The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH
JOINT BALLOT.
k1ng (Dem.) $50. c
McCune (Dem.) ............... 81
Powers (Dem.)
Nebeker (Dem.) .............. ]
Sutherland (Rep.). ............. II
Cannon (Sil. Rep.) .....-......13
Absent and not voting. ........ z
Necessary to Choice. go. ....31
The vote in detail:
SENATORS.
For King.-Aquila Nebeker-1.
For decentralization, Cannon,
Chambers, Evans, Robson, Smoot,
Tanner, Thomas, Whitney, Wright
10.
For Observation-Disclosures
For Observation-Disclosures, Howell-2.
For Cannon.-W. G. Nebeker, Kies-
Ell, Peery Shurtliff-4.
REPRESENTATIVES.
For King.-Betts, Fisher, Larsen,
Stewart, Wheeler-5.
For decentralization, Bywater,
Clyde, Cummings, Farr, Forman,
Hansen, Horne, Lloyd, Mansfield,
McQuarrie, o'Nei1 Parry, Redd, Rob
ertson, Roylance, Shepard-17.
For Powers.-Cook. Lapish-2.
For Observation-Disclosures Crosby,
C. z. Harris, Holmgren, Miller, Muir
dock, Richards, Robinson, Sorenson,
Welch-1O.
For Cannon.-BramWell, Fullmer,
N. J. Harris, Ivers, Jackson, John
son, Law, Smith, Taylor-9.
AbSent.-Repr,s entatives Christian
SON and Greenwood-2.
Doubtless yesterday was one day
nearer to the time when the Legislature
will eject a senator from Utah, but the
voting Indicated no closer approach to
a. choice than was apparent TWO weeks
ago. The contest commenced on Jan.
Is, and since then 1O5 ballots in joint
assembly have been taken. Yesterday
the assembly was in session two hours,
and most of the time was devoted to
speech making, only three ballots be-
ing taken.
1t was another field day for Senator
Frank j. Cannon, receiving, as he did,
support from til of the minority.
Representative Jackson announced him.
self as a supporter of the retiring sena-
tor, and on the last ballot Senator
Peery left Senator Rideout as the only
sponsor for Aquila Nebeker and voted
for Cannon. On the 104th ballot, Sena-
tor Thomas and Representative Redd
cast a complimentary vote for the gem
tleIIlan who made himself famous by
boiling the st. Louis convention, but it
was stipulated by them that the COM
plinlent- was good for that ballot only.
Both Mr.. Thomas and Mr.. Redd came
back to McCune on the next and last
ballot of the day, but Representative
Fullmer chose the opportunity on that
ballot of announcing a, vote for Can
non. The retiring senator's vote on the
104th and 105th reached high-water
mark at the unlucky number of 13.
Many of the speeches were interest
ing, especially Senator Whitney's Sc
we're arrangement of Representative
jackson and McQuarrie's address.
HUMOROUS AND PRACTICAL.
The first speech was made by Repre-
sentative BenniOn, in the practical mat
ter-of-fact manner so characteristic of
him. He said:
Il have explained my vote once be-
planned but in consequence of the
many explanations of others, 1 do not
know but that, in the light of recent
developments, 1 might say something
more.
Senator Nebeker explained yester-
day. l believe. the cause of his change
of vote for Frank ]. Cannon was by
way of endorsing his speech in the the
atre | was there and listened to Mr..
GXnRRTP6
my vote should change also. l desire
TO explain the reason why l do not
change my vote. 1 know Senator Can
non pretty well, and 1 think that he
desired to entertain his friends at the
theatre. l think he succeeded in en-
pertaining them. [ do not believe he
had any bitterness in his heart. AS
to Heber J. Grant, 1 have known him
for many years, and have never heard
him say a word against Mr.. Cannon.
IF there had been any bitterness in his
heart against Frank ]. Cannon,
would have known it. The fact that
that speech at the theatre made such
converts as Senators Shurtliff and
Nebeker is an assurance worth moth
ing.
TT has been stated on the floor of
this house recently that we were vot-
ing for money, and not for brains.
consider that a very broad statement
TO make. l do not know how the gen
tleman came by that knowledge, IN
less that he has had a revelation, or
unless that he presumes that all the
brains in the world are in his camp,
and that none of the other camps have
any brains. We have every reason to
believe that Our candidate has brains,
from the fact that he has succeeded in
everything he has undertaken, and 1
believe that he viii succeed in this con-
test TOO. l do not know but that our
candidate may turn out TO be an orator.
He has succeeded in everything he has
undertaken yet. think we ought TO
give him a trial. When ] was a boy
/ could not sing even a little bit, but
later. when l went on a mission, / had
To sing. and I have developed into a
pretty good singer, too. Even now, at
social gatherings. I am often called
upon TO sing. 1 think our candidate
ought to have a chance.
Our friends, the Republicans, have
said a good deal. l have no objections
to Republicans making stump speeches. !
THEY are entertaining ! would like
them to know. however, that it is only
a. waste of time. We can settle this
matter without them. They say we
are wasting the peoples time and
money. There are no strings on them. |
Why don't they come over and help US
out. Two years ago Rawlins was
elected by the final vote being cast by /
a Republican. No feared results came |
from it. If they don't want to vote |
for a Democrat, they can withdraw, !
and the Democrats viii settle this in |
less than ten minutes. I think our /
Republican friends are counting too |
much when they talk about two years !
hence. They are counting their chick |
sns before they are Matched. Indeed. |
they are counting their eggs before |
NV are laid see no cause for chang