The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-12
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| er because his constituency demanded
it and because he was the man of his
choice. He denied the published
charge that the Thatcher faction was
responsible for this resolution. One
member of the faction had introduced
it, but Price declared himself opposed
/ to the proposition. The investigation
could only lead to one of two pits.
If the CHARGES were subStantiated a
partisan senate might unseat the SEN
| ator elected, who was a good silver
man, had the interests of Utah at
heart and would represent the Demo-
cratic party as we'll as any other man.
If the charges were not sustained,
| those who made them would fall into
the other pit. He had heard that GER
tain influences had been used on GER
tain members, but he could not prove
it.
Duffin supported the second amend
| ment. 1t had been intimated that GER
| tain influences besides church infiu-
ences had been used, and how could
the speaker of the house determine
who was qualified to sit on the COM
| mittee?
ANOTHER POINT OF ORDER.
Sloan raised the point of order that
the second amendment could not be
considered as an amendment to the
amendment, but was overruled. He
then appealed and the chair was sus-
tanned.
THE VOTE.
The second amendment was then
adopted by a vote of 26 to u, the vote
being as follows:
Yeas-Bennion, Calls, S. N. Cook,
D. S. Cook. Dotson, Duffin. Green
ner, o. G. Kimball, Joseph Kimball,
Lennon. Lund, Maxfield. Mckay. Muir
dock, Oveson. Parry. Robinson, Rom
ney, Shepard Stewart, A. P. Soren-
sen, Wilson-26.
Nays-Creer. Forshee, Mrs. La
Barthe, Mangan, O'Brien, Price. Ray.
Roylance, Sloan, Thomson, Thoreson,
Wheeler-12
Kenner moved that the whole matter
be laid on the table. He had favored
the investigation. but this amendment
would take it out of the hands of the
house and the result would be unsatis-
factory.
MUCH ORATORY.
The desire of each member to explain
his vote produced another instalment
of oratory that became very weari-
some and delayed the roll call for an
hour. Sloan wanted the resolution ia
bled, because, as amended, 1t declared
the members could not be trusted with
the investigation. Members who had
denied the charge of church influence
could not trust themselves to find out
how honest they were.
DEMANDS AN INVESTIGATION.
Shepard explained his vote by reply
ing to Sloan, who, he pointed out, had
finally reached a point where he want
ed the resolution buried.
He came into this house with a
resolution that challenged the honor
of every member of this house, and
threw out the insinuation that the
members would be afraid to meet II.
l stand here, not like Mr.. Sloan, but
in favor of the resolution from first to
last. 1 want to see where this great
bugbear of church influence comes into
this question. 1t has been thrown into
my teeth that 1 am not a Democrat;
that 1 am Sinking the question. 1
demand the investigation"
Calls demanded an investigation OF
the charges under which the members
were resting. Il have been condemned
to a political Patmos, but Mr.. Speaker,
when the clouds of SANDER and mis-
representation have been swept away
by the winds of justice, then shall the
motives of individuals stand forth
clearly and brightly
S. n. Cook had found that the author
of the resolution was not sustained by
those VINO NOlGQ WIFI Nun III TIE SELL
atOrial contest, and now, since Sloan |
was tired and sick of it, he did not feel |
like chasing him into his hole"
Dotson did not think the investiga- (
ton would amount to "a row of pins. |
Hardy believed the gentleman who in
troduced the resolution ought to be |
accommodated with an investigation.
Lennon declared the members had |
been threatened by the author of the |
resolution if they did not vote GER |
tain way and he thought the gentle |
man should be accommodated
Ray declared, as a Thatcher sup |
porter, that he had not been consulted, |
and was opposed to the resolution. He {
had no evidence that any member had i
been unduly influenced. Roylance !
wished it understood that he did not !
endorse the resolutions.
ANOTHER EXPLANATION.
Sloan rose to make a second explana-
ton. 1T has been charged" he said, |
that my action has been repudiated |
by those who have been my confeder- |
ates. and that 1 desire to crawl into |
my hole and pull the hole in after me, !
all of which may or may not be true
The amendment had so changed the |
character of the resolution that there
was nothing left of it. Concerning the. |
charges made, no evidence had been |
presented that caused him 90 change |
his opinion.
TAYLOR ATTACKS SLOAN.
Taylor made a personal attack on
Sloan. when it came his turn to ex-
plain his vote. The Democratic party
at the recent election had achieved a |
great victory and subsequently the
state committee had selected as chair
man a young man he had known from
boyhood. His father was a dear friend |
of mine,' he continued. 'and l regret |
very much that he should have stepped
down from his high pinnacle to wade
in the slime and filth to which he has
introduced us. 1 want my church and
myself defended from this assault I |
want the fullest investigation, from
the head of the church down.
Referring to Sloan, in conclusion, he
said: He seems determined to commit
political suicide, and l am willing to
give him a decent burial
Nearly all of the other members de-
livered speeches, and when the roll
call was finally completed it was found
the motion to table had been defeated
by vote of 10 to q.
EXPENSES OF THE CANDIDATES.
Sloan moved to strike out from Shep-
ards amendment the provision that the
expenses of the investigation be met
by those at whose request the wit
nesses were summoned, claiming that
provision should be made for paying
the expenses out of the state treasury,