St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-06
The Deadlock in the Nebraska
State Senate Still Pre-
walls.
Republicans and PopuliSts
May Form a Combina-
ton to Break It.
Cpounse Cannot Be Inaugu-
rated Until the OrganiZa-
ton Is Completed.
Fruitless Attempts to Organ
iZe the Colorado State
Senate.

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 5.-The dead
lock in the senate still prevails in spite
of the utmost efforts of each of the
parties to bring one of the others to its
aid. From adjournment yesterday until
early this morning the Democrats eau
cused with Independents and with Re-
pubicans, and Republicans flirted with
Independents, but in no case
were satisfactory terms of settlement
agreed upon. The Democratic steering
committee insisted upon its represents
tives in the senate combining with the
Independents to knock out the kepub-
licans, as had been done In the house,
and urged its men to go in and carry out
he compact with the Independents that
was to prevent the return OF a Repub-
lican to the United States senate.
1t was stated at Independent head
quarters that the trouble in the Demo
acknowledgements combine was due to
the refusal of the Independents to give
the Democrats the much-Wanted chair
manship of the railroad committee.
This statement was denied by eX-COn-
gresham McShaue, who is taking a
prominent part in the
Proposed Combinations
entered into by the Democrats. He
profeSsed TO be utterly Indifferent as to
which way the calf jumped and boldly
asserted that the Eve Democrats in the
senate were in position to have their
own way and were fully as strong as
the fourteen members OF either of the
other parties.
Short after the adjournment Of the
senate five of the Republican senators,
representing the railroad wing of the
party. constituted themselves commit
tee to wait upon the Democratic Sena-
of the senate. An agreement was
readily entered into, but when the five
Republicans reported back to their
brother senators four of them promptly
alb ,ogated the deal and de Jared that
they would have nothing to do with it,
declining to be delivered as per contract.
In case combine could not be effected,
the inauguration of Gov. Crounse would
haue to be deferred until after the Or
ganization is completed.
A giant effort has been made to have
two or three "anti-monopoly" Repub-
lican senators combine with the Pppu-
lists and
Break the Deadlock
by voting for the Populist nominee for
president pro tem., and at one time to-
day it looked as if the scheme would
work. But it failed. Clarke (Rep.), of
Douglas. voted for the Populist nOmi-
nee, but before the vote was announced
his courage failed him, and he changed
his vote to the Republican nominee. The
Republican and Populist senators are
in consultation, and there is a posi-
bility that the strange sight will
DE seen of Republicans and Populists
combining in the senate and the Popn-
lists and Democrats combining in the
house. The senate adjourned without
completing organization. but an effort
will be made to canvass and declare the
state vote tomorrow. The action of the
senate today complexities the senatorial
situation worse than ever, if such
thing is possible, and the fight will
doubtless resolve itself into question
of which of the parties can hold out the
longest. 1t will be decided within sixty
days anyhow, as the pay of the MEM
bers stops at the end of that time. 1t is
now waiting game.