The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-26
Special Dispatch to tho In,el,lrenccr,


Special Dispatch to tho lntellIgenccr.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. o5.-
Nathan b. Scott was to-day elected
United States senator by the two
houses OF the Legislature. In joint as
scmbly. TO succeed Senator c. J. Faux
Ner. and Tor the first time in more than
Il quarter OF a century, this state will
have two Republican votes In the Uni
ted States senate. II required but one
ballot. and the result was surprise to
our Democratic friends. who were
counting upon deadlock. which would
probably prolonr the contest with M.
,,rob,,f, toro., 90 ,,. w
I''' VI '''' oeoI'' ana per-
haps no election at all. After the tie
vote yesterday In the separate houses
this prediction was frce,,. nodc ,r1
".''
cA''ao'uii'8rE interest was taken IN the
joint session to-day. Long before noon.
the hour for the ballot 10 he t,kan
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81. ''t.'' Va 'he houae Oh delegates was
literally packed with people.
large Audience Present.
tHc ioppS anu tHe galleries were
crowded 10 their capacity, and scores
OF ladies were present and occupying
seats on the speakers stands were Gov
crnor and Mrs. Atkinson. In both
houses had been read and adopted the
resolution known as the peace treaty.
and the status of both houses was fixed.
The Republicans had tbra. ms iori,v nm
Soir, halo, a, ,o,, a., ,.,,h
80. 'l''o>' ~ 'oo'' 'Hs "'e'''oesS OIL
the senate. headed by the president.
arrived. and after the formal cere-
monies attnndI,~ tba ,rr,ry-,,,o,, %
tm asse'mo'!. Hofithaiohs fof United
So" 60, ~ as''atos ,it9 We're called loF. Mr.
roIs q p'nScu ~ nominations on oe-
hy SenstnS. NcSa,i ~ nv. ~.
an eloquent speech.
Senator 0senton nominated Mr. Nc
scvaroi sscon5 F a:,itH.S Eess MSFe
I half OF the house. S;r Hnghcs. of ~
Ter, seconded 3Ir. scott's nomination.
Gon9t,s,.i o,.oMSu NJ hI others. ana Mr. Davis
The nonina,io," III of ,TcCrnv %. ",t'''' s1eo'i"F"
f.N'''c" INTEREST
Mr.. Haptonstall named Judge Goff.
The action OF the latter cxcir.d in
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''e"seu ..'>e'eS'' anu US inc plllot pro-
ceeded there We're spcculations as to
the result.
The entire roll was co,,,d N,cc.-,,
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20,
evnr,. fnon,bo- ,.n,oI ~. SD'sc''' Sj,. S.uS
Haptonstaii. who cast his solitary vote
Tor Con. and Hunt. who had voted
49, !, oI,sS a. IIse ii,.' pli""5Tu. i"a',,
the vote was .arnyunrrI linn, ~
Kanawha. rose from his seat, and
changed his vote 10 Scott. giving as
his reason that he did not desire To
ico3ardiZc his plrty's success.
.S,,a,i Declared Lyer,etI
--ht, A., ~. ,,,,,;,,..- -,
'' ~ '''e DuS'''eas' anu aii'lu en-
thus!aStie cheers. that almost raised
the roof Of the capitol. the presiding
officer pr.s,d.r- ,r,r,,,,,I ,r ,r,.
VI ''' SCI
ate announced the H!ec,l9n or Mr.
Scott by TWO majority over all the
VOTES cast. 40 rnlIows. cco,t Is, No
,.,.,r 90. 90, ~,
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,,5a, ai,,tS. .tIs Continues T Cnee'tnS thu ,,
.SI,.aJ ''e Jos"' NSseHo'! us
so, ca;
az, ',u.le @ !Ist Iom-G"!i inc pc'nUCratS ray
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ti. contest beforo IN" frita5 St~t..
senate.
Congratulations Poured In.
The successful candidate was over
whelmed With congratulations from
friends throughout the state. many
senators and congressman In Wnsbtnr-
70, ,,d r,r,, ,5,,t,i, att. ,,,,-I.[,,,
wa 's'' p""'I o'i'''H',' ois'''zsS
associates, and at the hnte! he was the
recipient OF an ovation. Among the
t.ieSFamS received were those from
senators j. I. Pritchard. William +.
Mason. tharles W. Fairbanks, j. Il.
toTaker ana NJ. y Hanna. Vice
President Hobart said: ''lleartlcst con-
ordinations. Your friends VIII be
deighted 70 welcome you.
ME- u. w. peterson, Col. Motifs Itork-
heimer ana numbers OF other wheeling
people wired thelr congratulations.
Hon. Thoinas E' DAVIS, OF Grafton.
sent nearly congratulations. Among
sfhe othef washington dispatches were
tnose or Charles r. Dawes, comptroller
III me currency tlrst Assistant foSt-
master General Perry ;. ticain, Con-
gressman Pearson. Deputy Commits
sioncr Wilson wired: rOtItce forc" Joins