The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-12
THE JOINT SESSION.
W. A. Clark Comes within Three Votes
OF Being Elected senator.

w. A. Clark Comes Within Throe Votes
of Being Elected senator.
The democratic caucus nominee came
nearest to an election yesterday than at
any time since the balloting for United
States senator began. The hall of the
house was packed to see the outcome Of the
days voting. Representative Davidson was
again carried i'll on his invalid chair and
occupied a position near the speakers desk.
The vote of the senate had been recorded
without any incident, and then the names
of the members OF the house were called.
Representative Annear. republican, of Sill
yer Bow county, heads the list. He said he
Furnishing Mr.. Davidson by bringing him
out every day, at the possible risk of his
life. He therefore voted for w. A. Clark.
I here was great applause at this. A little
further down came Representative Benson.
the Meagher republican. He also voted for
Representative Burns. Of Choteau. an
other republican, with n vote for Clark.
Representative Cooler, of Fergus, who OPP
posed dropping sanders in the repub lean
caucus, also voted for Clark: when Repre-
sentative Lewis, of Cascade and Dawson, did
the same, there was renewed applause and
Lieut.-Gov. Botkln ordered it stopped. But
there were no other changes after that, ex-
cept that Representative Tlerney, demo
crat, of Meagher. voted for Sanders. When
the result was announced 1t WAS seen that
Clark had twenty-seven out OF the fifty
nine votes cast, or within three of a ma
jority. Judge Bach moved to proceed to
take another ballot. Senator Goddard
moved as a substitute that the joint assem-.
bly, dissolve. Judge Bach claimed thst his
motion should be put first, and Senator
Goddard held that q motion to dissolve was
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the first in order. Lieut.-Gov. Botkin ruled
that Senator Goddard was correct, and the
joint assembly took q viva vooe vote on the
question of dissolving. Before the presid-
ing officer could decide the motion division
was called for. The score.
that thirty-one had voted to dissolve, and
thirty against. lhe lieutenant governor
evidently mlsunde, stood the CONT. as he
| declared the motion lost. Senator Mats,
however. asked him if he had ruled the
motion to dissolve lost. The lieutenant
governor then corrected himself and de-
clared the joint assembly dissolved. The
vote on the question shows that some of
those who were paired must have stood up.
as there were but fifty-nine votes on the
joint ballot anu sixty-one on the motion to
dissolve. The Mantle republicans and the
Dixon men voted for dissolution, as did
several men who must have misunderstood
the import of the motion.
The vote of the senate on the ono ballot
taken was as follows:
For Clark-Buford. Cardwell, Cullen, Nc
De, mott and Steele-5.
For Mantle-Baylies, Brown, Goddard,
Hatch and SwIft-5.
For DISQUALIFICATION and Matts-2.
Paired-Gibson and Hoffman, Folsom,
and Power.
The vote OF the members of the house
was as follows:
For ~Clark-AnneRr, Ash, Bach, Beecher,
Benson. Burns, Bntler. Code. Davidson,
Dudley. Fitsohen, Kilgallon. Lewis, Logue,
Loring, Martin. Murphy, sappington, Schar-
nikow, Truman, Wahle and WIlson-22.
For Mantle-Babcock, C. H.. Bray. Bur
re!I, Carpenter, Fleming, Goodell, Graves,
Jeffers. Lawrence. Jockey. Losee, Mckay.
Metzel, Rose, Sweet, Van Cleve and Win
ter-lT.
For Di~xon-Bonner, A. F. Bray. Burke,
Fitzgerald, German, Smallsy and Walkup
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For sRnders-Iierney-l.
Palred-Lockhart, McDonel, Ward and
Matthews with huffman, Loeoh, Monteath,
and Iallant-6.
Joint ballot-Clark 81. Mantle 30, Dix
on 8, Sander /; tota! 80: necessary to a
choice 30.