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TWENTY-SECOND YEAH. OMAHA , FRIDAY MORNING , JANUARY G , 1893. NUMBER 200.
Republican Senators Determined to Throw
Off tlio Yoke of Corporate Domination.
GIVE NOTICE OF THEIR INTENDED ACTION
Leaders of the Party Told of Their Yith-
drawal from the Caucus.
CLARKE OF DOUGLAS HEADS THE SPLIT
Lobcck , McDonald and Everett Willing to
Aid in Defeating the Monopolists.
PROSPECTS OF ENDING THE DEADLOCK
Bright Indications That the Senate Will Bo
Organized This Morning.
SENSATION IN THE SENATE YESTERDAY
When tlio HreaUVus Anniiiinceit It Hcureil
the llliiKHtcrft-Defeatcil by it Scurvy
Trick The Work of the
Jjiiwvr Home.
LINCOI.X , Nob. , Jan. 5. [ Special
Rram to Tun Htn. : ] Four republican sen
ators hold tlio key to llio situation , anil It la
now apparently safe to predict tliut before
noon tomorrow the senate will have a per-
inanent organization.
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It was brought about by the determina
tion of the railroad republicans not to sub
mit to anything but n combine with the dem
ocratic railroad contingent in the senate ,
and llrst developed in the conference
last evening between the antimonopoly -
monopoly republican senators and some
of the Independents. This served to bring
the railroad element partially to its senses
for the time being , and overtures wore at
once iitado to the four republican senators
who had shown a determination to talco the
bit in their teeth. Influence was brought
to bear on the railroad senators , and confer
ences were held between the republicans
and democrats with a view to formulating
attractive ofllccrs that would win the re
bellious four from their determination.
Holding Forth Temptations.
Hnlf n do/cn glittering propositions wcro
made , all with a view to enticing the four
from their position , but without avail. The
concessions offered wcro not sunicicnt , and
after several hours of bulldozing , entreating
and cajoling the caucus adjourned.
Tlio matter narrowly missed coming to a
head ut tlio last session of the senate this
afternoon , when the four had given up the
idea of securing what they wanted from the
trinity democrats without haing a powerful
corporation string tie. . ! to it , and It was de
cided to let tuo organization go to the inde
pendents on fairly good terms then and
there. Here again the master hand of the
combined monopolists showed itself , for
at the very last minute a card was
played that once more postponed cor
poration defeat. Just as the roll
was about to bo called , and
after all conference between the four was at
an end , word was sent to three of them that
It had been agreed to postpone the proposed
action for just one moro ballot. The trickery
was most adroitly managed , for the mes-
Bcnuor chosen to deliver the treacherous
message was a republican In whom the sena
tors to be duped had the most , implicit confi
dence , and they did not think of questioning
the statement made to them by him.
They Wcro Duped.
Senator Clavko was not approached , for ho
was managing the light of rebellion , and it
was known that ho would have discovered
the trick , but the others supposed that the
notice came from Clarke , and voted accord
ingly , not oven taking their cue from Clarke ,
who voted with the independents , as they
were of the opinion that it was the new plan
to throw but a single vote on this ballot to
the Independents. When Clarke cast his
vote for Dysart , Senator Correll , the repub
lican caucus nominee , grow red in the face
and looked uneasily at Clarke , and the cor
poration lolrtiy began sweating ice water ,
believing that the dreaded ino'ment had at
last arrived , ami that tlfb monopoly Jig was
up. IJut the act of trickery was successful ,
and at the conclusion of the call Clarke
changed his vote back to Corroll.
Hustling Very llinl. ;
Tonight has been a night of caucussing ,
such as the city of Lincoln has not seen be
fore for many n tiny. The republicans have
been doing their share of the caucusing , but
the democrats have "bocn meeting long , loud
and often , and when not In session have
been dashing hither and yon , apparently
crnyy as bedbugs.
Kvuu the republican members of the house
took a hand In the mutter , and a conference
wan hold at the Lincoln at which every one
of them wns present.
The matter was discussed a long time and
when the conference adjourned there was nc
evidence of anything but extreme iiminliill.\ !
on tlio point under consideration , but no in'.I
inatlon of the conclusion was given out.
The fourteen republican senators caucused
in the early evening and again at 10 o'clock
but every member was pledged to secroey
us at the house conference , and the bullotli
boards wore not encumbered with the pro
cctxllngs.
I.ltlla lluio | Tor Corporations ,
U is practically certain , however , thai
there Is no change in the situation , and thai
the organization of the cimto will bo uf
fee ted in the morning cither with the demo
crats on the memorable terms demanded o
I'finberion by Grant , or with tin
independents on terms of jiiutua
concussion , lOvcu In CUHO the democrats sur
render as demandedtlio situation will not I *
iueu ui to lusulro the corporations with con
fldcnee as to the future , as these tour sen
ators have openly declared their Intention of
maintaining their position nil through the
session , and will sco to it that legislation of
n kind loin ; demanded Is enacted.
The corporations themselves have forced
the light to the very situation In which they
find it today. The program as mapped out
by them was a pretty ono and comprehended
the complete annihilation of the republican
party in this state. Hut how they have
failed to get there.
Unit n Pretty Plan.
Tt was the scheme of these democratic
managers , MeShane , et al. to assist the
Independents in organizing the house and
then secure the organization of the senate in
accordance with their own wishes , cither
by the hulp of the independents in
return for the deal In the
house. or by the assistance of
the republicanswhich they counted on being
able to get by holding the Independent club
over the heads of the republican railroad
senators.
Pretty scehmo was It not , but they did not
count on the possibility of finding n few re
publican senators with nerve enough to
enter n protest and to act when the demo
crats did no good.
They projiosed to allow the house to pass
bills of most radical kind by their help , with
the Intention of killing the same bills In the
senate , but it would allow ttjem to go to the
people two years hence with a showing of
their willingness to enact desired legisla
tion , and to point in the same breath to the
'acts that a republican senate had stood In
the way of it.
