The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-21
Democrats Unseat Republicans as Threatened and
 Fun Begins
SENATOR TELLER WITHIN
 ONE VOTE OF REELECTION
Wolcott Forces Get Up Another Organ. ization and Call on Governor for Militia to Put Them Tn the
 Senate Chamber.

Denver, Col. January 2o.-Both houseA of the general assembly balloted for United States senator at noon today and Henry M. Teller received fifty votes, only one less than Is needed to elect. Senator McGuire democrat, refrained from vot- Ing, but he has frequently said he would vote for Teller if it should appear that he could be elected.
 Only two republican senators were in the senate chamber when the vote for senator was taken, and they did not re- spond when their names were called.
 Soon afterward the nine regular republi- can senators, the two were expelled by the democratic majority. and eight con- testants who had been sworn in on the steps of the capitol last night, assembled In the lieutenant-governor's room and formed a separate organization, the sem ate officers previously chosen being or dered removed. A ballot was then taken for senator.
 Cult the Farce Meeting.
 Subsequently two of the regularly elect ed republican senators. Drake of Laramer county and Cornforth of Elpaso. left the Haggott senate and returned to the sem ate chamber, where they announced that they would act with the regular senate'' and would no longer participate in a farce"
 Under the constitution, Lieutenant Governor Haggott is the presiding officer l of the Joint session which is to meet at noon tomorrow to vote for senator He l.4, presided today was the regular senate and that it's vote for senator should be accepted. The speaker of the house will then be called upon to decide which sem ate shall be recognized as regular. Com parson of the journals will show that no one has been elected senator. It will then be necessary for the joint session to proceed with balloting until a senator is chosen. If the democratic senate is rec ognized and the house remains with it's present membership, as seems likely. Sem ator Teller will be reelected. On the contrary, if the republican senate Is rec ognized, there Is likely to be no elec- ton, and the balloting will continue in- definitely.
 Want Militia Called Out.
 Edward o. Wolcott the leading repub- lican candidate for senator, and his fol- lowers are urging the governor to call out the militia to place Haggott and the republicans in possession of the chamber.
 Governor Peabody said today that he would not interfere.
 The republican leaders in the house to- day refused to carry out the Wolcdt programme and unseat the eleven Arapa- hoe democrats. The senate remains in continuous session. but will not remove more republicans pending further ag- gression by the house. When asked to- day regarding his attitude with reference to the split in the senate, Governor Pea body said
 q am the governor of the whole people and not subservient to any clique of any political party, and I will be guided by the law and constitution In deciding which side of the senate should be recog- nized. I do not contemplate calling out the militia. There Is no occasion for bay onets; think the police can keep order.'
 General AIeer Elected.
 Lansing, Mich, January 2o.-Former Secretary of War R. A. Alger. who, by the ad interium appointment of Governor Bliss, succeeded the late Senator James McMillan In the Unted States senate. was this afternoon formally elected by the Michigan legislature to fill out the 1n- expired term of Senator McMillan. The legislature will meet in joint session to- morrow to ratify the election.
 Hansbrough Elected.
 Bismarck, N D.. January 2o.-The legfs- lature in separate session today elected H. c. Hansbrough for United States sen- ator.
 Voting In Kansas.
 Topeka, Kan, January 2O.-The repub- lican senatorial caucus tonight resulted in the following vote: Long. 36; Stanley. ss; Curtis, 35 No choice was made and another caucus will be held tomorrow night.
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