The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-01-01
INGALLS, SCHEME.
HE WILL CARRY HIS FIGHT TO THE
UNITED STATES SENATE.

AncEe that tho Kansas House OF Kop-
resentativos is Iue gaIIy Constituted.
TOPEKA, December. 26.-The Scna-
tCrial contest in Kansas ls at this time
attracting much attention, OWING to the
prominence Of Senator Ingalls,. The
Times recently gave an accou mt Of the
preliminary steps being taken for a con-
test to be made in the United States
Senate. An interview has hccn had
with Il gentleman Of national reputation,
who fully and freely expressed his views
upon this subjest, and gave conlirmatory
evidence as to the conspiracy revealed
BY the Times. For political reasons his
name will I've withheld. lie is in a posi-
ton to know absolutely the workings in
the inner circles ofpOitics. This gentle
man said
1.-The struggle for the Senatorial sue
ccssion to John j. Ingalls, bids fair to
outrival in stubborn fighting. in persis-
tent otlort, and in fertile cXpedients all
others in the history Of such elections.
Gathered around and supporting Senator
Ingalls, III his oilurt at recollection arc
some Of the strongest and most active
minds i'll the West, men who for quar-
ter Of 4 century have so managed the
politics of the State that Kansas had
outstrippcd all other Northern States in
plllnS up majortics for Republican can
dldates in Presidential years. And
while Ingalls, would not be Their first
choice i'll the event of All open field and
lair fight, they recognize that his re cleo
ton means an extraordinary triumph
Tor them and Il continued supremacy in
the management OF their party.
1.-The Kansas Legislature as now con-
stltuted consists of 10 Senators and l2S
members of the House Of Representa-
tlvss. Classifying them politically there
are 3S Republican Senators, Democrat,
ana there IS one vacancy TO be filled at 4
special election December 80. The va
cancy in all probability will be filled by
an Alliance man, instructed against the
reelection of Ingalls,, so that the Senate
Will stand 3S Republicans, | Democrat
and l Alliance Senator. The House
contains 9l Alliance, Democratic and
2S Republican members. This gives
an Alliance vote Of %, Republican
vote of &C and a Democratic vote Of 10.
There ls no doubt that four Of the ten
Democratic votes are for Ingalls, to the
bitter end, and that the very great pro
liabilities are that rs against distinctive
Alliance candidate, all ten Of the Demo
cratic votes will be gwen to Ingalls,.
1.-The Alliance people to bridge over
this difficulty could secure five of tho
Democratic votes by taking candidate
with strong Democratic antcccdcats, an(
one who upon all political questions, ex.
lccpt silver currency and tariff, would
range himself. on the Democratic side OF
the chamber. Such n selection would
give them 81 votes, if they could hold
their men; but here one Of their main
difficulties would occur. Their total
number Of members is composed Of
mixed and diverse materials. Nearly
two-thlrds have heretofore been active
Republicans. Seven Of their number are
knights OF Labor and are free lanccs in
politics.
again, the Republican leaders allece
that the House ofRcprcscntativcs ought
to contain under the plain terms OF the
| Constitution, AL members instead Of
l2S, that nineteen counties are disf an
| chlsed by the Legislative apportionmcnt
| OF 1885. This claim is based upon a
provision OF the Constitution of the State
| that declares that the number of Re-
| prcScntatlVcs and Senators shall be reg
| ulatcd by law, but that it shall never
exceed l2S Representatives and 40 Sem
ators. From and after the adoption of
the amendment the House of Represent
tatlves shall admit one member from
each county III which at least $50 legal
votes were cast at the next preceding
general election, and each organized
county in which less than 200 legal
votes were cast at the next preceding
general election shall be attached to and
constitute a part Of the Representatives
district Of the county lying next adia-
cent to it on the cast This amend
ment to the Constitution WAS adopted at
the general election in 1873.
"ln the apportionmcnt bill of 1855 no
provision was made and no margin left
for counties oransiZed after that time,
the whole number Of l2S members being
assigned to counties then organized. II
is now asserted that the true construc-
lion Of this amendment is, that as the
Constitution expressly provides in an
other section that each organized county
shall have at least one Representative,
that the first part Of the amendment
was direction to the Legislature IN
'i'nhio Rh ulpO! tiOllHlCllt, ana lIl0J The
second was intended to give each Of the
new counties Representative ip the
session OF the Legislature succeeding its
organization, and this without re ference
to the apportionment ia force at the
time.
"Sincc 1885 nineteen counties have
been organized and are now
and have been since 1885 excluded
from representation on the floor OF the
llouse. The matter was recently
brought before the Supreme Court of
the State by an application for man.
damus against the board ofStatc canvass
sers on behalf OF person elected to the
House in one Of the excluded counties to
compel the board to issue to him q GER
tilicate Of election as a member Of the
House. The Supreme Court, following
some old decision refused to grant the
writ. This application was urged by
two of the strongest lawyers in the
State, and their, arguments are held by
the public generally to be conclusive of
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