Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15

fifth day after the balloting had begun, and
after stampede had almost brought about
Paddock reelection. an anu-Psddock eau
Gus was held. amid the most intense excite
ment. and centcred upon Van Wyck. elect
ing him thirty minutes later on the seven
teenth ballot.
In the senatorial contest Of 1885 the seven
teenth ballot was again the talisman that
decided the fateful struggle. Fifteen days
were consumed in balloting and ten days
elapsed before tho necessary number could
be secured TO hold a caucus. Alvin Saun-
ders was a candidate for reelection. but
the republican vote was divided between
him and John c. Gown, Charles r Mander-
son, Joseph H. Willard and John NJ.
Thayer. Willard was regarded as the can
didate who had the financial strength be-
hind him, but he was unable TO secure the
votes necessary to his election. Charles f.
Henderson. who from the start to the day
previous to the ending Of the race mus
tered only eight votes. was finally given
the caucus nomination over John G. Gown,
the highest competitor and was elected the
next day by the unanimous republican vote.
j. Sterling Morton received the bulk OF the
democratic votes.
Paddock Reversea Result.
In 1870 came announcer nOllg contested SCH
atorial fight Charles Van Wyck asking
for reelection. He had taken advantage
Of the provision Of the constitution allow
ing him to submit his name for an ex-
preston Of popular preference and was
unuuestionably the choice of the people
The opposition, however. had centered its
efforts in procuring legislative nominations
for men who could be depended upon to
/ ignore the popular will Although the or
ganlzation OF the house was effected by
/ the Van Wyck forces in the election Of
! their candidate for speaker, in the formal
| ballots the votes for senator we're divided
between Van Wyck, Paddock and a few
| others. After a few days balloting the
| republicans were consolidated on Pad
dock by means of a caucus and he was
elected for a second time. The democrats
| divided their votes between Dr. George L.
Miller and John A. McShane.
The senatorial election of 1898 was again
protracted. The legislature was divided
between republicans, populists and demo-
| Gratis I'm such a way that no one Of them
ha6 the necessary number to elect The
balance OF power lay with the democrats
who, by throwing 70 republicans or popu-
lists, were able to decide the politics of the
| successful man II took the democrats a
long time to determine which course "a
pursue In the interval the balloting con-
tinued from day to day. with the populsts
voting I'm succession for John H. Powers
the defeated candidate for governor; w
l. Greene, later congressman from the
Sixth district, and William " Allen, ther
a Judge on the district bench. The repub
liCans tried to break the deadlock by swing
ing back and forth from Paddock to Thurs
ton, but in vain. Finally, upon tn,
eighteenth ballot. the democrats. who haC
been holding out swung in with the popu
lists and gave seventeen votes and the cleo
tion to William V. Allen.
The senatorial contest Of 1895 was devoi,
OF excitement. the prize being rendered t,
John NJ Thurston by a written agreemen
! signed by all the republican members o
the legislature before the session was unde
way.
Hayward Wins Long Contest.
/ The senatorial contest Of 1899 precipitate,
a protracted deadlock. NJ. l.. Hayward
, finding himself defeated as the republican
> candidate for governor. responded to al
, unmistakable popular call to enter the rae
for the United states senate. His prin
! ciral competitor was David Il. Thompson
of Lincoln, who. up to the time it becam
, known that the Legislature had gone re
publican, had scarcely been suspected o
harboring senatorial aspirations The feI
was large, including among the candidate
John L. Webster of Omaha, G. NJ Lam
bertson, NJ. b. Reese and Allen w Fiel
T. Of Lincoln, e. II. Hinshaw of Fairbury, f
20 j. Hainer of Aurora, c. f. Adams of Su
- perior, J. b Weston Of Beatrice and
2 number of others. but none of them mus
a tered formidable strength. Strange t
e say, the situation developed into an aligr
g ment with Hayward, the strong man, an
- the field combined on one side, against
10 10. Thompson on the other. The polio
n pursued by Thompson of making mys
e FERROUS claims OF hidden strength kept IN
n followers Of Hayward out OF caucus unit
e nearly two months of balloting ma
n elapsed, the vote OF the republicans
n open session being scattered among III
= various candidates. while the fuslonist
l., continued to record themselves for WUual
l., V. Allen At last, after considerable cor
,, tention over the terms, caucus agre,
r ment was reached by the republicans. cal
, ing for two-thirds vote by a peculiarl
II open-and-shut ballot which allowed certai
r members Of the caucus to vote secretly ,
"A their option. Even then the caucus couI
4 arrive at no result for several days unit
"a break was made in the following OF tv
- or three Of the smaller candidates and Il
nomination was declared for Mr.. Ha,
:. ward Stories were rife at the time OF a
attempt TO repudate the caucus declsio
but when the ballot was taken in joil
- session all the republicans voted for Ha,
- ward while the opposition died in Il
u ditch with Allen. To elect HAYWARD II r
D. quired forty-three joint ballots, extendir
IN over the forty-ninth day of the sessio
m leaving period of vacancy in the state
ne representation between March T. whit
TO Senator Aliens term expired. and March
= when his successor secured his credentia
ne It was owing TO the death Of Haywa
lis before he had an opportunity to fin h
ar seat and the appointment by the govern
d. Of Senator Allen to fill the vacancy aft
In the legislature Of 1901 was called upon
ep choose between two United States senate
no "A situation not presented since the orr
as inal election OF two United States senate
re by the first state legislature immedia te
ch after Nebraska was admitted 10 the unto
er With the doubling of the stake the o
he element and persistence was more Thu
by doubled. A long list OF candidates pr
ma sented themselves to the legislature {
~ vided in their aspirations between I
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