Show 4 STAMPEDE IN 1 VYO ING Strong Probability That a Senator Sena-tor Will Be Elected Today HIS NAME IS THOMSON Tlc Populists Indicate Their Preference Prefer-ence for Him Jfeiv Has Withdrawn and an Effort Will Be Made to Concentrate tIle Democratic Demo-cratic Vote for Thompson Outlook ill Montana ChEYENNE Wy Feb10Special The twentieth senatorial ballot whi h was I taken at noon today was the most exciting excit-ing one of the session and for a few mot mo-t ments a stampede seemed inevitable The ballot proceeded quietly until Speaker Tidball who is last on the roll call voted He said as a Populist he first wanted a Populist elected now he saw that was impossible I im-possible and between Republicans and I Democrats on national questions he had no choice but for the good of Wyoming in view of the recent troubles in the state he thought n Democrat should be elected to the Senate and voted for John Charles Thompson The ballot as it then stood was a follows fol-lows A L New 7 Willis Vandevanter Republican 2 I 0 Miller Democrat 10 George W Baxter 2 William Brown 4 George T Beck Corn lJ C Thompson I Thomp-son 1 Before the ballot was announced I three Populists changed their votes from I r Brown to Thompson seven Democrats changed from Miller and New t Thompson Thomp-son sonThe The stampede to Thompson seemed to be about to become general when Mc Corniick and Hoyt Republicans changed their vote from Vandevanter to Beck Democrat Five Democrats then deserted I de-serted Miller and voted for Beck and Hinkle Republican voted for Baxter Democrat The vote as announced after these changes was New 3 Vandevanter 19 Miller 2 Baxter 3 Brown 1 Beck 8 Corn 1 Thompson 11 The Populists having indicated their preference for Thompson his election is almost a certainty New withdrew from the race this afternoon and will support sup-port Thompson who will also have the t Baxter votes tomorrow An attempt will be made tonight to concentrate the Democratic Dem-ocratic vote and i this 1 successful Thompson will be elected tomorrow |