Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-01-26

ID. Casey IA, Walsh 6, Plummer 3, An.
d rson 2, Muir l. Kellogg
Twenty fourth ballot Benton 49,
Worst q. Casey Is, Muir 4, Anderson 8
Walsh 3, Plummer 2. Smith l.
Joint session dissolved.
BISMARCK, Jan. 24.-[Special ]-Tbe
same conditions prevail today as yest-r-
day and no signs of settling the sena
'orial tight appear. Two more ballots
taken this morning showed the demo
Gratis and independents sticking to then
candidates, Roach and Muir, and the re-
publicans hopelessly divided among
half dozen candidates. The Case>
vote stood the same-13 a baker,
dozen, and an unlIcky number SO fal .
Yet the feeling prevails that when tn
old sores are fnlly exhibited. the loca
fights fought ont, n the boys rounded
up, Mr.. Casey will be the winner. Hi
strength Is solid and he is recognized HI
beng the safest man for the p ,rty.
In the vote today A. G. Johnson. a
Grand Forks merchant, received -four
votes for senator, and George Walsl,
three votes These wore complimentar!
and showed that the members ore not
yet ready to settle the question. When
is will he is puzzle. 1t may take all
the week. The legislature seems per.
fectiy willing to meet ut noon, take two
ballots, dissolve the joint assembly and
do fair days legislative work after
wards. Az the thing IS running now
nothing is being lost IN the delay OF
electing the senator.
There are numerous democratic caudi
dates, each new man offering, accord ing
to bis friends, jnst the conditions neces
sary to get the needed republican help.
Among the new men favorabIy consid-
cred is Judge Mcconnell. Judge Rose
still holds a number of independents
and democrats who are hopefu! that
his name may com" up for a
united pull. Mclaughlin, republican
from Grand Forks, WAS favored by the
independents until they heard that be
was money lender and took mig rates
OF interest where be could get them
There has been an active discussion
today among the attorneys rs to what
number was necessary to elect. Some
held that majority Of quorum of the
joint assembly is all that is necessary
This would require but . votes, suppos.
ing only quorum was present. The
general belief is that it takes AZ votes to
elect, as the United States statutes re.
qulre majority Of all the members OF
the joint assembly, which bocy consists of
SO members. The discussion arose on
the possibility Of the trains being late
and sufficient number OF members
being kept away by accident or absence
One good lawyer said, however, that be
would like to have certificate Of elec.
ton by 25 members of the assembly, if a
bare quorum was present and voting.
There is one thing apparent in this
fight and that IS that no outside iDflu-
ence or arguments made to members, will
cow he Of any avail. The lines are
drawn too tight for that, and the issues
too clearly made up. All efforts OF this
kind are useless now. There is a large
lobby Of people from all over the state
who have come to see il they can help
this candidate or that, and who are will
ing to do anything in their power to
settle the arangle.
The attorney general is trying to get
the legislature to reduce the number Of
railroad commissioners to one. The laws
give them little or no authority except 10
the matter Of rates which the legislature
can rs we'll tx, aud the constitution gives
the commissioners no judicial authority.
Tho idoa ia tn re,dnc, tho c0m m,aaion tn