The Advocate and news., 1898-05-04

uAtbI MNtM NhO RNAeSe
The Board Of County Commissioners
OF Graham county has cancelled s15, ,l65
worth OF scrip, being all that was out
standing. This Is the county whose
bonds State Treasurer HefebOwer Is
afraid to have the State buy. 1t doesn't
seem to be IN very hard way.
o. H. Bentley, the Wichita lawyer who
thought he was running against Chester
/. Long for the Republican nomination
for Congress, has discovered that he was
not running at all and has Withdrawn
and been granted the privilege Of moving
that Longs nomination be by acclanla-
ton.
Lyon county Democrats met in mass
convention at EmpOria last week and af
ter eleCting five delegates to the Congress
siOnal convention they were instructed
to vote to postpone the convention un-
I'll May II, the date Of thte POpullst
convention. The convention date Is
May 3.
The Lyndon Herald faVOrs some plan
which will give the Democrats repre-
sentation this year without any sacri-
fee Of principle on the part Of POpu
lists. 1t inclines to the opinion that
the Democrat demands should be grant
ed except as to Congressman in the
Fourth district.
The company operating the road from
Anthony to Arkansas City wants its
assessment reduced. It is valued by
the assessor at $224,OOO, while the Fed
eral court receiver has figured that 1t Is
worth but $4,000. The owners threaten
to tear up the track II the assessment
Is not reduced.
These Republican politicians who have
won the hearts Of the people for years
with tears and lamentations because
their youth prevented them from fighting
for their country in the late war are now
actively hustling for opportunities to
serve their venerable Uncle Samuel as
postmasters, and In other peaceful lines.
It is now stated by the Santa Fe Of
icials that the decrease In the number
OF men employed in Its shops about two
months ago was caused by the big ex-
perse attending the Arizona tunnel fire,
and that having recovered therefrom
the old force will go back to work. The
Capital said 1t was due to fear of a spe-
cial session.
Mic Mayrath, County Commissioner OF
Ford county, who was defendant in an
custer suit brought to remove him be-
cause his election was secured through
the soldiers home vote, has decided to
dropthe case and retire. AN the talk about
contempt proceedings against Ed G. Lit
tie, as attorney in the case, Is purely
imaginative.
Reports indicate that every Republican
paper in Brown, Doniphan and Nemaha
counties is against John SeatOn for Gov
ernOr. If the reports are true that set
ties two things, the First district will
not be for him solidly and Cy Leland
and his man Bailey will be against him.
Under these circumstances he will not
be nominated.
No Republican county convention will
be held in Jefferson county. The CEN
trail committee has given c. G. McCar-
thy, home candidate for State Treas
urer, authority to name the delegates.
No chance will be given the people to
express their sentiments on other Of
flcers. Yet Republicans talk about rep
resenting the people.
Wynne Harrington, of the Cove City
Advocate, went over to the Gralnfleld
convention, and on his return home
found a prairie fire raging, which, but
for the assistance Of his neighbors, would
have destroyed his cattle ranch. He says
that he always opposed early conven-
tiOns, and is more confirmed in his be-
lief now than ever before.
Some years ago resolution was pend
Ing in the State Senate to hang pictures
OF Jim Lane and John Brown in the
Senate chamber Senator Carnahan
moved that when the pictures were
placed in position that they should be
SO labeled that those who viewed them
might know which one killed himself
and which one was hanged.