Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-20

Fight Of the Rival Kansas Houses-In Va
rious I-gi slatures.

rious Legislatures.
The Kansas publican senators and repre-
sentatives met in join, session yesterday morn
ing and balloted for state printer. None OF the
democrats were present, and although the solid
vote was cast for Crane, the republican nomi-
nee, he did not receive a constitutional ma
jority.
The republican house then adjourned until 2
O'Clock and the populisss began the unseating
process The populist election committee re-
ported in favor of unseating Cline, republican,
from Jackson county, and seating shellenbar-
ger, populist In Reno county Dix republican,
was unseated and Mitchell, populist, seated.
The grounds on which these candidates were
unseated were the same in both cases.
In jackson county the town Of Holton and
in Reno the town OF Dickerson were not
mentioned in the legislative superintendent two
years ago, and although they are IN the center
Of their legislative districts the popuIist COM
mittee held that their votes should not be
counted.
The senate election committee fled papers
against SIX republican senator's. Ii lie prob
able that the republicans will take hand in the
matter and institute criminal proceedings
against Chief Clerk Rich for having made
alleged erasures and insertions in the official
roll over the signature OF the secretary Of state
and the great seal of the state of Kansas This
action is clearly classed a. forgery by the
statutes.
WISCONSIN.
The democratic members Of the Wisconsin
legislature held caucus Wednesday night to
nominate q successor to Senator Sawyer, but
were unable to agree upon q candidate. Two
ballots were taken and the caucus adjourned
until pm. yesterday. The first ballot resulted:
Mitchell, %: Bragg, 81; knight. 81. and Dodge,
2. On the second ballot two Of the Knight men
went over to Mitchell
NEBRASKA.
The two houses OF the Nebraska legislature
met in joint convention at noon yesterday and
one ballot for United States Senator was taken.
There were no changes of importance from the
ballot Of Wednesday. The seven leading candi-
dates received: Powers, independent, go; Pad
dock, republican, 81; Majors, republican, s;
Morton, democrat, 0; Thurston. republican. 8;
Mckeighan, Independent, s; Edgerton, indie
pendent, g. Thirty eight votes were scattered
among the other twenty candidates. The joint
session adjourned until noon today.
NORTH DAKOTA
The North Dakota legislature in Joint session
took eight ballots for United States Sepator
yesterday without electing any candidate.
There was change from Wednesday until
the third ballot was reached, when the popu-
Benton Of Fargo IS votes. within o. enough
to elect On the seventh ballot most Of the
democrats and populists went to ]. P. Lamb,
who received 81 votes. On the last ballot the
result was: Casey, l6; Worst, 10; Smith, g.
kingman, 9; Anderson, s; Roach. 6; Muir. 16;
Horgan, Is; scattering, 6. An effort will be
made to organize q caucus by the Casey men.
If no caucus is reached by Saturday q dead
lock is certain.
WASHINGTON.
Thirteen ballots we're taken in the Washing
ton legislature for United States Senator yester-
day afternoon, the last ballot resulting: Allen
AZ; Turner, %; Griggs, 81; Teats,0. No change
from yesterday.
WEST VIRGINIA
The West Virginia republican caucus las,
night nominated Stephen b. Elkins FOR the long
term and Judge Edwin Maxwell for the shor,
term in the United States Senate.