The Advocate and news., 1898-06-15

Republican papers claim that Demo"
Gratis and Populists are opposed to the
war and are unpatriotic. When con-
VentiOn of either Of these parties adopts
resolutions faVOring the prosecution OF
the war the same papers charge that
they are stealing Republican thunder.
II Mr.. Stanley is the nice man that
Republican papers say that he Is he will
be likely to be defeated. The bosses
would not permit the party machinery
to be turned over to such a man. The
fact that all the bosses are for him con-
Vinces people that Republican, papers
are rOmancing.
w. r. Smith, the Republican nominee
for Associate Justice, is one OF the at
tOrneys for the insurance companies in
the HillmOn insurance cases. 1t is not
surprising, though, that he got the nom
inatiOn, as 1t seems that none but cor
pOration lawyers need apply in Republi-
can conventions.
Charley Lobdell says that Charley
Scott and c. G. Thomas are thinking Of
sending John Francis to the Legislature
from Allen county. Do two men attend
to the business Of nominating and elect
| ing Republican candidates for whole
county or are these stories about boss
rule pure fake?
The prevalence of candidates at the
Hutchinson convention is regarded by
Republicans as evidence that an easy
victory will be won this year. 1t really
indicates that members Of the party,
which is really an organized appetite
for Office, are willing to take any
chances to get place.
Rufe Cone, who is sore because he
could not run things at Wichita, is for
Stanley for Governor. He offers to bet
$500 that he will be elected. Cone has
been Off the reservation for several
months. His action will not materially
change local conditions and Of course he
has no influence over the State.
Stanley says that he began life as
school teacher. He got his first school
by offering to teach for So less than a
little school ma am had demanded His
friends seem to be proud of this evidence
Of his ability to get there. Plenty OF
men would starve before they would
take bread from the mouth OF a woman.
No Populist paper has been heard to
observe that Stanley stood a ghost of
show. There were candidates in the
Hutchinson convention whose nOmina-
tiOn would have produced a decidedly
unpleasant feeling on the part OF the
opposition but the bosses could not run
them so they sat on them. Stanley is
easy.
Private Groome, of the Concordia
company, started early this week for
Camp Alger, where he will join his COM
pany, which is part Of the Twenty-sec-
ond regiment. He is one Of the boys
who fell of the south pOrtico Of the State
house. Private Best, who was injured
at the same time, is not yet ready to go
forward.
An old Western ranchman says that.
In an early date 1t was impossible to-
convict horsethief in the courts. He
thinks that, instead of organizing vigi-
lance committees and arming the mem-
bers, candidate Stanley would have ar
ranged for the thieves to have paid
percentage Of their thefts into the pub
lie treasury At any rate this is Mr.
Stanley's theory as to the enforcement
Of the prohibitory law
The adoption Of the rule permitting
the chairman of county delegations to
cast the entire vote where there were
absentees, at the Republican State con-
vention, leads to the belief that many
delegates did not attend. AS further
evidence that the attendance was small
the Hutchinson News (Rep) says:
Hutchinson could have taken care or
at least 1000 more people. Even the
hotels were not crowded"
The New York World says that the
Sixty-ffth New York is without rifles
and overcOats, the Sixth Pennsylvania is
without shoes and the Sixth Ohio has
no guns. All this is at Camp Alger. Then
from Chickamauga comes complaints
that the Twelfth New York and First