The Advocate and news., 1898-06-22

PUBLIC OPINION /
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about himself He has two or three bull
let holes in him, and we'll bet our last
dollar that any statement he ever made
about his military service Is absolutely
true.
Clay Center Times (Rep,): II is pretty
safe to lay It down as a fOregOne con-
clusiOn that hereafter the township or
precinct that holds no caucus will have
no representation in Republican conven-
tiOns. A few Of the ring leaders have
grown in the habit Of staying away from
caucuses, the young men follow their
footsteps The ring leaders will come to
town next day and In convention be per-
mitted to vote the full strength OF the
precinct, giving one man sometimes nine
times the power he should have. The
convention last Saturday everlastingly
expressed itself on that point, and this
source of Generalization viii be nipped
in the bud. The young men are wanted
and are invited TO attend party caucuses.
United States Investor: Representa-
tiyes Of Chicago bond houses are travel
ing through eastern Kansas and Okla
hOma looking for municipal bonds and
placing a great deal Of money In them.
This is somewhat Of marked contrast
to the situation in the East, where there
has not been any eagerness to buy the
best local securities since the war scare
became acute. Apart from the conf
dence on the part Of the bond dealers
which our Kansas correspondence state
ment indicates, 1t Is interesting to learn
that trans-MissOuri cities and towns are
beginning to feel so rich that they can
at least afford a good many much-needed
improvements. From all accounts the
West has the bulge on the East this
year in the matter of prosperity.
Junction City Sentinel (POp.): We
will confess we never liked the sound Of
fusion" perhaps, on account Of so
many ill-designed factions using 1t. So
far as we are concerned, we are willing
to make concessions to all friendly ele-
ments and believe those having this
business In charge should deal with 1t
In liberal, broad gauged manner. AS
we have previously stated, 1t is the field
against the Republican party and the
three opposition platforms being almost
verbatim, there is no reason why all
conscientious workers cannot consOli-
date their efforts and gain another VIC
tory In Kansas. We realize the task Of
uniting the forces Is no light job and
believing the right thing at the right
time will be done, we have and will re-
frain from throwing out huge prOjeCtiles
until a failure has been made to unite
the forces on one ticket.
EG-Probate Judge ]. G. Wood (Rep.),
Of Shawnee county: I'VE must depend
for success on issues outside Of the war
this year, and 1t Is my impression that
we have a hard battle before US. Here
tofore we could depend on the disgrace
full conduct Of the Popullst party to help
US, but now 1t Is different The fact
cOnfrOnts us now that the people Of this
State regard this administration as
respectable one and one that has done
things. It gave us the stock yards bill
and the fees and salary bill. 1t doesn't
make any difference whether these bills
were right or wrong, the people de-
manded them and the people win not go
back on the party that gave them what
they asked for. We cannot talk war
when our opponents tell us that Webb
McNall collected and turned into the
treasury more money than any Repub-
lican officer ever did, and we can't talk
war when we are challenged to show
where a Republican Attorney General
ever did SO much for the people of Kan
sas as Mr. Boyle"
Lawrence Journal (Rep.): Take the
Hutchinson convention, for instance;
what have the Republican voters Of the
State to say in reference 10 the candi-
dates? Not word. There are 912 men
there, a hundred Of whom know what
they want. The other 812 will vote as
they are told, or as policy or as the in
terests Of their favorite candidate de-
mands. The favored candidate demands
The favored hundred are controlled by a
dozen, who dictate what the hundred
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