Evening journal., 1905-03-23
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS WITHOUT
ACCOMPLISHING THE ELECTION OF
A UNITED STATES SENATOR
AMID SCENES OF EXCITEMENT AND AFTER FOUR FUTILE BALLOTS
HAD BEEN TAKEN A RECESS WAS ORDERED AND THEN
A MOTION TO SEPARATE WAS CARRIED
ALL ATTEMPTS TO BREAK DEADLOCK FAILED

o clock and this was carried by vote
OF % ayes and % nays.
While the balloting was in PROCESS,
promlnen- Republican and Democratic
leaders did active work in -centralizing
their forces Harry A. Richardson who
was recently voted for by all sixteen of
the anti-Addlcks Republicans, was in at
tendance, as was also Senator Alice and
ex-senator r. r. Kenney, John f. Sauls-
bury and other Democrats. When the
motions to separate were lost, the Dem
ocrats became excited and anxiously cir
culated among their members and urged
them to be firm.
FAILED TO SEPARATE.
On tho third ballot, Representatives r.
d. Lingo, Jr., and Vandenburg, the Ad-
dicks dissenters. voted for Senator S. S.
Pennewill, one of their number. The vote
to separate after this ballot was % ayes
and q nays, Representatives Benson,
Vandenburg and Marshall, Union Repub-
licans. who had voted in the Affirmative,
changing their votes to the negative.
The effort of Senators Rose and Smith,
Dems.. to end the balloting after the sec
ond vote had been taken. had proved
equally fruitess. although Senator Stir
| ling, Reg. Rep, and Representatives
Armstrong, Reg, Rep, and Marshall u.
r.. voted with them.
/ +. Coleman DUPONT reached the hall
OF the House just as the recess was tax
en- and conferences were renewed look
ing tofa settlement It is reported that
II the Addicks men do not accomplish
anything during the recess that they will
make a compact with the Democrats not
10 return TO the hall at the hour for re-
assembling.
Should this be the case, the joint s..s-
sion would be without a quorum and an
election would be impossible. The only
thing that the minority could do, in such
an event, would be to formally adjourn
at the time agreed upon. 2SO p. m.
REPUBLICANS WE'RE ANXIOUS.
All of the Republican members, how
ever, appeared to be anxious for solu-
tion = the problem
The fact that Senator T. c. Moore the
Addicls floor leader in the Senate, moved
that the recess be taken. was taken TO
mean that the Addicks stalwarts were
endeavoring to be conciliatory.
During the excitement attendant upon
tic DdilotlAb anu the repeated attempts
TO separate the two Houses. many Of the
Republican members voted wrongly and
their votes had to be corrected. The
Democrats, however, did not make any
mistakes.
The followers Of James II. Hughes, who
lbroke away from the Democratic caucus
and voted for him several weeks ago,
were elated over what they considered
a good showing on his part. They claim
ed that TO be within five votes Of state
Chairman Willard Salisbury. the Demo
cratic caucus nominee. for the Senator.
ship, was pleasing.
At 1,a5 d. m. some of the members re-
lappeared in their seats and -Pres,dent
Conner rec cgnized Senator Rose with mi,
motion to separate
This was carried and the joint session
then separated without the election of 8
Senator.
After r,esident Conner had announced
that the two Houses were separated Sen.
lator Pennewill shouted:
Il call for a division"