Leedy Orders Topeka Joints Closed Amid Backlash
Governor Leedy stands firm in ordering all Topeka drinking establishments shut, facing pressure from allies who fear Sheriff Kepley’s defeat. The governor asserts the action is necessary and will be enforced, while praising McNall in the New York Mutual Life Insurance fight despite federal court actions.
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Leedy
Police Board
Topeka
Kepley
Seedy
McNall
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company
Williams
Colorado Springs
Pernor
Brady Sees Political Turmoil in State College Regents
The Lawrence World criticizes the Populist regents at the State Agricultural College for political tampering. It notes three Populist and three Republican regents at the state university and reports friction over hiring and consults. It questions Bryan’s campaign tactics and cites Rockefeller’s influence on industry and charity, arguing for policy driven by common welfare.
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W. J. Bayan
Iyoe
Bryan
Democratic Party
A Cowardly Fling and Kansas Regents Controversy
A three column editorial from the Manhattan Mercury defends Regents Hoffman Limbecker and Hudson in selecting a math chair at Kansas State Agricultural College. It condemns attacks on Mrs. St John and her daughter and defends Mrs. St Johns support for Prof B S McFarland. It condemns critics as cowardly and stresses enforcement of prohibitory law and public respect for state laws. It notes Mrs St Johns daughter is married to Henry L Page of Fort Scott and plans a Colorado summer escape for health reasons. It quotes Chas F Scott praising law enforcement and comments on Topeka Capital and Amoskeag mills context.
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Manhattan Mercury
Hoffman, Limbecker and Hudson
Kansas State Agricultural College
West
Winston
Missouri
Chas. F. Scott
Tola Register
Allen County
Partisanship and Education at State University
A Lawrence newspaper letter condemns Chancellor Snow and the regents for one party control at the State University. It alleges Republican dominance, removal of Populist staff, and a nonrepresentative instruction committee. Mentions recent Latin chair appointment by Snow and questions minority inclusion. Also notes a Lawrence senator McTaggart killed near Liberty during a debt collection incident.
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State University
Snow
Board of Regents
Scott
Lawrence
Manhattan
Lawrence Jeffersonian
Trickery over tariff bill mocked in Kansas radio broadcast
Kansas City World reports Governor Leedy contends McKinley hid true aims in the currency message and tariff plan. He accuses the bill of benefiting trusts, harming prosperity, and raising prices while limiting imports. He predicts public backlash as voters face the bill’s costs.
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Torewa
Kas
McKinley
Congress
Leedy
Mills
Mark Hanna
Kansas City
England's Responsibility for Loss of Life by Famine
A Cosmopolitan editor dispute over famine in India highlights that millions starve while English wealth and logistics could avert disaster. The piece argues Britain bears responsibility for India's suffering, citing government action and public indifference, with comparisons to continental rulers and a tense congressional atmosphere.
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England
The
Cosmopolitan
Queen Victoria
Hawthorne
India
Nero
Rome
Request for Sample Copy of the Nonconformist
A reader asks the postal service to send a sample copy of the Nonconformist, praising it as a well set type and bright educational Populist paper. The note emphasizes a balanced tone and invites a sample or 10 cents for postage.
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Lawrence World
Rep
Agricultural College
State Agricultural College
Regent Daughters
Clarke
Main Street
Jonn. D. Rockefeller
Kansas
Amoskeag
United States
Topeka Mail
Breeze
Senator McTacorrr
Montgomery County
Liberty
Sustoin
McTaggert
Gov. Leedy
Reed
Quorumville
Iam
Memphis Appeal
Butler Co. Press
Governor Dears
Iowa
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