The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-17
MONTH WASTED
AND NO RESULT
Election of Senator No Nearer
in Kentucky Than II Was
Thirty Days Ago.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. 16.-The Ken
lucky general assembly has balloted
for exactly a 'month in an effort to
elect a United States senator to sue
coed James b. McCreary, and today
is apparently no nearer an election
than it was on the day the first bal
lot was taken. On the first vote for
mer Governor Beckham. who had been
nominated at the Democratic prima-
ries, received sixty-six votes: former
Governor Bradley, Republican caucus
nominee. 81 votes. while seven Demo-
cratic members were scattering and
one Republican absent through i'll
ness.
The relative standing of the two
candidates is practically the same as
when the voting began.
Playing Politics.
During the four weeks intervening,
however. the limit of politics has been
played by both Democrats and Re
publicans in the effort to secure an
advantage in the race and break the
deadlock. The principal vehicle for
charges and counter-charges has been
bill to extend the provisions of the
fcounty unit local option prohibition
Flaw uniformly to all counties of the
state. The Republicans have charged
that the Beckham Democrats have
used this bill as a legislative football,
seeking first to deal with the recall
citrant Democrats by agreeing to hold
up the bill, and failing in this, to
hang it over their heads as a punish
ment for their failure to support the
Democratic nominee. On the other
hand, the prohibition Democrats as
sert that the Republicans have violat-
ed the emphatic declaration of their
last state platform by voting with the
so-called liquor Democrats to delay
the bill
Republican Deal.
1t was charged by the Beckham
Democrats last week that an agree
ment was reached whereby the Re
publicans were to deliver forty votes
to delay the prohibition bill in ex-
change for four votes from the mi
nority Democrats to unseat two Dem
ocratic representatives, thus putting
Bradley within three votes of victory.
On the day when this charge was first
made forty Republicans voted to de-
lay the bill, which the Democrats as
sert is a vindication of this accusa-
ton.
The constant effort of the Demo-
Gratis who are opposing Beckham has
been to present the name of some
Democrat who might prove powerful
enough to induce some of the Beck
ham men to desert him. Senator Nc
Creary, Henry Watterson, Former
Senator Blackburn, Colonel ]. r. AL
len and State Senator Wheeler Camp
bell are among those frequently sup
ported, but the Beckham Democrats
have remained immovable and declare
that if Beckham cannot WIN no other
Democrat shall.
Hoping Against Hope.
The Republicans are supporting
Bradley as a unit, hopeful that they
may finally secure enough votes from
anti-Beckham Democrats to elect him.
While the senatorial pot is at the
boiling point legislation is at stand
still. The session is more than half
over and yet only one bill has become
law, and it only provides for a
stenogra pher 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 in the senatorial race.