The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02
THATCHER
LOSES GROUND
Continued from Page IL

craft motto in the interest of retrench-
ment and economy. The time has now
arrived when senator should be elected.
he whom l shall this day vote for is
one OF the. three great statesmen who
snail henceforth be known as the ''Giants
of the Rockies for they haze stood
mere day after day backed by their ser
rled columns unimpregnable as the Rock
oh GI9raltar. All cannot be elected; one
should be; one must be. What l fear
now Is the advent of an inferior. so-called
DARK horse; one backed by Republican
influence and gold. who, in the excite
nSnt OIL generalization, that sometimes
might be elected.
soon after 1 swore. allegiance to my
candldate, the Hon. o. w. Powers. he,
with the gallantry that one great states
man sometimes beStows upon another
surrendered his followers TO the Hon.
Moses Thatcher. | did not follow, but
nave stood here, as you well know, like
lone star, championing the cause of my
candidate L hoped that the good deed
he had then done would be like bread
cast upon the waters, and return after
many days pressed down and running
over, and with some kind reinforcements
| cess.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
which taken at its flood, leads on to
fortune; this tide has now reached one of
Democracy's great chieftains, a chieftain
in whose veins circulates- Democracy
older than the sagebrush Democracy of
|
it existed when this great American
! basin was an inland sea. Oder than the
sacred ashes that repose in the sar
| cophagi of Westminster Abbey-referred
! to by Mr.. Rideout. 1t is a strain caught
| from the sweet song of freedom that has
| been echoing down through the centuries
| here to gain its eliminating point on the
heights of the Rocky mountains.
The great statesman that I shall vote
for today will be an honor to his coun-
try; he will serve the varied interests of
least. he will do your church, nor my
church no wrong, for in his heart there
is no bitterness. His honor is as bright
as the sunlight that flashes on the snow
capped crest of great Nebo, and his life
IS as pure as the limpid waters that leap
from out mountain crags.
Mr.. President. I this day cast my bal
lot for the greatest Roman of them all.
the Hon. Moses Thatcher"
OBSERVE THE RULES PLEASE"
4 tremendous burst of applause shook
the hall when Senator Cannon concluded
her peroration and Mr.. O'Brien demanded
except ladies. President Nebeker admon-
ished the lobby to observe the rules and
ordered the roll call to proceed.
Senator Robson announced 1.-The Moses
of 1897 as his choice. Bennion changed
back to Rawlins. Thatcher hopes fell
when Shepard voted for Rawlins, and
that candidate, the latter voting for
Fisher Harris, it was seen that there was
small prospect of electing Thatcher that
day. Thatcher suffered a net loss of two,
while Rawlins gained four, Senator
Wright and Representative A. p. Soren-
son having returned Murdoch was alb
sent. The Republican vote was cast for
E. B. Critchlow
THE RESULT:
The ballot resulted as follows:
Thatcher, 26; Rawlins, Is; Henderson, IA;
Critchlow. 3; Harris, l.
The 44th ballot showed no change. Mr.
Murdoch arrived after the vote had been
taken. but before the result was an
nounced, and by unanimous consent was
permitted to cast his ballot for Rawlins |
increasing the latter's vote to 10.
The 18th ballot resulted in no change, |
and on Representative Creer'S notion |
the assembly took a recess to o'clock |
the vote being Al to %. A majority of the !
Rawlins members and all of the Thatcher
side favored the recess, and it was OPP |
posed by the Henderson votes.
RECESS RUMoRs.
The usual number of interesting rumors
were put in circulation during the recess. |
1t was reported that two Thatcher and |
two Henderson supporters had decided.
to go to Rawlins, and that the PoDulists |
would leave Thatcher but all of these |
stories were without foundation. 1t was !
also expected that a dark horse can |
didate would appear on the scene but |
this expectation was not realized
The 10th joint ballot was proceeded with |
without delay when the assembly re- |
assembled, and resulted in a gain of one !
for Thatcher Speaker Perkins again !
leaving Harris to his fate. This raised |
thatcher to q, five short of a majority, |
and for the first time since the contest |
began the entire Democratic ana Popullst
vote was divided between the three can
didates. The result was as follows:
Thatcher, %; Rawlins, 10; Henderson,
"A; Critchlow, 3.
VOTED FOR MRS. CANNON.
Three more ballots were taken without
the change of a vote; except that on the
18th D. S. Cook, a Thatcher man, voted |
for Matte Hughes Cannon, the greatest
woman of them all
After the 47th ballot Senator Smoot
hatcher members defeated the motion.
with the aid of Snow. Mrs. Anderson,
Bennion, o. G. Kimball, Murdoch and
Wilson. Hanson and Rovinson, Republic
cans, voted with the RawlinS-HenderSon
side. The vote was 80 to 49,:
At the close of the 18th ballot, Taylor,
Henderson member, moved that the as
sembly dissolve, but the motion was de-
feated by vote of % to 30, the members
voting the same as on the previous ballot,
except that Parry. a Rawlins supporter,
voted against adjournment.
NO HOPE FOR A CHANGE.
The Rawlins Henderson side still fought
for adjournment. and the notion was
renewed after the 49th ballot. Sloan
offered a substitute, providing Tor
recess and an evening session, but it was
ruled out or Order. by lHlS llHle II iidu
become apparent that further ballotlng
would result in no change and the motion
to adjourn was carried by the close vote
of 30 TO 81.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL.
On the 49th ballot the vote in detail
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cannon, Chambers,
Harbour, Monson, Aquila Nebeker, w. q.
Nebeker, Rideout. Robinson, Whitaker
and Representatives d. S. Cook, Greer
Dotxon. Dresser. Forshee, Gibson, La
Barthe Mangan, Martin, Perkins, Price
Ray, Roylance, Sloan. n. {. Sorensen,
Thomson Thoreson. Wheeler-2l.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Game, Evans, john
son. Smoot Snow. Wright, and Represen-
tatives Bennion Calls. S. n. Cook, Ken
ner. Lennon, Lund. Murdoch, Parry,
Romney, Parry. Shepard, A. P. Sorensen,
Stewart, Wilson-19.
Henderson-Senators Alfred, Hamer,
and Representatives Anderson,
Duffin. Greenwood, Hardy. Hopkins,
Joseph Kimball, Maxfield, Mckay,
O'Brien Oveson. Taylor-l4.
ow-Representatives Hanson,
Kimball and Robinson
Sentiment of Davis County.
Representative Stewart of Davis county
ba "a nafifiOn