Show ILLINOIS STRUGGLES TO SELECT SENATOR SPRINGFIELD IlL Jan Tan 19 The Tho result of the first ballot baJot in the tho house home today today to to- day for United States senator was Hopkins Hop Hop- kins kin Cic Foss 15 Stringer 63 Mason Maon 1 3 3 absent 5 P. Tho The first balot ballot in the senate senat senatE gave Hopkins 26 6 Fo Foss s. s 10 Stringer Ja 13 Mason 2 To elect a senator in in the separate house ballot baJot there must mut be 77 7 votes otes cast in the house and 26 in iu the senate forthe for forthe the same samo man Adherents and opponents of A. A J. J Hopkins in his struggle to succeed himself himself himself him him- self in the Unie United States senate gathered gathered gath ered today with conflicting hopes hope Those ThosA who believed that the sion of the summer primaries should rule expected that tho separate ballots in house and senate would each show a clear majority for their candidate Under tho the laws lan if f one man docs does not obtain the requisite number of votes a joint session of tho the two houses must be held Wednesday The expectation of tho the opposition is that it will wil grow OW stronger er as tho the ballot ballot- balot in lag ing proceeds The main cause for worry amon among leaders is il the possibility that the Democratic votes will wi b be thrown in a body for Speaker Edward D. D Shurtleff If I a deadlock dEadlock results it is felt that II other things might happen one of them bein being the propulsion of Governor GovErnor Deneen Deneen DE De- De I neen into tho senate in spite of h himself m Senator John C. C McKenzie placed Senator Albert J. J Hopkins in nomination nomination nomina- nomina nomina nomina- tion ton in in the senate In the house Senator Sena Sena- tor for Hopkins was placed in nomination by Representative John J- J L. L |