| Show WEST VIRGINIA DEADLOCK Still Uncertain Which Party Will Control Legislature Charleston W Va Jan 15The legislature has been in session four I days the past week without doing anything This general deadlock is due to the senatorial contest and it will continue all this week The Democrats held their senatorial caucus on Wednesday Wed-nesday night and the Republicans on Thursday night but the balloting in I joint session does not begin until Jan 23 On the certificates of election the Republicans have a bare majority on joint ballot for senator The senate is Republican and the house Democratic so that in unseating minority members in either body both parties have opportunities op-portunities for retaliation and this condition con-dition is what prevents both bodies from proceeding with business On the Republican side the candidates candi-dates are Revenue Commissioner N B Scott Governor G W Atkinson Caldwell Cald-well Hoffembarger Floyd Gaines Hughes with Scott and Atkinson in the lead ExCongressman McGraw is having things very much his own way on the Democratic side for Senator Faulkners place The dark horse that ij regarded as the most formidable is Judge Nathan Goff Who is not a candidate but whose friends regard him as the final solu 1103 of the pending complications Huntington W Va Jan 15It is reported here today that an understanding under-standing has been reached between Hon N B Scott commissioner of internal in-ternal revenue and exState Senator James A Hughes of Cabell county by which Hughes will get Scotts support for the United States senatorship as soon as Scott sees that his own election I is impossible Coupled with the I strength that Hughes now has it is I claimed that this would make the Ca bell county man a probable winner Nevada Senatorial Contest Carson Nev Jan 13 Interest in the senatorial contest is unabated Caucuses Cau-cuses bad been called for 2 p m today to-day but not enough members assembled assem-bled to organize The Democrats Re nublicans and silver men will caucus separately tonight Stewart claims I pioht > n the senate and seventeen In assembly but it is rumored that tile a Kewlands man will be chosen for I speaker = I |
