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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
2
The report says King Edward aged around sixty embraces and kisses Emperor William aged about fifty on both cheeks during a recent German meeting. Hugh Farrelly, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator, imitates Bristow by asking questions but Bristow answers as adeptly as he asks.
The piece argues primary campaign costs under the new system are not higher than under the old. It cites figures for Stubbs, Leland, Bristow, and Long, notes larger sums spent for U.S. Senate races, and stresses the importance of Republican unity for Bristow’s and Caldwell’s chances in November. It warns Caldwell’s defeat could reduce Bristow votes in the legislature.
Poem titled Recessional by Rudyard Kipling laments wartime pride and calls for humility. It contrasts ancient sacrifices with present pomp and pleads for divine mercy and restraint from power, ending with an Amen.
The Kansas figure Joe Bristow, once a county official and editor, rose from relative obscurity to challenge the political machine. The Kansas City Star notes his 1897 Washington appointment and 1900 Senate campaign, praising his integrity, independence, and commitment to the Kansas idea against party control.
Local election records reveal several votes cast in the names of deceased men in Kansas City. Among them one vote opposed the undertaker who buried the voter free of charge eight weeks prior to the primary.
The Manhattan Nationalist reports Calderhead 559, Rees 673, Smith 65 with a Rees majority labeled illegal 49. The text questions the attorney general and casts doubt on state election officers’ conduct.
The new primary law requires the chairman to be chosen from committee members. Previously the chair was often chosen from outside the committee. Since the State Committee includes county chairmen, J N Dolley must first become county chairman to be elected State Chairman.
The Attorney General ruled that drawing a cross in the ballot square does not invalidate ballots with no other defects. Hundreds were rejected for this reason, risking contests where results were close. Hain, defeated by Reeder in the 6th district, weighs a costly recount.
The president forms a commission to study making life on the farm more attractive to keep young people from migrating to cities. The agricultural department has improved farming as a business, but now the social side of farming receives government attention.
An Oakland Indian Territory traveler extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a faithful aid since 1872. He claims it cures quickly and never fails him on eighteen years of travel.
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