The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-04-06

CHOICE OF SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE ENDS LONG
DEADLOCK.
ON THE GATH BALLOT
113 Votes to 80 for Depew-Democra.
tic insurgents Capitulate and the
Rest Is Easy.

Albany, April - Supreme Court
Justice James Aloysius O'Gorman,
Democrat, of New York city, was
elected United States senator by the
legislature after the most protracted
struggle over this position ever held in
the Empire state. On the final ballot,
the siXty-fourth, he received 112 votes
to 80 cast for Chauncey NJ. Depew,
whose term expired March 4.
At the close of a day of almost con-
tinuous negotiations the insurgents
capitulated and Justice O'Gorman was
elected. A few minutes before the
ballot was cast Justice O'Gorman'S
resignation from the bench was filed
at the office of the secretary of state,
as a constitutional provision would
have prohibited his election while
holding the Office of justice of the
supreme court.
Wild applause marked the end of
the long contest and the legislature,
driven from the state capitol by We'd
nesday's fire, quickly adopted a reso-
luton adjourning until April II.
GOVERNOR DIx Pleased.
Governor Dix expressed qualification
at the result.
THE state of New York" he said,
has elected for its representative in
the federal senate an eminent jurist,
a man of pronounced ability, of great
attachments and of the highest char
acter. The election of Judge O'Gor-
man cannot but meet with the ap-
proval of the citizens of this state, re-
CARELESS of party. He will rank with
the ablest statesmen the senate has
known, will represent the Empire state
and bestow honor upon the party that
elected him. l am gratified at this
solution of the problem which has con
fronted the Democratic members of
the Legislature for the past ten weeks"
Charles F. Murphy. leader of Tam
many hall, who for weeks has been
striving to bring about the election
of Mr.. Sheehan, expressed himself as
highly pleased at the outcome.
NO better selection could have
been made by the party after the un-
fair and unmerited defeat of Mr.. Shee-
han, whose position before the people
has been greatly strengthened" said
Mr.. Murphy. Judge O'Gorman needs
no commentator from any one, but
the public undoubtedly will see that in
the triumph Of the majority rule and
in sustaining the party caucus the
power of the party and its opportuni-
ties to serve the people have been
greatly increased"
Justice O'Gorman's Career.
James A. O'Gorman has long been
one of the most prominent members
Of Tammany hall. He has been N Of
it's foremost orators for 80 years, hav-
ing established his reputation as a
public speaker in its interests when,
at the age of 81, his ~eloquence vas
credited with having saved a doubtful
assembly district.
Mr.. O'Gorman was born on the low
er west side of New York, on May
5, 1860. He is the son of Thomas and
Ellen O'Gorman, and married Anne
NJ. Leslie in this city on Jan. 2, 1884.
They have nine children, sever daugh-
tiers and two sons.
After finishing a course in the public
schools, Mr.. O'Gorman, as a lad of II,
entered the college of the City of New
York and later attended the Univer-
sity of New York law school, was grad
uated and entered at the bar in 1882.
From the time he cast his first vote
he aligned himself with Tammany
hall which favored him generously.
In 1898 he was elected a justice of the
municipal court and in 1899 was eject
ed a justice of the supreme court for
a term of ID years, from January /,
1900. His salary has been $17,500 or
almost three times what he will re-
ceive as United States senator, and
he had almost thvee years to serve,
while as a senator he has six years.