Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-18
Deadlock in the Illinois
Assembly is Tight
as Ever.
STILL TALKING DEALS
Judge Sherman Serves Notice
That He Will Not Accept
the Short Term.

Springfield, Ill, Feb. 1S.-The fourth |
joint ballot today for the long term
senatorship resulted:
Lewis, democrat 81.
Sherman, republican, 76.
Funk, progressive. 19.
Berlyn, socialist, 4.
Raymond Robins, progressive, 1.
Not voting, 8.
The fourth joint ballot for the short
term senatorship resulted in no choice.
The vote was scattered among a score
Of candidates. Boeschenstetn, demo
crat, and Sherman, republican, led.
LONG TERM IS BARRIER.
Lawrence Y. Sherman, republican
senatorial primary nominee, told the
managers Of James Hamilton Lewis,
democratic primary nominee, today
that he would not consent to a pro-
posed combination involving his elec-
ton as the short term senator. The
Lewis managers informed Mr.. Sher-
man and his friends with equal en-
phasis that they would not agree to
inee get the long term.
Both sides are standing firm. If one
or the other gives in and is willing
to take the short term a republican
democratic combination for the cleo
| ton Of the two primary nominees ap-
pears a certainty.
LEWIS MEN FAVOR DEAL.
| democratic senators, but his friends,
who are looking out for the interests
of Colonel Lewis, are out in the open
for the Sherman-Lewis deal The
Lewis managers would like the assur-
ance of President-elect Woodrow Will
son that under the circumstances the
election of one republican senator will
be justifiable. Democrats who profess
to have a line on Governor Wilson's
opinions believe he would never con-
sent to giving up the long term.
WHIP HAND TO REPUBLICANS.
The republicans insist upon having
the long term because they believe
they can force the democrats to take
the short term or nothing Less than
half a dozen republicans have baked
on the proposed election of Sherman
and Frank H. Funk. progressive. They
have taken the stand that any combi
nation should involve the election OF
the two primary nominees, tdt if II
proves impossible to put through the
Lewis-Sherman combination they will
abandon their opposition. The pro
gressives ask only for the short term
Representative Joseph Carter and
two other progressives were in con
ference last night with Governor
Dunno. The progressives have sug
} gested that they might be willing t
vote for two democrats II, in addition
to getting all the minority patronage
they were permitted TO name the sec
ond democrat 1t is understood Gov
ernor Dunno would not consent t.
their naming the second democrat
| Furthermore, it Is believed he woulC
prefer to make a bargain with the re
publicans, as he then would be NOR,
, certain of sufficient votes for the con
frmation of his appointments.
ASK BoEsCHENsTEIN TO QUIT.
|, A committee of democrats compos
l ed of Representatives w. A. Hubbar,
l and Charles A. Karch and Senators "
A. Compton and W. D. Piercy is seeI
ing to convince Charles Boeschensteir
democratic caucus nominee for tx
. short term, that he should withdraw
Mr Boeschenstein's managers, how
: ever, declare their intention TO pul
1 votes away from Lewis Just as Ion
: as the Lewis managers seek to cleo
r the colonel without giving any COT
sideration to the caucus nominee
FLOOD OF BILLS.
], food of bills, the first to be Intro
4 duced in the house since the conver
ing of the legislature six weeks ag,
today swamped the reading clerk {
the house, when, by the adoption {
set of temporary rules, the member
made the Introduction Of bills legal
\ possible. Nearly hundred bills wer
introduced