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Show BRADLEY WINS COVETED TOCA Dead-lock Broken in Contest in Old Kentucky for Scat in United States Senate. After Balloting for Six Weeks Without With-out Result, Four Democrats Go Over to the Republican Candidate, Candi-date, Who Has Many Times Been Honored by His Party. Frankfort, Ky. Former Govornor William O. Ilradley was on Frldny declared de-clared elected to tho United StntcB Benato after an exciting Joint sitting or tho general assembly, receiving lour Democratic votes, In nddltlon to tho votes of all llopubllcans present. It hnd been held from tho beginning of tho contest, over six weeks ago, that n majority of a quorum was sufficient suf-ficient for an olcctlon, and, with 120 mombers present Friday, It required sixty-four votes to elect. Tho votes of four Democrats who havo steadily refused to voto for former Govornor Ilocklram. woro transferred from tho various Democrats on whom thoy had Bought to lnduco their party associates asso-ciates to unite, to tho Hopubllcan caucus nominee, and his election promptly followed, ho receiving sixty-lour sixty-lour votes, to sixty for Beckham, ono for Allon and ono for Blackburn. Sonntor-olect Bradloy has been many times honored by tho llopubllcans llopub-llcans of Kentucky, bolng tho ono man of his party to servo a term as govornor during tho history of tho state; haB been Indorsed aBjiim Kentucky Ken-tucky cnndldato for thoHP(lon1TPl nomination, 18C9; bolng TiTany times a dolegato to tho national conventions, conven-tions, long tho Kentucky member of the Republican nntlonnl commlttco, nnd having been offered, but declined, the nppolntment by President Harrison Harri-son as minister to Korea. Ho Is a native Kontucklan, (11 years old, a lawyer who was admitted to the bar In 18C5 by special act of tho legislature, bolng under 21 years -of ngo at tho time. His homo Is In Loulsvlllo. |