The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-18
RECEIVES A MAJORITY
SURE OF ELECTION
 TO THE SENATE.
kerens Gets One Vote in the Missouri House of Representatives, and Bittinger One, the Rest Being
 Cast for Niedringhaus.


 Jefferson City Mo. Jan. 17.-Thomas K. Niedringhaus of St. Louis today re- ceived a majority of the total vote cast in both houses of the Missouri Legis- lature for United States Senator to
 succeed F. M. Cockreu. He received
 a mjority of eight on joint ballot. The voting today in both houses resulted as follows: House-Niedringhau 79; cockreil. bs: Kerens l. Blttlnger, 1. Senate--Niedringhau II; Cockrell, 22. Total, Niedringhaus. 90; Cockrell, So;
 Kerens, 1; Bittinger, 1.
 Under the law today's voting does
 not finally elect Senator. The of ficial balloting will be done tomorrow,
 when both branches of the General Assembly will meet in join session. With the exception of the two votes for Kerens and Bittinger, the Repub- licans had all their forces in line for Niedringhaus, the caucus nominee, de-
 spite the rumors that seven of the members of the House would bolt. Representative Grace. who introduced
 the resolution that resulted in the ap- pointment of a committee to investl-
 gate the campaign contributions of Thomas K. Niedringhaus, and who was accounted an adherent of R. c. Kerens.
 seconded the speech nominating Med
 ringhaus. He announced also that he
 spoke in behalf of MT. Kerens and his
 adherents.
 Exactly at noon Speaker Hill in the House announced that the voting for United States Senator was a special | order of business, and that 1t would take precedence over the voting on the I adoption or rejection of the majority and minority reports of the inyestir gating committee.
 | Mir WhitiakaP nf Hickory fmmedi-
 ately arose and denied in emphatic lam
 guage a published report that he had | attended a caucus at the residence of | R. C. kerens in St. Louis Saturday night, at which seven men were alleged ! to have pledged themselves to secure
 the defeat of Niedringhaus, the Repub- lican caucus iominee.
 Representative w. R. Self of Green placed Niedringhaus in nomination. He
 was cheered when he said that the man | he would name would receive the entire
 vote of the Republican membership. All eyes were turned on Representa-
 tive Grace of St. Loris, who had pre-. sented the resolution calling for the
 Investigation of Niedringhaus, as he
 arose and said:
 T dare do all that becomes a man.
 In behalf of Col R. c. Kerens and his
 gallant friends, I take pleasure in sec-
 onding the name of Thomas K. Ned vinghaus.
 Shrieks of delight from Niedring-
 haus's followers greeted this announce
 ment the enthusiasm lasting until the balloting began. The nominating speeches in the Senate were concluded
 at 12:45. when the Secretary proceeded l to call the roll on the election of United States Senator.
 Senator Morton announced that Sem ator Farris of Crawford County" had
 been called home suddenly, This re-
 suited in Cockrell receiving only 22 in-
 stead of 23 Democratic votes. MT. Niedringhaus got Il, which represents
 the full strength of the Republican party In the upper branch of the As- | sembly.
 Thomis Kay Niedringhaus. who was today elected by the Legislature at Jef- ferson City to succeed Francis NJ .
 CockrelI in the United States Senate.
 was born in St. Louis in 1859. He was
 graduated from Washington Univer- sity here. His first political experience
 was in 1888. when he successfully man.
 aged the campaign of his father. Hon. F G. Niedringhaus. for Congress. He was married during the same year. For d number of years he served as
 Treasurer of the Republican City Com mittee. Several months ago at the convention held in St. Joseph, he was
 made chairman of the Republican State Committee. MT. and Mrs. Niedring
 haus have two children, daughter of
 IS and a son of years of age. Mir
 Niedringhaus is a man of reputed
 wealth and Is the manager of an en-
 amelling and stamping company.