The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-12
GLUED TO INGALLS,
ALL Ives ARE ON ZEE IRIDESCEN I
ORAlOR OF At HISON.
senatorial Contest Hinges Largely on His
Movements and Desires With Burton
Giving the Lead Away to Leland in the
Field-Chester Long is Developing Great
Talent as q Manipulation by Practicing
on Observation-Disclosures on AbOlishin e
Metropolitan Police Applauded But
Hopes for Resubmission are Small.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 11.-(SpeciaD-
The senatorial fight is getting hot. 1t
will be hotter before it is cooler. That
at least, is what they all say. No new
moves were made on the checker board
today and all the candidates are still
stationary. Everybody wants to know
when John j. ingalls, is coming down
from Atchison. 1t would not take
much provocation to get up a boom in
his favor. Over forty, aye, fifty, mem
bers are unable to be located as to their
preferences in the senatorial fight and
it is not likely that the situation will
be any clearer before Wednesday next
when the caucus takes place. Yester-
day the majority Of the lobby thought
that Ralph Burton had likely quail
ties as a winning racer, but today
that sentiment seemed to turn in the di-
rection of Cy Leland. ACy's boom IS
not any more enthusiastic than IT has
been, but is growing stea Oily, although
very slowly. The Almighty still re-
serves the knowledge of the outcome
to himself. All the candidates have
headquarters at the Copeland and since
the disposition of the state printer
matter the scenes presented IN them
are very much more active. Indeed
it has always been understood that the
senatorial horizon would be very muir
key till the speakerShip and state prln-
tership were decided. The decks are
now clear for action and it will be
contest without gloves during the next
five days.
THOSE MASTER POLITICIANS.
Some stiff politicians are now coming
in to take part in the fight. heretofore
the entered apprentices in the SCIENCE
Of politics were the fellows that mace
I'D the crowd but now the LOBBY is
made up of quite a number of thirty
third degree fellows. Heretofore the
workers operated on the first floor or
corridor of the hotel, now the workers
are the men who come In at night, puTy
them selves in rooms and stay there
continually, keeping away from inc
crowd.
Bill Higgins and Dick Walker drop
ned in y-before-yesterday, laid their
grips down carefully for fear or a
crash of broken glass and commenced
operations at once.
Chester 1. Long is developing con-
siderable political skill and influence:
He is here and doing a great deal OF
work in the senatorial race and besides
that is found to be very valuable as
were INDUCED in over the organization
of the house and the appointments to
the various positions.
LONGS ITALIAN HAND.
Yesterday Mr.. Long realized that the
two Democrats in the house belonged
to his district and out of the goodness
of his heart he volunteered to be their
guardian angel. One of them, Tommy
Wilson, is from his county ana Is one
of his old friends. Mr.. Long spoke 10
Speaker Lobdell and obtained a prom
Use from him that they should be put
on good committees. When the TWO
gentlemen were notified that one OF
them would be given a place on the
ways and means committee ana the
other a place on the committee on mu-
nicipal Indebtedness they were aston
ished so much that they did not know
what to say for both committees are
among the most important in the house.
Neither one of them expected a thing
of the kind, but inside of an hour
committee of arbitration had TO be ap-
Dointed to restore harmony between
them for, as stated yesterday the
thorough impossibility of harmony be
tween even two Democrats was again
thoroughly demonstrated. Tommy
wilson was all right but his German
colleague from Ellis county was the
chan that displayed the stubbornness.
When the proposition was first MADE
IN them about the committees the Ger
man accepted the committee on NUM-
cipal indebtedness.
Tommy accepted the committee on
WAYS and means. In half an hour the
German came back in haste and said
that he wanted the committee on ways
and means and wanted Mr.. Wilson to
take his committee. Mr.. Wilson did
not want to make the change and the
gentleman from Ellis county swore ne
would have nothing else. He stood pat
till nearly midnight and finally con-
scented to accept membership on the
committee on charitable institutions.
POPS TRY TO BE SENSIBLE.
The more the governors message is
scanned by people in political life re-
gardless Of party the more unnecessary
and untimely it appears. to say moth
ing Of the bad taste which it manifests
as a vehicle Of his political spleen. 1t
is the same old rigmarole that has
been hurled by demagogues from every
stump in the state for two years That
is what they all say. 1t tended to re-
vive the bloody shirt of 1893 politics
which it is the desire of the members
of both parties TO bury. this winter, at
least, when legislation of Importance
to the MARTIAL interests of the state
is so much needed. The Popoulists of
the house showed a much better spirit
than the governor in refusing to ap-