The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-02-26
SENATOR
MITCHELL,
Father of Mrs. j. p. Faw-
cett, Of Canton
ELECTED U. S. SENATOR
Well Known In Stark County,
Has Already Served Three
Terms In the Senate.

Judge ]. p Fawcett, of Canton, Sun
day received telegram from ex-Sen.
ator John =. Mitchell, stating that he
had been reelected United States sen.
ator by the legislature of Oregon. This
came in the nature of surprise, as
Mr.. Mitchell was not an announced
candidate, but was sprung as dark
horse after a struggle of considerable
length among the Republicans in an
effort to select a successor to Senator
Mcbride, whose term expires March 4
Senator Mitchell 10 the father of Mrs.
]. p. Fawcett, and Is well known to a
great many persons in Stark county,
His two daughters and one son were
educated at Mt. Union college.
Senator Mitchell has already served
three terms in the United States senate
and the enthusiasm manifested on his
reelection shows the esteem in which
he is held by the people of Oregon. He
enjoys an enviable national reputation,
When in the senate Mr.. Mitchell at
tracted wide attention by his opposition
to the Republican policy in the Philip.
pines and made a strong speech in op-
position to 1t. His return to the senate
may not be agreeable to Senator Hanna
and other ultra administration mem.
bers. as it is expected that he will be
another Pettigrew in the body.
The events leading up to his election
were quite exciting, as detailed in the
following dispatch from Salem, Or:
John II. Mitchell was elected United
States senator for the fourth time at
1890 o'clock this morning to succeed
John w. Mcbride, whose term will ex-
pire next March A. His election was
accomplished by combination of 35
Republicans with eleven Democrats
making 46 votes, majority of the leg
islature. The result was reached on
the twenty-ffth ballot of the day, and
the fifty-third of the session.
At noon Saturday the joint assembly
met and took one ballot for senator
Both houses had decided to adjourn
sine die at midnight Saturday, and the
prospect of an exciting close brought
thousands of people to the capitol
Voting proceeded without material
change for twenty ballots. Just as
the assembly was about to take the
twenty-first ballot State Senator Brow
nell arose and presented the name of
John H. Mitchell, which was received
with tremendous applause. The next
ballot gave H. w. Corbett Sc, j. H.
Mitchell 80, and A. s. Bennett, Demo
craft 10. Three more ballots were
taken but with few changes. The
hands of the clock had already pointed
to midnight, and the clerks were en-
gagged in checking up the roll call for
the twenty-fifth ballot. There was
great excitement and loud calls of the
name of Mitchell from the lobby.
When his name was reached, Hem
ingway, in the last roll call, without
explanation responded, -. II. Mitchell"
The call proceeded to the end, and
Mitchell and Corbett were then exactly
tied, having 35 votes each. Then Nc
Queene, of Lane, arose and with brief
speech changed to Mitchell, putting
him in the lead. Nine others
changed to Mitchell, giving him
As votes, within one of the goal. There
was brief wait, and then the name
of Mattoon, of Douglass, repeated with
great vehemence came from many parts
of the hall, and crowd of Mattoon's
friends got around him and talked to
him excitedly. He seemed to be sue
cessfully withstanding them, and soon
there arose cries of deadlock" "ad-
journ." Mattoon finally yielded and
changed his vote to Mitchell. This was
all that was needed and the crowd knew
it. Pandemonium reigned for many
seconds and the chair made little effort
to check it. The clerks then completed
the roll and passed it up to President
Fulton, who announced that Mr.. Cor
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