Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-05-12

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Northcut
Necessary to choice 81. Highest
Democratic vote for one candidate,
Speer "a. Total ballots cast 1O3.
The last night the House chamber
wss iilled to the doors with people
who gathered to witness the final
round in the senatorial fight Not only
was there no standing room In the gal
leries, but the floor Of the House was
filled solid back Of the seats Of the
members. and people were standing
two deep along the aisles.
II was a most demonstrative crowd,
but feeling seemed to be evenly d.
yfded. Applause came for every
speaker, but by far the greatest excite
ment came when Senator Mccue rose
from his seat after his name had
been suggested by one OF the Adams
senator's. and declared that he had but
one choice. and that while Mr.. Speer
was In the race he was not a candidate.
When the assembly was called to
order Senator McCue moved that
seven ballots be taken. and that II no
choice was made the assembly ad-
Iourn. This motion was Eeconded by
Senator Adams. The seven ballots
was decided upon at a conference Of
representatives Of the two factions.
The ballotIng began at about $50
and was followed with closest interest
by the crowd.
The first ballot Speer received 81
votes. The Republicans cast all of
their votes for Roof. giving him a total
OF 81. The nnti-caucus Democrats
went to AmmDns, giving him - votes.
Durfec and Garman were absent
Those who voted for Speer on this bal
lot were Cove. Hcckcr. Hits, irby. Nc
Cue, Napier. Sharpley, Twining. Van
TilbOrs. Allen. Bacon. Bott. Dowd. Car
rett. Gridenburg. Hollcnbeck. ,Teller).
Homer. Jones. KeTwin. Lafferty.
Lindquist, Mackenzie. McCarty. Nc
Lachlan. McPolin. Pearson. Proske,
Roberts. Slattery. Tovey. Walbridge.
Total. 81.
Before the second roll call Garman
and Durfcc came In and both voted for
Speer. bringing his total up to 80.
The anti-caucus Democ rats cast "a
votes for O'Donnell. which is about
as near as this aspIrant for senatorial
honors ever came TO the toga. The
Republicans cast "a votes for Goudy
on this ballot.
The Republicans cast their "a votes
for Dawson and the anti-caucus faction
cast % votes for Adams.
The fifth ballet showed no change
Spcer retaining his 81 votes Ward
received 32 votes from the anti-caucus
faction. and Sorthcutt received the
full strength Of the Republican vote.
ON the sixth ballot Speer stlll re.
.ained the vote Of majority Of his
party. oDonncll received 81 votes.
Ashton OF Pueblo. who evidently felt
hat the opportunity for bestowing
compliments upon his friends should
not be overlooked. cast vote for
J. Knox Burton. Republican. Dulin. a
Republican. cast n vote forLeslie NJ.
Randolph. the other 30 Republican
votes going to Waterman.
without a break in the list. on the
seventh ballot. the Specr men stood
fast, and when the roll call was com
pleted Speer had SO votes. Metz went
back to Adams on this vote.
The Republicans cast their votes
solidly for Joel +. Vale, one OF the
candidates who will be to account for
when the Legislature next ballots on
n United States senator.
When IL was clear to all that no
choice had been made. Senator Car.
ringer changed his vote. casting It for
Jubu +. Shafroth. Representative
Durfee. who had voted for speer all
evening. also changed his vote. cast
ing his final ballot for Maupin. the
man for whom he had voted on the
opening day OF the session