The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-31
HOPE ID BREAK
 DEADLOCK TODAY Barnes Urges Republicans to Support Democrat WRITES OPEN LETTER Expected That Democratic Insurgents Will Either Join Regulars or
 Republicans in Election
 of Senator

Albany, N. Y, March 30-The insur- gent democratic members of the legisla- ture will have it in their power tomor- row to break the senatorial deadlock, either by settling their differences with the party organization accepting aid from the republicans. Tonight when the prospects Of eiecting a senator tomor- row seemed to depend entirely upon how many insurgents would enter caucus William Barnes. Jr., chairman of the republican state committee. made pub lie a letter advising the republican leg islative leaders to give to ''the indepen- dent democratic members the opportun- ity to fill New York's vacancy in the senate by rendering it's unanimous sup port to a conservative democrat"
 MT. Barnes letter supported the idea gained after today's abortive caucus, that the democrats were hopelessly dl- vided. The name of the next United States senator from New York tonight apparently depends upon which course the independent" democrats choose to follow
 Tomorrow at 10 a. m., the democrats will caucus behind closed doors. Before the Barnes letter appeared it was ex- pected l5 insurgents would enter this meeting on condition that the names of neither William F. Sheehan nor Daniel F. Cohalan would be presented.
 The effect of Mir. Barnes proposition will be indicated by the number of. in- surgents who enter the caucus. If i5 join the organization members in mak- ing a caucus nomination, their cand- date will have enough votes for election. Unless the organization offers accept able terms it is believed enough insur- gents to insure an election are ready to join the republicans in ending the deadlock.
 The transfer of lists of acceptable can organization continued today. After num- erous ellminations the following are said to have remained as possible candidates:
 Martin W. Littleton, John D. Herman, Martin H. Glynn, Isidore Straus. Her man Ridder, Alton B. Parker, Morgan J. O'Brien, Augustus Van Wyck, D, Cady Herricl and John N Carlisle.
 In his letter MT. Barnes says that the senatorial situation has reached a stage where it seems that as chairman of the state committee he is called upon to ex- press to the republican members of the legislature what seems to be their ob- vious patriotic duty. He continues that in view of the call for an extra session Of Congress. the grave consideration that the state of New York has in the matters which will come before that ses- sion and the fact that 1t must be clearly known that no senator can be elected by the democratic majority. the republican minority "in the performance of its pub lie duty. under the constitution, should give to the independent democratic mem bers of the legislature, if any there are, the opportunity to fill New Yorks va cancy in the Senate by rendering its unanimous support to d conservative dcmoorat for the office of United States senator
 Albany, N. Y, March 3O--The demo- cratic senators hope to settle the sena- torshlp contest at a secret caucus to- morrow morning. The caucus today ad- .journed until 10 a. m. tomorrow without taking a vote after the organization leaders had directed a full attendance with the expectation that a senator may be elected and adjournment taken for a week until the regular quarters in the capitol are ready for use.
 Only handful of democratic members of the legislature were at the temporary capitol of the state in the Albany city hall at the time set for converting of the caucus today to act on the matter of selecting candidate for United States senator. Tine situation since the adjourn ment of the caucus last night appeared to have been complicated by Charles F. Murphy's Illumination against Francis Lynde Stetson, whom he accused of planning the ruin of the democratic party in this state by the defeat of Vim. r. Sheehan, the first democratic caucus nominee, attributing MT. Stetson's alleg- ed course to the influence of the so- called interests Senator Bracket, mi nority leader, said today that the re- publicans were "sitting tight and await ing developments The failure to date to bring about an alliance between the minority members and the insurgents is taken as another indication that the reg ulars will defer caucus action at least until Monday
 Before the caucus reassembled it was planned to bring about further ad- journment until Monday night in the hope that in the interim a compromise ra ndiIate wouId he agreed unOu