The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-10
RETURN OF A B0LTER
ONE VOTE GAINED BY HUNTER ON
JOINT BALLOT YESTERDAY,
But the wOuId-Be Senator from Ken
lucky Is still Two short of Enough
to secure the Prize.

FRANKFORT, Ky, April 9.-The return
of Baldwin. one of the bolting Republicans.
to Hunter in Io-day's exciting senatorial
ballot has served TO raise the spirits of the
Republican senatorial nominee, to more
curely bind to him those followers, to de-
termne that no new nominee shall take
his place and to put every Hunter man
TO work as they have not worked before In
weeks. The occurrence makes remote any
possibility of Hunters withdrawal, even if
there should be no election for weeks. With
Hunter now lacking only two votes of an
election ii is confidently claimed that Sem
ator Siege, another Republican bolter. will
return to him whenever his vote will elect,
and that one other needed vote will be got
somewhere no matter what pressure 1t
ia IS TO get it. With Hager, the newly
elected Democrat, expected to arrive to-
night, and without Senator Ogilvie, the sick
silver Democrat. away, there are, with all
present only 81 Hunter votes to the 20
anti-Hunter people, made up of three fac
tions 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 can
break a quorum if they will unite on that
plan TO prevent Hunters election. Then he
would lack three votes of an election, for
while he has 81 of the 50 that will elect,
it takes 20 TO make the quorum that must
be present and voting before any elec-
tiOn can occur.
1t is reported tonight that the gold DEM
ocrats. who 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 Black
burn men TO vote. are now badly enough
scared TO agree with the Blackburn Demo-
Gratis and the bolting Republicans not to
vote any more or allow a quorum till all
danger of Hunters election Is past and
they themselves can agree on man TO
elect in his stead. The Blackburn people
know that no such combination can be
made; that as long as they can help and
break a quorum and keep the encouraged
Republican nominee on the track they can
prevent election This ''no-eection
plan is the one, therefore, ON which their
undivided strength is and has been from
| the first centered. and the plan is backed
| up by the shrewdest politicians and
maneuvers ever seen in even a Kentucky
| do not believe the sound-money Democrats.
| who have said there must be an election.
will go permanently into the quorum
| breaking this and trusting TO them to make
| the quorum. they have gone zealously to
| work TO get Siege back and to get that
other needed Hunter vote. Hunters chances
| are brighter than they have ever been be-
| fore 1t is almost certain that no quorum
| will vote tomorrow. and the final struggle
| will not come till next week.
When bailoting was resumed in the Joint
| convention of the Legislature to-day the
! Blackburn people again attempted to break
/ a quorum. but were unsuccessful. The
| twenty ninth ballot resulted as follows
/ Hunter, g. Blackburn. 10: Boyle T. Mar
tin 13: Stone, l. Present. lRs: necessary 10
| a choice. 65. On a motion to adjourn the
vote stood "a to "a. and Speaker Worthing-
| ton cast the deciding vote in favor OF an
| other ballot.
| on the second ballot Representative Bald
/ win. one of the Republican boilers. made
| an imDassioned speech and cast his vote
| for Hunter. This caused the Assembly to
| go wild, and for a time il looked as II
] Hunter would be elected without difficulty
| The ballot resulted: Hunter. Sc: Blackburn
| 45: Martin. 10; Boyle, s; Stone, l.
| The General Assembly refused 10 adjourn
by vote Of "a to 81. and the third ballot
| ordered. Senator Siege, who bolted
| Hunter several days ago. stated that ii
Hunter got another vote he would also vote
| for him. thus electing him. The Republic
| received this announcement with
! cheers. as Stege's vote would have put DR.
| Hunter within one OF the United States SEN
atorship. The balloting continued until 2:2.
! o'clock. without result. Hunter never
gained but the one Republican vote. and
| was never closer than two votes TO an cleo
| ton.