The Advocate and news., 1898-06-01

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The Republican who opposed the ap-
pointment Of Gen. J. X. Hudson ought to
be ashamed of himself Twenty years
of such service as Joe has given the
party ought to entitle him to anything
he wants.
The Breeders Gazette, published at
Chicago, is for Coburn for Governor Of
Kansas. The Gazette is not as well cir
culated in Kansas as it might be, but
it Is creditable to have it's support, just
the same.
In the Shawnee county Republican
fight it was charged that Mayor Fellows
put 200 extra men at work on the streets
at the city's expense to further the in
terest of Hessin, who was his candidate
for Governor
The Great Bend Beacon has opened
what might be termed an employment
agency to assist in the handling of the
big wheat crop. The editor keeps list
of all who want work and of all who
want workers.
Crawford County delegates held their
convention to elect State and Congress
siOnal delegates Saturday. A resOlu-
tiOn instructing the latter to vote for
no one but Democrat was defeated by
large majority.
Harmon Wilson thinks that all this
talk about Kansas soldiers being able
to read and write is uncalled for. He
thinks that If any had been found who
In hnt
worthy of notice.
The G.. A. r. post at Elmdale has
passed resolutions indOrsing the posi-
tiOn of COmmandant Breese, of the
State Soldiers Home, in the fight which
eX"Department Commander Botkin has
taken up against him.
Republicans are making more than
the usual amount of noise over what
they term the proposed sell out. In
1896 they urged Democrats to refrain
from voting the ticket because they had
no representation on it.
Colonel Lindsey was captain of the
Topeka company Of the Eighteenth
Kansas which was organized in 1867
by Col. H. L. Moore to fight the Indians.
fifteen of his men by cholera.
Charley LObdell is booming Mort AL
baugh for State chairman of the Re-
publican committee. If Lobdell's pre-
diction that Stanley will win is verified
then his suggestion of Albaugh ought to
be agreed to by unanimous consent.
II jim Simpson had taken the pre-
caution to manufacture few delega-
tions as he was accused Of doing in
1896 the roster at the State Republican
League might have been fixed up so
that it would assume decent proportions.
Maj. A. M. Harvey's appointment
seems to please everybody. Reports
from his regiment indicate that not
Withstanding the fact that he is asso-
ciated with three men of splendid mill
tary training he is making a good show
ing
Two of the strong points of the oppo-
sitiOn to Seaton in Shawnee county
were that he voted against letting the
city use the coal hole money for an
auditorium and against the special bill
authorizing the city to build the audi
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Joe Chapman, who used to run the
Topeka Press and who ran for Congress
once in the Second district, has been
appointed as County Attorney of Frank
lin county, by Judge Riggs, to succeed
w. A. DefOrd, who is adjutant of the
Twentieth Kansas.
The Shawnee county fight for Repub.
lican delegates was the warmest in that
county's history The Daily Capital re-
printed all of the Advocate and News
last weeks State house story. The fac
tion represented by the Capital was not
miXe0 up in that deal
Ex-President Caldwell said that the
State Republican League should have
place in politics, would be power for
good if placed on a firm financial basis
or else given a decent burial. All this
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