that he has run behind his ticket
every time that he has been candidate.
Ed Greer was turned down in the Cow
ley county Republican convention for
delegate-at-large to the State convention.
The majority report of the committee on
nominations favored him but the county
delegates knocked him out when their
turn came.
Ex-Governor Smith of the Leaven-
worth Soldiers Home has been promoted
to the Office of Inspector General Of Ma
tiOnal Military Homes. He is the man
whom Dick Blue, who represented the
whole State of Kansas" in Congress, was
going to crush.
Senator Bakers name was not men
toned in the Third district Republican
convention and no reference to him ap-
pears in the resolutions. 1t is not sur
prising that the Republicans should for
get that they have representative in
the United States Senate.
A certain class of Kansas papers seems
to select their mahter with view to
pleasing its readers as little as possible.
These are the papers which are now hav-
ing hot debate over the question
Of whether Ingalls, ever wept. Who cares
whether he ever did or not?
John Seaton says: II believe in the
enforcement of all laws and believe that
no special favor should be shown to any
class Of people. l do not refer to joint
lists in particular, but refer in general
way to all classes Of people who are sub
ject to regulation by our laws"
The Advocate and News has been in
vestigating the mistake of the Mayor OF
Courtland in calling the city election
one day too late and finds that the town
has been putting on airs. A medicine
show has been running all winter and
now a circus is being organized
A Santa Fe section hand employed near
Sedgwick lost his life while taking a
heavy lifting jack off of the track when
a fast train was approaching him. The
section mems handCar had been removed
from the track but the jack had been
overlooked until the last minute.
The United States Court Of Appeals
has decided that the Rock Island Is re-
spOnsible for damages in the well-known
Linwood wreck cases. The opinion OF
the court Is that the Rock Island was re-
sponsibe Notwithstanding that 1t was
running over Union Pacific tracks
A boom having been stanted in South
east Kansas for State Auditor Morris for
Governor, that gentleman writes the Par
sons Palladium that he don't want to be
Governor, that he is satisfied with his
present Office and that If the people are
satisfied he would like to he reelected.
After reading Ingalls, declination of
the Populist nomination in the First
district, a nomination which he never
had the slightest chance to get, Dave
Leahy observes that Jim Senter again
has the field to himself and that he is
a great deal better man than ingalls,,
anyway.
The Republicans have been holding on
free delivery of mail at Pittsburg in order
to secure the appointment OF Republi-
cans as carriers when the new postmaster
took possession, but the department de-
tailed four Kansas City substitute car
riers to do the work. The new service
begins April 16.
Will Lowry, q colored Republican
school teacher at PaOla, was the party
nominee for councilman in the first ward.
There were thirty-three Colored voters