ItallrondH Are Desperate.
The railroad1 ? have been straining every
lervo for the past twenty-four hours to
bring inllueneo to boar that would prevent
the consummation of the threatened deal ,
and new men have been imported on tele
graphic notice to reach points that could not
itlierwiso bo touched. W. G. Whltmorc of
Valley was hurried down from Douglas
county this morning to labor with Senator
Lobeek , but Indications at a late hour tonight
ire that this labor of well Imburscd love lias
been'in vain.
Senator Babcock professes to bo feeling
very easy this evening , but his looks and
those of his fellow laborers were not , in
strict accord with his words. He said that
the senate was playing to a big house every
morning while crowds were turned away ut
the matinees , and ho expressed pleasure at
the public appreciation of the performances
of the senatorial troupe.
John M. Tliurston , general solicitor of the
Union Pacific , is on the ground , but it must
not bo supposed that his presence is any way
due to tlio legislative session.
Judge Osborno of Blair is another now
coiner and it Is ; i noticeable fact that his
appearance coincides with the corporation
desire to whip Senator Kvorctt of Burt back
into line.
AlVectf } the Content Cases.
Tne sudden change in the senatorial situa
tion has had n wonderful effect on the status
of the Douglas county contest.
Until the development of this new state of
affairs , bets had been freely offered at the
odds of 4 to 1 that the democrat-i > op-
ullst combine would oust the Douglas
county republicans , and it was unquestion
ably the intention to do so as tsoon
as the matter came before the leg
islature. But now all this is changed , and
the four republican senators are in a position
to dictate to cither of the opposite parties
that not a Douglas county man shall be mo
lested. In fact , the democrats have already
promised this among their many other spe
cious offers.
offers.jllac
jllac Is n I.It tin \Viirin.
John A. McShanc is the maddest man in
the city tonight. Ills pet scheme has been
completely upset , and the fact that a radical
stock yards regulation bill is staring him in
the face is not calculated to put him in the
best of good humor. Ho stood on n balcony
in the Lincoln rotunda , vehemently pouring
the story of his woes into Urn
willing ear of A. , T. Sawyer for a full half
hour tonight , and his wild gesticulations
were seen and admired by hundreds. It
may bo remarked right here , that Sawyer
was an assistant daddy of the fusion scheme
and it was eminently Jilting that both ho
and the boss of the stock yards should bo
present at its funeral.
SHNATH .Sril.l. . UKAIU.OCKKI ) .
lint tlm Member * Acrco T.niiR I'mingli to
' Have n Committee Appointed.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. 5. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : HBB. ] Tlio senate chamber caught
the crowds this forenoon and long before
the senators wcro in their places the broad
encircling gallery was packed to overflow
ing and every foot of standing room on the
lloor war. occupied by a pushing , crowding ,
gasping mass of men , The crowd was so
great thai even Congressman Bryan , Tobo
Castor , Paul Vandervoort and other indus
trious members of the idlers lobby had
no little ijllllculty In getting hold of tlio ears
of the sonatois whom they wcro working so
industriously.
Lieutenant Governor Majors brought down
his gravel at 10ui : : , and after roll call Key.
II. T. U.ivis , presiding elder of the Beatrice
district , offered prayer. Tlio chair then In
troduced a pleasant diversion by requesting
the temporary clerk to rc.id the journal.
The reading was listened to with an atten
tion that Is nut likely to last as the novelty
wears away. It was only Interrupted by the
appearance In tlio main aisle of a commlttco
from the house , Howe , Casper anil Porter ,
whonnmnmeed that they had been delegated
to inform thn senate that the house had been
organized and was ready for the transaction
of business.
Slime Old Thirteen ru//Ii > .
After the reading of the journal the chair
ordered tlm roll call on the election of presi
dent pro lain. The ballot , which was the
second of the series , resulted as yesterday
Dysart , Hi ; Corrcli , IB ; .Mattes , n. Upon the
announcement of the j-esult Thomson of
Dodge moved a recess until a o'clock , which
was voted down.
Moore of Lancaster uaiil that as the sen
ate had bcon Informed that thn house was
fully organized ami ready for business , ho
moved the appointment of a commlttco of
three to confer with a like committee from
the house In regard to Using a time for the
canvassing of the votes on state olllcers.
Darner of Dawson wanted the motion laid
on the table , and Moore stated his position
at length. His only object , ho said , was to
assist the house In expediting Its business ,
Ho read the constitutional provision rcia
Uvo to thojcanvash of the votes , and claimed
that nmlm- that provision the vote on stale
officers should ho canvassed as soon as the
house had been organized and the senate
sutUclcnlli organized'to determine the titles
of the scnalorb to their scuts.
Senator Mattes ask ; d for information. Ho
wanted to know If tl , > senate was In u posi
tion to transact business of any nature until
completely organized.
The lioulcuuut governor was of the opinion
that it was perfectly proper for the senate to
appoint tlio cmnmlUecb suggested bv the sen
ator from I-incaster.
Then on motion of Mr. Mi-Donald the sen
ate took a recens for ono hour.
lllil It by u Whliper.
At 12:10 : the senate again convened. POJKI
of Salluo moved u recess until 4 o'clock , but
before It was put the chair ordered the roll
cull , Ho then asked the senator from Salluu
of ho desired to icuuw hla motion.
After sitting n moment. Pope walked
over to the chair of Senator Moore
and the two wcro joined by Clarko.
A whispered consultation was hold and
Correll , who sat near by , was In , Moore
then renewed his motion for the appoint
ment of n commlttco of three to confer with
n llko commlttco of the house In regard to
canvassing the vote on state officers. The
motion was seconded by Darner , who before
recess opposed It , and the senate acquiesced
unanimously.
The chair appointed as thut committee
Senators Moore , Darner and Babcock.
