The herald., 1897-02-04
To Represent the Youngest
United State
RAWLlNs OF UTAH, DEM,
Wins the Long. Continued and Acrimo.
nious Contest
1t Was Church Day" in the Joint AS
sembly, and Mormondom
Wins the Day.
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
SALT LAKE, Utah. Feb. 3.--Rawlins,
80; Thatcher 30; Henderson, 1; Brown,
l. This was the result OF the fifty
third ballot of the Utah legislature
which elected Joseph L. Rawlins to be
United States senator.
This was what might be called
Church day" in the joint assembly.
Church talk was injected into the pro-
ceedings so often and SO persistently
that several times the presiding officer
had to call attention to the fact that
it was a civil body, for the purpose of
trarsa citing state affairs.
Consultations between Henderson
and Rawlins men before the balloting
this morning showed plainly that some
thing important would take place, and
the word was quickly passed around
that it was to be Rawlins day. On the
first ballot Thatcher lost one vote,
while Rawlins gained six from Hender-
son, putting him at the top of the list
"A recess was then taken to p. m, and
when the assembly convened again over
an hour was lost on efforts made by
the Thatcher men to force an adjourn
ment. When the balloting began nearly
of the latitude allowed for explaining
their votes and delivered political
speeches in favor of their respective
candidates. Nearly all of Thatchey's
friends made open charges of church in
iuence against their candidate, while
his opponents We're vehement in denial
Of such charges Rideout made a vigor-
Gus speech in favor of absolute separa-
ton of church and state. He referred
to a "block of five" votes that had been
transferred by some unseen hand from
Henderson to Rawlins. and said he eX-
pected to see more of that kind Of work
before the end of the ballot. He closed
by saying that if. under the conditions,
his candidate Cha tcher) should be de-
feated and should take his case into the
United States senate he could not be
blamed.
Sloane, one of the Thatcher leaders,
made ringing speech for his candidate
He said he had in his possession a letter
written by member of the legislature
in which he said he recognized higher
authority than his duty to the state
Sloane served notice that If a United
States senator was elected by the vote
of that member he would contest his
right to vote on the question. When the
roll call was finished Rawlins had 81
votes, or within one of election. while
Thatcher had about "a
Several members changed to Thatch-
er from other candidates until his vote
was brought up to 2S. During the time
the changes were going on the excite
ment was intense, and the applause
from the members and the gallery al
most shook the building. Calls were
made for Representative Wilson to
change and swell the vote for Thatcher
but without avail Finally Representa-
tive Hansen, Republican who had
voted for Goodwin, changed to Rawlins.
and his election was officially announced.
Joseph Lafayette Rawlins is 46 wears
old, and was born in Salt Lake county.
Utah. He received part of his education
IN this city. graduating later in the In
diana state university at Bloomington.
He studied law in this city and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1875. He has always
been identified with the Democra tic par
" OF Utah, and is an advocate of the
free coinage of silver. He was elected
to congress as delegate on the Demo-
cratic ticket in 1892. defeating Frank J.
Cannon, but was defeated by Cannon
in 1894. He was a delegate to the last
Democratic natiSlal convention and was
a member of the committee on resolu-
tions. He is at present a member Of
the law firm of RaWlins & CritchloW in
this city.
SOUTH DAKOTA
PIERRE, S. D., Feb 3-The vote for
senator in joint session today stood
Pickler, so: Kyle, 81; Goodykoontz. "a:
Plowman, 10; Bowler, 5; Palmer, l. The
Loucks men went to Goodykoontz. with
the exception of one, who went to Kyle.
The Populist caucus tonight took several
ballots without a choice. The highest
number received by Kyle was 81. and
his vote ran as low as 81 The highest
vote received by Goodykoontz was 25
Plowman's vote ran from to 10. There
seems less chance of the factions COM
ing together today than at any time
during the contest.
OREGON.
SALEM. Feb. 3.-The joint convention
to vote for United States senator met
at noon, only 3S being present, nine sem
ators and "a representatives After
waiting an hour for a majority. or 46
members, to come in the joint assembly
toll a recess until 7:30 p. m
The joint convention reassembled a
7:3O, 3S members being present No at
tempt was made to take a ballot, and
the convention adjourned.