The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-29
Casey of Jamestown Will ne
the Second Senator From
North Dakota.
1.-THE Field Go to Him on the
Tenth Ballot With a
Rush.


tering. 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 Casey's vote was suggestive,
and ''the field" saw that the time had come
for concentration. Casey was in the air.
The Sheridan house became the center of
the combining" The Dakota chiefs saw
that Casey was the favorite. Walsh an
nounced that he was out of the fight. Jud
Lamoure 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 II.
It got out about o'clock that Casey's star
was in the ascendancy, and the hall OF the
house of representatives was crowded by an
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
for their support, withdrew his name in
favor of Casey AS the roll call proceeded
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 Lutz, voted Maratta.
Lutz was for Casey. Several voted tor La
Moure and La Moure voted for McCumber.
When the roll call was finished the tally
showed forty-two votes for Casey. La
Moure at once Strengthened up and called
out, II change my vote to Casey" Randall
Dem.I of Dickey changed his vote to Casey,
as did also Watt and Stedman of Pembina.
There was then only one wanting to make
it forty-sever or ma ority Of the whole
convention. R. N. Stevens of Ransom i'll
clear voice said: II change my vote to
Casey"
THAT SETTLED IT.
and the crowd responded with the widest
applause of the session. Other changes fol-
lowed until the Casey vote stood62. A mo-
ton by Senator Smith to make it unani-
nous was ruled out of order and the vote
announced as follows: Casey 62, johnson
26 and Maratta 4. Nine of the Democrats
Jumped onto the band wagon after it was
full. A committee, headed by Senator
DieseTc, was sent in search of the nominee,
and after riding mile to the Sheridan house
found him and brought him before the
convention. He was received with marked
applause and after Lieut.. Gov Dickey had
introduced him with neat little speech,
Mr.. Casey responded in one OF the most I'M
pressive talks ever heard in representative
hall. He spoke without notes, unprepared,
and as a man who had been called from the
pillow. He said he was bewildered, but his
thanks were expressed in exquisite Ian
guage, 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 noted man in the United States
senate.
THE NEW SENATOR'S WORDS.
Senator Casey said:
stand before you bewildered with the
great honor that you have conferred upon
me- l cannot conceive how any man could
stand in the position l now occupy with
calmness, even though he had approached
that position through the gradatiOns of the
lower honors of political life; and when I,
who never sought political preferment, find
myself placed upon this eminence, can you
wonder that I find myself bewildered? l
am sure that you will bear with me in pa
tence while l scarcely can do more than
thank you.
He followed with fervent words, express
ing appreciation, and concluded:
l accept this honor and this responsible
ity in the fear of God, and with the purpose
to do my very best to perform my duty. This
much let me say to those of my friends who
from the beginning have sustained my can
can never be repaid. !. go to represent
great great State of North Dakota, the
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
terests of this great state. Shrinking as
do from this great responsibility, l am re-
assured when l remember whom you have
elected to be my conferee. 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 filrtherance
of all agricultural interests. for all our in
tereStS 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
ter county.
HIS PAST LIFE.
Lyman R. 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 univer-
sity, but never entered. He was in
the hardware business in Toledo six or
seven years as member Of the firm of
Left, kellogg e. Casey. After he retired he
went to Europe and studied and travelled
for five years. He became student of for
eign affairs and an accomplished linguist.
He settled in Dakota is 1882 at Darlington,
Foster county, where he opened farm and
now has 5000 acres under cultiva-
ton. He is secretary and general man.
ager of the Casey Darlington
Land company, which owns over
one hundred thousand acres in the James
river valley, with capital of 100000. He
now lives in jamestown. He has a wife
and three children-one son on the farm,
one in business in Baltimore and girl of