The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-16
MAY GUST REPUBLICANS
WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS WILL
TRY AGAIN TODAY.
Determined to Capture the Senator
ship by Foul Means, If Possible
Quay Going to Florida to Fish.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 15-The
Legislature has been in session four days
me past week without doing anything. This
general deadlock is due to the senatorial
contest and it will continue all this week.
The Democrats hold their senatorial cau'us
on Wednesday night and the Republicans
on Thursday night, but the Dalloting IN
joint session does not begin till next week.
Monday, Jan. %. On the certificates OF
election the Republicans have bare MAJ
jor9ty on joint ballot for senator. The Sen.
ate is Republican and the House Demos
cratic so that in unseating minority men,
befs in either body both parties have or
portunities for retaliation, and this condl-
ton is what prevents both bodies from pro-
ceeding with business. The House yester
day failed on its first contested seat case
because two Democratic members refused tc
vote and another was paired with Repub,
lican but it is thought tonight that Rogans
Dem, will be given the seat of Via,
Rep, tomorrow, and other contest cases
in the House will be settled Immediately
afterward Meantime the Republican, ma
jority in the Senate is awaiting the final
results in the House.
While this contest is going on at the State
house the headquarters of the senatorial
candidates at the Hotel Buffner are crowded
day and night with enthusiastic contestants
Ex-Congressman McGraw is having things
very much his own way on the Democratic
side for Senator Faulkner's place. 1t would
be necessary for the House TO unseat more
members than the Senate for McGraw or
and Democratic aspirant to have any
chance. On the Republican side there are
more candidates. Revenue Commissioner y.
B. Scott and Governor G. w. Atkinson are
the leading candidates, with Caldwell, Pof1-
enbarger, Floyd, Gaines, Hughes and others
also in the field. The dark horse that -
regarded as the most formidable Is Judge
Nathan Golf, who IS not a candidate, put
whose friends regard him as the final solu-
tion of the pending complications.
1t is reported at Huntington to-day that
an understanding has been reached between
Hon. NJ 3. Scott, commissioner of INTERNAL
revenue. ard ex-State Senator James A.
Hughes, of Cahen county, by which Hughes
will get Scott's support for the United
States senatorship as soon as Scott sees that
his own election is impossiDle Coupled
with the strength that Hughes now has
lit is claimed that this would make the Ca
bell county man a probable winner.
Chairman Ohley, of the Democratic COM
mittee, said tonight that the House or
Delegates would vote tomorrow on the ques-
tion of unseating Via, the Republican dele
place Logan, Democrat The Democrats as
stated, have a majority, but on Saturday
an attempt to unseat Via proved unsuccess-
full because two Democrats voted with the
Republicans. The Democratic leaders were
confident tonight that these two Democrats
would vote with the majority to-day to un-
seat Via and also to unseat Brohard, the
Republican member from Taylor county.
The Republican leaders declare that II Via
and Brohard are unseated they will retaliate
by unseating Democrats in the Senate. There
is fear tonight that trouble will arise out
of these tactics.