The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-19

V ANNAPOLlS, NJ O., Jan. plSt--The first
ballot in the Maryland legislature for. q
successor to Arthur P. German in the
United States senate was taken o.day.
each branch ballotlng separately with
the following result: McComas, q :
Shaw, II: shyrock, 8; Findlay. .; Par
ran, 6; Mulllkln, /; Barber, 9; Urner, 1 !:
German. 40; Lowndes, !; Page, 1-total
100. Absent. Republicans .. Democrats
Q. Necessary. to a choice, 55. v
The candidates are Judge Louis e..
Mccomas, of Washington county; Ma
jor Alexander Shaw. Gen. Thomas j..
shryock, cx-congressman John ". L.
Findlay. all OF Baltimore city; Thomas
Parran, Col, j. c. Mullikin, Congress-
man Isaac A. Barber. and Milton G..
Urner. 4
But one ballot was taken, and this
leaves the situation as much involved
In uncertainty as II was before the yot-
Ing began. The preliminary skirmish-
Ing has been attended with great Bit
terness and dissenslon in the ranks OF
the Republicans, who have 4 consider
able majority In both houses.
These dissensions have rendered It I'M
possible to bring about a Republican
caucus, and there seems to be little
probability3that this method OF settling
the dispute, Will be resorted to In. the
near future. The first break in the Re
publican ranks came two weeks ago,
when eleven members .of the house OF
delegates. from Baltimore city, refused
: to caucus on the, speakership, and by
effecting a coalition with the Democrats
elected one OF their own number to that
office. Numerous attempts have since
been made to get the seceders back in
Line, but they remain firm in their pos
sition. Without at least two OF their
number the Republicans are powerless
to elect any one. and with the aid OF the
Democratic vote, the faithful eleven, !"
as they have been nick-named. may at
any time elect man OF their own
choosing. or cause a deadlock until the
end Of the session. With this POSSIBLE
ity in, View. the Democrats are using
every possible means to foment the dis
cord. 81 .,75.s
x Such a situation naturally gives rise
to all manner Of conjecture and specu-
lation, and there are many who believe
'tnat II may yer De possible Ior senator
German to succeed himself II he can
carry the next Legislature election in
November, 1899. This possibility Is,
however, admitted by the Democratic
leaders to be: q very remote one
Mayor Malster. OF Baltimore. while
not an avowed candidate. it Is certain
that he would not be averse to wearing
the toga, and there is much talk here
tonight concerning the possibility Of
another coalition between the Demo-
Gratis and the "Malsterites," or faith
full eleven" for the purpose OF electing
the leader of the anh-organization wing
Of the Republican, party. That such a
thing is possible there. is no doubt, and
1t Is freely asserted that Senator Cor
man and his clieutenants will try their
best to bring about such aresult when-
ever 1t ID demonstrated that q deadlock
Is no longer practicable 4
Tomorrow at noon balloting will be
resumed. and will be continued until q
result Is reached. 1t Is generally con-
ceded that there is no reason to expect
an election this week, as Judge Nc
Comas. the leading candidate, Is be-
lieveo to have polled very nearly his full
strength, "a 80 - s-5 81 sssr