Show senatorial CONTEST THERE nuz have now been 37 ballots taken for the selection of a senator to represent us in the national legislature and the end is not yet vet nearly three weeks have elapsed since the present legislature convened its whole term is only sixty days and as there is is a very large amount of work to be done it is is imperative that the be legislature 91 lature should be up and doing while the duty of selecting a senator is a most important one still it is is by no means the only duty the code commission Commiss ibn has done its work and the product of its labors is now awaiting the action of the beo legislature lature I 1 this will have to be considered in the most careful manner for if passed it will supersede the old statutes A multitude oj of other important matters are to be attended to the laws of 1896 are in many ways defective and incomplete and idl all must be properly met by the present legislature if the work is not done at the present session sion or if put off until nearly the close it will have to be rushed through n t and blunders will surely surel y follow so long as the election of a senator is hanging fire very little will be accomplished the people are getting tired of the delay delav and suspense occasioned by b v this senatorial fight the only way it seems of breaking in up the dead lock and determining in upon a man inan is to hold a party caucus and there test the strength of the respective candidates of course such caucus should admit the populist members for they were elected upon precisely the same platform as were the democratic members and their nominations were ratified by the democratic convention the broad ax am trusts that the members of the legislature will view this matter in the same light and that they will at once dispose of this senatorial question the strength of the three leading in candidates has remained substantially ly the same since the content began of course the stock of the respective candidates has arisen and alad fluctuated from day to day but there has been no mater material iRl chabi changes es T the he result of mondays vote was as follows thatcher 20 rawlins ballins if 1 n flender henderson sou 15 and the balance were scattering tuesdays vote showed the following lowan thatcher 22 rawlins Baw lins 18 henderson 14 and the rest were scattering vote showed no change thursdays balloting resulted in gi giving ing n thatcher 20 rawlins 16 and henderson Hend ereon 14 with ahree three scattering in votes for fisher harris earris and four our for mrs la barthe fridays vote gave ave thatcher 19 rawlins 15 15 perhaps the mentes raen bers of f the legislature paraphrasing a noted e expression wes sion of f Gran twill van say my that we ve will fight outs on this line if it takes all allin winter such action may show d determination ni nation tint but we question its vi wisdom idom it then abe safest and wisest course to pursue is to elect a senator at viii and then s turn in and zo do th them ark which they berei kimt to dw alot if see mv malain mp lain a iraa ua 0 0 he be te be P ie 1 ja |