The Advocate and news., 1898-07-27

not answered.
Charley Landis says that il Barney
Sheridan should name a State ticket un-
der some sort Of a Democrat name 1t
would be necessary to reaffirm the 1895
platform, and rather than do that Bar
ney will vote the Republican ticket.
Del Valentine is afraid that Brother
in-law GODDARD may poll more than his
party vote at Clay Center, his old home,
and he Is abusing Boyle in such way
that no self-resDecting Populist will vote
against him under any consideration.
]. M. Snyder, of the Mcpherson Free
man, is getting mighty tired Of the local
bosses, who are determined to so run
things as to retain control themselves
and disgust people so thoroughly that
the Republican majority will be wiped
out.
Patrick White, of Montgomery county,
Republican who has quit his party in
the interest OF good government says
that the railroads contributed to the
fund to elect the Republican nominees
for the Legislature in that county in
1896.
Smith county paid off $4,000 more of
the debt left by the good old Republi-
can county administration" last weeA.
Since the present POpulist treasurer, s.
M. Crook, has been in office, $4,000 OF
$4,000 of bonds due in 1893 has been
paid.
The Emporia Republican thinks that
any attempt to get out of the old ruts
in high school work is OVERRIDING" the
public school system. "Readin', 'riting'
and 'rithmetic" seems to be all that is
necessary according to this exponent Of
McKinleyism.
A Topeka paper has the name of Will
liam Mckinley for President, Senator
PETER for Governor, ]. d. Botkin for
ngressman-at-large and Charley Cur
tbs for Congress at the head Of it's col
umns. 1t ought to have miscellaneous
head over it.
When Congressman Jerry Botkin was
presiding elder of the Wichita district
Mort Albaugh, chairman Of the Republi-
can State committee, was his secretary.
Albaugh then lived at Saratoga, in Pratt
county, and was high man in the fight
for the county seat.
lawn party was given at the resi-
dences of Col T. w. Harrison and A.
H. Bates at Topeka last Wednesday
night by the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution to raise money for the
hospital fund for Kansas regiments. 1t
was great success
Last year /. NJ Yost, q grain man at
Hays City, paid farmers in silver in or
der ito give them an object lesson on
the money question" This year he pays
in silver again. He is good loyal Re-
publican, but he really can't afford to
pay the revenue on checks.
Will White answers very well to his
own picture of a Populist. He won't be
satisfied with anything He takes shots
at everybody in the opposition, defames
his own State, belittles the soldier boys
and is now finding fault with President
McKinleys style of writing.
Senator Harris says that Adjutant
General Corbin personally told him that
there had been no discrimination against
Kansas soldiers and that they are con-
sidered as highly as any. He added that
no consideration of locality enters into
the treatment Of volunteers.
Stanley has troubles of his own and
they are multiplying. With Rube Che
nault; Whoop Tomlinson, Frank Right
mire Barney Sheridan and Ben Hender-
son in the band wagon he had tribula-
tions enough, but now John ]. ingalls,
is climbing over the end gate.
Kansas Republican newspapers have
not discovered the fact that Kansas has
recruited it's three regiments to their
maximum strength and has furnished
two more battalions at a time when
other States lack over 10000 men of
having their regiments recruited to the
maximum.
"Why don't Governor Leedy call spe-
cial session of the Legislature and repeal
the metropolitan police law?" Is the