The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

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Webb McNall's prediction that the ad-
dition Of Shawnee county to the First
district would precipitate fights in the
Republican party which would eventu-
ally hand the district over to the Oppo-
sition, seems about to be verified.
Major Tom Anderson, of Topeka, hay
ing won the Republican nomination for
State Senator, is now hustling for Com
mander-in-chief Of the G. A. R. of the
United States. The matter will be set
tied at the national encampment.
Pat COney of Topeka, who has always
been prominent Republican, states
that his name appears on the Repub-
liCan list Of campaign orators without
his consent, as he don't propose to make
any of that kind Of speeches this year.
When Republicans can find no fault
with Populist candidate they charge
that he joined the party to get Office.
That is what they say Of Price, the NOM
lnee in the First district, but he was in
office when he left the Republican party.
No matter what may happen in Wash
ington county, the Washington Repub.
liCan finds evidence Of Bill Rogers viii
lainy in it. He is regarded as worse
than the octopus, the devil and the Span
iards combined. Bill must be making
his influence felt
P. S. Ray, Of the Twentieth Kansas.
writes to the Yates Center News that
every man in his company has from
one to six girls and that when they go
Oh board the transports for the west
'eyes that never shed tear will give
down like fresh cow
Republican journalists imagine they
see silver Republicans tumbling over
themselves to get back into the party.
The only case cited is that Of DR.. j. r.
Hawkin, Of Burr Oak, who printed let
ter saying that it was not so just as soon
as he saw the statement.
All over the own-Nemaha-Doni-
phan district a demand Is coming up
from Republicans for the nomination Of
new candidate for Judge The rank
and file don't like to support politi-
clans tool who was nominated through
the treachery Of an eX-convict.
Ewing Herbert is now asking Brown
county Republicans how they like giving
a vote to Bailey to aid Buckles, the
home candidate for judge. 1t will be re-
membered that Bailey carried Brown
against Broderick because Leland prom
lsed that he would support Buckles.
Marshall county Republicans set the
State convention of that party a good
example. There being nothing for Re-
publican to resolute about they adopted
no platform at all. This is better than
to pass few resolutions which do not
and were not intended to mean anything.
The Leavenworth Times fight on
| John Harmon will have to be suspended
for a while now. Harmon belongs to
the TomlinsOn crowd. He has been
painted as the most disreputable poll
tlclan imaginable by the Times for
years, but in it's opinion he is all right
now.
Leland don't want Ingalls, to be per-
mitted to speak under the direction of
the State committee this year and his
wishes seem to be respected, as the ex-
Senator's name has been omitted from
the list of speakers, which is deemed to
be notice that he is supposed to stay
dead.
A big whisk broom factory is moving
from New York to Hutchinson in order
to be close to it's base of supplies. Billy
Morgan is so "oh be Joyful over it that
he forgets that two years ago he was
telling people that the election of the
Populist ticket would drive capital out
Of the State.
Albert R. Greene, Republican apOs-
tie, says that at no period in the history
of Kansas has the raising of wheat or
corn for sale been profitable for ten con-
secutive years. He amends this state
ment by observing that possibly the
implement dealer has profted by efforts
in this direction.
The city of Winfield is without electric
lights because the owners Of the fran
chise refuse to furnish service at reason