Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-02

There will be convention of the
Democrats of the Sixth Congress
sional district of Kansas at Hill City,
Kansas, at 1000 o'clock a. M on
Wednesday, August 10, 1904, for the
purpose of nominating candidate for
Congress and the election of Con-
gressional committee. Trego county
will be entitled to three delegates.
A man who has been through sew
eral campaigns gives the following
advice to candidates:
The lion and the lamb shall lie down
together-that's politics.
Kiss the babv-that's deceit
Begin making promises early-that's
sure defeat.
Worry over every report you hear
that's destiny.
Pay a man for his vote before cleo
tIon-that's option.
Try to stand in with the politicians
on both sides-that's suicide.
Buy keg of beer for the booze
| fighters-that's foolishness.
Every man that says he is for you is
sure to vote for you-that's lie.
Go every mans security at the bank
that's wheels in your head.
PatroniZe church fairs and benevo-
| lent entertainments-t business
Say that you are forced by your
friends to become a candidate-that's
hot air.
Shake hands with a fellow you
never spoke to before-that's monkey
work.
Believe everyone who says they have
have power of influence If they only
had a few dollars that's bankruptcy.
| And last but not least, be sure you
have a return ticket and keep the re-
turn stub TO the city of baskerville
so that if the worst does come you
will be prepared to meet it with a
smile.
A gang of lightning rod grafters got
| into Norton county short time ago
and worked some of the farmers up
that way to nicely. The Norton
Courier says, however, that the sheriff
soon got onto them and a little advice
on the side caused them to exit hasti-
| ly One farmer was about to get a
whole lot of rodding for $3.50, but his
note (Which he supposed was a con-
tract when he signed it) turned UP
for $3.50. The banks in all the neigh
| boring towns were notified not to dis
count it, and he may come out all
right yet, but hardly. Some bright
day an innocent purchaser will drop
down in the Norton locality and re-
Quire payment.-HillC City Republican.
The city had thousand meal tick
cts printed last week and distributed
them among the ladies of the town to
be given to any tramp who may hap
pen to be asking for a ''hand out" at
back doors. The tickets are good for
a meal when properly signed by Geo.
Dimmitt. the city marshal. When a
tramp appears at your door hand him
a ticket and request him to take 1t to
the city marshal. He will require the
man to work on the streets Il couple
of hours to pay for the meal. Our
guess is that tramps will be scarcer in
| Colby when the meal ticket plan is
generally known.-Colby Tribune.
An exchange says that ''e' is the
most unfortunate letter In the Eng
lish alphabet, because it is never in
cash and always in debt and never out
OF danger. Our exchange forgets that
the aforesaid letter is never in war
but ALWAYS in peace. 1t is the begin
ming of existence and the commence
ment of ease and the end of trouble.
Without it there would be no meat,
no life, no gospel. no Jesus, no heaven,
no earth, and no delinquent subscrib-
erS.
From the Ellis Headlight.
viii Groves is out from Illinois Wis
| iting at Jesse Cockrell'S.
DIR. Kidd took couple OF his Trego
county patients down to Christ's hos
pital az Topeka.