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Show DAVID DAVIS. A Great aud Good Mau Klcel-ed Klcel-ed lo Ihe Se-tiulr. lint Lout lo tile Supreme Kuucli. SpringSt-ld, Ills., 2-3. David Davis wan elected IJuiled States senator to-Jay to-Jay on Ihe first ballot. Judge Davis was elected United State (iuuator by tbo combined votes oi the independents and democrats, is a native ol Maryland, a graduate ot Kt-nyou college and a resident oi BioouiinyLou since 1830. He has betu a member oi the stale legislature, legisla-ture, a circuit judge, and later a supreme su-preme court justice. He was a delegate dele-gate 10 the Chicago convention in IBiX); a war in, personal friend of Lincoln , and almost a caudidalo for th presidency at the St. Louis convention. con-vention. His nomination was hailed with delight by democratrf, though bis political opinions, if democratic at all, are of the most conservative kind, and prominent republicans would much preler him in the senate to Haines, for whom many republicans republi-cans voted yesterday. He is an able and accomplished jurist, and a warmhearted warm-hearted and scrupulously honest man, and will represent Illinois with credit in tho United Suites senate. |