The Advocate and news., 1898-07-20

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the back If he thought he could get away
without being caught"
The Lawrence Gazette sarcastically
observes that "The Democratic revolt is
spreading. The Topeka Capital, lola
Register Lawrence Journal LeaVen-
worth Times and many other influential
papers have Joined it and are putting In
their best licks for the preservation Of
the Democratic party in Kansas"
The following paragraph, taken from
It's columns, reflects seriously on the
Abilene RefieCtOr's reputation for mis-
representing the soldier boys: "The
soldiers at San Francisco are, IL reports
be true, having as much suffering on the
damp sands Of the camp ground as they
would have had If In actual service"
1. L. Magee writes CHEEKY letter
from Camp Thomas to the Sterling Bull
letin and Gazette He is fortunate in
that he has newspaper training and he
uses 1t to good advantage by observing
and relating everything of interest. He
is not by any manner Of means, though,
the only Kansas boy whose stuff is
worth reading.
The Hiawatha World (Rep.) describes
Cy Leland's town in this way: "We
dislike Troy and have no faith in 1t.
Troy is a broken-dOwn, sway-backed
village deformity-an iniquitous and in
famous hamlet of depravity-a cross
road point, lacking in everything except
a fine assortment OF funerals for numer-
Gus ossifed citizens"
A suitable reward should be offered for
an editorial from a Kansas Republican
paper which deals justly with Kansas
soldiers If there is such an editorial
writer in the Republican ranks he can
have anything he wants when they come
home. The fellows who put in their
time belittling the boys won't be as pop
ular as an ordinary crap shooter.
Lee Monroe finds plenty of good Re-
publicans off the reservation in Russell
county He got Harry Pestana to get
out Of his way in the Judicial race by
promising him the delegates from all
the western counties in his Judicial dis
trict for the Congressional nomination.
He did not even deliver his home county.
Pestana's friends are no longer conceal
ing their weapons.
In counties which had a union ticket
last year or in which either the Demo-
Gratis or Populists were not represented
on the ballot with ticket bearing the
party name, Attorney General Boyle
holds that it will be necessary to file
petitions to get party tickets on the
ballot this year. The conventions can
name tickets as usual but after that a
petition will have to be filed.
Replying to the benighued editor of
the Dighton Herald, who wants to at
tend Populist meeting and hear the
orator tell the wheat raisers that they
are down-trodden slaves, the Lebanon
Journal says: For heavens sake graf
ify that 22-calibTe editor and do 1t quick.
Also take along a small bore Republi-
can cruiser to tell the audience that the
Dingley bill raised wheat one week in
Chicago to $1.80 per bushel, and in the
next three weeks dropped 1t to 20 cents
per bushel, just in time to force the bulk
of the farmers wheat on the market"
According to Republican papers the
Populists have promised lot of Wis
iOnary and wild things, the doing Of
which would ruin the State. And the
same papers in the same breath solemnly
assert that POpulsts never keep their
promises, JHdL Jney repuuldIeu OIL VI
those made in 1896 and will lido so again.
In view of the fact that Republicans
promised nothing and invariably fail to
redeem promises when made, their own
testimony gives them no advantage in
this fight. 1t is best to let the Repub-
lican party Of Kansas continue to stand
on its State record of the last fifteen
Trouble has already broken out in the
Republican camp. At the late commit
tee meeting Candidate Smith urged that
the Populists be severely arraigned for
driving the stock yards company out of
Kansas. Candidate GODDARD thought that
it would be as we'll to let that question
alone as the legislation which had been