The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-07
Result of the Republican Sena-
torial Caucus at.
Boise.
FULL LIST OF ATTACHES.
SENATORIAL SITUATION CHANGED
But LITTLE.
III Caucus Were Held Now, Sweet
Would Probably Have the Best of.
It-sweet Leaders Pushing for am
Early Caucus, While shoup Men
Want to Postpone 1t.

Boise, Ida, Jan. Especial. Re
publican senators were in caucus all
afternoon and did not conclude until
late this evening. The fight was over
1.-THE position of president pro tenn. The
senatorial question entered into the
natter, and as Senator Blerbower is a
Shoup man, me met with determined
opposition. Finally, however, opposi-
ltion broke down, and BlerboWer was
elected by reclamation.
Following is the full list Of senate
Iattaches: President pro TEN, Vic Bier
bower, eff Logan; secretary, Captain j.
M. Wells, of Kootenai: sergeanIt-at-
arms, J. r. Peterson, of Owyhee; as
sistart secretary. J. H. Hutchinson, OF
owyhee; engrossing clerk, Charles M.
Sain, of Ada; assistant engloeslng
Iclerk, Miss Mamie Jacobs, Of Ada; en-
Trolling clerk, J. w. Kieff, of Latiah; as
sastant enrolling clerk, Miss PhllIiS M.
IBaily, of Bingham; journal clerk,
Thomas D. Page, Of Nez Perce;; chap
lain, Rev. r. B. Wright, of Ada; COM
naittee clerk, Stewart Simpson, of
Ginley, of Canyon; ianit0r, ]. w. Stew
ems, of Gilmore; pages, Elmer Fuller.
luf Logan, and Thomas RAIDER, of Ada
| The senatorial situation has changed
but little. Both sides made claims of
having a, majority, but Ut is the judg-
Elent OF your correspondent that
Sweet at this time has the best of 1t.
If a caucus were held now he would
probably have hweuty Itwo VOTES. This
counts. all OF north, all of southeast,
two votes in Washington and, two in
Canyon and two In Owyhee.
Crane, OF Kooterai, is openly work
ing for Sweet, reducing the possibility
| OF uncertainty in the north TO three
votes. Cocker Is claimed to be against
Sweet, but his vote is confidently
counted by the Sweet men. The sdtu-
alton is reflected in the fact that the
Sweet leaders are pushing for am early
jcaucus. while the Shoup forces talk OF
ipogtponirg 1t While this Is the Situa-
tfon now, the lines may break at amy
time. and influences are at work To-
day which MAY bring about AN early
change. The salient feature Is thai
there are a number of votes put IN the
Sweet column that are not There ny
the personal preference OF me Ilsll
who are to cast them There are three
In the north, one i'm Canyon at least,
lone in Owyhee and one in the SOUTH
east Such votes are extremely I'M
certain.
1T has been said that Gamble, Henry,
Coden and Cozier would vote for Hey
burn while the preferences of several
others are for him. Hepburn mas not
arrived here yet. ills coming may
I,raiIy some of these votes to his sup:
port and give hin the balance OF
power. In that event, no one could
| tell what the outcome would be. 1t Is
talso possible that a caucus will not be
held, and though Sweet and Shoup both
favor caucus earnestly, each has some
supporters who may refuse to go into
caucus. There are some Shoup sup
porters who would rather take the
chances of a free-for-all in joint con-
vention, and there are the dissatisfied
Sweet men who would prefer to cast
their votes for Sweet, if at all, in joint
convention when they would not elect
him.
Sweet today sent Shoup a letter pro-
posing a caucus. AT this hour the an
swer has not been received. This letter
simply laid down the general PROPOSE
ton that they should go into caucus, no
time being mentioned and asking the
senator to give his endorsement. The
supposition is it was to head off as far
as possible the danger of caucus idea
being abandoned.