The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-15

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galaxy OF states: do this and people will
say Come let us go 10 Zion, for there
| indeed can be found peace on earth ana
J good viii toward men," L vote for VIII
/ lam II. King.
ROBISON'S REVELATIONS.
Some inside facts bearing upon the
senatorial question were related by
Senator Robson in this manner;
i on Saturday evening last, 1 received a
| petition from some Of my friends IN
! Willard county, Republicans and Demo
Gratis, aszing me to vote for the Hon. W.
! IL. King. tor the benefit or these ana
many others who do not understand the
| situation here, and are looking 20 me TO
| represent them, L desire TO sSy: TO those
| who signed that petition and VINO voted
tor the Republican candidate from MIL
lard, who now occupies I seat IN TINS
assembly, had you voted for the Demo-
cratic candidate who was known TO be
Il strong King supporter, and only lacked
8 votes of an election; there would have
been in this assembly al the commence
ment one more representative working
for the election of Judge King. There
are enough names Of Democrats on that
petition, who voted for the RepublI al
candidate TO have changed the election IN
Willard county. Would it not be more
consistent with your acts TO petition the
representative you helped to elect, 10
vote here in accordance with your wishes?
Now, 10 my many friends in billiard
and Juab counties, who, like myself,
honestly desired that Judge King
should be chosen to the highest office in
the gift of the people of our fair state,
L have to say: That L supported the
candidate of our choice as long rs my
vote would 90 him any good. l learned III
August. 1895 that efforts were eng made
to defeat the election of Judge KING,
should he become q senatorial can udate,
and sent word to Mr.. King q! tina tilnA
Of my understanding of what WIS beng
done From the time / came TO salt
Lake City, in December, until changed
my vote TO 4. w. McCune, L became more
and more advised of the conditions which
existed, the result of which, would &c
telnine the election of Il ClILsd States
senator: 1t was the design Of King 5
partyl to also defeat the election of a.
w. McCune. I had learned, by per-
sOnal conversation, that many VINO were
supporting Judge King in the beginning
would abandon him after a few days
balloting. To remain with him when
there was no possible chance of his Gee
w. McCune. who was my second choice
am [. OroughIy acquainted WITH the
underground Workings of every EC.iJ cal
wire that has been laid in this sera-
torial contest, and know by whose haL ds
they have been manipulated, and I do
not approve of Republicans controlling
some of those wires to elect q senator,
when the people OF Utah, at the Polls,
have said that he should be a Democrat.
[ have no fault to find with any of re
men who aspire to political honors. All
bune, are striking at a. W. Mcclure. King.
they do not fear; they had made sure of
his defeat before / changed my vote. To
continue longer voting for King, in my
opinion. was to see F. J. Cannon elected.
Had you the opportunities to become
acquainted with the conditions as they
exist. you would approve of the course
L am taking. L do not consider it proper
at this time, on this floor to give more
Of the many substantial reasons why I
changed my vote. / shall continue to
va fnr.f fan
BRIEF SPEECHES.
81 have no excuse to offer for my
conduct" remarked Representative Cal
lister. and l visa to say that there
has been no excuse demanded of me
IS tG my corstactsin this senatorial con-
test. 1 shall. continue to vote for the
lion. George Sutherland"
Representative Bennion stated that
ne could noc consistently change his
vote on tbs strength Of explanations
made by some OF his fellow members.
For instance" he continued Senator
". G.. '1Tebeker explained that he voted
fo- Frank J. Cannon because he be
Heved anG endorsed every word he said
III the Theatre Now, if there was any
ore thing in that speech made more
emphatic than another it was MI.
CannOns declaration that he was q bad
man. Representative Jackson justified
his vote on the ground that applause
accompanied mis- vote for W. H. King,
but 1 noticed that applause accom-
panied his, vote for Senator Cannon. [
suggest that. he try Il vote for A. W.
NcCune. / believe the applause is for
the voter and not for his candidate.
By way of reply to Representative
Bennions remarks, Mr.. Jackson said he
had changed his vote from King TO
Cannon not because, as limited by Mr..
Beanion, that the retiring senator is a
bad man, but because he is a good man.
Concluding, the representative from
Salt Lake said: Senator Cannon is a
man who has the courage to confess
his sins. The man who fails to fall at
the foot Of the cross and confess his
sins is a bad man. How many of u.s. if
cur lifes history were held up before
the world, would not prefer to have
some leaf of it torn out. Those who fail
10 confess their sins, but say 1 am
hOlier than thou, aIe Pharisees.
DEFENDS GRANT AND KINIBALL.
Representative McQuarrie made
relative to the letters writ
IIeber J. Grant to j. Golden Kimball,
and when he had concluded it was gen.
orally conceded that the writer of the
letters had been unjustlyz censured. The
from Washington county
said:
There has been so much said about
the Grant letters and SO much public
created against them because
of their neutrality-suspicious. that l feel it
my duty, inasmuch as my name was
mentioned in them and 1 was perhaps
the one for whom they were first writ
ten, TO say something in defense of
those whom I believe have been unduly
Not only is the man who
wrote the letters condemned, but also
]. Golden Kimball, who carried them |
is accused by some of working for a
United States senator and I
using church influence while on a |
church mission. I want to say here, |
that it was from J. Golden Kimball and /
Ieber J. Grant that l was assured that /
there would he no church influence used /
in this campaign, and that the church /
had no candidate. ! received a personal /
letter from Heber J. Grant in which he /
said that what he was doing was on t
his own responsibility as a Democrat /
and not as an apostle of the church to
VI ich l belong. Mr.. himbaH IN eX-
planning TO me the contents of the let t
-ers said that they were Mr.. Grants /
views and not necessarily his kim
oaHs) own. and that he was not adj
Tocating any person for the office.
president Woodruff's name was used |
n connection with those letters to as
sure me and others that the presidency
If the church did not object to a man
because OF his belief or unbelief so long
Is he was fitted for the office.
MIR. Kimball explained to me that
Mr.. Grant urged that the business in
crest of the state should be represent
ed by d business man whose practical
ability and information would be not
)nly of value to US in the senate, but