The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-08
Especial to The Herald

Boise. Ida, March 7.-George L.
shoup was today elected United States
senator to succeed himself. The deter
inination to elect today was reached
at an early hour this morning, when
the six southeastern members decided
to hold off no longer, fearful lest the
remaining Sweet forces and the Popu-
lists would set a trap, the result of
which would be that the session would
close without election. When the time
for balloting arrived this morning, the
! house Of Representatives was packed
with spectators,
An ominous hush foretold something
was coming.
/ Representative Clark, of Bear Lake
county, the first Mormon to vote, arose
when his name was called and an
nounced that he had worked con-
scientfously for the election of Mr.
/ Sweet He was now satisfied pIr.
Sweet could not be elected, and in
order that Idaho should have its full
quota Of representation in the United
States Senate, he would vote for his
Second choice, George L. Shoup. The
remaining FIVE Mormon members voted
for Shoup in their turn.
The absence of one member, Popu-
list, Hanrahan, of Custer county, made
! twenty-seVen q majority. The vote
was: shoup. u; Sweet. Il; Crook, "A,
says Money Was Used.
Henry, OF Kootenai, one of Sweets
supporters from the first, made a
speech when his name was called,
4 euloglzing Sweet. and inferring shat
Shoup5 election had been secured by
I the use Of money.
I Neil PopuliS). a Sweet man. took
the floor and commenced to rave wildly
over the turn things had taken; but
his voice was lost in the demonStra.
ton OF the Spectators. The crowd
hooted until Neill was forced to his
seat
The result OF the vote was received
with deafening shouts; hats were
thrown into the air and for moment
pandemontum reigned Without ap-
proving the journal of the joint session,
the convention took a recess until Z
;. O'Clock, and the crowd and members
poured down town, cheering like mad
When word reached the business por-
ton Of the city. flags were run up and
the town was soon in holiday attire.
The Merchants Protective asSocia-
ton at once appointed a committee for
the purpose of getting up a public re-
ception at the opera house tonight for
Shoup, but at the request Of the latter.
the reception was abandoned.
: The merchants insisted, however,
! upon giving their distinguished son "a
! public ovation before he leaves the city
: for Washington which will not be I'm
t til after the close of the legisla ture.
He will probably stop several days In
: Salt Lake on the way.
; The Sweet supporters cannot conceal
disappointment, and some of them
3 have gone as far as to charge corrup.
ton in connection with the change OF
! front on the part of the MormonS.
Parkinson Talks.
r Parkinson. leader of the Mormon
g members of the senate. and, in fact,
T the legislature. is authority for the
! statement that tie Mormons saw the
! election Of Sweet was some time i'm
e possible. and their sense of duty to
prompted their action in voting fol
p Shoup, whom they hold in the highest
respect.
Sweet, when seen. refused to make
any statement He was apparently as
pleasant as ever. but the smile was
forced and the interviewer could not
$ help noting beneath the surface the
greatest disappointment.
Governor Mcconnell. speaking of tht
result Of the contest. said: The de
4 feat Of Sweet and the election of Shoup
or some other candidate. was a fore
gone conclusion when IS out Of the 5
representatives refused to go into
e caucus with their party sooner than II
n take the chances Of his election. SWee
Il owes his defeat not to any pronounced
It opposition which any one entertainei
q for him, but entirely to the fact tina
he was put forward by Senator Du
/ bois as a means of advancing hi
= Dubois) own interest two years hence
j. and the heutenants with which MI
= Dubois surrounded Sweet during tn
e entire campaign contributed more t
ia the defeat of Sweet than anything else
Il Il Is fortunate for the state and TO
= the whole country that shoup has bee
50 reelected, He is a staunch friend G
2. silver and an ardent supporter of tn
It Republican idea Of protection to Amer
Q lean Industries and American labol
II While those who were engaged in III
% contest and have failed to secure tn
II election of their favorite will natural
/. feel a little sore over their disappoin1
le ment. they will return 10 their home
1T realizing that in Senator Shoup, til
It state of Idaho has secured an abb
land reliable champion. His electio