, 1901-01-16
I. N. PATTERSON
PROPRIETOR OF ROCKY NOUN
TAIN NEWS GOES TO UNITED
STATES SENATE.

Governor Thomas Retires From the
Race-End Of a Long Struggle for
the Coveted Honor-Oramatlc
Scenes in the Closing Days Of the
Contest.
Denver, Jan. 15.-At IL o'clock, noon
today, Thomas NJ. Patterson was chos.
en- United States senator by the two
houses of the Colorado legislature in
separate sessions. At that hour the
regular proceedings were suspended
IN order that the senate and house
might ballot. There was no excite.
ment, owing to the fact that the eau.
Il of last night had settled the con
test. There We're a large number of
spectators in the galleries, and the
floors of both the senate and house
we're filled with visitors.
Mr.. Patterson received the entire flu
sion vote in both houses.
Tomorrow, at noon. the two houses
will meet in joint convention, when the
journals of the two branches of the
legislature will be compared. and, as
l. will appear that Thomas NJ. Patter-
son has a majority in each house, all
that will be necessary will be for the
president of the joint convention to
declare the result. the election of Mr..
Patterson. No ballot will be necessary.
Mr.. Wolcott received the vote Of the
republican members of the two
houses.
The vote in the senate was: Patter-
son SO, Wolcott !. Mr.. Farewell cast
the vote for Mr.. WolCott, Senator Mey-
er not being present. The SO for Mr..
Patterson is the entire senate fusion
vote.
The vote in the house was IS for
Patterson and ! for Wolcott.
A Dramatic Collapse.
That Thomas NJ. Patterson would be
the choice of the fusion forces, and
therefore of the legislature, of Colo.
rado for United States senator to sue
coed Edward o. Wolcott. whose term
expires on the 4th of March next, be-
came known about 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, when the withdrawal of
Charles S. Thomas from the contest
was publicly announced. By the action
of the caucus last night and the vote
in the two houses of the legislature to-
day, Mr.. Patterson received the COM
bined fusion vote of the legislature,
and was declared elected.
The dramatic conclusion of a dra-
matte struggle was reached yesterday
afternoon when Mr.. Thomas SEN for
Mr. Patterson and announced his with
drawal from the race. He said he had
made a count of his votes and found
he did not have enough to nominate,
and could see no way of getting the re-
quisite number. He therefore thought
it the part Of wisdom to withdraw and
allow his friends to vote for the sue
cessful candidate.
Mr.. Patterson carried the news to
his w friends, who were in caucus at
the Albany, and that house was soon
the scene of wild enthusiasm.
The Patterson forces had been call
ed in ucu at his headquarters at the
hoted at 3 o'clock, while the Thomas
supporters gathered at the Brown at
about the same hour. When the Pat
terson managers counted noses it was
found that ffty-two voters were pres
ent, including Representative Bell OF
Las Animas, who was represented by a
proxy. The Times yesterday publish
ed a list of the Patterson voters, count
ing up %fifty-one, and the attendance
at the Albany caucus attested the cor
r%ectness of The Times figures,
The Minority.
At Thomas headquarters only TWEEN
ty-eight members appeared, and it be.
came evident to the ex-governor that
he had counted on votes that would
not be delivered. This was corrobor
ated by news of the gathering at the
Albany, and Governor Thomas sent for
Mr.. Patterson. Gloom settled down up
en- the faithful followers of the ex-gov-
einor. Mr.. Patterson arrived and held
a short private consultation with Mr..
Thomas, during which the latter an
nounced to his rival hat he realized
that further continuance of the contest
was useless and that he had concluded
to withdraw his name.
After Mr.. Patterson's departure Gov
ernor Thomas advised his friends of
his decision, thanking them for their
loyalty. AS he shook hands with them
al his voice broke and tears came into
his eyes. 1t was the end of the ambi-
ton he had cherished long and for
which he had SO energetically worked
for more than two years. The scene
was a pathetic one.
Two Years Contest.
When Mr.. Thomas took the nomina-
ton for governor in 1898 It was with
the avowed intention of making 1t the
stepping-stone to the United States
senate. That thought never left his
mind during his term as governor, and
ey cry political move made by him while