The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1908-02-01
Blocks Important
Legislation.
No Material Change in Sem
atorial Situation.
Looks Blue for
Pet Measures.
TEMPERANCE CUTS FIGURE

Seven Democrats have declined to
vote for. Hon. J. C. w Hsckham for.
United States Senator and he LEEDS;
lature Is apparently adaocked over
the SENATORIAL RACES EruftIsss ballots
have been takens day AFTER day, and
the only change has been to add
to the number OF those SEho>are rot
ing against Mr.. BeciSham The sem
atorial situation is complicated one,
and there seems to be but little
chance that anybody can be elected,
although the Democrats still hope
they may be able to elect Democrat.
The Republicans are confident that
they will be able to elect William
o. Bradley and they say that they
will put him over the plate some
how and some way. In the mean
time the Legislature meets in joint
session every day at noon and takes
a ballot for United States Senator,
and the chair declares that no one
having received a majority of all
the votes no election has been held.
The routine has been broken during
the last week only by the change OF
the vote Of w. F. Klair, of Lexington,
who changed his vote for Beckham
to Col John r. Allen.
The Legislature has been in session
now for three weeks, and during that
time has done little. no bill having
been passed by both Houses. The
senatorial race has aroused great In
terest and everybody has been so busy
with this that there has not been
time for anything else, but now that
it is certain, apparently, that Mr..
Beckham can not be elected, and the
election of anybody else is doubtful
the members are turning their atten-
ton to something else, and are begin
ming to get together and report on
bills which are of Importance, and
which may be put through.
The senatorial race has seen sew
eral men mentioned, but no man
could receive a majority Of all the
votes. James B. McCreary received
four votes for several days. During
the early part of the session only six
Democrats declined to vote for Mr..
Beckham, and these six cast their
votes for various candidates, Senator
McCreary being the favorite. He
received the votes of Senators Charl-
ton and McNutt, and Messrs. Lillard
and Mcknight, while Chris Mueller, OF
Louisville, voted for David w. Baird,
of Louisville, and Senator ]. Wheeler
Campbell voted for j. @. s. Black
burn. This is the way they continued
for several days, but finally, this
week, w. F. Klair, who had voted for
Beckham all along, changed his vote
to John r. Allen, and the others, who
had voted against Mr.. Beckham de-
cided to fall into line with Mr.. Klair.
So they voted with him for Col. Al
len, and the latter received seven
woes
Representative w. w. Hopkins, of
Floyd county, caused ripple of in
terest on Wednesday, when he cast
his vote for John J. G. Mayo, OF
Paintsville. Mr.. Hopkins changed
his vote, on Thursday, rom Mayo
to Beckham, and explained that the
vote for the mountain man was only
as compliment to a friend. The
change was generally understood
and was not a surprise when it was
announced. This was the only thing
that added much interest to the race,
which, although it has developed into
a tight deadlock, has not awakened
the great interest which is usually
shown in a deadlock for United
States Senator.
With seven of the seventy-three
Democrats in the joint session voting
against him the chances of Mr.. Beck