The Advocate and news., 1898-07-20

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shut of, big fire broke out and the
best block in the city burned.
Kansas City Times: The Wichita
Eagle is most properly indignant over
the fact that the men In the La Bur-
gOyne showed women of RATS to perish
In order that they might save them
selves, but 1t is supporting a candidate
for Governor, in the person Of Mr.. Stan
ley, who forced poor schoolmaa am out
Of her bread and butter in Jefferson
county, when he first came to Kansas,
in order that he might get that bread
and butter for himself. The Eagle is
full of generosity and sympathy until
1t comes to question OF politics.
Garnett Journal (Dem.) The stock
dealers Of Kansas are aCcumulating re-
bate checks for excessive charges at the
Kansas City stock yards, which will
unQuestionably be paid II the party that
enacted the stock yards tax remains in
power. If the Republican party prevails
in the coming election they will prob.
ably permit the stock yards law itself to
be defeated in the courts. It is plain
to see where the interest of the stock
shipper lies and reasonable to expect
that he will so vote as to sustain the
law which directly benefits him and his
customers In reducing the charges on his
business.
Lawrence World (Rep): Every once
in a while some man gets mad and
threatens to tell party secrets. We never
have known any one to do this. Jim
Legate came the nearest, but as he
omitted his boOdling experience his tes-
timony lacked that peculiar flavor that
makes Jim pre-eminent. Others have
essayed to make more damaging revela-
tions, but In every case they never were
on the inside. A man who gets on the
inside has to pass the outer and inner
guards and they know how much Of
thoroughbred he is before he is admit
ted. No man who gets to the inner
sanctuary will ever diVulge what he
knows under penalty Of personal honor.
Lyndon Herald (Pop,) Not only did
the Republican party pass the bill al
lowing the State to engage in the coal
traffic; not only did they sell it in COM
petition with free labor, and In many
instances give it away, but they actually
advertised 1t for sale in the newspapers
Of the State. A newspaper in Usage
county inserted an advertisement in 1896
and voucher now on file shows that 1t
received payment therefor. Do you want
us to be more definite and certain? If
so, we can accommodate you. We are
not blaming the papers for receiving the
advertisement. That was probably le-
gitimate, but doesn't 1t require a whole
lot Of nerve TO say anything about what
the POpulists have done when the Re-
publiCans have been so conspicuOusly
and notOriously unfriendly to the miners
Of Kansas?
Kansas City Star: If Colonel Whoop
TomlinsOn would subside the Democrat
ic revolt might make some headway.
The COlonePs Democracy has too many
streaks in it. He has been so many
kinds Of patriots that 1t is hard to figure
him out. There Is substance in the
Democratic revolt, but Colonel Tomlin-
son is not the patriot to organize It,
The Colonel has been going up the CEN
ter for Jobs that he didn't get and down
the outside for revenge too frequently.
History records it that the Colonel
wanted Leedy to give him job. Be-
fore that he wanted Morrill, to fix him
out with something good. His fight on
Click, who, by the way, is responsible
for his being in the Democratic party,
dates back to a job that Click did not
get for him. Click has great many
friends in the Democratic party, and
they turn up their noses when an &C.
lectic in politics assumes the robes Of
high priest Of the party and roasts
him.
Emporia Republican; Throwing pol
itics aside and looking at the life and
fire insurance from purely business
and moral standpoint, Webb McNall, in
his efforts to enforce compliance with
the laws of the State, is right. The
ClarksOn rate book has just been de-
Cided to be an illegal and swindling
scheme by the fire insurance companies
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