Show Ohio Senatorial Contest COLCMUUS 0 Jan 4The senatorial contest this morning shows hopeful evidence evi-dence of an early solution One by one the doubtful assemblymen are being forced to yield to public pressure or the clamor of their constituents and declare themselves until the doubtful list is becoming so small thai the result can soon be safely declared irrespective of their positive action I Last night Senator Parker of Cuyahoga I declared irrevocably lor Foraker and this morning Senator Rawlins of Clark county I I comes out for Sherman This is distinct i gain of one for the Shermanites as Rawlins had been constantly claimed by I both sides I I The1 Sherman people this morning insisted I in-sisted that they would have the support of Senator Lampson president pro tern of the Senate hub the Foraher people also claim him while the Senator himself still maintains his position of uncertainty Senator Sherman on oeingquestioned said 1 have received assurances that Lampson will cast his vote for me I Strong efforts are being made by the For aker men generally to induce the labor organizations or-ganizations throughout the state to declare for Fprakec and against Sherman I A little excitement was occasioned this morning by the claim of the Foraker people that the Sherman forces were endeavoring i 1 to secure the vote of Representative Rud noy of Cleveland through the influence of Chauncey Depew who they said had consented con-sented to take a hand in the tight for Sher This meant that Rudney would be deprived de-prived of his position as attorney for the Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railroad company at the town in which he resides if i j i be fails to vote for Sherman The Sherman < Sher-man people denounce this statement as ma j licious and state that neither Del ew nor any other corporate representatives are endeavoring to coerce men into supporting St nator Sherman I The two houses of the general assembly met at 10 this morning and organized by I electing Senator Lampson of Ashtabula i president pro tern of the senate and Representative Rep-resentative Laylin of Huron speaker of the house The regular caucus nominees I for the minor positions were also elected I i In his message to the general assembly Governor Campbell confined himself to a renewal of suggestions and recommendations recommenda-tions mado by him to the sixtyninth assembly tops I sembly and not acted upon by that body Sherman Republicans made no attempt to seat Iden in tho IdenGaumer contest this morning so the anticipated conflict between be-tween the Foraker and Sherman forces in I the senate did not take place The only dispute was over tho question as to whether I the case should be referred to the regular j committee on privileges and elections when appointed or to a special committee consisting consist-ing of Nichols and Carpenter Republicans and Forbes Democrat The latter was the proposition of the Republicans Re-publicans and it prevailed by a strict party vote As the Republican members of the committee are both Sherman men there is no doubt they will report in favor of seating seat-ing Iden without delay The Foraker senators sena-tors refuse to indicate what course they will pursue in case the committee reports in favor of seating Iden A Republican joint caucus will bo held i Wednesday evening It looks now as though the announcement of the standing of the doubtful ones would not be made until the evening of the caucus and this with the possibility of a secret ballot still leaves the ultimate result uncertain While a deadlock is not probable it is not impossible im-possible the contest may drift into a condition con-dition by which neither of the pronounced candidates can secure a majority of the caucus Much dispute is created by an open letter let-ter of Colonel H V Boynton the Washington Wash-ington journalist defending Shermans labor record and ridiculing the labor committee com-mittee now striving to defeat the Senator Sena-tor This afternoon the committee sent Boynton a telegram saying in part The Republican platforms of 1SSO 84 and S3 pledged the passage of acts for the exclusion of the Chinese and by voting against them Sherman sot himself above party Would bo have changed it had he been nominated for the presidency or tried to deceive peo pie in the Pacific slope Will you inform us why ho voted against the equalization bounties in 1875 and against the arrears of pensioners in 1S84 which big party pledged itself to pass Why did he oppose the passage pass-age of the bill to increase to 21 a month the pension of soldiers who lost an arm and were only receiving 18 per month and why did he vote against the bill to limit the pension of any soldier sailor or marine to a minimum of IQ per month The Sherman people the efforts of this selfappointed labor committee as they term it with contempt and express indignation indig-nation that Sherman should be accused of unfriendliness to oxunion soldiers While all these charges and their refutation serve as a subject for lively discussion it is becoming apparent that neither the labor organizations nor the Farmers alliance al-liance are a factor in the present campaign The IdenGaumer contest was brought to a hasty conclusion this afternoon without with-out a protest from tho Foraker senators against the seating of Lien This assures Sherman ten more votes Five minutes after the oattx of office was administered Iden announced to the Associated Press Im for Sherman for Senator and want it distinctly so announced |