The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-10
HUNTER LACKS ONE
MAKE HIM SENAT0R-ELECT
FROM KENTUCKY.

FRANKFORT, KY. April 9.-The re-
turn of Baldwin, one of the boiling Re
publicans, o Hunter in today's excit-
ing senatorial ballot has served 10
raise the spirits OF the Republican SEN
atorial nominee; to more securely lind
to him those followers; to determine
that no new nominee shall take his
place, and to put the Hunter men to
work as they have not worked before
in weeks. The occurrence makes re-
mote any possibility of Hunters with
drawal, even if there should be no cleo
ton for weeks. With Hunter now lack
ing only two votes of an election, it is
confidently claimed that Senator Siege,
another Republican bolter, will return
to him whenever his vote will elect, and
that one other needed vote will be
gotten somewhere, no matter what
pressure it takes to get it. With
Hager, the newly elected Democrat. ex-
pected to arrive tonight and without
Senator OgilVie, the sick and absent
silver Democrat, there are with all
present, 81 Hunter votes to the 70 an
ti-Hunter people, made up of three fac
tons that cannot unite on any man Of
their own, for the reason that some
one of the three factions would be
certain to lose one or more men to
Hunter in case Of a stampede. But
these seventy men can break a quorum,
If they will unite on that plan to pre-
vent Hunters selection Then he would
lack three votes of an election, for,
while he has sixty-seven Of the sixty
nine that will elect, it takes seventy
to make the quorum that mus be pres
ent and voting" before any election
can occur. 1t is reported tonight that
the gold Democrats, VINO will not vote
for Hunter, but who want some one
elected, and have therefore voted when
the Republicans did to make quorum.
thus forcing the Blackburn men to
vote, are now badly enough scared to
agree with the Blackburn Democrats
and the boiling Republicans not to
vote any more or allow a quorum till
all danger Of Hunters election is past,
and they themselves can agree upon
a man to elect in his stead. The Black
burn people know that no such combi-
nation can be made; that as long as
they can get help and break a quorum
and keep the encouraged Republican
nominee on the track, they can prevent
an election.
This mo election plan" is the one.
therefore, upon which their undivided
strength is, and has been from the
/ first, centered. and the plan is backed
UP by the shrewdest politicians and
mdneuVerS ever seen in even a Ken
lucky political tournament The Hunt
er people do not believe the sound
money Democrats, who have said there
he will
nently into the COMMUNICATING busl-
ness and, trusting to them to break
the quorum, they have gone zealousIy
to work to get Siege back and to get
that other needed Hunter vote. Hunt
eris chances are brighter than they
have ever been before. It is almost
certain that no quorum will vote to-
morrow, and that the final struggle
will not come till next week
The vote today was as follows: Hunt
er, So: Blackburn, As; Boyle, z; Martin.
-: Stone, 1; present. 1913; necessary to
choice. 65. On a motion to adjourn
the vote stood ga to "a. and Speaker
4 WOrthington cast the deciding vote IN
favor of another ballot
On the second ballot Representative
Baldwin. one Of the Republican boilers
made an imprisoned speech. and cast
his vote for Hunter. This caused the
assembly 10 go wild and for a time it
| looked as if Hunter would be elected
without difficulty. The ballot resulted:
/ Hunter. So; Blackburn, IS; Martin 10:
Boyle, s. Stone, 1. The general assem-
/ bly, refused to adjourn by a vote of "A
TO o. and the third ballot was ordered.
Senator Siege. who boIted Hunter
/ several days ago, stated that If Hunter
1 got another vote he would also vote
for him, thus electing him. The Re-
4 publicans received the announcement
with cheers. and Hunter was within
one vote of the United States senator
4 ship.
After continuous balloting the Joint
/ session adjourned at POS p. m. without
result. Hunter never gained but the
one Republican vote, and was never
; closer than two votes to an election.