Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-30
Insurgents Continue to Hold Bal
ance Of Power in Fight over
Senatorship.
HERMAN is MOST FAVORED
Division among Republicans as to
Expediency of Helping Elect
Him-Regulars Led to
Procrastinate Further.

Albany. March 2s-The third session Of
the reconvened democratic senatorial ceu-
Gus lasted tonight just long enough tS
permit Senator Cullen to move for an ad-
journnent until 1920 o'clock tomorrow
morning. The ayes on this motion wore
feeble compared with the storm Of noes
from members who had been packed in
the extemporized council room at the cdty
hall for nearly an hour Chairman wAg-
ner. however. promptly detained: This
row morning"
1t had been the expectation OF many
that an overnight agreement would be
reached by which the insurgents would
feel their way clear to attend In a botiy.
This expectation was not realized Ben
ator Loomis who has been voting With
the Insurgents, was on hand. as he had
been at the opening of me previous eau
Gus, but he said that he had no intention
CT participating IN the proceedings.
Il think" said the senator that We
ray DO business tomorrow or next day
RCMORS OF ALL KINDS.
All sorts Of runors were floating arouns
as usual. One OF them was to the effeo>
that Charles F. Murphy favored judge
D-Cady Herrick. who was said to have
figured on the list OF ten submitted last
night BY the insurgents, provided he could
get satisfactory assurances Of enough In
surGent strength to insure Judge Herricks
election. It was said. however. that
number Of the insurgents would not
pledge themselves to Herricks support
Their preference. as indicated by to-days
oalloting, is for John D. Herman and
there are persistent reports tonight TO
| the effect that overtures have been made
| by them to the republicans with view
| to electing Mr.. Herman unless the regular
democrats accede to their proposals on to-
morrow's balloUng.
! An interesting factor in the situation
| appears TO be a division among the re-
! puolicans on the port of the expediency
| OF helping the Insurgents to name man
| ot their choice. Two republican confer
| encea were held to-day without any
evidence Of having reached definite
| determination on this point. Almost tho
entire combined votes Of tho republicans
and insurgents would be necessary for
the election OF a senator.
REGULARS TAKE HEART
This lack OF unanimity in the repub-
lican ranks is understood to have en-
couraged the regular democrats to
pr ocr astinate in the hope OF an ernerg-
ency arising by which they can mako
a better bargain with the insurgents
Some Of the leaders said tonight
that the fire at the capitol furnished
an admirable pretext for carrying out
this program and that legislative re-
cess for several days was imminent.
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be elected in order to take his seat at
| the opening OF the extraordinary ses-
sion of Congress is next Monday.
Various conferences were held to-
night. Prior to the rsconvening Of
the caucus, Senators Wagner, T. D.
sullivan and Frawiey and Assembly
men Smith and Foley conferred at the
Ten Eyck Hotel and It is underst ood
were in direct com municatton with Mr..
Murphy. Letter Leaders Wagner and
Smith had a talk with Speaker Frfs-
bic who reiterated that senator
would be elected before April /.
Then Supsrtntsnd Of Public Works
: rremain and P,tbhc Service Commissiorer
Huppuch were cioseted with the speAke er.
While this was going on Senator Roose-
welt and Assenrblymen shortt. Trombay
and Evans were engaged in animated
discussion with the regulars. a confer
cree committee from the insurgents al
the city hall, Governor DIX at the sxecu-
tive mansion kept in close touch with the
days activities of the various political
, camps.
While the perspiring members were
packed in the stufry supreme court ROOM
n bowsrot away engines were putting, and
nrenen were throwing streams OF water
on the smouldering fire which wrecked
the Assembly chamber they had left a
few minutes before one o'clock this morn,
irg.