Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-22
and one populist was absent, says a
special to the STAR.

ana one popullst vas absent, says q
special to the STAR.
(The following correspondence WAS
received too late for publication last
weekly
The legislature has now been in ses-
sion a week and has hardly settled
down to steady legislative grinding in
consequence of the senatorial contest.
However a large number of bills have
been introduced and there is large
amount of work in sight. In the n
torial scramble the outcome is fully As
uncertain as was the famous battle of
~, when Kyle entered as a "black
horse" and came out victorious. To
an observing and unprejndiced specta-
tor of the wire-pulling lobbyists for
aspiring senators it looks as though
none of the prominently mentioned
candidates would succeed, for between
them there is much bitterness eXhib-
tied, and accusations anything but
creditable are frequently made by II
faction against another-fully as bad
in this respect within the populist
! party as the usual partisan campaign.
In this %factional populist contest it is
the field against Kyle. The various
candidates want to be U. S. senator.
and they are quite desperate in their
efforts for success Among the posi-
bile dark horses mentioned are Senators
Kellar, Palmer, Bouck and Grill of the
fusionists, while there is All occasional
murmur that if the scrap continues
long in the poFnlists ranks, enough
conservatives may unite with republi-
cans to name the senator, in which
event Picker hopes to be successful.
though Senator Greeley is urged by
many as "a much more formidable com
promise candidate. Then too, the
democratic aggregation which had the
balance of power in organizing the
house, is not unlikely to finally make
some demands shouldtheir friend Kyle
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Kyle fail of reelection it is not i'm
probable that his friends would join
the democrats to name one of their
number.
With all of these various and con-
tlicting elements there is no knowing
what the outcome may be. The ballot
ing begins NEXT Tuesday, the 18th.
The Black Hills was decidedly in it
in securing the subordinate places this
year. They have thus far secured The
following: Meredith of Fall River,
2nd assistant secretary of the senate:
Charley Dudley of Fall River. clerk of
the judiciary committee: j. c. Bower
of Custer, committee clerk; Bob Tai
lent of Pennington. house janitor: Con
nor of Meade. 2md assistant chief clerk
of the house: j. w. jones of Lawrence,
| bill clerk of the senate. This gives the
Hills an average of IL subordinate
officer for each county.
1t is altogether probable that the
Wheeler railro d bill will become a
law without much opposition from any
member. III it should not. alaw equally
as good will be enacted. Some features
of the original law may be modified.
but it looks as though the republicans
and populists would unite upon rea
sonablc raj road legislation. The talk
about the corrupt railroad lobby is
mostly pop buncomb, although rail
roads of course never fail to have their
lobbyists to look after their interests.
to prevent severe legislation against
them much as possible.
If Gov. Lee and his pop advisers en-
pected to embarass State Treasurer
Phillips by demanding a showing of
the public monies they will be disap-
pointed for it will be done if insisted
upon, though it will be expensive to
gather the funds from the various de-
%positories. Unlike most thickly popu-
lated states, where the very strongest
banks are to be found near the seat of
government, the treasurer of South
Dakota deems it best to deposit the
funds in small amounts among the
best banking institutions, and they are
widely separated throughout the state.
Yet the standing of these banks has
never. and can not be questioned. A
certified deposit check from any of
them is absolutely good and will be
accepted by any recognized banking
or business house as good asthe money
itself. Therefore the demand for the
cash at the seat of government is next
to absurdity. Those deposits are be.
ing continually checked against and
during the month of December about
one half as much as the treasurer nov
has to his credit in the banks was paid
out by the state treasurer. Conse.
quently the business of the treasurer
will be hampered and delayed while
the funds are in transit for inspection
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