Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-02
SENATOR MITCHELL.
The Man from Milwaukee
Finally Wins the Great
Prize.
Knights Forces Break and Thus
Bring About the NOmi-
nation.
Madison, Jan. 81, 1893.

called TO order at $40 +. Nj. Thursday.
1t was perfectly apparent from the
manner of the legislators that the end of
be contest was very near at hand. The
Mitchell men, so profoundly pleased
with the Situa ton, were not able to
conceal the satisfaction which they had
good reason TO feeling, while the pale
Icountenances of the Bragg supporters
la battle bravely fought but now nearly
lost. The Knight adherents had reached
"a stage of resignation, though in the
case of Il few it was plain they gave
up with sorrow and regret
On motion of Senator Lees all
strangers were excluded, but James
Morgan was granted the special priv
lege of remaining
The only absence was Assemblyman
Mahoney, of Kenosha who was Mitch
ell supporter up to the time he was
forced by illness to remain away from
the caucus.
On motion of Senator Kruszka, the
thirty-first vote was then taken For
purposes of comparing the last vote
Wednesday is here given. 1t was:
For Mitchell-Abert, Altpeter Barney.
Brauer, Burke, Couch, Deuster. Edmunds,
Evans, Falconer, Filz Finn, Fitzgerald.
Heyl, Hintze, Jennings. Keogh, Koenitz-
er, Kruszka, Luscher, Mcclellan Or
j., Murphy, Phalen, Pratt, Ruschlein,
Schmitz, Wander Heiden, Wheelihan and
Wilson-29.
For Bragg-Apple Blenski, Bowe,
| Conway, Croll, Danielson, Dassow,
DieCkman, Gaynor, Goss, Grimm, Hage-
meister, Hunt, jacob, Konrad, I.ange,
Lebeis, Lees, Leissring, IIiebenstein,
MacBride, Parkinson, Quigg Sampson,
Smead, Smith, Solliday. Stack and
Yahr-29.
For Knight-Bashford, Brader, Brill,
Daily, Brown, Conner, Fetzer, Harmon,
Kennedy, Kingston, Mcclellan, on. CD
Martin, Nash, Ringle, Schwefel Tracy,
Schmidt, Voss, Wescott and WoodnOrth
20.
Secretary LANCE proceeded with the
call, and the fate of Gen. Bragg was
made apparent only when the fifth
name was called that of Senator Bash
ford. Prior to that Senaor Apple had
voted the same as for several days past,
for General Bragg, while Assemblymen
Albert and Altpeter had kept on in the
even tenor of their way, voting for Col
onel Mitchell But when Senator Bash
fords name was reached there was an
instant Of GREATNESS silence. His vote
would decide, insofar as he was the
first Knight man on the roll. whether
the Knight followers had concluded to
break
John L. MITCHELL was the response,
and the outburst of applause was but
the herald Of the Mitchell victory.
Assemblyman Blenski, Of Milwaukee,
whose change from Mitchell to Bragg
vas the sensation of the senatorial fight,
voted for Bragg Assemblyman Bowe
followed suit, but ASsemblyman Bra
der. Knight man, changed to Mitchell
and was the recipient Of hearty APP
prevail Assemblyman Brauer adhered
tn Mitchell, but Assemblyman Brill left
Knight for Mitchell. This change was
also applauded, as were the others Of
a similar nature When Senator Neal
Brown. a Knight supporter, was
reached, he arose. with face pale with
suppressed emotion and begged unani-
nous consent to explain the vote he in
tended to cast. There was no oppo-
Until my release, I have voted
for Col. Knight, and my loyalty and
devotion to him are based on the knowl-
edge that he would most worthily repre-
sent, not only north Wisconsin in the
United States senate, but the whole
state as well 1 now change my vote to
Gen. Bragg the more readily because I
believe this soldier and statesman to
be the choice of nine tenths of the dem
ocrats Of Wisconsin. (Applause.) And
we have dirty to tho democracy fn
perform. We must heed the voice Of
the people, or disaster will be our
lot. Unless we do this we will be
torn from power IN this capitol building.
] vote for the choice of the people, of
the democratic masses Gen. Bragg"
Applause.)
Not a man who had been voting for |
Mitchell changed, but the Knight fol :
lowers continued one after another to ,
60 over to the gentleman from Milwau-
kee. AssemblYmen Conway and Quigg
changed from Bragg to Mitchell while |
Assemblyman Schmidt, who left !
Mitchell Wednesday morning, went
back to him. Senator Kingston,
Knights chief lieutenant through the
entire campaign, voted for Mitchell and
was applauded. Senator Kennedy did
likewise. He also explained his vote by
saying that Knight had released him
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