Deadlock in Olympia: Allen Four Votes Short as Legislators Flee

OLYMPIA, Feb. 25.—[Special.]—The early afternoon train took all the political life out of the city. The departure of legislators, candidates, dark horses, third house members and numerous legislative attaches for Seattle left the haunts of the politicians deserted. Hardly a half dozen members are left in the city. Again today the promised break in the King County delegation failed to occur. Senator Van de Vanter, who is named as sure to leave Allen, did not vote, but he was paired with Senator Van Houten. In both of today's ballots, Senator Allen again came within four votes of election, receiving 41, when 45 would have elected him. The Vancouver white horse, Senator Shaw, was brought on to the track today by Turpin, who voted for him playfully, and was kept there by Hutchinson, who is engaged in complimenting various Democratic leaders and thought the time opportune to flatter the senator from Clarke. Shaw received numerous mock congratulations from his brother senators. Durant complimented a fellow Populist by voting for Denn, the unique member from Stevens. Denn came into prominence recently by calling one of the Spokane members 'Judge Ludden' in announcing that he was paired with him. For some unknown reason, the title struck the house as something funny. Denn has since made a couple of speeches that have been received favorably and has developed into a rival of Mays as a humorist. He felt called upon today to acknowledge Durant's compliment, and intimated that the moment was one of the proudest of his life.

In joint convention today there were two or three unimportant changes. On the eightieth ballot Turpin voted for Col. B. F. Shaw, and on the eighty-first Hutchinson also voted for Shaw, but Turpin returned to Griggs. Durant voted for Denn on the eighty-first. Mulkey continued to vote for Judson. The ballots resulted: Eightieth—Allen 41, Turner 18, Griggs 20, Knox 9, Dunbar 1, Voorhees 1, Judson 1, Shaw 1; eighty-first—Allen 41, Turner 18, Griggs 21, Knox 8, Dunbar 1, Judson 1, Shaw 1, Denn 1.