The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-26
"ANYIHING TO
BEAT RAWLlNS"
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DdIlOllHS De resumed ana cOnIlnueu
until choice had been made or it
became evident that no election was
possible that day. The resolution was
lost and the ninth joint ballot was
proceeded with
NINTH BALLOT.
The ballot resulted exactly as the
last vote upon Saturday, except that
/ Murdoch, one of the Rawlins men, was
absent. The vote of the Weber county
members was watched with great in
terest, as it was thought the Ogden
mass meeting might have induced
some of them to change, but they re-
NAMED with Henderson throughout the
day. The ballot resulted as follows;
! Thatcher, %; Henderson, 10; Rawlins,
| IA; Nebeker, l: Powers, 1; Lawrence,
l; o. ]. Salisbury, 8.
The tenth ballot showed no change
and was without incident Some of the
| managers began to experience feel
ing OF relief and returning confidence.
BENNION'S EXPLANATION.
With the 18th ballot, however, came
/ the first break of the day. When Mr..
Bennion'S name was reached he arose
and addressed the chair, and members
and spectators leaned forward eagerly
to catch his words.
Mr.. President" he began, Il have
voted long and hard for my first
choice, but l see no chance of making
any advance. am not in favor of re-
naming here for 60 days and engaging
in a freeZe-out game. Therefore 1 have
decided to change my vote. l do not
believe it would be possible for me to
place my ballot where it would be free
from the suspicion of church influence,
but / want to say that my vote is
just as free as any vote cast in this
no 70 oh
that by word or action or vote l ever
stultified myself or cast my ballot I'M
der any undue influence.
Il do not think it possible" con-
tinued the member, Ironically, ito Sc
lect any candidate without mourning
the charge that he is the church tool,
the politicians tool, the Tribune tool,
or some other tool Qaughter), but 1
shall cast my vote for the man who L
believe holds the key to this situation
Joseph L. Rawlins."
When Mr.. Gibson was reached he
remarked that he commenced voting
for Thatcher year ago, and he was
just as pure a man now as he was
then, and he would continue to vote
the same way.
The ballot resulted as follows:
Thatcher, %; Henderson, IS; Rawlins,
ia gain of one for Rawlins and a
loss of one for Henderson.
At this point Mr.. Kenner brought
forward his familiar motion for a re-
cess, and it was carried.
A RAWLINS TIDE.
Much effective missionary work was
done during the two hours recess. The
tide was apparently setting in strong
~ towards Rawlins, despite the ear
nest efforts to resist it. 1t was con-
sidered useless to attempt an imme-
date adjournment, in the present tenn
per of the members. When the assem-
bly, reconvened it was said to be the
intention of the Thatcher and Hender-
son managers to take but three bal
lots, but the assembly continued until
double that number had been taken.
The first ballot of the afternoon, and
the twelfth since the beginning, showed
that the Populists had decided to leave
Thatcher and return to Lawrence Mr.
Murdoch had returned and voted for
Rawlins.
The ballot resulted as follows:
Thatcher, 20; Henderson. IS; Rawlins,
16; Nebeker, /; Powers, l; Lawrence, 1;
John E. Dooly, g..
KENNERS- SPEECH.
Mr.. Kenner's speech was a sensa-
tional incident OF the thirteenth eli
lot. 1t was generally known that he
intended to vote for Rawlins, but his
indignant and vehement protest
against the charges that members had
been controlled by improper influences,
took the assembly by surprise.
Mr.. Kenner began by saying that he
would not make a stump speech in
advocacy of the claims of any particu-
lar candidate. Three prominent gen
tlemen had been named and all of
them were eminently fit to represent
the state in the United States senate
L want to refer briefly" proceeded
the member, in ringing tones that
echoedthrough the corridors. Ito the
allegations of influence and interfer-
ence that have been injected so freely
into these proceedings. l want to
state that there has been no influence
of any kind exercised so far as 1 know
personally, and / think ii is an insult
to every member of this body that
such allegations should be made upon
this floor. This is not corrupt legis-
lature; it has not been bought. nor
any part OF it, and, as l fully believe,
no part of it has been unduly influ-
enced.
Mr.. President" continued the mem
Der with great warmth the man who
comes into this legislative assembly
taking an oath to conserve the interests
of the people, and betrays it, is some
thing too vile for contemplation, and
to suggest that any such creature has
presence here is an insult to this as
sembly.
ITO say that if we do not elect any
certain man we are derelict in our duty
is to cast :. grave repI zach upon the
legislative power of this state
Mr. Kenner had Loyalty supported
Judge Henderson because he knew him
to be able. honest and. in spite of all
assertions to the contrary he was a
good silver man. He had hoped to
senate, in order that he might heap
Goals of fire upon his enemies and
show them how utterly false were their
assertions. But it seemed that the
time had now come for a re-arrange-
ment of the lines. The members were
not sent there to dawdle away their
time, but to elect a senator.
Mr. Kenner then spoke of the birth,
trials and struggles of the 'sagebrush
Democracy" "A few years ago about
$50 of us organized in the name of
Democracy, proclaimed that the time
had come when we ought to align
ourselves with the American people,
and asked the people to come to us
and aid us to upbuild the Democratic
party in Utah. We had the opposition
of the gentle press and the church
press, but we fought it out and we will
not permit anyone to destroy the fruits
of our victory. Out of the seeds of the
sagebrush Democracy you behold this
overwhelming majority in this legisla-
ture.
The leader and apostle, one of the
men we looked up to in that day, when
there were so few to look up to. when