The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

given TO the POpulists and still IL is not
demanding straight ticket.
A prominent Kansan, who has few
peers as a public speaker, says that he
made a. Fourth Of July speech at a cele-
bration where there we're fully 5000 peo-
pie, but that not over 400 paid any at
tention whatever to his speech.
The Lawrence World (Rep) has
started a redeem Kansas" campaign.
Some back number will likely be fight
ing for a Republican victory in order
that we may have business admins
tration, before the show is over
Dan Anthony says that $4,000 is the
price to be paid by Populst officials for
paving few walks around the State
house. AS the price is along about $12,-
900 Dams story Of extravaganza be-
comes something of boomerang.
Jake Schall has merely leased the
Troy Chief for five years but if he pre-
serves his reputation he will own it by
that time. The lease provides that its
name and politics must not be changed
He will Tesurrect it from the scrap heap
State insurance would save the peo-
pie thousands Of dollars annually but
Republicans insist that this is not why
Populists favor it but that they do so
because Of the enormous increase in pub
lie places which would be available for
political adherents.
The Jefferson county commissioners
don't even open the bids for county
printing. Nearly all county boards take
the trouble to open and read the various
propositions, but Jefferson's Republicans
don't care enough about the taxpayers
interests to do this.
The editor Of the Dighton Herald
wrote the following before Mckinley de-
cided that he had put the price of wheat
too high eve want to attend a Pop
ulist meeting this year and hear the
orator tell the wheat raisers they are
down-trodden slaves"
The Lawrence Journal (Rep.) warns
the Lawrence Jeffersonian that it must
not charge the Republican county COM
missioners with exercising economy in
the conduct of public affairs" because
no one would believe it and because it
could not be substantiated.
Patrick White, of Montgomery county,
has printed a readable two-column ar
ticle in the Star and Kansan in which
he says that he will vote no part of the
Republican ticket this year, as he deems
it to be his duty to vote the entire Pop
ulist ticket from top to bottom.
Republican papers say that the abO-
lition of the metropolitan police system
cost the POpulists $1,500 in campaign
funds. Dan Anthony solemnly repeats
the story but multiplies the amount by
ten in order, presumably, that it may
be as far from the truth as possible.
Republicans never will learn any,
thing. They abuse Leedy for letting the
party State convention dictate to him
when they ought to know that they are
in the minority in Kansas to-day be-
cause the leaders refused to pay any
attention to the desires Of the people.
Congressman Botkin is opposed to ac-
QUESTION of territory by conquest. Ha-
waii is necessary for commercial and
military purposes. If we had not taken
them they might have gone elsewhere.
In that case we needed them. These are
his reasons for voting for annexation.
George Martin sets up a regulation
calamity wall because the Kansas City
Stock Yards Company has moved across
the line into Missouri. The change was
brought about by the Populists, George
thinks, as a measure to prevent any por-
ton of Kansas from becoming pros
porous.
At the First District convention, G. G.
Clemens did not readily fall in with
Dave Leahys plans, at which Dave in
sisted that his plan was the only means
of salvation. Glen sustained himself
by asserting that he represented con-
stitutuency which Dave construed to
mean that he did not.
Shawnee county's Republican Sheriff
is having more trouble After getting
rid of Helm, who was holding up dis
orderly houses for money without the
,,.,,oI form q 1itiaS no has now had TO