The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-06
pIERCE'S COLLEAGUE
Casey Of Jamestown Will be
the Second Senator From
North Dakota,
1.-THE Field" Go to Him on the
Tenth Ballot With q
Rush.

| AuSlls
BISMARCK, N. D., Special Telegram,
Lyman X. Casey was tonight elected
United States senator. -Four ballots were
taken at noon today, but no election. Tho
balloting gave Johnson %, o. 81 and IS
votes; Casey Is, IL, 20 and &C. the rest scat
tcring. On the fourth ballot the Demo-
Gratis distributed their votes among the Re-
publican candidates. Ordway was still in
the fight when the convention adjourned,
after the fourth ballot, until half past seven
this evening. Cascy's vote was suggestive,
and 'tlc field" saw that the time had come
for concentration. Casey was in tho air.
The Sheridan house became the center Of
the Combining" The. Dakota chiefs saw
that Casey was the favoritc. Walsh an
noullccd that he was out of the fight. Jud
l.amourc said he was ready to go over, and
Haggart had been ready for several days,
and after general understanding Of all the
leaders in 1.-THE field" it was determined
that the lines should be drawn ON the first
ballot tonight.
| THE SESSION DID THAT IT.
II got out about 6 o'clock that Casey's star
was i'll the ascendancy, and the hall Of the
house of representatives was crowded by All
interested audience. Lieut.. Gov. Dickey
presided and promptly ordered the roll call
for the tenth ballot for senator. George
Walsh rose and after thanking his friends
fur their support, withdrew his name in
favor of Casey. AS the roll call proceeded
il was evident that the field knew what it
wanted TO do. Every vote seemed to be
for Casey. Senator Smith voted for
Casey and several for McCumber.
Those votes were taken from Johnson. The
Democrats, except I.utz, voted Maratta.
Lutz was for Casey. Several voted for La
Moule and i.a Mourc voted for McCumber.
When the roll call was finished the tally
showed furty-two votes for Casey. La
Mourc Mt once Strengthened up and called
out, 81 change my vote to Casey Randall
iDcnl.) of D;ckcy changed his vote to Casey,
As did also Watt and Stcdman of Pembina.
There was then only one wanting to mako
II fnrty-sevcE, or IL majority of the whole
! convention. X. n. Stevens of Ransom III
clear voice said: II change my vote to
Casey"
THAT SETTLED 1T,
and the crowd responded with the wildcss
applause of the session. Other changes fOlr
lowed until the Casey vote stoodG2. AmcA
ton by Senator Smith to make it uiiani.
nous was ruled out of order and the voti
announced as follows: Casey G2, Johnson
26 and Maratta I. Nine of tho Democrats
jumped onto the band wagon after 1t waJ
full. a committee, headed by Senator
Dicscn, was sent in search Of the nominee,
nn,l after riding mile to the Sheridan house
found him and brought lin before the
convention. He was received with marked
applause, and after Lieut. Gov. hickey had
introduced him with neat little speech,
Mr.. Casey responded in one of the most inn
prcssivc talks ever heard III q representative
hall lie spoke without notes, unprcparcd,
and as a man who had been called from the
pillow. lie said he was bewil.leretl but his
thanks were expressed in exquisite Ian.
gliagc and his emotion was SO truly real
that his hearers were charmed with both
his words and action. He only talked, but
it was the talk of Phillips. Farmer Casey
will be u noted man in the United States
senate.
THE NEW SENATOR'S WORDS.
Senator Casey said:
stand before YOU bcwildcrcd with the
great honor that you have conferred upon
me. ! cannot conceive how any man could
stand in the position l now occupy with
calmncss, even though lie had approached
that position through the gralatiOns of the
lower honors of political life and when l,
who never sought political rrcfermcnt find
myself placed upon this eninencc can YOU
wonder that find myself bcwildcrel? 1
am sure that you will bear with me in pa
! .icnce while scarcely can do more than
| thank YOU.
lie followed with fcrvent words, express
ing appreciation, and concluded:
accept this honor and this responsible
| ity in the fear God, and with the purpose
to do my very best to perform my duty. This
from the beginning have sustained my cam
ddacy. | owe Il debt SO great that it
no faction. no locality. no single
interest Irs snt 20 soI t. rGp sFs,n 9 9
pride of our hearts and the center Of our
loyalty and our hopes. trust shall know
no East. no center. no West, but all the in
/ tercsts of this great state. Shrinking US l
/ do from this great responsibility, am re-
/ assured when remember whom you have
elected to be my conleree. Together, am
sure, We shall do our best to discharge our
| duties to you all in our sphere Together
| we shall Use every effort to. the filrtherancc
| of all agricultural interests. for all our in-
tercSts and all our prosperity are based on
these interests.
Mr.. Casey has had no political career; he
never held an Office in his life, except by
! appointnent-county commissioner of Eos.
ter county.
| HIS FAST LIFE.
Lyman 7. Casey was born in York, Liv-
ingston county. n. Y, in 1887. When very
young he moved to Ypsilanti, Mich, where
he prepared for Ann Arbor univcr-
Sity, but never entered. lie was in
the hardware business in Toledo six or
seven years as Il member of the firm Of
Left, Kellogg & Casey. After he retired he
went to Europe and studied and Travelled
for five years. lie became student of for
cign affairs and an accomplished linguist.
lie settled i'll Dakota is 1882 at Darlington,
Foster county, where he opened farm and
now has 5000 acres under cultiva-
tiun. lie is secretary and general man
aecr of the Casey Darlington
Land company. which owns over
one hundred thousand acres in the James
river valley, with acalitul of $4,000. lie
now lives in Jamestown. lie has a wife
and three chillrcn-onc son on the farm.
| one in business in Baltimore and girl u
thirteen at school in Detroit, Mich Mr..
Casey is very much interested in irrigation
and is the chairman of the North Dako to
committee Oh that subject. He can talk
irrigation as well as Senator Stewart 7. Is.
Casey OF Minneapolis is his brother and was
present to witness the unexpected honor.
HIS FIRST SUPPORTER.
Farmer Belden of Logan county was the
first man to vote for him. Farmers Deisam
of La Mourc, Milstad of Stutsman, Barlow
of Foster and Walton of Wells were
the first to boom him. Cascy's
II member of the Farmers alliance, and
such men as Do,lds, Fanchcr and Rodcr
Allen, of the alliance, are dclisltep with
his nomination. 1t is IL true tarmors' tri-
umph of the John Miller kind. Among
the Sc:ndinavians who took Il leading part
in his election is a. T. Cole of Dickey who
broke away from Johnson Saturday night,
and came to Casey this morning. The Rel