Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1892 — MILLS ELECTED SENATOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MILLS ELECTED SENATOR.

Exciting Scenes Mark the Political Elevation of Protection’s Great Enemy. R. Q. Mills was elected by the Texas Legislature to the United States Senate in the place of Horace "Chilton, who was appointed by Governor Hogg to till the vacancy caused by the resignation of John H. Reagan. Mills received 120

votes on the first ballot, his election being practically unanimous. Chilton withdrew from the contest on the night preceding the election in a note addressed to tlio chairman of a caucus of his friends. He said that, while lie preferred to fight the Rattle out to its logical conclusion, he realized rhat his election was impossible under the circumstances, and rather than involve his friends, who, while, preferring him, had been instructed by their constituents to vote for Mills, ho would withdraw. The outcome of this contest, which has been conceded td be in Mills’ favor

for weeks past, fias been, watched with unusual interest cn account of the peculiar condition of State politics in the Democratic party. Mills’ election is regarded as Sa triumph of the tariff reform element ovst the free coinage people, and is taken as a rebuke (o Railway Commissioner li ea -

gan, who recently journeyed to El Paso and made a strong free silver speech before the silver convention. Austin was wild with enthusiasm, and thousands of people gathered to celebrate the triumph of Mills.

TOGER Q MILLS.

HORACE CHILTON.