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CONCERNING KANSAS.
NOTES.
H. Mehl, of Leavenworth, and C.
Lawrence, of Wichita, were appointed
members of the state board of phar
macy. Topeka is to entertain the Kansas
Republican league April 5. That will
be a gala day for Hoch'a political
friends.
Allen Sells, one of the orignal Sells
brothers of circus fame, died in Topeka
last week. He was proprietor of the
Chesterfield hotel.
In Enterprise the women have nomi
nated a city ticket composed of candi
dates of their own sex, and they are
making a red hot campaign without a
platform.
Some boys found what they thinkjis a
robbers cave near Winfield. That is
probably where Ed Greer used to make
and store his dynamite, while he was
earning a nomination for congress.
Walter N. Allen, who was selected by
the governor several weeks ego to suc
ceed H. B..Kelley on the State board of
charities, will take charge of the office
April 1. At the same time H. M. Hie
shaw, a popular railroad conductor from
Emporia, will succeed W. T. Yoe on the
same board.
Another geranium has been added to
the Logate-Lease-Corning-Smith group.
It is H. L. Fattee the quack doctor who
has closed an engagement with the
Midway Flaisance fake and iain To
peka as numerous as of old. He is
going to teach the governor how to
govern.
The Irrigation Farmer means well in
publishing the following: "Alfalfa is
fast becoming one of the staple products
of the plains. It not only makes the
finest forage for stock but is very profita
ble in seed production. This last year
alfalfa seed has been extremely high.
Many farmers in western Kansas have
' realized from $25 to $40 an acre for the
seed from their alfalfa fields and have
received from two to four tons of hay
per acre besides, and where the land has
been irrigated, from four to seven tons
of hay per acre. Nine tons per acre is
not an unusual yield where the crop
is well set and irrigated."
The Soldiers' Home.
On last Saturday the board of mana
gers of the State soldiers' home, at
Dodge City, notified commandant C. H.
Moody of his removal from office. They
also ordered the vacancy filled by Quar
termaster Raid, of the same institution.
The board consists of L. VanVooris, J.
H. Stewart and G. Bohrer. What their
reason was for making the change will
probably be learned when the governor
comes to investigate and decide whether
he should approve of it.
A few days ago a report was circulated
charging that Joseph Weil, a son-in-law
of Commandant Moody had sold dis
eased beef to the institution. Governor
Lawelling began an investigation of the
matter at once and deputized Charles A.
Taylor to assist. Mr. Taylor visited the
home and reported that on r very care
ful investigation he failed to find any
truth in the charge. On the contrary
the members of the home voluntarily
made the following statement:
Wuibias, Ik has been a matter of news
paper notoriety that unwholesome and
damaged meat has been issued to the old
soldiers and their families at this home,
snd
Whxbi&s, It has been oharged by said
newspaper that Captain Charles H Mood,
the oommandant, and other officers of this
institution were aware of the fact, and
Wjmbias, It baa owl great ftatru.lt ftsd
unjust critaoism upon such offioers. We,
the undersigned, ex soldiers and members
of said home, take this means, knowing and
desiring that it shall reoeive the widest cir
culation, to ref uts such charges and hereby
certify that there has never been any un
wholesome or damaged meat isaued to the
members of this home by any of its officers,
and we know that the table of the offioers
of this institution is furnished from ' the
same beef and issued on the same days as
to other members of the home.
This statement was certified to before
a notary public by 64 of the 66 male
members of the home. Afterward Mr.
Taylor told the members that if they
had not signed it with a full understand
ing of its purport they were at liberty to
withdraw their names from it, but none
of them did bo. Weil is to answer to the
charge in a justice court on the 29th.
From all this it would appear that the
board had some other grievance against
the commandant than the diseased feef
matter, or else they are aoting without
just cause.
Tbose Polltleal Sermons.
The sermons on "Christian Socialism,"
in which Rev. C. M. Sheldon, pastor of
the Central Congregational churoh of
this city, advocates public ownership
and control of publio utilities, as well as
other Populist dootrines, are making
him famous at home and abroad. Of
lata tne churoh building has proven too
small for the congregations, but that
does not discourage Mr. Sheldon. Pro
gress assembly, Knights of Labor, at
Junction City, adopted the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That we, the members of
Progress assembly, No. 2671, Knights of
Labor, note with pleasure the announce
ment that a series of sermons on sooial
problems is being delivered by Rev. C. M.
