Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-30
All But Two Republic
cans Present Vote
for Him
j. O. Davidson Be-
comes Governor Be-
fore March a


M l.. Lueck, DEM. ..... -. Is
V. l.. Berger, soc. dem. 49,. .... s
J. V. Quarles, rep. 49,. :. ;. -. 2
lotal -. -. -. l15'
Absent ..... 10
Whole legislative membership. 135
By this vote was Robert M. La
Toilette elected to the United States
senate for six years from March next.
by the Wisconsin legislature in joint
session Wednesday, and a speech was
made accepting conditionally the
! honor. The senator-elect's declara.
. provided the legislation for which ne
stood was enacted by the legislature
now in session; otherwise he should
feel free to hand back the toga now
proffered that it might be conferred
upon some one else thus enabling
MIN to serve out the governorship and
continue the struggle in which he had
been engaged for SO many years.
| This was not the governors language,
but clearly the import of his address
| The fOrmalitieS were brief and
simple but impressive. The two
| houses assembled in joint session at
noon, the state officers occupylng
! seats before the clerks desk. The
assembly chamber was crowded,
many persons being present from
throughout the state. Not a few
ladies graced the occasion, and Mrs
La Toilette occupied chair among
| friends near the center of the room.
| Lieutenant Governor j. O. Davidson
presided, and with him on the rostrum
were Speaker Lenroot and Senator
McGillivray, president pro tenn. of the
senate. There were no nominating
speeches, but merely the announce
ment Of what the convocation was
for, then the vote and the statement
4 By the lieutenant governor of the re-
suit, followed by his declaration OF
the election of La Toilette A COM
mittee OF eight, appointed for the
! purpose, conducted Governor La Fol.
lette before the assemblage, by which
he was greeted with the university
yell and much applause, then finally
j his speech, and an informal reception.
The vote was almost identical with
that in separate session the day be-
fore, there being no variation
whatever in the total for La Toilette.
In detail the vote was:
For La Follette-Senators Beach,
Burns, Frear, Froemming, Hatten,
Hudnall, Kreutzer, Martin, Mech.
livray, Morris, Munson, Noble, Rogers,
Roehr, Sanborn, Stevens, Stondan,
Stout, Whitehead, Wilcox, Wylie; AS
semblymen Ainsworth, Andrew,
BeedIe, Beer, Bell, Bletcher Brad
dock, Brennan, Brooks, Burdeau, Car
penter, Chandler, Clausen, Curtin,
Curtiss, Dahl, Dietrich Dinsdale,
4 Donald, Durland, Ekern, EldTidge,
Evans, Everett, Fridd, Gordon, Green
wood Hagarty, Hagen, Hamm, Han
sen, Heinecke, Henry, Hole, Huber,
Hubert, Irvine, Jerdee, Frank John
son, Henry Johnson, Thomas Johnson,
Kinney, Ledvina, Leroy, McGregor,
} Mckenzie, Marquardt, MetzIer.
Meyers, Miller, Nelson, Norcross, Per
ry, P. H. Peterson, Pierron, Powell,
Prehn, Reynolds, Roycraft, Saugen,
Schauer, George E. Scott, John Scott,
Slight, Smoker, Stevens, Storm,
Swenlolt, farrell Thayer, Theme,
Thomas, Ties, Turner, Warner,
Wehrwein, Westfahl, Winch and
i Speaker Lenroot-1O1
Lueck-Senators Merton. North,
Randolph, Smith, Assemblymen
Bauer, ,Cleary, Coffiand, Crowley,
Hannif1n, Fred Petersen. Pickart
Potter, Rack, Ramsey and Szymarek
-15.
Berger-Senator Rummel and AS
semblymen Alldridge, Berner Brock
hansen and StrehIow-5.
Quarles Wright and Wolf
2
Absentees- Senators Bird, Hage
meister, Eaton, Johnson, Wippermar
and Assemblymen Baker, Bohri, Har
tung, Page and Ragatz-1O.
1t is assumed that La Toilette viii
remain governor as long as he may
that is till very nearly March 4, whe1
| he will resign, Lieutenant Governor
2 Davidson at once ascending to tn,
| executive chair.
r The election of La Toilette wa
made a certainty after last Monda,