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Show lUSlPflflB . I 4 i i n f . . ngans vjroes uown a la McGinhy, Kansas Succeeds In Sending Send-ing Her Alliance Man lo the Senate. 1 ihe'San With tho Doubla "J" Downed cn the Nineteenth Ballot. I. A roygFit to CsAr Against the Election of the Alliance fclan. TorETvA. Kans.. Jan. 2:1 TU.- n; !anre forces will bold their caucus to-mgut to-mgut lor the nii-pus of n.i:aing some or. tic-n llieir iiuinbf r who can hay monizo the discordant elements ,f U'ir i-nrtv. If such a 01; Is found the hrsi -;.g,igemenl will occur to-morrow J 112 a lis will be then footed bv t.e Sen an-, there being in that body as IugaHs men, one Democrat ami one Alliance man. If the Ail ance mru I stick to their caucus man they wiM votes in me House, to 24 I publicans and 8 Democratic ballots. ; J Then on Wednesday wiil come the J J'i:-.t f-.f.ssion, when all depends upon Hbihij of the Alliance to fceepthnr I font's together. If tiiev succeed in tins the nession maj end before nitrht- I fall. I iijc uitajis men arc reiving on tha i rid soidic-r element in the Aiiiane- I throwing themselves on the side of 1 Ingalls when he shall march into the II.-;t:scivom the Senate chamber. Some cf iNo Knowing ones assure von that L - noc:i(!:s action n earth can prevent ims. On? of these prophets eavs: "To- morrow petitions will be read in the il-uis ,ir.m every Grand Ann? post ui '""-r.an-.r.s, asking for the r-t?ec?o of c"--:;s. Chee petitions will not come , psU len-hes, but from r. i lu -i i fit real i.io ' G. A. it. is non-political." Ir-galls' organization is in the hands of five of the shrewdest, men that ever went into a contest Livingstone, I president of the New York alliance, ;s using his influence with the soldier element for Ingalls. He shows letters, v said to be from the Southern Alliance 1 men. in which they state that when i the Alliance comes into power ther I -willcnt, off the peuyons qf p,il"o!- I " dieio. " Tins is ha,ing influence, The Alliance is preserving the strictest strict-est secrecy, huldin? their meetings in dark rooms, and it is difficult-to get anything out of them unless ton have the Alliance birthmark, the Alliance grip and password. From appearances it would seem that Willetts is tha most promising one among their number for f " the Senatorship, but they will not talk about him. Harris, of Leavenworth, is doubtless the ablest man of the Alliance, Al-liance, and represents every principle, but he is an ex-confederate and it is doubtful if the large soldier contingent con-tingent would support him for that reason. Congressman Simpson is ruled out from the contest by the Alliance Al-liance U'solutiou that no member-elect member-elect to Congress shall be eligible to the United Slates Senate. In spite ot vigorous opposition on the part of the Republicans, Leedy and Maxwell were seated to--ay by I the Alliance, displacing Boier and Hood (Rep.). Representative Showalter introduced a petition from the G. A. R of Sumner county, pray ing for the re-election of Ingalls. It was placed on the journal. A lesoluti-.m w;;s adopted, providing that a bailot on Senator be taken in the House to-morrow. Ingalls forci-b seem more confidant than ever to-night. They are ail working like bearers, and the city is lull of Graud Army men, all of whom seem to be for Insralls. TorEKA, Jan. -7. When the next Congress meet the seat of Hon. John James Ingalls will be occupied by Alfred Pieffer of the Farmers' Alliance, Alli-ance, who in joint session of the Kansas Kan-sas Legibiature to-morrow, will be I formally declared elected United ' I , States Senator. The predictions of the known ones, that the Alliance would be unable to agree upon a can-didate, can-didate, and that failure to agree would disrupt the organization, went wide of the mark. The caucus was harmonious harmoni-ous last night, and to each ballot the name receiving the lowest vote was dropped from the list until a choice L Vi as uiauc Rumors of defection in the vote in the House, to-day, liKewise proved un founded. The proceedings in both Houses were of an orderly character. In the House fifty-three petitions from G. A. R. veterans throughout the State for the reelection of Ingalls went oyer wider the rule. When the result of the ballot was annouueed tha Alliance went wild and cheered for several minutes. Senator Ingalls, in an interview this afternoon, said he had uo plans for the futuie except that he knows he will remain in Kansas. The bailot for United Stales Senator resulted: House Pfelfcr, 96; Ingalls, i23; Blair. 5, Senate Ingalls, So; Pfeiler, 2; Blair (Dem.) 1; Morrill. 1; Kellev. 1. Willi. ;o Alfred Pfeffer was born in Cumberland. Pa., in 1831; and is of . Du'ch p ;:vn-age. In 1S50 he caught the gold JVvtr and went to California, where he remained two years. He 1m ado considerable money and re-. re-. turned to Feniisylrania, and soor after removed to Indiana and later to Missouri, Mis-souri, lis served during the war in the Eighty-third Illinois vclunteers. At the close of the war he settled at CJarksvillo, Term., practicing law, and In 1870 he moyed to Kansas, taking up n claim. . ; At differeut times he edited various! paper;, served in the State Senate and I " wa a delegate to the National Re-! Re-! publican convention in 1880. In that I yaar he moved to Topeka, assumed I editorial control of the Kansas Farmer I and afterwards bought the paper. He I has been engaged in the publication of '-"wJiriijvner ever since. r has a wide circulation -jisas farmers and much V. influence over them. He joined the Alliance movement a year ago, and in the spring of last vear began a bitier and determined warfare against In-gall's In-gall's re-electin. TTn in a T-n., . .. Btr.rr i- v .uii cigu i icuer was a staunch Republican, when he joined the Farmers' Alliance. He outlined his policy as senator to an Associated Iress representative to-day. He. said he favored the absolute, unlimited coinage of silver- and a conservative expansion of the currency along other lines. He was in favor, he said of protection to home industries, but believed be-lieved the best protection did not always al-ways result from high tariff. Protection Protec-tion by tariff, as a general principle, he said. wa n-rnniT Tim ir .1. ' 1 i be called into aid only individual striving striv-ing industries. He now favored an average ad valorem duty of 20 per cent, lie was opposed to the force bill. |
