The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-25
OFFICIAL PAPER OF ALLEN COUNTY,
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Long Senatorial Struggle at
Last Happily Ended BY the
Selection of Hon. LUcien
Baker for the
High Place.
Editorial correspondent ,e.


TOPEKA, JAN. %, 1895.
At eleven O'Clock on Monday night
State Senator Lucien Baker, of Leav-
enworth, received Sc votes in the
Republican caucus for United States
Senator, and was declared the nomi-
nee of the party. To-day he received
the votes of every Republican member
of each house of the Legislature eX-
cept his own. Tomorrow he will
receive the votes of the Republicans
of both houses, in joint convention as
sembled. and will be declared Sena-
tor of the United States from the state
of Kansas for the term beginning the
fourth of March next.
That is the short story of what has
been and will be done. How it hap
pened to be done. and how it was all
brought about, and why something
else was not done, is another and a
longer story. To tell 1t all would
take much more time and space than L
have to spare. Perhaps the more inn
portant parts of it may not be without
interest.
1t was acknowledged in the begin
ming of the contest that j. r. Burton
would start out with more votes than
auv other candidate. The first eve
ning's balloting made it apparent that
ifhe was to be defeated it must be by
the combination of the forces of all
the other candidates. Accordingly an
ssanti-Burtonu caucus was called, and
the task of finding candidate upon
whom all those who opposed the cleo
tion of Mr.. Burton could unite was
begun. The caucus met at two
o'clock Monday, and was in continu-
GUS session until seven O'Clock. Dur
ing these five hours nearly dozen
men were voted for. Ady was tried
and Thatcher and Hood and ingalls,
and Smith aud Morrill, and Horton.
1t began to look as if no agreement
could be reached, when it was sug-
gested that Lucien Baker was big
enough man to go to the Senate. The
result of that suggestion has already
been told.
lam aware that there has been con-
siderable sentiment both in Allen and
Woodson counties in favor of Mr.. |
Burton, and some of my constituents
NAV wonder why did not support
him. When 1 return home | shall be
very glad to render my reasons to any /
vrho NAV ask for them, and have no 4
fear but that these reasons will be /
convincing and satisfactory. L do not
care to 60 into detail in public way
farther than to say that in four of the !
churches of this city on last Sunday
sermons were preached appealing for
the defeat of Mr.. Burton, mass meet
ing attended by nearly two thousand
people was held here at which strong
resolutions against him were adopted,
similar resolutions were sent up from
various Grand Army posts, and petit
tions and protests were sent IN from
parts of the state where he is best
known directed against him Those
who opposed Mr.. Burton did so be-
cause they believed he would not
represent the morality and the integ-
rity Of the people of Kansas.
lam aware also that there was a
strong sentiment in my district for
Mr.. Funston and Mr.. Ingalls,. Upon
arriving here at the beginning of the
session, Capt. Dewitt and myself
both canvassed the situation thorough
~ and were forced to the conclusion