Show GRIM DEATH IT INTERVENES AGAIN IN THE KENTUCKY KEN-TUCKY ELECTION Senator Resel WelsInKer the Victim This Time Looks us Though the Selection of a United States Senator Sen-ator was WellNigh Impossible FRANKFORT Ky March 9For the second time death has added to the complexity of a senatorial contest that has engrossed the public interest in thIs state for two months and attracted at-tracted wide attention throughout the I country The death of Senator eel Weissinger today removes besides a distinguished member of the Louisville bar one of the most active and energetic ener-getic figures in the senatorial light a man who had within the cast few weeks defeated Dr Hunter the Republican Repub-lican nominee and successfully baffled baf-fled every attempt ojf the followers of I Sepator Blackburn to seoura the reelection re-election of that leader The EXACT POLITICAL EFFECT of the event of today cannot be determined deter-mined but tonight an election seems more remote than ever The Republicans Republi-cans now have 68 members of the legislature legis-lature and the Democrats 67 with a probability of the support of the two Populist members as long as Blackburn Black-burn is their nominee Taking into consideration con-sideration the annpunced determination determina-tion of the Republicans to force a vote In the house tomorrow upon the Dun lapKaufman contest case for th purpose pur-pose dZ unseating Kauffman Dem the key to the situation seems to be the attitude of LieutenantGovernor Worthington Wor-thington who presides at the joint sessions ses-sions will take upon the question of a quorum I he holds to the decision he is said to have announced when a vacancy va-cancy was caused by the death of Representative Rep-resentative Wilson that seventy shall constitute a quorum of the joint session ses-sion the Republicans even by seating Dunlap can count upon only 69 votes and the Democrats with the two Populists Pop-ulists will have the same number so that either party may BREAK A QUORUM AT WILL and prevent an election I he takes the position that since the death of Senator Weissinger 69 members constitute con-stitute a quorum the election of St John Boyle of Louisville can be accomplished ac-complished by the Republicans if they seat Dunlap and give the caucus nominee nomi-nee the whole party strength This session will expire before a successor to Mr Weissinger can be elected I is almost certain that tomorrow a vote will be taken in the Dunlap Kauffman case and that Kauffman I the Democratic member will be unseated un-seated Whether the Democratic Democratc senators sen-ators retaliate or not the Republicans assert the election of Mr Boyle is a certainty The Democrats say they will go into the joint session until an attempt to unseat Kauffman is made Beyond that the politics of the situation cannot can-not be foretold At todays joint session ses-sion there was no attempt made to elect THE DEATH OF lR WEISSINGER having been announced before 12 oclock it was agreed between the leaders that the proceedings be confined con-fined to a formal ballot to fill the requirements I re-quirements of the law but one vote I being cast for the nominee of each party after which no quorum was announced an-nounced and the session adjourned Afterward both houses reconvened and appointed committees to take appropriate ap-propriate action upon the death of Mr Weissinger The adoption of the solutions so-lutions drawn up by these committees journment was followed in both branches by ad His LIt Words CINCINNATI March 9A Commercial Commer-cial Gazette special from Frankfort Ky says The last words of Senator Weissinger as spoken to his colleague Senator Violett and reported by tha senator were Violett stand firm stand firm never vote for Blackburn and free silver Richard W Knott editor of the Louisville Post said in substance Senator Weissingers friends who r stood out with him along with those I who thought as he did but deserted him owe it to themselves to the country coun-try and to the cause to take good heed that those who maligned him and worried wor-ried him to the grave shall not profit by his untimely death Brief funeral services were held over his body late this afternoon at the I home of Mrs W T Scott At 950 a I m tomorrow the body will be escorted by committees on a special tram t Louisville One striking incident in the joint session followed the proposition of Speaker Blanford to exclude from the session all but members and journalists journal-ists In order he said to prevent a repetition of last Saturdays intimIdation Intim-idation of sound money Democrats Before the echo of his last words 1 died away Senator Violett was on his I feet He said with emphasis No sir Mr Speaker they do not Intimidate Intimi-date us they only tried I but did not succeed a r = |