Show m NO CANDIDATE CHOSEN ki > i > it 4 Republican Joint Legislative Caucus in Boise FIVE BALLOTS WERE TAKEN It Was Agreed That TwentySix Votes Should Nominate i On the Last Ballot Borah Had 19 Heyburn 16 Stanrod 9 and 4 Shoup < r TRIBUNE SPEC L Boise Ida Jan 7Fho ballots ware taken In a Joint legislative caucus for the selection of a candidate for United States Senator They wero as follows olows Flint W E Borah 18 Judge W B4 Heyburn 10 Judge D W Standrod 11 exSenator Gcorgo L Shoup < Second Borah 1 Heyburn 10 Stand rod 10 Shoup o I Third Fourth and Fifth Borah 10 J He bur lGj Stardrod 9 Shoup 6 BALLOTING WAS SECRET The entire Republican membership of fifty was present Senator Shoup having signed the agreement early in the day The balloting was secret so no ono knows kowu by whom all time votes for any one candi date were cast The caucus mot soon after S oclock Ire tho hal of the House of Representatives Rcrre8cntLte Senator George E Crum o Nez Perco j was elected chairman without opposition and Representative Frank Riblutt oi Cassia Cas-sia secretary MODE OF PROCEDURE The caucus was held under the call 4 prepared yesterday providing that cal I members should determine the mode oC procedure Taking up this feature of thoj I work tho members discussed It for somo time and sentiment was finally crystal ixed in the form of n resolution which was adopted without dlvlblon I NECESSARY TO A CHOICE The resolution provided that all voting for Senator should be by ballot and OUOI twentysix should be required to nomlr mite Jt was further provided by the rosa lution that the caucus should lake five bal lots for three nights On tho fourth night Saturday the low man shall be dropped l after live ballots Then five more ballots shall be taken and the lowest man bo dropped again Under that plan the eleventh elev-enth ballot on Saturday night will settltv Che contest unless it be settled earlier FOUR CANDIDATES While the resolution docs not contain any specific provision on tho subject It seems to Imply that the balloting shall b o confined to the four candidates who havrt J been In the field Otherwise It would bo Impossible to close the contest if time friends of any candidate or candidates should vote for a new man when theirs own candidates were dropped SIGNIFICANCE OF VOTING S No news of the results was given outy during the meeting but a soon as tho caucus had adjourned the figures wero quickly secured rime significance of thn voting may be figured out by the reader In I mo any way that suits his Inclinations It may be stated however that the figures l are very close to what most observers anJ ar tielpated Whether any changes will come tomorrow no one seems to know I ALL CLAIM SELECTION All the candidates claim they have frlend who will soon come over to them but the names of such are not made public pub-lic H is held by some there will be nol change until tho process of dropping the low unti begun but others think thero will be very radical changes before that stage shall be reached ahal 1 S Renounced Her Ttitle Oakland Cal Jan 7Wlth thtr possibility of becoming a Countess and f posslblL the heiress of an Italian nobleman Miss Florence I Bruton of Alameda aged IS years has bartered her inheritance uprights up-rights for GOOO In American gold The lit exchange took place in Superior Judge It S Ogdens court Miss Bruton renounced her adoption by Countess Iluspol wife of hen RusI poll an Italian nobleman and the decree de-cree pol of adoption was annulled the young lady having accepted the offeri of compensation made by the Count |