Clarke then moved a recess until ! o'clock
and thuro being no dissenting votes the sen
ate adjourned.
Some Snrprl e , tint No lr nlt.
All interest In the deliberations of the
houstt has ceased for tlio nonce rnd the llcklo
public has transferred Its affections to the
senate wini ; of the state house. Long before
the assembly had arrived the galleries and
the lloor space of the senate chamber were
filled with a curious throng to learn the de
velopment of the afternoon caucus. The
crowd contained state officers , p'roinlnent
politicians of all parties , lobbyists of every
stripe , and most of the members of the house
which had adjourned In order that none of
the expected sensationaldetielopments might
be missed.
It was some minutes after o'clock when
the lieutenant governor took his seat and
rapped the senate to order. The clerk called
the roll and the chair announced that an
other vote would bo taken for president pro
tern. Tliero was some noticeable- changes in
the vote as compared with those that had
preceded it.
Clark of Douglas voted for Dys'irt , the In
dependent candidate , and the galleries rose
from their scats in breathless expectation.
Correll excused himself and the vote pro
ceeded without unusual feature until Dysart
was readied. This time ho declined to fol
low the example set by his republican com
petitor and voted lor himself.
Then Kvorett voted for Correll. This was
something of a surprise , as it had been freely
whispered in the lobby that ho was one of
the quartet that had pried himself loose
from the republican caucus. To a man in
the galleries u was evident that something
had happened. Ixibeek and McDonald ex
cused themselves from voting and Mattes ,
the democratic candidate , did likewise.
After the loll had bcon completed ( Mark
Changed his vote to Correll and Kvorott.
Lobcck and McDonald recorded themselves
in the same column. Correll took a place in
the aisle and with n glance at the indepen
dent side of the chamber , said :
"Mr. President , following the example set
by Mr. Dysart , I wish to vote for myself. "
Mattes was moro modest , and the vote
, vas announced , 14 for Dysart , 14 for Correll ,
nd1 for Mattes.
Then Senator Esgleston of Lancaster
iioved a recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow ,
nd It was so voted , with hardly a protest.
r.iTri.iDONI : : IN TIIU iiousi- : .
ilcmberx Try to Kill Time. AVhlle Waiting
on thu Semite.
LINCOLNNeb. . , Jan. fi. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun BKI : . ] The house was a half
lour late in assembling this morning , but
he loss of time was not particularly felt , as
ho body will have very little business on
ts hands until after the senate is organ-
zed. A discussion arose over the reading
f the journaltho point being raised that the
. 'onnnitteo on rules as mimed was to
consist of seven and the speaker , while the
old rules under which tlio house was tem
porarily operating provided that the commit
tee should consist of one less tlhin that num
ber. After considerable wrangling in order
o kill time , die speaker was instructed to
make the necessary changes in the journal.
A request from Squatter Governor 1'car-
! iian to allow the use of representative hull
on the evening of the l.'lth inst. for a mcot-
"ngof the third house was granted on mo
tion of an independent.
On motion of Jensen , the speaker was
Jvcn power to appoint a clerk for himself
ind a messenger to run his errands.
On motion of Howe , the spcaicer was in
structed to fill the minor vacancies in order
that the organization might bo complete , and
the following appointments were iiiado :
Doorkeeper , Charles Dockhorn ; assistant
doorkeeper , K. L. Simmons ; custodian of the
cloak room , O. N. Sullivan.
The house adjourned until 20 : ! ! o'clock.
Conference Committee. Xiiineil.
Immediately on reconvening in the after
noon Horst moved the appointment of a
committee of three to confer with a like
committee from the senate with a reference
to a canvass of the returns.
Howe asked if the house had received any
ofllcial notice that the senate was ready to
do business.
The speaker said that no official notice had
been received , but that the lieutenant gov
ernor had told him that such a committee
had been appointed In the morning session
of the sonata The motion prevailed by a
vote of 4H toliS , and the speaker appointed
on the commlttco Howe , Cnsper and Porter ,
tlio same members that had been named to
apprise the senate of the organization of tlio
house.
The speaker availed himself of the author
ity previously conferred on him to appoint
Mr. Stvadwell , as assistant custodian of the
cloak room.
Howe put in a plea for the appointment of
a page , because his mother was a widow and
unable to support the family without his as
sistance. The boy was head page at the
session two years ago. The appointment
was made , but not without the vigorous ob
jection of some members , who insisted that
this would throw down the bars for the ap
pointment of every boy who could offer a
good reason for wanting to earn * U a week.
An adjournment was then taken until 4
o'clock to give the conference committee an
opportunity to confer and mnko a report ,
After tlio Senate' * Sexsliin ,
The members availed tliom.sulvos of the
opportunity to take in the short , but inter-
esthi' , ' session of the senate , the calling to
order of the house being delayed on that ac
count , The committee was ready to report
when the gavel fell , and Chairman Howe
announced that an agreement had been en
tercd Into to meet at 11 o'clock tomorrow
morning with the senate to canvass the re
turns.
Porter requested the appointment , of a
time-keeper , and the speaker appointed Mr.
Kecno to that position. Tills brought up
the question of employes , and Barry moved
thu appointment of a committee of three on
employes to inquire into tlio needs of the
house in this particular and report for the
information of the speaker making the
necessary appointments ,
Named u Nonpui-llMin Committee.
Casper said that every member of whatso
ever party had undoubtedly came there will
the Intention of inaugurating a reform in the
matter of employes , and ho thought that ii
would bo well for the speaker to place a rep
resenlatlv" ) of each party on this committee
in order that all might have an equal chance
to sccuro the credit for the proposed reform
Mclvesson said that ho would agree to this
hut suggested that If iho question of parti
sanshlp was to bo brought up bo early in the
session it would bo as well to allow eacl
party to iiunio their representative for the
committee.
The speaker said ho would tuko cognizance
of the suggestions , and appointed on the
committee ICcckley , Porter and Casper.
