Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-02-02
THE END NOT YET.
Pacifying Influence Of Sunday
Fails to Bring About a
Solution.
BENION'S CHANCES GOOD.
Two More Ballots 7 AIKEN for u.
6. Senator Without Ma
tcrial Change.

BISMARCK, Jan. % Special to
COURIER -DEMocl;Ar. Pressure is
strong for Casey''s withdrawal especi-
ally SO since the republican caucus
which was held last evening at
which 81 were present on a ballot
which was taken it was shown that
Casey had 23, Worst !, Kingman 3.
the others scattering, two other bal
lots were taken without materially
changing the aspect.
Excitement ut Bismarck reached
it's climax Wednesday afternoon
when the legislature in joint scs-
sion gave Col. John D. Benton forty
four votes for United States senator,
lacking only two Of enough to 1ct
Senator Mccormack claimed there
was a miscount and demanded 1t
vcritication of the vote which was
denied. The chances are that John
d. Benton was legally elected by
by the vote, but be that as it may,
if he is not chosen, he can credit his
defeat to the treachery Of two Of
his populists allies. There is no
man in the state better qualified for
the position Of senator, or who did
more in last fall's campaign to make
the success of the populist ticket
possible, and to say tho least, such
a return for his services would hard
ly be possible from any one except
a populist. Thursdays ballot would
seem to indicate that Col. Benton's
friends believed that he was fairly
elected and that they are willing to
run their chances on q contest in
the United States senate should
any but straight democrat be
chosen in his place. Mr.. Benton
clearly had right to verifcation
of the vote, and had not the opposi-
tion believed that he had received
the necessary forty-six for a choice,
there could have been no objection
to verifying it.
There were some angry words
among the democrats and indepen-
dents the other day when Benton
was beaten although six republi-
cans voted for him, and Senator
Stevens and Representative Hagen
were the cause of a great rush of
work in the profanity department of
the recording angels office. One
correspondent claimed to have heard
the words ''twenty-fve hundred'' IN
a conversation between Senator En-
ger and a lobbyist, just before the
former changed his vote to Benton,
but nobody who knows the senator
from Steele county believes that he
would do any thing dishonorable.
A capital removal scheme is occa-
sionally mooted, but there is nothing
in it except as a sort Of stuffed club
to use on Bismarck. 1t IS safe to
say that no other town IN the state
will pay as much tor it as the Bis
marckers have paid.
If attorney general Standish had
followed up his proclamation of an
nihilatlon against the blind-pigs
with prosecution of those that con-
tinued he would not only have had
large majority of the people with
him but he would have had an easy
victory over the whole herd of such
swine in this state. But not only
the pigs but others are beginning
to look upon his proclamation as a
bluff and the attorney general is
rapidly losing the vantage ground
he gained.
We give below the ballots cast
during the week as fully as we have
been able to obtain them.
TwENTY-sIxTH BALLOT.
Worst. ...... Anderson. ..... IA
Casey. ........37 Roach. ........ .16
Kingman.... 5 Mnir............. 8