Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-13
DEEMERs FRIENDS BREAK AWAY
Senator Adams of Fayette Starts
Stampede to Winner.
CASTS DECIDING VOTE
Members Break Into Cheers When
Result Was Apparent.
VICTOR WICKERsHAM ASSISTANT


DIES MONIES, Ia, April 12.-The dead
lock in the Iowa legislature ended this
afternoon shortly before / o'clock. when
Judge william s. Kenyon Of Fort Dodge
was elected United States senator to sue
coed the late Senator Jonathan p. Doiii-
yer, following. perhaps. the hardest sem
atorial contest ever fought in Iowa, The
election came with the sxty-seventh bal
lot and was attended by tumultous scenes,
in which Kenyon adherents displayed their
enthusiasm by tossing books and papers
about the legislative hall where the joint
session Of the senate and house was held
The second ballot Of the day brought
victory to Attorney General Wickersham's s
assistant, when Senator Chapman of Ce-
dar county and Representative Vancamp
of Adsir, who had been consistent sup
porters Of Supreme Court Justice Horace
F. Deemer, changed their votes. Then fol-
lowed other changes in quick succession,
so that when the ballot was finally counted
it stood IS for Kenyon to 19 for Deemer.
and 81 for Claude r. Porter, democrat.
Kenyon Men Determined.
As the hour for the first joint ballot of
the day approached it was evident that
a determined effort to end the deadlock
was to be made by friends OF Judge Ken
yon. The galleries we're thronged by
friends OF the candidates when the first
rol, call was announced This resulted in
a vote Of 76 for Kenyon, Is for Deemer
and 81 for Porter.
Senator Saunders Immediately asked for
and obtained a second ballot. During the
count It was seen that no change had been
effected and then 1t was that Senator
Chapman arose from his seat amid sup.
pressed excitement and said that in view
of the possibility OF the legislature ad-
journing with deadlock on its hands, he
would go over to the Kenyon side. Rep
resentauve Vancamp Immediately fol-
lowed. His vote was enough TO elect.
Kenyon had IS votes, the required num-
ber. No sooner had Van Camp uttered the
word kenyon" than the members broke
into pandemonlum, the Deemer men and
the democrats joining in the deafeDing
cheers
Adams starts stampede.
II was Senator Adams Of Fayette. who
on the sixty-sixth ballot changed his vote
from Deemer to Kenyon. thereby starting
a stampede In the latter's direction.
The balloting for United States senator
began in the Iowa legislature on January
II, with Senator Lafayette Young, Gov
ernor Carrolrs appontee; A. B. Funk,
Warren Garst, II. w. Byers and Judge
Kenyon in the race. Funk withdrew after
the nineteenth ballot, Garst continued un-
I'll the twenty-third. while Byers dropped
out after the fifth. Young was succeeded
on the twenty second ballot by Judge
Deemer.
It was Senator Adams of Fayette. how
ever. who really started legislators to the
Kenyon standard. Just prior to the an
nouncement of the first ballot he arose
and said while he did not like to desert
his friends he did not want to see the leg
islature adjourned with the deadlock still
in effect Therefore h announced he would
change his vote from Deemer to Kenyon
The announcement was greeted with deaf
ening cheers and as the ballot progressed
Kenyon developed strength.
In quick succession the following Deemer
men changed to Kenyon: Stpe Of Page
Bowman of Linn, Christ of Clarke, Beans
Of Mahaska Giilland OF Mills, Huntley OF
Lucas and Bounsberry of Marshall.
This gave Kenyon elghty-five votes and
! reduced the Deemer vote to nineteen.
Native of Ohio.
/ Judge Kenyon the new senator, was borr
! in Elyria O., on June 10, 1869, and received
/ his finished education at Grinnell, la. H'
was admitted to the bar following nj,
| graduation, and shortly after was elected
public prosecutor Of Webster county, Iowa
He was judge of the Eleventh Iowa
/ judicial district until 1909, when he wa,
I appointed attorney for the Illinois Centra
railroad In 1907 he was made genera
/ counsel of that COMPANY with offices II
Chicago, and served IN that capacity unit
1910 He was appointed assistant to tht
| attorney general OF the United States
March T. 1910. His home is IN Fort Dodge
Colorado Deadlock Stiu On.
DENVER April 12.-Congressman Martin
received the thirty-fouT votes Of the anti
speer democrats In todays ballot 70
United States senator. Mayor Speer pole,
2S, CONGRESSMAN Maupin ! and DR.. b. L