Show KYLE REELECTED LONG BATTLE I SOUTH DAKOTA DA-KOTA IS OVER Republican Votes Did the Work Kyle Says it Was Because the Voters Wished to Humiliate Pet tigrew Pierre S D Feb 18Six years ago today J H Kyle a comparatively unknown un-known Congregational preacher who had been sent to the legislature by a happy Fourth of July speech was elected to the United States senate by a combination of Populist and Democratic Demo-cratic votes Today he was reelected by the votes of Republicans and a few Populists and Democrats Early this morning the rumor was circulated that the Republicans would vote for Kyle When the joint session met and the roll of the senate was called the Republicans voted for PickIer Pick-Ier and a look of disappointment came over the faces of the spectators who thought that they were to be again disappointed When the house roll was called however and the Republicans one by one voted for Kyle it com mericed to look as though the Ions light was about to end As soon as the house roll was finished and before the vote of either was announced the Republican senators commenced to change to Kyle This was the signal for Senator McManus who has been one of the chief lieutenants of Kyle to spring to his feet and say impressively impress-ively ielIve been fighting Republicans all my life and when I see them take up my candidate I must be true to my record and I hereby change my vote to Goodykoontz1 Then pandemonium broke loose and for an hour there was a continual change of votes The Populists fought for every way to gain time to try L break loose enough votes from Kyle to defeat him but were unsuccessful In an interview tonight Senator Kyle denied the report that he had made any deal with the Republicans He declares that he is a Populist still has not changed his principles and that the Republicans came to him solidly because they thought Senator Pettigrew was against him and they wIshed to humiliate Pettigrew THINK THERE AN AGREEMENT Notwlhstandlnl Kyles public denial de-nial that hehas any understanding with the Republicans the latter generally gener-ally believe the story which is current that he has committed himself to support sup-port all Republican measures except the single one of free silver The correspondent of the United Associated I sociated Presses was informed tonight jy a Republican who has been working work-ing on this combination ever since the session commenced that the interview which resulted in the agreement took place this inornlnf There were resent says this gentleman gen-tleman Senator Kyle Congressman Pickler the latter one of Kyles managers man-agers and two member of the Republican Repub-lican steering corhmlttee The interview inter-view wa < a protracted one and during dur-ing it the whole ground was covered Senator Kyle It is said agreed to vote I with the Republicans for the tariff measure and for every administration measure He reserved the right how ut Vt fy g ever to vote upon the silver Question as he saw fitS but qualified this reservation reserva-tion by explaining that since the last election he thought that a measure for the free and unlimited coinage of silver ver alone would nrobably come to a vote in congress Should it come up he would not vote for it if it were in such shaae as to imperil the passage of any other administration measure He also agreed in this connection that he would vote for any measure looking toward the adoption of an International agreement for the recognition of silver Kyles election it is thought will block the state legislation that the Populists have been expecting to put through and is a particularly severe I blat to the administration of Govern Gov-ern r Lee who has some measures he I has been pushing He ha reserved his appointments and it is possible unless the breach is healed that the Kyle men and the Republicans may refuse to confirm his nominations In cansider ation of Kyle voting wltn the Republicans Repub-licans in the organization of the senate i Is understood that Kyle will receive the present committee appointments of Senator Petticrew which include the important chairmanship of the Indian In-dian affairs committee and that Petti grew will be effectually turned down This is said to be the revenue oxSen ator Klttrldge has planned for his former chief and present foe |