The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-21
SICK MEMBER ARRIVES
Sensation in the Kentucky Sem
atorial Fight.
SENATOR OGILyIE IN FRANKFORT.


All the Members of the Upper House Now
Present and Hunter Further from Flee
tion Than Ever-The Republican Candi-
date Issues "A Card saying He VIII Not !
ProIong the Fight Beyond "a Reasonable
Length of Time.
Frankfort, KY, April PA sensation
was created here just before the time
for the senate to meet Tuesday morn
ing. It was known that Mr.. Hager the
new Democratic senator had arrived
with his certificate and would be sworn
in during the morning. But when the
train came in it bore Senator OgilVie,
the sick Democrat who has not been
here before this session. This made the
senate full for the first time this ses-
sion, with 13S members IN joint ses-
sion, 20 Republicans and 6S Democrats
and 20 once more necessary to a choice
1t put Hunter one vote further from AN
election, and made more certain the I'M
possibility Of his election than has the
| indictment or any other occurrence
| this session. 1t also made 1T necessary
for any new nominee to receive more
votes to secure an election.
| Gard from DIR. Hunter.
Those who have up to this time doubt
ed that DR.. Hunter, the indicted Repup-
lican nominee for the United States SEN
ate would withdraw gave up all nope
Tuesday morning when they learned
that he had issued the following state
ment over his own signature:
81 have gone over the whole situation
carefully and j admit that | do no'
know where my one vote Is 10 come
from. Under the circumstances an
willing to say that | shall not prolone
the fight beyond a reasonable ulh'
when | see that ii Is hopeless, Ihl
proceeding before the grand jury ma
had absolutely nothing to do with IN!
change of front. 1t has not been a rae
tor i'm the fight except to solidliy am
strengthen the loyalty of my friends
| 1t was simply transparent consplrac
to defame me-.
"W. GODFREY HUNTER"
New Man in Doubt.
= Just when he will witht raw is maj
| ter that is as yet doubtful, but I'm a
r probability he will get out of the rae
, now very soon. But he will not do
T. until he and his supporters nave Sc
. tied on a man to become the nominee
e the new caucus. Who that man WI
h be Is doubtful, but il is generally coi
e ceded that the fight will be betWe'
It Judge w. II. Holt and Senator W.
a Deboe The latter has the best chant
e. as Hunter is said to be gore on Juul
Holt because he has not taken OF !
coat and worked for him as Depoe I'd
II Looks Like "A Dying Man.
- When the joint assembly met Tue
V day both the new senator ana Seha'
1t Ogilyie were on hand. Many pi
/ nounced the bringing here OF Seha'
to Ogilvie. who looks like dying ma
es a CRYING shame. There was no jour-
st reading. but the Blackburn Democrt
" demanded preliminary roll cal'
p latter showed present and impaired
T. and So necessary to a choice
he dftv-first ballot begun but all voted
IL they have heretofore and the pai
or stood: Hunter, So; Blackburn 3S' MI
A. fin. II: Boyle, 8; Stone, !. Necessary
" choice 80.
IT Nearly all the Republicans oppo'
ne IN DIR. Hunter were absent ana pan
steee was away without pair
This explained why Hunter came WI
in two of an election even WIN ma
III m and Ogilvie here.
No Motion to Adjourn
% ,,+ior for adjournment was mi