The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-21
THE COLORADO MIDDLE
Republican, Senators Organized Boilers
Branch Of That Body.
VOTE FOR SENATOR IS TAKEN
In Both House and Regular Senate, and
Teller Lacks Only One Of
Having Majority.

Denver, Colo, January eo.-Both houses
or the general assembly ballotted for Unit.
cd States senator &C noon today and
Henry NJ. Teller received ifty votes, only
one less than is needed to elect. Senator
Mcclure, democrat, refrained from vot-
ing, but be has frequently said he would
vote for Teller II II should appear that
he could be elected. Only two republican
senators were In the senate when the vote
was taken and they did not respond when
their names were called Soon nftorward
the nine regular republican senators. the
two who wore expelled by the democratic
majority and the eight contestants who
had been sworn in on the steps OF tho
capitol last night, assembled In the lieu.
tenant governors room and formed sep.
arate organization, the senate Officers pre-.
viously chosen being ordered removed A
ballot was then taken for senator Subse.
quently two Of the regularly elected repub-
lioan senators, Drake OF Larimer county
and Cornforth Of ri Paso left the Hasgott
senate aud returned to the senate chamber,
where they announced they would act with
the regular" senate and would no longer
participate In a farce" Under the con
stitution Lieutenant Governor Aoggott ia
the presiding officer of the joint session
which is TO meet at noon tomorrow to vote
for senator, He viii insist that the body
over which he presided today was the req-
lar senate and that It's vote for senator
should be accepted. The speaker Of the
house VIII then be called on 70 decide
which senate shall be recognized as reEu-
lar Comparison OF the journals will show
that no one has been elected senator. 1t
VIII then be necessary for the Joint session
to proceed with ballotjng until a senator
Is chosen.
If the democratic senate is recognized
and the house remains with its present
membership. as seems likely, senator Teller
viii be reelected, On the other hand. u
the republican senator Il recognized there
is likely TO be no election and the ballot.
ing will continue indefinitely.
Edward o. Wocott, leading republican
candidate for senator, and his followers
are urging the governor to call out the
militla 10 place Haggott aud the repub-
leans in possession of the chamber,
Governor Peabody said today he would
not interfere.
The house republican leaders today re.
fused to,carry cut the Mocott program and
unseat the eleven Arapahoe democrats. The
senate remains IN continuous session hut
further aggression by the house.
When asked today regarding his attitude
with reference TO the split in the senate,
Governor Peabody said
II am the governor Of the whole people
and not suhseryieut TO any clique or any
polucaI pnrty, and VIII be guided by
the law and the constitution In decdlngl
which side Of the senate should he recog,
nized ! do not contemplate calling out
the militia. There is no occasion for
bayonets; I think the police can keep or
der"
4 ballot for United States senator was
taken In the senate soon after noon. Henry
NJ. Teller received twenty-five votes, the
entire number cast. One democrat Nc
CURE Of Araphoe, was excused from voting
al his request
The vote in the house was: Teller
Deml, %; Wolcott (Repl, IS: Frank
Goudy (RepD, 13
The republican senators met In Lieuten-
ant Governor Haggott's chamber and bal
loted for senator. The vote was fol
lows;
Wolcott, o; Frank Goudy, 4; Howbert, 2:
John W. Springer 1; Jesse Northcott, 1:
n, W. Dixon 2