Manford Schoonover Nominated for Appellate Judge
The Populist convention at Chanute nominated Anderson county’s Manford Schoonover for the appellate judge position after a morning session and unanimous support followed a late-afternoon ballot. The meeting urged reform across legislative, executive, and judiciary levels and condemned party rigidity, calling for government ownership of public utilities and an incorruptible judiciary.
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Astern
Southern Department
Chanute
Manford Schoonover
Anderson County
H. S. Donthitt
Tk County
A. §. Lapham
Neosho County
J. W. Leedy
Lapham
Schoonover
Douthitt
Committee On
Redeemer rule blamed for state corruption and crimes
The account rails at alleged dishonesty and incompetence in Kansas public institutions under a Populist administration. It cites murder in the insane asylum, penetentiary mismanagement, and thefts from the state house including carpets from the Bank Commissioner Breidenthal’s office and the governor’s office.
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Redeemer
Kansas
State House
Breidenthal
ALL MIEVES. What Grover Cleveland Cant Rob the People of
A late Topeka State Journal Republican page attacks reformers and state officials, accusing them of undermining public funds with gold and interest bearing bonds while noting Spence-Hanwarrk Dovaass has left Wichita for Chicago amid political pressure and ongoing backlash to Kansas reform efforts.
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Chicago
Jail Trust
Democratic Party
Atlantic
Nail Trust
Ben ‘Tillman
United States Senate
Methodist General Conference
America
United States
Topeka State Journal
Rep
All ‘Mieves
Spence-Hanwarrk” Dovaass
Wichita
Kansas
New Zealand ballot hailed by the Countess in San Francisco
Countess Wachtmeister, a noted Theosophical lecturer, praises New Zealand women’s suffrage after a year in Australia and New Zealand. She cites Mayor Mrs. Yates of Onehunga, who reduced crime and wasteful spending, saving £800 during her one year in office.
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San Francisco
Countess Wachtmeister
New Zealand
Australia
Tasmania
Yates
Onehunga
Old Ideas of Women From Ancient Times to Modern Debate
An examination of the woman question from Isaiah to ancient Greece and Plato, contrasting Sparta’s athletic women with Athens’ critical view. It discusses gender roles, education, and duties in classical thought, then shifts to modern legal enforcement in Kansas amid calls to uphold prohibition and curb profiteering.
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Isaiah
Greece
Sparta
Tim
Athens
Aristophanes
Plato
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St. John
Prohibition Party
Dickie
New York Voice
Plutocracy
Bradt
New York
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McKinley
Wasuineros
Independent In Politics
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Tillman
Senate
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House of Congress
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Fee
Fai
Boscow Building
Dorothy's Department
Mrothy Dolitter
Topeka Cooperator
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