St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-02
SANDERS is SCOOPED.
Hershfield and Power Con-
elude They Want Carpen-
ter for Senator,
Whereupon the Sanders Men
Threaten to Join Hands
With the Democrats.
In This Case the Legislative
Deadlock Will Soon Be
Broken.
A Scheme to UnSeat Senator
Mcnamara, the Fergus
County Democrat.

Special to the Globe.
HELENA, Mont, Dec. 1.-Eighteen
Republicans, sixteen of them members
of the legislature, and I. G. Power and
l.. II. Hershfeld held a caucus last
night. The session lasted FIVE hours,
and as aresult the Power and HerShheld
forces determined to combine on B.
Platt Carpenter for the United States
senate. The prominent East side Re-
publican candidates for the senate have
been Power, HerShfield and Sanders,
none of whom could muster more than
eight votes. The caucus was for the
purpose of breaking the senatorial
deadlock. but that Carpenter should
be the man agreed upon is very sur
priSing. The ex-governor has. until
the last few days, refused to indOrSe the
action of his party, either in throwing
out the Tunnel precinct or in the MEM
beers of the legislature refusing to meet
in the place designated by the governor.
Sanders was hot represented In the eau
Gus and knew nothing about it
until the facts leaked out to-day, and
the Democrats predict that Sanders will
take his supporters out of the Repub-
Iiean house. thus leaving it with
out a quorum. 1t will only be
necessary for a break of this
kind in the Republican ranks
TO settle the legislative deadlock, as the
Democratic senators Immediately on
any Republican members of the house
gaining the Democratic house will take
the oath, and then legislative business
can be transacted. The Sanders
men are very angry tonight,
and announce their determination to
prevent the election Of Carpenter by
every means in their power, even to
Joining the Democrats and eIecting two
members of that party to the senate.
Sanders. they say. fixed up the scheme
to capture the legislature, and if he
does not reap the benefits no other Re-
publican shall.
WOULD UNSEAT A DEMOCRAT.
at the meeting of the Republican
members of the senate to-day it was de-
cided to declare the election of c. j.
Mcnamara democratic senator-elect
from Fergus county, void. The ground
for this action is that Mcnamara lives
within the confines of the Fort Assina-
boine military reservation and is there
fore not citizen of the United States.
The exact method of procedure is not
known, save to few insiders, though
the presumption is that the matter will
be brought before District Judge Hunt
tomorrow. Mcnamara is in town,
as we'll as Watson, the de-
feated candidate. The plan is
not to seat Watson, but. after declaring
NcNamara's election vnid. to 90 On the
idea that the senate is composed of only
fifteen members, and as eight of these
are Republicans, the latter will have
majority of one and will organize that
body, DESPITE the absence of the Demo
cratic senators. Sanders determination
TO cheekmate Power and HershfieId, if
persisted in, will take all the benefit of
this senate scheme from the Republi-
cans. If Mcnamara is shut out the
Democrats still have majority of two
on Joint ballot with one tie to be de-
cided by the house.