Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-02-26
FULTON ELECTED SENATOR
Deadlock Broken at Last Minute
of the Last Day

On the forty second joint ballot of
the twenty second legislative session,
and the eighteenth of Friday night s
joint legislative session, Charles W.
Fulton, of Clatsop county, was elect.
ed United States senator to succeed
Joseph Simon.
While the result was accomplished
at Friday nights joint meeting, the
last of the session, it was, in fact,
early in the morning, for the hands
of the clock in the hall of representa-
tives pointed to II minutes past 12
when the official announcement of the
result was made by President Brow
nell
The first ballot taken Friday night
resulted practically as had the one
taken at noon, a majority of the Multi
nomah delegation voting for Geer,
and Fulton's allotted 80 votes being
cast in his favor. There were no
speeches and there was no excite
mont
On the second ballot, Representa-
tive Hume, who had been voting
variously for minority candidates
since his arrival on the scene of CON
fict two weeks ago, changed to Geer.
On the third ballot there was no
change, except that Fulton cast his
first vote 1t was for Frank l. Dun
bar, secretary of state. The fourth,
fifth, sixth and seventh ballots wit
messed no changes On the eighth
ballot Senator Mays joined the ma
jority of his delegation in voting for
Geer. The ninth, tenth, eleventh and
twelfth ballots We're featureless. On
the thirteenth, Orton of Multnomah
cast his vote for Geer, making the
total 30 The fourteenth ballot was
featureless. On the fifteenth, Senator
Smith, of Multnomah, placed II. w.
Scott in nomination, Representative
Malarky seconding. Mr. Scott re-
ceiyed 2S votes. Kay went from
Geer to Fulton, making the latter S
total "a. On the sixteenth ballot
Mulkey spoke in advocacy of Mr.
Scott's candidacy, and voted for him
making his total 90 On the seven
teenth ballot Hobson went from Geer
to Fulton. On the eighteenth ballot
nottingham of Mulmomah changed
from Scott to Fulton, and this started
the long -looked-for landslide, Banks,
Croison, Hume, Hayden, johnson,
Mulkey, Steiwor, Fisher, DAILY, and
Jones of Multnomah following his lead
in the order named, giving the Clat-
sop county candidate 4G votes. His
election was then announced by
President Browncll, amid perfect
storm Of cheers and applause. And so
ended the contest.
Fulton's friends nearly tore him in
pieces in their enthusiasm at the
victory. They pulled him, shook
him, huggod him, and one full-grown
man kissed him full upon the mouth.
Then they put him on their shoulders
and carried him up to the speakers
desk. where he made brief speech
Of acceptance.
Charles William Fulton, United
States senator-elcct, to succeed Joseph
Simon, is we'll known in Oregon and
in Oregon politics, having come to
this state i'm 1870 his entry upon
political career being made in 1873,
since which time he has been promi-
nently identified almost constantly
with public matters in one way and
another. lie viii have reached his
jJth year in August Of the present
year. He was born in the city of
Lima, o. In 1878 he was nominated
On the republican ticket for state sena-
tor, and won out by 20 votes. Mr.
Fulton has also been city attorney of
Astoria, and in 1880 was a republican
presidential elcctor, carrying to Wash
ngton the vote Of Oregon and casting
10 for Harrison. In 1890 Fulton was
'lectcd state senator from Clatsop.
md again in 1898. Mr. Fulton was
president Of the senate at the session
Ia 1898 and again in 1901 He was
married to Miss Ada Hobson in 1878, !
md they have one son.