Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-04
Sherman and Foraker Take
a Sunday Rest.
Both, However, Remain on the
battle-ground.
The Foraker Men Say 1t Is the Calm
Before the Storm.
The shermanites Claim 1t Is the Rigor
Mortis of An Expiring Cause.
Both Sanguine of
Victory.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Columbus, O., Jan. 3.-The Sabbath
has been reverently respected by the
senatorial contestants, and temporary
armistice has been declared in the great
political battle which has been waged
so vigorously for the past few weeks.
Both Senator Sherman and Ex-Governor
Foraker have remained on the ground,
but the day was one of inactivity so far
as their Heutenants were concerned.
This sudden inaction, the Foraker men
say, is but the calm which precedes the
storm. The Sherman men say it is the
rigor mortis of the expiring cause. To
the friends of the distinguished senator
the battle is fought and won; to the adj
herents of the eloquent Foraker, the
political atmosphere is laden with the
hopeful augury that into the web of the
future is still to be woven the wool OF
strange results. Thus the situation to-.
night is one of complacent expectancy on
the one hand, and eternal hope on the
other.
While the impression is certainly gen.
eral among impartial lockers on at Col
umbus that the speakership contest was
fought upon' senatorial lines, and that
it's result must be accepted as indicating
Sherman's denomination, the friends OF
Foraker still maintain that several For
aker men voted for Laylin, and that
these, together with the votes Foraker
will get in the senate will be sufficient
to give him the nomination. Foraker's
managers assert that the ex-governor
will have not less than eight votes in
the senate.
Conceding Sherman fourteen votes ia
the senate, and admitting Foraker's
claims in the house, Sherman's vote
would stand in the house, 80; in the
senate, IA; total, 48. Ibis would leave
Senator Sherman one short of nomina
tion, Foraker three short, and Dicks
and Welsh holding the balance of pow
er, but unable to do more than create a
tie between Sherman and Foraker
should they vote for the latter. Accord
ing to other Foraker claims, the ex-gov
ernor will have 3S in the house Z and Z
in the senate; total, 40. Foster will
have one and Mckinley one.
It will be seen thai the admission OF
Iden to the caucus might have an i'm
portant effect on the result; but the
Foraker peoples claim of at least
eight in the senate, if verified, along
with the claim of thirtv-eight in the
house, would reverse things, and give
Foraker forty-six and Sherman forty
five. Then if Iden be not admitted
Sherman's vote would fall to forty four.
Welsh voting for Foraker, or one of the
Sherman men going to him, would give
him the required forty-seven. These are
the views at Foraker headquarters, but
they are derided by the Sherman peo-
pie, and treated as mirth-provoking pre-
tentions.
The senator's friends are loudly say
ing tonight that he will have majority
.of not less than fourteen votes in the
caucus, and profess their willingness to
have either an open or a secret ballot, as
Foraker desires. They say the loud
claims of Foraker's managers are made
with the hope of keeping his followers
loyal to him, in order that he may 60
down in the caucus with at least a re-
spectacle following. They state that a
pledge has been drawn that is iron clad
in it's nature, and those devoted to The
cause OF the ex-governor are being
asked to sign it. By these
terms the supporters of Foraker
agree to remain true to his candidacy
until he wins or loses, and not weaken
or waver in the slightest degree. For
aker's managers deny that such docu-
ment is in existence or is demanded to
insure the continued loyalty OF the ex-
governors supporters. A
Senator Parker of Cleveland, who has
been ostensibly in the doubtful list, but
generally counted in the Foraker list,
formally declared tonight for Foraker.
1t has been practically determined to
hold the senatorial caucus Tuesday, in
fstead of Thurday night. 1t is generally
agreed between the Sherman and
Foraker men that the few members re-
manning doubtful will be ready or forced
to declare by that time, and there will
be no advantage to either side to pro-
long the contest.
Considerable excitement was created
tonight by the report that the Foraker
senators had determined to prevent
lden from participating in the sena-
to-ial caucus or being seated over Gau-
mer, his Democratic competitor, until
after the senatorial contest was over.
Neither Iden nor Gaumer have been
granted certificates, the courts holding
that the case was one in which the
senate alone had jurisdiction, but of
course lden Will ulJlmatelY Oe seaCeu.
AS Iden is for Sheriden, and the contest
between the candidates is very close,
the friends of Foraker naturally insist
that there should be no unseemly
haste in seating Iden.. The Sher-
man people are preparing to make
short work of the contest, and
will seat Iden tomorrow, In which
event his vote will naturally be availa-
BILE in the senatorial caucus the follow
ing day. 1t said tonight that the For
aker senators will move that the lden-
Gaumer case be referred to the commit
tee on elections when appointed. This
would naturally delay the matter two or
three days. 1t is likely that the Sher-
man senators will insist upon settling
the matter at once by seating Iden. The
Foraker men, it is said, will vote against
this, and as they naturally have the
support of the Democratic senators who
are, of course, opposed to seating lden
at any time, however remote, the
Republican contestant cannot be seated
It is stated tonight that the Foraker
men have received assurances from tht