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Crandall, DID,, Minnesota E. r. Runyan,
Oregon; Rev. F. w. Swees, Michigan; F.
H. Rowley, DID,, Massachusetts, Rev. j.
w. Montague, Kansas; J. y. Vaughn, Iowa;
w. Eucy Roselle, Pennsylvania; Rev. r.
B. Bryan, DID,, Indiana; J. II. Franklin,
Colorado. and Mr.. Breasted, Oklahoma.
Constitution and Bylaws.
The report of the special committee COM
posed of Rev. L. A. Crandall, w. S. Shallen-
berger, Rev. E. A. Greene, Prof. Smaller
Matthews. Rev. W. c. Biting, Rev. ]. M.
English. Rev. L. A. Barnes. Rev. H. l..
MorehoCse, c. M. Moss, Rev. A. ]. Rowland,
Rev. Walter Galley, Rev. J. w. Brougher,
c. c. Barry, ]. s. Dickerson and Rev. F. P.
Haggard. which proposed the constitution
and bylaws, was adopted after 1t had been
discussed article by article The report rec
commended that the organization, Ito the
creation of which we shall proceed at this
time, be provisional one on the basis Of
the constitution and bylaws presented
Said constitution and bylaws to be sub
ject to final ratification next May by con-
vention assembled, in accordance with the
terms of the constitution and bylaws
The preamble sets forth that the repre-
sentatives of Baptist churches, in conven-
ton assembled, declare their belief in the
independence of the local church. in the
advisory and representative nature of the
local and state associations. and their 10y
atty to all of the Observation-Disclosures
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If you want work read the want columH
OF The Star.
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lions. Further need of general body that
shall serve the common interests of the en-
tire brotherhood as the Individual church.
the district and state associations minis.
ter to the interests of their several con-
stituencies is emphasized.
Opening of Meeting.
The meeting was called to order at $50
o'clock, DR.. F. H. Rowley of Boston pre.
siding. The church was crowded. The OPEN
ing prayer was offered by DIR. Galusho An
derson of Boston. The report was then
read by DR.. L. A. Crandall of Minneapolis
Mimi
. Prof. Smaller Matthews of the Chicago
University spoke on the functions of the
proposed organization. He said: This
cannot be legislative assembly. We want
no general assembly, no legislative council
Baptists do not need to be driven into right
action. Woe be to the man who dares
can trust the churches. If a Baptist can't
determine what he ought to believe, then
he ought to quit being Baptist. This
cannot be credal body.
zone great function is UNCONVENTIONAL
agitation-the discussion of great questions
of UNCONVENTIONAL interest We want q
platform for free speech, but not an orgy of
free speech like the Baptist congress. Talk
is the salvation of Baptists, not because
we end in talk, but out of the talk comes
q consensus of opinion and wise action.
Another function Is the educational. Our
people must know what the denomination
means and stands for. The interplay OF
opinion will in itself be educational. An
other function will be utterance upon great
Continued on Ninth PaSe.l
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

