The Advocate and news., 1898-12-07

declare tomorrow for every radical Pop
ulist principle ever enuRciated the big
and little bosses in Kansas would tumble
over themselves to get in line faster than
they did when the gold standard was ap-
proved.
Republican papers are discovering
that the old soldier, who has been ig-
nored by their party for two years. is at
last having an inning. Frank Grimes
has appointed one as guard in the Treas
urer's office. His duties are to sit up
all night alone and watch for persons
who may be inclined to covet the States
money.
Candidates for the Populist nomina-
tiOn for Congress in the Seventh district
are being announced by their friends.
Those now suggested are Representative
Fairchild and w. l.. Brown, both of
Kingman and Sam Amidon of Wichita.
The latter is a Democrat and the others
are Populists. Simpson will likely be
urged also.
The State Of Kansas now has an elec-
trio light plant in operation at the State
house 1t cost $4,000 and will save half
Of that amount in the annual light bill.
The State has all the fuel necessary to
run It and no additional help is necessary
to run it. The move is in line with many
other measures Of economy which have
been adopted by the present admins
tration.
The Kansas City Journal says that
there are applicants for places on the
Board of Pardons under Stanley who
would let out any one whose friends
would set up the drinks. Then it says
that there are others whose price would
be IS or $40 while others would be
higher. 1t adds that out of the lot it will
be hard to select board which will not
be open to suspicion.
Mayor Fellows wonders If the people
of Topeka will permit him to serve an
other term. He ought to be satisfactory
to everybody as he enfOrCes the prohib-
itory law about half the time and let's
the joints run the other half. His police
force, which was burdened with plenty
of instructions to close everything, is
now allowing almost everybody to run
q saloon VINO wants 10.
In the last Advocate and News an item
appeared in this department which
might be construed to mean that the In
dependence Populist, Henry w. Young's
paper, was made up largely Of matter
which was stolen or credited to Elk. The
facts are that the Populist is made up Of
matter which many other papers are
always ready to reprint with proper
credit, to credit to Elk. or to steal bodily,
and the matter reprinted is always
worthy of the attention it receives.
1t Is impossible to State whether what
little conscience the editor of the Kan
sas City Journal (Rep.) has left is troub-
ling him or what is the matter, but in
the following that paper takes back a
lying story which was persistently pub
lished by all of the Republican papers
of the State during the campaign: "One
of the funniest things in the late cam
paign was the persistency with which the
Republicans declared that B. p. Wag-
gener was warm supporter Of Governor
Leedy. Somebody started the story on
Waggener as joke, but when he found
that It made the Populists squirm, he re-
manned silent and allowed 1t to work its
horrible mission. Every time Leedy
opened his mouth against corporations
someone was sure to call public atten-
ton to the fact that Leedy was being
supported by the biggest corporation at
torney in Kansas"