The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07


Gle their differences was made last
evening, and like the first, it resulted
in nothing. OF the thfrty-fve members
present, eleven refused to be bound by
resolution prepared by committee
chosen by the chairman, Senator Ride
out, and providing that at another eau
Gus to be held this evening a senator
be chosen, with a thirty-two vote rule
to govern, and the lowest candidate to
be dropped out after each ballot. These
eleven members left the caucus when
this resolution had passed and the
caucus ended right there and then.
The proceedings We're amicable and
the members present evinced ten
dency toward getting together up tc
the final point of adopting the COM
mittee report. There was the rub, and
there the majority and the minority of
the party split. Senator Rideout who
had helped to prepare the report and
who signed it, refused to vote for it
and left the caucus with the others.
There was one notable and significant
incident in which the name of George
@. Cannon was mentioned and which
caused a somewhat lively controversy
between several of the senators. A res
olution, prepared by Senator Peery, to
the effect that all members pledge
Cannon, caused the difficulty and il
developed evidence that probably sew
eral of those Democrats present will
vote for George @. Cannon today at
the joint assembly.
WAS A GOOD ATTENDANCE
President Nebeker called the caucus
to order, saying that while he had not
been delegated so to do, he and Speaker
n s.c4I n
cratic meeting Friday evening, had de-
cided to do So Thirty-five Democrats
were present, the absentees being Sen
ators Whitney and Cannon, Represent
ativeS Stewart, Cummings and Heber
Bennion.
Senator Rfdeout was called to the
chair at the suggestion of President
Nebeker by unanimous vote. He said
that he trusted that no words would
be spoken which would wound any one;
that what was said would tend to ce-
ment the party and not disrupt it; to
bind it closer together and not tear
asunder the bands by which the party
was held together. I'VE have a fight
coming in 19OO,'' he said, in conclusion,
land we shall need unity then as never
before"
Representative Bywater was chosen
| secretary without opposition and the
caucus got down to business.
( W. G. Nebeker started the debate by
moving that it be the sense Of the
| caucus that the majority and minority
reports of the investigation committee
/ be not incorporated in the minutes of
the joint assembly, but that they be
filed for reference. Senator SmCOt Op-
| posed this, saying that he thought as
the minutes contained the record of the
! charges and the appointment Of a COM
mittee to investigate them, it would be
( unjustifable and unprecedented not to
allow the result to appear in the record.
I've performed no act of sNhich l am
ashamed in this contest" said he. i
am as clear of any suspicion Of cOrruD-
ton as any man that ever lived I want
! this matter made as public as possible
and to eliminate from the reports Of
this legislature the result of this in
/ vestigation would be a grave and griev-
Gus political mistake"
Representative Cook opposed the
motion, saying that he, too. was will
ing to have the whole matter come be-
| fore the public.
Senator W. G.. NeibekeT said in de-
fense of his motion that he had only
made it to get the matter before the
caucus. He said that the public had
/ read the evidence and had come to its
own conclusions on the matter. If the
report had been unanimous, he would
have been glad to see it put in the
record.
"But now that there are two re-
ports, isn't it all the more necessary to
have them in the record?" asked Sen
ator Smoot.
IF the motion does not express the
sentiment of the meeting" replied Sen
ator Nebeker, L shall be glad to see
some disposition made of it
Senator Evans said that the reports
were inconsistent, and that one or the
other of them ought to be turned down.
'This is not a question in which we
alone are interested, he said; 'th6
whole state is involved. Let US meet
the matter and adopt one report or the
other
Representative Jackson said that he
was opposed to the adoption cf either
report. If the majority report was
adopted it was reflection on the parr
of the committee which had not signed
it, and if the other was adopted. il
placed the assembly in the position OF
stating that there We're gentlemen IT
the assembly who would take brlbe
The duties Of the committee were pure
ly ministerial, but they had assumed
judicial functions.
Representative Lloyd said that he did
not favor the motion. 1t was sad that
the question of bribery had come up
He. personally, had been dragged into
it. because he had been chairman Ci
the county committee and through nc
fault of his OWL He wanted to see the
whole matter in the record.
RECORD MUST BE HONEST.
Representative Lapish thought that
If a record was to be kept it should be
an honest one He did not believe in
the principle of expunging things from
the record. 1.-The majority report will
not be adopted with the assistance of
INV vote" he said, in conclusion. 9th
ers NAV do as they like, but l won't
vote for it. The adoption of either one
will be a reflection on portion of the
committee. and l for one would like
to see them in the record, but it is not
necessary to get them there that we
adopt either one.
Mrs. Horne here introduced resolu-
tion that both the majority and minor
ity reports be spread upon the minutes
of the Joint assembly.
President 'Quil Nebeker thought II
eninently proper to have the reports
filed II for one don't propose to sur
rander nv individuality TO any COM
n1ittee. Neither report would be in the
form they now are, if I had had any
thing to do with them. The committee
o-,oipfad To investigate charges