The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-30

Senator Dow- moved that committee OF
three be appointed 70 eScors Senator Irzr-
ner 10 tire bar % the house IN order that
Re night BE Informed as % the >eoror
conferred uv0n him. Senator's Do-r, Baum
and Crow were Appetite. as such commit
tee.
Representative Scion T. Williams. who
was evidently IN q savage mood AZ the
ousco-ns OF the senatorial election. moved
that the joint session Dc dissolved. Z was
plain that hs dtd not desire 70 witness the
triumph OF Judge Turner.
No" No" No" came from all over
the house. Throw him out" ''It the gen.
tIsmsn does not wish 20 STAY he can be
excused ~ the chairman" was the sug-
Eestior of one senator.
Mr. Williams. who was almost nvid
with emotion. insisted that his motion be
Pat 70 the asseEn6lage
II was put 20 vote, and there were only
q half dozen yeas. and then came an ava
ianche OF nays that fairly buried VIII
iarns' motion 90 adjourn.
The speech of Acceptance.
At .his tuncturs Senator-elect Turner
entered the house, escorted by Senators
Dorr. Baum and Crow.
Senator Dorr introduced 20 the assem-
bly, Judge Turner as the se.ator-elecs
from the state OF Washington There was
a cheer followed BY hand-ciapping. as
ers stand, and, addressing the senators.
representatives and the assembled people,
said:
II accept with sincere thanks the DIS
ttrguished honor which you have confer
red upon ne; accept II with a deep and
profound sense OF the responsibilities i'm
posed and the overwhelming trust which
you have devoived upon me. / may fail
IN meeting the expectations OF the peo-
pie OF the state IN executing this trust,
but II / do so il will be from lack Of
ability, and not from lack of honest
earnest and sincere. patriotic desire 10
this state and ths people of the Union.
with whatever ability I may possess and
may be able 10 bring TO bear in that d.
recrion. / believe the first duty Of a SEN
etor Is TO a nation and the second 70 the
state. and I now most earnestly and sol
EMMY pledge YOU and the representa- tives
OF this great young and growing common
wealth of ours, that ia everything which
] may be permitted to perform as one OF
the representatives OF the people of this
state in the senate OF the United States
/ will be governed solely and singly by an
earnest and sincere purpose Of meeting
the wishes and views and the interests
and rights Of the people of the Union
and OF the state OF Washington
In my political conduct I shall follow
the lines laid down in letter addressed
10 the Hon. Lake ID. Wolfard and pub
lished in the Spokesman Review. of Spo-
rn0nrh thai Iettar has heen bro,11t,
TO the attention OF many IL not all OF the
members of this legislature. and II ] an
derstand anything about party politics il
aceords with the three great fundamen-
tai principles OF the Peoples party, on
the subjects of money. transportation
and land. Oong continued applause)
My political associates in congress will
be the senators and representatives who
hold with me in my views upon these
subjects They are classed at the pres
ent time in the various states from
which they come as Democrats. Silver
Republicans and Populists; but happily
in this state we have wiped out all diff
ferenees of that kind and the Silver Re
pubiieans and the Democrats and the
Populists have united in the body Of the
Peoples party (applslse). and / accent
this great trust which you have devolved
upon me as a member and a representa-
tive Of that party, and my conduct in
office will be directed toward the end of
again binding together In a solid pha-
lanX. not only in this state but in the
Union, all the elements in favor OF re-
form in order that in 1900 We may once
more present united front 20 plutocracy.
tApplauSe.)
II trust that my Republican friends in
this body VIII not take offense at this
declaration, because I wish TO assure them
and every person within the sound of my
voice that / am broad enough and cour-
ageous enough to be the representative of
without reference to the party 10 which
he belongs, and In my public conduct in
the interests of this state in which poll
ties Is not involved ] shall not question
the section. whether II be near or remote
to my home; but any citizen can come TO
me freely as the representative OF our
state and command my services In the SEN
ate of the United States" (ApplauseD
Referring to the speech he made before
the fusion caucus last night. and reaf-