The Advocate and news., 1898-09-21

Marshall county Republicans considera.
bic trouble TO have their neighbors OF
the south attend to such matters fol
them.
Smith, the Republican nominee fol
Associate Justice, still talks about the
Populist Legislature passing a law au-
thorizing McNall to appoint road agents
The law in question has been on the stat
ute book nineteen years.
The Kingman Journal says that King
man county will furnish the next
speaker OF the House. That must mean
that Glenn Fairchild is "a candidate as
the Republican nominees name will not
be on the roll Of members.
In Stanley's Topeka speech he ad-
mitted that Kansas people had not Sc
cured all of the prosperity that they
ought to have, and then he proceeded to
tell the people assembled that this was
because Leedy is Governor.
Henry Block, Of the Syracuse Journal,
Is fortunate. He went off to the National
Editorial Association and stayed two
weeks, leaving his good wife in charge.
Her work entities her to a better place
than that Of silent partner.
A lot Of Topeka negroes had arranged
to organize Leedy club one night last
week. The Republicans gave them tick
cts to the minstrel show to keep them
away but the boys organized first and
went to the show afterward.
Passengers are not allowed to stand
on the platform" is a familiar sign, but
it is not so we'll enforced as the Repub-
lican State convention rule that "candi-
dates must not stand on the platform"
There is no platform to stand on.
Maj. Chase Doster is very likely to be
appointed to place in the regular army.
He is the best officer now in the SER
vice from Kansas with the possible ex-
Ception Of the regular army officers who
were appointed by Governor Leedy
The Kansas City Gazette thinks that
because Republican voters who were dis
gusted with their own party nominees
once elected John Martin and George w.
Click to Office that those two sterling
Democrats should now vote for Stanley.
The old soldiers of the Fifth district
feel that they are doubly under obliga-
tions to Congressman Vincent. While
Calderhead was turning down veterans
for postoffice places Vincent was work
ing in their interest in pension matters.
The Democrats Of the Gray-Haskell
district have nominated d. Francisco for
The Republicans have
majority in the district of seventy-five,
but it is confidently believed by Mr..
FranciscO's friends that he can overcome
it.
The Winfield Free Press figures that
the county fee and salary law saves that
county $11 900 per year. In several larger
counties the saving is greater than that
In the same county the saving on text
books amounted to over $4,000 the first
year.
A few years ago Chester I. Long made
a speech in which he said that he deeply
regretted that he was not old enough
at the time to enlist in the Civil war.
He don't seem to have made any effort
to improve the opportunity recently
given in that line.
The Republicans in Stafford county
have indorsed Private Tom Mosely, the
Populist nominee for County Attorney.
If it were not for the fact that the Re-
publcans are in minority of from 400
to 600 in this county their action would
be specially commendable.
The Populists of Harper county have
nominated George w. Finch, of Harper,
for County Attorney. Finch is one OF the
ablest men in southwest Kansas. DIR.
w. G. Muir is the nominee for Represen-
tative. The ticket is one of the best
ever named in that county.
The officers of the Twentieth regular
prohibited any demonstration
when the regiment arrived at Leaven-
worth because the men were not in con-
dition to stand it. Not more than half
OF the boys got back. The others were
killed, missing or in hospitals.