The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-26
MINNESOTA NEWS.
D8vis n Elected.

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 19.-Cushman K.
Davis has been elected to succeed him.
self in the United States senate from
Mlnnesota for the full term of six wears,
beginning on March 4 next. Every
one OF the 1913 members of the legisla-
ture was present in the joint session,
which was called at noon yesterday,
and II there had been no opposition to
Davis he would have had 26 majority.
winch number represents the lead of
the republican majority on joint ballot
instead OF this, however, he received
only IS votes, or q bare majority. The
last man to vove for Davis was the
speaker of the house, whose name ap-
Peared at the bottom of the roll call,
and until the speaker had been heard
from the election of Davis was not &C.
complished.
The vote stood as follows: Davis IS.
Lawler 4s, Owen "a, Clapp 3, Merriam
., Lind 2, Scheffer 2, Start 1. Dickin.
son 1.
The joint session was called to order
at IL o'clock, but it was almost 10 min
utes before the senators could find
seats. Another five minutes were occu-
pied by Chief Clerk johnson, who read
the senate and house journals of the
previous day relating to the election of
senator. AS soon as the clerk had
finished, the speaker said: "Gentlemen
Of the Minnesota Legislatures: The bust
ness before us today being the election
ot a United States senator, the clerk
will proceed to call the roll" This was
about 1915 p. m. At 1870 the ballot
was completed, and in minute or two
thereafter it was announced by the
speaker. The entire matter, therefore.
did not last longer than 40 minutes.
The vote of the senator's was as fol.
lows:
For Davis-Allen, Barr, Canestorp,
Cgandall, Daugherty, Day, Dean, De-
Ion, Glader, Hammer, Kiester, Little,
Peterson, Sanborn, Smith, Stevens.
Stockton, Streissguth, Tawney-l9.
For Lawler-Bell, Brown, Craig,
Craven, Geissel, Keller, Kelly. La Due,
Leavitt, Licnau, McHale, Mcmillan,
March, Mayo, Morse. OBrien, Phillips
III.
For Owen-Borchert, Donnelly, Erick-
son. Crate, Hompe, Lommen, Mott,
Nelson. Probstfeld, Sevatson, Wood-1l.
For Clapp-Ayers, Guderian-2.
For Scheffer-Burkhart-1.
For Dickinson-Davis-1.
Fon Merriam-Eaton, Smith, Era.
For Lind-Peterson, S. D.-1.
Tbs members of the house voted as
:ol,ows:
For Davis~-Abbott, Anderson, Bas-
ION, Benner, joggs, Booren, Boxrud,
Briggs, BucA. Cairns. Cole, E., Cotton,
Craig, Dunn, Elliott, Fleming, Fletcher,
Fuller, Geissler, Guttersen, Markham.
aohl, Holman, Holmberg, Hopkins,
Holler, Howard, Jacobson, johnson, A.
j., johnson, J.E., Kelly, A. B., Koer-
1er, Langum, Lende, Lockwood, Nc
Donald, Melvin, Merritt, Nelson,
Noyes, Paulson, Peterson, Pray, Rail-
son, Richardson, II. NJ, Scofield, Smith,
Shell, Staples, Sullivan, Swanson, Tenn
pie, Turrell, Tyler, Underleak, Vansant,
Young, Wa]lblom, Wahlund, Wilson, G.
s., Wilson, f. NJ. Woodbridge, Wyman,
lelch, Mr.. Speaker-66.
For Law]er-Barrett, Blocker, Boy
Ian, Brules, Comstock, w. L., Dodd,
French, Furlong, German, Hinrichs,
Hunck, Ives, Kelly, P. H., Leonard,
zimmerman, McDonough, McGrath. Nc
kasy, Minnette, Monahan, Nelson,
Roach, Rodger, Sails, Sikorski, Skin
ger, Virtue, Wacek, Walsh, Winston,
Williams-31.
For Owens-Bjorge, Chesley, Cole, T.,
Gunn, Christie, Juleson, Knutson. Ma
yuire, Moore, O'Neill, Ongstad, Rich
srdson, Wagoner--13.
For Clapp-Comstock, E. F.
For Sheffer-Diepolder
For Start-Greer.
For Lind-Carlson.