The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-21
llEE IR SENATE
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INVENTIVE MO ARs & IA col ONE
f5URpREp AND fTlVENTY:slx
I BALLoTs AND tELyE DAYS.
10 ELECT 4 1891 ENT Of
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SEN ATE Il ssi
|R| n BR 1 H Kinks
Senate Scot, Then i State Senator,
Senator Yeater Representing INA:
ron, Marshall and Wetzels Counties,
and Five Other Republicans Vote
for Carr. n \ lss3 g Il
(By q. 4 F. Young 3.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov. 2i.--
The tie in. the coming session OF the
West Virginia state Senate recalls
the session. OF the same body in 1889
when 1t was composed Of 2s senators
and 4. battled for twelve: days over the
election Of a presiding officer At that
time there were but thirteen senator;
9ial districts and itrrequired fourteen
votes to- elect a. president The
Legislature convened on the 9th .ady
eofl January, and George .. Price, Of
Charleston, he being the Oldest mem
iben of the Senate present. wasA called
3tohfhe. chair. After the list Of senas
4tots elected. in lib November election
had been read aud they qualified the
first business was Tie election Of a
;lpresident to preside over the body.
According to the Senate journal, Hon.
Th9mas b. Daviss u TAYLOR county,
nominated Hon. A.. 9. Minear, of
Tucker county, who in turn nominated
Hon. R, s. Carr, of Kanawha county,
/ "a singular colncident Of a session
that was remarkable in many respects
full Of actions that the average
reader would neveribe able to under.
stand no matter how painstaking one
attempting TO explain m might h be- I,
! The first ballot i q! q the 126 that
/ were necessary before a choice was
made showed Carrlit to haveY13; 3Minar
Y 70, and Hon. M RI Lowtlier of Wood
{ county Ii This flatter vote swast'cast
'Fby Presley W. Morris, now editor foi
4 the Parkersburg State Journal. d h, 81
IA That the average sreader might have
some idea tof the personnel .otdl the
! thine inl1sS9 it,5will$ nat be iout1oi
place to note the names ofithose Eot
ing on the first,sballots Z For CARR
llArbuckle, Tourney Gettlnger, Knott
h NJ Creery, ;McCallister.s Minears oxley
..Prichafd, Pfiee, sweeney Van Pei
and Yeater. For Miner Carr Camp
! bell, Davis Furbeee Lowthef,i Maxwell
D Morrison, Scott, Smith. Snyder, wooSrr
2ley and woodward. FSF Lowther121
Norris. 'Aisi SS \ e sf fia
For the next qsthirty,three Ballots
the vote stood either IS to 10 or.t.1'
to 12,g.witf Carr holding the baker.
dozen. jhzH ,3 y & +:
i On the thirty!fourth Carr received
~; P. w. Norris, II, and the balanc,
y was scattered among Six others candi
dates.
: On any motion to adjourn, recess o
e the like the vote would stand 10 to 1;
o!-14 even being the goal sought b.
either side. 'l.l5 ~ IL !.
Following the announcement Of TIL
vote on the firty-hrst ballot Senate
2 Tourney, Of Hampshire, offered tn,
!, following resolutions:
Whereas, It was stated by til,
I 3senatof from Ohio IN. B. Scott 'dui
! ing yesterdays session (and not dc
nied) that the Republicans have
J, clear majority IN the senate and woul
t organize the same when the prope
l time comes; !" Therefore. ,.l l,,.
Resolved, that the senate shout
: now promptly organize BY the electioI
! ,iof officers and proceed to business"
!. Mr.. Scott raised the point Of orde
!, that the resolution offered by Nj
rlouIuey Wds HuL III oluSh anu III
presiding officer Senator Price, hel
the point we'll taken, On the mex
ballot Carr received but 2 votes, NJ
I near IL, and Price IL.
Failing to elect a president by 4Fr
p day afternoon, January H., the senat
t adjourned until the afternoon ofEth
14th and 1t proceeded to a forty-sixt
4 vote, but there was no, getting togett
: er as will be, noted by ten senator
: receiving one Tor more votes for til
presidency. Then came one of tn
5 amusing ,ineidenta Of the whole COZ
test. Senator Ben okley sent to tn
!. clerk the following resolution an
! asked thatSit sbe read:
4 Whereas, Itshas been stated b
senators from the Republican sid
who are higl, in political councils
that the delaysin Organization the sci
ate has BEEN caused by the pendin
of the injunstion, keeping out tn
vote of Kanawha county; and
Il So It = e