The log cabin Democrat., 1913-01-27
BOOSTING SHORT
 SESSION SENATOR'S
CROWDS THRONG CAPITOL
BALLOT1NG TO SELECT SENA. TOR WILL BEGIN TUESDAY
 MORNING.

Ing Tn Little Rock as early as Sunday morning carried large crowds of poli- tlclans, coming to make the final stand for their candidate for the United States senate to fill the seat made va cant through the death of Senator Jeff Davis. As the day advanced the crowds grew larger, and this morning Searcy sent almost a train load to whoop things up for Brunddge. The crowd seems to be divided into five sec tions. The first of these, and appa- rently the largest, is for Governor Joe T.. Robinson for senator. Brundidge stands next in the running. Then comes Hdl l.. Norwood, closely pressed by William F. Kirby. The fifth divis- ion IS floating one, waiting to grab at anything in sight and rush one of a half-dozen receptive candidates who have been in the city for some time. into the breach.
 While the balloting will not com mence until Tuesday at noon, the trad ing, the keel-hauling and the applica- tlon of grease to the skids is being done today. All hands are busy at the pumps trying to keep their political ship off the sandy bottom of Salt riv- CT, and tonight will certainly witness some stringent political maneuvering.
 Probably at noon Tuesday the house and senate will begin balloting. They ballot separately the first day, and if no election takes place, they meet in joint session Wednesday, and each sue ceeding day, to ballot until an election takes place. There seems to be little doubt of the election of Judge w. M. kavanaugh to serve out the unexpired term of Senator Davis, which ends March 1. He is reported to have about 120 pledged votes, and there are only 1855 members in the general assembly. If elected Tuesday, Judge Kavanaugh will leave at once for Washington, where he will relieve J. N. Heiskell, appointed by Governor Donaghey to fill the vacancy until the general as sembly should elect.
 The Robinson forces are claiming over 70 votes, which will be sufficient to elect on the first ballot if that strength can be mustered. It was gen eral belief until the last of the past week that Robinson would be elected on the first ballot. Then things began to take turn, and it now looks as if there will be a deadlock It is hardly probable there will be an election on the first ballot, for the simple reason the Arkansas legislature has some very astute politicians in it's ranks who have not yet received all the po- litical preferment for which they yearn. These men will probably be found supporting the weakest candi- date at the beginning, in order to have plenty of trading timber when the time for the final dash comes. If they are on the winning side at the start, it would take no inducement to bring them over, in which case they would lose.
 From the lineup of the candidates, should there be serious deadlock, the candidates at the end of the list have the advantage, for the Robinson forces would never swing to Brundidge, and the Brundidge following could not be induced into the Robinson camp, conse- quently, if neither of the leaders can be elected, there will be a general scramble to the Norwood and Kirby camps. In that event, Smead Powell of Camden, Judge Virgil Bourland of Fort Smith, Congressman W. A. Old field and others are expected to jump in and further complicate matters.
 It is estimated there are at least 800 politicians from all over the state in the city, all pulling for one of the candidates. The men seem to be here at the instigation of the candidates.
 Looking on the surging crowd in a local hotel last night, one of the lead ing manufacturers of Arkansas stat ed that the expression which has been made of the cost of the election of a United States senator, and what a hardship it was on the people, but he differed with him, for with the legis- lators engaged in deadly combat over the senatorial proposition, they could not devote time to the passing of laws which will drive capital from the state.