The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
PUBLIC OPINION.

ular, and that there Is an excellent pros
pect that 1t will succeed itself. The Re-
publicans of Kansas are confronted with
the fight OF their lives.
Kansas City Tribune (Rep); s. H.
Dodge, Of Beloit, is candidate for Con
gress in the Sixth district. There Is only
one reason we would not like to see him
nOminated--the next Congressman from
that district will be a Pop.
ri Dorado Advocate (Pop.): No State
administration in the history OF this
nation has ever accomplished the
amount of good work the present POpu-
list State government has. The trusts
are all on the run and the people are In
1t from start to finish.
Marion Record Lawyers familiar
with the business in Judge Fosters
court tell us that 1t is insignificant now
compared with the time prior to 1887
at which time the amount of claims over
which the court had Jurisdiction was
raised from $500 to $4,000. Then an
army of clerks were employed. Now but
one or two are employed and they have
but little to do. 1t is nonsense to talk
about there being any necessity for a
new court.
LeaVenworth Times (Rep.): The con-
duct of these tricksters (Simpson and
Leland) as described would create a
revolution in any party. Not only has
1t been dictatOrial and autocratic, but
unjust and unfair. It shows dishonesty
on the very face of 1t, and 1t will GER
! tainly insure an uprising OF the people
against it. Such a pernicious attempt
to control and dominate the party and
to subvert the will Of the people cannot
be tolerated.
Leavenworth Times (Rep.): There
is something astounding In the impu-
dent absoluism with which Leland
through his clique has tried to rule Re-
publican affairs in Kansas. The chosen
representatives Of the party, the elected
committeeman, the ordinary rights of
the rank and file, have all been swept
aside with a lordly hauteur, and the gang,
Leland and one or two Of his creatures,
have taken possession of the whole
party machinery.
Fort Scott Lantern: 1t is said that
COAlulAoGAOuCA LGO JOAluoOue VI LILO Ad-
Dor Bureau is making an effort to
straighten up the statistics of the bu-
reau so as to make them OF some practi-
cal value. The question Of labor and
the relation Of labor to capital is one
OF the leading questions Of the age It
Is we'll that this bureau is In the hands
OF careful man. The Commissioner
ought to be able to secure some figures
that would be helpful on this question.
Fredonia Herald: In Populistic Kan
sas it Is true that the mortgage indebt-
edness is rapidly disappearing, but an
Eastern exchange refers to the mortgage
record Of gold-standard Ohio for the last
year as reported by the Secretary Of
State. It appears that there were H.
568 mortgages given, aggregating S7S,-
744,50S, and only 81 1923 were released,
representing $59,255,923. This shows
that 10000 more mortgages were re-
corded than were released, representing
$20,O00,000 increase Of indebtedness.
Yates Center Advocate The Republi-
can papers criticise the new school his
tories because so little space is given
to wars and the details Of war. Former
school histories have been largely given
to this subject, so much 80 that all edu-
Gators Of note have demanded a change,
and teachers we have talked with on the
subject say that the new histories are
much more interesting as well as in
structive to pupils with the details Of
battles left out, Our country's great
ness has been achieved by peace and not
by the swordS
Howard Citizen: Webb McNall
brought the insurance barons to time.
Boyle forced the railroads to restore
car load rates and reduce their rates
to many points. Stryker put up a gall
liant fight against the school book trust.
Leedy stood behind these officials with
his backbone and sterling honesty.
These victories we're made possible by
wise laws enacted by the last State Leg
islature. And the Peoples party Is en-