Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-25

The first ballot on the Senatorship,
taken at DON to-day, verified the pre-
dictions which had been made that
Scott could not command his full par
ty strength.
While the Republicans have been
claiming for several days that Hunt
and Haptonstall would swing into line
and vote for Scott.
To-day's vote shows that they have
not merely been bluffing and that the
two members have no idea of support
ing Scott.
The Legislature consists of 81 mem
bers, and 40 votes are necessary for an
election. Scott and McGraw each got
46 votes. Judge Reece Blizzard re-
ceived one vote, that of MI. Hunt, of
Kanawha, and Judge Golf that of Mr..
Haptonstall, of Fayette. Senator
Whitaker and Delegate Asbury were
both absent, and Taylor county was
not represented.
Had Asbury and Whitaker been
present Scott would still have been
without enough votes to elect
After the vote had been announced
in the Senate protests were filed by
Senator Cornwell against accepting
the votes of -Getzendanner and Morris,
and by Senator Osenton against &C
cepting that of Pierson.
T-bo total vote uynr. Scott Az. Mo
Graw, As; Golf, /; Blizzard, 1. Dele
gate Hunt voted for Blizzard and Del
egate Haptonstall for Golf.
DIR. Haptonstall told me tonight
that he would under no circumstances
vote for n. B. Scott for Senator 1t
has been reported that his vote to-day
was a mere bluff and that he would to-
morrow fall into line and vote for
Scott. This he vigorously denied. He
contrasted the two men, Scott and
Golf, and the former suffered greatly
in the comparison.
Judge Goff," he said, sis a man
who is accustomed to dealing with
great public questions and in every
way competent to fill the Office of Sen
dLOT. I1b 10 d SOOu, SlCdnu Idn dlQ
never been accused of boodling or
bribery or any transaction of that
kind. He is a man whom the whole
State could look up to as a Senator and
| consider him the best man in the
State for the position. l have no in
tention whatever of voting for Mr..
Scott"
DIR. Haptonstall said that he believ-
ed if a vote Of the Republicans could
be taken on the subject, that ninety
per cent of the party in the State would
vote for Judge Golf. He considered
him the peoples candidate and would
continue to vote for him until the end
of the contest.
1t is reported that after days have
been spent in b~alloting for Senator sew
eral of the Scott men will vote for Golf.
DR.. Haptonstall said that he believed
this would be the case, as several Re-
publicans had intimated to him that
they would do so.
Mr.. Hunt, the other Republican who
voted against Scott to-day, refuses to
say positively just what he intends to
do, but from his manner, it is safe to
say that he will o vote for Scott. He
said tonight:
Il am very much in earnest in my de-
sire to have the Senator elected from
the Third or Fourth Congressional dis
trict. A Senator can be of much SER
vice to a community or section as SEN
ator Kenna was to this section. This
end of the State is entitled to a Senator.
l do not care who he is, just so he is
from the district south of the little
Kanawha river or the Ohio valley.
Judge Blizzard is a bright young man
VINO would make an able Senator, and
would represent this end Of the State.
You think there was a Blizzard to-day
do you? Well. that is nothing to what
there would be then"
The agreement to cease unseating
operations, mentioned elsewhere, will
leave SO Democrats and 80 Republicans
in the House and II Republicans and s
Democrats in the Senate. The Repub-
lican majority on joint ballot will be 3.
Senator Whitaker arrived here to-
night and Delegate Astury, although
still very sick, arrived this afternoon
and unless something unforeseen
should occur all the 50 members will
be in their seats when the vote is TAX
en- tomorrow. Of this number 4S will
be necessary to elect unless, as has
been held by some, a majority of 81,
the entire membership of the two
houses, is required. Of the 40 Repub-
licans, two say they will not vote for
Scott so that he will still lack one vote
TO elect while McGraw will lack two.
The deciding votes could be cast either
way by Hunt and Haptonstall, but they
will stick to Golf and Blizzard.
The election of a Senator to-mor-
row is impossible. Later the decisive
votes may be secured.
By the terms of the compromise, the
Democrats are assured of six hold-over
Senators in 1901 and possibly seven for
if the case of Morris and Kidd is tried
upon its merits as agreed, Kidd
will be seated. Another point which
was not lost sight of. was
that ever if Scott should be
elected under the present arrange
ment, it would necessarily be with the
votes of Getzendanner and Pierson and
that would afford good grounds for a
contest in the United States Senate
over SCOTS election. SUMMERS.
WANT NO INVESTIGATION.
Special to the Register.
Charleston, w. Va, January a.
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