Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-05

,pr ULTIMATE RESULT rs STILL
UNCERTAIN.
charge. Against sherman and heIn'n'
tlons Of thu SANS by Ills
Friends.
,d.n Announces himself In Favor OF
sherman.

sherman.
cotrMpus. o., Jan. l.-rhe Sher'
- u.nubiicans made no attempt 20
~, f,j,n in the ldcu.Gaumer c0utestj
=, w., antielpated conflict between the
p,.Ser AMI sherman forces Ia the
s,,s,s dld not take place. The only
',t,,,,,,,, aver tho question was whether
,h,i cas. should be Tciorfo to the resu'
Wv conmittee on privileges and cleo.
lions when appointed or speclni com
miiteo consisting OF Nlrholh anu Sh'
p.uter, Republicans, anu Farlees,
Democrat. The latter was the ptOro'
sitlon Of the Republicans, anu u pro
vailed by strict party vote. rs inc
Republican members OF the cnmmiltee
are both Sherman men, there IL no
DOUBT that they will report IN favor OF
seatlng Idrn without delay. Ihe
Foraker senators refuse to indicate
wlat clurao they viii pursue In case
the committee reports la favor OF scat
Ing lden. mi,
line Republican Joint caucus will DO
held on Wednesday evening. IL look.
now a. though the announcement oil
Inc standing Of the doubtful ones
vii not be made until the evening Of
The csucns, and this, with the possibil'
ity Of a secret ballot, still leaves the
Ultimate result uncertain. While
DEADLOCK Is not probable, It Is not im-
posdb.e that the contest may drift Into
a condition by which neither OF the
pfououucei candidates can secure a
mNorily Of the caucus.
Much dispute was created by au open
letter Of Colonel II. V. Boyuton, the
Wellington journalist, defending
shermgnis labor record aud riiiuuling
the ,'lalor committee" now here striv-
Ing defeat the Senator. THIS after
no IA a committee aeut B1yntOn u telo.
gam saying IN part:
THE Republican platforms OF lssO,
1854 aud 1858 pledged the passage OF
arls Tor the exclusion OF Chinese, aud,
by voting against Thorn, sherman set
himself above the party. Would he
have changed II, had no been nOmi'
ua,ei for the Presidency, or tried %
deceive the people on the Pacific
sloYe? VIII you inform ~ why he
voted AGAINST the equalization OF cuun.
Ties IN 1916, and against the arrears
pension act In 1854, which his party
p,dsed itself 10 pAss2 Why did he
opp0se the passage of the bill TO In
crease the pensions 70 s2i q mouth Of
soldiers who had lost an arm nnd were
only receiving SIS per month"; and
why he voted against tho bill 10 limit
tho pension Of any soldier, sailor OF
marine 10 minimum Of 80 per
mIuin."
TOE sherman people treat the efforts
Of luiJ "yalfappointod labor commit
tee, nRs they term H. with contempt,
and express Indignation that sherman
l. accused d uniflundllnrss 10 the cX-
Union soldiers. White all thc d
Cl.rFes and refumiinns serve IA the
subject OF lively discuwion, II u NO,
clH'rr apparent tbst neither tho labor
orrAl4Rl ons nor tho Farmers Aili.
aucs are factor In la the present cam
pAlgn.
TITO Iueu.Gaumer contest wa.
brought 90 o hnsty conclusion this
afternoon wilhou, protest from the
FUrgkvr SENATOR ngoinsl the coating 81
lien. This assures sherman OF on q
more vote.
Fyr minutes attcr the oath Of onlcl
va- administered, lden announced to
the Associated Press: I'm fol
sherman toy seuator and want II
distinctly lo'announcoi."