Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-24
4 DRAWN R. " BATTLE |
THE SENATORIAL CAUCUS AID.
JOlIREs WITHOUT RESULT,
washburn Receives 81 and Nelson
IS Votes ON the First Bnllot-On
the Sixth and Last Ballot
SS f}a. Washburn'n Vote In 80,
u Nelson's 60.
THE LEG1sLATURE TO DECIDE.
Ballotinx viii Begin Tucsday-tThs
Prospects Are That There Will
~ ':4 He II Deadlock. W H'taf

prospects
~ :2aa He n Deadlock. Hn'tf
st. Paul, Jan. 2O.-The senatorial
caucus adjourned at 1910 this morn
Ing without action, which means that
the contest will be thrown into the
legislature. Balloting will begin Tues
day at noon. 1911 d.. .o.'.
The first ballot resulted: .washburn,
81; Nelson, As; Comstock, IA; Nc
Cleary, ID; scattering, Z. The sixth
and last ballot stood: Nelson, 60;
Washburn, IS; Comstock, IA; Nc
Cleary, 8; Pillsbury, 2; Tawney, l,
showing loss Of six for Washburn
and gain Of five for Nelson:,
The caucus was an exciting one
throughout. and it was evident that
the original supporters Of Washburn
and Nelson would give up the fight
under no consideration, and it would
appear that there will be deadlock
that will be hard to break. The caucus
broke up amid considerable excite
ment.
On the first ballot last evening the al
members present aligned themselves as fol-
lows:
For Washburn. 5..
Senators, Allen, Barr, Culkin, Day, Durham,
Greer, Howard, johnson. w. E. Larson,
Masterman, Miller, Morgan. Macarthur, Pot
ter, Pottgeiser, ROverud, Spencer Sperry,
Stebblns, Thcden, Thompson, Wyman, Yale
Representatives. Ahlstrom. Baston, Bick-
ford, Boobar, Boxrud, Brainerd, Gross, DAM,
Dare, Dc Laittre, Dingman, Downs, Filing
sen, Geissler Gunn Gutterson, Juliar'
Leach. Lovejoy, Mansfield, Malette, Met
calf, MulIin, McKenney. Nieman, Rice, Rob-
bins, Sederberg, Severance, p. %. Smith,
Staples, Swanson, Torson, yogel, WOOL
bridge, Wright, Zier, Van Sant-3S.
Str tf For Nelson. s..a.5
Senators, Currler. French, Fuller, Hanson,
Iltis johnson, A. e., Knatvold, Peterson,
Shechon, Stevens, Sweningson. Thorpe,
Wing, Young.-14. ,af
Representatives. Barta Burke Cant,
Christensen, Craig, Damp, Ferris, Foreman,
Gibbs, Martshorn, Hoeffken, Jacobson,
johnson, E., Jones, J. D., Jones, J. N, Kelly
A. b., Kendall, Littleton. Mathieson Nc
Innis, Parker. Post, Reeves, Robillard,
Sampson, Sander, Smith, c. A.. Smith. ].
NJ. Strong, Sutton, Underwood-31.
For Comstock.
Senators, Cole. Ccllester, Heneman, JONES'
Smith,.
Kinney, Foss, Mickleson, MEG rath, Sivright
Soule-9
III For McCleary. .
Senators. Lloyd, Ozwun-2.
Representatives, Dressed, Holman, JOHNS,
f. G. johnson, lockwood, Martin, Nash,
Odds, Shell, Tallman, Underleak, Warner
-12. sa. -. Il -.
For Ives.
Representatives Anderson and Grondahl
. -t"9+ A.. .y ~
For Buckham.
cono+o, S+ooLtnn ond Ranrasenfafiva Tav.
lor-2 .-,.-
Senator Hodge,. |:,,
For Lind. 4;
Representatives Felg and Scofeld-2.
The Second Ballot.
On the second ballot Senator Cole changed
from Comstock to Washburn. and Senator
Couester changed from Comstock to Nelson,
Lloyd from McCleary to Nelson.
Representative Anderson from Ives to Mel
son. Boxrud from Washburn to Nelson, Buck
from Comstock to Nelson, Dressed from Nc
Cleary to Nelson, Ellingsen from Washburn
to Nelson, Foso from Comstock to Nelson,
Mallette from Washburn 10 Nelson and
Tallman from McCleary to Nelson.
The total vote was Washburn, 50; Nell
son, IS; Comstock, 10; McCleary, IL; Pills
bury, /; Buckham, 2; Ives, 1; Lind, 2-1n.
The Third Ballot.
On the third ballot the changes from the
second ballot are as follows: Senator Hen
eman changed from COmstock to Lind;
Stockton from Buckham to Wasnburn.
Representative Grondahl from Ives to Nell
son. Johns from MeCleary to Nelson.
Total vote: Washburn, 60; Nelson, 81;
Comstock, 9; McC,eary, 10; Pillsbury, l.;
Buckham, 1; Lind, 8.
The Fourth ballot.
On the fourth ballot the changes from the
third are as follows: Senator Heneman
back from Lind to Comstock.
Representative Burke from Nelson to
Washburn; Feig from Lind to McCleary;
Lockwood from McCleary to Nelson; Scho-
field from Lind to McCleary; Taylor from
Buckham to Nelson; Wright from Washburn
to Pillsbury. -tta
Total: Washburn, 60: Nelson. So; Nc
Cleary, II; Comstock, 10; Pillsbury, 2-141.
The Fifth Ballot.
On the fifth the following changes &C.
Cured from the votes as noted In the
fourth Senator Cole from Washburn to
Comstock. .z. ,le-
Representative Bickford from Washhurn
to Comstock, Feig from McCleary to Com
stock, Kendall from Nelson to McCleary,
Martin from McCleary to Tawney, Meman
from Washburn to COmstock, Shell from
McC!eary to Nelson.
Total yote-Nelson, SO; washburn, 81;
COmStocK, If, A1cC1eafy, y; fHlSDury, q,
Tawney, iii. -I.
The Sixth Ballot.
Changes noted, Representative Burke
from Washburn to Nelson, Kendall from
McCleary to Nelsn. Senator Thompson
was absent
Total vote-Nelson, GO; Washburn. So;
Comstock, IA: McCleary, 8; Pilsbury, 2;
Tawney, /. Total, 40.
er Adjournment.
A motion to adjourn vas then carried by
rising vote Of about &c to 90, as it APP
peared from the press gallery although /,
was announced as 20 to IL.
Minnesota Legislature.
ST. Paul, Jan. 19.-In the house Hen
ry Feig called up his sensational reso-
luton on the inquiry into the condi-
ton of the financial institutions. of
the state by committee of five rep
rescntatives and carried the question
throTrh by n unanimous vote, despite
the Introduction of substitute reso-
luton and various objections as to the