The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-19

States senator viii he taken IN each
house OF the Legislature. Neither OF
the three candidates viii be elected,
and tomorrow, at noon. the two houses
:. will meet in joint assembly and bal
Il lot again They may take as many
ballots each day as they desire, until
= scme person receives % votes, ma
iority of all the votes Of the joint as
sembly.
The indications OF last evening
seemed 10 justify the prediction that
in The vote today Rawlins Will lead,
with Thatcher a very close second and
Henderson third, with no very wide
gap between any of them. When the
vote is taken tomorrow there Will be
something OF a realignment, and that
candidate who has his forces best i'll
hand will emerge from the redistribu-
ton in the best shape.
ALMOST A TIE.
There We're numerous changes in the
lineup Of the senatorial teams yester-
day. and the net result apparently re-
duces the Rawlins vote to 20 increases
the Thatcher strength to 10 and Hen
Gerson's following to i, leaving three
Democratic members who cannot be
placed.
Mr.. Greenwood who mas been in
doubt and not credited TO any candi-
date. announced that he would vote
for Rawlins.
DGDSON IS A DOUBTFUL.
The place in the doubtful column
thus made vacant is taken by Mr..
Dodson. who yesterday morning recon
sidered his reconsideration ana de-
ciared himself free from entanglinS al
lance with any candidate. He was.
he said under obligations to no one,
and could not say how he would vote.
As a result all three candidates lay
claim to MI DOtson. but he may prop
erly be classed with the doubtfuls.
OTHER REPORTED CHANGES.
Mr.. Murdoch of Wasatch who has
been claimed for Rawlins, stated that
he would vote for Mr.. Thatcher on the
first ballot, and MI Alfred was re-
ported 10 have gone from Rawlins to
Henderson.
None of the managers woul' admit
any losses on the day. The Thatcher
ties believed Rawlins had lost four, but
the latter not only denied having lost
any. but claimed a gain Of one. The
Henderson people also laid claim TO
gains. but declined to give figures
CLAIMS OF CANDIDATES.
All j
Dunbar stated that his previous esti-
mates would stand. We still claim,
said he, that we have % votes pledged
to Mr. Thatcher. We do not claim that
they viii all come to him on the first
ballot, but we have % men who VIII
stand firmly for Mr. Thatcher IN the
fight
The discrepancy between the That
cher claims and the apparent strength
of the candidate was sought to be eX-
piained by Thatcher supporters last
evening by the statement that several
members who were supporting that
candidate desired to conceal their in
tentions. At the Thatcher caucus. held
last evening. plans were arranged Tor
TODAY and the general situation dis
cussed. It was claimed that 10 men,
tbers attended and that messages were
received from four others.
Mr. Game, the Rawlins manager in
creased his estimate to % and conceded
no losses The vote gained was that
of Mr. Parry, who has all along been
credited to Rawlins by The Herald
He Yesterday admitted that this was
correct MI Game further stated that
= caucus held last evening, was at
tended by is members. It was decided
that in the event that nominating
sneeches are made. RawlinS will be
nominated in the senate by Senator
Smoot and in the house by Mr.. Shep-
ard.
At the Henderson headquarters no
definite claims Of strength were made,
but those in charge prognosticated
surprise to their opponents For sew
eral DAYS there have been rumors of
a break in the Weber county ranks,
heretofore supposed TO be solid for
Henderson. MIR. O'Brien, one of the
Weber county mem bers, denied these
stories. and declared that they would
vote solidly for Henderson. We DO not
contemplate any second choice, said
he. when the time comes it will be
time enough to consider it.
NO PARTY CAUCUS.
Those members who undertook to
bring bout a party caucus apparently
encountered insurmountable obstacles,
as the attempt was abandoned. Mr..
Dunbar stated that all the Thatcher
members agreed to the proposition, bu6
it was not favored by the supporters
of the other candidates.
ATTITUDE OF POPULISTS.
It was stated yesterday on appar-
entity good authority, that the four
Eopulist members had agreed to act
together and vote for a Populist until
one of the Democratic candidates re-
oeived 2S votes, when the Populst
vote would be given to him, thus elect
ing him, no matter whether this was
Rawlins, Thatcher or Henderson.
There were many sensational rumors
afoat last evening concerning deals
and combinations, dark horses and ex-
traordinary influences brought to bear
upon certain members, but none of
these rumOrS seemed to be based upon
any tangible facts