Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1905 — MISSOURI’S NEW SENATOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MISSOURI’S NEW SENATOR.

Major Wm. Warner, Who Wan Clioten ’Mid a Riotous Scene. Major William Warner of Kansas City was chosen United States Senator to sucFrancis Marion Cockrell after one cf the most stormy scenes ever witnessed in the General Assembly of Missouri. After having been in a deadlock since Jan. 18 the Legislature at 15 minutes before sine die adjournment elected Major Warner to fill the contested vacancy. Seven ballots in joint session were

taken in effecting a decision, and the closing scenes of the Legislature have not been paralleled in the history of Missouri politics.. The time for sine die adjuorriment had been set for 3 o’clock by concurrent resolution, and as the hour approached the clock was smashed in the melee. Amid an uproar that almost baffled control at times the seventh ballot of the day was cast, resulting in the election of Warner. The vote stood: Warner 91, Cockrell 83, Niedringhaus 1. The total vote was 175, making 88 necessary to a choice.

MAJOR WILLIAM WARNER.