The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-03

! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OttllGOu, w I1SAL
for McCune)-2.
Excused from Voting. - Senator
Whitney Gor McCune)-1.
REPRESENTATIVES.
For McCune. - Bennion, Bywater,
Clyde, Farr, Fullmer, Hansen, Horne,
Lloyd, McQuarrie, Parry, Redd, Roy
lance, Robertson-13.
For King. - Fisher, Greenwood,
Larsen, Wheeler.
For Nebeker.-Betts, Cook, Jack
son, Lapish, Laws.
For Rideout.-Forman-
For Cannon.-Bramwell n. J. Ear-
ris, Ivers, johnson, Smith, Taylor-6.
For Sutherland.-Calliste Crosby,
Christianson, C. 2. Harris, Holmgren,
Miller, Murdoch, Richards, Robinson
g.
Absent-O'Neil, Shepard (for Nc
| Cune)-2.
Excused from misunderstanding
Mansfield (for McCune); Stewart (for
King); Sorenson (for Sutherland)-4.
Paired.-Welch (for Sutherland)
not voting, paired with o'Nei1 (for
McCune) absent.
! just DtlOIe lIe EOll WIS Cdlltu IOG the
one hundred and thirty second joint
| ballot for senator yesterday noon, a
communication from Manager Igleheart
| of The Herald to President Nebeker
was read. 1t rendered in pamphlet form
| the transcript of the evidence taken
| before the committee appointed to in
vestigate the charges of bribery against
A. w. McCune. on the desk of each
member of the legislature was placed
copy of the printed transcript. The
! tender of the voluminous and all-im-
portant information was accepted with
| thanks.
| With the exception of one negative
vote announced by Representative
| Jackson, the result of the motion to ac-
cept The Herald's courtesy was unani-
NOUS AS soon as the communication
had been read, Senator w. G. Nebeker
moved that the message be filed for
| the legislatures Information. Almost
| instantly, Representative Richards
! proposed an amendment to accept with
| thanks the printed copies Of the tran
script of the evidence in the case. The
amended motion was carried, but not
until after Representative Jackson re-
marked that he could see no certificate
vouching for the accuracy of the re-
printed testimony. and, therefore, ne
hoped Mr.. Richards motion would not
be adopted.
JURORS EXCUSED FROM VOTING.
The ballot then proceeded without in
terruption until Representative Mans
| fields name was called. He said:
L desire to say that as all the evil
| dence is now before the investigating
committee, and we have heard the ar
guments OF counsel, it is now nece5-
sary that we form what may be de-
! termined as a judicial act, and L ask
| to be excused from voting"
Representative Stewart followed by
saying he also desired to be excused
from voting for the same reasons as
/ those given by Representative Mans
| field.
Although Senator Whitney had voted,
! he withdrew his vote for Mr.. McCune.
In doing so he said:
For the reasons stated by Repre-
sentatives Mansfield and Stewart. I
wish also to withhold my vote, and L
do not wish it to be understood, either.
! that l have made up my mind. I
stated that after the charges against
Mr.. McCune had been made, and the
| first ballot was taken thereafter, that
L reserved my judgment and would
continue voting for him because 1 felt
that any change would Indicate that
my mind had been changed by hearing
! one side of the story. have continued
to vote upon that principle, because [
regard these ballots now being taken
as merely formal, and I have said that
1 would withhold my Judgment undl
the committees report was in Now
that the evidence is all in and the ar
gumentS practically concluded, and the
committee is about to sit in solemn
judgment upon this case, l ask to
withhold my vote, so that no enemy of
mine may have the shadow of an sx-
cuse to SANDER me by saying that 1 am
occupying an. inconsistent position
Representative Cummings said: For
similar reasons / would like to with
draw my vote; in fact, l have thought
and suggested to some of my fellow
members that it would be a good and
very proper thing to have the entire
committee excused from voting on this
proposition until such time as the re-
port is handed in
while do not consider my position
cuts any figure in this matter re-
marked Representative SOrensOn, an
other member of the investigating COM
mittee, Il desire also to withdraw my
vote"
Senator Howell had this to say:
In my mind 1 cannot see why I
should withhold my vote, for no mat
ter what the findings of this committee
might be, it will not affect my vote.
NV vote could not be affected at this
time or any other time by the limo
cence or guilt of this candidate. 1 see
no reason why 1 should withhold my
vote, and so 1 will continue to vote for
George Sutherland for senator"
Senator Shurtliff. the seventh men,
Der of the Investigating committee,
made no remarks whatever. but con-
tented himself by voting for Senator
Frank J. Cannon.
After announcing the result Of the
ballot, the assembly dissolved till this
noon.
For Over Fifty Years