The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-03-06
GARY LEADS IN RACE
FOR j, S. SENATE
FOUR BALLOTS TAKEN YESTER.
DAY MORNING.
Walker Second-Jcint Assembly Met
Again Yesterday Afternoon to
Continue Balloting.
Special To The Herald and News.

Sp2clal 10 lil2 Ilcrald ana News.
Columbia, March 5.--Four ballots
were taken this morning in the joint
assembly Of the senate aAd the house
Of representatives for a United States
senator to snccced The late Senator a.
G.. Latimcr. No one having rcceiv-
ed a majority on the fourth ballot,
I the joint assembly adjourned to meet
at 4.30 O'Clock this afternoon, when
the balotiny will BE- continued
Representative Frank b. Gary is in
the lead with Senator LeGrand Walk
er second
S On The fourth ballot this morning
:, the vote stood:
Gary n: Walker ~; Mauldu IS;
ecker II; Willie Jones 6; Ira b.
Jones 9; r. w. Shand l.
At this hour ii is impossible to pre-
. diet the result.
II will he seen that the total num-
bcr OF votes east ON the fourth ballot
this mornin" was l5G. or this ma
jority, ncccssary to elect. would be
70. So that Mr.. Gary lacked this
morning only eight votes Of being
elected.
Following is the detailed report Of
the session Of the general assembly on
Tuesday and Wednesday:
Tuesdays Session.
S The senate and the house Tuesday
Y night, in accordance with the provis-
ions Of The Unitcd tatcs constitution,
met to elect successor to Senator
Latimer, and took separate ballots, re-
sulting rs follows, the figures repres-
entm" both house and senate:
Frank B. Gary. 65: L"Grand G..
Walker, ~: JAS. l.. Cokcr. %: w. l..
Mauldin. Is; Willie Jones, 7; Joshua
Fl. Hudson. 3; Jas. II. Carlisle.
Under the constitution it was lee
essary for candidate on the day Of
the first ballot to have majority Of
each house and this was not shown
Tuesday night. Mr.. Gary lacked one
vote Of a majority in the house while
Senator Walker lacked two votes Of
a majority in the senate. This result
was expected.
Tn the house Tuesday night there
was some talk Oh the socallcd "lcg-
tHislative trust and on the pledge said
3&to have been made by some Of the cam
! didatcs that they would not enter the
race for the lon" term.
In the House.
Hon. Frank b. Gary Of Abbevillo
missed having majority Of the
house Of representatives by only one
vote, Tuesday night. The total number
Of votes east was 12O and the votes
received by Mr.. Gary wctrc 60, nee
cssary to a choice 81. OF course the
vote in The senate would have made
The selection impossible Tuesday
night but the vote for the represent
tativc from AEbcvillc was unusually
large and a surprise to the friends Of
the others.
The voting in the house commenced
at S:l3, just 30 minutes after the
body was called to order by the
speaker and only one ballot was talk
ell. II was decided TO limit the nomi-
nations to speeches Of two minutes
a1d there were no seconds to any Of
the names placed in nomination. Two
of those ballotcd for were not formal
" named and the votes were given
rs Il tribute to thc mcn named. I'll, ,
Marlboro delegation voted for Hon.
Joshua II. hudson and Mr.. Nash Of
Spartanburg voted for DR.. JAS. II.
Carlisle Of Spartanburg. While these
votes would be cast throughout the
balloting, it is understood that they
arc complimentary.
When the result was announced
Tuesday night the vote was as fol-
lows:
Mauldin II, Gary GO, Cokcr 16,
Jones 4, Walker 25, Hudson 3, Car.
Isle total 100. Necessary to a
choice g. -
Before the voting began Mr.. Aver
offered a resolution on the pledges
rumorcl to have been filed, made by
/. the candidates, which was rejected
Mr.. Kcrshaw offered the folowin@