The Iola register., 1891-01-16
THE LEGISLATURE.
Mr.. Pearson's Letter-Sumnary of The
Work of the Legislature up to
the Time of Going to
Press-Notes and
Comments
MR.. PEARsoN's LETTER.

EhttOf hegtStef: ArTlNeu neIe al
safe and sound. Have good loca
tion at 612 Topeka Avenue. Members
have been arriving for about three
weeks and are coming faster now than
ever. Are about all here tonight.
The 26 lone Republicans of the
house wander around aimlessly, and
see the Peoples fellows do just as the
Republicans used to, pull and haul
among themselves for the positions in
the house. Candidates for page, door,
keepers, clerks, etc., are here without
number and are just as anxious to get
there as though the Republicans had
the majority, and for all any one can
see act just as they accused the Re
publicans of acting. They have their
bosses and leaders just as the Repub-
licans and Democrats do, and P. p.
Elder is at the head of. the heap. He
will be elected Speaker. The indica-
tions are that Mr.. Peffer will be chos-
en- Senator. OF course no one can tell
80 far ahead. They seem to have
healed up the row they had last week
and are running smoothly again.
Mrs. Lease is for Judge Doster; that
may make some difference as she has
probably more influence with the AL
lance than any other one person.
I went over to the Alliance head
quarters today and saw J. NJ. Alex
ander, an old Salem man now rep
resentative for Anderson county. He
wanted to know if was not in the
wrong pew, but before had time
to talk with him much some fellow,
one of the "bosses," I suppose, got on
chair and said, "All who are not
members will please leave the ROOM"
So not being "member" left while
they went into caucus just as the Re-
publicans would have done to deter
mine what they would do tomorrow.
For myself 1 believe they did just
right for without organization and
leaders a party can act to no purpose.
At u o'clock 1 went up to see the
State officers sworn in. Justice VAL
entine did the swearing. 1t was a
very informal affair. The only break
in the line was that of ]. n. Ives,
Peoples-Democratic candidate for at
torney general. The contrast between
Kellogg and Ives is most striking.
Mr.. kellogg is rather spare, of
medium height, blue eyes and a
pleasant face that one would not hesi-
tate an instant to trust, rather pro-
jecting eyebrows, high forehead, with
a modest, retiring manner; while Mr..
Ives is not unlike Col. Jones in build
except that his face is not so red nor
nose SO large, and he has one of these
round bullet heads. One could not
help but think it was pity to ex-
change a man like Kellogg for one
like Ives, and that was the expression
heard repeatedly.
People who have not seen and
talked with Gov. Humphrey do not
know what plain, unassuming man
he is, easily approachable by every
body, with a warm shake of the hand
and a hearty welcome. Mrs. Hum
phrey was present at the inducing
into office of the State officers. She is
a little woman with pleasant face
and an everyday and home like man.
ner with no attempt to maintain the
dignity of the station" She re-
ceived graciously the gratulations
of friends, seemed contented with her
lot and proud of her husband.
JANUARY:lS.
The Alliance caucus last night last
ed until two o'clock this morning and
resulted in "slate" for every office in
the gift of the House clear down to
page, so when the House met to or
ganize at noon today it had nothing to
do but ratify the caucus nominations.
AS have already said, I think this
caucus was all right, but 1 cant't help
wondering how it strikes the fellows
at home who spent so much time last
fall denouncing the "Corkus system"
A good many bills will of course be
introduced right away, but it is not
likely that any solid work will be
done until after the senatorial election.
l.. B. PEARSON.