Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-02-01

change, the vote being the same as on
the first ballot of the afternoon.
The fortieth ballot showed no change,
and the members began to ask how many
ballots were taken in the Mitchell con-
test, by way of comparison.
On the forty-frst ballot there was no
prospect for change, and the newspaper
men ceased to keep tab on the roll call.
Mr.. Willy made a little fun accidentally
by voting twice for Cook when he meant
Stephenson.
/ The members grew tired and on the
foTty-second ballot the clerk had to call
some Of the names three or four times
before he could get q response. 1t took
all the men within ten feet Of Senator
Jones to stir him up to vote. The ballot
showed no change.
BY the time the forty-third ballot was
over, Speaker Ray was ready to resign
his position as clerk to the first conner,
but there WAS nobody who would have
taken the job on gold platter. He got
through the roll call, but it showed no
change.
The representative of a Milwaukee Ger
man daily went to sleep, but the caucus
proceeded and the ballot showed no
! change. Mr.. Soltwedel woke up and vot-
ed for Mr.. Stephenson.
Mr.. Ray sent out for a fresh package
! Of ''Frog-in- Your-Throat' and tailed the
forty-siXth ballot. which was no different
from the others so far as anybody could
discover.
Before the forty-seventh ballot was
taken Mr.. Hughes moved to adjourn to
$50 this evening. Judge Orion, whose
head is level on all matters, moved an
amendment to make it 1870 tomorrow
morning. The amendment was accepted
but the motion was lost. The ballot
showed no change.
Col Rusk moved to adjourn to s
o'clock tonight and Mr.. Vandercook
moved to make it 1870 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Mr.. Hall thought it ought to be until
2 o'clock in the afternoon, and after
some parliamentary sparring the amend
ment and motion were carried.
Seventh Session.
Madison, Wis, Jan. % Special. /
The caucus yesterday afternoon adj
jOurned to , o'clock this afternoon, but
the presiding officer evidently forgot that
fact, and it was 2:30 o'clock before Sena-
tor Thayer called the caucus to order
There had been no attempt to reach an
understanding as to the number of ballots
to be taken and nobody knew at the time
the caucus opened when it would close.
The roll call showed only two absen-
tees, Messrs. Holcomb and Mr.. Buf1ing-
ton, and the latter came in later.
The first ballot, the fortyeighth taken
III CduClS, SdN e WI. NttldI1tiS ~, MI Ste
phenson %, Mr. Babcock II, Mr.. Cook II,
and Judge Webb 10. Mr.. Quarles' loss
Of one was accounted for by Mr. Buffing-
toms absence.
On the forty-ninth Mr. Burlington. who
came in, voted for Mr.. Quarles and made
his vote IL.
The fiftieth ballot would have been g
good place for a change, but in spite Of
the fact that Long" Jones had arisen
and turned around, presumably to change
the Qulrles luck, there was no change.
When the fifty-tirst ballot started I'm
Gle Hold Taylor grew thoughtful,
stroked his chin and retired, followed
by Il number of pseudo journalists. Their
departure had no effect and the vote re-
manned unchanged.
The members had settled back in their
chairs and were industriously reading the
newspapers or smoking senatorial cigars
when the fifty-secOnd ballot began.
Several were asleep but they awoke in
time to vote and there was no change
The members began pacing around the
room but none of them got lost and the
fiftythird ballot showed the same I'M
changing result.
Senator McGilivray had lost count OF
the ballots and asked the chairman to
announce the number each time He
was informed that it was the tifty-fourth
ballot but the inquiry seemed to have no
significance. Still there was no change.
On the ffty-ffth ballot Mr.. Rays pa
tience began to be strained. A few mem
bers failed TO answer Oh the first call
but jumped at the second call. He failed
to scare anybody into changing his vote.
The engineer began to furnish fresh
air into the chamber on the ffty-siXth
ballot, but while it cleared the atmos-
phere somewhat it had no effect on the
muddle and the vote was the same as it
had been for endless ballots.
The Legislature lost a great chance to
cause remarkable coincidence on the
fifty seventh ballot. F'ifty-seven votes
would have nominated somebody but no.
body changed and the opportunity was
gone.
Assemblyman Farr moved to adjourn
until 2:30 O'Clock tomorrow. Assembly
man Overlook wanted the time 1920
o clock tomorrow morning, but his
amendment was lost. Mr.. Fairs motion
prevailed and the caucus adjourned to
2:30 O'Clock tomorrow.
Eighth Session.
Madison, Wis, Jan. 90 Special. /
The caucus convened promptly at 2:3O
O'Clock this afternoon. Several members
failed to respond to their names on the
roll call, but most Of them came in later
The only absentee on the first ballot was
Assemblym2n Holcomb. The report of
a possible break on the first ballot caused
the roll call to be watched closely.
Ihere were TWO changes which caused
some excitement and strengthened the
impression that Il general breakup was
coming. Assemblyman Harvey, who
has been a Stephenson man from the
start and seconded the Marinette mans
nomination, went to Quarles and Assem-
blyman Werheim, Webb man, went to
Cook. The vote stood: Quarles, AZ;
Stephenson, %; Cook, IS; Babcock, IT;
/ Webb, 8. The ballot was the tifty-eighth
taken in caucus.
Quiet prevailed during the taking Of
! the fifty ninth ballot, everybody being
anxious to learn whether or not there
were to be any more changes. There
were no changes.
At that. point Judge Orion introduced
his resolution to cOnstrue the law relat
ing to adjournment
Mr.. Ray had great difficulty in reading
the resolution, and when he had finished
it, Mr.. Keene very unfeelingly asked him
to reread it.
1t was suggested that Judge Orion be
allowed to read it, which he did with
great facility He also made remarks to
the effect that he desired simply to get
the sense of the caucus as to whether u