The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-29
BRADLEY WINS OVER BECKHAM ------s-------- United States Senator From Kentucky.
 - TIE DEMOCRATS EJECT HIH --------s------ DeadIsck Broken by Selection of q Republican.
  He Is LouiavilIe Lawyer, Forsaar Gsyersor sna sixty-ons xearr ola--Bsyaa rlsars shs
 Newp.
 
TIE DEMOCRATS ELEcT HIR

 of widest excitement on the floor of the House of RepresensatIves. former Governor William ocenneIl Bradley Republican candidate. was today elect d to succeed James B. McCreary tn the United States Senate for term oi six years. beginning March {, fsee. He received sixty-fcur votes. barely enough to win. and was enabled to sain victory through the assistance 0E four anti -Beckham Democrats Senators II s. AfeNntk and Albert Chariton. and Representative chrys MnalIsE Of Lou isville ana Representative F. " hil' Hard of Boyle county
 Until today they have voted for Denn- |ocrats for Senator and thair suddsF' rnIiv to Bradley took BeeIxhasn men cor,pleteiy by surprise. although the latter claim to have Information that deal was effected by which the liquor forces were Co elect Bradley tn return Ef6r the defeat of the county unit oill in the senate
 Tlse eolnDietion of the frst roll call siowed Bradley. s4s Beckhanl. 6Vi BIarkbura fs James.
 Before the Speaker could announce the result the Democrats obtaned recapitulhtion and attempted to break the quorum by leaving ths hall. hut came back accompanied by Beekham who authorised the wikhdrnwai pf hit nasfia and released the Democrats from the primary nomination pledge to him in kous that aofne other Democrat would be named who could defeat Brad ley.
 neimoerAtm arc UHmea. The four boltlng Democrats were sur rounded by iifelong party friends and urged to withdrHw their support Iron Brndieg and elect James '. McIreaEs or any Democrat they might name, but fhev remained obagtFata, declafsng th4s tie DropoFltfan catfse fQe late Nlis I9Arncefatie lsadSrH prbnaiHad a eSl1eils fo seIect a candidake to which the nasne If Beekfiana would saot De preAenkad, bul the recalcitrants refused all offers. and theDresuIt could not be changed The ballot as finally cpInpipted after the Democrats finished changing their votes was as follows:
 Bradley. s4; Beckham. IS; James. 15i McCreary. 10; Mayo. $; Allen. 2; smith 2: Peak, q: Newman, I; Hunt l; El- liston 1;istanley |; Blackburn, |; Can trili, 1; Ellis, 1: Cammaek, !; Sullivan i; AfcEIroy, l.
 There was great disorder in the chamber during recapikulation, the Re- publicanS demanding that the Speaker announce the result and the Democrats seeking to delay. hoping to induce one of the DeInocrats to leave Bradley.
 Tn a speech accepting his election. Bradley thanked the Speaker for his fair and impartial rulings. He prom ised to use every effort as Senator to secure the repeal of the cents tax on tobacco.
 Representative LIlIard was the only Sone of the Democrats to explain his vote for Bradley. He said he thought the time to throw off the party shackles and to break up the machine had come and although he did support the Democratic ticket for forty years, he believed his vote for Bradley was the best Democratic vote he ever cast.
 The balioting for Senator began on January IS and ballots were taken each day thereafter. when a quorum was had. Today's deciding balot was the twenty y-ninth.
 senator-eIect Bradley has been many times honored by the Republicans of Kentucky, being the one man ot his party to serve a term as Governor dur inr the history of the State. having been endorsed as the Kentucky candi- date for the Presidential nomination m 1898. being many times q delegate to National conventions. long the Ken lucky member of the Republican Ma tfonal Committee and having been of- fered but declined the appointment by President Harrison as Minister to Ko- req.
 He is a native Kentuckian, nearly 6l wears of age, a lawyer who was ad- mitted to the bar in 1865 by special act of the Legislature. being under 2l years of age at that time His home is in Louisville
 The armour. today that Brad- lev had beents snator was made after nearly all i,' lemocrats hao changed their votes. Ehe four who voted for Bradley resisted the strongesl appeals from the leaders of all thelr party factions, declaring it too late to change again.
 Bryan ts Disapposated.
 Memphis, Feb. 2s--The News-Scimt- tar this afternoon prints a brief inter view with william Jennings Bryan in regard to the election today of former Governor Bradley as United States Sen ator from Kentucky, In which MT Bryan saya:
 q cannot see where the selection o' MT. Bradley will have any effect on na- tional politics, but consider 1t srea' misfortune"