Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-18

Fl
enson OF Marinette was nominated last
night for United States senator to sue
ceed John G. Spooner, thus bringing to
an end the deadlock that has existed
for nearly five weeks. The end of the
the republican caucus. Stephenson
will be elected in joint session Of the
legislature today.
To Lieutenant Governor Connor is
given credit of finally determining the
contest in favor of the Marinette lum-
herman by swinging the votes Of AS
semblymen Goldsworthy and Nelson to
Stephenson after they had been count.
ed on for W. H. Hatten.
The inability of the Hatten men yes
terday to bring over Connor caused the
Stephenson men to make renewed eff
forts, and from the confident air they
wore when entering ii = chamber the.
cause of it: was plain they expected
to win. Failure of the :Hatten men
also to bring back to the city Senator
Wolff and Assemblyman Jackson to
take the places of Goldsworthy and
Nelson and thus bringing Hatten's 8
vote up to the flfty-two required for
nomination also dampened the ardor Of
the anti-Stephenson forces.
McGregor Leads In Break.
The first indication Of the break
came wnen Assemblyman McGregor,
himself once strong candidate, left
the Hatten column and voted for Len
root. This change was greeted with
applause by the Stephenson forces.
Then when the name of Assemblyman
Goldsworthy was called and he an
nounced he would vote for Stephenson.
another shout went up. Assemblyman
Nelson, who was the second man Con-
nor neld out of the Hatten camp,
changed his vote from McGregor to
Stephenson, and McGregor followed
suit. Then 1t was plain to be seen the
game at last was played out and there
was. scramble to get on the band
wagon. In the meantime the Esch
men changed their votes back from
Hatton TO Esch, so that the ballot
stood:
Stephenson ................... .55
Escn ........ .23
Hatten .................. ~
McGregof Observation-Disclosures.
6uQQall
Ends Remarkable Contest.
The nomination of Stephenson
contests for the senatorship ever held
in Wisconsin, a contest remarkable fol
good feeling and clean methods, YET
marked by the sharpest fighting
Spooner presented his resignation tt
Gov Davidson March 4, to take effec1
May /. The first republican caucut
was held the evening Of April IA, and
the first joint ballot was taken Apri
| 16, just month ago. In all, eighty.
five caucus ballots were taken and
twenty joint ballots of the two houses
| A long list of men was voted for, bu
only half dozen were at any tim'
formidable candidates. these being
Stephenson, Hatten, Congressman
Cooper, Congressman Esch, forme'
| Speaker Lenroot, and Assemblymal
McGregor. The stalwart and so-callet
half breed members divided betweel
these candidates. No out and out stall
wart candidate ever was brought for
ward, but toward the end all the stal
warts practically, were in the Halter
camp.
Stephenson Platform Radical.
Mr.. Stephenson made his campaigl
on a platform which is progressive
even radical. He declares for thes
! things:
Thorough revision of tariff sched
ules, reducing duties where possibl
/ without reducing the wage of labor.
Giving interstate commerce commits
sion power to regulate rates and ser
vice and to ascertain the true value .
railway property, the cost of operation
and the amount paid therefore.
Legislation compelling the adoption
Of the best known safety appliance
and strict regulation as to operatio
of trains.
Strengthening the Sherman anti
trust law and imposing necessary pen
alties for control Of corporations
Constitutional amendment for elec
I tion of United States senators by pop
4 ular vote.
4 Federal tax on incomes and inherit
tances.
i An effective child laborflaw.
4 Legislation prohibiting sale of pub
i lie lands containing coal, oil or gas
would lease them.
Opposed to ship subsidy and s.
i forms Of government bounty.