NORTH RANDLE HIGHLANDS-Ameri
can Security and Trust Co., trustee, to
Ida M. Lickle lot 80, block 5454; 1880
NORTH RANDLE HIGHLANDS-Ameri
can Security and Trust Co., trustee, to
Robert w. Merchant, lot 80, block 5454;
$500.
NORTH RANDLE HIGHLANDS-Amerf
can Security and Trust Co., trustee, to
Anna B. Merchant, lot 81, square 6454 /;
$3.50.
G STREET NORTHWEST between It'll and
9th streets-Martina Carr ct vir, Will
liam K, to John McElroy, part original
DEANWOOD HMGHTs-John w. Greg
DRY ct ux: to Susan johnson, lot Is.
EIGHTH STREET NORTHWEST between
and P streets-Cora L. Brun to Della
Bien. part original lot 8. square 422;
$40.
ADDITION TO KEN1LwoRTH- w.
Masry ct a a. a. b9es e .,o to Annie
RICHMOND PARK-Northwest Washing
ton Improvement Company to A. Hamil-
ton Roop. lots AZ and 43, square 2os7;
COLUMBIA HEIGHTs-Lewis e. Breun-
niger ct ux. to Henry A. and Anna M
Cummins. lot 11s, block %; so.
TWENTY-FIRST STREET NORTHEAST
between East Capitol and A streets
IL
original lot 8, square 1884; $40
SECOND STREET SOUTHWEST between
u and v streets-Same to same. lot 10.
square 81; So
COLUMBIA HEIGHTsLJames H. Hensley
ct ux. to B. Francis Saul, lot So block
81; $40
CATHEDRAL HIGHLANDsLc J. Bell,
trustee, to John D. Fall, lots % and "a,
square 1890: s., 1854.
CENTRAL HEIGHTS-Marie w. Gerhing
to Josephine NJ. Johnson, lot /, block
CATHEDRAL HIGHLANDS-C. ]. Bell,
trustee. to Willis T. Lee lot 81, square
1882; $1,722.72. Same to H. Florence
Winslow, lots l. 2, 8. 80. 81. square 1913;
THIRTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST
between u and v streets-Francis A.
Blundon ct ux. to Charlotte Meier, lot
4s. square 27S; $40. -
NO. 4O4 Sd STREET SOUTHwEST-wil-
liam L. Tignor to Jeremiah A. Balti-
more. lot D, square 5S1; So Jeremiah
A. Baltimore to William L and Charles
A. Tignor, same property; SO.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-Lewis E. Breun-
niger ct TX. to Blanche /. Cooley, LOT
127, block %; $40.
NO. 40 STREET NORTHWEST Simon
D. Bronson ct ux. to Henry Esser, lot
73, square 512; So
TENTH STREET NORTHWEST between
to Frank P. Sheehy, lot 0. square 341
NO. 1925 d STREET NoRTHEAsT-Fran-
els B. Bishop ct ux. to Frederick A.
Bartelmas, lot q, square 1858; $40.
NO. 1912 PROSPECT STREET NORTH
WEST-John p. Mann ct ux. to John e,
Bamforth. lot 20, square LOS; 80.
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COLUMBIA TRANSFER co. NOW LOCATED An
Dos NEW YORK AVE.
Padded vans. 81 load; 2-horse wagon, SO load.
MovinS-Pack ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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FRATERNAL NOTICES.

sTECIAL NOTICE No 3.-THERE WILL BE A
special communications of Lafayette Lodge, No.
10. +. A. A. n, on Monday, May 20, at ESQ
pm. sharp. for the purpose Of attending tine
funeral of our late brother Augustus L. Schultxe.
There win he two special communities unSs OF
Lafayette Lodge, No. 10, +. A. A. NJ, on We'd
ncsday May 80. the first at pm. and the sec
ond at SIS pm, both for the purpose OF con-
ferring the NJ. NJ. degree.
HART MoMSEN, Master.
JOHN II. OLCoTT, Secretary. my17-2
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WEATHER FORECAST,
Fair Tonight, Saturday Partly Cloud,
and Warmer.

