The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-25

10 adjourn sine die at midnight Satur-
day, ard the prospect of an exciting
close brought thousands of people to
the capitol.
Voting proceeded without material
change for twenty ballots just ) the
assembly was about to take the twenty
first ballot. State Senator BrOwnell
arose and presented the name of John
H. Mitchell which was received with
tremendous applause. The twenty-hrst
ballot gave;
II. w. COTbett, So.
J. II. Mitchell 50.
A 5. Bennett (Dem), 10.
Three more ballots were taken, with
but few changes.
The hands of the clock had already
pointed TO midnight and the clerks
were engaged in checking uP the roll
call for the tventy-fifth ballot There
was great excitement and loud calls of
the name of Mitchell from the lobby.
The first deserIcr from the Corbett
ranks was II emenWay of Lane. on the
previous rollcau Mitchell had had
thirty-fOur woes and COrbett thirty
six When his name was reached, Hem
enWay. in the last rOllCall, without eX-
plaEatt0n, responded: J. II. Mitchell.
The call proceeded to the end, and
Mitchell and COrbett were then exactly
tied, having thirty-fve votes each
Then McQueene of Lane arose, and,
with a brief speech, changed to Mitch
eli putting him in the lead Nine 9TH
ers changed TO Mitchell, giving him
forty-fve votes, within one Of the goal
Deadlock is Broken.
There was q brief wait. and then
the name of NATION" of Douglas, re-
peated with great Yehemence, came
from many parts of the hall, and a,
crowd Of the Douglass county man
friends got around him and talked 10
him excitedly- He seemed to be sue
cessfully Withstanding them, and soon
there rose cries of deadlock, ad-
journ'' adjourn" Nation finally
yielded, and changed his vote to
This was all that was needed. and
the crowd knew il. Pandem0nium
Feigned for many minutes. and the
chair made little effort TO check IL. The
clerks then completed the roll and
passed IL UP to President Fulton, who
announced that Mr.. Corbett had ''re-
ceived twenty nine votes Mr. Mitchell
As, and Mr.. Bennett 10.
The crowd went wild again, fairly
jumping up and down in their joy. Mr..
Mitchell had been in the lobby all
evening, watching the progress of the
voting He was hurried forward
through the jOstling crowd, and es-
corted TO the platform, where he stood
for a minute until order was restored.
Addressing the vast audience, he said;
1T would be Impossible Tor me at
this time to offer words in which 10
properly express the gratitude that IS
swelling up in my hear for the great
distinction shown me by your rendered
votes The elevation to a seat in the
United States senate is a great distinc-
ton, the greatest that can be conferred
upon a citizen, but when for a period
of thirty years or less than that the
same state, speaking through four leg
islatures. selects the same man to that
office. he is made the recipient of a
debt that never can be paid by mere
words.
There is only one way to recompense
you and the state OF Oregon, and that
is by faithful, earnest and Efficient at
tendance to the duties to which you
have assigned me. This ] viii endeavor
70 do.
s'To ali who cast a vote for me. Re
pubHcans, Democrats and POpulists,
my heart goes out in deep gratitude.
As to You who voted for another. let
ne assure that make no distinctions
against you I win represent all the
people. all Of Oregon. TO the best of my
ability"