The Advocate and news., 1898-02-02

| ltOrs. He is now an ardent advocate o,
"honest money and sound currency.
Under the laws of Colorado II cos
the Union Pacific fee Of 5000 to ale
it's charter. The laws Of Kansas woult
have let this company in for a fee ot
| so cents and 10 cents per hundred words
of the certified copy. Kansas is losing a
lot Of revenue which 1t ought TO have
w. H. Carpenter, whose present SER
vice in the Republican party began
shortly after Henry Mclean knocked
him out for the POpulist nomination
for District Judge some years ago. is
candidate for the Republican nomina-
tion for Congress. Marion now has
three candidates.
At the Republican State convention at
Hutchinson, in 1892, a resolution in op-
position to the election Of Federal Of
iice-holder as national committeeman
was passed. It was aimed at Leland,
who was then internal revenue collector
He was elected, though, but Ingalls,
point that the State convention opposed
him Is we'll taken.
The Hutchinson News explains away
the large number OF liquor licenses is
sued for Kansas by saying that the con-
dition Is due to the hazardous and tran
sient character of the business in this
State. Every time joint starts up 1t
must have a license while in saloon
States, but one license year is required
on account Of the permanent character
of the business.
At the State Bar Association Judge
Thomson, Of Burlingame, read paper
in which he defended the civil service
system and spoke Of the spoils system
as having been originated by Andrew
Jackson. David Overmyer and Judge
John Martin denied the last statement,
and called attention to the fact that
Amos Kendall, a notorious ward heeler,
was the originator Of the spoils idea.
Congressman Botkin will soon in
troduce a reform pension bill in which
the principal section, prepared by De-
partment Commander Botkin, provides:
"The rules of evidence in record courts
Of Justice shall be adopted and adhered
to by the pension bureau in the adjudi-
cation of all pension claims, and that
any rule or regulation OF the said pen
sion bureau not strictly in conformity
to this provision shall be null and void"
Charley Scott says that the gas plant
should not be municipality owned unless
the rates charged are too high and then
proceeds to say that it should not be
adopted as a money-making scheme for
the municipality. II profit Of $4,000
per year derived from property valued
at $4,000 is not evidence Of too high
rates what sort of evidence Is neces-
sary? If these rates must be main
tanned the city should have the profits
for the benefit of ALL
Judge Foster has written letter to
the Judiciary committee OF the national
House in which he says that he thinks
Kansas should be divided into two dis
tricts. He says that the work Is too
much for him and that Congress should
either pass law permitting him to
retire or divide the State. He says that
he does not resign because he has
broken down under hard service for the
government and he thinks that proVi-
sion should be made for him.
Republican papers have been indus
triously circulating story that Gov
ernor Leedy is very much opposed to the
railroad commissioners doing anything
to secure better railroad rates and that
he felt very sore because the board had
included in it's report a detailed state
ment as to how to proceed under the
present law The story is denied, and
it is stated by those interested that the
board and the Governor fully agree as
to the proper course for the board to
pursue.
Ottawa Republican: Probably the
first prohibitory law in Kansas was put
in operation by the Ottawa Indians in
Franklin county more than sixty years
ago. One law prohibited the selling or
giving away of intoxicating liquors. An
other law provided fine for drunken
ness S5 for the first offense, $40 for the