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Show plausc. Representative Welch placed Gor-eruor-elect McKinley in nomination, and Representative Dicks of Hamilton nominated nomi-nated Secretary of the Treasury Foster. The nominations of Sherman and Foraker were seconded by several gentlemen. There was intense i ncitement during the I roll call. The result was: Sherman ;!, I Foraker 38, Foster 1, McKinley 1, and amid I tremendous applause, Sherman w as dcclan d the nominee. On motion of a Foraker man. ShennaVs nomination was made unanimous, unani-mous, and a committee appointed to wail upon Sherman and Foraker and invite them to appear. Long, cheers greeted their appearance. ap-pearance. "Senators, representatives and fellow-i-iti.eus," said Senator Sherman on is ing introduced, "1 return heartfelt thanks for the very high honor conferred. I am under obligations I cannot express in the language at my command. We have just parsed through quite a contest the most formidable formid-able I ever encountered In Ohio, and, I hope, more formidable than 1 shall be called upon to encounter hereafter, Laughter and ap plausc. In the contest I held, in language and heart, the highest reaped and honor f ,r my competitor. Applause. lie is entitled en-titled to the love and affection of the people peo-ple of Ohio. Though you have been engaged en-gaged in a contest, we are all republicans, and. t trust, ever will be republicans, true lo the cause and orim-iplcs we advocate. Cheers. 1 again return thanks for this almost al-most unequalcd honor." Applause ami cheers. "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen," said ex-Governor ex-Governor Foraker, "1 am informed that, so far as you are concerned, the senatorial caucus cau-cus has ended laughter, and I come, in re-spouse re-spouse to a kind invitation, to say that, so far as I am concerned, it is also ended. Applause ami cheers. You did not end it as 1 had hoped you might laughter, but your will U law Unto me and mine. Prolonged Pro-longed applause. There lias been possibly some rasping uud friction among us, Iwl at this hour it is our highest duty to remember that, from now henceforth, wo are rtpubll- I cans alw ays. "I have no resentment, no bitterness of feeling to carry home with me. I go hack j to my profession with grateful recollections I of the pleasurable and. I trust, pardonable I pride for the gallant, intrepid band who ltonored nie with their support in the contest. Seuator Sherman said he does not want any more conte-ts like this. l.augb-ter.j l.augb-ter.j I thank him for the compliment, and I vouch to you that I do not want to ever again cross swords with Sherman. Laughter Laugh-ter and applause. i shall pick out another fellow next time. Renewed laughter. We are in the presence of another great contest a national contest. This is no time for me to dwell upon the important consequences conse-quences of such a contest, but I admonish you as republicans that it is our duty to get shoulder to shoulder at once, and prepare not only to look to the future but move forward for-ward alter the banner of republicanism lo the grand and triumphant victory which it is our duty, and which will be, within our power to achieve." Senator Sherman received hundreds of callers during the morning Who came to eat-tend eat-tend congratulations on the victory he bad won. He left for Washington about noon. Ex-Governor Foraker returned to Cincinnati this afternoon. In conversation he expressed himself grieved and disappointed over the part Governor-elect McKinley took in the contest. JOHN SHERMAN HE IS CHOSEN FOR ANOTHER TERM IN THE U. S. SENATE. II Will Complete a Service of Forty-Four Years at aaMagtaa No Name in Amur-lean Amur-lean History Will Orenpy s Place of More Prominence than. Ills. Columbus, O., Jan. 7. The republican of Ohio have spoken and John Slnfman i succeed himself in the United Sbjbi Senate. Foraker Is defeated, but even in Weal his leadership excites the admiration' of hi- op ; ponents and he is more than evcr.the idol .; those dauntless young republicans who have given him such noble allegiance. For three days there has been but one result re-sult staring these hardy MtbustasUcs In the face the ultimate election of Sherman. But even the inevitable was unable to dampen their enthusiasm, and they found glory in going down to defeat with their leader and attesting .he devotion which none but the tin y Foraker could have, insured in tin: young republicans of Ohio. With the expiration of the senatorial term I to which Sherman is to be elected, he will I have competed forty-four years of confine-ous confine-ous public service. It will be a record w Pi,, out a parallel in the history of 'American statesmanship, for every year will have b. n spent in Washington and in the service of the Federal (iovermeut John Sherman is i'i'.i years old. He was elected to congress in 1854, at the time of the Kausai..Nebraska troubles, and was a member of ISccongrcs-sional ISccongrcs-sional committee on the question of the extension ex-tension of slavery. In 1851 he wrote the famous anti-slawry ! report, which thrilled the nation and made him one of the prominent leaders of the day. j How well he has maintained his prouitneuce in the service of six years iu the lower house, four years in the cabinet, as secretary of treasury, and an aggregate of twenty-eight twenty-eight years in the senate, the pages of American Amer-ican history bear record. When the joint caucus convened, by ac-clatnation ac-clatnation Speaker Layliu was selected us chairman. He made a felicitous speech abounding iu compliments to both candidate.-. Every republican was prerftht except Representative Jackson. After some debute a motion was adopted directing the sergean I -at-arais to clear the galleries. The vast audi once hissed the actum roundly and it was only after great trouble that tho sergeant performed the task. The first division of sentiment took place on the resolution of the Foraker1 men for a secret ballot. Immediately the Sherman forces moved a substitute providing an open ballot. A lively debate followed. Representative (irirtin of tho Forak' r forces insisted that a secret balled Was necessary neces-sary in ord'-r to protect men from intimidation intimida-tion and coercion, and the "only argument against a secret ballot,!' said he, "is thede-sire thede-sire that he who (lares vote as his conscience and convictions dictate may bo exposed to the bulldozer. f A TinlallSC. 1 The rieilt. of n . secret ballot is one of the greatest prerogatives preroga-tives of the public, and that right. Is rigidly preserved at the polls by every law upon the statute books." Representative Taylor warned the caucus that il was by a secret ballot thafethe Democrats Dem-ocrats a few years ago nomiiuttwMCoal Oil Payne" for United Stab s iiliiiliMllil irre-trievably irre-trievably ivi'i" Ki ll l".''ir pn-l, and doomed t: .Mii-i'ivs to private life. ' ' iplillso.J Kepr nlat'v Mi-Grew. ai'jfnWd was 111 tie shortofsenstttioii.il. ' A r we cowards or men said he. "Tw ice lia JaMMtbccu served upon us that tfre-eaiam'ifvTnTTirTwc"' life may be our portion if we fail to respond to that side which has been greatest iu strength of noise and threats. It won't do to tall, about looking people in the face. We say to them, let somebody else look somebody some-body in the face. Sensation, We have nothing to hide, but demand t hat men be protected against coercion. We object, too, that any one. in a powerful position in the nation shall cast his ohadows upon this assembly, to hover over the men here and make them do something not in acordanee with the dictates of their own conscience." Applause. After an hour's impassioned debate, the substitute, providing an open ballot, was adopted by a vote of 47 to 44, three members n d voting. In an eloquent speech, Senator Nichols of Belmont presented the name of John Sherman. Representative Griffin of Lucas nominated Joseph B. Foraker. His speech was frequently Interrupted wilh ap- |