The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-24
He RECEIVED I24 VOTES
The Duke of Richmond Hill Got
Twenty-Six.
THE NEW SENATOR SEEMS HAPPY
He Pledges His Utmost Efforts 10 Protecting
the Interests Of the State, and 10
Six Years Careful
Service.
1t is Senator simmons now.


1t is Senator Simmons now.
The two houses of the North Carolina
Legislature met in joint session yester-
day and declared him elected United
States Senator for term of six years
It was but ratification OF the peoples
will, expressed last November at the
polls, and the white people of the State
are again represented in the United
States Senate.
ana the Hall of Representatives was
packed, by people who had came to wit
ness the passing of Butler. The galleries
was full of ladies who had come in early
to get good seats. and the Hall was filled
with prominent people from the city and
from different parts of the State.
And the new Senator. He did not at
tempt to discuss political measures, nor
did he speak except in the briefest way
of parties.
His speech was brief simple and trem
ulous with earnestness. 1t was the speech
of a man deeply grateful and keenly ap-
precatve of the responsibility upon him.
He was frequently cheered, and at its
conclusion ne was almost overwhelmed
with congratulations And while he was
shaking hands. there was tremor 10 his
voice and there was a suspicious moisture
in his eye.
Exactly at IL o'clock yesterday in the
House of representatives, Speaker Moore
announced that the time for the election
of United States Senator had arrived In
a few moments the Senators came over,
and that portion Of the journal of the
day before relating to the election OF
Senator was read. Lieutenant- Governor
Turner presided over the joint session.
The tellers on the part OF the Senate re-
ported that Hon. +. NJ Simmons had
been elected Senator from North Carolina
for the period of six years. having re-
ceived 124 votes, against 26 for Congress
man Richmond Pearson.
Mr. #. D. Winston, OF BERTHE. moved
that a committee consisting of one SEN
ator and two members Of the House OF
representatives be appointed to inform
Mr.. Simmons of his election Lieutenant
Governor Turner appointed Senator Glenn
and Messrs. Winston and White on the
committee
In few minutes Mr.. Simmons came in
icdHl1S OH oendtOF anu as
ceEded the speakers stand.
Addressing the Lieutenant Governor.
Speaker OF the House, and the General
Assembly, Mr.. Simmons said:
1T has been said, and truthfully said
think, that the art Of successful public
speaking consists in saying what is me-
cessary and appropriate and no more.
This rule If correct is simple enough
n ha
fully applying and following II. and hapry
is the man who can do il.
Whatever may be proper to be said
on the occasion which has called me be-
fore you, there is one proposition about
which / am sure we will all agree, and
that is that this is neither the time nor
the occasion for the discussion Of govern
mental measures or questions of party
politics and policies. will, therefore. be
excused ] am sure, for refusing to talk
war in the presence OF Hannibal, or poll
tics and craftsmanship in the presence of
TalleyTand.
"You have just conferred a great and
distinguished honor upon one Of your fell
low citizens; an honor accounted by
many, If not by ALL the greatest honor
which a State can confer upon one OF
its citizens; and you have invited that
fortunate citizen to appear before you
that he may have an opportunity to ex-
press his gratitude to you and to the
people, and give his solemn pledge Of
hdelity fidelity on the one hand to the
State, its people and its laws, and on
the other hand to the general Govern
ment its republican institutions and our
Christian civilization.
In the whole course of a mans life
there comes to him but few occasions
when it is proper and fit that in public
speech he speak almost exclusively OF him
self-his feelings, his emotions his mo-
tives, his purposes, and his resolves That
occasion has come 20 me today. II
should attempt to epitomize and condense
into a single sentence all that / want to
say TO you today | would say: | want
TO express, but ] have not the gift OF
language 10 adequately express my graf
conferred upon me, and my earnest, yearn-
ing wish is TO well and truly discharge the
duties of the office to which you have
elected me-
1T has been said that Of all the emo
tions Of the human heart that of gratitude
is the most difficult to express i'm words.
The consummate and all but universal
genius of Shakespeare enabled that
great master of the English tongue to
express with precision and completeness
almost every thought Of the human mind
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