Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04


and eternal hope on the other.
While the impression Ia certainly
general, among impartial lookefs-on NJ
Columbus, that the Hpeakership con.
test was fought on senatorial iines,Ani
lis result must be accepted as indicat'
Ing Sherman's denomination, Tue
friends Of Foraker still maintlin that
several Foraker men voted for Laylin,
and thesc, together with the votes For
sker will get In tho senate, VIII be
sufficient TO give him the nomination.
Foraker'e managers assert that tho tx.
governor will have not less than eight
votes In the senate. Connecting sher-
man fourteen In the senate, and admit
ting Foraker's claims In the house,
Sherman'- vole would stand; In the
house, 80; In the senate, Ia; total, 40
This would leave Senator Sherman
one short Of the nomination, Fpfnke
three Shorthand Dicks aud Welsh hold
Ing the balance Of power, but able To
do no more than create n tie between
Sherman and Foraker should they
vote for the latter. According
TO other Foraker claims, Tue
OK . governor will have SS Ia the
house, ! In the senate; total, 10
Foster will have one and Mckinley
one. IL will DO thus seen that the al.
misAion Of Iden 10 the caucus might
have an important effect on the rosult.
hut the Foraker people claim At least
eight In the senate. II verefied, along
with the thirty-eight In the house, u
would reverse things and give Forpker
forty.slx, and Sherman foity-nvc.
Then, II fden be not admitted, Sher'
mana vote would fall 10 forty-iour.
Welsh voting for Foraker, or one Of
Hherman's men voting for him, and
give him the required forty.seven.
These are the views Mt the Foraker
headquarters, but they are deriied by
the Sherman people and treated Gs
mirth-provoking pretensions. Inc
Senator's friends are loudly saying ".
night that he will havea majority OF
not less than fourteen votes In
the caucus, and profess their
willingness 10 have either an
open or secret ballot, as For
aker desires. They say that the loud
claims OF Forkaker's managers are
made with the hope OF keeping his
followers loyal to him In order that
he may 20 down In the caucus with
Mt least q respectable following. They
state that pledge has been drawn that
II ironclad In It, nature, and those de.
voted 10 the cause Of the ex-governor
are being asked 10 sign II. by It,
terms the supporters Of the ex-governor
ngree TO remain true 10 his candidacy
until he wins or loses, AMI got wavor
nor weaken In the slightest degree.
forakor's managers deny that such u
document IL In existence OF Is demand.
ed 10 Insure the continued loyalty OF
the ex.goveruor's supp0rlers.
Senator Parker, Of Cleveland, who
has been ostenslbly on the foreign list,
but was gonenlly counted In the For
A-er lisl, formally declared tonight for
Foraker.
IL has been practically determined
10 hold the senatorial caucus Tuesday
instead OF Thursday night. IL Is gen.
orally agreed between the sherman
and Foraker men that the few mem
beers remaining doubtful will bo ready,
or forced 10 declare by that time, aud
there will bc no advantage to either
side TO prolong the contest.
EXCITEMENT.
Considerable excitement was created
tonight by the report that the Foraker
senators were determined TO prevent
Iden from from participating la the
senatorial caucus. or being seated over
Gsumer, his Democratic competitor,
until after the Senatorial contest 10
settled. Neither Idun nor Gaumer
have been granted certificates, the
court holding that the case was one
In which the senate alone had jurls-
diction, hut OF course Iden will ulti-
mately be seated. As Ideu II for Sher-
man, and the contest between the
candidates 10 very close, the friends Of
Foraker naturally Insist that there
should be no unseemly haste In seating
Idon.
The sherman people are preparing
TO make short work OF the contest aud
seat Iden tomorrow, In which event
his vote will naturally be available ia
tho senatorial caucus the following
day.
II IL said tonight that the Foraker
Senators will move that tho Iden.
Gaumor case be referred to the com
mittee ON elections when appointed.
This would naturally delay tho matter
two or three days. IL IL likely that the
Sherman Senators will insist upon set.
Ting matters at once by seating Iden.
against, and, n they naturally have
the support OF the Democratic senators,
Of course opposed TO seating lden at
any time, however remote, the tepub.
lican contestant cannot be seated. II
IL stated tonight that the Foraker ms n
have received assurances from the
Democratic senators that they Will
support tho movement, but tho Sher.
Al ,gal that k. a..
case win be disposed OF by Tuesday at
the latest.
Some Democrat. are In favor Of sup
porting the Foraker senators only upon
the promise that Gaumer, Democrat,
shall ultimately be seated. This con
dition the ex-governor's friends are
not willing to accept, but 1t Is said that
they they are willing 10 pledge that the
contest shall be- finally decided entirely
upon its merits aud without regard ~
political considerations. IL In likely
that this assurance will lie perfectly
satisfactory 10 the majority OF the
Democrats.
At the Foraker headquarters tonight
no public acknowledgment could be
obtained OF such plan. Neither was
the report OF such Intentions contra
dicted. The report Is generally accept
cd AZ genuine.
Senator Sherman this evening re-
ccived = telegrSm rom Governor Ferry
OF Washington stating; "rhe Rcpub.
Leans on the Pacific coast believe that
your defeat would be great calamity
to the nation and our party"
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