The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-20

majority Of all the votes in each house ne
shall be declared elected United states
senator. If not, ballot shall be taken by
the Joint convention, and If one candidate
receives a majority OF all the votes ne
shall be declared elected. If there IS no
election, the legislature shall meet In joint
convention each day OF the session until
senator is elected. Under the statute 1t will
be necessary for the successful candidate
tomorrow to receive eighteen votes in the
Senate and forty in the House. A major
ity of all the votes will not elect, unless 1t
be majority of each house. In joint con-
vention, however, but fifty-seven votes, or
a majority of all the members, are re-
auired. It is well known that Calkins'
main strength is in the Senate, and he may
have enough, combined with the four
Democrats, 10 prevent Squire receiving the
necessary eighteen. In the House, how
ever, Squire is known to have large ma
jority, and while he probably will receive
more than fifty-seven votes tomorrow, the
peculiar construction of the law may ne
cessitate joint session and therefore de-
fer the election until Wednesday. In case
there is deadlock, joint session must be
held each day at noon and one or more bal
lots taken.
The Democrats held caucus tonight and
decided to support Thomas Carroll for
United States senator on tomorrow's ball
lot. No provision for action on any other
ballot was made, Notwithstanding the
presence of many:Democratic wheel-horses,
and their efforts to keep the Democracy in
line. 1t may be regarded as a settled
matter that the Democrats propose to take
part in the tight in case of deadlock.
They win meet tomorrow night and de-
eide what to do on the following day.
The malicious agitation of the Johnston.
Finch-Cooper matter by the Tacoma or
gans has been the means Of bringing to
Olympia strong contingent of Republic
cans from Gray's Harbor TO denounce the
falsehood and the INSCRIPTIONS state
ments of the Calkins boomers concerning
it. Among those who came today are Mr..
George III. Emerson, well-known Repub-
lican and man OF affairs, representing prob
ably larger business interests than any
other citizen of Gray's Harbor; Mr.. John
F. Soule, Frank U. Whitney, George W.
Hertegs. J. T. NJ. Stonewade, O. NJ Moore,
Carl II. Pomeroy, P. f. Mustard. all of
Hoquian, and Mr.. j. NJ. Weatherwax and
several Others. of Aberdeen. Ali these
gentlemen express themselves as un-
speakably outraged at the wicked
and ruthless manner in which the Re-
publicans of Chehalis county have been
dragged into this matter through the me-
dunn of a long series of abusive publica-
lions in the Tacoma organs. E. c. Finch,
of Aberdeen, who has been made the scape-
goat of the denunciation of the Calkins
cliques in Aberdeen and Tacoma, and who
has been accused OF being Benedict Ar
mold to his party, is also here. The charges
against Finch are that he, as a member of
the state central committee for Chehalis
county, opposed the election of Senator
Cooper, IA Republican, and received and
used money from Senator Squire for that
purpose, because Cooper was known as a
Calkins man. Mr.. Finch denies in the most
positive and convincing manner that he
received money from Senator Squire or
asked money from Senator Squire, or
that he made any kind of monetary
proposition to Senator Squire, or that
Squire in any way sanctioned or
authorized any attempt to defeat Cooper.
He denies also that he made use in any
way of his position as central committee
man to defeat Cooper. He opposed Cooper
because he and Cooper we're personal ene-
mics, and he and Johnston were strong
personal friends. Further, he resigned his
position on the central committee Just as
soon as he was assured that his successor
should be favorable to Senator Squire, and
he resigned because he was opposed to
Cooper and he intended to work against
him. His resignation was not received or
acted on until after the election. his
successor then declining the position.
It is plain that Mr.. Finch has
been needlessly maligned in this
matter. He realized that in his
position as central committeeman he had
no right to oppose Republican candi-
date. The Republicans of Hoquiam are
unanimous in stating that no movement
for the defeat of Cooper was made by Mr..
Finch until he had rendered his resigna-
ton, and then not until right before the
day of election. No better evidence of the
essential unimportance of the whole
matter is found than in the present stand
ing of the Chehalis county delegation on
the senatorial question. Cooper, a candi-
date whose leaning toward Calkins was
well known and never disguised, was
elected in county, where to say the least,
a majority of the Republicans are for
Squire. The two representatives, Wyman
and Jones, are Squire men. Wyman is
from Aberdeen, the hotbed of all trouble.
Jones has local constituency that is
unitedly for Squire.
The House did not set a time for the
senatorial ballot. The Senate designated
o'clock
In the Senate.
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