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Show l'ALIlff ILLIM The Determined Farmers See Their Schemes Come to Nair.ht and a Damocralio Senator Eltctcd. THE ALBANY DEADLOCK BROKEN. ; It Ended it a Compromise Row iu the j Arkansas Assembly Hall In Other State Legislatures! Si'itiMii iE' l. 111., March ll.flen-cral ll.flen-cral Palmer wa elected United States senator today on the first ballot to succeed suc-ceed Charles 11 Karwell. i ThiMoriiicatiou of the roll cull showed ; that every repuolican voted for Liud-ley; Liud-ley; every democrat for Palmer; Moore nnd Cockrell for Palmer, and Taubencck for Stroeter. "On this the 1..4 billot," said Speaker Onifts, "the whole numberof votes cast is ',01; necessary to choice KKI, of w hich John M. Palmer has received 10:1 votes j democratic cheers; A. J. Streoter, 1 vote; and Cicero J. Lindlcy. 100 votes; and I hereby declare John M. Palmer duly elected United States senator " Deafening applause fro in tho democratic demo-cratic side and the galleries greeted this announcement. When silence had been restored a joint committee of seven notilied Mr. Palmer of his election. elec-tion. The committee returned with Senator Palmer who w as greeted with great applause. Speaker Crafts introduced intro-duced him and he made a short speech thanking his followers for electing him. He spoke ns follows; flentii'iiien nr the t ilrty-spventh general assembly: as-sembly: You oilRht Hcanvly to expert me to speak at thl- ilino. I f H miJ) like saylni?. "Ain't I plftd to pet out of the wilderness.' I thank you 103 members for indicating the rH'lits of the oi In. Iiy a plurality of votes it n as the e iprews.'d di'Sln of the people to 1 rt e senator and tlio election is lil-dorli-al. You lnvn who have labored ho long to elect your indepeiidvnt candidate also deserve my thanks. Applause. My republican frien4 I think you. too. You in this contest represent repre-sent tho old method of electing senators. I thank you that the contest has been free from personalities. Applaua) The joint assembly then adjourned sine die. When tho voto was in progressing Representative Tanbeneck, the only one of the farmers who did not go to tho democrats, said: "I vote for A. J. Slreeter nominee of the F. M. B. A. party," and dropping into his seat burst iuto tears. That it was sincere sorrow nobody doubted and cheer after cheer from republican side rewarded his loyalty to his party nominee. General John M. Palmer is a Ken-tuckian Ken-tuckian by birth although he has lived in the sucker state ever since he was a boy of 15, removing thither with his parents in 18132. lie soon entered law and politics, at both of Which he was successful. In 1MB he was a delegate to the first republican national convention, for the old general began his career as a republican, changing to a "liberal republican" al the time of fireclay's nomination, nom-ination, landing finally plump in tho democratic camp. Since then tho democrats have tried to run him for every big ollice on the calender, iu 1HS0 for the presidency, in 1HSH for governor, and last year for senator by popular vote. The last ollice he has now reached through a bargain with the twoallianeo members of tho legislature, which terminated a tedious fight. Palmer's military career is an honorable one. He served with Fremont and Sherman in the rebellion, commanded the Four teenth army corps and the Department of Kentucky, resigning his commission of major general iu 1W( to re-enter politics. pol-itics. In 18tW the republicans elected him governor of Illinois for two terms. Senator Charles B. Farwcll, who is thus replaced after only one term in the senate, is an abler man than many suppose. sup-pose. Only eight years tho junior of Palmer, he held several local olliccs in Chicago until finally sent to congress for three terms. He declined renomination for a time until the republicans needed a popular candidate, when he again consented to run in Insi). but declined at the end of that term, lie succeeded General Logan at the laltet's death, and on March 4 returned to his immense mercantile business. t |