The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-04

dent that the Ramsey county man had
clear majority of all the votes of the
joint session.
Senator George R. Laybourn. of st.
Louis county, presented the name of
Moses E. Clapp
to elect senator for a short term. We
elected Moses &c. Clapp and he has served
us wen,'' he said. "He has made a rec
ord that is a credit to himself and an
honor to the people he has served so well.
He has attended minutely to every in
terest OF the state, and has more than
carried out the promises and pledges of
his friends made four years ago. He has
represented the state as a whole and no
man can say that he has neglected a
single duty. All agree that the record
made by Senator Clapp proves him a
worthy successor to that pride of Minne-
sota-the late Cushman K. Davis. In no
better way can the state add to its in
nuence In the councils of the nation than
by pushing to the front the men who
serve its interests we'll
Two great conventions, each Including
more than LOO men, representing every
county in the state, have expressed the
wish That Senator Clapp succeed him
self in the senate. County convention
after county convention directed its en-
phatic wish that Moses P. Clamp succeed
- tiAS idi 6S 1ldJOflly OIL senator's
and representatives were elected on the
understanding that they would support
Clapp, ana We cannot afford to go con-
trary to the express wish of our con-
st1tuents and the great Republican party
OF the state. Fully 80 per cent of the
republicans expect you and me to elect
Senator Clapp as his own successor We
must comply with the wish of the state at
large and therefore place in nomina-
ton Moses e. Clapp to succeed himself
In the United States senate''
Br1ef seconding speeches were made by
senator Putnam, of Faribault; M. ID.
Flower, Of Ramsey; R. T. Lewis, of St.
Louis and w. A. Nolan. OF Mower.
George w. Armstrong Of Hennepin.
aroused storm of applause in declaring
for Clapp. 2
1t had been my intention for some
llme TO vote for an esteemed citizen Of
Minneapolis. my home town., he said.
1T had been my intention to vote for
MI Giifllan this afternoon, until called
on him. He then said that he did not
recognize this caucus, and did not want
any one In 1T to vote for him. feel that
a caucus that contains 130 of the 100 Re-
publican members of the two bodies is a
Iepfesentatlye caucus. / am glad to be
mere and 1T Will be great pleasure to
vote Tor man who represents this great
state as Senator Clapp has done. and /
second the nomination of Moses E.. Clapp.',
Roll Call Demanded
ihere We're cries for roll call and the
secretaries proceeded to call the roll. Mr..
ADAMS dWelt with a lingering. emphasis
on the names Of the Republican absentees.
ana there was humorous side to the.
caucus when the name of some man who
had been popularity counted for Clam was
called again and again and there was no
response When T. T. Lund was reached
ne voted for j. B.. Gilf1llan, and when the
name of Sherman S. Smith, another Hem
nepln county member, was called, he de-
clared his preference to be DR.. Cvrus
Northrop, president of the state university.
told my people months ago that T
should vote for Dr. Northrop." Mr. Smitt
said, and he is man for whom any
member might be proud to register his
vote -.'''
The roll when completed showed a total
OF l2S votes cast, Of which Senator Clam
had received 126, Gilfillan one and North
rop one. Senator Lord called for the read
ing of the absentees, and when this had
been done Sherman Smith moved to make
Senator Clapp's nomination unanimous.
-Four years ago made this motion and
1 now renew it, he said.
Chairman Anderson declared that the
member had the right to change his vote.
but he could not entertain the motion to
make the vote unanimous. Smith there
upon changed to Clapp. There were cries
Tor the formal announcement of the vote
and Chairman Anderson gave out the
vote as 127 for Clapp and one for Gilfil-
Ian.
Senator Clapp having received a ma
jority of the votes of both houses of the
legislature I declare him to be the choice
of the Republicans of the state for Unit
ed States senator" the Winona man said
and there was prolonged applause
A committee, consisting of Burdette
Thayer Fillmore; George w. Armstrong
Hennepin, and Ward Stone Stevens, were
named to notify Senator Clapp of his Sc
lection as the caucus nominee and few
minutes later found the senator in the at
torney generals office and presented him
to the caucus. There was an ovation as
Clapp appeared. Handclapping was fol-
lowed by the members rising to their feet
and there was prolonged cheering. Sena-
tor Clapp acknowledged the nomination in
a ten minutes speech of acceptance.
~ thank you sincerely for the great
honor you have conferred on me, . he said,
and regret that there is no language at
my command adequate to express the deep
sense of the appreciation for this evil
dence of renewed confidence and esteem. 4
If am not here when the final vote is
registered it will in no sense tighten my
sense Of appreciation. Four years ago the
sudden death of one of the nations great
est statesmen devolved the duty upon you
to elect his successor. You were not to
fill the vacancy, for there was no one in |
our great state capable of filing the va
cancy caused by his loss The legislature /
elected me to take up the work that he
had laid down, and come to you tonight |
with four years behind me and whatever
of mistakes have made, have one proud |
satisfaction. and that is that every duty |
has been discharged to the best of my
ability In the earnest desire to render |
the best service of the work placed in my |
keeping With full consciousness and
recognizing my inability to reach in full |
the discharge of the duties of the high
Office, accept this nomination. and as a
guaranty can only give my record of the
past
Senator Clapps acceptance speech was
liberally applauded, and at 9 o'clock
Sherman Smith moved an adjournment of
the caucus.