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Show 1 HINT IUII HOUMl III. SI VlTOIf. Benator Kyle, of Houlh Dakota, who, by tho waj ,la a preacher as woll aaa polltlilan, did not blossom out lis the latter role until he went lo Dakota, nud only then alter the frarmers' Alliance movement cimo Into prominence, lie was elected to the United HtateeUenatu alter a contest of forty days, and was chosen as an Independent, though on tbeftarin and other Issues between the tno great (artles ha voles with the Democrats. Hu Is spoken of as a good campaigner and a hard woiker; and tbatheknowa a thlug or two about electioneering methods waa proved when, as a candidate for slate senator, he made a house t houso raavass through his very large district. This tour waa made at u season when the farmera were busy In their fields too busy In fact lo talk iiollllcs. Ho It la related that ho took w llh him a stout, lusty negro and then went right Into tho fields afttr his votes. Introducing himself to the busy tiller of tho soil, and engaglug the lattor a moment lu conversation, hu would have the nigro take the plow and continue the Held work, while candidate an J termer would go oil under a t'ta aud bilk things over. The sweating husband-mau husband-mau waa o) course wmi by this thoughtful ngard for himself and his Interests, and Kyle got his ay lu votts. |