The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11

The Seventh district HeuDllcan CON-
vention filed Hutchinson's hotels, and
the politicians are wondering what they
will do when the State convention takes
possession Of the town.
DR.. Henry Dykes, who was Secretary
OF the State Board of Health during the
Lewelling administration, has been ap-
pointed surgeon Of the Third Tennessee
regiment Of volunteers.
The Kansas Mutual, monthly jour
nal which will devote It's attention to
developing sentiment favOring mutual
insurance has been launched at Nc
PhersOn by L. G. Criner.
Seventh district Republicans deny that
they are asking too many State offices.
They have counted up and find only sew
enteen candidates compared with
eighteen from the second.
Ex-senator PETER will furnish edl-
tOrlal copy for the Independence Star and
Kansan. This will not necessitate his
removal from Topeka or any change in
his relations with the Advocate and
News.
The representation in the Second dis
trict POpulist convention at Olathe, June
2l. will be as follows: Allen 7, Anderson
7, Bourbon 13, Douglas 10, Miami IL,
Franklin IL, Johnson Z, Linn 10, Wyan-
dOtte 25.
OF several leading Brown county Pop
uists who write ito the Hiawatha Dem
Ocrat four oppose giving any State offices
to the Democrats and the others are not
anxious to yield, but will do so If it
seems best.
II the confidential statements OF their
respective managers which are publicly
reported are to be taken as true 1t must
appear that each one of tho Republican
candidates for Governor already has a
majority of the delegates.
Joseph Murray, of the Dillon Repubi-
can, went to Abilene to see how Volun-
teers were recruited, got the fever, en-
listed, went home, posted sign in his
Office saying Gone to whip Spain" and
is now in Uncle Sans army.
Chester l. Long was nominated for
Congress in the Seventh district last
Thursday by acclamation. No other name
was mentioned, as it was believed that
Long could take defeat as gracefully
as anybody. He is used to 1t.
In a recent interview, ex-Department
Commander BOtkin severely roasted
Commander Breese Of the State Soldiers
Home. It is now given out that Mrs.
Breese is a cousin of Sam Wood, which
may be the cause of BOtkin's feeling.
The First Congressional district has
two United States Senators, two Con-
gresmen, the United STATES Marshal, the
pension agency and it had the last Re-
publican Governor. John SeatOn can't
plead lack of recognition Of his people.
The free silver Republican State CEN
trail committee met at Topeka last week
and called a State convention to meet
at Topeka June Is, which is the time and
place Of the Populist convention. Eleven
of the seventeen members of the COM
mittee attended.
When Carl Mingenback moved from
Greensburg to Mcpherson he took fine
dog along. The dog only staid at it's
new home a few days when 1t disap-
peared. 1t showed up at home, a distance
of 11O miles, looking like 1t had been
through famine.
The visit Of w. ]. Bryan to Peabody
was very pleasant one. "A reception
at the residence of National Committee
man ]. G. Johnson was given Friday
evening. Mr.. Bryan delivered addresses
ito the school children in the morning and
to the public in the afternoon.
The Lawrence World (Rep.) realizes
that it would be fool mistake to ap-
point Col. Hughes as brigadier general
and says so. 1t adds that Governor Nor
rill did not dare to appoint him to the
office of adiutant general because Of his
lack of qualification and popularity.
There is only one condition under
which Republican politicians will sub
scribe to the sixteen to one idea. That
is when sixteen drinks are given to one