The Advocate and news., 1898-05-25

The Norton Champion Is probably OPP
| posed to an AnglO-SaXOn alliance, judg-
ing from the following: "Will Uncle
Sam marry the widow? Victoria has
beer quite prudent, but she has a med
ley Of children, Chinese, American, At
rican, besides the Prince of Wales. To
be stepfather Of these disCordant kids
may try Sans patience"
Alexander Warner, the Baxter Springs
banker-politician who has been con-
yicted of violating the banking law, has
staked his case in the Supreme court on
the question Of whether a certain comma
should appear in the law. He thinks
that if the Supreme court will kindly cut
1t out that he may continue business as
heavyweight Republican politician.
Wyandotte Democrats are in pretty
bad miX-up. Some weeks ago the
straight-Outs held a convention, elected
State delegates and nominated a county
ticket. Now the fusionists have had a
row in the committee and have thrown
the secretary overheard. He tried to fix
up anti-administratiOn primaries. The
county convention will be held June 6.
Can any other State In the Union
muster 5000 men for military service
and not have one in the lot who can
neither read nor write. Assistant Ad-
jutant General Boyd says that the only
signature filed in that office which was
made with the his mark" attachment
was that Of a man who had been re-
jected and who applied for transporta-
tiOn home.
If a newspaper man can't resist the
war fever he is fortunate If he has
talented wife who can take up his du-
ties where he leaves off and get out his
paper in as good or better order than
he does. Lieutenant Criner, Of the Nc
PhersOn company, is one of these for
tunates. His good wife will hold the
fort as creditably at home as her pat
riotic husband will at the front.
Four Kansas editors, who hold State
positions, manage to do the editorial
work on their papers during odd hours
They are Executive Clerk f. w. Elliott,
of the Troy Times, Private Secretary
J. M. Lewis, of the Kinsley Graphic, AS
sistant Superintendent Of Insurance
MacOubrie, of the Olathe Tribune, and
Record Clerk Secretary Of States
ofice) M. McKenna, Of the Plainville
Journal.
The State is short lot of militia uni
forms. Several captains paid no atten-
tiOn to the order to send them in, and
now their bonds will be sued on for their
value II they are not promptly paid for
Those that have been lost are largely
those worn to Topeka by recruits who
failed to pass the examination. They
brought no other clothes, and had to
wear them to their homes, but forgot to
send them in.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal pro-
tests against the proposed war tax on
banks because it discriminates against
small banks. 1t provides that all banks
having a capital stock OF $4,000 or less
shall pay $100 in tax and that an addi-
tional 81 shall be paid for each $1,000
of capital over that amount. He thinks
that it should be decreased on the
smaller banks in the same proportion
that 1t is increased on the larger ones.
Atchison county Populists elected
Leedy delegates to the State convention
and adopted resolutions renewing allie
gience to Populist principles, declaring
for union Of reform forces, indOrsing the
State administration, approving the rec
ord OF Populist representatives In Con-
gress, opposing further increase in the
bonded debt, favoring vigorous prose-
cution Of the Spanish war, and esDeci-
ally indorsing Governor Leedy Attorney
General Boyle and Webb McNall.
Governor Leedy issued his call for
volunteers April 16 and had three regi-
ments organized and sent to the front
by May %. The first regiment went to
the front May 16 and all had been mus
tered in May II. In 1868, when Gov
ernor Crawford had but one regiment
to organize his call was issued October
10 and the men were not ready to move
from Topeka until November 5, not