The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-01-30
BRADY TWO-YEAR SENATOR
HOW THE WORK WAS DONE
Received One More Vote Than
Dickenson Voted for "Nigger" Janitor---
Stirs Commotion

! way. He closed by voting for Mr.
Brady.
Senator Defenbach of Bonner
county followed in the wake of
Senator Hanson. He said he had
voted for Congressman French at
the beginning and was confident
his man would have won but for
the expense that would have been
incurred in electing his successor
IN congress. To get a man to
break the deadlock he said he was
compelled to come south. He paid
high tribute to Mr.. Brady and
voted for him.
Senator Hedrick said he had a
high opinion of Mr.. Brady but
he proposed to stick to his word.
He passed at first and after the
completion of the roll call voted
for T. L. Burkland of Nampa, a
personal friend of long standing.
Perhaps half those present had
kept tab on the vote and knew
that Mr.. Brady was elected before
the result was announced and it
was with difficulty that Lieuten-
ant Governor Taylor brought the
possibly affect the result. But the
pected from Representative Dick
enson, therefore, when he arose
to explain his vote, as it could not
possibly affect the result. But th
young man had not gone far in
his remarks before there was COM
motion in the house. Kisses,
cheers and calls of "order"
mingled with the pounding of the
chairman's gavel, gave the crowd
its first taste of real excitement.
81 have not the highest personal
regard for the man just elected, "
said young Dickinson, laboring to
control his feelings. "With his
unsavory record in our county with
which you are all familiar > AT
this point the speaker was howled
down and was unable to make
himself heard further in the con-
fusion.
Senator Edgington rose to a
point of order. He held that no
member had the right to make
such remarks against another,
that he had no right to assail on
the floor the character of man
in this way. This was greeted
with cheers and Kisses, showing
that the crowd was divided in sen
timent.
Events of Previous "a Hours.
Through it all Dickinson held
the floor, insisting on his right to
explain his vote. The lieutenant
governor decided in his favor but
warned the member that he must
be brief and confine his remarks
to an explanation of his vote.
"Since I came to the city OF
Boise. continued Dickinson, there
have been at least SO Brady hire
lings bounding me, until it has
been impossible to get a peace
able nights rest. / know what
has transpired in the lobbies Of the
Owyhee hotel in the past "a hours
and | am glad that l am not a
party to it. .
Again Dickenson was warned
bv the chair to come to the point
and name his candidate.
81 am coming to that" he re-
torted. "and to show my contemp
for the man just elected and fol-
the way in which he was elected
| cast my vote for william y
Courtney, the worthy janitor al
the state house, who is at least
trying to earn an honest living.
Senator Defenbach sprang tt
his feet and declared that he hao
not been a party to the proceed
ings in the lobbies of the hotel
After order was restored Presl
dent Taylor announced the vote
and declared that James Fl. Brad!
had been duly elected United
states senator from Idaho for the
term that expires March 4, 1919
Continued on page 6.)