Evening star., 1899-01-03
CANDIDATES FOR L. :. SENATE.
contests Now ON la Several of the
State IegiSlatare.

Contest for seats in the United States
! Senate have already begun in several ~ m.
| states, whose legislatures will at their com
! ing sessions elect members Of tho upper
| house of the national Congress. Dispatches
from various state capitals give the follow
| ing adviccS regarding the status Of th, con-
| tests up till last night: At HARRISBURG PA
senator quay has taken personal direction
OF his campaign for re-cl.ctiuu tu the Tint
| ed States Senate. His colleague, Senator
Penrose. and ex-senator Cameron lr- with
him. The former senator came all tho way
| from England to take hand in the contest
F, Tor ms Old friend and colleague
EN-PoStmaStcr General John Waugna <.r
Is Oh the ground working aLain-t Senator
! quay. with the dSsistauce of vN-Jud--
James Gay Gordon OF Philadelphia. -He
Business Men League has opened head
quarters. and members are there from all
I over The state 10 help hight quay
The caucus of the republican members
elect OF the house OF representatives, last
night was an extremely harmonious affair.
! John X. tarr OF L-dckaWauua was tile
! choice for speaker. his opponents being
| w ard II. Bliss ci brlaUa and ,irarl, VI
Hosack OF Allegheny The uam,- of lao
members were on the caucus roll. and there
were six abSentrcs. Th'. yot. .uu the speak
erSh!p stood: Farr. -: Hosack. - aud
Bliss, :. Ine candidates did not vote
The Delaware Legislature will convene, at
noon today and select a Juit,d States s,uA-
tor to succeed George Gray.
- 'iHlittA iI'll bNAr4 lf~i itiEnt
An effort was mad, tonight To- bring the
factions together in caucus for th, orE4ui-
zauon Ot the senate and house. This
however, was Intellectual. the regulars Of
the house refusing absolutely To- go into
caucus owing 20 the absence pf R.nr,-e.frrl-
lives Pilling and Conaway. who ar. sick.
and because the call was not signed by "A
majority of the republican members af ru.
house. Both factions held separate. CON
ferencos. and the AddiCks faction decided
20 favor Representative Tharp for sp.., Il,.r
and the regulars will support Rrpree,n-
/ tatlNe Clark. The refusal 20 10 into t.1u.Hf.
Will throw the contest into the hotis.. TO-
/ morrow, when The strength of the factions
will he tested
according to the outlook tonight. and
with Representative CouaWIl- :b,.It each
I faction viii have fifteen followers
The republican senators held "A confer
ence. but nothing was accomplished.
Although the Addiclls pe1pl. laburr,I far
| into the night to induce tho regulars" t1
Join IN the caucus. they finally gay, mp u
despair. The voting for senator viii begin
about january -
\ dispatch from Lincoln laSt night sum
narizes the senatorial situation ia Npbras-
ka as follows:
The first ballot ior senator viii be taken
TWO weeks from tomorrow. and Whilt tie
fusionists minority Will give its solid sup
port TO Senator Ancn. the republican
strength Will be divided among eleven ac-
tive and passive aspirauts. The republican
list Includes Judge NJ. l.. HayWar, uf NJ
braska City; u. T.. Thompson. e.. n. Lam
bertson, Allen W Field ana NJ b. iI,.-, uf
Lincoln. John l.. Webster of Omaha rN-
Representative Hain,r of Aurora. ,'apt g.
r. Adams Of Superior and th~,, OF four
others Of little prominence. Thor, Will bc
no republican caucus uu the senators nlu. al
| least till after the first ballot * taken.
In Montana the senatorial situation is
presented in the following telegram rr0m
Helena:
BaIotinE for senator will not take place
for ten days. The candidates are ~ 4.
Clarke. the Butte banker. cN-State Senator
Mats of Anaconda. who represents the
DAILY element, and W. C Conrad of t'aS-
cade county. Indications point to deadlock
for a time. a. ii is believed neither canti-
date goes into the fight with a majority.
Clarke's friends are sanguine OF ultimate
success.
democratic caucus nominee. but an election
OF senator was defeated by Daly'S control
of a minority of his party in the Legislature.
Indications point to "A pTotracted and hotiy
contested light before the sruatur>hip IS
settled
There are five active candidates for the
place of Senator TUTpie in lndiaul-Judge
X. ). Taylor of Fort Wayne. j. Frank Han
ly Of Lafayette. Major George ". Steele of
Marion. Frank B. Posty cf Evansville and
Albert ]. Beveridge Of indianapolis The
first senatorial caucus will be held January
Ia.
The senatorial situation in Michigan is
reported to be unchanged. both the Bur
rows and Pack factions claiming 10 be con-
fident of victory.
The republican members Of the two
houses of the Minnesota Legislature ISSUED
a call last night for caucus "Wednesday
evening 10 nominate successor 10 luit'l
safes Senator e. X Davis. No opposition
to Senate, Davis is expected
The California Legislature was organized
yesterday. H. +. Wright was elected
speaker Of the assembly and Thomas Flint
was elected speaker pro TEN. of the senate.
Col. ID. NJ. Burns formally announced his
candidacy for the United States Senate.