Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-02-24

vote. though present in their seats; and
that Davis voted for Lamb. Sorley and
Wineman voted with the democrats for
Walsh.
The first ballot stood Miller IS, Walsh "a,
Wallin q, Muir l, Lamb 8, Benton 1.
r The sixty-first and last ballot stood
Roach so, Miller 16, Wallin 2, Smith l,
Casey %.
On the first call of the roll those who
voted for Roach were Messrs. Bidlake.
Brynjolfson, Burke, Engle, Hitler, Kinter,
Lamb. McCarten, Mccormack, Patch,
Stevens, Caldwell. Davis, Deans, Ebbig-
hansen, Elliott, Hagen, Hall, Hallum,
Halvorson. Hodgson, Holiday, Horgan,
James, johnson of Sargent, johnson of
Grand Forks, Johnston. Kelly, Lee, Le-
wang, Logan, McCanna, McCulloch, Nc
Lean, O'Keefe, Plain. Rinde, Sanford,
Thexton, Thompson, Towers, Ueland-42
Cashel changed from Miller to Roach,
LaMoure changed from Miller to Roach.
Sorley changed from Walsh to Roach,
Cochrane changed from Miller to Roach,
Haugan changed from Wallin to Roach,
Pierce changed from Wallin to Patch,
Yegen changed from Miller to Roach, max
ing so, or three more than enough to elect.
Those who voted for Mr.. Miller on the
first call of the roll were Messrs. Arnold,
Cashel, Day, Fuller Gregory, Haggart, Ink,
johnson, Little, LaMOure, McGillivray,
Miller, Palmer, Pinkham, Svensrud, Worst,
White, Young, Benedict, Bentley, Boynton,
E,,1lor6 I(urL bor Nhnrohll1 0oo, ro ,o
HavrevOld, Hurley, Lohnes, Larson. New
man, Oksendahl, Oliver, Ritter. SatterIund,
Simpson, SeversOn, SOuJhard. Strom, Tufts,
Veeder, Wright, Yegen-42.
Here was the critical point. The vote
stooo exactly equal. Ha'vorson and Davis
had voted with the democrats and popu-
other republicans had voted: Eneer for
Wallin. Sorley for Walsh, Haugen for
Wallin, Macarthur for Wallin, Wallen for
Wallin, Wineman for Walsh, Wishek
and Walsh absent. Mr.. Sorley
changed his vote to Roach, Mr.; Haugsn
Roach ,as Wishek had not arrived and Walsh
was absent. Mr.. LaMoure changed to
Roach, Mr.. Yegen changed to Roach, Mr..
Cashel changed to Roach, Mr.. COchrane
changed to Roach, making Roach's vote so.
Mr.. Oliver denounced in unmeasured
terms the republicans who had made the
election Of a democrat possible and wished
who had right to demand the vote of the
republicans in this leeislature-tile caucus
nominee, Lyman r. Casey. Others
changed to Casey as follows: Arnold,
Gregory, Ink, Little. McGillivray, Miller
Palmer, Svensrud. White. YouLg, Bene-
Hayreyold, Hurley, Oksendahl, satter'
lund, Simpson, Veeder, Wright and Mr..
Wishek then arrived and recorded his vote
for Casey, making the vote 2S.
Messrs. Enger and Wallen stood re-
corded for Judge Wallin and Mr.. Nc
Arthur changed his vote from Wallin to
j. r. Smith.
During the progress of the balloting,
that is before the result was announced,
Mr.. Oliver demanded a call of the house,
and the utmost confusion reigned. Cheer
after cheer went up as the changes were
announced.
MIR. Oliver and other republicans de-
manded that the floor be cleared. Mr..
Leistikow, chairman OF the democratic
committee, was personally on the floor
talking with the republican members
urging them to change their votes.
Mr.. Bentley in changing his vote made
a strong appeal to republicans to stand by
their party and party principles and was
repeatedly called to order, but was held to
Mr.. Hurley said the republicans who
had betrayed their party should go out
with the mark of Cain on their foreheads.
Mr.. Ink denounced the lobby for their
interference and demanded that they be
McCanna, Towers, Mclean and Nc
Culloch insisted that they had a right on
the floor.
Mr.. Oliver demanded a verifcation of
the roll call which was granted.
The vote was finally announced ana Mr..
Stevens with considerable fervOr declared
he had but one word to say and that a
Amen.
Mr.. Oliver protested against one not IN
vited by the friends of the family doing
the hOnors over the corpse.
The certificate of election was read and
the chief clerk announced that the
speaker being absent had designated Arne
p. Haugen to sign the certificate in his
stead.
Messrs. Mccormack, Stevens and
Bentley were appointed committee to
wait on the SenatOr-elect.
Mrs. Bidlake advanced to the speakers
stand and pinned bouquet on the lapel
of the coat of the senatOr-elect
MIR, Roach then addressed the house rs
follows:
"Gentlemen of the joint assembly. For
this honor l thank you. If had the
choice of the sweetest words with the
power to frame them in the most pleasing
and seductive sentences, could not say
more or mean more, nor would the express
sion come more directly from my heart,
than when say sincerely and heartily l
thank YOU
"OccnpyinR, as do on this occasion. a
unique and strange position, ! cannot be
expected to say very. much. In the first
place the unexpected has happened; in the
next place,a member of the minority party
has been elected by the help Of votes from
the majority party.
ITO those gentlemen of the majority
party who fought for, hoped and wished
different result l can only say that our
fight has been manly, open and honest.
Applause.l We have simply done what
any minority party would have done
under the umstances-Organized to take
advantage OF any mistakes of the disor-
ganized majority. Something has been
said during the contest about the locality
from which the candidates hail; desire to