, 1873-01-28
KANSAS.
Closing Days Of the Senatorial
> :..,----.... -. : Contest. >-.
Pomeroy Confident tof.Re-E'ection
deposition Candidates
Increasing.


T. Special Correspondence ef TIE Chicago 11tbtne.
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. q, 1873.
To-day asked the landlord OF the Fifth Az
enue Hotel what he thought Of this senatoria
contest, His reply WAS brief, End at once char
aeteIistic Of tile Kansaa dispenser .of. nou1ieh
rnent. Two years ago." said he, t' when Ca,d
well WAS elected, / sold q barrel of whiskey q
Day, in bottles and, during this canvass, one
bottle of wine is all that have sold" hand
you the foregoing remark to illustrate another
] phase OF tho drouth in Kansas. ;
The lobby that sorgos around and through the
hotels tonight is ga,
r sULLES AND GLOOMY.
Even the tiger that couches in, Colonel Jenni.
sons room is idle, and perforce harmleas,-and,
had it not been for small group Of st.
Louisans who encountered him early in the
week, aud found the reverse side Of lis paw tc
consist Of other material than velvet, he would
have gono into winter-quarters ere this.
! When one hats to consider the Senatorin d
| question in the light Of facts demonstrated, he
| cannot
! SEE ANY PARTICULAR GOOD
! in ele~ting Congressman from this State. Ean-
! sas has been without representation in Congress
for ten days, and the wheels OF Government
| continue to revo1va as though,nothing extra
| ordinary had happened. 3[r. Pomeroy, OF the
| Senate, and AIr. Lowe, C the, House, have been
! here some days; and Mr.. Caldwell, as the read
| ers OF TIE TRIBUNE all know, has been occu-
| pied with outside business. Hence, one can
| safely assert that neither the Speaker nor the
! Vice President has been called upon to rec~
ognize the "gentlemAn or Senator from
Kansas within the past ten days. In view Of this
fact, it is impossible to resist the impression
that the people who are here in 1nu1titudes are
magnifylng the importance Of Congressional
representation. II the position Of United
States Senator is so full Of gEoye responsibilities
enquire why Mr.. Pomaroy, Of Kansas, is not in
the seuate-Chamber. By the way, he is con-
fdent Of returning there, and declares without
hesitation that members Of tho Legislature arc
pledged to cast their votes for his reelection.
: Recently the Senator and staff have been
tempering With
THE LEAvESwonru DELEGATION,
which consists Of ten members Rumors are
rife that magnificent appropriation to improve
the military post Of Fort ieayepworth has been
promised, and that promise supplemented with
pledge to secure subsidy to aid in the construc-
ton Of stately and commanding Post Office
and Custom Houae in the City OF Ieavenworth,
together with other favors too numerous for
manuscript. Tho promises that Old Satan made
on the mountain, to test the integrity Of Our
Savior, ure tame and insignificant in comparison
with the promises Old Subsidy" makes
to capture the Leavenworth deIega-
tion. It is q noteworthy fact that
Leavenworth has always fought Pomeroy.
Judge Lecompte, OF Lecompton Constitution
notoriety. ia the only man elected from Leaven-
worth County that over csat d vote for Pom
eroy-
There is no msteria1 change in the Legislative
nenert The nnrn,7 antg nf EanAfar pomarav ara
still quarrelling among themselves, while the
number Of candidates is increasing, inatead Of
diminishing. The latest lightning rod out
is tho -
an eminent 1.wyer;. Of Atohisoa. and the BRIGHT
est contributor to the Hansas Magazine. He is
regarded as an hon-st man. Many look upon
him as tho ablest gentleman in tho State. ALI I
that ho tried to influence q decision Of
United States Judge Delahay BY the use Of.
money Ur. ingalls, version OF that charge will
appear when tho testimony ELECTED by the Con-
gressional Committee to inquire into De!ahars
conduct il printed. I incline to tho opinion
that aIr. ingalls, is not guilty, and also to the
opinion that the Senatorial lightning will not
strike him.
DEFICIENCY IN LEADERSHIP
is tho Cause OF half the trouble ,ich surrounds
tho members opposed to Mr.. pomery. There has
been no unity Of action III the opposition and no
man acting with it who possesses force enough
to organize and concentrate the scattering dele,
gates. There arc now five candidates in tho
for election. At this time, Lowe aud Harvey
are the strongest It is whispered this evening
that the CAUCUS will not select candidate until
Monday evening. Besides, an entirely new man
ia talked of,-one whose name has not been
mentioned within two blocks OF newspaper
correspondent. It is the prevailing impression
in all the best-informed circles TINT Pomeroy
has secured enough votes to
MAKE ELS REELECTION ALMOST SURE
7 doubt rory much II the opposition CAUCUS
the Legislature. At one time, the CAUCUS had
the controlling power, and, il discretion and.
patriotism had prorailod, instead OF buncornbe
speeches and fierce resolutions, the Rituation
The Kansas Legislature took hold OF tho
tnBk Of
PURIFYING THE UNITED STATES SENATE, !
by resolving to forward 4 memorial to
Congress asking for IN amendment to the Cou-
stitution requiring United States Senators to be
elected BY q direct vote Of the people,
When all this Senatorial commotion subsidea,
and roason resumes her sway, the Legislature ,
will endeavor to divide tho State into /
THREE CONGRESSIONAL p1srnIcra.
This Tork ought to have boon done last WIN (
ter, and would have been, il majority OF ,
House members had not conceived tho happy !
idea Ct arranging the First District 80 "a to place
within it's boundaries Ieavenworth, Lawrence,
j
ing districts from the rest OF the State. The !
majority presumed t1at all the obnoxious poll !,
ticians and corruptioniAts resided in the !
counties bordering on the Missouri and !
Kansas Rivers, while the remaining counties Of !
fore thought the caging Of al the city politicians
in one district would prevent the taint Of corrup
don from spreading, and give political integrity !
. fresh start in the rural districts. The Senate, ,
however, stihed tho measure, and the Legisla- /
lure adjourned without making any apportion-
neat. IN al probability, tho present Lcgisla- !
lure will make tie division as follows
First Diskrict-01ga1ized counties north Of j
he Kansas River.
Second District Organized counties south Of !
he Kansas River.
Third Disty7ct-Al the organized and unor-
,anized counties IN the western part OF the State
IN both sides Of the Kansas River. KASsAs.
THE RAILROAD QUESTION. |