Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-25
KANSAS SENATORIAL CONTEST.
Many Called, but the Successful One Has
Not Been Chosen.
Try tolerrnnh 70 tho nisnntch

Not Been Chosen.
lBy telegraph to tho Dispatch.l
TOPEKA, KAN. January 4.-The commit
tee to which was referred the memorial
from Lincoln Post, G.. A. r., of Topeka,
praying for the reelection of ingalls, to the
United States Senate submitted its report
to-day. The committee was composed Of
three Alliance men, all old soldiers. The
committee recommended that the memo
rial be spread on record, but made an sd-
verse report on the prayer of the petition
ers. The report was adopted, all the
Alliance members voting in the affirmative.
1t transpires now that thirteen Alliance men
who voted with the Republicans yesterday
do not favor Mr.. Ingalls's reelection, but
voted as they did yesterday because they
thought the reference of the memorial to
the committee was dlsrespectful TO the
veteran petitioners. As an Offset TO the
petition in favor of MIR. Ingalls,, number
of old soldiers to-day presented petition
condemnlng the Senator and begging the
Legislature to elect in his place an Alliance
candidate. Mr.. ingalls, arrived last night
and was in conference all OF to-day with
the Republican managers.
The first caucus of the Farmers Alliance
members of the Legislature on the senate
rial question proper was held tonight. IL
was governed by the rules of the Farmers
Alliance and was strictly O star-chamber
session.
PLEDGED TO SECRECY.
The members were pledged to secrecy
and little can be learned Of the proceed
ings. The Alliance senatorial candidates
were called before the caucus one by one
and were permitted to give an account of
! their accomplishments and qualities which
they Thought would entitle them to the
honor Of succeeding Mr.. Ingalls,. Before q
candidate was permitted TO even address
tho caucus he was obliged to bind
himself by an oath to abide by the decision
Of the caucus and not to bolt the nomina-
ton. This leads to the conclusion that
| the caucus nominee will receive the full
party vote. All the candidates were on
hand to-night-that Is. all who were Al
lance men and who were not ruled out at
the caucus of last Thursday. The ineligi-
bles are the Alliance congressmen-elect
and those members Of the Alliance who
have joined the organization since the re-
cent election and who did not contribute
| to the Alliance victory on that occasion.
| This rules out Jerry Simpson. the con-
gressman-elect fromlthe Seventh district,
the most popular man with the rank and
| file OF the Alliance, and John Davis. the
congressman-elect from the Fifth district
| Colonel w. A Harris, an ex-Confederate
from Leayenworth; General @. w. Blair, q
Democrat, Ex-Governor John p. st. John.
and two or three others less prominent.
The candidates who appeared before the
caucus and pressed their claims were
| Speaker Elder. of the lower house; Judge
Pfeher, the editor of the Alliance Adpocass
Judge noster, Judge OF tho District Court
ut Holtcn; John z. Willis, the Alliance
candidate for Governor at the late cleo.
ton; s. All. Scott. farmer; g. NJ. Scott. the
State lecturers Frank McGrath, president
of the State Alliance; Judge Hiram Ste
vens. OF Kansas City, Kan, who made a
vigorous campaign against Mr. Ingalls, at
| the election, and Rev. A. j. Cole, repre-
sentative from the Hutchinson district.