The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12

sixty seventh Joint ballot, for unjtec
States senator, the third taken TODAY
Judge w. s. Kenyon, the governmen,
|trust buster, was elected United States
senator to succeed the late Senator
|Dolver, by the following vote:
Kenyon, 85.
peener, 19.
Porter, 81.
DES MONIES, April IA resolu
ton was adopted by the house this
morning to adjourn at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. The clocks will be SET
back and adjournment will probably
come at midnight. There are 1000
bills to pass upon before adjournment
The election was assured when Van
Camp changed his vote from Deemer
| 70 Kenyon. Immediately seven Others
switched giving seven more than
|were required to elect. There was a
demonstration.
Judge Kenyon was in West Des
Moines when the election occurred
and q recess Of twenty minutes was
taken, awaiting his arrival.
Adams, Deemer man, who heads
the roll call, started the ball rolling
BY announcing his vote and giving the
reason.
The Deemer men asked that anoth-
er ballot be taken and a resolution
vas then produces for adjournment.
Before the result was annnIinaed,
Senator Chapman arose and said he
had an explanation to make. He said
he had no right to stand against so
many men and would change his vote.
Then Van Camp arose and 1t was a
sign that the long deadlock was over.
The other changes followed in rapid
succession.
When President Clark selected
OConnor to escort the new senator to
the floor, there were more cheers and
yells.
Deemer has accepted an invitation
TO speak at the Kenyon celebration
this afternoon.
Those who stuck to Deemer to the
last were:
Bennett, Brown OF Decatur; Cowells,
Daniels, Dewey, Edmund. Fulton,
Hickenlooper, McCleary, Mccullough,
Malmberg, Proudfoot, Robins, Savage,
Smith, of Adams, Smith of Decatur;
Spear, Stucklager.
Those who switched from Deemer
to Kenyon were.
Adams. Allen, Beans, Beaumont,
Chapman, Crist, Gilliland, Hogan,
Huntley, Jacobson, Jewell, Lonsberry,
Mates, Neal, Saunders, Site, Sullivan,
van Law and Van Camp.
Three Ballots Yesterday.
DES MONIES. April 12.-The sixty.
nth joint ballot yesterday afternoon,
ne third during the day, failed to put
ven perceptible dent in the sena-
orial deadlock, which had existed in
ne Iowa legislature for many long
weeks.
whether the legislature would ad-
ourn this week without filling the va
ancy was as much of question last
lght as 1t was in the beginning OF
ne contest. Aoherents of Judge w. S.
Aei yon and Supreme Court Justice Fl.
J. Deemer, the leading republican
were holding conferences,
nd both sides seemed determined to
old their ground.
The democrats who had been cast
1g their fifty or more votes almost
oiidly for Claude e. Porter, appeared
be equally determined not to give
ia to either faction of the republi-
an party Rumors of the possible
ltndrawal of Judge Deemer, which
ere current early In the day, had not
cen authenticated last night. There
as no material changes in any of
le three ballots taken during the
ay.
The results of the three ballots
ere as follows:
First allot-Kenyon, G2; Porter,
- Deemer 81; Curtis, a.
second ballot--Kenyon, Ga; Porter,
!, Deemer, So; Curtis, ..
lnlrd ballot-Kenyon, 65; Porter,
Z, Deemer So; Curtis /.
y took seventy-eight votes to elect
the first two ballots and seventy
me TO elect on the third one.