The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-29
During roll Call.

AS the roll was being called each fac
ton would set UP q howl as soon as
there was any evidence of strength for
its candidate. The showing against
Crane and for Wells when the first
three counties were called, was rather
disheartening to the former and exhil-
irating to the latter. Davis county,
however, brought good feeling to the
Crane men, and from that time on hope
and fear alternated in all quarters
The strength of Wells and the weak
ness of Thomas were surprising. The
most interest was centered in the We
Der county delegation, from which
Crane was expecting forty votes. The
thirty-nine he received showed how
closely he had been calculating in this
quarter. The result in Salt Lake was
a disappointment to the Crane men.
who expected at least seventy-tive votes
from here, but not nearly such a dis
appointment as it was to the Thomas
faction.
Long before the result had been fig
ured out by the clerks it had been whis-
pered around the house that Crane
had not been nominated. This was
taken by his followers to mean defeat
They had held many of their delegates
on a promise merely 10 vote for the
they knew second ballot would show
a falling off that would be likely to
cause a stampede for the highest man
of the opposition.
When the announcement was made
by the chair the Wells men set up a
triumphant shout of victory. They
were promptly answered by the Weber
county and southern seats Bill Glas-
mann stood in the center of the Weber
!. l.. Of rs
white shirt sleeves cleaning, leading in
the shout for his favorite. Shouts of
''Wellsl WeIls,' from the west and cen
ter of the house were met with shouts
Of Crane! Crane"' from the western
side of the pit. Only occasionally was
a shout heard for one of the other can
didates. 1t was generally lacking in
heartiness and hopefulness and was
drownel by the more vociferous cheer
ing of the other two principal factions.
Wells Hen Rustled.
Wells men worked like lightning
They spread out. among all the men
who had voted for Farnsworth, Lowe
or Thomas and beseeched them to
come over right away. They claimed
everything in sight The Crane men
ed to the fact that their candidate need
en- only 60 votes to carry him through
and used every art to keep their forces
from breaking and to add to their
strength.
During all the confusion Varian had
been pounding away with his gavel
in a vain attempt to restore order. His
voice could be heard above all the din
as he called on the delegates to take
their places. When he had partly re-
stored order a hungry county delegate
moved fOf. q rppecc until & o'olOcIx
Order, sent'emen,' rang OFT Yarian's
voice above the confusion of sound
There is a motion before the house"
Eoth sides paused in their shouting
What is it?' was shouted by dozen
men.
"a motion for a recess
Both the Wells and the Crane fac
tons appeared to believe they We're
gaining and neither wanted to give the
other time to gain strength. They
Joined in a shout to vote the motion
down and it went under by an over
whelming majority.
Again the shouts were renewed.
Again Chairman Varian pounded the
table and commanded that order re re-
stored. A man whispered to him and
he reused himself to a supreme effort.
The chair understands" he shouted.
that there are LOBBYISTS on the floor
Ny ere mo- "elesates. II some one
viii point them out the chair will see
that some means are provided for re-
moving them from the house.
a wave of applause swept over the
assemblage. When it subsidized the sap
geant-at-arms and his assistants We're
called upon to protect the delegates
and big Orange Seeley was placed in
the center aisle with orders to let no
one but delegates pass. AS he
stretched nearly across the aisle he
presented a very serious obstacle to the
contemplated intruder.
Finally another ballot was taken.
with the following result:
Second Ballot