The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-09

gentlemen, l have a respect and ad
miration, a deep-rooted regard: and
would not turn that gentleman dow
In the face of all this clarnor by thos
who-what are they? His friends
Shall l become one of his enemies be
cause this man or that declares he il
: not satisfied? Shall men creep anC
crawl among the Shiny vernin, o,
, snail they ascend to the heights of tina.
manhood and rise equal to the occa.
sion? Ladies and gentlemen, with al
; due respect for the gentleman whose
name has been launched here this af.
ternoon, with all respect for my col
league from Salt Lake, it appears t.
me from his statements that there are
conditions confronting this fair state
OF ours that, to me, seem to threaten
the peace and tranquility that now
pervade this fair commonwealth OF
ours; and in duty to myself, and to all
IN duty to Mormon, Gentle and Jew
/ believe it my duty to frown down and
oppose the nomination or election that
Is calculated to take away this tran
guilty; and, therefore, with all due re-
/ spect to those to whom honor is due.
cast my vote for Hon. A. w. McCune y
CALLISTER BRINGS IN CHURCH
Representative Callister precipitated
a sharp controversy by questioning the
ecclesiastical standing of Representa-
tive Robson.
i have listened with a great deal of
| interest" he began, ito the remarks
made on the floor of this house, and l
conclude that some part of them have
been a challenge to me, which | now
propose to answer. l am not here pre-
! pared to prove the truth of What l say,
but L now say that Senator Joseph B.
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| IN the church of Latter-day Saints. If
he does. then he has not lived up to
the rules that govern there. If you dis
pUte or doubt what / say
/ Mr.. President" interrupted Repre-
sentative Lloyd, II rise to a point of
order. The gentleman is INDUCING in
! personalities.
Il want to object" spoke up Repre-
sentative Lapish, Ito any strict con-
struction of rules of order at a time
like this
And 1 want to object" Representa-
tive Hanson said, ito any mans ques-
tioDing the religious standing of any
other man in a Democratic legisla-
ture."
L don't know what Representative
Callister is going to say" Senator
Smoot put in, but if he proposes to
arraign Senator Robson on his church
standing. 1 think he has chosen the
wrong time. Let him wait till he gets
home"
Il shall not insist on my remarks
Callister said
We'll. as Robson spoke as church
man." persisted Lapish, . it's not fair
to shut off Callister.''
Il object to having the church drag
ged in at ALL said O'Neil.
President Nebeller Gained the trou-
bled waters by saying that Mr.. Calls
ter had decided not to insist on his re-
marks Then Callister went on as fol-
lows:
CALLISTER'S SPEECH.
Il wish now TO refer to the sentiments
of Representative Bennion. 1 listened
to them, and. as far as 1 can say, have
seen nothing in that speech that leads
me to believe that it is reasonable. If
1t is reasonable, then l am guilty, be-
cause l believe what he has stated is
true, and if l endorse what he has said.
then ] am as guilty as though I said
it myself and if it be treason to speak
of a man as he has spoken of Hon.
George Q. Cannon, then / am guilty of
treason. If it be treason to cast a bal
lot for a man of that caliber, the. l
am guilty of treason, and make what
you will of it. l now cast my vote for
George @. Cannon"
Representative Cook invited his fell
low Democrats to join him in voting
for King in the following language:
i do not see any reason for getting !
excited this morning. | have heard the |
gentleman explain what the qualifica- |
tons of his candidate were and, as a !
Democrat, they do not quite come up |
to my standard, though there might be |
a worse thing happen to the state than i
1,.a- s. -
l submit that there is no need of this |
thing happening. There are enough |
who have assured me that they would |
vote for King if there were a chance |
of electing him; and now. gentlemen. L |
invite you to follow me and elect W. |
H. King. for whom l cast my vote at |
this time
Representative Cummings had come
all loaded down with q speech ready to |
deliver, and he read it as follows:
From the converting of the first joint |
assembly of this Legislature until today |
| have voted for A w. McCune with |
out the slightest inclination to change |
my vote to another candidate. Nor
have L cast a single ballot as a compli-
ment to that individual. but have felt
a sincere desire at each time that he
might be elected. As time wore on and
this deadlock became more firm and |
bitter. my desire to end it for the sake
of Utah's good name became more and
more intense. | talked with my friends
who were supporting other candidates
and used every proper argument to get
them to see as ] did, and my colleagues
did the same. At last success seemed
to have been achieved.
But, no; a stumbling block was
thrown in the way which 1 need here
only to mention. and only formal bal
lots could be cast until yesterday. A
caucus of the majority party, prepara-
tory to resuming the contest, was held.
but its efforts were futile; it ended in
iiscord. The balloting yesterday on the
same old lines, the same unyielding de-
on either side, resulted in
no material progress toward the greatly
desired result.
In the meantime. fellow members,
the days are heeting and the end is
near. The history of this
determined contest of the past, and the
stubborn attitude of the contestants at
present, as manifested during yester
lays ballOting, are far from reassuring
n my Judgment. Now, gentlemen and
aides. l agree with certain remarks
made by a senator from Salt Lake
county Yesterday that the party is
q eater than any man; and Will go o lie
,tep farther and assert that the peo-
Die are greater than any party. And
While l accord in my heart to each
member of this assembly the privilege
If voting with motive unimpugned for
he candidate OF his choice. all must
lgree with me that a startling condi-
ion confronts us, affecting dangerously
ne most vital interests of all the peo-
lie. There does not seem to exist suffi
lent unity in the majority party of this
to elect United States SEN
tor during the few short hours re-
naming for that task to be per- !
ormedi
Being confronted by such peril has
reused my deepest feelings, and :
me to take a course which + !