The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-28
TWENTY-SEvEN VOTES FOR
M'CUNE FOR SENATOR
Five Short Of Election On the Fifty-fOurth Joint
Ballot.
Gained Peery YesterdayThe Contest Is Expected to End
Today

entire vote for his candldale, anu ouli-
cluded by presenting the name OF state
Senator Joseph Howell, the noplest
goldbug Republican of Cache county.
The laughter that ensued was an cyl
dence that Representative Laws sin
cerity was very much doubted.
Toward the end of the tifty-second
ballot Representative Wheeler, who had
previously supported McCune on sew
eral ballots, showed his abilities as a
short speech-maker by saying:
Il have never considered ii necessary
heretofore to say anything about my
vote but now l want to say for the
benefit of The Salt Lake Herald and
some of the pusheTs, that l am in the
King camp to stay, and / am going TO
elect him, too"
Mr.. Wheeler was incensed because of
a supposed publication regarding him in
The Herald. 1t was in the Tribune,
however, that he read the stuff that
made him angry. When he made the
speech he believed himself completely
justified. Afterwards he expressed re-
gret that he had done so.
The fifty-third and fifty-fourth bal
lots resulted the same as the fifty-sec-
ond.
At the conclusion of the fifty-fourth
ballot Representative Fisher moved for
a dissolution of the joint assembly.
Senator Evans offered an amendment
making $3.50 yesterday afternoon the
time to which to dissolve.
Senator Nebeker proposed substi-
tute making the dissolution till 1850
today.
Senator Nebeker's substitute was lost
by a vote of 80 to 80.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Senators BenniOn, Kfesel, w.
G. Nebeker, Aquila Nebeker, Rideout,
Shurtliff. Representatives Belts, Bran
well, Callister, Christianson, Cook,
Fisher, Greenwood, c. z. Harris, n. j.
Harris, Holmgren, Ivers, jackson,
Johnson, Lapish. Larsen, Law, Miller,
Murdoch. Redd, Smith, Sorenson, Stew
art, Taylor, Wheeier-3O.
Noes-Senators Alder, Cannon, Cham
bers, Evans, Howell, Peery, Robson,
Smoot. Tanner. Thomas. Whitney,
Wright. Representatives BenniOn, By
water, Clyde, Crosby, Cummings, Farr,
Forman FuIlmer, Hansen, Horne,
Lloyd, Mansfield, McQuarrie, O'Neil,
Parry, Richards, Robinson, Robertson,
Roylance, Shepard-32.
Speaking to the amendment TO recess
till $3.50 D. m. Representative Lapish
arose to say that he hoped the legisla-
ture would conclude to take no more
ballots until today. AS he understood
it, the law contemplated that only one
ballot should be taken each noon. In
his opinion it was absurd to decide at
once on the election of a senator, and
ample time should be given daily for
the legislators to hold conferences.
BLAMES THE TRIBUNE.
Continuing. Representative Lapish de-
clared that no ness interest and no
interest Of the need suffer because
of the delay in choosing a senator. If
any business interests of the people OF
Utah are being injured he attributed it
to the wolf cries of the Salt Lake
Tribune.
Then the representative from Utah
county advanced the proposition that
the capital should be taken from Salt
Lake 10 a rural town. where the legis-
lators would not be bothered so much
by people who desired the senatorial
contest, to be terminated so quickly. He
censured the public press for agitating
the senatorial question and working up
a sentiment, as he termed it, to harass
the members of the legislature. Before
taking his seat, the gentleman again
announced his concurrence in Senator
Shoots declaration that the senatorial
question involved days rather than any
given number of ballots.
Representative Wheeler proposed a
recess until p. m, instead Oh o-oO, ana
the amendment was accepted by Sem
ator Evans.
At this juncture Representative
Of Sanpete announced
that he had just received a telegram
the death of his aged
father, and asked to be excused till
Monday The request was granted.
\ vote was taken on the motion to
dissolve the joint assembly till 1 p. m,
resulting in its defeat-30 in the affirm
alive and 80 in the negative. The vote
was the same, but in reverse order, as
on the motion to adjourn till this noon,
except in a few instances. Senators
Alder. Peery and Howell joined the
Republicans and the Cannon and King
supporters, while Representative Rich
ards, Robinson and Wheeler voted with
the McCune men.
The vote on Fishers motion for adj
journment of the joint assembly for the
day resulted in "a ayes and % noes
Senator Alder and Representative
Crosby, Richards, and Robinson voted
with McCune's support, while Senator
Peery and Representatives Fullmer
and Hansen were with those who ia
vored adjournment