The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14

reel COmLOrLeu IL ne Is DedJeu Dy MIN
because he will have gone down in a con-
test with creditable and honorable op-
ponent.
Ira s. Troup, formerly of Lincoln, has
bought a third interest in the Larned
Tiller and Toiler This change will en-
able the publishers to put up better
paper and will be a good thing not only
for the publishers but for the people Of
Pawnee county. Charley ECkert's edi-
tOrial page was always good.
Mr. Stanley says he will run the Gov
ernOrs Office with Q force consisting Of
a private secretary and two stenogra-
piers and that he will perform the duties
Of the Board of Pardons in addition.
That would all be very nice il it could be
done, but it can't, and whenever Mr.
Stanley succeeds in acquiring some in
formation as to the work of his Office he
will realize 1t.
The vote of the colored soldiers at
Santiago has been received by Secretary
Bush. Leedy got 81 to Stanleys 189 The
average vote on other State officers was
about 40 to 240 About half Of the 28S,
who voted, expressed themselves on local
officers. There were seven straight Re-
publican votes In Saline county, which
were sufficient to wipe out the slender
majority which Miss Mabel Marlin, the
Populist nominee for Superintendent,
had Republicans were confident that
it would also defeat the Populist nomi-
nees for District Clerk in Bourbon and
Labette counties and for Probate Judge
in Franklin, but it didn't. In the first two
cases the Populists received an increase
while in the last the adverse vote was
not sufficient to affect the result.
An examination Of the State printer
accounts in the Secretary Of States Office
is sufficient to convince anyone Of the
wisdom of Senator Cooks measure to
provide for the enrolling Of Legislative
bills with printing press instead Of by
hand. Under the old system thirty or
more ladies were employed by each house
at SO per day to do this work Their
pay began with the session and ended at
the adjournment. For the first thirty
days there was nothing whatever to do
but learn the villainous system Of pen
manship required. Then toward the end
of the session when their real work be-
gan it was impossible for them to keep
up with 1t. Now all this useless addition
to the payroll is dispensed with. The
The bills go directly to the State printer,
where they are set up in imitation of
typewriter type in clear readable form.
It is impossible to tamper with an en-
rolled bill, and then people can read it
and tell what it is about. Senator Cook
had to overcome the opposition of
friends and members who were opposed
to the measure because 1t would displace
favorites who had comfortable jobs but
he succeeded and thereby saved to the
State enough at each session to pay his
salary and that of his successors for
quarter century.
The Board of Charities is engaged in
the semi-annual letting of contracts.
The contractors are feeling better be-
cause the list of stuff desired is very
much larger than that used in June,
when it was held down to the lowest
figure in the history of the board in Or
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bought by the preceding board might be
worked off, After all possible effort had
been made along this line the stock of
stuff on hand, which was bought by Re
publicans two years ago, is still very
large. There are 1900 yards of bleached
linen and barrel of whisky left at the
asylum among other stun
which is left over from Republican pur-
chases. Not a yard Of table linen has
been bought at the Topeka asylum be-
cause plenty was left over by the old
board. At this institution there are still
two barrels OF whisky, barrel and a
half Of wine and half barrel of gin
which Mort Albaugh and his associates
bought In addition there are blacking
brushes enough to last FIVE years. The
supply of ladies' shoes left at the Topeka
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