The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24

Chairman Albaugh, of the Republican
State committee admits that he will lose
his own county this year when he pre-
diets that Glen Fairchild will be the
next speaker Of the house.
The Union Pacific will comply with
the request of the Board of Railroad
Commissioners and put a passenger
train on the Salina branch from Salina
to Plainville, by September 1.
Edward Russell, who was an anti
slavery leader, an antl-Jim Lane man,
several times a member of the Legisla-
ture, and later Superintendent of In
suranCe, died at Lawrence last week.
A Republican says that the State con-
vention nominated a Swede to catch
the Swedish vote, a German to catch
the German vote, but defeated the negro
because they had his people anyhow
Cattle and sheep in large numbers are
being shipped to the extreme northwest
Kansas counties to be fed this winter.
That section has plenty Of corn and
other feed necessary for this purpose.
Webb McNall says that until Governor
Leedy took an interest in colored men
all they got out of voting the Republi-
can ticket was to have the emancipa-
tion proclamation read to them every
two years.
For several months the Salina Union,
edited by eX-State Superintendent
Gaines, has been criticising the official
conduct of County Attorney Norris, Of
Saline county. Norris has begun a libel
suit.
In Rice county the Republican nomi-
nee for Representative Of two years ago
was turned down for a a denomination
becausing he had persisted in faVOring
legislation to control railroad corpora
tions.
In July, 1898, the drug stores Of To-
peka made 4,S14 liquor sales, but dur
ing the same month OF the previous
year only 1888 sales were made. This
proves conclusively that Topeka is a
dry town.
Ed Hoch, of the Marion Record, says
that j. A. Ray, the Populist nominee
for Superintendent, declined because he
had returned to the Republicans. Tay-
lOr Riddle says that HOch's mind is
wandering again.
W. G. Hoffer, the Democrat Congress
sional candidate in the Sixth district,
prints a letter from Col.
S. S. Reynolds, in which the latter re-
fers to the silver issue of 1896 as
ridiculous proposition.
WOodson county Populists have
named this ticket: Representative, T.
F. Morrison; County Attorney, s. S.
Holcomb; Superintendent Miss Lucy
Ellis; Clerk of Court, Oliver Jones; Pro-
bate Judge, F. L. Arnold.
Crawford county Democrats nominal
ed a full county ticket Saturday. The
delegates believed that the allied forces
were given a reasonable representation
On the ticket and will urge the POpullsts
to name the same ticket.
Nearly all of the Republican converts
are half-baked country lawyers, whose
vanity is tickled by being referred to as
Judge by the Republican papers. Most
Of them want to be local attorneys for
some railroad corporation.
Stanley tells the people that he will
give the State good honest govern
ment. He undoubtedly makes this
pledge on his own responsibility, as
there is nothing in the Republican
State platform to warrant it.
A Republican, who is usually pretty
safe guesser on political situations, says
that the party managers have given up
all hope of electing either Long or Kirk
patrick. Between this and election time
this list will be greatly increased.
AS was to be expected, the Populists
Of the Cloud-Republic district have
nominated Conner Davies for Senator
by acclamation to I'LL the vacancy oc-
casiOned by the death of Senator Mo-
sher. Conner will do and he will win.
There are few men in eastern Kansas
who pay taxes on more farming land
than is paid by State Treasurer Hefie-