Show SEW YORK POLITICS Edwards Will be Present at the Senates Organization REPUBLICANS FIGHTING HILL I Willing to Do Anything to Beat Him Tho Ohio Contest Still Undecided Iden Declares for 8herman 4 NEW York Jan 4Senator James T Edwards who defeated Perry Vedder in the Chautauqua district is today the biggest big-gest link in the political muddle which engages en-gages the attention of the political leaders of the state He is bigger than the legislature legis-lature itself for without him the senate isel cannot organize with a legal quorum The Democrats have sixteen senators but it I takes seventeen to make a quorum Senator Sena-tor Edwards designates himself an Independent Inde-pendent Republican but has been quoted as saying ho would sit with the Democrats to organize the senate tomorrow Fifteen out and out Republican senators said to favor a plan of absenting themselves tomorrow to prevent a quorum held a I meeting here today in conjuction with Platt and other leaders to determine what I to do Snnntnr Hiscn k was also nresent I Edxvards has been i invited tom t with them but his failure to respond is regarded i re-garded as ominous After a lengthy discussion r dis-cussion all the Republicans seemed I agreed on one point and that is unless Edwards Ed-wards refuses to aid the Democrats in organizing or-ganizing the senate it will be useless for I the other Republican senators t remain away Some philosophical Republicans cans profess to be indifferent as to Edwards attitude As to hi standing in the contest between Walker Dem and Sherwood Rep in tHe Twentyseventh district Edvards is said to haye stated he would not vote for Walker that no man should admitted to tho senate who had 1MO votes less than his opponent and that the electors of the district should have another election Most of the senators left tonight for Albany Lite tonight an Associated Press reporter the lat porter met Senator Edwards and I Icr said he would certainly attend the senate sen-ate meeting tomorrow I |