The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-04-07

TRIM PATRONAGE
CHOICE OF SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE ENDS LONG
DEADLOCK.
ON TIE GATH BALLOT
113 Votes to 80 for Depew-Democra.
tic insurgents CapituIate and the
Rest Is Easy.

Albany, Ap.u Supreme Court
Justice James Aioysius O'Gorman,
Democrat, of NeS York city, was
elected United States senator by the
legislature after the most protracted
struggle ove this position ever held in
the Empire state. On the final ballot,
the s~ixty-fourth, he received 112 votes
to SO cast for Chauncey NJ. Depew.
whose term expired March 4.
At the close of a day of almost con-
tinuous negotiations the insurgents
elected A few minutes before the
ballot vas cast Justice O'Gorman's
resignation from the bench was filed
at the office of the secretary of state,
as a constitutional provision would
have prohibited his election while
holding the office of justice of the
supreme court.
Wild applause marked the end Of
the long contest and the legislature,
driven from the state capitol by We'd
nesday's fire, quickly adopted a reso.
luton adjourning until April II.
Governor Dix Pleased.
Governor Dix expressed qualification
at the result.
"The state of New York" he said,
has elected for its representative in
the federal senate an eminent jurist,
a man Of pronounced ability, of great
attachments and of the highest char.
acter. The election of Judge O'Gor-
man cannot but meet with the ap-
prevail of the citizens of this state, re-
CARELESS of party. He will rank with
the ablest statesmen the senate has
known, will represent the Empire state
and bestow honor upon the party that
elected him. l am gratifed at this
solution Of the problem which has con-
fronted the Democratic members of
the Legislature for the past ten weeks"
Charles F. Murphy. leader Of Tam
many hall, who for weeks has been
striving to bring about the election
of Mr.. Sheehan, expressed himself as
highly pleased at the outcome.
NO better selection could have
been made by the party after the un-
fair and unmerited defeat of Mr.. Shee-
han, whose position before the people
has beer greatly strengthened" said
Mr.. Murphy. Judge O'Gorman needs
no commentator from any one, but
the public undoubtedly will see that in
the triumph of the majority rule and
in sustaining the party caucus the
power Of the party and it's opportuni-
ties to serve the people have beer
greatly increased"
Justice O'Gorman's Career.
James A. O'Gorman has long been
one of the most prominent members
of Tammany hall. He has been one of
It's foremost orators for 80 years, hav-
ing established his reputation as a
public speaker in it's interests when,
at the age of 81, his %eloquence was
assembly district.
Mr.. O'Gorman was born on the low
er west side of New York, on May
5, 1860. He is the son of Thomas and
Ellen OGorman, and married Anne
M. Leslie in this city on Jan. 2, 1884.
They have nine children, seven daugh-
ters and two sons.
llC Hu1SIlllS Il COuISe Ill the pubic
schools, Mr.. O'Gorman, as a lad of II.
entered the college of the City of New
York and later attended the Univer-
sity of New York law school, was grad.
uated and entered at the bar in 1882.
From the time he cast his first vote
he aligned himself with Tammany
hall which favored him generously.
IN 1909 he r,n~ N11%o ~ - /
municipal court and in 1899 was eject
ed a justice of the supreme court for
a term of Ia years, from January l.,
1900. His salary has been $17,5OO or
almost three times what he will re.
ceive as United States senator, and
he had almost three years to serve,
while as a senator he has six years.