New-York tribune., 1911-01-17
'SHEEHAN CHOICE Of
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
Gets 62 Votes to Il for Shepard
and 7 for HerriCk-25 Men,
berS Stay Out.
MAY BE A DEADLOCK
Bolt Due to Last Desperate En-
fort of Shepard Men to Beat
Sheehan and to Dixs
Attitude.
MAY BE A DEADLOCK
ERy Telegraph 70 The Tribune. J

Democratic legislators absent, the Demo-
cratic Joint caucus tonight chose WILL
lam F. Sheehan, OF Buffalo, 10 be the
Democratic candidate for United States
Senator Two other names were pre-
sented-those OF Edward NJ. Shepard and
d. Cady Herrick. The vote was: Sheehan.
so: Shepard, 21; Herrick, I, according TO
unofficial tally sheets. The official figures
were 63, 21 and g. When the result was
declared the sponsors for Shepard and
Herrick moved to make the result unani-
nous. Assemblyman Chanler and shortt
voted against it.
The caucus vote was as follows:
For, sheehan-senators Black. ,Eiero
Frawley. Gittins; Grady. Griffin HaIts'
Ramsperger. Stillwell. c. ID. Sullivan. ].
D. sullivan and Wagner. - n
emblymen-Blauyelt, Boylan, Byen-
man, Bush, Caughlin. Cuvillier Dawson
Eg6n, Fitzpatrick, Foley, F'risoie, Geators,
Gerhardt Gillen. Goldberg, Goldstein,
Graubard. Gregg, Gurnett Hackett Heatn'
McCne. Nc McEiligott, McGrath Monchynskl,
Mork, Neupert, oliver. A. Parker Palrie'
! A. f. Smith, Speilberg. TurIey, WALKER
Washburn. Well. Wende and Zorn.
| Total SO.
! For Shepard-senators Bayne,. Cronin.
Cullen, Harden, Long, Docmis and Sanntr.
| Assemblymen-Carew Chanler. Donnely,
! McKeon, ]. j. ONeilI. NJ a. O'Neill. schit-
ferdecker Seeley. sheide and shortt
For Herrick-senators Ferris and Muir
taugh and Assemblymen Collin. Gould. ".
R. Herrick. Hoyt and Warren.
Total. Z.
Senators Black and O'Brieu and AS
semblymen Gillen, Jameson, Geatons and
Goldstein. Of Kings. voted for Sheehan.
although John H. McCooey, the Kings
County leader, a few days ago declared
for Shepard.
See End of Sheehan's Hopes.
Most people here except the pro-
nounced Sheehan howlers consider this
as the end of Sheehan's senatorship.
hopes. A deadlocked legislature, they
reckon, would concentrate public opinion
to such an extent that he would lose
votes rather than gain them. Moreover.
the declaration is made openly tonight
on high authority that ne has brought II
all on himself. Governor Dix, 1t is said.
, made direct and rather forceful re-
quest of him to withdraw from the race,
that some semblance of harmony might
be brought about in the party. Sheehan
refused
While Sheehans chances may be con-
sidered very slight, It Is not just clear
how Mr.. Shepard's have improved much.
though the sanguine Shepard men figure
they have. II is considered probable by
most Of the people that a compromise
candidate will be the result Tammany,
II is believed, after trying TO put Shee-
han through for a while, will shift to
Daniel F. Cohalan. The same elements
in the party which have been opposing
Sheehan will fight Cohalan, though pos
sibly not with the same success Alton
r. Parker is the man who seems to have
the best chance Some Shepard men
say frankly that if Parker's name is
presented he Is entirely likely to get
enough support from the Independents to
elect him if he holds the Sheehan
strength.
) C. r. Murphy Silent.
Charles F.. Murphy, apparently utterly
emotionless. said nothing whatever
about the caucus result To every ques-
ton having bearing on the past, pres
ent and future Of the Democratic party.
; he answered
II have nothing 10 say"
William +. Sheehan said little more
I'm going to be elected" he de-
clared He wasn't smiling quite so much
| l. g-I.t 1, ! g., .
he meant II.
There are indications late tonight
that after the first vote on joint ballot
ing of the Legislature several men who
voted in to-night's caucus for Sheehan
will break away from him. Half a dozen
have said that they consider the caucus
action binding on them for the first bal
lot only, and that after that they Will
vote as they please Among them is ex-
Lieutenant Governor Chanier out Of
this the Shepard men are extracting
much comfort. They figure they can
pick up enough votes in that way TO
place their candidate in the lead in the
, ballotlng. aided by keen public sentiment
focused on the voting.
"All have to say" said Thomas Mott
Osborne, leader in the Shepard move
ment. tonight is that we have taken
the first trick. If anybody thinks that
the upstate legislators are incompetents
he is much mistaken"
Asked If he still thought Mr.. Shepard
would win, he replied that he had been
hopeful of that result all the way along.
but felt better over it tonight than he
, did this morning.
Charges by Anti -sheehan Men.
The anti Sheehan people are openly
: charging that the makeup Of the COM
mittees announced tonight was manipu-
lated in sheehans interests. one def
mite statement in support of this claim
was that the place OF chairman OF the
Forest. Fish and Game Committee was
offered Assemblyman Drummond. Of Au-
| burn. and he accepted II, after the con-
sent OF Mr.. Osborne the head OF the
state department and his recommended
ton had been secured. II is pointed out
/ that Mr.. Drummond was not only not
named chairman. but that his name did
not even appear on the committee.
The wholesale bolt OF Democrats op-
G posed TO Sheehan was due 10 two things
4 "A last desperate effort Of the Shepard
D men to beat Sheehan, not in the caucus.