The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-03
HIS FRIENDS CLAIM THAT PIOyy-
MAN IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
THE SENATORSHIP,
THERE MAY BE A DEADLOCK.
IN THAT CASE THE DEMOCRATS
WILL HOLD THE BALANCE OBJ
POWER.
SOLONS ARRIVING AT PTERRE
usual Ante-SessiOn LOg-ROIIing In
PrOgress-SOme Measures to Be
Acted Upon.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 2.-Friends of
Senator Kyle have made a discovery
which they claim will bar Judge PIow-
man, or the Black Hills, from the SEN
atorlaI contest. They quote section 35
OF article Of the state constitution
that mo judge Of the supreme or cir
cult courts shall be elected to any
other than judicial office or be ell
slple thereto during the term for which
ne was elected such Judge All votes
Tor either of them during such term for
any elective office except that of judge
OF supreme court, circuit court or coun-
ty court, given by the legislature or
people shall be void" This in connec-
ton with the alleged ineligibility of
Mr.. Loucks Is tending to increase the
confidence in Kyle very much. In a
typewriter appeal to the popuIist leg
islators for support, Senator Kyle
roasts the Sioux Falls Journal, Sem
ator Pettigrew's erstwhile personal or
gan, for calling him rich and saying
he contributed little to the Populist
campaign. The Journal, he says, should
be forever banished from the party. He
claims to have contributed s., 900 to the
Populists during his term Of Office.
and that he put $1,000 into the cam
paign this fall II have given all my
earnings to the party he further de-
cIares, except my small home in Aber-
deen, Which cost me $4,000" After fur
ther citing his claims Of being Popu-
list, the appeal closes as follows:
MY experience gives a standing in the
senate which time and service alone will
s1t1on to accomplish much for the state
h,,t to nc not care Ior more than second term,
MS work If he has been faithful.
MAY BE A DEADLOCK.
The legislature VIII convene this
WeeE. The fact that it Is the first
PopulistH legislature Of the state will
give It especial interest to many, and
the actions of the legislature will be
closely watched
While a number Of contests were
announced just after the election, the
only one which is likely to be carried
into the legislature is that of r. E.
Dowdell, of Sanborn county. The SEN
atorial fight will not come up for two
weeks. While there is an anti-Repub-
Hcan majority of nineteen In the legis-
lature, 1t does not mean that ii will be
easy for this majority to select a sem
ator. There are practicaHy four eIe-
ments which will have to be welded to-
gether to accomplish this-the Demo-
Gratis, free silver Republicans, conser-
vatiye Populists and radical Populists.
No two Of these will agree on one
man at the start, and it is going to
take a shrewd manipulator to bring
them all together at any time. 1t is
possible that this will be accomplished,
but it will not be done in day
1t is very improbable that all these
conflicting elements can be got into a
joint caucus, and so long as they vote
separately there will be no choice.
10 ind oil oi,o& 49,
ton Of John Colvin, Of Mitchell. as
speaker of the house. He is one of the
conservative class who will have con-
troll, the only other candidate being
Daily, OF Brown, whose position as a
radical will keep him out of the place.
The senate committees will this year
be appointed by a committee who will
be selected by the senate. The usual
rule of appointments by the lieutenant
governor will not go. His political
predictions do not harmonic with
those of the body over which he will
preside, and they prefer to appoint
their own committees, to be sure that
they will harmonic.
Some of the principal bills which will
be considered at this session are bal
lot reform, the TorTens system of land
transfers, liquor license law, a legis-
lative reappOrtionment, and railroad
law, which will be based on the Iowa
law now in force in that state
A number of the legislative men,
bers who arrived this evening report
no meeting at Huron yesterday. When
the members reached that city they
were besieged by place hunters, that
class outnumbering the members, and
not desiring to take action on so many
applicants, they adjourned to allow the
question Of appointments to come up
in the regular order of affairs.
Among those who came in this morn
ing are Representative Colin, Of David
son, and DAILY. of Brown, who are
making the fight for speakership Of
the house. Both seem confident, but it
looks at present as if Colin has the
best of it. The candidates for secretary
Of the senate on the ground are t.
NJ Simmons and ]. r. Lloyd, both
of Beadle county. 1t is hard to locate
many of the candidates for positions
this morning, as many of them are here
for something, and don't know them
selves what they will strike for, let
ting developments settle that question
for them.
All the senatorial candidates, Kyle,
Loucks PloWnian and GOodykoontZ,
are on the ground and working among
the members. Most of their work is
being quietly done, but Senator Kyle
is prominent among the members who
are getting acquainted at the different
hotels He believes in his own success
and gives no credence to the report
that Pettigrew will put up any fight
against him.
It is practically certain now that
the Democrats, who hold the balance Of
poWer will select a man of their own
and stay by him to the end. The Re-
publicans have not yet made any move
to get together, nor decided upon any
course Of action.