Sheldon of the Central Congregational
church, - Topeka, Kansas, in which, judging
from the printed report we have seen of
the first of the eerie?, bold and advanced
ground is taken for the oauae of labor and
the betterment of the sooial oondition of
the human raoe.
Resolved, That we congratulate Mr.
Sheldon upon his able, dignified and truth
ful presentation of the important subject
of Christian socialism and the need of the
application of its principles as a remedy
for wrongs now suffered by humanity.
Resolved, That we commend the ex
ample of Brother Sheldon in thus preaoh
ing ths essential paramount dootrine of
the brotherhood of man as one worthy of
general emulation by the olergy of all de
nominations.
The Boards of Regents.
A news item in last week's issue, re
garding the appointment of C. B. Hoff
man, was supplemented with comments
which might be construed by new read
ers as an injustice to Governor Lewel
ling and others of his appointees. The
writer, to emphatically express the idea
that the governor has departed from
the policy of former governors, that of
choosing unfit and incompetent men to
govern the educational institutions,
used Mr. Hoffman as an example, and
failed to state that other good selections
had been made by Governor Lewelling
for the different boards of regents, the
University of Kansas, the State Agri
cultural college, and the Slate Normal
school. They, however, were mentioned
at the time of their appointment, John
Madden, Harrison Kelly and Senator
Rodgers having been spoken of as es
pecially good selections.
Frank K. Forrest's Dates.
Allen county, Moran, March 29,
Allen county, Elimore, March 39.
Allen county, Humboldt. Marcb 30.
Allen county, Iola, March 3L
Andenon county, April 3 to 7.
Miami county, April 9 to 14.
KUey county, April; ) n t ....
FIELD NOTJS.
An "Advocate" Traveler Find 8oms Earnest
Feople In Western Kansas.
, Editor Advocate: Perhaps some of
your readers would be interested in the
trip through the state that is being made
by President Hanna of the State
Alliance, Alonzo Wardall, of the
National Alliance and the ropreeen
tavive of this paper. I will not tak?
time to speak of all of the meetings,
farther than to Bay that we had good
meetings at 1 Dorado, Winfield and
Wellington, where we found many
aotive Alliancemen and Populists by the
thousands. At each of theaa meetings
we failed to hear of a'cicla man who
has been with ua but whatsis otiilaa
sound in the faith aa the
Gibraltar.
rec of
At Anthony, Wichita, Newton and
Hutchinson our audiences kept growing
larger and more enthusiastic Of course
we had read in some g. a p. paporthat
the Alliance was dead in these counties,
but could your readers have looked into
the faces of these earnest Alliance men
they would see there written a stronger
determination than ever to stand
together and work for the betterment of
their fellowmen.
Owing to a lack of due notice we did
not have as large a crowd as we had
anticipated at Kingman, but had a good
meeting nevertheless. Here we found
some of the most aotive and efficient
county officers in the state; they are
"hummers" from away back. After
spending several hours with them we
could readily see how it was that King
man county each year gave an increased
vote for the People's party. It seems to
have been, and is, the ambition of each
of them to see that his Populist suocssor
gets a larger majority than he had.
I wish to speak more especially of our
meetings at Pratt, St. John and Lamed,
for they were immense. On arriving at
Pratt we were met by the committee and
taken to a good Populist hotel to etay
over night. The next morning about
10 o'clock we saw ths farmers' wagons
coming into town, and we soon learned
that this was to be a fsaat day, for the
farmers wives were bringing in well-filled
baskets. By 1 o'olock the Knights of
Labor hall was filled with the honest
yeomanry of the county, and 0, how we
did enjoy the feast that was spread be
fore us. It reminded us of the Alliance
picnio of 1890. Here we found the
women taking an active part in the
Alliance, some of them driving eighteen
and twenty miles by themselves so as to
attend this meeting. The after-dinner
speeches were well received. You can
depend on Pratt county standing by the
Alliance and reform.
