The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-18
LOOKS LIKE COCKRELL
MAY NE ELECTED UNITED STATES
 SENATOR FROM MISSOURI.
Seems Very Probable That Democrat VIII be Returned to His Seat, After ADDearinG to Have
 Lost It. s

Jefferson City, Mo. March 17.-After taking hve joint ballots and once de- feating . motion to dissolve. the Mis- souri legislature tonight passed the question of selecting United States Senator over until noon tomorrow, the day on which both branches have agreed to adjourn sine die.
 Despite all statements to the con- trary the Democrats remained firm for former United States Senator Cockreil all through the ballots taken at the sessions of the legislature today and tonight, while the Republicans content ed themselves with trying to force the election of one of the candidates who have been, voted on for the last week.
 Richard F. Kerens. as far as his name was concerned, was not a factor in tonight's balloting. but his support CTS remained united on their selection. which. however, were not in accord with the views of the other factions The Niedringhaus men wandered from one candidate to another, never pre- senting a united front for any one man and their efforts to effelt a compro- mise which had been thoroughly threshed over for the last week or ten days, were not regarded as sincere by the Kerens men. who claim that suf- ficient Republicans remained loyal to Niedringhaus to prevent an election. even though all others voted for the harmony candidate.
 Many opinions were expressed after the dissolution of the joint session to the effect that if aSenator is elected to- morrow 1t will be former Senator Cock rell, as many believe that the Repub- licans demonstrated tonight that they could not get together on a candidate of their political faith and that the only solution Is to return Cockrell.
 D. w. Hill (Rep.) Speaker of the House, stated after the joint session that 1t looked like an election of Cock rell tomorrow. Senator Hill recently declared that he would vote for Cock rell on the last day of the Legisla- ture.
 With the date for sine die adjourn ment set by both branches of the Leg islature for tomorrow at 3 p. m.. the in- terest in the balloting for United States Senator tonight was intense and devel- opments of a sensational character were confidently predicted.
 The galleries were filled to overflow ing while the Hobbies and committed rooms were besieged by hundrds seek ing places of vantage to gain the ear Hest possible news from the floor of the House after having been disap- pointed in securing places from which the balloting could be heard and seen.
 The fifty-sixth joint ballot was or dered at 8 o'clock with 174 Senators and Representatives present. One pair was announced. The vote: Cockrell S2; Niedringhars, 46; Parker, 34: War; ner, 10: Dyer. g. No change on the fifty-seventh ballot.
 After the roll had been called for the fifty-eighth ballot, Representative Spear. who had voted for King. rose and declared the time had come to elect a Senator and he desired to change his vote from King to Warner. This start. 1 ed a stampede to Warner A dozer members were on their feet changing | their votes to Warner.
 The vote on the fifty-eighth ballot Cockrell, S2: Warner. 5s; King. 1T
 Niedringhaus. IT.
 | The first ballot taken tonight wa!
 simply a trial of strength, as also wal
 the second. which was the fifty -seventl
 since the beginning of the Senatoria deadlock.
 All but two members of the Lesisia tures eswere present and voted. The ab
 sentees were paired. Between the tim
 of the fifth-seventh and fifty-eightl
 ballots the Kerens men held a hast!
 caucus to determine their candidate fo
 the next ballot. The first change wa
 made by Niedringhaus man, who cas
 his vote for Captain Henry King of St
 Louis. Other changes followed fl
 rapid succession. King gaining steadf!
 until Autrieth of St. Louis Count,
 changed from Parker to Warner Instantly there was a stampede, leg
 islators shouting at the top of thei I llNn IAo A~tsa
 votes while the spectators on the foo
 of the House and in the galleries
 caught the enthusiasm and cheered Jus | tily. despite the efforts of the door keepers to restore quiet.
 Owing to the confusion, a report tha Warner had been elected gained read,
 credence. and before the result of tn, ballot had been announced officially, f was generally conceded that the dead l lock had been broken.
 Another outgrowth of the confusion was a mistake in the ballot Accord. ing to the figures read by President Mack. three more votes were cast thar l there are members of the Legislature the error doubtless resulting from ths many changes made in the votes Following the announcement of the fifty eighth ballot, the Democrats tried to force a dissolution of the joint ses. sion. The Kerens men and several orig. inal Niedringhaus supporters voted with the Democrats and apparently as. sured the vote for the dissolution. Sud. denly the Kerens men changed theil tactics and bodily threw their strength in favor of continuing the joint ses. sion. defeating the motion to adjourn by 90 to S4. Another ballot was ther ordered
 The fifty-ninth ballot resulted Cock. rell. S2; Warner. 62; King. 16; Med. ringhaus, II; Dyer. 1; Lathrop, 2. The sixtieth ballot resulted: Cock. rell S2; Niedrlnghaus, 10; Warner, 6s. King. Il: Lathrop. 2: Dyer. 1.