Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-18
DEADLOCK IN KENTUCKY
Beekhaa Apparently As FaP Away
From SsaalOPship As Ever.
LEGISLATION At A sTAHDsIIll
Session More Than Half over ana
Only One Bill Passed ozark
Horses" Have Not Awaited and All
Proposss Deals Fail.

heutuChy General Assembly mas DIAL
loted for month In an effort to elect
n United States Senator 10 succeed
James b. McCreary, and today is APP
parently no nearer to election than 1t
was the day the first Lollot was taken.
On the first joint vote former Gov.
John G. w. Beckham. nominated for
the senatorship AT the Democratic
primaries, received &c votes, and for
mer Coy. William o. Bradley. Re-
publican caucus nominee. Ga votes.
while seven Democrats scattered their
votes and one Republican was absent
through illness. In the month of bal
loting Beckham has gained Senator
Tabb, who voted against him the first
day, and lost Representative Klair,
while Representative Denham, who
was Ill, has recovered and Is now
IvotlnE for Bradley. The relative
standing OF the two candidates is.
therefore. about the same as when
tho voting began.
A ballot is taken each day. bu. most
OF the. time the voting is perfunctory.
''Nh@ w thC NOhOic BuiibHt.
While the senatorial pot Is at the
boiling point, legislation, Is almost ut
a !, standstill. The session Is moro
than half over. but only one bill has
become law, and 1t provides only for
q stenographer for the governor. I'M
portant bills desired by the tobacco
growers, appropriations for state in
stitutions and for the new Capitol are
all tied up by the senatorial race.
Those Democratic legislators who
are voting against Beckhnm have
charged that Beckham did things no
litically TO favor his own candidacy TO
the detriment of tho party in Ken
lucky. Tho constant effort has been
10 present one name of n Democrat
who might prove powerful enough to
induce some of the Beckham men 10
desert him. Senator McCreary Hen
~ Watterson. former Senator Black
burn, Col. John X. Allen and State
Senator Wheeler Campbell are among
those frequently supported rs possi-
(, bic dark horses" but the Beckhan
Democrats have remained immovabic,
and declare If Beckham cannot win
no other Democrat shall.
Republicans are supporting Brad
ley as aunt, hopeful that they may
finally procure enough votes from tho
democrats to elect him. Several
leading Republican state papers have
suggested that the Republicans make
! 2 deal With the Democrats TO elect
some other Democrat than Beckham.
providing the. Democrats aid In pass
ing q new redistricting act. n bipar
tlsap state board law and other leris-
latton desired By the Republicans.
In the four weeks Intervening how
ever, tho limit of politics has been
played by both Democrats and re-
publicans In tho effort TO secure an
advantage in the race and break tho
deadlock. The principal vehicle for
cnarges anu counter charges has
tPen bill to extend the provisions
OF. the County Unit Local Option pro-
pioiuon law uniformly to all counties
OF the state. The Republicans have
charged that the Beckham Democrats
nave used this bill as a legislative
football, aeeking first to deal with tho
recaicitrant Democrats by agreeing IN
mold up the bill. and, failing in that
TO hang II oyer their heads ms n mn
ihhment for their failure TO sunnor,
.no democratic nominee On the 9TH
er hand. the prohibition Democrats
assert that the Republicans have vio-
,ased tho emphatic declaration of their
,ast state platform by voting with tbe
"qpor democrats TO delay the bill.
was charged by the ,Beckham
uciiocrats last week that an agree
uent was reached whereby the Re-
yupiicans were. to deliver 30 yotes TO
9eiay the Prohibition bill in exchange
'or four votes from the minority Dom
ocrats to unseat two Democratic Ron
resentauves, thus putting Bradley
witnin three votes of victory. On the
Jay when this charge was first made
bill. W ue'aS the
o,her cases involving the seats of
democratic Representatives Mahins NJ
,Sessamine county. and yYoodford of
oourton county. will probably come
up Snls week. and tho Beckham Dem.
oGtats say II will then be disclosed
whether the minority Democrats viii
Keep Their part OF the alleged har.
gam. Meantime the friends of Beck
nam are making every siffort to nre-
vent the. loss of any OF their yotea
win Speaker Gooch strong Rcclr
pam supporter there Is no sign Of
break at prcaent.
- Cosmetics; injnrc the complexio,
~, ane highest types Of complexion