The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-23
NO ONE YET NAMED BY THE RE
PUBLTCANs TO STEP INTO
THEM.
DEBoE is IN THE LEAD.
BUT FIVE ADDITIONAL VOTES
NECESSARY TO SECURE HIM
THE NOMINATION.
TABLES TURNED ON DEMOCRATS.
Republicans Refused to Answer to
Their Names in the Joint Caucus
Many Candidates.

FRANKFORT. KY, April 22-Dr.
Hunters withdrawal last night brought
host of candidates to the ground.
This, as was evident during the day,
embarrassed the caucus tonight Con-
gresham Evans arrived on the ground
from Washington early in the day.
Maj. Curtis B. Burnam, of Richmond,
urged State Senator John Bennett for
the place, and he is regarded a dan
gerous candidate if a deadlock should
occur between DebOe and Holt in the
caucus. Deboe and Holt, the former
Hunters preference, were acknowledge
ed from the first as the strongest in
the list, and so it proved in the caucus
tonight. Congressman Walter E. Evans
was an aspirant, but has not yet de-
veloped much strength. St John Boyle
and Bennett were only two or three
points ahead of Evans and ran about
neck and neck with Lewis, in the talk
during the day as well as generally
in the ballots tonight
Others who have not yet been nom
mated in the caucus have been talked
of. Among these is Mayor George D.
Todd, of Louisville. He listened favor
ably to the solicitations of his friends
to become a candidate but declined
finally, upon report that the six anti
Hunter Republicans would not vote for
him. He believes, nevertheless, that
ne could win the caucus nomination
put declines, principally for the rea-
son that such course might delay an
election
At the joint session today the Re-
publicans turned the tables on the sill
yer and gold Democrats by refusing to
answer to their names at roll call
Baird and Norman, Hunter Democrats.
answered present. The total number
answering to their names was sixty
two, eight less than a quorum. For
the first time the six original anti
Hunter Republicans affiliated with the
regulars and refrained from voting.
Baird and Norman each voted for Mar
tin and were applauded by the gold
Democrats from whom they seeded q
month ago to go to Hunter. Stout
was present, but refrained from voting
The ballot was a mere formaIity. It
stood: Blackburn, As; Martin. Is: Stone
L. This was less than quorum. and
dQ1Ourn-
ment was then carried by a vote Of
GA to 81.
Blackburn's steering committee de-
clded to make the Republicans and
gold Democrats show their hand to-
DAY. They hoped that they could force
breakup and bring the issues SQUARE
~ between Blackburn and Martin, the
gold Democrat. Their scheme was de-
feated by the Republicans and gold
Democrats refusing to answer to roll
call in the joint session and thus caus-
ed the lack Of a quorum.
The adjourned Republican caucus to-
night was held with closed doors and
much excitement about the capitol
There were 68 present, 35 necessary to
choice. The regular Hunter Repub-
hcans as rule, voted for Judge De-
Doe. The first ballot resulted: Judge
W. Fl. Holt, 10; Congressman Walter
Evans, 3: w E. Deboe 20; John w
Lewis, 6; st John Boyle, 5; Bennett, 5.
Second ballot: Deboe, 30 Holt. 10:
Evans 8; Lewis, 6; Boyle, 3; Bennett, G.
On the third ballot Deboe had 81
votes, Holt IS, the rest unchanged.
From the fourth to to the eighth there
was no change. At the end Of the
eighth ballot Senator Siege moved to
adjourn, but some of the Deboe-Hunter
side showing opposition, he promptly
withdrew the motion The ninth and
tenth ballots resulted in no material
change.
Before the eleventh was taken Mr.
Garrett offered a motion to drop the
hindmost man. The Holt people
through Mr. Libreth, moved to table
the motion, and mustered thirty-six
votes with which to do the tabling.
This meant that there would be no
dropping at all. Balloting was then re-
Sumed
Finally the motion to adjourn until
tomorrow night came from Senator Pc
trie, of Evans forces. The anti-Deboe
people began voting for it, Mr.. Steg-
litz, of the DebOe side, wanted to
explain his vote. He said that if they
stayed here they could nominate a man
and if they did not nominate tonight he
would vote for Henry L. Martin to-
morrow. Then there will be an up
roar. Mr.. Burnham denied the right Of
Stetglitz to remain in the caucus after
such threat. Things quoted down
finally and the anti-Deboe people voted
for the adjournment solidly They had
tied up things so no dropping could
be done now or hereafter and ad-
journed at exactly midnight until to-
morrow:
Steglitz was not the only Hunter
Deboe man who revolted Representa-
tive Blackburn said after the caucus:
Il will vote for Henry Martin tomor-
row."