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insurgents Agree to Con.
slider lt-four More Futile
Ballots in Caucus.
VAIN DEBATE TILL 1850 4. NJ.
Fear Of Coalition With RepubIi.
cans Confuses the Demo.
cratic Leaders.

ALBANY. March pa little before
o'clock this morning the insur-
gent leaders submitted to Charles 2.
Murphy in New York, over the telephone.
the names OF Isidor Straus. Martin II.
Glynn and Martin W. Littleton as candi-
dates for the Senatorial nomination.
Mr.. Murphy, replying. submitted the name
OF D-Cady Herrick Of Albany.
The insurgents took Mr.. Herrick's
name under consideration.
The idea Of naming Mr.. Herrick. II was
stated. was that the Democratic Senator
must measure in ability and character
up to Mr.. Sheehan. Al this stage Of the
negotiations the Democratic caucus.
which had taken four indeterminats
ballots. adjourned at 1850 o'clock until
10 A. NJ. to-day.
The delay in bringing the caucus to
an end was the result of negotiations
which the legislative Democratic leaders
were holding with Charles F. Murphy
over the telephone in New York on the
one hand and with Senator Roosevelt.
who was in consultation with his brother
insurgents at his home here in an en-
deavor to see il there was not some COM
mon ground upon which they could all
get together and name caucus can
didate for Senator who could get ma
jority on joint ballot in the Legislature.
The telephone communications between
the leader of Tsmmany Hall in New York
and the Democratic leaders. and with
Senator Roosevelt in his home were con-
Quoted from Speaker Frisbic's room on
the Assembly Chamber
This situation was brought about some
what by repeated suggestions from Lead
ing Democratic legislators that it was
great mistake for the caucus last night
to rescind the action of the first caucus
in making William +. SheehGn the party
candidate for Senator until the party
leaders were ready to name another man
an the party candidate.
| These Democratic legislators wshre in
sisting to Majority Leaders Wagner and
Smith and to Speaker Frisbie that the
caucus should not adjourn this morning
without naming another caucus candidate
for Senator. without regard to the atti-
tude of the Democratic insurgents. and
they threatened to keep on voting for Mir
Sheehan il this were not done.
The only substantial change in the vote
for candidates from Monday night WAS that
Martin H. Glynn again was brought to
the front receiving one vote. which was
sufficient to keep him before the caucus
Assemblyman Joseph A. Warren Of MAN.
haitian voted for Mr.. Gynn.
| On the first two ballots Isitlor Straus
received five votes. but on the third ballot
his vote rose TO II. Senator Stilweli
and Assemblymen Brace. Egan, Ger
hardt, Mork. Myers and Turley AZ COM
pliment to Senator T. ID. Sullivan changed
their votes and cast their ballots for Mr.
Straus.
| The recess was taken in the hope that
something definite might come from the
confer ences going on all day and night
between friends of the State organization,
Gov. Dix and the Democratic insurgents
| The Democratic State leaders were
much disturbed over the reported coal-
ton between the insurgent Democrats
and the Republicans and tried for long
time to get Senator Roosevelt to promise
he would come to no final agreement with
the Republicans next week
| Winfield A. Huppuch ex-cl.airman of
the Democratic State committee, was
running between Gov. Dix and the leglsla-
tive leaders and the Democratic insurgents
all of the evening. and Majority Leaders
Wagner and Smith and Speaker Frisbis
and Mr. Huppuch held frequent con-