and Warmer.
Forecast till pm. Saturday:
For the District of Columbia and Mary
land fair tonight. Saturday partly cloudy
and warmer: variable winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight. warmer in ex-
treme northern portion. Saturday partly
cloudy. warmer in the interior; variable
winds.
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Minimum temperature past twenty-fou
hours, 30; year ago, So.
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hours, 30; year ago, So.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
Conditions are quite unsettled this morn
ing. with low pressure from the upper lake
region westward and southwestward, and
there were showers in the Atlantic states
generally, and from the upper lake region
westward into the north Pacific states.
Cool weather prevails in the Atlantic
states and the northwest. but elsewhere
TEMPERATURES are moderate.
The weather will be partly cloudy and
unsettled in the upper Ohio valley the
lower lake region and the middle Atlantic
states with occasional showers tonight or
Saturday In the south the weather will
be fair.
Temperatures will rise.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be light to fresh and variable,
becoming southwesterly; on the south At
lantic coast light to fresh north to east;
and on the east gulf coast light to fresh
east to southeast.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light to fresh northwest to
west winds. becoming variable with clear
ing weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches> has been reported during the past
twefty-four hours: Hatteras 1.02; Phila-
delphia. 1.s4; Concord. LIP.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau Tor the tWenty-1Our hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-May 10. PM, 80; 8 pm.
So; II midnight, Sc. May II, am, So;
am, Sc; IL noon, "a; 2 pm, 50. Maximum,
SO, at pm, May II; minimum, So, at
am, May II.
Barometer-May 16, pm, 1892; pm,
1896; II midnight, 1908. May IT. am,
30.03; s am, 30.0S; noon, 1904; 2 Pm,
1908.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 5:37 am. and GA pm
high tide. 11:22 am. and 11:54 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 500 am. and 6:5S
PM: high tide. 1903 am.
The Sun and Mooa.
Today-Sun rose. 4:46 am; sun sets, 7:O7
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:45 am.
Moon sets 11:3S pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls-Temperature 66; con-
dition, 20. Dalecarlia acknowledgements
ture. 81; condition at north connection, II;
condition at south connection, 16. Wash
ington CITY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, g.;
condition at infiuent, II; condition at eff
fluent, 8.
Elevation at Great Falls. 151.eo-1.1O over
dam.
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Personal Mention.

Secretary Root has returned to this city
from a visit to New Haven, Conn., where
he delivered lectures at Yale University.
Assistant Secretary Newberry of the Navy
Department, who has been in New York
city for several days, has returned to this
city.
Lieut. Henry B. Soule, U. 8. N, who has
been on duty IN the bureau Of navigation,
Navy Department, has left here for San
Francisco under orders to take station at
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the U. 8. naval station at Tutuila, Samoa.
Mr.. Henry Xander left today for New
York, whence he will sail on the Koenie
Albert for Naples Italy. He will spend
June and July in traveing in Europe, re-
turning home early In August
John A. Madigan of the War Department
has gone to attend the national convention
of the Catholic knights of America at Gin.
cinnad, as the representative of the washs
ington knights.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
NoT1CT 10 HOLDERS or oUTBTANDlN0
BONDS OF THk CAPITAL TRACTION CON-
pANY. Q. g: ,

WARRINGTON D. O.. MAY Z. 1907,
Notice b hereby given 70 the holders Of the
outstanding bonds Of the Capital Traction Com
pany amounting In their face value to one NIL
lion and eighty thousand dollars 81 $50 o00), OF
total irsue Of one million i've hundred thousand
dollars 81 SOC, 600. issued April 2 1900. pay:
able twenty years after date, with interest
thereon at four per centum per annum, payable
seIui. nnually and secured BY deed Of trust upon
the roads, franchises and certain other property
Of the said company to the National Safe De-
posit Savings and Trust Company Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. trustee: that the said The
Capital Traction Company hereby exercises tbs
option reserved to 1t In the body Of the said
bonds to redeem the same at any time after
three years from their date, with accrued inter-
est thereon, and at the rate Of SOS for each
500 of the principal Of said bonds.
The said bonds win be paid on Friday, the
slst day of May: 1907. between the hours Of 10
interest at par, and the rate Of sos for each
500 Of the principal of the said bonds, upon
their presentation and surrender. at the prin-
cipal Office Of the company, at the corner Of
Seth and III streets n.w., In the city OF Wash
tngton, D. c., or. II the holder prefer, at tho
Riggs National Bank In the said city. All hold
ers of said bonds are hereby notified to present
the same at said time and at either of said
places for redemption aforesaid. Interest
viii cease upon said bonds with the 31st day Of
May, 1907. and no interest viii be paid thereon
thereafter.
By authority of the Board Of Directors of the
said company.
GEORGE T. DUNLOP,
President Of The Capital Traction Company.
my7-25t
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SPIRITUALISM.

