The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-02-16
HYDRICK ON SUPREME BENCH.
Associate Justice Deadlock Broken on
39th Ballot-Ex-G Governor Shep-
pard WithdraW5.
News and Courier.

th;rtv-niauh ballot i"IM-A;' :ir"i'
judge Daniel l.. Hy,lr;ck. II Spartan
burg, was vl,c;r,i 70 the ;::H!"%:'
court benc.! - I'll the Vacancy "vc2>-
toned by the p:"m@lion oi Mr.. ia b'
Jones TO Chief Justice. Ii has been
a. long and most interesting contest,
but at no time had there been bitter
ness or i'll feeling, and Judge Hy-
drick,s election could have been made
unanimous but for the rule prohibit
inc changes III the ballot.
Judge Hvd,ick IS 4 Young man OF
sunerior ability and will make moSt
competemt and acceptable member OF
the supreme court bench. us cam
paien for the high honor Was con-
ducted with conspicuous ability by his
nephew, Mr.. A. J. Hydriek, Jr., q
member of the house from Orange
burg. Judge Hydriek's native county,
and Senator Carlisle, Of Span'tanburg,
together with others of his friends.
After the first ballot tonight. Mr.
Weston. Of Columbia, Withdrew the
name Of Nh. John {. Sheppard, and
ON the part of Governor Sheppard
thanked the members for their loyal
ty,, eulogized Mr.. Sheppard tor MS
loyalty and patriotism as true SCUM
Carolinian. and as such he wished to
withdraw his name from THE contest.
On the previous ballot, Mr.: Hydr1ck
had received IS votes, 81 being neceS-
sarv TO elect. With the withdrawal
Of the name of Governor Sheppard 1t
was no longer a question as to the re-
suit. as 0he members. We're ANXIOUS TO
close the elections and proceed with
other business. On the final ballot
= 16O votes we're cast. Eighty-one were
necessary to elect, and Of these Mr.
HWdrick received 103 and Mr.. 1. +.
Cothran received 81 votes, practical
K thu same vote that he had ali dur
ing the contest. l.
I1non the announcement Of tae vote,
JUDGE Hydriek was declared elected
TO fill out the unexpired term OF the
Hon. Ira B. Jones, and Mr.. Hydrlck
Will take his seat on the supreme
COURT bench April l.
Vote on Final Ballot.
The follows is the vote on the final
and deciding ballot:
For Hydrick-Senators Bass, Bates
Carlisle, Carpenter, Clifton, Crosson'
Earle. Forrest, Griffin, Harvey
Hough, johnson, Kelley, Laney, Llde'
McCown, Otis, Rainsford, Rogers
Smith. Spivey, Stewart, Summers,
Townsend, Walker, Waller, Weston
Williams, Wharton. Representatives
An1ick. Aver, Bodie, Bowman. Brlce,
Brown, F. NJ. Bryan, W. D. Bryan,
Bunch, Cantrell, Garter, Cocker, Dick,
Dngle. Dixon, Isaac Edwards, Foster
Fpltz, Garis, Gasque, j.. P. Gibson
W. J. Gibson, Glasscoek, Graham,
Green, Hall, Harmon, Hines, Hollis.
Horger. Hughes, Hydrick, Irby,
jackson, Kibler, Lawson: Lee: Le-
land,' Eengneck, McColl, McEachern,
McMahan, Mobley, Moseley. Nesbltt,
Niver, Nunnery, Paullins. Richard
son, Ridgell, ". L. Riley, Robertson
Roessler. D. C. Sanders, 0. X. San
ders, Sawyer, seibels, struler, Single
ton, c. A. Smith, NJ. L. Smith, Spears.
Stanley. Stubs, J. D. Sullivan, SuE-
dam, Way, Wiggins. Williams 0. D.
A. Wilson, W. B. Wilson, Wright.
Wyche.
For Cothran- Senators Applet,
Black, Christensen, Croft. Garydon:
Hardin. Johnston, Mauldin. Mckeith-
an, Montgomery, Muckenfuss,: Sink
Ter. Sullivan. Representatives,
Speaker Whaley, Ashley, Ashley,
Berg, Bowers, Boyd, Browning. Carey.
Carriean. Carwile, Celey, Clary, Cos
grove. Daniel, Dear. Duvall. t. {. Ed
wards, fraser, Uleel, e'lu'iii''
Harms, Harrison. Harrison. Lane,
League, Mann, Mars, Mauldin, Aschol-
son, Patterson. Rucker, Searborough'
Sinnkins, X. P. Smith. P. ?. Sullivan.
Tobias. Todd, Utsey, Va2rderHorst,
Wade, Wells, Whatley, Wmgo.
The Changes.
On the first ballot tonight the
changes were: Senator Otis changed
to Hydriek from Cothran: Mr.. john
stone changed from Cothran to Shep-
pard; Senator Kelley voted for Goth
ran; Senator Sullivan went from
Cothran to Hydrick; Mr.. Williams
changed from Sheppard to Hydrick;
Mr.. DuvaH changed from Cothran to