New-York tribune., 1911-03-03
SENATOR DEPEW'S SEAT
SURE TO Be VACANT
Governor KeenIy Feels Situation
and May Come Out with
Statement.
VERY ANGRY WITH MURPHY
Blsmes Tammany Hall Leader
for Putting Foot Down on
Second Caucus Plan
Week. End Pairs.
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Albany. March For the fret time since
the Stalwsrt- -HaIfbreed fight there will be
vacancy in the United States Senate
delegation from this state II Is certain
that there will be no Democratic Senator
elected before next week. + one IS for sew
eral weeks The term Of Senator pepew
expires on Saturday. The fact that there
actually will he a vacancy. which may be
OF long duration, Is causing acute anxiety
TO prominent Democrats here. Governor
Dix himself Is feeling it keenly. Pressure
on legislators and political leaders 10
smash the deadlock, even If the feelings
Of William +. Sheehan and Boss Murphy
arc injured in the smash. Is being OK
tended 10 include the Governor also. pe-
mands are being made that he come out
with some declaration which will end the
fsrcicsl situation here. Democrats say the
Governor Is very much disturbed over the
fact that there will he 2. Senate vacancy
that after two entire months Of foolin5
with the deadlock nothing has heen &C
conplished and ordinary legislative bust
ness has been thrust into the background
Apparently he Is not quite ready vet 20
make any public uttersnce on tho senator
ship. hut n would not surprise politicians
here If he mustered IN his courage and OK
pressed some vigorous opinions I'm day
or two.
It Is well known here that the Governor
favors another caucus. either preceded by
a. conference 10 get the uarring Demo
Gratis together or one without that formal
curtain raiser. II Is gossiped around to-
night that he Is very Vroth with "Boss"
Murphy Of Tammsny for putting his foot
down or the second caucus plan. The Gov
ornor's friends here say he believes n the
Democrats eve5 cot into another caucus
they would roc come ont Of II 10 face an
expectsnt party tangled M in another
deadlock.
Dis's Resentment Not Softened.
He has let il be known that he favored
their getting together. That was going
pretty far for an Executive who does not
interfere with the Legislature, and the Gov
ernor, SO far. has not cared TO 60 any fur-
ther. Naturally he is not pleased because
mis- efforts failed 10 receive the cooperation
Of Boss" Murphy. and the fect that
Murphy personally IL considered responFi-
bic for the deadlock by the insurgents and
many of the others who have tho Gov
ernor's car Just now isn't tending 10 soften
Nr DiY's resentment any.
The reason Boss" Murphy and Mr. shee
han are against the second CAUCUS IS that it
will be useless. so fer as electing Sheehan
is concerned. no doubt Of the attitude II
the insurgents can exist on the part oven
Of the most bigoted Sheehan supporter
They decline absolutely 10 recognize IN
Mr.. Sheehan the embodiment Of the divin
ity Of Democracy. the sacredness of caucus
and majority rule any Of the other doc
trines of which he admits he is high priest
Also they still decline 10 recognize IN
Boss" Murphy Of Temmsnv the absolute
dictator of Democrats upstate.
Some Of them have said TO anybody and
everybody that thev would not 90 into any
second caucus under any conditions. Most
of them would enter another caucus ~
condition that a senatorship blacklist were
established II must have AT least two
names 10 meet their demands-Willia Z
sheehsn and Daniel F Cohalon That
leaves "Poss" Murphy little chance 10 DO
ANYTHING but eroul and hang tight 10 shee-
han and the cold comfort Of being mar
.vr IN the sacred principle ~ majority
rule
In the ballotine TO-DAY ther, res nearly
ss much speech making as Voting Assem-
hlvn,sn FRYE. insurgent Democrat. began
II by little talk prefacinz his vote for
Justice Luke \ Starlston. Of ths Supreme
Court. who lives in his district. Assem-
hlvu,an Goodwin. ~ Westchester County,
took il I'd by speech for Senator DepeT,
onetir1e resident of Vsstchsster County
That gave Assenlblvn,an Jackson. Of Buf-
falo. chance II make little argument
for William T shsehan. a distinguished
nsr,ocrat and the caucus choice ~ the ma
ioritv Of the Democrats il this Legis-
laturs
Asserblvman o'Connor. Independence
Lacquer. who came fer votes later,
could not swallow Jscksons euloey of
Sheehsn
Il cast my vote 90 said he 'for John Y
Hopper. not for Thomas Fortune RYAN or
Charles Francis Nurphv.'
The thirty-eiehth ioint ballot for United
States Senator follows
pemo,ra,s-shsehan, es. Littleton Is. 0 Erien
sulzsr 2. Parker. !; KEENAN,, J; Carlisle J,
Hopper ]; Lazansky. J. Luke D. stapleton' l.
Pspublican-Depep. 80
TOTAL vote cast lEl necessary tor choice, -
BILL. TO REGULATE EXPLOSIVES