Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-13
STILL A DEADLOCK
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR RULES
THAT 20 MAKE A ouonuM.
While II stands mn Election WIN lie
Dinicuit-RotundnC Cleared by
Poiicc--The DaI,ot.

Frankfort, Ky, March ig--Thc one
thing that see ned 60 be settled by to-
days doings IN the Joint assembly Is
that Kentucky will have but one rep
resentatlyc in the United states SEM
utc from March 4. 1897 when senator
nlaolSburns term expires, until ~
least january. 1895 when the ncNt
legislature can meet and M the va
cancy. There was no lack OF Gnprohon-
sion of renewed danger Of an out
break Mayor Julian with il force OF
police cleared the totunda OF mere eur
lusity seekers, hut In the CLOAK rooms
and elsewhere were enough mon to
have done much harm II the occasion
had arisen,
The newly installed Republican IN
the house ala not qualify before the
Joint committee met and no was not u
factor. The Republicans adopted tnc-
ties Of breaking a quorum md thus
brought from Lieutenant Governor
Wcrlhlngton the ruling that seventy
members constituted q quorum nccea-
snry TO elect n senator, so long ~ tina
ruling stands no election Gnu be had
except by breaking over party lines.
When the senate went into the house
chamber TO ballot for United Stats
senator Mr., Dunlap had not appeared
upon the floor or qualified. When thls
fact became known It served to cool to
Il tfeht u'Eltt inc tAflltlnthfs II WIS
evident that the cudeavUr of the Re-
publicOns to elect senator today
would fail unless OF course the vote
OF Populist Poore had been secured.
Senator Bronston asked thnt the
journal OF each house OF yesterday be
read. An objection was made 10 The
rendlng, aud he chair sustained tho
objection aud said that no had undcr-
stood that only the journal OF the
joint asFcmbly was to be read
Mr. Bronstnn made the point that
the journal OF the Joint assembly must
include the Journal OF each house.
Mr BlRnfOrd said thaL-Jhe Joint AS
sombly had no riEht to approve or cor
rect any part Of the journal OF the
houFe or senate Of yesterday. ana that
therefore neither should be read,
a wrlngle then ensued between Son-
ntor Bronston and the speaker, which
was finally brought to n close by q
motion that the reading OF the Journal
Of the Joint assembly be dispensed
with. which carried.
The roll onll showed $50 members
present There were only two paira
The ballot resulted:
Blackburn, 81; Carllslc IL; Bucknor
I.
The Republicans and Populist poorc
refused to vote. and the chair declared
that no election had been had. Those
voting Tor iNTllNit were mtfNIf. l4lllN-
ton, Holloway. Slayer, Noe, Stephcn-
son. Baird Carroll, Spelght. WALKER.
Vlnlette, Swlnford and Smith
JTpon motion OF Mr.. Jones' the assem-
bly, adjourned until tomorrow. The
Democrats are much pleased with The
rulings OF Lieutenant Governor Worth
ington on today's Joint assembly and
gay II 10 votes are required for n quur-
UNI, ms stated by him. there will be no
election IN the session.
Republican lenders stlll declare that
majority Of those present X n quor-
UNI. Both sides seem delighted that
there was no trouble Of amy kind,
Senator Goobcl. tho leader of Blnck-
burn, says that the Democrats believe
that Northumberland Worihlng-
ton has decided 10 hold that seventy Is
n quorum n the roll call tomorrow
nhows that Blackburn would be elected
and that slXty-nine Is quorum II
Boyle ls elected. and TINT trouble is
again expected.
senntor Goebcl md others believe
that there viii be an extra session
called at once after the adjournment on
March II.