GRAND SEANCE. TRUMPET TALKINti WRIT
ten messages. remarkable manifestations We'd
and Fri. nights. KEELEIl'S, 1901 Fairnent st.
1lth or 14th ST. cars. Private slate writing daily
myl1-Its
MIR l.. MILLION, PSIIiiiG, VI. EYE ST. NV
Psychic readings and independent writings on
all subjects. giving the informal on you Wish to
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DISTRICT CONTRIBUTES Barnard
bond for Garfield Hospital fixed at sioo
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Hamilton.

| Hamilton. .r
Price agt Jones ct al; motion for new
| trial hled; plaintiffs attorneys, A. A. Lips
! COMB and w. M. Ellison; defendants attor-
| neys, j. M. Proctor and MILAN & Smith.
| Hart agt. Philadelphia, Baltimore and
| Washington Railroad Company: motion for
| new trial filed; plaintiffs attorney. w. II.
| & Flannery.
Bartlett agt. Philadelphia. Baltimore and
washington Railroad Company; motion for
new trial filed; plaintiffs attorney, W. TT. ii.
Hart; DEFENDANTS attorneys, McKenney &
| Flannery.
CIRCUIT COURT NO. 2-Justice Anderson
United States ex rel Zadoka ct al. e cases
agt Secretary of the Interior; petitions dis
missed m with costs; petitioners solicitors, w.
II. Robeson. w. c. Shelley, W. s. Field and
z. e. Emig; respondents attorney, w. Van
Devanter. " ~
Madison agt. Murray; judgment under I'D
rule against defendant for S177 and 500 at
torneys fee and costs; plaintiffs attorneys,
n. b. Dlckey and John Ridout; defendan t' a
attorney, f. B. himball. -
Rondlnella agt Southern Railway Com
pany; security for costs ordered: plaintiff's
attorneys, Tucker & Kenyon; defendant's
attorney, George E., Hamilton.
CRIMINAL COURT NO. 1Justice STAFF
ford.
United States agt. joan Thomas, robbery:
sentence. penitentiary for ten years.
United states agt. John Thomas, robbery:
nolle pros.
CRIMINAL COURT NO. 2-Justice Bar
nard.
! smoot agt. Cozzens; motion to dismiss
appeal granted; appeal noted: bond fixed
O. %NW' pi1lntlHs attorney, j. e. Mentally:
DEFENDANTS attorneys, Kimball & White.
wyatt agt. Washington. Alexandria and
Mt. Vernon Railway Company; motion to
dismiss appeal overruIed; PLAINTIFFS attor-
ney, G. H. Hemans; defendants attorney.
A; A: Hoehling, jr.
motion to dismiss overruled plaintiff's at
torneys, Barnard & Johnson: defendan MIS-
attorney, g. T. Dunlop
Atklnson agt. Sturgeon; motion for new
bond. $50; plaintiffs attorney. J. r. Archer
IT,; aeIendant's attorney, Hayden Johnson
united States agt Arthur Welsh, house
. Daeaking and assault to kill; motion for
Iew tIIai granted; bond fixed at 81 600 and
Taylor. AhoS' u
United States agt. Ernest B. Latham: mo.
tn d,s 20 ,aiscnarse bail granted and motion
bell Darlington.
T DISTRICT 81 CoURT-Justice Barnard. :
bond for Garfield Hospital ixed st s1no
PROBATE coURr-Justice barnard
Estate Of Ellen M. Cotton; order setting
aside appointment Of present COLLECTOR an5
naming Charles A. Douglas and r. W Pa ,u
ker: collectors bond. 10000; attorneys. r.
Golden Donaldson and B. W. Parker.
In re Edward N. Reese; petition to an,
point guardian filed: attorney, G. q EmiE.
Estate OF Alice A. Mallory; viii admitted
to probate and letters testamentary Granted
to George H. Ward: bond, 800; attorney.
w. r. Graham.
Estate of Francis Miller; petition for pro-
bate OF will hled; attorney, Henry W. So
hon.
Estate Of Margaret ]. Mcbride; will dated
June II, 1905, fled, with petition for pro-
bate; attorney, James Francis Smith
Estate Of Charles w. Petit; will dated
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-07

