The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-01-30
Progress Of the Senatorial Fight.
Doings at the State Capital.

The election of State Printer yesterday
supplied The members and lobby with
diversion The contest was 90 close that 1t
became exciting. Not until the first ballot
was taken did the great majority of the Rep
re.entat.ves and lockers on realize that the
votes of the Legislature were so equally d.
yided. The Joint Convention assembled IN
the Hall OF Representatives at IL O'Clock,
both Houses having he'd recess for twenty
five minutes previous. Without any nomin-
alioLs or buncombe speeches As prelude,
the roll was called and members began vot-
ing for either Martin or Prouty. When
Senator Moonlighi's name Was called he said
in explanation of his Vote, that the printing
bills of the Safe were enormous, and ad-
duced figures TO show that under the tint
year of Prou,y's administration the bills for
work only amounted to So, 600, and under
the third years workings an appropriation
of exceeding 0C00 had been made to de-
fray the expsn-e Of public printing.
Senator Pr, OF DoniPhan, explained his
vote for Mr.. HlJu.y, and took occasion 10
give Col. Moonlight a 'side lift" on the
the Liberal reform cry. Senator York
also made a strong fight against the eI-
iravagance in the printing department, and
. in the Eual vote challenged the vote Of Col.
Veal, who is a stock holder a the Common
pealth, and who coniczsc4 to a pecunisry
interest in the concern. '. S. kalloch, in
explanation of his vote il.ended Prouty on
the ground ihat his work was so crediable to
the State. Dan. Adams, Col. |eale and
Marsh Murdoch, spoke in vindication OF
Prouiy's management. The first ballot stood
Prouty G5, Martin 81. The President of
the convention ruled that II required a con-
stitutional majority-67-to elect. Senator
Price appealed from this decision. Mr..
York produced a copy of the constitution
to sustain the President, and Mr.. Price
withdrew his appeal The second ballot re-
suited in Prouty receiving 63 votes and
Martin getting ca. Motions to ad-
journ followed in quick succession,
and on each vote there was .
call for ayes and nays, and finally Senator
G. c. Wilson's motion to adjourn until three
O'Clock prevailed. Upon Resembling, the
the third ballot was quietly proceeded with
with the following result:
.Se,.ate-Prouty: Barker, Butler, Crichton,
Edwards, Grimes, Martindale. Mcfarland,
Morrill,, Murdock, Palmer, Price, Schmidt.
Wilson, J. C.-l5.
Martin: Blair, Ely, Guerin, johnson,
Judd, Martin, Matheny. Mcwhirt, Moon
light. O'Neil, Rogers, Simons, Simpson,
81. John, Topping, Wilson, V. F., Winters,
York-lS.
House-Prouty: d. NJ. Adams, Allen,
Bacon, Baker, Banta, Bateman, Bowers,
Bowron, Gross, Cummings, Davis. DeFor-
rest, Eldriige, Ensign, Frazier, Gillespie,
Gregg, Harper, Hodges, Hutchinson. Hun
ter, J. NJ, Hunter, W. j., Kalioch, Larkin.
Legere, Napes, McDermott, Nugent, Peck,
Robinson. Ross. Schotield, SeaTcy, Sellers,
Sexton. S-sw. Shoemaker, Smiih, Spau!d-
ing, I Esale, Wakefield, Wells, Viii
let's.
Mari aty. Belaen, Bell Billings,
BisLo, BaSeiy, Bond, Bremen, Brinkmsn,
Brown. bacian, Chi!d-, Cochrane, Curtain,
D;iisrd, Fields, Fcrsee, Funston, Green,
GIiiey, Harvey, Henshaw, Hungerford,
Huichings, James, jeffrey, kahler, Lane,
Lan,er, Lourey, Lowe, Mcdonald, McLesn,
Miller, Morgan, Morrison, Motz, O'Driscoil,
Plumner, Reansoner, Simpson, Snyder,
Strat,on, Tough, Turner, Nickers, Ward,
Weaver. Mr.. Speaker
Total--Prouiy IS; Martin GS.
The President announced that rs Geo. w.
W. Martin had received a constitutional ma
jority of the votes of the joint convention, he
was declared duly elected State Printer Of
Kansas for the ensuing two years.
Senator Price desired that the votes ap-
pear at length on the minutes OF the Con-
venlion, as there was still a serious question
whether the candidate receiving a msjority
of the votes OF the Joint Convention was no,
duly elected.
The defea, of Colonel Prouty is regarded
as great triumph for The TINES, mss
much as Ii was active in opposi-
ton to Prouty's management OF The printing.
Z. :. SENATOR.
The anti Pon..yv members held another
caucus last eveGiBg and adjourned without
doing anything until Friday evening. Sen
ator Pomeroy and his friends are in nowise
concerned at the caucusing, and seem
only to regard the frequen: assemblies ~
something like 'socisl club gatherings" or
debating societies." Me who have not
been accustomed to pubic speaking get in
i;iatory lessons in debate during the caucus
discussions, and possibly other members
would lounge about billiard halls or theatres
if there was no caucus 10 attend, hence the
benedictions of all good people should be
following Moonlight and York, for their un-
selfish endeavors to promote entertainments
that will not demoralize the Legislature.
Friday night, so it is limited, the caucus will
ballot sure and certain. Its too late now to
organ;zs against Pomeroy. If Mr.. Lowe
had settled down to Senatorial work one
month ago. and industriously employed his
talents and energies, he might have
acquired positive and successful
strength. The season has too far ad-
vlnced for the production OF new candidates,
and if new one should sprout ont it would
be to meet fate in the shape of . killing
Pomeroy frost. The Senator and his friends
positively and INTERESTINGLY claim seventy
one votes, and in this estimate say they have
not counted doubtful man. Pomeroy ID
organized, and works with definite end in
view, while his opponents, very many Of
them highly respectable. virtuous and &C
] complished men, are sailing around every
where without knowing what they want or
where they arc drifting. There are plenty
of would-be leaders in the opposition, but
no one man for leader who stands intel
lectually, morally and socially ahead Of all
others, and in this respeet-leadenhip Of
! one mantle opposition is deficient. Said
in a homely way, the opposition has no
''chief ceos aai bottle-washer," but there
are plenty Q. cooks, and every one wants to
throw -li= peculiar spice or season into the
Senatorial bro,h, until the dish is 20 unpal-
atsbls that it won't go down any mans
throat.
Tie newspaper resolution came up in the
Senate yesterday and that body resolved to
subscribe for twenty-five copies of daily
papers for each Senator. On this resolution