Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-31
FROM THE CAPITAL
Kyle Identifies Himself With the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Declara-
ton Recalled.
The Reorganization Of the Sem
atc---Gossip Of the South
Dakota Candidates.

Senator Kyle is thoroughly welded
to the democratic party. He has
accepted the Craftsmanship of a COM
mittee at their hands and enjoys
having $2,22 2220 clerk at an annual
salary. with messenger to keep his
room in order. MIR. Kyle has done
we'll to win such prize, while the
democrats have secured one more to
re-entorcc their slender senatorial
majority. BARTLETT Tripp understood
himself when he said i'm 1891: "Kyle
is Il good enough democrat for me-"
Hut who is now the populist
senator from South Dakota:
And Iripp is the commissioner of
the general land oilice-thc place
that Alphabet Sparks held when he
made so many of your hardy settlers
miserable in 1882 bv holding up
their prunfs or canccling their claims.
AS sIr. Trirp has been wcstcrncr
so long, it is fair to believe that his
symlathies are with the settlers on
the public lands, and he will not
unnecessarily worry them as Sparks
did 10y proceeding on the expressed
belief of the latter that cnc-half of
such settlers are thieves"
Ii to,k ten days for the democrats
to re-arrange the committees of the
senate. 1t was Il hot fight they made
for pnsition-a very natural thing, by
the way: for legislation is shaped
chiefly intmese committees. Besides.
1llc best committees have beautiful
rooms for their use. and some of
them have two clerks and as many
messengers.
Eut their griefis not cnded. There
are some three hundred clerks and
employees on the pay rolls of the
secretary cf the senate, each of whom
gets Il living salary. AID some of
them do not have tOStrain their backs
to do their work. There is IL great
pressure on the senate to change these
officers SO that democrats may get
them. In iS6l and 1881 the republic
cans tli5l not change lie uiiiciery VIXEN
they captured the senate and arranged
the co!nmittces.-it beng Il special
session of the senate in both years.
The ncw senators, too, desire IL
change. But the older senators are
more conservative and inclined to
let the officers remain till December.
This is where the claslling occurs i'm
the democratic caucus. They can
NOT agree on what to do, and their
perplcNity is increased by the fact
tina. the republicans have notified
thela that they will oppose any
charge until Allc next regular session
of congress. i democratic caucus is
ca'.el for today to see if they can
agree on plan of proceeding.
Mr.. Cleveland is Il very bold man.
He knows a deal more than lie did i'm
March. 1885. On the knowledge
since absorbed he declares that
deiuocratic senators and repre-
sen.itYes will not be allowed the
exclusive privilege of naming U. S.
marshals. dist";ct attorneys and post
masters. This is Il Misunderstanding
innovation to the congressman. 1t
destroys an industry which they
have monopolizcd for scventy-tive
years. and which they banked on
holding SO as to keep themselves
solid With home partisans. Doubt
less there are great many pledges
uUt that are not redeemed. All this
threatens to create hard feelings
between the executive and congress.
Rut tney will get together in some
shape so us to relieve the republicans
OF The oncrous burden of public life
and transfer the cares to democratic
shoulders.
Ii has not yet been printed that
lluke smith, secretary of the interior.
has already cancelled Il large nunber
of land claims i'm Arkansas.
Every pension certificate that goes
to an old soldier must have the
signature of the secretary OF the
interior. or of his assistants. Up to
this date not pension certificate has
been signed since March 4th: the
secretary saying, when asked about
it: II don't intend to sign those till
know what am doing.' And the
pension bureau is sending him five
hundred or more certificates every
day.
Your northern twin is sorcly
afflicted. The republicans went
bacl: on their party and elected a
democrat for senator. The papers
are now publishing his early history
when lie resided here, and heading
the publications thus: Senator
Roach an embezzlcr-l4 years ago
lie robbed Washington bank of
S60. .00O-confessed and went west
the pilferings still unpaid-now
liable to indictment-tlle North
Dalofan saws tha maftnr hopnooor1