Casper protested against serving , on the
ground that ho had been Kept busy on com
mlttco work over since the convening of tlio
legislature.
The speaker was about to let him oft and
allow him to name In his place , as ho was
himself "hut slightly acquainted with tin
democrats in the house , " when Keckley also
tried to beg off on the plea of Ignorance o
the needs of the liouso , and Porter wantci
to bo relieved because In reiKirtingin favor o
about sixty positions ho would nccessarlli
disapiwilnt .something like 1,000 aspiring pee
Iilu. Tli' ) speaker said that none of the ex
cii.ses were sufficient and held that each of
the named must servo.
Komti I'ei-KuiKil Mutter * .
Beat's resolution , providing that the time
of the apiKjlntees should not begin until they
entered upon the discharge of the duties of
their iwsltioa went through without opixisi-
Hon.
Hon.Casper
Casper arose to remark that the request of
[ CONTl.NUKU OJf SIX'ONO I'lUt. ]
ADVERSE TO Jllfe POPULISTS
Kansas Contested Electidn Oases Decided in
Favor pi" Republicans.
WHAT EFFECT THE\ \ DECISION WILL HAVE
IlrpiiMlr.im Will Ilftve Ono Mii.i | > rlty Over
All In the lloiiaei-Ciiiulliliilet for tlio
SenntorMilp Mrn. l.enso'a Clmtro
On ttuW Hallul.
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Torr.KA , 'Kan. , Jan. B. The republicans
will organize the lower house a week hence
when the legislature mcots. That was
iractlenlly settled tolay ( when the supreme
ourt decided the . Haskcll county olcc-
lon case in favor1 of the republicans.
I'hls case arose out of an error by
ho clerk of tlio , county in Issuing
ho certificate to Stubbs , republican , while
ho records of ballotscast , show Kosenthal.
Icmocrat , elected by n handsome majority.
I'ho populists took the caao before the su-
ironic court on mandamus proceedings ask-
ng the court to reconvene the board of can
vassers and to instruct it to issue a certifi
cate to the populist candidates ,
The supreme court , in Its decision , hold
hat the board had concluded Its existence
vhen it uiljourneii sine dlo after Issuing its
ertlllcates of election , and the court could
therefore make no demands upon a body
which had no existence. The case was
therefore dismissed. The Coffey county
: aso , in which the board decided a tlo by lot ,
will doubtless bo dismissed for the same
eason. The case Is kill under advisement.
lliiu- They Stand on .Joint Itallut
Tills decision will letivo the house divided
is follows : Republicans , lilt ; populists , fill ;
lemocrata , ! ! , giving the republicans a nui-
orityof 1 overall. The senate stands : Kc-
niblicans. 11 : populists , 12 ; democrats , 2. In
olnt session the parties would therefore be
liviiled thus : Hopublicans , 74 ; populists ,
71 ; democrats , 5 , giving a clear opposi
tion republican majority of a. This
ilajority , however. Is-.not a harmonious one ,
except in its opposition to republicanism. It
will bo no easy mnttcr to combine it on the
question it will have to decide the senator-
ship. The live democrats hold the balance
of power. They rooognl/.o their strength
ind will utilize it in a1 strong effort to elect a
lomoernt to succeed Senates Perkins.
Mrs. Lease's withdrawal from the sena
torial campaign is a victory for Uridenthal.
Her strength , and UiQ.raSyis more of it than
outsiders believed , will bo thrown to the
chairman of the populist's central commit
tee. She was originally in favor of Judge
Frank Doster , but it isnow pretty generally
conceded that be is out of the race. Jerry
Simpson's boom fails to boom , nntt ho is
hardly regarded now as a factor in the
fight.
A new candidate 'appeared ' in the Held
today in the person of J. D. McClevcrty efFort
Fort Scott , a democrat. ' Ho may be a good
compromise candidate' , but it is generally be
lieved he enters thu race to handicap A. A.
Harris , the straight-out democrat from Fort
Scott , who bolted fusion.
SOUTH DAKOTA UliVKr.OJ'MICXTS.
Indications Tliut the .I'rcsent Session Will
IlcvuV 'irj > > Allah- .
PiEiutE , S. D. , Jan. 5/.r-Special / [ Telegram
to Tun Bnn. ] Developments of the day indi
cate that a strongclT rt- will be made to
enact stringent railroad legislation , during
the present sessjonf The railroad com
mittee of the house is composed en
tirely of farmers and ono member is
a well known railroad lighter. Ho introduced
today a long bill comprising the principal
feature of the well known granger laws of
Iowa , but with certahl changes desicncd to
still further hamper the roads. The railroad
commissioners would bo given full powers to
fix maximum rates , prescribe requisite ac
commodations and try agents under sum
mary process. Tliero is little doubt that tlio
committee will recommend this or a similar
bill , but it is very doubtful if it can pass the
liouso In its present shapo.
There is likely to be a bill passed making
the commissioners elective and giving them
power to prevent discriminations , but there
is no probability of a law governing rates.
The senate is composed of able and experi
enced men and closely identified with those
cities anxious for mor'O lines. The railroad
committee of the senate will bo headed by
Thorner of Hughes county and no adverse or
restrictive legislation of a radical nature
will bo allowed to pass.
Senator Dollard , the leader of the 'senate ,
has introduced n bill extending the residence
required before suing-for a divorce to ono
year and declared his. determination to press
it through. As this is double the time re
quired for voting tliq general opinion is that
it will bo a failure. Dollard says South
Dakota's divorce law is wholesome and un
objectionable outside of the question of resi
dence , and says no other change will bo made.
Considerable agitation is going on in the
state on this subject , but there appears to bo
no general feeling among legislators in favor
of a chango. Only iiTiQdivorccs were granted
in the entire state last year and the protests
made by the churches tins been founded on
exaggerated reports of the volume of the
business done.
