The Advocate and news., 1898-06-08


It is claimed that John Seaton's livery
bill in the Shawnee county delegate
fight amounted TO $1,000. He must want
Office badly or else he thinks he secs
ways to reimburse himself.
The stalwart Democrats admit that
the AtchisOn convention will declare fOr
fusion. In opposing such action Dem
Ocrat serves notice that he wants Kan
sas to go Republican In 1900.
Edwin Rouzell, Secretary of the Fra
ternal Aid Association, has been SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for a year and
a half for attempting to obtain $4,000 OF
insurance on a dummy member.
Who would have supposed that Lin
coin county, which was about the nine
ty-third county to hold a Republican
convention this year, would be among
the first to remember and indOrse Sena-
tor Baker?
An Emporia boy opened switch near
the Santa Fe depot, and but for the
slow speed at which a passenger train
pulled out there would have been ter
rible wreck The boy confessed and
will go to the reformatory.
The old trouble between ex-Represen-
tative Wilmington and eX-COngressman
Baker has broken out again. Whiting
ton, who is now at Red Lodge, Mont,
airs his side of the case in a four column
article in the last Lincoln Beacon.
Billy Edwards writes to the State
Temperance Union that he Is in favor
of the enforcement of all laws, whether
they be right or wrong. He hedges
through by advising the party platform
makers to keep still on the subject.
Mrs. Lena Elder Fuller daughter of
p. p. Elder, made one Of the addresses
at Princeton Decoration day. Judging
from the reports she possesses much Of
the strength and ability which has made
her father useful citizen OF Kansas.
Up to the time the change was made
in the plan of assessment, the A. o. u.
w. of Kansas was losing members grad
ually. Since the adoption of the clas-
silied plan the order is on the up grade,
and each month shows net increase.
Fifteen convicts at the government
prison at Leavenworth escaped last
Wednesday. A Territory prisoner, whose
name was Musgrove, was the leader, and
he was recaptured at once. Warden
French has made every effort to retake
the others.
Farmer Funston is lodging the pro-
hibtion question by saying that he lives
in the country and don't know anything
about it, If he is nominated and elected
to the office of Governor he will get
few pointers on the subject before his
term expires.
Joe Bristow, who is Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General, has been in Kansas
for nearly a week helping the LELAND
gang in it's efforts to control the State
convention. BristoW, with his pOstoffiCe
influence, will probably be a power in
the convention.
Candidate Stanley favOrs enforcement
of the liquor law where it is convenient
to enforce and non-interference where
people object. He talks like a good Re-
publican and would doubtless succeed
admirably in being all things to all
men if nominated.
Senator Young has bought the Kansas
POpulist, which has been published by
]. Fl. Ritchie, at Cherryvale, and has
moved it to Independence, where he will
continue it's publication. Mr.. Ritchie
has issued the Cherryvale News in place
of his former paper.
Billy Edwards, John Seaton and 9th
ers are publicly announcing that they
are paying large amounts for railroad
fare for delegates and that they have
been turned down in pass matters. Will
their sworn statement of campaign ex-
penses include such matters?
Cloud county Populists indOrsed Gov
ernor Leedy, Secretary Bush, Attorney
General Boyle, Superintendent Stryker
and Superintendent McNall. Congress
man Vincent was given a very compli-
mentary Endorsement, and support Of
the government in the present war was