Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-29
W. 0. BRADLEY IS
ELECTED SENATOR
REPUBLICANS WIN OUT IN LONG
CONTEST WAGED IN kdGN-
TCCkI LEGISLATURE.

Frankfort, Ky. Feb. 29.-Form-
er Governor W. o. Bradley was last
night elected to the United states
senate, after an exciting joint sit
ting or the general assembly. receiv-
ing "a votes, four of which were
Democratic.
The Republicans voted solidly for
Bradley, the caucus nominee. II
had been held from the beginning
OF the contest (over six weeks ago)
that a majority of quorum was
/ sufficient for an election, and with
/ 20 members present today. Il re-
quired Ga votes to elect. The votes
OF the four Democrats, who have
steadily refused 10 vote for former
! Governor Beckham. were transfer
red to Bradley from the various
! Democratic opponents of Beckham.
Bradley received CT votes TO 60
for Beckham. one for Allen and one
! for Blackburn. The Democrats left
the hall in an attempt to break the
vote, but nater returned and the
vote was ordered ratified
! Senators ,McNutt and Charlton
] and Representative I.yn. OF Louis
vile, and Representative Lillard, Of
| Boyle, were the Democrats who
voted with the Republicans for
| Bradley.
A scene OF the widest excite
/
was announced. the Democrats de-
manding a recapitulation. Beck
ham came on the floor and released
the Democrats from their primary
nomination pledge. Many Demo
Gratis sought TO change their votes.
the majority going to Congressman
James.
strong effort was made to in
duce the four recalcltrant Demo
Gratis to leave Bradley and vote for
some Democrat.
The many changes Of votes made
the recapitulaticn slow. and It also
developed an additional vote. but
! the vote for Bradley remained un-
changed, still being a majority of
4 all members present and voting.
The speaker finally announced that
Bradley had received a majority of
the votes ,afid was elected.
The announcement that Bradley
had been elected senator was made
| after nearly all the Democrats had
chngeI their votes. The four who
voted for Bradley resisted the
strongest appeals from the leaders
OF all their party factions. decIar-
! ing it was too late.
| Senator-elect Bradley has been
many times honored by the Republl-
cans of Kentucky; has been in
| dorsed as the Kentucky candidate
/ for the presidential nomination i'm
/ S96. being many times a delegate
/ to national conventions. long the
| Kentucky member of the RepubII-
can National convention, and having
been offered, but declined the an
! pointment by President Harrison
as minister to Korea. He is ma
tive Kentuckian, nearly 81 years
old, a lawyer, who was admitted to
the bar in 1865 by special act of the
legislature. being under 2I years
of age at the time. His home is I'm
| Louisville
The ballot as recast resulted as
| follows:
Bradley. 6I; Beckham, IS: James
Is; McCreary 10; Mayor. s; Allen.
! 2; Smith .; Peak. 2: Newman. I
Hunt, I Elliston. /; Stanley. al
Blackburn. Cantrell. /: Ellis. t:|
Cammack ]; Sullivan. T., McEi-
roy. T.
In speech accepting his election
Bradley promised to use every er-
fort as senator 20 procure the re-
. peal OF the six cent tax on tobacco
Representative Lfnard was the
only one Of the four Democrats to
explain his vote for Bradley. He
said he thought the time had come
to throw of party shackles and 10
break up the machine" and. al
though he did support the Demo
cratic ticket for forty years. he be-
Iiovcd his vote for Bradley was The
best Democratic vote he ever cast
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