The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-13

reminds one for all the world like MEM
oerS OF tho Legislature casting lots for
desirable desks.
In Cofey county tho Republican and
Populist candidates were tied. How to
decide 1t was a puzzler. Some brilliant
nina In the canvassing board suggested
that lots be drawn to detormine who
should get the certificates of election
An equal number OF slips bearing the
names Of the candidates and a certain
NUM- Der of blanks were put into hat.
The chairman OF the board backed IN
to tho hat and began to draw. he
drew eight blanks and it began to look
as II no one was elected. The ninth
slip drawn bore the name of the Re.
publican. He got the certificate. In
Haskell county the Republican clerk
deliberately gave the certificate to the
man who got the smallest number OF
votes, who was the Republican candi-
Date: The Populists heard OF it, and
getting together concluded to take the
county clerk down to the nearest horse
pond and see il he could swim. The
clerk ran away. At last accounts he
ne had crossed the Kansas State line
into Oklahoma and was running still.
few things like this have deter
mined tho Populists to organize the
house at all hazards. Tho Populist sec.
rotary will not put tho names of men
whose election is questioned on the roll
and committees will be appointed The
governor will recognize tho Populists.
Inc Republicans will also perfect an
organization of the house and the Gov
ernor Will give them no recognition. OF
course II the Republicans get no recog-
milton from the Senate or the Governor
1T is difficult to see how they can accom-
plish much. While the certificates as
issued give the Republicans two mai,r-
Ivy In the house the senate is so strongly
Populist as to give an anti. Repu blican
majority on joint ballot OF about ten.
The Republican plan is to organize the
house and unscat enough Populists to
overcome that majority.
The Democratic scare in Wyoming
would indicate that the publicans had
the best of it. The fight between Gov.
ernor Amos w. Barber, Republican, tho
retiring Governor, and John Osborne,
the Democratic candidate for governor,
is nero incident as bearing on tho
senatorial contest. Feeling sure that
the Republicans intended to steal the
entire State government Osborne Quail
hed week ago and took up his head
quarters in an ante room of the State
house in Cheyenne. Governor Barber
still held the fort. Osborne called on
him to surrender the State documents
or no would use dynamite to open the
safe. Barber told him to use dynamite
and be "blowed." and added that he in.
tended to canvass the returns of tho
election for State officers and members
81 tho legislature privately before he
would leave his office. This he has done,
but in public, and apparently there will
30 two legislatures tin Wyoming. Tho
Republican legislature will probably re-
elect Francis e. Warren to tho Senate
and the Democratic Legislature will
send some ono else. Then the Senators
at Washington can fight it out among
themselves.
Montana may beat her record made at
the first Senatorial election, but there
will be great and lively doings at the
election of the successor OF that en-
phatic, loud-vocod and epigrammatic
gentleman, Wilbur f. Sanders. The
legislature is very close. Tho party
which organizes the house and gets tho
advantage on the committee on con.
tested elections will carry of the Sena.
torship.
The Nebraska contest is also re-
pared to positively claim the lcgisla-
ture. The Republicans have been talk
ing the same advantage of Populist
candidates that they have done in Kan.
sas. 1t is likely that on joint ballot
single vote will give ono patty or the
other the Senator. 1t is charged that
the Republicans are prepared to use
money lavishly to secure that single
vote. The facts have been laid before
the Democratic managers, and there is
little doubt that they will be prepared
to fight the devil with fire." There is
no doubt that the Democrats and the
Populists will vote together on nearly
all questions, and will always be anti
Republican. In case the Populists con-
troll the legislature it is: quite probable
that Charles II. Van Wyck owill bo
elected Senator, and in case no should
fail tho Senator will be j. II. Powers
A Republican majority on joint ballot
would mean the re election OF Algernon
s. Paddock, who Is at present president
pro tom. of the Senate.
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