The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-08
M'CUNE'S SUPPORTERS
STILL BELIEVE IN HIM
Un the Nine Ballots For Senator Yesterday He
Came Close to Victory.
Report Of Neither Majority Nor Minority Satisfactory and
Further Consideration Dispensed With.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY.

ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY
FOURTH JOINT BALLOT.
McCune (Dem.) g
piror CDs,,,
Henderson Den.l ........
t.ideout Dem.} :. .........
Se>---->-. ~. --ep.1 .....~...
Sutherland CRep.) 49,. .... /;
Votes Cast =. =. ............e g,
Absent -. -.
Total :. ...... ........ 6;
Necessary to a choice. :. =. :. 3:
The vote in detail:
SENATORS.
For McCune.-Cannon. Chambers
Evans, Pesry, Robson, smooJ, Tan
aer, Thomas, Wright, Whitney-Io.
For King.-Rideout-1.
For Observation-Disclosures.
For Rideout.-Aquila Nebeker, w
G. Nebeker-2.
For Cannon.-Kiesel, Shurtliff-2.
For Sutherland.-Howell-1.
Ahsent.-Alder (for Sutherland)-1
REPRESENTATIVES.
For McCune. Bywater, Clyde
Cummings, Farr, Forman, Fullmer,
Hansen, Horne, Lloyd, Mansfield,
McQuarrie, o'Neil, Parry, Redd
Roylance, Robertson, Shepard-17.
For King.-Betts, Bennion, Larsen,
Wheeler.
Fer Henderson,
For Rideout.--Cook, Fisher, Green
wood, Jackson, Hapish-5.
For Cannon.-Bramwell, N. J. Ear
ris, Ivers, Johnson, Law, Smith-6.
For Observation-Disclosures Crosby,
Christianson, C. z. Earris, Holmgren,
Miller, Murdcck, Richards, Robinson,
sorenson, Taylor, Welch-12.
As test of their confidence in a. w.
McCune fer United States senator from
Utah, and expressive OF their belief in
his Innocence of the charges of bribery
preferred by Representative Law the
accused candidates supporters voted
loy2lly for him throughout nine ballots
yesterday and last evening. Closing
with the l44th joint ballot, MIR. McCune
received twenty-seVen votes, five short
OF election. All his old support, includ-
ing Senator Peery and REPRESENTATIVE
ForInan, WAS with him. The.only votes
not announced for him that he had be-
AO4G liAC Iii tAt4fJctit Nlicil wa = -iisAe.t
over two weeks ago or since the result
Of the Investigation became known.
were those OF Senator Harden Bennion
and REPRESENTATIVE Heber BenniOn.
Along With the momentous events in
the legislature yesterday was the not
unexpected determination, after a com
paratiVeiy brief discussion, to dispense
with further consideration of the ma
5oriuy and minority findings of the in
vestiSation. Few if any members of
the legislature were satisfied with the
report of either side of the committee.
Those who are supporting Mr. McCune
for the SenatorShiD could not derive
from the majority findings such a vim
dication as they desired for him and
for themselves, and Mr.. McCune's enc
mics failed to find in the other report
enough condemnation to satisfy their
longings. The legislature was disap-
pointed, for one cause or another, and
concluded to dismiss the bribery mat
ter from further consideration, APPROX
ing OF neither report, setting aside the
two verdicts, as it We're. and merely
letting the findings of the majority and
the minority of the committee go into
the record.
However, in the result of the nine |
ballots that followed was found the |
temper OF the legislature. Mr.. McCune's /
solid support. excepting only the /
Messrs. Bennion, stood by him. In the
votes of confidence and as |
surance were found ample vindication !
for one day, at least. for the accused /
and still leading candidate.
THE MORNING SESSION.
The joint assembly convened shortly
after $40 o'clock The reading of the
reports Of the investigating committee
was dispensed with, when the journal
was read. and almost Immediately upon
the conclusion of the reading Senator
Smoot was recognized and moved that
the joint assembly take q recess until
Ii 30 O'Clock. a rollcan was demanded,
and the motion failed by the decisive
vote of ayes and Il noes, Senator
Smoot and Representative Ivers, Muir
dock, Redd and Taylor being in favor
Of the recess.
Senator Evans was then recognized.
we have the two reports before u.s.
ne said. and l take it as the duty of
his joint assembly TO dispose of those
-wo reports, and in order to bring the
natter before the assembly, / move
hat the report OF the majority of the
committee be adopted.
Senator Neoeker moved as a substi-
ute that the minority report be adopt-
ID. Representative Jackson moved as !
IN amendment that both reports be re-
,eived and filed and entered on the {
ournal Senator Evans wanted to |
,now if that had not been already done, {
md was answered by the president that I
t had, but that if the amendment pre- {
-ailed il was all that would be done. {
jpon an objection by Senator Smoot
he chair ruled that the amendment {
nerel by Mr.. jackson was not ger !
name and was out of order. {
Representative Richards then moved g
s an amend1nent 10 the substitute that
further consideration of the reports c
e dispensed with at this time" Upon |
eing asked if he meant that consider I
tion was to be indefinitely disposed s
f, Mr. Richards answered in the affirm I
tive $
EVANS FAVoRS ACTION. !
Senator Evans secured the floor to
ay:
Il desire to say that 1 am opposed to
nat motion, for the reason that this r
,int assembly appointed a committee, a
onsisting Of seven Of its best members. I
} investigate question Of vital impor- u
ince to this legislature, and to the peo- i,
le of this state. They have sat long 7
nd earnestly; they have listened to b
le evidence and the arguments pa e
emily and perseNeringiy: they have d
)und conclusions, and those conclu- r,
onS are before this assembly, and, in b
" judgment, it is a matter of common Il
onor to them that we should either Y.
pprove or disapprove their work. ] N