Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-20

Speaker noylancc presided at the
Joint session today. The chaplain Of
forpd prayer. yesterdays journal was
read. and the voting for Senator be-
san.
AT the call Of the first name. Senator
Alder nominated. In behalf of the Re-
publlcnns. Hon. James r. Hammond.
The twcnty-third and twcnty-fourth
ballots resulted AS follows;
Cannon. Z: King. u; Mecune. 49,
Nebokcr. 1. Powers, q Jas. r. Ham
mond. 10. Representatives Hansen.
wheeler. and Horne and Speaker Roy
lance voted for Mccunc.
The vote In detail was as follows;
SENATOR'S.
For King-Dcnnlon, Cannon, Tanner
u.
For Mccune-Chambers Evans.
smoot. Thomas. whitney. wright-G.
For PowerH-Aquiia Nebckcr. W. q.
Ncbcker. Pccry. Rideout-i.
For Hammond-Iiowcll Aidcr-2.
For Cannon. Kelnol. shurtliff-2.
REPRESENTATIVES,
For King-Bctts. Fisher. Greenwood.
Larsen. McQuarrlc. Mansfield, o'Ncll.
Parry. Rcdd. Robertson. stewart-ii.
For McCune-I icnnion. Bywatcr.
clyde. Cummings. Farr, Fuilmcr. Han
zen. Horne. Lloyd. Roylancc. shepard.
Wheelcr-i2.
For Powers-cook. Forman. Jockson.
InpiHh-t.
For Hammond --Calllater. Christian
zen. Crosby. G. y. Harris. Holmgrcn.
Law. Miller Murdoch. Richards, Rob-
inron. sorcnson. Taylor. welch-i7.
For -Iiramwcli. Harris. n. j..
lycrr. johnson. Smith,.
senator Robson was absent. Repre-
sentative Richards. who has not voted
before was present today, voting for
Hammond.
Upon arising to east his vote. the pre-
siding officer spoke an follows;
SPEAKER RoYLANcE.
Up u date have east several COM
plimeptnfy votes. but today, ms u IN
not my nature 10 be- going here and
thcrc, I come unto column To stay,
east my vote FOR Hon. A. W. Mcclure.
ON the 9Th and s6th ballots senator
pccry voted FOR Judge Powers. giving
the latter eight Votes.
JACKSON FOR POWERS.
Representative jackson. In casting
his vote for Judge Powers. made "A care
fully wurdcd and eloquent speech of
some length. lie praised the Judge ~
leader Of men, a man ~ broad cdu-
cation. both In the schools and In the
AnuirH OF men, "a man always In the
front ranks OF the battle FOR The right.
where the smoke was thckcst, ana I'M
like some, who, like Jobs war horse,
uinelt the battle from afar.
HANSEN For MccuNE.
Hansen went from the King to the
Mccuno forces ON the inst ballot. In
explanation NJ his vote he said.
"Alr. President and fellow members
OF the I.erislnturc--lt W said that "A
Wise man sometimes changes his mind.
but his antithesls, never, My DISPOSE
llon forbids that lay amy claim TO the
attributes of the former and | am not
aware that have anything In common
with the latter. However that may be.
! am about To change my vote from
one dear friend to another.
Two years ago when the senatorial
contest In this State was at It's highest.
friend who was talked OF aH "A COM
promise candidate. solicited my sup
port l promised Il TO him. Nothing
was done ON my part towards the full
hllment of that promise. There was no
occasion for II. The struggle ended by
me selection OF one Of utahs ablcst
sons. Then this same friend asked me
u would support him In the senatorial
race two years hence. II was long
Nme ahead, but | WAS much Interested
ln him and told him | would.
Time wore ON, and this friend went
70 Europe. lie was absent about a
year Later tho announcement was
made ana the story was published that
ne would not become "a candidate Tor
United states Senator.
IN the meantime my other friend
hhd been elected to Congress. lie made
brilliant record. kept In constant
communication with him through the
means OF correspondence while he was
v! tue national capital. I advised with
MN POLITICALLY and was exceedingly de-
slfonH that he should succeed himself
IN Congress, but he put aside the GER
lalnty OF congressional nomination In
take his chances with other party
ship.
1T was during these times. too. that
we other friend whom | had not seen
~ long time, returned home ana
t'iu lne that he had not withdrawn
and reminded me OF my promise 10
MN IL was q previous pledge ana 40
,ethrded. But l took the position that
had formed new alliances. believing
my the old had passed away. Deliber-
|", however convinced me they hnd
Wy sun, continued to support Judge
Nihg, believing that the difficulty would
1--we Itself For three days and fol
eMenty-three ballots stood by the
,ahdidate OF my first choice. he II said.
10, Tor ! have nothing 10 conceal. that
promised that would 40 To Mr.. Me-
une Friday and give him assistance.
hr9yldlng Judge King was not elected
,ofs that time. That might not be
nonaldered as playing a dishonorable
r,Ih went To Judge King ana his ad-
,,er and Informed them OF my inten-
30 they knew precisely what l
going TO do. Il may be thought BY