The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-13

made any attempt to coerce the Popu-
list member. There was nothing more
TO be done. The senate had the ap-
pearance. when the examination was
over, OF something that had just sur
Vived a balloon ascension.
The senate yesterday underwent a
change of heart as to the semi-centen-
NAL jubilee appropriation, and reduced
il from $4,000 to $4,000 1t also dis
played strong economical designs upon
the $4,000 appropriated for the trans
Mississippi exposition and it was q
timely motion to ''Saunter" apparently
that saved that from humiliation.
THE SENSATION OF THE DAY.
The lurid and indignant eloquence of
senator Harbour, which resulted in
Mr.. Babcock's being summoned before
the bar of the senate, began almost i'm
mediately after the fierce looking gavel
of President Nebeker came down with
a resonant thud on the desk, and at
a time when senatorial wrath was
beating against the public servants
bill.
HARBOUR OPENS THE BALL.
Senator Harbour was the first one to
shatter the air with a display of fire
works. He had voted against the bill.
he said, on principle and because he
believed its anti-corporation thrust
was for the good of the people. He
now had an additional incentive for
using all his force to obtain the pas
sage of the bill. He had made suit at
the court of the traffic manager for
pass. and the corporate wrath had
burst upon him and coercion had been
used to make him vote in favor of the
railroads.
Hanging TO that application for
PASS was a tale which Mr.. Harbour
To he dala
ton of his colleagues. Upon receiving
his request for a pass, he was in
formed that the company reserved its
favors for it's friends and not for its
enemies.
II cite this continued Senator Har-
bour. ito show the attitude of this cor
poration, and because 1 want the mem
bers Of this body to be protected from
such coercion"
THE MOTION TO CITE.
Upon hearing this, wrath like unto
the avenging wrath of Jove beat in the /
breast of Senator Evans of Utah
Il move" he said. that S. II. Bah
cock be cited TO appear before the bar |
of this senate to answer for dtscourtesy |
TO a fellow member"
q second that" calculated Smoot, in
tones of deep and whitening indigna-
ton.
The motion carried ona vote of Z to
4. and the sergeant was dele
gated to forthwith bring the recall
citrant traffic manager before the bar
of the chamber
BABCOCK APPEARS.
A few minutes later, Mr.. Babcock,
under the close and searching sur
VIGILANCE of the sergeant t-arms,
picked his way carefully through the
hat bestrewn anteroom and entered the
senatorial lobby. The great and COM
plicated machinery of the upper cham
her suddenly ceased. A deep. large calm
settled over the upper chamber A
crowd began to creep into the lobby
and form around the senators in semi
circular array.
Smoot finally arose among his voice ]
less colleagues, and notified the chair ;
that he who had been chosen for the {
senatorial slaughter had arrived. His {
voice, in the dense silence, sounded like ]
the lashing of surf against lonely and !
distant rocks. Immediately after, Sen
ator Game entered, phantom-like, from
me of the anterooms. and moved that
he senate go into executive session.
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The chorus of sustaining votes was