We drove across from Pratt to St
John, Stafford county, and here, too, we
were royally entertained. Long before
1:30 p. m., the time set for the meeting,
the court room was filled by an eager,
anxious crowd. Before the meeting was
half over many people had to go away
because tbey could not find room. Mr.
Hanna and Mr. Wardall talked until
almost 5 o'clock, and when "the Advo
cate" arose to make an announcement for
the paper, the crowd called for a speech,
When he said, "It is too late; you people
have to go home and pail the cows and
do the chores," some of the good Alli
ance sisters spoke up and said, "You
never mind about the cows and chores,
we will attend to them," while others
said, "The cows can wait, we want to
hear you speak." The fellow who thinks
the Alliance is dead in Stafford county
is a ''little off;" and the reform move
ment is on the gain there, too. Why.
the clerk of the district court in that
county is, I do telim, doicj th
political missionary work of any o2oial
in Kansas. Some other county official
would do well to imit&ta him.
I sea 1,'will cot have space to writs cf
the other meetings in this issue, but will
speak of Ljrned, which was the last
meeting we had, and other meatinj
next week. The local papers in cash
county we were in did all they could to
make our meetings a success, and your
representative is under personal obliga
tions to the editor for courtecies shown.
O. W. HEItDEE.
Same Joe Smith.
The papers of the state are just now
full of the nami of Joe Smith and some
charges he is making against O jv. Liw
elling and his compatriots in the state
house, and while it is all very intmsfc-
irj reading the papers seem to ba til
ing J3oi$h up and accepting all that he
says as traiwiihout a momenta in
quiry into his personality or reputation.
The Chronicle h&xaft -wjjrd to offer in
defense of Lswalliog or hid asocial:;
all the stories Smith tells may be&
for aught that we know or care, bat we
know Smith and, like most people who
are acquainted with him we will require
the strongest kind of documentary evi
dence before we would believe any state
ment that he might make, no matter
under what oircumstances.
Joe Smith is cot unknown to fam in
Abilene, where he has appeared two or
three times as counsel for misguided
people who thought he wa9 a lawyer.
His peculiar personal appearance will
recall him to any one who ever saw him
once. In appearance his f aoe is bo like
that of a native of the tijwery kingdom,
that it was Colonel Stambaugh, we be
lieve, who referred to him as "China
man Smith" at a time when Smith was
defending a Hope man who was on trial
for priz) fighting several years ag Ha
wai sloucby in appearance, his linen was
conspicuous for its soiled coaditioa and
his heavy, sensual looking f aoe, em oth
shaven as a priest, gave him the look of
a libertine.
Smith played star engaguienta at Em
poria, Council Grove and elsewhere and
has himself been under charge of crimi
nal actions, but the nature of hh offense
is cot recalled fully. It was, however, a
money transaction of some sort in wnioh
hsfellfrem grace and was threatened
with disbarrment Smith is a professional
dead beat, if his reputation does not be
lie him, a perfect shyster in law and
about aa famiiiir with that honorable
profession as a mule.
As we before remarked, we do cot
know what are in the charges he makes
against Lewslllng, but, knowing Smith,
we are inolined to give the governor the
benefit of thn doubt and believe he is
honored by Smith's antagonism. Abi
lene Chronicle, (republican.)
Alliance Meetings.
W. S. Hanna, President of the State
Alliance, Alonz Wardall of the National
Alliance and O. W. Hendea, representing
the Advocate, will fill the following
dates:
March 37, Smith county, Smith Center.
" 28, Phillip county, Phllllpsburg.
29. Norton county, Norton.
" 80, Decatur county, Oberlln.
" 81, Thomas county. Colby.
April, 2, Sheridan county, Hoxle.
3, Graham county, IU11 city.
4, Rooks county, Plalnvllle.
6, Lincoln county, Lincoln.
" 7, Mitchell county, lielolc
" 9, Osborne county, Oaborne.
The Advocate is desirous of doubling
its circulation in each county of the
state, and asks its readers to attend the
meeting in their county and co-operate
with our asrent in securing new sub
scribers. With a little effort on the
part of each reader he can secure three
or mors names before he attend the
meeting, ti t3 fea tb 1 to Mr
Heades,