The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-01
 CHOSEN
 SENATOR
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MOnOdy. MT. MuTpny was uelel
 mined to make the selection himself.
 Late in the afternoon, after the Re
 publicans had about concluded that . there would be no end to the fight, ! the insurgents by a vote of 13 to 3 decided not to go into caucus. But
 about that time Assemblyman Smith
 and Senator Wagner made final ap- ] peal to them and they rescinded their action and decided to go into caucus ! or at least to vote on joint ballot for
 Justice O'Gorman.
 i The caucus was reconvened at a | quarter after five o'clock
 It was quickly apparent that the | leaders, Senator Wagner and Assem- l blyman Smith, 'knew their ground" and were determined to put their pro- gram through without delay. AS soon as the roll was callel. Senator Fiero, ] of Greene, introduced a resolution call i ing upon the caucus to stand by the 1 caucus, which originally nominated MT. Sheehan. It was voted down by a whirlwind of ''noes." Senator McClel- | land, Tammany 1awmaker, then placed Justice O'Gorman in nomina- l ton. He said that despite the old principle of majority rule it was a duty which the Democrats owed to the people of the entire State to elect a Senator before next Tuesday. | Assemblynan Robert P. Bush, the veteran legislator from Chemung. who | was the original Sheehan man, made a vigorous speech in which he said that | in resembling the original caucus ac- | ton Democrats were breaking all pre- cedent and weakening the party. He renOminated MT. Sheehan and Senator | Fiero seconded it.
 How Caucus Vote Stood. One hundred and one of the 114 DemocratS-two Independents voted with the DemocratS-were in their seats. The voting was: Justice O'Gor- man, 63; William F. Sheehan. 23; | John D. Herman, 3; Aalton B. Parker, 1; Augutus Van Wyck, T; William SulZer, 1.
 The Sheehan votes came from Sem ators Black, Cullen, Fiero. Gittins, Hsrden p@Tst hOng Ispesger g Assem ae1d stein, Gould, Gregg, Burnett, Hearn, | Jackson, Lareau, ,Monozynski, Neuper.
 M. A. O'Neill, Sheide, Washburn and
 straus was Big Tim" sullivan's choice.
 Between times one of the most in- teresting episodes of this whole strus- gle for the last three months occurred in MT. Murphy's apartments in the Hotel Ten Eyck, where he was sur rounded by MT. Cohalan, MT. F'itz- patrick and MT. Cassidy.
 A deIegation consisting of Speaker 1 Frisbie, Charles E. Treman, Gov. Dix's Superintendent of Public Works, l and Luke McHenry, Clerk of the As sembly, called on MT. Murphy to pro- test against the nomination and e1ec- ton of Justice O'Gorman. Speaker Frisbie has since Monday night last been voting for Alton B. Parker. and MT. Treman was accepted to be Gov. Dix's representative. McHenry sim ply went along representing certain n %f~~.z fr Speaker Frisbie and MT. Treman dis cussed the situation, whereupon MT. Cohalan decided to say a few words himself, and he did thus:
 We are tired of all this business. We are tired of this opposition to one of our race and religion. We have had enough of this. We have com petent men, men of very great in- tellectuality, but this constant reitera- tion against one of our race and re- ligion must cease, especially as rep resentatives of that race and religion New York State. This must stop, gentlemen, and it must stop right here"
 And it did stop. Shortly after this the joint caucus got under way and O'Gorman was named.
 Gov. Dix said concerning the cleo tion of Justice O'Gorman:
 '"The State of New York has elected for it's representative in the Federal Senate an eminent jurist, man of pronounced ability. of great attain ments and of the highest character. The election of Judge O'Gorman can not but meet with the approval of the citizens of this State regardless of party. He will rank with the ablest statesmen the Senate has known. will well represent the Empire State and bestow honor upon the party that elected him. am gratified at this solution of the problem which has con- fronted the Democratic members of the Legislature for the past ten weeks"
 Gov Dix sent last night the follow ing telegram to Judge O'Gorman:
 The Hon. James A. O'Gorman, 31s
 West 10Sth Street, New York City.
 Nation and State are to be congrat ulated. The Democratic party has honored itself by electing you and the people of the Commonwealth will ever remember the signal unselfishneSs you demonstrate in your willingness to serve your party and your State at personal sacrifice.
 JOHN A DIX.
 Charles F. Murphy: 'No better se lection could have been made by the party after the unfair and unmerited defeat of Mr. Sheehan, whose position before the people has been greatly strengthened. Judge OGorman needs no commendation from any one, but the public will undoubtedly 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.'
 Daniel F. Cohalan said Senator O'Gorman will stand out even in the United States Senate as man of un- usual force, ability and culture. He will undoubtedly make for himself a record of which his party and his friends may well be proud. The only note of regret in the situation is that William F. Sheehan should have been defeated, but he has triumphed> with his party in the victory Of the princi- ples for which they fought"
 Francis Lynde Stetson, who was one of those who actively led the fight against MT. Sheehan, issued this state ment last night:
 Justice OGorman is one of the ablest and most trusted of the Judges in the State of New York, and will take place among the ablest and most trusted members of the Senate of the United States His election will tend to unite the party
 SENATOR ROOSEVELT GLAD.
 He Says the Insurgents Believe OGor-
 man to Be Man of Absolute