St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-27
They Have No Hope Of Elect
ing a Senator in
Kansas.
Democrats Refuse to Join
With Them in a Joint
Session.
Senator Perkins, However,
Will Make a Fight in
the Senate.
Mr.. Martin Announces Him
self an Uncompromising
Democrat.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 26.-The Repub-
licans have given up hope of eleeting
United States senator. They made a
last effort today to devise means of
checkmating the Populists and OF send
ing to the United States senate a
claimant to the seat to which John
Martin was elected. They met in eau
Gus and decided to support Stalwart
Democrat for the position if the five
Democrats would go over to them and
give them quorum on joint ballot.
Three of the five Democrats had cast
their ballots for Martin in the Popuiist
joint convention yesterday, and of
course could not participate in another
senatorial election, so when the Re-
publicans met in joint session
they found themselves without quo
rum, and with no means of securing
one. They then gave up hope of elect
ing a senator, and, after appointing
committee to prepare statement of the
facts concerning the election of Judge
Martin, protest against his admission
to the senate, they adjourned their
joint convention sine die.
The burden of the task of keeping
Judge Martin out of the senate now
rests Oh Senator Perkins. He was APP
pointed to serve in the place of the late
Senator Plumb until the legislature
should choose his successor. The Re-
publicans hope to show that the Popu
list house organization was illegal; that,
being illegal. it
Could Not Participate
in the selection of a senator; that in
reality no senator had been elected and
Mr.. Perkins should be allowed to hold
over until the expiration of Senator
Plumb's term. The Republicans re-
ceived telegram from Senator Perkins
today announcing that he would
make the fight to obtain his
seat. Mr.. Martin will leave for
Washington Sunday armed with prop
erly certified certificate of his election.
He may present it to the present senate
and he may wait until the next session
of congress, when he thinks the senate
may be Democratic, and when his
chances of recognition would be better
than at present. Before making a def
mite decision on the course he will
pursue he will confer with the Demo-
cratic senatorial steering committee.
Asked to make statement of his po-
litical position since his utilization with
the Populists. Senator John Martin said
today:
''First, let me say l am a Democrat,
and never have been anything else. l
am Internationally in favor of tariff re-
form. not only in the ordinary sense,
but tariff reduction of radical char
acter. l am in favor of the least
possible import rates that can be
laid on the necessaries and plac-
ing higher rates Of duties on
Injuries. | am in favor of an uncondi-
tioual and unlimited coinage of silver. l
am opposed, upon principle. to national
banks or any other financial system that
compels Or induces partnership rela-
ton of financial character between the
government and private individuals. L
am in favor of either an income
tax or what may be even better.
graded property tax. l am in favor
of radical control of the railroads
rather than ownership. | am in favor
OF electing United States senators by
direct vote of the people"
Mr.. Martin will leave for Washington
Suday evening. Tuesday he will be in
Washington and will ask for Senator
PETER and present his credentials.