The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-05
UNCERTAIN RESULT,
Sharp Contest for the Ohio
SenatOrShip.
Doubtful Members Claimed by Friends Of
Both Candidates.
Joint Caucus TO Be Held Wednesday Evening
Sherman'S Labor and Pension
Record.
Special to THE MORNING OALr.

NNA'ASl1
contest this morning opened with evidence
of an early solution. One by one the
doubtful AsSembIymen are being forced to
yield to public pressure or the clamor Of
their constituents and declare themselves,
until the list is becoming so small that the
result can soon be safely declared Last
night Senator Parker of Cuyahoga declared
irrevocably for Foraker, and this morning
Senator Rawlins of Clarke County comes
out for Sherman. This is a distinct gain of
one for the Shermanites, as Rawlins has
been constantly claimed by both sides.
SENATOR LANPsON.
The Sherman people this morning in
sisted that they will have the support Of
Senate; but the Foraker people also claim
him, while the Senator himself still maiu
tains his position Of uncertainty. Senator
Sherman, on being questioned, said: IL
have received assurances that LampsOn will
cast his vote for me-"
Strong efforts are being made by the Fora
ker men generally to induce the labor or
ganizatiOns throughout the State to declare
for Foraker and against Sherman.
DENOUNCED AS MALICIOUS.
A little excitement was occasioned this
morning by the claim of the Foraker people
that the Sherman forces will endeavor to
secure the vote of Representative Pudney
Of Cleveland through the influence of
Chauncey Depew. whO they said, had con-
sented to take hand in the fight for Sher-
man. 1t was discovered that this meant
that Pudney would be deprived of his posi-
tiOn as attorney of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad Company at
the town in which he resides If he fails to
vote for Sherman. The Sherman people
denounce this statement as malicious, and
state that neither Depew nor any other cor
poratiOn representative has been endeavor-
ing TO cOeTce men into supporting Senator
Sherman.
POSSIBLE CONTINGENCIES.
A Republican joint caucus will be held
Wednesday evening. 1t looks now as
though the announcement of tile standing
OF doubtful ones will not be made until the
evening of the caucus. and this, with the
possibility of a secret ballot, still leaves the
ultimate result uncertain. While dead
lock is not probable, 1t is not Impossible
that the contest may drift into condition
by which neither of the pronounced cnGdi-
dates can secure majority OF the caucus.
sHERMAN's RECORD.
Much dispute has been created by an
open letter Of Colonel III. Y. Boynton, q
Washington journalist. defending Sher-
mans labor record and ridiculing the Labor
Committee now here striving to defeat the
Senator. This afternoon the committee
sent Boynton telegram saying in part:
The Republican platforms of 1880, 1884
and 1888 pledged the passage of acts for the
exclusion of Chinese. and by voting against
them Sherman set himself above the party.
Would he have changed it had ne been
nominated for the Presidency, or tried to
deceive the people of the Pacific Slope?
Will you inform us why he voted against
the equalization OF b0untles In 1870, and
against the arrears-Of-pensiOns act In 1884,
which his party pledged itself to pass
| Why did he oppose the passage of the bill
to increase the pension to S24 a month of
soldiers who lost an arm and who were only
receiving SIS per month? and why did he
vote against Logan's bill to limit the pen
sion of any soldier, sailor or marine to a
minimum of St per month";?
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION.
The Sherman people treat the efforts of
this "self-appOiDted Labor Committee" as
! they term it, with contempt, and express
indignation that Sherman is accused of un-
1rlenullneSS 10 eX- Union soldiers. Wnlle all
these charges and their refutation serve as a
subject for lively discussion, it is becoming
apparent that neither the labor organza-
tons nor the Farmers Alliance are factors
in the present campaign.
The lden-Gaumer contest was brought TO
a hasty conclusion this afternoon without
protest from Foraker Senators against the
seating of Iden. This assures Sherman of
one more vote. Five minutes after the oath
of office was administered Iden an.
nounced to the Associated Press representa-
tives Il am tor Sherman for Senator, and
l want it distinctly so announced"
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The two Houses of the General Assembly
met at 10 o'clock this morning and organ
lied by electing Senator LampsOn of Ashta-
bula President pro tenn. of the Senate, and
Representative Laylin of Huron Speaker of
the House
The regular caucus nominees for miner
positions were also elected.
In his message to the General Assembly,
Governor Campbell confined himself to the
renewal OF such suggestions and recon-
mendatiOns as were made by him to the
| Sixty-ninth Assembly and not acted upon
| by that body.