The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-05
Nav HAMpsHlRE DEADLOCK
Granite State Legislature Has Voted
Weeks for Senator.


Concord, N. H., March 3.-After
seven weeks of voting, during which
thirty-five ballots have been taken,
New Hampshire has failed to elect
United States Senator to succeed
Henry e. Burnham, whose twelve
years in the Senate will end on
March A. On that date a vacancy in
the Senatorial representation of this
State will exist and there Is no i'm
mediate prospect that It . viii be
filled.
Fifty different candidates thus far
have been voted for and the sessions
of each new legislative week add
one or more names to the list. Only
half a dozen have been able to COM
mand any considerable vote. The
Democratic strength has been almost
unitedly for Henry F. Hollis of this
city from the first ballot, while the
Republican strength has been scat
tered.
No Democrat other than Mr.. Hol.
lis can be elected without his con-
sent while he holds anything like his
present strength. II thirty or forty
votes could be taken from him and
concentrated on some other Demo
crat the Republicans might support
such a man, who naturally would be
OF a conservative type as regards the
tariff, thus insuring Hollis defeat
and shutting out the Progressives
from claiming any part in the actual
selection of Senator.
No party of itself can elect. If the
Democrats voted solid for Hollis and
he had no other support, he could
not be elected. If every Republican
and every Progressive voted for a
party candidate and that candidate
received no other support an election
would be impossible. The winner
of this prize must get votes outside
of his party.
The members of the New Hamp-
shire Legislature get 5000 each SEES
sion for their services. Few would
be willing to stay here after April /
for this compensation. Unless a Sen
ate is chosen by the first week in
April adjournment probably will
| take place and the old seat which
Burnham's friends wrestled from
William Z. Chandler twelve years
ago is likely to remain vacant for a
period of two years.
In the early stages of the voting
the old guard Republicans divided
their support between Rosecrans w.
Pillsbury, owner of the Manchester
Union, and ex-Gov. Henry B. Quinby,
the latter showing by far the great.
er strength. twenty-five men elect
announced at the opening session
of the Legislature that they were
Progressives and would not affiliate
with the old guard.
IL a choice at this session Is
prevented it will not altogether dis
please the old guard, who hope that
after an interim of two years the
party may be able to unite and send
Republican to the Senate.
Hollis has had much opposition
from within his own party, led by
Clarence f. Carr, candidate several
times for Governor and conserva-
| tive Democrat.
Hollis has corralled FIVE Republi-
can votes. On eacn successive DAY
Of balloting he has come within from
| three to seven votes of victory.
When Hollis came within three votes
of winning he profited by the unex-
planned absence of several Republi-
cans who were not paired. A COM
mittee of three has been appointed
to investigate possible charges of
bribery which some members assert
are to be brought.
Predictions are made that In the
final hours of the session, when the
Progressives find the election of one
OF their number is impossible. they
will go to Hollis. The Progressives
combined with the Democrats in
seating several Democratic members
OF the State Senate and three mem
bers of the Governors Council. The
Democrats gave the Progressives the
Speakership and the latter in turn
helped to seat the Democratic Cover
nor. who did not have a majority
vote of the people.