The morning call., 1892-01-04
The COVETED SEAT.
Close Contest for the Ohio
SenatOrShip.
Sherman and Foraker Claim 10 Be Per-
feGtly Satisfied With The Outlook.
RumOTed Circulation Of an IrOlbOuld
Pledge Latest Feature Of The Id8l-
Gauner Case
Special TO THE MoRNING CALI.

COLUMBUS (O), Jan. 3.-The Sabbathlhas
been reverently respected by the Senatorial
contestants and temporary armistice was
declared in the great political battle which
has 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 lieutenants were concerned.
The sudden inactiOn, the Foraker men say,
is but the calm which precedes a storm.
The Sherman men say it is rigOr mortis of
the expiring cause. To the friends Of the
distinguished Senator, the battle is fought
and won; to the adherentS of the eloquent
Foraker, the political atmosphere is laden
with hopeful auguTy. and in the wOof Of the
future are still to be woven strange re-
suits. Thus the situation tonight is one of
eternal hope on the other.
THE sPEAKERsHIP CONTEST.
While the impression is certainly general
among impartial lockers on at Columbus
that the Speakership contest was fought
upon Senatorial lines and its result must
be accepted as indicating Sherman's renom-
ination. the friends Of Foraker still main
tain that several Foraker men voted for
Laylin, and these together with the votes
Foraker will get in the Senate will be suifi-
citnt 10 give him the nomination. Foraker'S
managers assert that the Ex-Governor Will
have not less than eight votes in the Senate
ConcediEg Sherman fourteen in the Senate
and admitting the Foraker claims in :he
House, Sherman's vote would stand in the
House 80 and in the Sena'e Il; total 49,
This would leave Senator Sherman one
short Of nomination. Foraker three short
and Dicks and Welsh holding the balance Of
power, but unable to do mUre than create
tie between Sherman and Foraker should
they vote for the latter.
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.
According to other Foraker claims the
Ex-Governor will have 3S in the House and
in the Senate-total Is. Foster will have
one and Mckinley one. 1t will be thus
seen that the admission Of Iden to the eau
Gus might have an important effect on the
result. But if the Foraker peoples claim
Of at least eight in the Senate is verified,
along Win the Clti IL OF 90 ID the house, IL
would reverse things and give Foraker 46
and Sherman 40. Then if Iden be not adj
mitted Sherman's vote would fall 10 A
Welsh voting for Foraker, or one Of Sher-
mans men going TO him, would give him
the required A. These are views at the
Foraker headquarters, but they are de-
rlded by the Sherman people and treated as
ninth provoking pretenti0ns. The Sena-
tors friends are loudly saying tonight that
lie will have majority Of not less than
fourteen votes in the caucus and profess
a willingness to have either an open or
secret ballot, as Foraker desires. They say
the loud claims of the Foraker managers
are made with the object of keeping his fol-
lowers loyal to m in order that he may 20
down in the caucus with at least a spect-
abe following.
PLEDGE RUMORs.
They state that pledge has been drawn
that is ironclad in its nature, and those de-
voted to the cause of the Ex-Governor are
being asked TO sign it. BY its terms the
supporters IF the Ex-Governor agree to re-
main true 10 his candidacy until he wins or
loses, and not weaken or waYer In the
slightest degree. FOraker's managers deny
that such a document Is in existence or is
demanded TO insure the continued loyalty
Of the ex-GOyernor's supporters. Senator
Parker of Cleveland, who has been ostensi-
bly, in the doubtful list, but generally
counted in the Foraker list, formally de-
cared Tonight for Foraker It has been
practically determined to hold Senatorial
caucus Tuesday, instead of Thursday
night 1t is generally agreed between the
Sherman and Foraker men that the few
members remaining doubtful will be ready
or forced to declare themselves by that
time, as there would be no advantage to
either side TO pToloug the contest
THE IDEN CASE.
Considerable excitement was created to-
nipht hV a Tanort that the EOrakpr Senators
had determined to prevent Iden participant
ing In the Senatorial caucus or being seated
over Gaumer. his Democratic competitor,
Until after the Senatorial contest il settled
Neither Iden nor Gdumer have beeu granted
certificates, the courts holding the case to
be one in which the Senate alone has juris-
GiCtion, but Of course Iden will ultimately
be seated. AS ldeu is fer Sherm9n aud the
contest between the candidates is very close,
the friends of Foraker naturally insist that
there should be no unseemly haste in seat
Ing Iden. The Sherman people are pre-
pairing TO make short work of the contest
and seat Iden tomorrow, in which event his
vote will naturally be available in the Sena-
tOral caucus the following day. 1t is said
tonight that the Foraker Senators will
move that the lden-Geumer case be referred
to the Committee on Elections when ap-
pointed This would naturally delay the
matter two or three days. 1t is likely the
Sherman Senators will insist upon settling
matters at once by seating Iden. The For
aker men, it Is said, will vote against it,
and as they will naturally have the support
Of the Democratic Senators, whO of course
are opposed TO seating Iden at any time,
however remote, the Republi, an contestant
cannot be seated
DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT
1t is stated tonight that the Foraker men
have received assurances from Democratic
Senators that they viii support the move
ment, but Sherman's friends still maintain
that the Iden case will he disposed Of on
Tuesday at the latest. Some Democrats
are in favor OF supporting the Foraker Sen
et0rs only upon promises that Gaumer will
ultimately be seated This condition the
ex-GovernOr's friends are not willing TO ac-
cept, but it is said they are willing to pledge
that the contest shall be finally decided en-
tirely upon its merits aud without regard TO
political considerations. Likely this as
surance will he perfectly satisfactory to a
majoriiy of the Democrats. At Foraker's
headquarters tonight no public acknowl-
edgement could be obtained Of such plan,
neither was the report of such intention
contradicted. The report is generally ac-
cepted as authentic. Senator Sherman this
evening received telegram from Governor
Perry Of Washington stating: 1.-The Re-
publicans on the Pacific Coast believe that
your defeat will be great calamity to the
nation and our patty"