The Advocate and news., 1898-09-21

nlleu WIN men OF SOuleS 8 character ant
integrity 1t would be a fortunate cOndi
tiOn for the people.
A. b. Heacock has been renOminate(
by the POpuIists for Superintendent Of
Harper county. He has made splendid
record.
Ex-State Superintendent Wolfe oI
Missouri abs been elected city superin.
tendent Of the Kansas City, Kas.
schools.
The Wichita Commoner thinks It is
natural that the credit of Kansas should
be strengthened as the Republican party
weakens.
The varied lines of instruction given al
the State Agricultural College are a sur
price to one who has not given the mat
ter attention.
Wichita postal clerks kick because the
Office closes at 10:30 a. m. Sundays. They
say that It gives them no excuse for not
going to church.
The Leavenworth Times (Rep.) is op-
posing the granting Of further street car
franchises to any Of the three companies
making application.
Republican papers are quoting Joe
Waters as saying that silver is dead, but
Joe gGgG right on making speeches for
Leedy Just the same.
Mankato is contemplating erecting a
municipal waterworks plant. Bonds will
be voted but great saving will be ef-
fected by the change.
Governor Leedy pays his fare on the
railroads. He does not ride on a pass.
Stanley does the opposite and uses a
Pullman pass besides.
A short grass editor figures that he
prints a flrst-class paper which is ad-
mitted as second class matter in a
fourthi Glass pOstOffice.
Stanley may not be making any prom
ises Of offices, but nobody is entering a
general denial as to Cy Leland's con-
nectiOn with the deal.
Topeka's fall festival will last but one
day this year. 1t will be Thursday, Sep
tember 2S. 1t will be preceded by the
State G. A. R. reunion,
The Court of Appeals afilrms the con-
victlOn of Topeka barber for keeping
his shop open on Sunday, and thereby
sustains the Sunday law
Private ]. D. Bancroft, of the Twenty
first Kansas, died at Lexington, KY, last
week, of typhoid fever This is the
twelfth death in this regiment.
The Clay county Republicans denounce
Congressman Vincent as a pension
agent" and urge the election of Calder
head because he is a statesman.
Abe Steinberger's Girard World is the
only paper in Kansas which is support
ing Wharton and Donnelly, the middle
of-the-road Presidential nominees.
The Agricultural college had ten more
enrolled at the beginning of the present
year than 1t ever had before and more
students are coming in all the time.
The st. John Capital intimates that
local Republicans are disposed to blame
the present administration for the light
attendance at their county convention.
The Republicans say that the Populists
and Democrats have more votes in the
State than they have, but that the Popu-
lists Will be unable to get the votes out.
Fusion is terrible sacrifice of prin-
clple, but wherever they get any en-
couragement from the Democrats the
Republicans are Offering to indulge in it.
The Lawrence World serves notice
that there is no danger of an increase in
county salaries If Republicans win, be-
cause no party will ever dare to increase
them.
1t is rumored that Jim Simpsons
crowd proposes to defeat Grattan, the
Republican nominee for the Legislature
in Mcpherson county. One object would
be to make it appear that Farmer Smith
did 1t because he failed to get the nomi-
nation, and the other is that Grattan