Tlio prohibition light is assuming consider
able importance. Tlib rcsubmissionists se
cured the liouso committee , but It is In doubt
in the senate. Several leading prohibition
ists have arrived and are making a thorough
canvass of the members. The fight in not
likely to come to a head for a fortnight and
the outcome is doubtful. A petition against
resiibmisslon from lirqwii county was pre
sented today.
The house committees were announced by
the speaker today. The following appoint
ments wcro given to members from the
Ulnck Hills : A. S. Ammermaii of Itockhord ,
member of thu committee on appropriations ,
enrolling bills and health ; K. P. Fowler of
Whitewood , chairman of mines and min
ing , member of judiciary and public
lands ; J. L. Durko of Oelrlchs , member
of committee on mllroudH and. elections ;
M. .1 , Sennlanof Hcruiosa , member of Immi
gration , federal relation and mines ; I ) . F.
Walters of Spo.irilslj , member of ehnritublo
institutions , education and military affairs ;
A. II. Snydcr of liuttn , member of education
and penal Institutions ; W. A. Lynch of
Sturgls , member of municipal corporations ,
highways and Insurance ; X.aeli Holmes of
Rapid City , member of ntnto all'alr.s , public
buildings and of comities ; A. Ferguson of
Lead City , member of usury and of ways
and means.
The senate comnilttoes are not yet an
nounced , but It Is gonur.illy understood that
the lihiek Hills momluuii will faro as follows :
Sol Starr of Doudwood , chairman of World's
fair , ventilating and'furnishing ' and member
of Judiciary ; \V. J. Thornby of Hcrmosa.
chairman of ways and.nicans and member of
appropriations and immigration ; J. A. New-
land of Minnesota , cbuirnnin of public ImlUl-
inss ; D. U. Ingralmmof lllll City , mcrnbcr
of railways ,
OIISTI ; : N on AUTIIOIIITV ,
Men l.i'uiil I'olutItulsed Over Hut Wyoming
( iiibeniutiiVUI Muddle.
CHEYENNE , \Vyo. , Jun. ! > . | Si > ocIal Tele
gram to Tun BKK. ] The entire day was
taken up In the supreme court today by the
attorneys in making their arguments In the
habeas corpus case began by the convict
Mporo.now confined In the penitentiary , in
which case the question of who was the legal
govenrfjr of the state of Wyoming between
PeconiY > cr 2 anil January 2 Is ' raised.
The line of argument advanced'by the
attorneys who appeared for the plaintiff in
the case to maintain the position that Aetirii ?
( iovcrnor Durbcr had authority to discharge
the duties of the ofllca of governor and grant
pardons until January 2 , was that the elec
tion held on the bib day of November ut
which Governor Osboruo was elected , wab u
rencral election regularly conducted and
Itcrefore ( governor Oslwrne could not take
ds seat until the llrst Monday in January ,
he time specified In the connection when all
state ofllccrs should bo installed.
It wns contended that the governor could
ml take tils seat until the vote had been can
vassed and the result declared by .somo
cgally constituted authority. It will lie re-
iieinbered that Mr.Osborno pretended to
lake Ills scat as povet nor before the vote had
) cen canvassed by the state canvassing
board or thP certificates of election Issued.
The attorneys who appeared for Warden
llrlggs contended that the election for
lovernor'Htl'd last fall was a special election ,
t being to fill a vacancy caused by the
eslgimtlon of Francis R Warren. The
election beliij ? a speeHl one , the governor
hosen to fill the vacancy in the ofllce was
Milltled to tnUc hi * scat ns soon as the result
mil been ascertained. Many decisions and
inthorltlcs were read by the attorneys on
Kith sides and the arguments were very ex-
laustive. At the conclusion of theargu-
nenis the court took the case under advise-
ncnt till llio ITtli Instant.
riruifs VAI.KIIIUTOUV.
Illinois Legislature l.lstcnt to tin * ttrtiit | > Ucnn
( Invrritiir'i t'lnnl .Meosnge.
Si'ntsorini.D , III. , Jan. fi. Tlio house
> : issed a joint resolution for thu inauguration
if governor and other state oftleers at 2 p.
n. , January 10.
In the senate Hcrry introduced a bill for
uniform school text books throughout the
state , except In counties of over 100,000 pop
ulation.
llaner introduced a bill to establish the
lllnois Naval Militia ; also om ; for the es
tablishment of a state reform school for
girls.
The joint resolution on the inauguration of
state oftlcers was passed.
After the transaction of further routine
inslness connected with the organisation of
: he house , room was made for the senate and
the two bodies went into joint session to
canvass the vote for state ofllccrs
it the last election. The result
showed the election of the democratic
anaidiitcs by the majorities heretofore pub-
ished and was formally announced amid ap-
ilauso from the democrats and the joint as
scmbly dissolved. The house reassembled
ind listened to Governor Fifer's , valedictory
message.
Governor Flfer in his message opens with
i review of the financial history of the state. ,
showing a balance to the general fund in the
treasury on October 1 of SS.Wl.ttOI. This ,
with the tax. aside from the school tax , Is
only , "i cents per $1UD on the actual value of
state property.
Keports of state ofllccrs , state boards ,
lieads of departments and managers of state
institutions wore dwelt on at length in terms
of praise.
In view of the expiring convict leases and
the constitutional amendment preventing
their renewal , the message urges upon the
legislature the necessity of taking action
looking to some new means of conducting
penal institutions.
In view of the danger of the appearance of
cholera ho recommends a largo increase in
the fund at the command of the state board
of health ; recommends a commission to con
sider the question of improvement instate
roads , und deals at length with the history
of compulsory education in the state , recom
mends the repeal of the existing compulsory
school law and the enactment of a law which ,
while maintaining the principal of compul
sory education , will obviate the objections of
the friends of parochial and private schools.
After appointing a committee to notify
Governor-elect Altgcld of his election , the
houseadjouriiod.
