Omaha daily bee., 1895-01-23
WILL Be, WARREN AND CLARK
Wyoming Legislature Settles the Election
in seperate Session,
ALL REPUBLICANS ATTEND THE CAUCUS
Result WIN no Formally Declared Today
Sketches OF the Two Statesmen who
viii Represent the state In
Us the Senate.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 22.-(Special
Telegram.) senate and house of the
third state legislature took a formal ballot
for United States senators at 10 o'clock noon
today. The republican members of each
house without a single exception cast their
ballot for the caucus nominees. The demo-
Gratis voted for Hon. William ii. Holiday
and Judge Samuel T. Corn, the late demo-
cratic candidates for governor and Judge of
the supreme court, respectively. Hon. Fran
els Il. Warren received forty-seven votes for
United States senator for term Of six years
and Hon. G. ID, Clark the same number for
the four year term. The vote in the re-
spectve houses was as follows:
House-For six-year-term: Warren, 49,
Holiday, 3. Short term: Clark, 33; Corn, 8.
Senate-For six-year-term: Warren, IA
Holiday, 3. Four-year-term CLARK, IA; Corn,
3.
Two members we're absent, Senator Hurt,
democrat, and Representative Minta, repub.
lican. Tomorrow the senate and house meet
In joint session to canvass the ballot and
formally declare the election of Messrs. War
ren and Clark.
Hon Francis E. Warren is to succeed
Hon. Joseph NJ. Carey. He is one of the
pioneers of Wyoming, having, located in
with every enterprise for the upbuding
OF the state and its. capital city, and his
public, spirit and untiring energy have en-
deared him to the hearts of the common
people, who today rejoice in his election.
Senator s,asn Warren so , vas born in Hillsdale,
common school and academic education he
enlisted, in 1862, in the Forty ninth Mas
vate and @ Sefae oeer as in that Pil
regiment until 1t was mustered out of the
service At the close of the. war he. en-
gagged in farming and stock raising in Mas
came to Wyoming ahen part Of the terri
as mayor of Cheyenne, and it was during
his incumbency, of the office, that. the Bur-
the city as a competitor to the, Union Pa
fc; He was elected O11 member of the
the territory ,sSr for number of years,
territory by President Arthur. President
Cleyelandd nn0,I,nd re remqyed him, put he
and served until Sept :mber of that year
when the state was admitted. At, the first
bu aS M weeks later to the See
business, being the president Of the warren
Stock company. in addition to % 1ilEn this he ei is
at the head t OF several other institutions
the Electric. Light company of this city.
The Mercantile, company has a large fur
stoeE h9ass R and the tye
man in the 'stateo who is so widely known
pie as Senator w Warren. ne''' u 80 i''''''s pe'-
elee3ed a4n GarerSH p 3ie Clark who was
cause of the failure of FIJI the ''0ts Second md
state sh1esa legisatnrs which met in l$ss to
the His home IS at Essae EVANSTON papi uinta
state since 1884,. during which time he has
bee, been engaged, in the practice of law, with
sented the state in congress.
9 PSrn bmt in s2ndy to ceek TeMs
ehTSarsd IN Of the oa p% schools and the
n n 1899 was appointed. associate Justice of
the the ; supreme pr e, court of Wyoming, but de-
At the first state election he was elected
same time ,elected to the. full term in the
nifty-second iley congress. g,a He received s72l
Beck his demoeratc @ T9es oppsnen orge Mp Clark
was a candidate for re-slection in 1892, but
was defeated by Henry A. Coffeen. Wyom-
although he ran some 200 votes ahead of
the BALANCE of the ticket; AS an orator
the state, and his generosity and amiability
have hay, made him popular M in every section of
dil the vacancy, VIII take his s SEAT inn immedio
ately He has appointed B. Nj. fisherman
of Evanston, secretary of the republican
state central committee, as his private
secretary. and they will leave for Wash
ington at once.
Both of Wyoming's new senators are
heartily in accord with other representatives
OF the western states in the halls of con-
gross on all questions of vital interest to
this section, and it is expected that they
will be able to accomplish much for Wyom-
ing. They will have the hearty cooperation
of an aggressive young man in the lower
branch of congress in the person of Hon.
Frank w. Mondell, the c-ngressman- elect.
When this delegation is installed Wyoming
will have a representation at the national
capital oi which she will have reason to be
proud