Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-01-29
KANSAS POLITICS.

Senator Ingalls, Actively at Work-An Alll-
ance Examination OF Candidates-Legis-
lative Proceedings.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. Ex-senator In
gals has arrived and assumed personal
supervision of his candidacy. His COM
ing has inspired confidence among Re-
publicans to an unusual degree. Differ
ent Republican Senators say that there
is not only ray of hope, but a chance
of victory. They decline to divulge the
plan of campaign. But whatever it
may be it is calculated unquestionably
to brighten the Republican outlook.l
This brightness, however. does not ap-
pear to one on the outside"
Shortly before 10 o'clock Senator In
gals came down from his room into
the lobby at the Copeland Every one
was greeted brightly and cordially.
The Senator was evidently in the very
best of spirits. He was not disposed as
usual, however, to be particularly COM
municative to newspaper men. His
prospects and projects were alike sub
iects regarding which he had little to
say.
During the day the Senator kept open
house in his rooms and received large
number of callers.
The Alliance caucus Saturday night
partook much of the nature of a grand
iurv proceedings. All of the candi-
dates, Judge PETER, Speaker Elder,
General Rice, Judge Doster, Willis,
Breidenthal, Vrooman, Harris and the
rest appeared before the caucus by
turns, talked for ten minutes on any
subject they might desire and with
drew. No candidate, not even Speaker
Elder, was allowed to remain
after he had made his talk.
The speeches, it transpires, were in
the main declarations of faith The
ninety-one Alliance members carefully
noted the points of the different candi-
dates as they presented themselves
These points will do much to determine
the votes at to-nights caucus. This will
be the battle royal of the Senatorial
contest, for at it, unless the situation
changes wonderfully during the next
forty-eight hours, will be named the
successor to John J. Ingalls,.
Several soldier petitions were again
presented in the House Saturday morn
ing. One was offered by Hurt, of Sedg-
wick, from 200 ex-soldiers asking that
the House defeat Senator Ingalls, for re-
election. 1t was spread upon the jour
nal
The Alliance legislators throughout
the West are trying to decide upon some
maximum rate of interest, which they
will make uniform by placing in the
usury laws of their respective States.
Saturday morning a communication,
accompanied by resolution, came be-
fore the House from a committee ap-
pointed by the Nebraska Legislature.
The resolution was in the nature of
request that the Kansas Legislature
appoint committee to confer, through
correspondence or otherwise, with SIM
liar committees from the States of Min
nesota, North and South Dakota, Col
orado and Nebraska, to the end that a
maximum rate Of interest might be de-
cided on.
A motion was carried that the COM
munication be referred to a select COM
mittee of three to be appointed by the
chair.
There was quite surprising action
taken in the Senate on Senator Mohler's
bill providing that property sold under
foreclosure bringing two-thirds of its
value, which passed by a majority of
9. Senator Roe moved that the bill
be recalled from the House. A lively
discussion ensued as to whether the bill
could be recalled. The motion carried
by a small majority.
If the bill is returned it will be again
put upon its third reading, subject to
amendment, and, judging from the op-
position to it, will be either greatly
modified or defeated.
Speaker Elder continues to push his
candidacy vigorously. He seems to find
good deal of encouragement in his
prospects.
''Ive got clinching answer, " he said,
''to this objection that Snow and were
from the same county. My Congression-
al district, the Second, has no Alliance
representative at Washington. In PEI
fer's district the Congressman is an AL
lance man So it is in the district of
nearly every other candidate but in
mine. Why should the Second district
not have as good show as the others?"
This argument is helping Elder per-
ceptibly.
Rev. D. J. Cole, of Hutchinson, opened
the House with prayer. He prayed that
the spirit of the decalogue and the
golden rule might speedily pervade the
politics of the country.
In the contest case of Maxwell VS..
Rood, from Marion County, permission
was granted to the Elections Commit
tee by the House to open and count the
ballots in the presence of the contestor
and contestee. This is the unique case
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