The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-07

leaders have left town. having arranged
the organization of the House, and will
not return until Sunday night. Mean
while the Senatorial candidates, Madden,
Mason, Hit, Carr and Allerton, remain
on the ground to see that no advantage is
| gained over each other. Speaker Curtis
4 said he had no opinion TO express as TO
the Senatorial aspirants, adding: at is
my intention to organize the House as
| though there was no Senator to be chosen
this winter. l shall certainly not use my
| position to advance or retard anybody's
| chances"
! INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Jan. 6. = The
separate Republican caucuses of the Legis-
lature which met tonight showed the
followers of c. W. Fairbanks in complete
control OF each caucus. The caucus nomi-
nees were made independent OF Senatorial
influences, though it happened that all of
them were friends of Fairbanks. The
Senatorial tests came on upon appoint
ment OF 8 conference to fix the time for
holding the joint caucus to nominate a
Senator. Every member of this COM
mittee of six was q Fairbanks man. After
listening to arguments for late caucus,
from representatives of General Wallace
and R. W. McKerr, the committee voted
down motion to hold the Plowman and
Goodykoontz forces. Calvin has made
q written statement that rumor ahoat O
lew days ago that be was the candidate of
the Kyle forces, is untrue and were started
without his knowledge, and he would, in
fact support GoodykoontZ until a caucus
nomination is made and then he would
| support the nominee, whoever he may be.
1t is positively asserted that such a written
statement was signed by Colvin and that
had 1t not been for that, the anti Kyle
forces would nave com b1ned to defeat him.
| 1t is certain that Colvin has openly
announced himself for Goodykoontz and
will support him to the end unless he
should fail to get the caucus nomination.
LANSING, Mich, Jan. 6.-The Legisla-
ture. which commenced its session to-day,
promises to attract public attention in
proportion as Governor Pingree may en-
deavor to engraft upon it his pet meas
ures. The fighting Governor has already
| given out that he proposes to be regular
'smasher" and that it will not be his
fault ii the present session is not pro-
] ductive OF some radical legislation.
Among the pet measures that he proposes
/ 10 push is one providing for 2-cent fares
/ on all the railroads OF the lower peninsula;
! another for submitting 10 popular vote
! the granting of street railroad and other
| franchises, in order to check corruption
among Aldermen ana city officials; an
! other TO suppress trusts and monopolies
! and to prevent over-capitalization of cor
porations; still another to prevent the CO.
ercion of voters, and final one providing
/ for the taxation of railroad property on
the same basis as other properties.
| JEFFERSON CITY, No, Jan. 6.-The
Legislature that met to-day will re-elsct
United States Senator Vest 10 succeed
! himself for fourth term. There is no
opposition to him in the ranks of his own
party. Senator Cockrell is also in the
midst OF his fourth term and it Is under
stood will not be a cand idate for re-elec-
| ton again. 1t is an interesting fact that
only once in the history of Missouri has
one man been eected Senator five times.
1 This was Thomas H. Benton, who sat IN
/ the Senate for thirty years.
! Tie Legislature will be asked to create
| State Board of Charities AID Correction to
| supervise the charitable and criminal in
! stiturions of the State, to inaugurate ieasi-
/ bic plans for the Improvement of public
roads and TO pass Law utilizing the Dor
of able bodied unfortunates and providing
for the control of tramps, paupers and
youthful dependents
PIERRE, S. OAK, Jan. 6. - Enough
mem bers of the lower branch OF the Legis-
lature have arrived to-day TO form a
! quorum and organize. The fusion forces
! had a majority OF those present, but not
| OF all the mem bers-elect. Snow blockades
| still prevent the absentees from reaching
the city. John GOWN OF Mitchell was
l chosen Speaker.
The Senatorial question is, of course, the
chief center of excitement. Now that
| both houses are organized and ready for
business this question will attract even
more attention.
/ Besides the newspaper men there were
| present several persons who are supposed
/ 10 have gone on the vessel on the last rip
and other persons who saw her being
| loaded at Fernandina before she left All
/ OF the witnesses say that they know moth
| ing about the alleged arms ana ftting-out
of the vessel.
| DENVER, Colo, Jan. 6.-Both houses
| of the eleventh General Assem- bly, con-
/ vened at noon to-day and effected an or
/ ganization. a com bination of National
| SiIverites, Populists and Mckinley Re-
publicans controls both houses and it is
| believed insures the election of Teller to
the United States Senate.
ALBANY. n. Y, Jan. 6.-The State
! Legislature met at IL o'clock this
| morning to organize for at least four
months session. The Governors annual
| message was read in both houses a. noon
The Senate had little to do in the way
of organ cation, as the Republican Sena-
torial caucus last night determined to lei
the Senators have the same patronage as
last year.
Both houses adjourned before o'clock
until next Wednesday evening in order to
give Speaker O'Grady time for the prep
aration of his standing committees, which
will be announced then.
SOUTH CAROLIA BOND CASE.
Decision Rerersed by the Maryland
Court Of bppe0Is.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Jan. 6.-The Court
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