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

because whenever a motion to that enc
was made the minority members would
grasp for their hats and coats and take
up their dolls and dishes ready to &c
home AS one gentleman said, they
would not play unless we would take a
new candidate and let the minority
name him.
Mrs. Horne concluded by voting for
McCune again.
A LITTLE DIVERSION.
Representative johnson, referring to
MI. Bennlon's remarks, moved that ar
invitation be extended to Mr.. Mcclure
to address the joint assembly at 4
p. m.
Senator Rideout said he would second
the motion if Representative Bennion
would at the same time give a concert
number
Mr.. Lapish proposed that all the SEN
atorlal candidates be invited to make a
lfpeech, and the amendment was ac-
cepted by Mr.. Johnson.
1t was moved by Senator Evans that
the motion be tabled
Representative Lloyd insisted that
Mr.. Johnson's motion was clearly out
| OF order, and made to delay the bal
loting.
Does that motion contemplate the in
Wiling of all the Republican candidates
that have been voted for?" asked Mr..
Robinson.
President Nebeker's reply was in the
affirmative.
Senator Smoot demanded that the
motion and the vote on it be entered in
! the record.
A vote on the motion to table Mr.
Johnson's motion, as amended, result
ed in forty-three ayes and eighteen
noes. The negative votes were an
Il nom 1C1 h. -
Rideout, ShurtIiff, Representatives
Belts, Bramwell, Cook, Fisher, n. J.
! Harris, Holmgren, Ivers, Jackson,
johnson, Law, Lapish, Smith, Taylor,
Wheeler.
SENATOR WHITNEY'S ELOQUENCE
Mr., President, Ladies and Gentle
men: l do not arise for the purpose
of making an attack upon any of the
gentlemen who have been named here
as candidates for the exalted position
OF senator of the United States. l am
already on record as expressing the
conviction that any one of them, if
elected, would grace that position and
faithfully discharge the duties there
OF. l shall not retract that state
ment but l here and now reiterate it,
for l am perfectly convinced of its
truth. These gentlemen, l repeat, are
all friends of mine; they are all able
men; and l find no fault with them.
Neither do l expect, Mr.. President,
that thunderS of applause Will pune
tuate my speech during its delivery, or
that any marks of appreciation will be
shoWered upon me at the close. But
feel sure that L shall have the SYM
pathy of at least one member of this
honorable body, who has just ex-
pressed himself to the effect that he
'honors any man who resents an in
suit upon his manhood
Sir, l have been insulted, and my
colleagues upon this floor, as we'll as
the honorable gentleman who is our
candidate in this senatorial contest.
He, with us, was made, the other day,
the object of a bitter and unprovoked
attack by a member of this assembly.
This member-not by mere insinuation,
but by open and direct accusation
charged that the senators and repre-
SentatiVes who were supporting the
Hon. A. w. McCune in the race for the
senatorship, were doing so simply for
his money; that his wealth was his
only qualification, and that we who
voted for him were seeking by his cleo
ton to build up Democracy Of dol
lars and cents here in Utah. The
honorable gentleman asked ironically
why the mention of the name of A. w.
McCune did not evoke applause from
the crowded lobby at his back, and
made mysterious hints about certain
kilograms that had come to him, not
from the Deseret or Western Union
telegraph offices, bat had come trem-
bling along the wires Of popular feel
ing connecting mans heart with man,
and these kilograms were to the effect
that A. W. McCune was not the peo-
pies choice for senator.
Let US see about these alleged tele-
grams. We had a sample of them laid
before us the evening prior to the as
sault made upon Mr.. McCune and his
supporters. You will remember that
the gentleman from Salt Lake and his
confreres, the minority of the majority
party upon this floor We're very anx-
ious for an adjournment, to subserve,
as was apparent, a fractional purpose.
Motion after motion to adjourn was
made by them, but failed. Finally
this gentleman arose from his seat and
stated that he was in receipt of tele-
gram, or communication of some sort
announcing that seven Utah volunteers
had been slain in battle at Manila, and
on the strength of the shock of SYM
pathy that thrilled through the as
sembly at this sorrowful announce
ment, he succeeded in railroading
through this body premature motion
to adjourn. Now 1 shall say nothing
of the veracity of his telegram tele-
gram that magnified three into seven
leave you to judge of the reliability
of such communications, but 1 ask
what do you think of a man who would
thus play, for fractional advantage
upon the generous feelings of this con-
ffding and honorable assembly? Such
a man would almost stop hearse on
its way to the graveyard and compel
the chief mournerS to take him for a |
pleasure drive around Liberty park. |
Naughter).
Now, as to this matter of applause. |
Sir, have we come to that stage in the !
progress of civilization when the right (
eouSneSS or unrighteouSness of a |
cause, the strength or weakness of a |
character, the truth or falsity of a |
principle, is to be determined by the |
applause bestowed upon it, or withheld !
from it? Why, sir, some of the sub !
FINEST acts in history have passed I'M !
noticed by man; or, if seen, have
awakened not the thunders of human
applause. Luther, facing death at the
Diet of Worms, eXclaiming, with his
hand upon the open Bible Until con-
WINGED by reason and Scripture, here
stand; 1 cannot do otherwise; God
there applauded him. Columbus, on the1
deck of his ship, awaiting the COM i
ing of the dawn that was to decide. by
the discovery or non discovery of land,
whether he was to be hailed Admiral
of the Seas or return, loaded with
chains, a prisoner to Spain; he, as he
stood there alone, with no friend but
the sad sea, the beating heart of that
great enterprise, which, without him,
would stiffen in swift DEATH was a
spectacle sublime; but nobody ap-