The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31

making a still hunt during the cam
paign. He has been in about 80 counties
since the campaign commenced, and be-
ing something of a mixer, he has per-
sonally met many of the voters.
A man appeared at the Republican
headquarters Saturday afternoon with
the informa ton that he had sighted
man who wanted to bet 800 on Leedy,
but as he did not have the money to
take it himself he wanted some of the
others to take it up. There was hurry
ing around the Republican headquarters
to find some one with 500. When the
amount had been collected messenger
was started over to the north side where
the man who wanted to bet on Leedy
was staying. When he was found he
said he did not have the money himself
but a friend over on this side of the
river had it. AS the prospect of getting
the bet began to recede, the Republican
got more anxious than ever, and he
offered to pay the Populist's street car
fare if he would come over and find his
friend who was SO reckless with his
money. But when they got over on this
the Republicans got mad, because they
thought as the Popu1ist had backed
down, that they had a sure thing of it
in betting on Stanley.
To prove that Webb McNan has low
cred insurance rates by his fight on the
insurance companies, the Populists are
getting forth the fact that the Hail
Printing company saved $400 on their
Insurance this year by the lowering of
the rates.
There is one thing which everyone
will have to admit" said a Republican
politician today, land that is that the
State Journal is giving mighty fair
report of the campaign. It gives both
sides of every question and shows no
partiality, and both sides read it on that
account. We don't believe lots of the
things we see in our own papers, any
more than we do the stories that the
opposition get up, but the State Jour
nal's reports are always fair and we
read them to get the actual situation"
Down in Wichita the campaign has
narrowed down to question as to
whether Stanley is or is not a prohibit
ZIONIST. His friends claim that he is
not and that he will let the joints run
wide open, while Dave Leahy, in the
Wichita Beacon, is trying to prove that
he is the worst prohibition crank in the
country. In Wichita the man who is
known to be favorable to prohibition
stands no show.
An attempt was made to shut down
the publication of the Wathena Star
last week because it is fighting w. 7.
Stuart, the Republican nominee for dis
trict Judge in Doniphan county. The
Star is one of the leading Republican
papers on the judicial district but it is
anti-Leland, and is opposed to Stuart
because he is Leland's candidate. 1t
prints a small live stock paper for L. J.
Guy at Wathena, and in return uses
some new type belonging to Guy. Geo.
Manville. the Wathena postmaster, Sc
cured a judgment of SO against Guy for
postage, and other parties held claim
against him for the type which was not
all paid for. Last Friday when the Star
was all ready for press and was known
to contain matter detrimental to Stuart,
an attachment was issued on Guys
type, which, it was claimed, was in the
| Stars forms. The idea was to pull the
! forms to pieces and stop the publication
| of the paper, but Frank Elliott, of the
Troy Times, Governor Leedy's executive
| clerk, had heard of the scheme and was
| on hand with enough money to settle
| the entire claim, which amounted, with
/ the costs which had accrued to $780,