Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-19

| lbIs Jan. 1dbOl
won today the hardest fight in his po-
| litical career Of nearly 30 years, and
| returns to the United States senate
for u fourth term with the support of
| LAG out of 279 members of the Massa-
chusetts Legislature, or six more than
than the number necessary for a
| choice in the joint convention.
TWO Democratic senators. Martin p.
| r. Curley and Michael J. Murray Of
| Boston. left their party today To vote
| for him, but their support was got
| necessary. Rep. James II. McInerney
OF Boston. another Democrat, was in
| th,. chamber. but did not vote. He did
not care to oppose Senator Lodge. be
| cause Of personal friendship Of several
years standing. Senator Lodge was
| elected Oh the part OF tho Senate yes
| terday. but the House failed to make
| n selection, 50 today both branches
| met ana the result of the first and on
| ly ballot was as follows:
Whole number OF votes. 279: neces-
sary for n choice. 40: Henry Cabot
| Lodge Of Nahant, Rep. 1iG; Sherman
| l.. Whipple of Brookline. Dem. II;
| Butler Amcs of Lowell, Rep. Z; \.
| Lawrence Lowell of Cambridge. Ind.
.: Curtis Guild, Jr.. Of Boston. Rep.
| !: John r. Thayer OF Worcester. Dent.
| l: Sylvester y. Mcbride OF Water
town. Soc. /.
For nearly two years the senior
| senator Of Massachusetts has been as
sailed by Republican Insurgents and
the Democratic party. Congressman
Butler Ames, Republican. who is i
orr nHenn nf Ron IN min + Rut-
Ter, threw down the gauntlet. Mr..
Lodge remained silent and it was not
until the fall campaign of 1909 that tie
| insurgency in tho Republican ranks
became recognized fact. II was not
until the spring, however, when the
| Democrats joined in the attack that
the situation was regarded as dan
| gerous."
| Senator Lodge gave up his accus-
| toned summer trip TO Europe, opened
| headquarters in this city and prepared
| for war The fall campaign was hard
| fought one Governor Draper was over
| whelmed by the Democratic landslide
| that swept into the governors chair
| Eugene y. Foss, Mr.. Lodges bitterest
| opponent in the Republican PARTY and
odt IF it and it was not at all certain
that the narrow Republican margin iii
| both the Senate and House was not
undermined by insurgency.
| AS the day for testing the Republic
| can loyalty to Mr.. Lodge approached.
| the political lines at the State House
| became clearer. and it was seen thai
| the vote would be close one.
| In the separate ballot yesterday, Mr..
Lodge won in the Senate. but 10 Re.
| publicans left the party ranks in the
| House and his III votes were three
| short of the number necessary for q
| choice. The total for the two branches,
| however. just made the required ma
| jority of the joint convention. That
| body convened at noon today, ana
| less than half a dozen names had been
! called when there came shift, and
| one Republican Insurgent dashed back
| into the fold. a few minutes later an
| other resumed his allegiance, then two
| Democratic senators deserted their
| party and voted for Mr. Lodge. Scarce
~ had they declared themselves when
| one of Mr.. Ames' most ardent support
crs saw another light, and voted for
| the senator.
When the call was finished there
were three members apparently absent,
but two Of them appeared. One of the
two. who voted for Speaker Joseph
| Walker yesterday. turned to Mr.. Lodge
today, and as the other member voted
| FOR Mr.. Whipple. the count ended
with 146 votes for Mr.. Lodge
Governor Foss. who fought Mr..
Lodge longer and harder than any OPP
poncnt. refused to comment on the re-
suit. while Congressman Ames said
that "ho was convinced that the de-
sires of n large majority of the peo-
pie of Massachusetts have been sub
merged by the influence of financial
interests" Ames also declared his in
tention of continuing the fight
Political historians say that the con-
test which ended today, was the most
important senatorial battle in this
state since the election of Charles Sum
ner as Free Soicr in 1851.
Senator Lodge on receipt oE the
news Of his reelection. issued state
mont in which he expressed his graft
tude and deep appreciation of the
honor conferred on him by the Leg
islature and people of Massachusetts.
The statement in part reads as fol-
lows:
81 am deeply grateful to my friends,
both in the Legislature and outside
/ il. who have labcred for me with a
LOYALTY ana devotion and n complete
Observation-Disclosures which I have never
! seen eanailed. cannot find words
adequately, to express my sense CT
gratitude for such devotion ard 10y
atty. ! can only hope that my friends
who have so labored for me win al
realize what I feel, how heartfelt
are my thanks and I trust that
may be able to repay them by service
to the country and to the state which
they vii! deem worthy Of senator
from Massachusetts" sSss