Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28
MITCHELL Is tlt(T[D
Twenty.Fif:h Ballot Gave Him
the Senatorship.
HE RECEIVED JUST ENOUGH TO ELECT
Republican Minority, the Majority OF the
Democrats acd . Few Corbett Men
Were His Supporters.


Mitchell was elected United States sen.
ator at 1890 this morning. 1t was
the 25th ballot OF the day and the 63d
of the legislative session. The result
WAS reached on the inevitable last bal
lot. and was attended by scenes OF su.
preme uproar and enthusiasm OH the
part of the Mitchell push. On the
final ballot Mitchell had 46 votes and
Corbett 20. The senator received
minority of the Democratic votes, and
these, with the accessions from the
Corhe tt forces were sufficient to elect
him.
The hands OF the clock had already
poiuted to midnight and the clerks
were engaged in checking up the roll
call. There was great excitement
and loud calls OF the name of Mitchell
from the lobby. The first deserter from
the Corbett ranks was Hemenwav, Of
Lane. On the previous roll call
Mitchell had had 81 votes and Corbett
36. When his name was reached
Hemenway. in the last roll call, with.
out explanation, responded, John ii.
Mitchell. The call proceeded to the
end. and Mitchell and Corbett were
then exactly tied, having 35 votes
each. Then McQueene. of Lane, arose,
and with brief speech changed to
Mitchell, putting him in the lead.
He was followed by Roberts, of Wasco.
who made short address, saying he
had come here with a clean con-
science. but he thought it his duty to
elect a senator, and he changed to
Nit hell. Colvig followed him from
the Hermann ranks, then came Senator
Ma sters, of Douglas, then Thompson,
of Umatilla, Senators Dimmick, Proeb-
steI, Hume and Hedges. Then there
was pause and mighty suspense.
Finally Represel tati 9 Butt got upon
a chair and tried to address the presi.
dent. The noise and uproar from the
lobby were SO great that he could not
be heard. He inquired if Mitchell at
that time had majority of the Repub.
lican votes. There were loud cries of
yes" and noisy counter cries of "No"
from the Corbett ranks. Butt hest.
tated for m oment and then respond.
ed. "Well. it makes no difference.
change to John H. MITCHELL" Mitch.
ell now had 45 votes, within one of the
goal. About this time the Multnomah
delegation got around Representative
Schumann, who had on the 2lst ballot
changed from Bennett to Mr.. Corhett,
and demanded that he prevent dead
lock. While the push was wrestling
With the obstinate German. merican
from Multnomah, Mattoon finally
Yielded to the opportunities OF his
friends and arose and changed his vote
to Mitchell. This was all that was
needed, and the crowd knew it. Pan.
demonium reigned for many seconds,
and the chair made little effort to
check it. The clerks then completed
the roll and passed it up to Mr.. Fulton.
who announced that Mr.. Corbett nan
received 20 votes, Mr.. Mitchell 49,
and Mr.. Bennett 49, The crowd
went wild again and fraternized wildly
with members. embracing them, shak-
ing them by the bands, and fairly
jumping up and down in their JOY
The customary speech was expected
from Mr.. Mitchell, and there were
uproarious demands for him to come
forward. He had been in the lobby
all the evening watching the progress
OF the voting and waiting for his Ger.
tificate OF election. lie was found
with no great difficulty and hurried
forward through the jostling crowd.
President Fulton appointed Brow
nell. Roberts and II. A. Smith, OF
Multnomah, a committee to escort the
newly elected United States senator in.
to the assembly hall, and amid wild
cheering, waving OF hats, umbrella.
and canes. MIR. Mitchell made hi,
appearance. He was met and con-
graduated by Mr.. Fulton.