The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-02-26
Result Came as a Surprise at the
Last Moment of the Last Day
ty-Third Ballot of the Session
Brought the Result.
THE FINAL BALLOT.
Fulton 46, Scott u, Wood (Dem.)
II, Geer 8, Herman !; absent /.
Fulton not voting.

Salem, Or, Feb. 21.-At ten min
utes past the hour of IL, this morning,
Charles W. Fulton was elected United
States senator from Oregon, and five
minutes later, to bowling multitude,
President George @. Brownell raped
the joint session to semblance of or
der and announced the result of the
forty-third ballot of the session and the
eighteenth of the evening.
The result was as unexpected as it
was sudden. When the last ballot had
been taken and it was still three min
utes to II, the hour set for adjourn
ment, the gentleman from Clatsop had
thirty-six ballots to bis credit. Then
came the slump. Nottingham, of Null.
tnomah, was the first to break from the
ranks of Harvey W. Scott, and a mo-
ment later he was followed by Banks,
also of Multnomah. That was the be-
ginning of the end, and from then on
till the close it was contest to see who
could change votes most rapidly. The
legislators were on their feet and were
wildly waving their hands at President
Brownell that each might be among the
first to change.
1t was an enthusiastic scene when the
slump to Fulton finally began, and no
one could doubt the desire of the Oregon
legislature to elect senator. 1t began
to look as if there would be deadlock,
for the Fulton men were standing firm,
but the change finally came, and now
that it is over the general feeling is of
relief and pleasure that there was no
deadlock. No bitter feelings were
shown among the candidates, and while
the election of Fulton was not what
Multnomdh county desired, the result
will be accepted with the best possible
grace.
Nothing of moment came about at
the night session until about IL o'clock,
when Senator Smith of Multnomah, in
a ringing speech, placed in nomination
Harvey w. Scott, of Multnomah, urg-
ing him upon the Legislature as the best
man for the place. Malarkey, of Multi
nomah, seconded the nomination, mad
the campaign was really open. 1t
meant fight between Scott, of Multi
nomah, and Fulton, of Clatsop. 1t was
the fifteenth ballot of the evening, and
Scott received % votes, the full strength
of Multnomah and a number of Geer
people, with whom the Multnomah
people had been standing. Kay, of
Marion, who had been voting with
Geer, changed to Fulton, giving the lat
ter "a votes. Scott gained one on the
next ballot, and in the seventeenth
Fulton gained one, giving him So.
1t was the next ballot that closed the
race. On the first vote no changes were
made. Then Nottingham. of Multno-
nah, gave the signal. He said that
he had been voting for the man he
wanted to see elected wv. G. Fentop),
and had even gone to Harvey W. Scott,
but that above all he wanted to see
senator elected, and would change his
vote. The others changed rapidly,
Banks, of Multnomah, following Not
tingham. Then came others in the fol-
lowing order: Corsican, Hume, Hay
den, Johnson, Mulkey, Steiwer, Fisher,
DAILY and Paulsen. Others would have
changed, but that was sufficient, and
the vote was announced.
Fulton, who was present, was intro
duced and made short speech, thank
ing his supporters for their work, and
promising to represent the whole state
of Oregon