Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-01-25
SCOTT ELECTED.
Knocks the Plum at the Second
Trial.

Has Majority of Two votes--No De.
tails given but Plenty of Inducement
offered the Boilers Probably-Tele-
gram Received ut Grafton Wilbur
Davis hears 1t from Hon. T. e. Davis
Special gives Details to this Paper.
A telegram was received at two
o'clock in Grafton from Hon. Thos.
+. Davis by w. E. Davis stating
that Scott had been elected by
majority of two and the news went
over town like wildfire. At two-for-
tydve the following special to this
paper was received giving details.
N B. Scott to-day was elected to
the Senate OF the United States on
the first ballot in joint assembly.
Representative Hunt who had voted
yesterday for Judge Reese Blizzard
voted again for the same shaking
horse hut before the vote could be
announced changed TO Scott giving
him a bare majority.
Hunt had been expected to make
this move as tremendous pressure
of the right kind had been brought
to bear on him since his attitude had
become known by his vote yesterday.
The vote when announced stood
Scott, As, McCraw 46. Golf !. Hep
install had stood firm but Asbury
coming in to vote together with
Whitaker who had also been absent
Joined with the vote procured from
Hunt gave Scott just enough TO elect
him.
The following telegram was sent
out from Charleston yesterday after
noon after the ballot for senator had
been taken in separate assembly by
the two houses. 1t will make inter
esting reading:
On the vote taken for United States
senator in both houses at noon to-
day, Hunt, Of Kanawha and Hapton-
sail, of Fayette. bolted the caucus nom
mination Of Scott Hunt nominated
Reeze Blizzard and Haptonsall named
Golf. The senators stood solid for
Scott. In the senate the vote was:
Scott, II; McGraw, s.
Whitaker was absent.
In the house the vote stood: Nc
Graw, 38; Scott, 20; Golf, /; Blizzard,
Scott will need three more votes to-
morrow to be nominated. Two of
these he will get from Whitaker who
who arrives tonight and from Dele
gate Asbury, who comes tomorrow.
AsDury is sick, however, and there is
doubt as to his coming. Dent will be
seated this afternoon adding one to
Mr.. McGraw's vote. The total
strength OF the candidates is: Scott,
48; McGraw, Al; Golf, i; Blizzard, 1.
Forty nine dominates. To elect Scott
the republicans will have to unseat
another democratic senator.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 25.-
The Republican Senate and Demo
cratic House have promulgated
treaty OF peace. An agreement was
drawn up last night and signed by
Speaker O. S. Mckinney, Isaiah Bee,
w. L. Mansfield, John w. Davis and
r. w. Morrow, Democratic leaders OF
the House, and President O. S. Mar
shall, r. e. Fast, Alonzo Garrett, S.
L. Baker and S. w. Mathews, Repub-
lican leaders Of the Senate, which
provides that the contest for the seat
in the House of Delegates from Tay-
lor county and the contest for seat
in the Senate from the Fourth Sena-
torial district shall be tried and de-
cided on their merits.
These two cases to be finally voted
upon February I. Pending the inves-
tigation of these contests, neither
Dent, Brohard, Kidd nor Morris shall
vote in the joint assembly. All other
contests are to be dismissed. This
leaves the Republicans with three ma
jority on joint ballot, but two of these
and Hunt did not vote
for Scott to-day With the seat, from