The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-22
CAPITAL CHATTER.
The Way Our Legislative solons Dis
pose Themselves at the State
Capitol-The Contest Hot.
Pickler Is on the Grounds with his Coat
Off Working for His Chief-Har-
den getting to the Front.
A Review of tho Work Done and that
to be Done

to be Done.
PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 19.-[Editor
UNIoN]-Your correspondent will en-
deavor to give you in this short article
a few OF the most Important matters
that now present themselves to our leg
islators. Your readers have already
learned through the columns OF The
UNION, OF the organization OF the house
by the fusionists and the election OF
every clerk but one. This has been a
severe blow to the republicans, as they
fully believed they would be able to ef
feet an organization and secure control,
and they have been disheartened ever
since, only rallying when urgent action
was needed to prevent their utter de
feat and rout. This has been most ap-
parent in the unseating OF the two re-
publicans from Brown county and put
ting Messrs. Bates and Scattergood, in
dependents, in their places. McCor-
mack OF Hyde, one OF the republicans on
the committee, voted with the combina-
ton and thus insured it's success. On
Saturday the committee reported on the
Dawson county contest, favoring dis
missal OF the contest, which was unani-
mously agreed to. Today the Douglas
county contest and the several cases
from Lawrence county are to come up
and will doubtless be decided favorablv
to the independents, although the repub-
Leans are veterans at filibustering and
may delay it somewhat
The senatorship is the all absorbing
topic OF conference and caucus just now
and 1T is the opinion OF your correspon-
dent that it will take some time to elect
that worthy officer. 1t Is generally con-
ceded that If Moody does not get IL ma
jority on first ballot it will be his polit-
ical death. However that may be, it is
hardly possible that he will secure a ma
lority, as the Combination have one
majority now and the seating OF the
Douglas and Lawrence county contest
ants would give them an increase OF six
members and Il loss to the republicans
OF six, leaving an independent majority
OF twelve or fifteen. Ii is very likely
that in case the democrats and indepen-
delts unite on any candidate, that j. w.
Harden will be the choice, although
Wardall and Crosse have some following.
But in case the democrats give their
votes to an independent, they would re-
quire that he be one OF former democrat
ic proclivit!es, rather than republican
and in view OF this Harden is their man.
The republican federal officials, no T.
withstanding the recent resolution" OF
the independents, are still hero in full
force and Picker arrived on Saturday
evening to help out his chief, and whe1
all else fails to rustic for himself. l
| Moody can not win the fight and {
choice is not made on first ballot, Pick
Ter will enter tie field and hopes to Sc
cure enough alliance votes to elect HIM
We opine, however, that he will be to,
late.
| Although the Senate commenced the
introduction OF bills several days before
the House did, yet the House has nearly
caught up and promises to outwind tn,
senatorial brethren ere long. Some o
| the bills introduced are for the repeal o
| the office OF commissioner OF immigra
ton, commissioner OF labor and stats
ties, oil inspector, mine inspector ant
lastly that OF railway commissioners
| hope to be able to give the text OF tn,
more important bills in my next. r.
/
The Wyoming legislature has passet
an amendment to the school law, pro
| hibiting the reading OF the bible in public
schools.
| Remember that the WEEKLY UNIol
will be sent to any address one year 10