The senate on reassembling listened to the
reading of Governor Fifer's message , and
a list of appointments of notaries and other
oflicials was also presented. Adjourned.
NOMINATED STOCItlllUDCi : .
Michigan Kepiibllrans Decided Upon Him
for United States Senator.
LANSING , Mich. , Jan. fi. Representative
Buell called the senatorial caucus to order
and nominated Representative Wagner for
cnuirmnn , and at once put the vote and
declared him elected.
Senator Joe Weiss nominated Representa
tive C. W. Moore of Wayne county and a
squabble ensued during which Mr. Wagner
came forward and took the chair.
Air. Buell decided the nomination had
been made too late.
Representative Bishop of Mason said that
ho had not supposed that he was in a ward
caucus , but In a caucus of republican mem
bers of the legislature.
D , K. Alward was chosen secretary of the
caucus.
A resolution was offered that the vote betaken
taken viva voce and that a majority of the
votes of the caucus should be necessary to a
nomination.
Mr. Win ? of Hillside offered a substitute
that tne vote should be taken viva voce and
that the votes of a majority of all llio repub
lican members-elect should be necessary to a
nomination.
Mr. Bishop said tliut ho had never yet
been in a caucus where more than a majority
of the votes of those present was necessary
to a nomination. Ho believed in fair play.
lie did not propose that any ono should take
advantage of him and ho wo ild not take ad
vantage of any ono.
Mr. lowing of Hillsilalo said that the re
publican party , great as it is , never achieved
that greatness by bowing to the will of the
minority. Ho would not bow to It himself.
because ho believed the majority should
govern. His substitute gave the majority
that right. On a roll call the substlt ute was
defeated and the original motion carried.
This was a Stookbridgo victory ,
Senator Clapp presented the miino of
Senator Stockbrldgo for ronomiintion , and
Representative Kwlng that of ex-Governor
Cyrus G. Luce. Mr. Kwlng said that it was
the proudest act of his life to place
Mr.'Luco in nomination. The people made
parties. In Michigan they madu the parly
of Harrison as they had unmade It In Illinois
and New York. The people did not demand
StocKbridgo and if ho was nominated tlio
eople would unmake the party that elected
him.
Tlio other candidates were then placed In
nomination , and then the ballot wis taken ,
resulting as follows : Siockbridgo ; Luce ,
21Hubbell ; , 10 ; Harlsuu1 , M ; Grandsell , 2 ;
Spaiildinp , 2 ; J. C. FiUgorald , 1 ; H , M.
Culchcon , 1 : James O'Donnell , 1.
The nomination was made unanimous.
The legislature is strongly rcpubllran and
the nomination by the caucus Is equivalent
to election.
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Cnulcrell U'lll lie. Itetiirneil Iriini Ml tmirl.
Jr.rrKU3O.x CITY , Mo. , Jan. 5. lioth houses
of the legislature met this morning and
elected officers , agreed upon in cau , us last
night ,
The regular business of the session will
begin tomorrow with the reading of the
message of retiring Governing Francis.
The democrats will hold a senatorial cau
cus today , and It is agreed on all sides that
Senator Coukrcll will bo unanimously nom
inated to succeed himself.
willllc-Klect AI1IU.
Ar.vriN , Tex. . Jan. 5. The legislature will
convene next Tuesday. ISoth houses are
overwhelmingly democrat io and of the democrats , -
crats Iho Hogg faction is in complete con
trol. Mills will bo elected by a big majority
to succeed himself In the United States
senate. There are rumors , however , of a
deal between Governor Hogg and e.x-Gov-
ernor Ireland by which Irelait.l Is to buceced
Mills and Hogg is to succeed Coke two years
hence.
.Montana' * . | | ; < liliirii. :
Hi'.i.r.N'A , Mont. , Jan. 5 , The legislature
convened In joint session this morning to
hear the governor's mobsigo. Governor
Hlckards read H In person. The vote for
United States senator will not b'j taken
until Tuesday , January 27.
Michigan' * Senatorial I'lKlit.
LANSINU , Mich. , Jan. fi. Tliero is nut much
change in the light for. senator Luce- men
claim uu accession of livu votes to their
strength , but the Stockbrldgo men are very
emphatic In declaring that It Is not at their
expense , and the probabilities are that the
statement Is correct.
AVATTKUSON ON < ' , \ UI.ISI.i : .
ltV iij' Ho U'ltl Arrrftt thr TrenMiry Port
folio A ( inoil Word fur Mini ,
ST. Lorn. Mo. , Jan. fi. Henry Watterson
the Kentucky editor , speaking today of the
attlludgo of John G. Curllsio toward the
Cleveland administration , said : "You can
state it as my belief that Mr.
Carlisle will accept the proffered portfolio
of the tre.isury. I am confident that ho
Is bound to yield to the tremendous
pressure upon him. This will entail an
actiialsacrllleeon the p.irtof Mr. Cu-llsle : ,
which none but those of us who know that
marvelous man's condition can fully appreci
ate. He is not poor , yet , as secretary , his
expenses would be greater than his Income.
As senator he can supplement his salary by
law practice. As secretary he could not.
"If Mr. Carlisle administers the treasury ,
as the country has reason to expect ho
will , " continued Mr. Watterson , "no ixnver
on earth could keep- him out of the presi
dency if he wants It. I believe ho can har
monize the many divergent economic views |
of his party as can no other man and will
give a greater measure of satisfaction to the
doHcnto and sensitive business elements and
interests of the nation. "
SeimlnrUI Aspirants Plentiful.
Ciinvr.NS-i : , Wyo. , Jan. fi. The senatorial
tight In this state waxes warmer as the con
vening of llio legislature draws nearer.
Politicians are flowing into Cheyenne llko a
cataract down the sides of too Uookies , and
nearly every democratic politician in the
slate has a senatorial bee In his hat. lOx-
Governor George M. IJaxter is plainly In the
lead , and sport im ? men are belting-I to Ion
him , with very few takers.
