The advocate., 1890-09-24
Kansas historian makes the following
record Of this quite important election Of
United States Senators:

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There was only one ballot. The voting COntin.
| ued two hours n which interval Lane iluctunted
| between 40 and NJ; POmerOy, between 40 and 81;
| ParrOtt, between AZ and 90, Stanton, between 10
! and ~, klngnan, between 3 ana 49, DehhAy
! between and II. Flltyelght members changed
| their votes,
A MOST WONDERFULLY DEFECTIVE SENATE
JOURNAL.
John james Ingalls, had charge Of and
was the custodian Of the journal Of the
state senate, and he has presented 80 Inn
perfect record Of that senatorial cleo
tlon as TO leave its actual result matter
Of deep mystery to him who reads. To
explain There were one hundred mem
bers Of that Legislature. Ninety-nine Of
them all but Ernest Hoheneck, repub-
lican distiller from Wabaunsee county
participated in the election; hence as
each legislator cast two votes for senator,
there should have been a total Of 1913
votes instead Of 1915 as appears on the
record.
Jerome Kunkel is reported az having
voted for Lane, and for no other candi-
date; Horatio Knowles for Parrott, and
for no other candidate, and w. c. Kim
ber for Pomeroy and for no other candi-
date
What sort Of coincidence WAS that,
that in a ballot Of 1.-TWO hours" duration,
three representatives, whose surnames
commenced with "K," could neither Of
them find time TO vote for but one candi-
date for the United States Senate, Could
they all have been indifferent as TO the
matter Of a vote for the second candi-
date? What man knowing these gem
tlemen would have believed 1t Of any Of
them?
Again Secretary Ingalls,, in his journal
record gives the names Of eleven state
senators and lorty-nve representatives
who voted for Lane, making dfty-six. He
gives the names of eleven senators and
forty representatives who voted for Pome-
roy, making hfty-one. His showing for
Parrot was the names of fourteen sena-
tors and thirty-four representatives vot.
ing for him. Stanton has recorded for
him the names Of ten senators and twelve
representatives, twenty-five all told.
And yet this secretary, in the face Of
the detailed return Of votes, which aggre-
gates 1906, when there should have been
1913 votes, makes a summary Of 55 votes
for Lane, one too small; 50 for Pomeroy.
one too many; 2l for Stanton, which is
one less than the united vote Of senators
and representatives show
Who knows that Samuel O. Pomeroy
was elected to the United States Senate
ON April 4, 1861, by the joint convention
Of the Kansas legislature, when John
James Ingalls, was the secretary OF the
senate, as per his recordG
Concerning this election d. r. An
thony in his paper Of April 0, 1861, said;
WHO'S ELECTED2
We have no disposition TO find fault with the
Senators whom the clerks have chosen to repre-.
sent us nc Washington. The single ballot lasted
two hours, Sometimes eight men were ON the
floor at once changing their votes, Some men
who inquired how their votes were cast were told
different from what they voted. Men who ought
not to have told how the vote stood, did tell how
it stood and sent paper announcements To the
Shaky men. For one long hour Marcus j. Par
rOtt had ilfty-SlX votes and was elected. They
were two hours taking the vote and the result
wns not pronounced and panic reigned In the
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