The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-01-23
DEADLOCK WILL Be
BROKEN THIS WEEK
Is PREDICTION OF MANY WISE
POLITICIANS.
CONSERVATIVES PICKED TO WIN
Claim is Made That They VIII Get To
gether and Decide Upon One Of Their
Number to Finish the Race With
Ex-Governor Vardaman.
CONSERVATIVES PICKED TO WIN


ESPECIAL 10 The BOOMING TimEsh
Jackson. Miss. Jan. 22-That MissIs
sippi s senatorial deadlock will be brok
en- before the close of the coming weel
is the confident prediction being mad
around the state house and in hotel lob
bies today.
Many representations are being mad
that next week will sec Il nominatio
for United States senator.
But who the nominee will be non
will make a prediction, bat that he leg
islators are tired Of the monotonou
90 eaimill grind there is no mistaking
The situation IS shaping up, and NOR
#fnterest Will be shown in the next meet
ling of the caucus Monday night tha
any for several days. With most Q
the members out Of town. there is no
much for the candidates and worker
to do, except figure out the situation
and this they have done, with the re
suit that nomination aul election j
looked for next week. which viii b
the fourth week Of the deadlock.
While the fight has been a hard one
it has been free from personalities-;
clean-cut contest, different from an
other state in this section, and Will
there may be some feeling after tn
nomination and election Is made ther
will be no bitterness.
There has been some change sine
oalioting begsu, but ei,e dne up -
each candidate today is practically tn
same it was on the first day of the eau
Gus. There will not be any materla
cnange till the final showdown, whie:
viii come tieher Wednesday or Thurs
day of next week.
Strength Of Candidates
Everyone knows what Vardaman
strength is. while Percy > strength /
greater than that Of amy opposing can
dirIate, though the question to be deter
mined is which Of tac candidates ha
Inc greater SCtoHudiN StttHStH IT, Il 4
knows that he is strong in this respect
but Alexander also has good strength
while Kyle and Byrd are both stronge
than appears from their vote. XVI
has remarkable secondary strength
ii is claimed by his friends. Will
Byrd 5 friends think he is the mos
available man, because of the streng1i
nc can carry on the final bailot.
It is stated that the conservative can
didatcs are evincing the ''get together
spirit. and that one Of their numbe'
to make a single-handed fight with ex
Gov Vardaman. the plurality candidate
for the unexpirej seat of McLaurin.
The conservative candidates are ap
parentiy more sanguine today than the,
have been at any time since the fgh
started, and express confidence that an'
one of their number can vanquish Var
daman in a plain = show down befort
the democratic caucus.
Just how the conservatives intend L
start the elimination process or wht
they will select as the object Of concen
tration of strength is not explained. an.
none of the candidates are willing +
venture opinions on the subject. The'
frankly admit that their prime purpost
is to defeat Vardaman, and while eac'
doubtless hopes to be the victor. neithe
of Mem will hesitate on the sacrifice
of personal ambition when the prope
moment for the final fight is reached.
The vardaman elan. on the othe
hand. assert with confidence that it cal
not be accomplished: that it will be ut
terlv Impossible for the conservative
to get together; that il a process o
elimination is ever attempted it VII
send legislators pelln into the Var
daman camp. and add sufficiently t,
his strength - insure nomination.
that with eighteen more votes She cal
achieve an easy vietary. and they hay,
pledged not less than thirty member
who will vote for Yardaman as thei
second choice.
The friends Of each candidate, o
course, want their man selected, bu
that they are willing to support an.
man selected is known. There has bee
4 counting of noses to see how each can
didate stands as a second choice. hu
Just what this count shows has not beer
made public.
Prefer Vacancy to vardaman.
Believing that majority of the vot
ers Of the state would prefer q VACANCY
70 the incumbency Of Variaman, tn,
opposing candidates are determined Il