The Advocate and news., 1898-08-03

Grant Harrington says that the Brown
COunty Republican spellblnders who are
on the State committees list are like
the Spanish gunners in that they are de-
fcient in target practice and shy on am
lmunition.
Chester |. Long has been east for
several weeks, but is now back in his
district. He Is still of the opinion that
he will be elected, all Of which goes to
show that his judgment has shown no
improy ement.
The Kansas City Tribune says that 1t
is we'll that Boyle took up the case Of
the bOodling County Attorney of Usage
county and forced him to resign, but
that there are others, and they are not
all POpulists, either.
Present and ex-employes Of the pen
sion Office at Topeka have presented
Captain Hawkins of the Atchison col
ored company with sword. He is an
educated cOlOred man who was formerly
in the pension Office.
Lieutenant Seeker, of the Leaven-
worth company, has been assigned to the
command of battalion Of Oregon re-
cruits until they reach their regiment.
1t Is stated that he will be urged to take
the command permanently
Ex-State Superintendent H. N. Gaines
Is chairman of the Saline county Popu-
list central committee. If Mr.. Gaines
succeeds as well in managing political
campaign as he does in running a news
paper he will win an easy victory.
The ink was hardly dry on Jim Trout
mans statement that the Republican
party is the friend of prohibition when
majority Of the party in Shawnee
county voted down law and order can
didates for places on the county ticket.
The Abilene Chronicle (Rep says that
the nomination OF a straight Democrat
candidate for Congress in the Fifth dis
trict will be pleasing to many Republi-
cans who wont vote for Calderhead and
who don't want to vote for a Populist.
Stanley has disappointed many rea-
sonable Republicans by admitting that
he has another man slated for Webb Nc
Nails place. A large number of his
party realize that Kansas people cannot
afford to have change made in that Of
fee.
Topeka has a policeman who would
average up well with Spanish soldiers.
EIe shot four times at dog and would
not have killed him then but for the fact
that he had him down and fired at a
range of about an inch and half the
last time.
Revenue Collector Mike Sutton says
that revenue stamps are not required on
iurats of a notary public, afidavlts, ac-
acknowledgements and certificates of fill
ing of Registers of Deeds. He says that
this is a ruling of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue.
Editor Mead, of the Mcpherson Repub-
lican, denies that he supported Jerry
Simpson in 1890. He says that he sim
ply refused to support Jim Hallowell,
because Of personal weaknesses which 1t
is not good taste to mention now that
Hallowell is dead.
Senator Baker Congressman Curtis
and Cy Leland have urged the War de-
partment to send the Twentieth Kansas
to the Philippines. 1t don't go, though.
Is it true, as charged, that the War de-
partment is Furnishing Kansas for elect
ing a Populist Governor?
Mort Albaugh still continues to insist
that the Populists in the Legislature
voted down the initiative and referen-
dun resolution. He knows that the
statement is untrue, as such a resOlu-
tion must have a two-thirds vote, which
number the POpulists did not have.
In the Parsons district in Labette
county the Populists and Democrats
have agreed on DIR. Gabriel for Repre-
sentative, but each party nominated a
candidate for commissioner, the Popu-
list candidate being r. j. Vanhorn and
the Democrats named w. H. Swartzel.
Notwithstanding that the Populists
were to ruin the credit of Kansas, ex-
Governor MorrilPs bank at Hiawatha has
100000 in its vaults which has been
paid in by farmers, who had borrowed it.