Notwithstanding Mr. Haxter's strength In
the scuatoi'Inl flirht , his opponents are re
lentlessly warmiujr up. and in nil probability
the llrst few ballots in the legislature will
result In a deadlock. The populists claim
they will give Mrs. Mary li.irtlolt ] a com
plimentary voto. 'I'hls ' will take live votes
from some one , and when they do come back
to the leading candidate , as they will do ,
they will asstnfdl.v ekvt him.
Governor Osborno is working diligently
upon his message , and will have It ready for
the legislature as soon as it convenes , which
Is January IS.
< ' ( > cl < rcll Nominated \ > y Aeelamatlnn.
Jnrmtsox CITT , Mo. , Jan. fi. The demo
cratic Joint caucus of the general assembly
tonight renomlnated F. M. Cockrell for
United States senator by acclamation , start
ing him on his fourth term. An effort to en
dorse Governor Francis for a cabinet iw-
silion v-as defeated through the chairman
adjourning the caucus.
, SM 1'S IT 7.S A C.I.V.I/f J > .
ArchliMiop Ireland mi llio Alleged Circular
of the 1'opc ! Addressed to Americans.
CIIIOAOO , 111. , Jan. fi. Archbishop Ireland
of St. Paul , Minn. , in an interview this
afternoon declared emphatically that the
allogcdletter going the rounds of the coun
try , purporting to bo from Pope Leo XIII. , is
spurious and false in every particular. The
document represents' the pope as calling
upon the priests and laymen of the United
States to use their political inllucnceas citi
zens of America in securing for the pope-
complete control over temporalities in this
country.
The nrchbisliop wps seen this evening in
'
his 'room 'in the Grand Pacific hotel nna re
peated that the letter was a forgery.
"In fact , " he said with a laugh , "it is so
much a ono , that 1 have no business to honor
it by taking any notice of it. I have been in
terviewed so much of late that t don't want
to say anything moro. "
W. .1. Onahnn of Chicago , with whom the
archbishop was in conference upon matters
relating to tlio Catholie congress during the
World's fair , said : "The circular states
that the meeting of congress is to bo the
signal for the. seizure of llio government by
the Catholics. More utter nonsense and
complete falsehood than that it is impossible
to imagine. I am secretary of the congress
and 1 have never heard of anything of the
kind. "
"Neither did anybody else , ' ' put in the
archbishop.
"Where did it come from ! " asked the re
porter.
"From some antl-Calholle society , I pre
sume. " said Mr. Onahan.
" 1 guess that is patent1 said the arch
bishop.
"It was probably circulated for political
effect during the last campaign , " said Mr.
Onahan , "and has been going on its travels
ever since. It is a senseless fabrication , and
no thinking man will believe for an instant
that it is fathered by the Roman Catholic
church. "
Had not a thing to do with It , never heard
of it at all until it was published , " repeated
tlio archbishop , and he again declared It was
not worth the time he had bestowed upon it ,
and ho was lee busy to wast another minute
upon it.
.i.uo.vn
They ImiURiirnte a .Movement to Secure the
Itepeiil ( if the Silver Coinage Aet.
Sioux CITY , In. , Jan. fi. [ Special Telegram
to TUB Hnc.J--Tlio Sioux City Clearing
House association to > lay took steps to in
augurate a movement in the west for the
immediate repeal of the Mlvcr coinage a ; t.
At a special meeting of the association a
"
strong preamble- setting forth the peril of
the continued operation of the silver act of
IS'.iO was adopted , together with resolutions
calling upon congress to repeal that act im
mediately. The resolutions wore afterwards
circulated among the business men of the
city and unanimously signed. It Is the pur
pose to have them circulated for signature
throughout this congressional district , and
copies have been sent to bankers and bus
iness men's associations throughout the
west.
Kfnlueed thn .Senttmeif ,
OTITMWA , la. , Jun. .T > [ Special Telegram
to TUB Ilr.i : . ] Jiulge Dewey today made n
departure in the Peco case at Oskaloosa ,
where the jury had fixed the penalty at
death. It was not clear that he had the
power" to modify that verdict , hut ho con
cluded to take the chance of being right and
so reduced the penalty from death lo twenty-
flvo years imprisonment. In the federal
practice U is common to reduce the penalty ,
but in the stale courts the precedent has not
been established.
Hliiuat rruhlblll
DBS MOINIIS , la. , Jan. 5. [ Special Tclo *
gram to Tin : UBIS. ] The city council at its
meeting last night passed what Is known as
the ' 'disorderly houso" ordinance. The
mayor has fourteen days In which to approve
or veto it. It Is generally considered as
equivalent to a monthly license law and is
looked upon as a blow at prohibition so far
as enforcement in'this ' clly is concerned ,
lliough it will not operate so far as to tolerate
open saloons.
HurlliiKlon eU lii loiva.
CUKSTON , la. , Jan. 5. [ Special Telegram
to Tins Hi'.K.J Through freight No. 7-1 on
the Hurllngton was wrecked ten miles cast
of hero ut about 2 o'clock this morning , nine
cars of meat being ditched. The wreck was
caused by a broken rail. No trains passed
until this afternoon.
Fur a SulilluiV .Monument ,
DCS MOI.ST.S , la. , Jan. 5. [ Special Tele
gram to TIIU Hic.J--Tho : exeoutivo board ol
the Soldiers' Monument commission mel
hero today and appointed C. H. Canlield ol
Now York to draw up a plan for tlio pro
posed monument.
Triilnii Delayed In lima ,
MAIIMI.U MOWN , la , Jan. fi , A terrific
gale raged here the latter part of last night
drifting the snow t > o that ull trulns arc
greatly delayed today.
ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
Firemen Unsuccossl\illy Try to Save the Old
Republican Building.
