The Advocate and news., 1898-05-04

COu&FeSB ana LOf BA- WdIuSn NeO. OhbS
Tor Lieutenant Governor,
Billy Edwards friends claim that the
delegates from Stafford and PaWnee will
vote for him and that Pratt and KlOwa
will probably be in line.
Congressman Botkin rides a bicycle,
that is, he does when he can stay on. A
dog got In his way recently and he is
nursing a bruised arm now.
+. M. Pearl, an attorney at Robinson,
is the only candidate so far mentioned for
the POpulist nomination for Judge in the
own-Doniphan-Nemaha district.
Senator Lamb has che delegation from
WOodsOn, his home county, for the Re-
publican nomination for Congress. COf-
fey Is also in his column, 1t Is stated.
Lieutenant Rowan, who has been sent
to confer with General Garcia, the Gu
ban leader, is son-in-law of A. B.
Symms, the AtchlsOR wholesale grocer.
Dispatches to the Capital state that
the Pratt, Kearny, Ness, KiOwa, Stat
ford and Pawnee Republican delegates
elected Saturday are for Long for Com
gress.
Wichita's ability TO turn out fake sto-
ries Is still retained. The latest is that
If Stanley becomes Governor the local
fellows will refrain from asking for
places.
The Wichita Beacon has printed ex-
pressions from over one hundred promi-
nent Wichita citizens, all of whom de-
nOunce the hanging Of Governor Leedy
in effigy.
G. M. Sheldon has bought the Atchi-
son Champion. He will continue 1t as
an evening paper. Two linotypes will
be secured. The change took place
Monday.
Ed Marsh, the Phillipsburg barber
who was charged with numbering A.
Vega, an old Spanish restaurant keeper
at that place last December, has been
acquitted
Every delegation elected to the Re-
publican State convention contains one
or more postmasters amongst its num-
Der. This means strength for Bristow
and Leland.
The total amount of the State fire
mems fund collected by the Insurance
department is $19,SS4. 1t goes to the
various cities having organized fire de-
parLments.
Republican editors, who are crlticising
Governor Leedy, should remember that
the selection of 5000 volunteers from
10000 who want to go is not an easy
thing to do.
A motion to instruct for Reeder for
Congress in the Phillips county Republi-
can convention was lost sight of and
was not adopted. Phillips is Reeder's
home county.
The AtchlsOn Globe says that II Gov
ernor Leedy goes to war and Lieutenant
Governor Harvey takes his place at home
that the affairs Of state will be in very
capable hands.
L. G, Criner, of the Mcpherson Opln-
ion, Is ready to enlist and wants to lease
his paper. He says that he will likely
take job in the southeast part of the
United States"
II has been suggested that Governor
Leedy keep a company of troops at the
State house and give every applicant
for place a chance to show his ability
to handle them.
One of the officers Of the Wichita mil
itla company who was turned down by
Governor Leedy because of his connec-
ton with the hanging in efigy affair is
native-bOrn Spaniard.
Department Commander Eastman,
who has appointed ex-Speaker Duns-
more as Chief Mastering Officer, was a
member Of the Douglass House. Surely
this Is reunited country.
Congressman Botkin, Vincent and
Simpson spoke at the Thursday night
session of Congress against the pending
war revenue bin. Their opposition was
directed at the bond feature.
An Austrian section boss at Burton
who declares that one Spaniard can lick