The Advocate and news., 1898-03-23

and the city voter is therefore given an
undue advantage. The bosses should
plainly and bluntly state that they can't
run the primaries, but that working a
convention is right in their line Of bust
ness.
Billy Buchan beat ]. X. Cubbison in
the Wyandotte Republican primaries and
secured the Congressional delegation.
The Gazette describes the contest as
sort of heavenly do unto others" mat
inee which is quite different thing than
has custOmarily been the case judging
from an examination Of the file of the
same paper during 1894 and 1896. May be
the fact that only about 1900 votes were
cast accounts for the unusual harmony.
Perhaps the other 1000 or 5000 Republi-
can voters are in belligerent humor,
and will display evidences Of their bel
ligerency by knocking the nominee into
kingdom come at the polls.
In 1873 COwley county voted $65,OOO
of bonds in aid of the Southern Kansas
railroad. The proposition voted on pro-
vided that the bonds might be paid in
ten years and must be paid in thirty.
The Commissioners issued straight
thirty-year bonds. After ten years the
county had an opportunity to refund at
per cent, thereby getting a reduction
of 2 per cent, but the bondholders re-
fused to turn over the bonds. The
Federal court now holds that the bonds
cannot be paid until thirty years has ex-
pired, Notwithstanding the fact that the
holders knew that the bonds issued were
not in accordance with the proposition
approved by the people.
If the Topeka correspondent Of the
Kansas City Journal is not paid good
big salary he is not being treated fairly.
He is a most cheerful distorter Of the
truth, and as a manufacturer of some
thing out Of nothing he is only excelled
by the journalists now temporarily To-
Gated at Key West. His recent story
about Ed Little's trip to Texas to escape
summons Of a subpoena In liquor case
Is one Of those numerous romanCes which
are constantly appearing in the Journal
under Topeka date line. AS matter
of fact, Mr.. Little did not go to Texas,
but being at Lawrence, he heard Of the
alleged subpoena and Immediately came
to Topeka where he has been almost con-
tinuously ever since. AS the officer with
the alleged papers has not shown up 1t
Is presumable that he really believed the
Journal story and has gone to Texas to
look for him.
A Republican paper tells of a Kansas
Republican who has been in Washington
for some weeks who says that he has
seen but one silver dollar since he left
Chicago. In this connection it might be
stated that several Republicans are see
ing less number Of dollars than they
have been connecting with in the past.
The shyness of the festive dollar is
doubtless the only creditable explanation
Of why ]. r. Burton allowed q just
personal judgment amounting to $4,667
to be sold for 1892. Ex-State Treasurer
StoVer evidently sees fewer dollars of
any sort than he has In the past, else
his note running into the thousands
would not be sold for 81. State house
contractors have room for complaint
about the ability of the dollar, which
they formerly secured so easily, to stay
in the treasury until 1t is properly drawn,
The effort Of State Auditor Morris to
make Republican Oil Inspector Kelley
pay up what he collected and failed to
turn into the treasury must surely make
dollars over 81, 100 less numerous in his
bank account. There are other Repub-
licans who may see the usual number Of
dollars who would not do so IL they paid
the amounts charged against them for
penitentiary coal during Republican ad-
ministrations. 1t may be that the coin
of the realm Is really getting scarcer but
it would be even more so II Republicans,
who have gotten more than their legiti-
mate share from the public treasury,
were made to return their improperly
procured surplus. 1t would be we'll for
the public If even portion Of the peo-
pies money now in the hands Of Repub-
llcan politicians could be returned to