J. n Anderson, nominated to the
Whittier School board; c. IL Belshaw
10 the prison board. and j. G. Mattos
to be harbor commissioner.
Probably none but Mattos' nomina-
tion will be Withdrawn by Gillett, or,
II withdrawn. viii be returned. Among
those appointments already decided on
by Pardee are several the withdrawal
of which might cause the new Gov
ernor some embarrassment, especially
Colonel John c. Currier OF San Fran
cisco, nominated 10 be bank commits
sioner at $4,000 a year. Charles s.
Wheeler, named for the university
board Of regents. may be undisturbed,
but this can scarcely be expected to be
true Of Rudolph j Taussig. named to
succeed Judge Mckinley on the same
board. In fact. ii is generally believed
that GilIett will call Tsussig's nomi-
nation from the committee and re-
appoint Mckinley
But the four Superior Judges. two
building and loan commissioners, at
torney for the State Board of Health
and a State m3neralogist, all of whom
Pardee wiH appoint tomorrow, take the
good things by grace Of the Governor
and without reference to the Senate.
While IL is practically settled that
Ellston viii be attorney for the Board
of Health and that Lindley and Tran
sue win be the building and loan com
missioners, Pardee took home with
him tonight the secret OF whom he will
name as Judges
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-07
THROWER Of BOMB
IS IDENTIFIED

PHILADELPHIA. jan swim the
finding today of the personal enects
of the man who threw the bomb In
the Fourth street National Bank on
Saturday, killing Cashier w. z. McLear
and himself, little doubt is left In the
minds of the police ofacials that ne was
Rollo Steele of Garner. Ia
The bomb thrower slept Friday night
at the Grant House. hOstelry on the
outskirts of the Tenderloin frequented
by respectable working peoples He
registered as J. r. Steele of New YORK
and had a grip which he refused 10
allow the colored porter to carry to
the room.
When detectives searched the room
today they found several yards OF slow
fuse, a number Of detonatfng caps. a
revolver and a box of cartridges, to-
getheT with a number of tools and
some clothing.
LYNCHBURG, Va, Jan. 81 r.
Steele who IT is supposed, wrecked
the Fourth-street National Bank OF
Philadelphia by throwing a bomb,
worked here as a concrete construction
foreman for several months. Mrs.
Steele and ten-year-old son were
seen at their home tonight Steele left
here on Thursday morning Up TO
tonight his wife had heard nothing
Of him. She did not know until today
that his name was connected with the
wreclxing of the bank.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-07
Senatorial Courtesy Is Not
for c. Nj. BeiShaW

SACRAMENTO. Jan. e.-No Senate
rial courtesy is to be extended TO State
Senator Charles NJ BelshaW. He does
not want 1T Beleflsw was given re-
oess appointment as prison director, and
tomorrow Governor Pardee viii send
his name GO the State Senate. Contrary
20 expectations. this nomination will
be referred 20 the committee on exec
utive communications. along with all
other Pardee appointments that re-
ouire confirmation. Governor Gillett
can withdraw Belshawrs name. but Bel
shaw does not think he Will.
Ny nomination will go to commit
tee with the rest" said the Contra
Costa Senator today. THAT is just what
4 want done with IL. / don't think it
VIII be Withdrawn. because there is
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-07
COREYS RELATIVES
AWAIT NUPTIALS