DANGEROUS WORK FOS THE DEPARTMENT
rifted with Highly liill.uuuinblr Mnlrrlnl
the I'l.lines Were Soon llfjond Control
Heavy I.IIM SnlVereil bjr the
Omaha Printing Ciiini | ny ,
Fire was discovered at 8 o'clock last
In the four-story brick building occupied by
Iho Omaha Printing company at the southwest -
west corner of Tenth and Douglas strcotu
and an alarm was Immediately sent In ,
Ofllcer Godola claims to have seen the
blaze llrst , leaping from the second story
windows about the middle of the building on
the north side. Ho ran to engine liouso No.
2 , nearly directly across the street and told
he lloor watch. Uox111 was pulled In at
nci , and Xo. 2 company got out and had a
trcam al work before the rest of the do-
larlment arrived.
At llrst the lire seemed to bo In only the
tart of the composing room east of the flro
vail which runs from north lo south across
he narrow building , but by the time Chiefs
ialllgan and Sailor , along with the other
mso companies which answered that box ,
irrivcd the lire had eaten its way through
lie lloor alwo and great clouds of smoke
toured from the third story windows.
Turned In u Second Alarm ,
A second alarm was then sent In , bringing-
ill llio hose company in the city to the sccno
xcept Xos. 8 , 10 and 11. Those companies
it-long in the outskirts and wcro afterwards
ailed In to guard the business portion of the
ity while the others foiigut at thu flro.
When the llremcn laid in their Hues and
icffan throwing streams of water upward It
vus found that the water would hardly
each the second story windows , to say
lothlin * of going above them.
When the flames broke through the floor
ind leaped from three of the third lloor
vindows , Chief Sailer had truck 2 brought
nto action and tlio extension ladder was run
ip to the third story , and after a great deal
of hard work a line of hose was carried up
ind hundreds of gallons of water per minute
vero thrown down Into the lire.
While this work on the north side was
going on Chief IJarnes , at the head of the
second batallion was not idle. Darnes went
ip the stairway at Ihe east end of Ihobulld-
ng with one stream of water mid Captain
A'indbeim's line from chemical No. 3.
These men went right to tliq scat of the llro
on the third floor and nnido a gallant effort
to drown U out. Partitions were torn open
ind water thrown In , the lloor was ripped
ip in places and streams turned on Iho flro
jelow.
Dlllluult IMuco to Work.
The smoke on Iho third' and fourth floors
was so dense that the torches carried by the
Iromen would searely burn. '
In spite of the hard work dona by Barnes'
iicn and the firemen on the ladders and the
ground , the llro spread rapidly westward
ilong both the second and third floors , and
n a remarkably short space of time had
enveloped the entire west end of the build
ing from Iho second story up to the fourth.
At ono time it looked as if Chief Galligan
lad the lire under control and would save
the cast half of the building , but fate was
ainst the chief this time , for his men on
till Hie floors wcro driven back by fire , heat
ind smoke and then had to fight from the
ground.
With one grand rush , something like the
flight of a great rocket , the flames reached
Ihe fourth floor , which was filled with paper ,
and almost instantly flames burst from
every window on the north side , followed
Immediately by llro leaping from the half
doicn windows at the east end. The firemen
on the ladders still held their places , though
covered with ice and nearly frozen stiff. The
flames which flushed from the windows
nearly wrapped themselves around the bravo
men , who stood there waiting for the
order from their chief to descend. And
It came as quickly as Galllgan
could speak after ho saw the danger. The
language of the chief wasn't very elegant ,
but it was emphatle and the men , only too
glad lo bo released from ihclr dangerous
positions , slid down Iho frozen ladders about
as fast as If they wcro coming down the
polished brass poles in tho'cnglno houses.
Iliu-il Work of No Avail.
From this time on thu fight had to bo made
from the ground. Six streams played on
the lire from the street on the north
sldo and two at the east end , Water
seemed to feed the flames , for in
spite of the hundreds of gallons
poured into tlio burning building every
minute iho Humes , Avhlch had enwrapped thereof
roof and the fourth floor , spread downward
to the third lloor. This lloor was soon burnIng \
Ing as llcrccly as those above.
The immense amount of paper and inflam
mable material stored in the building made
it an extremely hard llro to light and was
the principal cause of the llamca sprcadlnu
so rapidly.
"When the roof took flro and fell through ,
the spcciatorn , who numbered way up In the
hundreds , were treated to a pyrotechnic
display seldom seen In Omalm , Great
sparks , KOIIIO fully two Inches square ,
wcro blown eastward on the light westerly
wind , and fell on Tenth street llko a shower
of hall. The sight wan u grand ono and will
not soon bo forgotten by those who wit
nessed It.
At the time the west end of tlio roof
fell the flames leaped fully fifty feet
above the building , and the flro burned
llko a furnnro fed on rosin and
bacon ; the heat was intense , and
had any firemen been on the ladders at the
time they nurolywould have been smothered
with tlio smoke and Itamc.
Fhoand Police Commissioners Hartman
and Smith wcro present , and at the sugges
tion of Mr. Smith the pollen cleared tlio
sidewalk on tlio north siiloof Douglas utreot ,
and also the cast bldo of Tenth street.
It Is a well known fact that the walls of
the building wcro shaky , and during the flro
It was feared that they would fall most any
timo. The building was condemned some
years ago as unsafe , and the firemen
have always spoken of It us a
"hoodoo. " This fact , however , did not
prevent the llro lighters from working hard
and doing all In their power to aavu the
building fiom total destruction.
It was rather a lU'iitty sight tocsco the flro >
men holding thu six strimms of water on th
north side , stumltiisj In a row , each coated
with Ice from liolmot to Ixxits , but they stood
there like heroes and fought until the last
Hpnrk had been extinguished ,
< ! ol It Ifinler control.
Hy midnight tlio lire hud died down and
watt completely under control. Chief
lia'Iegan ' tnen sent all but three hose com
panies and the trucks home , Flro tlll
burned in the third story and a d Mu