Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-01-18

Helena, Jan. 16.-sAmid scenes yo]
enthusiasm, which Indicated the pop
nlarity OF the select5mm made. Thomas
H. CGrter was e1echad United States
senator ON the sixfh joint ballot TAX
EN- at noon today, to surceed Hon
Paris Gibson. He renewed the full
Republican vote with the solitary ex
ceptt0n of that of Linaierman. of Mad.
lson, and in addiftm, two fustpnistf
from Silver Bow, Coleman and Walk
'er, recorded their votes Tor him. Civ.
ing total Of 81, emily ~ being neces.
sary to "a choice.
1t was generally believed this morn.
ing that the exQectad break to Garter
would come at noon, and the; CALLER
Aes were densely crowded when the
JOINT session began. The proportion
ol ladies' In abundance was large, and
among them was Mrs. Carter, who
watched the proceedings with interest
from the gallery. Senator Carter soc.
cupied a seat cm the floor, and Senator
Mantle WAS seated .nsar the speakers
desk.
AS soon as Secretary Wight, of the
senate, cDmmanDad calling the roll,
1T was evident that the moment for
the election Df a sesnat0r was at hand.
and when SENATOR Albright, in re-
spending. announced Thomas H. Car
ter" hurst ,nf ApplauRe followed.
Senators KOhrs and White f0llDweu
MI AlMasfr3S example, and this clear
ed away all dunht as 10 the result tOf
the mllMt.
When the GIM call of the house was
taken mp, the scenes were repeated,
Representative Bennett and Brigham
announced nheir votes HDr Carter, anti
these changes were warmly MpIlautl-
ed Othe1s fell into lire rzpidlE, ;antl
LanstIun. af Lewis and Clarke, call
ed ont amnther demonstration bw an
noalncing his first vote for Carter,
There WAS a 'lRugh when LiAderman.
the solitary Republican to hold ,0ut
against the rest Df his associates, vot-
ed Tor Col. w. #. Sanders. When the
two Silver Bow fusiOnists, whp had
been passed, announced their votes
for Carter, the hall rang with cheers,
and 1t was some time before Lielten.
ant Governor NOrris could announce
the result. When order had been re-
stored. he began:
The total number of votes cast was
ninety-tw0: necessary to a choice
forty-seven. of which Thomas Fl. Car.
ter received fifty-two -" Again
the cheering broke forth, and the lien
tenant governor was unable to pro.
ceed for a moment.
Il therefore" he continued, declare
Thomas H. Carter to be tine duly elect
ed senator of the state of Montana.
to serve for six years. beginning March
4 next
Prolonged cheering greeted the
presidents announcement, and when
the storm had ab1ted somewhat, SEN
ator Maddox. Of Cascade, moved that
the senatOr-elect be invited to address
the assembly. Seniors Brennen and
maddox were appointed to escort Mr..
Carter to the platform. and when he
appeared he was given an ovation.
AS soon as he could be heard. Sena-
tor Carter made a graceful speech,
in which he said:
In the execution Of duty devOlving
upon you to elect a federal senator
you have this day conferred an honor
upon me for which NO words At my
command can give adequate express
sion to my thanks. l shall try to dis.
charge the debt of gratitude | owe by
performing to the best of my ability
God has given ME the duties that will
depolve upon me as one of the sen.
atOrs from this great state.
Il expect to see before 1911 a mil
lion residents in Montana. It is in
dulging in no dream to say that
mighty areas now unimproved will
mark the site of happy homes. In
my work for Montana I will cOntin-
ually look for your support without
regard to your political affiliations"
Referring to the irrigation of the
lands of the west, Mr.. Carter said:
1T is my opinion that the reclama-
ton of the arid lands of the west con-
stitutes the greatest industrial project
now before modern times. We are
entering upon a work here in the
west the like of which has never been
dreamed of in the east. So far as en-
gineering feats are concerned, it is
my Judgment this work should be con-
fined to the best engineering skill. |
am not satisfied with what has been |
done or what is being done in the |
state Of Montana in reclaiming the |
arid lands. l am not criticizing, but |
in the beginning this great work has !
been turned over to a class of men |
whose business 1t is to sort rocks. l !
believe the work of reclaiming these |
lands should be placed in competent ,