The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-22
TWO BALLOTS
BUT NO RESULT.
Senatorial Situation in Idaho
Shows No Great
Change.
SWEETS LINES UNBROKEN.
YET sHOUP MEN ARE FEARLESS
AND TRUE.
Some Talk INDUCED in About
Third Man-The Agricultural Col
1ege-NOrt,ern Pacific Railway
Company and d1ate
Passage of the Hartman Bill is
Recommended.
ISnecial to The Herald. ]

Especial to The Herald
Boise, Ida, Jan. 21.-Both houses in
| joint session alt noon today took two
ballots for United States senator The
| last ballot was but a repetition of the
former. One Of Sweets supporters,
Dewey, was absent Though sickness,
| leaving the vote as follows: Sweet, 20;
Shoup, 16; Claggett, Is; Hepburn, Il;
Browne, 1. This leaves Sweets lines
intact and unbroken, and if any
breaks 1T certainly looks as though
they are to be counted in S1loup lines,
inasnuch as some of his supporters
have already asked Sweet men to agree
upon a new man if they cannot patch
up the Sweet-Shoup fight. To this
the Sweet men make answer that the
of the party, and as such the minority
should not expect to dictate to the ma
jority.
Tonight all the straight Republicans
met in caucus. The senatorial mat
ten. was not discussed, the caucus being
held for the sole purpose of discussing
legislative meaures.
Some talk has been i.idulged IN about
Mr.. BoTah, of Boise, FOR third man,
but it is not believed that the Sweet
men would, under any circumsta noes,
entertain the proposition in the event
of being unable to eleat SWEEP, as they
charge Boise with being largely re-
sponsible for the opposition shown
Sweet.
A repeating act passed both Houses
today. making debts by contract pay,
able in gold, now, as against either
gold or silver under the old law.
When passed two years ago, in
friendly recognition Of silver, it had
the effect of driving from the state an
loan companies then doing business,
and was of no material aid to silver.
A bill by Cozier to appropriate $4,000
for the establishment and maintenance
of an agricultural college at Idaho
ais was introduced today. But
little else done in either house. Popu-
lists held caucus tonight They will
stand solid for Claggett tomorrow.
Straight Republicans of North Idaho
caucussed tonight 1t is understood
they want tine agricultural college at
Moscow.
Both houses of legislature today
adopted the following memorial:
''To the Hon. Senate of tine United
States:
Your memorialists, the legislat tors
of the state of Idaho, respectfully rep
resent to your honorable body as fol-
lows, to wit: That a large portion of
its lands within the limits of the grant
to the Northern Pacific railroad COM
pany in the state of Idaho is known to
be mineral land; that many valuable
mines and prospects are located upon
the odd sections Within the limits of
said grant; that the issuing of patents
to said land, thus vesting title thereto
in the said Northern Pacific company,
must result in the irrepairable loss to
mine-owners, prospectors and all people
living in the great mining districts
situated within the limits of said grant:
that the Immediate passage of the bill
known as the Hartman mineral land
bill, now pending before your honor
able body, which provides for segrega-
ton of these mineral lands from the
operation of said grant before the issu-
ing of a. patent, is absolutely neces-
sary to the end that the rights Of min
ers and prospectors. as well as COM
munities within the limits Of said
grant, may be protected"
Twas also orlered that the following
be telegrlphe1 10 the Senate AMI a
copy mailed to Montana legislature:
ITO the Honorable Senate of the United
States:
The legislature of the state of Idaho
respectfully urges upon your honorable
body the importance of the Immediate
passage Of The kill l1no Nl as The Hart
man mineral land bill, providing for
thu segregation OF the mineral lands
from the grant to the Northern Pacific
Railroad company within the state of
Montana and Idaho.
eve urge immediate action. because
of the great material interests involved.
Memorial in due form will follow by
mail"
Concurrent resolutions were adopted
instructing the governor to take steps
to enjoin the secretary Of the interior
from issuing patents to the Northern
Pacific for such mineral lands within
the state of Idaho.