The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

this generation. The incident was 1 dramatic and created Q stir in politics all over the land. The upshot was the defeat of Pomeroy and the election of I Ingalls,. Thus the terms of the first two Senators from Kansas ended in dis grace.
 | After Lane,s suicide the Governor , appointed a man named Ross to fill the Eunexpired term Ross later achieved national reputation sby voting against | the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. l That killed Ross politically in Kansas He was trounced more unmercifully for that than was old Pomeroy for buying votes After Ross's defeat the hatred of Kansas followed him into private | life and was disastrous to his business He lost all he had and finally left the State, bankrupt financially, dead politi- | cally. He is now, or was not long ago, l a printer, working at the case, some- where in the Southwest,
 The man who succeeded Ross was Alexander Caldwell. He resigned af- CT two years. He was driven to do so by threats of his political enemies. They told him if he didn't resign they would prove that he bought his way to the Senate. He took the hint, quit, and disappeared from the political are- na. The man who was appointed to succeed him filled s.out the unexpired 
 a political outcast. His name may be known in KsAlsas, but do not recall 1t.
 "Ingalls's colleague, Plumb, who was | the most conscientious Senator the State ever had, died suddenly, and in a dramatic manner, in Washington. | Again the governor filled the un- expired term by appointment It was an exciting contest. l was in Topeka at the time. There were several as- pirants The old governor was in a quandary. One night he got out of bed-it was cold, bowling night-and drove to the residence of George R. Peck who was then the attorney for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road The governor begged Peck to accept the Senatorship, and Peck de- | clined. The next day the governor ap- pointed a lawyer named Perkins. He had been in Washington ais a pension lawyer for some years.
 ''The Legislature met two year! later. The fusion party was in tho saddle. and Perkins had no show. H. passed out and died soon after, al most unknown, In 1895 the Legislature 1 met again The body was Republican If elected Lucien Baker. Burton was candidate at that time and had mad hot fight. When Bakers term eX pired he met Burton again, and s strong was the sentiment dbdAhS Baker that he withdrew and Burton had the field all to himself.
 Tn 1891 the Populists had the Legis Iature. It was the widest lot tha ever assembled The troops were calle' out to protect the body. A Senator wa to be elected again. Ingallss term wa closing. He went to Topeka. where few years before he was worshlppe' as the States hero. When he returne' in 1891 he met a handful of his ol' friends but they were so helplessly il the minority that they were deride' on the street and hissed in the Stat House. Out of that strange admiXtur came Pcffer--hc of the whiskers. Whel he was elected tho Pops" stood ol the tops of their desks, sung the lonl meter doxology and offere prayers.
 "Whcn Pena.s term expired, thos same Populsts turned against hir and. strange inconsistency of politics they elected a man named Harris. wh had been in the Confederate army.
 "Bismarck once said that consis tency in politics often resulted jn CT TOT He should have been in Kansas i 1897 The history of Kansas Senator ships is marked by grave stones O which are written strange epitaphs."