The Advocate and news., 1898-03-23

Warden Lands denies the report that
he Is one Of the number which is fighting
Jerry Simpson He says that under the
circumstances he thinks that Jerry
should be renominated and that he can
beat Long easily.
Eugene " Debs is quoted by Man
chester IN. H. paper as saying that the
proposed colonies to be established by
the Social Democracy would likely be
located in Kansas instead of Washington,
as had been intended.
The Franklin county delegates to the
Republican State convention are the
same old members of the gang who have
been delegates for a generation with
one exception. The exception Is Demo-
crat from Cutler township.
Two little boys were playing near the
Missouri Paclfis tracks at Paola last
week and one was run over by freight
train. Before his death he said that the
other pushed him under the train be-
cause of a quarrel they had had.
Tom Grisham, of Cottonwood Falls,
Is a candidate for the Populist nomina-
tiOn for Congress in the Fourth district.
IlC bdyD ludL uG 40 Willie W WlIuuIdW
in favor of a Democrat If Madden and
the other candidates will do so.
The Republican State convention to
nominate a State ticket has not been
held outside Of Topeka for twenty years.
That city seemed to have a mortgage on
it until this year. Topeka Republicans
need 1t worse than ever before this trip.
Conner Davies says that most any old
cloud has some silver in its lining Sup
pose," he says, there should be war,
they would not draft men with wooden
legs, would they? Now, whose turn is
it to laugh?" Conner has wooden leg
himself.
The perpetual Republican row in Nc
PhersOn county has broken out in aworse
form than ever before this year. Farmer
Smith and Jim Simpson are leading ex-
ponents of Republican principle" but
neither are very strong on the doctrine
of brotherly love.
The Lawrence World (Rep) says that
man, who was a notary public at Gyp-
sum City in 1891 and who was not ad-
mitted to the bar when he lived in Kan
sas, has been appointed associate justice
OF the Supreme court Of Oklahoma by
President Mckinley.
Down in Sumner county Chester l.
Wellington Mail as the whole Republi
can party. He ignores all the rest OF
the party and appoints postmasters on
his recommendation without consulta-
tion or notice to anybody else.
The Herald, Joe Bristow's influential
paper at Ottawa, has been making Wig
Orous fight on the textbook law. The
wide influence exerted thereby is shown
by the adoption by unanimous vote Of
a resolution Commending the law by the
teachers in the city schools of Ottawa.
Grand Master w. L. Brown, Of the l.
D. o. F., says that there is not an Odd
Fellows accident company in the State
which is worthy Of the support Of mem-
bers Of the order. The Odd Fellows
Benefit Association, which is fraternal
insurance organization, is endorsed by
him.
1t is now given out that Topeka's loss
Of the Republican State convention was
in the nature of punishment for Con-
gresham Curtis for opposing the fed
eral judicial division bill. This is the
reason given by the southern Kansas
committeeman who voted against To-
peka.
The people Of Leavenworth are MAX
ing an effort to secure the location Of the
department headquarters of the reorgan-
lied Army of the Missouri. LeavenwOrth
was the first headquarters Of this divi-
sion and is in the center of the district
Omaha is off to the north and Is not
convenient center.
Representative Clark Davis, of Wilson
county, writes from Dawson City that
he would not stay in that country for
$5, 900 a year. He says that he is we'll
and never worked harder in his life.
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