The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
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that the assembly would proceed t,
Ike another ballot, and all the mem
nerS acquiesced. On this ballot Muir
oOck went from Thatche to Rawlins
ana Martin went back to Thatcher
Increasing Rawiins to Is and leaving
thatcher as before.
BENNION'S POSITION.
When Representative Bennion arose
ana desired to make an explanation
there was a fiutter of excitement II
developed however, that he simply de-
sired TO explain why he had been vot-
ing Tor Henderson and why he would
continue 10 vote as before. While he
old not believe that the dignity of the
JOINT assembly should be degraded to
the level of a party caucus he felt it
his duty to explain his position A
great deal had been said upon the
moor OF the house about the champion
snip OF personal liberty. L want to
say ne exclaimed, that l yield TO
no man upon this floor in the cham
plonship Of personal liberty"
AT the beginning of the contest he
was disposed TO take the side of that
candidate now posing as the apostle of
liberty, but this candidate had gone
farther than his conscience would per-
init him to go. u believe in the alb
Solute separation Of church and state
and neither should interfere with the
other, but one of the candidates in
TINS case has gone too far, and has
encroached upon the church. 1t is
SAID that 1t makes a great deal of
difference whose OK is gored, but in
TINS case l am a citizen of the state
and member OF the dominant church,
and it is my OK that is gOred every
Time l am opposed to any goring upon
one side or the other, therefore I
turned back from this quagmire and
sought higher ground -
he had turned to the other candi-
dates and found their supporters stand
ing shoulder to shoulder, UNFOLDING the
true Democratic principles of liberty.
While they did not claim to be the
apostles OF liberty yet they were de-
tending the temple of liberty. He
mad hesitated between the two candi-
dates, but he recalled the long and
faithful services rendered to the party
by Judge Henderson, and how he had
twice been put aside, in order to ad-
vance Utah boy, and he had de-
clded to give him his support.
The ballot resulted as follows: That
cher, %; Henderson, 10; Rawlins, Is;
Hebeker, l; Powers, 1; Lawrence, 1;
Bennett g.
At this point Representative Kenner
moved an adjournment, but the mo-
ton was defeated by an overwhelm-
ing vote, and the assembly proceeded
TO the seventh ballot.
RIDEOUTS SPEECH.
The vote resulted exactly as before,
and the only incident of the ballot was
an earnest and eloquent speech from
Senator Rideout, in explanation of his |
position. When his name was called !
he addressed the chair and spoke as /
follows:
Mr.. President have not thought |
it eXpedient until the present time to
preface my vote by words Of expla-
nation, but at this time L claim the
privilege. No member of this joint |
session need anticipate an attack upon
himself nor his candidate. 1 do not
pursue that mode of warfare. l claim
the inalienable right TO cast my vote
as my reason guides, as my conscience
dictates. l concede to every member
the same right. | claim the right to
be accredited With honesty of purpose.
1 concede TO every man the same
credit.
This is a struggle. not between Re
publicans and Democrats, but between
friend and friend; between brother and
brother; between faction and faction
CT the Democratic party. The purpose
of the contestants should be to per-
petuate Democracy in Utah, sink
deeper the foundation of our free in
stitutions and broaden the pathway of
individual liberty in this our own beau
tiful commonwealth.
|
heal, not to wound; to cement, not to
disrupt; TO rivet, not tear asunder the
golden bonds of union.
The Democratic party and the prin- !
cipleS for which it has ever fought are
greater than the aspirations of any 8
man; greater than the ambition of
any faction.
The contest should be of that high
and noble character to command the
plaudits of mankind. so that when a /;
choice shall have been made and we :
so forth from these walls and look back +
over the field of the contest we may '
say in the words of another: There t
are no wounds to heal; no wrongs to q
be remembered 1
L stand here on the afternoon of the
nineteenth century. under the sun of :
freedom, in a blessed land of freedom, .
prepared to cast a freemans vote. l /
shall cast it without fear of punish t
ment, without hope of reward.
In the past history of the territory
and state charges have been made that I
the dominant church has sought TO .
sway the popular vote. 1 am not here .
10 say whether those charges are true
or false; they have been denied times
and repeatedly by high ecclesiastical p
but circumstances have a
arisen within the last few days to e
shake the belief of the most conserva- ;
tive. in the sincerity of those denials. u
"A certain element in Utah politics
has in the past invited young Utah @,
and others to join it III settling the d
question of church domination in pol W
tics for all time. In response to that 81
invitation a. solid phalanX has formed e.
around that noble apostle of human
liberty. I ask, Where are those who h.
invited us2 Gentlemen, are you play Al
Ing hide and seek? Like Adam and "
Eve. have you fed from the scenes of s.
your transgression? l command you to N
come forth from your hiding places. -
The right TO cast a freeman's vote p
has been fought out on a thousand | ttrr
oattlefields; whitened bones bleaching :,
On English plains; the dumb mouths in tn
Westminster Abbey cry out to us, Your ca
;ause is just; you will prevail. III
Every right 70 cast freeman's vote -
S pledged by a fallen soldiers blood -
1.-The spot I occupy to perform that /
high duty is as sacred TO me as my 1
Mothers tomb. To you. gentlemen, l /
,oncede the right to cast your vote /
where you believe it will bring forth 1
he choicest fruit Once again l shall /
ender my vote to that apostle of hu- /
nan liberty, Moses Thatcher"
The lobby could not restrain its de- Il
ire to applaud when Senator Rideout Il
lad finished. bat several sharp raps
rom the presidents gavel suppressed
he demonstration
KENNE Err ADJOURNS.