Manchester Democrat., 1911-01-18
NO CHOICE IS MADE
FOR U. 5. SENATOR.

Favorite Sons Remembered
On Initial Ballot
JOIl,T SESSION WEDNESDAY
Senator Lafayette Young In Lead Of
Republican Candidates and Claude
R. Porter Has Full Democratic
vote-Move by Hammlll 10 Abolish
< Office of Printer and Binder
1 Oregon Bills Are Before Eoth
Houses.
Des Moines, Ia, Jan 17.-The
Thirty-fourth General Assembly Of
the state convened in the second
week of its sessions at 10 o'clock
this morning with all the members
in their seats and ready for the ar
duous duties ahead of them. The
most strenuous OF these duties is that
of electing United States senator in
the place Of Senator Young, to fill
the Dolliver vacancy.
The first ballot on that selection
was taken at noon today and its re-
suit demonstrated that there is little
likelihood of the legislature reaching
an agreement on any one of the can
didates. For the democrats Claude
Porter is the only candidate. 1t had
been generally understood that the
minority party would cast their votes
for Hon. Dan Hamilton of the Sixth
Congressional district, but at eau
Gus the sentiment was shown to be
strongly for Mr.. Porter and Hamil-
tons name was not presented.
The vote in the legislature today
was by the two houses in separate
session, The hopeless division Of
the republicans was shown in the re,
suit. The 104 votes Of the majority
party in the two houses were divided
amongst half a dozen candidates with
Hon. Lafayette Young, the present
senator by appointment Of Governor
Carroll. leading all others. Consider
/ able strength was also shown by
Judge Kenyon and Hon. A. B. Funk
, of Spirit Lake, while the also rams
were Warren Garst, H. W. Byers,
Carl FRANKIE and Guy Feeley.
At noon tomorrow the two houses
will meet in joint session and the
first joint ballot will be taken. This
ballot 1t is expected will show 54
votes for Porter, about 40 for Sena-
tor Young and about 20 for Judge
Kenyon. Funk will be close to Ken
yon with 15 or 16 votes and Garst is
expected to muster about a dozen.
Then will come ByerS with 8 votes,
Feeley with 5 and FRANKIE with 8.
The result announced will be mo
choice" and the joint convention will
dissolve to be convened again at
noon on Thursday and at the same
hour each day Of the session there.
after until senator is elected.
To politicians who are giving the
matter the closest attention the prob.
ability of this assembly choosing a
man to fill the Dolliver vacancy is
considered very remote. It is pointed
out by these observers as pretty Ger.
tain that If senator is chosen II
will be one Of two men-Judge Ken.
yen or Senator Young. These mer
are the two strong factors in the con.
test today, and there is possibility
that break some day before long
may come to one or the other OF
them, and 1t is more likely to come
to Judge Kenyon than to Senator
Young.
If neither Young or Kenyon can be
elected there are remaining but two
courses open to the legislators. One
is to put the whole matter away from
them by fixing law for special
primary, and, failing to do this. the
other is to continue the Joint Assem-.
bly, in deadlock and finally adjourn,
leaving Senator Cummins as the lone
representative Of Iowa in the upper
house of congress. And of all the
possibilities here outlined 1t appear,
that the most probable one as tn.
situation stands at present. is for :.
final deadlock and only one Iowa sen.
ator at Washington.
To Abolish Printer and Binder.
Senator John Hammill of Hancock
county mas introduced bill, in ac.
cordance with the recommendation.
OF Gov. Carroll in his biennial mes
sage to the legislature, looking to tn.
adjustment of the state Offices o.
printer and binder and the putin.
in vogue in Iowa the contract system.
of securing printing and binding TO.
the state. Senator Hanmills bill is
patterned to some extent after the
Wisconsin law. 1t declares the of
fees of state printer and binder as
they now exist in the code shall be
abolished and that the terms of of.
flee of e. D. Chassell> present state
binder, and Emory H. English, pres
ent state printer, shall expire June
80 Of the present year This would