The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24

OF the Court, M. Il. PuTSell. Graham
and Pursell are Democrats who are now
in Office.
Saline Republicans have nominated
Steve Osborn for Representative. He
was a western Kansas district judge
some years ago.
Billy DeFord writes to a friend at
Ottawa that he Is not a candidate for
County Attorney, and says that he is
going to Manila.
Osborne has just 1000 people, but IL
is not Obiectlng because 1t is at the
foot Of the list Of cities having that
many or more people.
All of the papers of Kansas City are
jumping onto the Lawrence Journals
roast of Kansas City, Kas. The Journal
is BOweTsOCk's organ.
The Florence Bulletin says that after
Captain DOdds joined the Salvation
Army he paid an old $1,000 liquor debt
in monthly instalIments.
The Leavenworth City Council has
raised policemen's salaries $40 per
month and have cut the Marshals from
$1,000 per year to $1,000
Senator Harris was in Topeka last
Wednesday on his way to Usage City
where he spoke at the opening Of the
Fourth district campaign.
The worst charge that the Republi-
cans have made against Judge Mckay
in the present campaign is that he has
been satisfied with his salary.
Walt Costigan will start Costigan's
Weekly at Ottawa about August 80. 1t
will oppose Governor Leedy and fusion.
Costigan did not get his sheer"
Montgomery Populists passed a res
Olution favOring the organization Of
the opponents Of the gold standard into
a national anti-mOnopoly party.
The Clay Center Dispatch says that
the only defect in the Mail and Breeze
statement that Senator Hanna is fight
ing Governor Leedy is that it is not so.
Governor Culbertson, of Texas, and
his staff passed through Kansas last
week. Wellington's Commercial club
turned out and gave the party a reCep-
ton.
The Republicans will open their State
campaign at Lawrence, September /.
Speeches will be made by candidates
Stanley and Bowersock and by ]. r.
Burton
The Manhattan Nationalist has dis
covered that Governor Leedy is to blame
because the Secretary Of War did not
order any Of the Kansas white troops to
the front.
The latest Republican kick Is that
POpulist conventions don't 'resOlute" In
favor Of a reduction Of salaries. They
don't need to, as they have already acted
In that matter.
Seventy-four liquor licenses are In
force in Topeka, all Of them having been
taken out since July /, the date on
which Governor Leedy's police commits
sioners retired.
The cities of Kansas rank in the fol-
lowing order in the matter Of pOpula-
tion: Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita,
Leavenworth, Atchison, Pittsburg, Law
renee, Fort Scott.
Congressman Curtis is tickling the
ears OF Eastern capitalists by telling
them that he will be reelected by 5000
and that the Republican State ticket
will get 10000 majority.
Jerry Simpson and Chester l. Long
spoke from, the same platform at an
old settlers picnic in Barber county
last week, and for the time being there
was temporary armistice.
In the Seventh district the favorite
Republican newspaper scheme for ef-
fective free advertising is to Jump onto
Jerry Simpson and get him to reply to
the attacks. II he don't do so, the pa
pers growl because they have been mis-
used; IL he does do so. they growl after
wards for the same reason. They get