The herald., 1897-01-27
SOME SENATORS SELECTED
Some Still Left Sitting on the Anxious
Seat
Nevadans "Stay Bought" and Jones
Goes In-Jones Replies to the
Idaho Democrats.

CARSON, New, Jan. 25.-An election
of United States senator was held in
both houses of the legislature today.
The result in the senate was as follows:
John P. Jones Il, Judge Fitzgerald J.,
and William Mcmillan ..
In the assembly: Jones 2S, Mcmillan
20.
A Joint ballot will be held tomorrow
to be followed by big banquet to be
given to the legislature and press.
KANSAS.
TOPEKA. Jan. 26.-The separate
hoses of the legislature balloted at noon
today for United States senator, the COM
bined vote assuring the formal election
of w. A. Harris, Populist, in joint ses-
sion tomorrow, was: Harris 101, ]. R.
Burton, Republican, caucus nominee.
53,; Gen. j. c. Caldwell, Republican, 20;
p. King, Populst, 1.
UTAH
SALT LAKE. Utah, Jan. 26.-The joint
session of the legislature took six bal
lots for United States senator at the
afternoon session without any material
change in the situation. Three of the
Popuiists changed from Lawrence to
Hogan and three Republicans voted for
George NJ. Cannon.
The last ballot was: Thatcher %
Henderson IA, Rawlins IS, Hogan A.
Cannon and Powers l each.
WISCONSIN,
MADISON Wis. Jan. 26.-Both houses
of the legislature today cast their votes
for John G. Spooner for United States
senator. The election will be ratified
tomorrow.
COLORADO.
DENVER, Col. Jan. Ex-senator
Bromley today offered resolution re-
questing congress to call convention
for the revision of the constitution of
the United States and soliciting other
states to take similar action. The pre-
amble says: 1T is necessary that
changes be made in the said constitution
in order to adapt il to present conditions
and to protect the country against great
and impending dangers, and to prevent
any improper judicial encroachments
and the abnormal growth of powerful
corporations and influences that could
not be foreseen at the time OF the adopt
ion of the constitution"
JONES REPLY.
WASHINGTON. Jan. Ex-senator
Jones replied to the Idaho Democrats
as follows:
TO the Hon j. c. Rich, chairman of
Democratic caucus, Boise, Idaho: My
action and that of prominent members
of the national committee, and others,
is in no sense an interference in local af-
fairs. Prominent and leading Republi-
cans abandoned their party and gave
hearty support to the platform ana
candidates of the Chicago convention,
and it would in my opinion be an ex-
ceedingly narrow and undemOcratic
course for the party to fail to testify
its high appreciation of such conduct
We cannot discriminate against such
men without harm to our great cause
not for any man, for the whole country
and not for a state. This question is
not and cannot be confined to Idaho We
therefore urge that our friends in Idaho
shall not lose sight of the effect of their
action on the whole country and our
great cause in their excitement over
! local affairs Having proposed for weeks
TO vote for Populist satisfactory to
you and being denied the opportunity
to do so, Democrats cannot be charged
with violation of any agreement re-
ferred to. They have discharged every
assumed obligation. j. X. JONES.
The senator said that the telegram in
cluded everything he had to say.
COLUMBIA, S. c.. Jan. 26.-Roth
houses of the state legislature voted for
United States senator today Joseph
II. Earle nominee of the Democratic
primaries. got every vote except one
colored, the only Republican member.
who voted for Congressman Murray.
the only colored member of congress-