BRADDOCK. Pa. Jan. 6--The reia-
tives here of william Ellis Corey. pres
Ident of the steel trust. look forward 10
his marriage early this week to Ma
belle Gilman, the actress as foreteld IN
yesterdays newspapers although re-
ports from Miss GiIman's parents IN
san Francisco stated they will go IN
week to France to attend the wedding.
1t was learned this afternoon ina.
Mrs. Alfredo Corey, aged mother OF
Ellis Corey, who has all along taken
sides with her former daughter-in-ia"
met her son shortly before he salied
for Europe last month for the nrst
time since he visited here in July over
two years ago. The meeting was
happy one and mother and son became
reconciied. Mrs Corey also visited neF
daughter. Mrs. Elizabeth Riggs, VINO
has been Mabelle Gilman's companion
and confidante the last several years
and who favors her brothers suit Win
the actress
Mrs. Corey the elder spent two weeks
In New York quietly, her friends nero
believing she was visiting Mrs MARY
Kinsey, Mrs. Charles Schwab's mother,
at Philadelphia. Upon Mrs Corey
visit to New York Ellis gave her me
gfft. No other friends or relatives OF
his former wife were remembered WIN
Christmas or New Years gifts
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-07
Legislators Looking for
Great Railroad Fight

SACRAMENTO, Jan 6.-Real white
snow fell in Sacramento today for the
first time in nearly twenty years ana
early this evening the street lights
leered in slit glints through quinine
colored haze. It cleared later and no
signs of the snow remained, but a
sharp wind made inside fires appre-
ciated and interfered with the custom
ary open air eonclaves OF the political
wiseacres in front OF the hotels
Lights were out in the park sur
rounding the Capitol building. which
doomed up in corinthian silhouette
against the trees and presented an ap-
pearance in striking contrast with the
traditional activity associated with 1t
during legislative sessions
Red Mems Hall, where the solons COR
vene tomorrow, was visited by nearly
every one who arrived here today The
elevator was not working and the i'm
preston Of it's interior economy that
was carried away by most of the law
makers was reminiscent of the nursery
tale of the house with the thousand
and one steps. The chambers of both
the Senate and Assembly are. however.
as well arranged and appointed as can
reasonably be expected in an inprovis-
ed capitol.
Besides the interest that attended the
calling OF the Senate caucus and other
organization routine of the day, there
was considerable talk on the railroad
lobbying that is to crop out before the
session is ended. Both the Southern
Pacific and the Western Pacific will
have agents at work throughout the
session, and the battle in California be-
tween the Hartman and Gould inter
ests will be constantly reflected in the
arabesque of the legislators labors. The
political sharps say it will be some
thing worth watching.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-07
Beardslee of Stockton Is Backed by Machine
and Will Win Speakership OF Assembly
Coghlan's Ambitions Hard Hit
by Heartless Organization
Special Dispatc h to The Call

SACRAMENTO. Jan. 6.-Two with
drawals late tonight made the organ
ization by the State Republican ma
chine mere matter of form Nathan
c. Coghlan. in whose behalf the six
teen Republican Assemblymen from
San Francisco have been going through
the motions of contest. renounced his
ambition to be Speaker, and General
George Stone pulled Jake Steppacher
out Of the fight for chief clerk.
AS the result of the two withdraw
ais. R l. BeardsIee of Stockton. the
organizations candidate for Speaker,
has at least 55 of the Is Republican
votes In the lower house, and Clio
Lloyd of Santa Barbara has the whole
7S for chief clerk. With the aid Of
Jere Burke and Walter Parker. who
are here as representatives of William
+ Herrin. BeardsIee is still gaining 6
z ound, and by $50 o'clock tomorrow
morning, the hour set for the Assem-
bly, caucus. the opposition may not have
enough votes left to count.
Coghlan, whose candidacy has never
been taken seriously. did not withdraw