Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-05
BRADLEY SENATOR FROM KEN
lucky BY VOTES OF DEMOCRATS
Deadlock Broken Amid Scenes Of Widest
Excitement and Efforts Of Beckham
Democrats to EuIIify Bal
lot In Vain.

Frankfort, KY, February 2S.-Amid
scenes of widest excitement, former
Governor William O'Connell Bradley.
Republican, today was elected United
States Senator to succeed James B.
McCreary. Bradley's term of six years
will begin on March 4, 1909. He re-
ceived Ga votes, four of which were cast
by Democrats opposed to former Gov
ernor Beckham, leading Democratic
candidate for Senator, who was indors-
ed for the Office at the State primaries.
The four Democrats were surrounded
by party friends and urged to withdraw
their support from Bradley and re-elect
Senator James McCreary or any Demo
crat that they might name, but they
said the proposal came too late. The
Democrats ever promised a caucus to
select candidate to which the name Of
Beckham would not be presented. The
ballot as re-cast resulted as follows:
Bradley, Ga; Beckham, 15; James, Is;
McCreary, 10; Mayo, 5; Allen, 2; Smith,
2; Peak, 2; Newman, /; Hunt, L; Ellis
Ton, l; Stanley, /; Blackburn, l; Can
trill, l; Ellis, l; Cammack, l; Sullivan,
/; McElroy, l.
In speech accepting his election,
Bradley promised to use every effort as
Senator to procure the repeal of the six
cent tax upon tobacco.
PROUD HE BoLTED.
Representative Lillard was the only
one of the four Democrats to explain
his vote for Bradley. He said he
thought the time had come to ''throw
off party shackles and to break up the
machine" and, although he did support
the Democratic ticket for forty years,
he believed his vote for Bradley twas
the best Democratic vote he ever cast. -
TRIED TO BREAK VOTE.
The Republicans voted solidly for
Bradley. 1t had been held from the be-
ginning Of the contest lover six weeks
ago) that majority of a quorum was
sufficient for an election and with 126
members present today it required "a
votes to elect. The votes of the four
Democrats who have steadily refused to
vote for Governor Beckham were today
transferred to Bradley from the various
Democratic opponents of Beckham.
Bradley received Ga votes to go for
Beckham. one for Allen and one for
Blackburn. The Democrats left the
hall in an attempt to break the vote but
later returned and the vote was ordered
verified.
Senators McNutt and Charlton and
Representative Mueller, of Louisville,
and Representative Lillard, of Boyle,
were the Democrats who voted with the
Republicans for Bradley.
WILD EXCITEMENT PREVAILED.
A scene of the widest excitement
prevailed before the result was an
nounced, the Democrats demanding a
recapitulation. Beckham came on the
floor and released the Democrats from
their primary nomination pledge. Many
Democrats sought to change their votes,
the majority going to Congressman
James. A strong effort was made to
induce the four recalcitrant Democrats
to leave Bradley and vote for some
Democrat. The many changes of votes
made the recapitulation slow and it also
developed an additional vote, but the
vote for Bradley remained unchanged,
still being a majority of all members
present and voting. The Speaker final
ly announced that Bradley had received
a majority of the votes and was elected.
DIR. R.KlNG'S NEW WDuSCOvERY