The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-10

! After the announcement, Representa-
tive McQuarrie moved that the
| speeches be limited to four minutes in
| length, but the question was voted
down.
| THE 18TH BALLOT.
Representative Larsen changed back
to w H. King when his name was
reached on the 10th ballot.
LLOYD FOR A CAUCUS.
Representative Lloyd. followed i'm
mediately, suggesting that caucus be
! held Immediately to settle the question
once and for all. He spoke as follows:
| Il voted not to occupy too much time,
and probably what [ may say may be
somewhat disjointed, but there are a
| few thoughts which run in my mind
| that 1 feel l must express. 1t has not
! been until this evening that 1 thought
Mr.. McCune could not be elected.
| am not fully and absolutely convinced
| of that now but question confronts
us, as 1 view it, in two different phases.
| First, shall we elect a gold Republican,
| to be elected to the senate by Demo-
cratic votes, or shall we, as Democrats
| get together and elect Democrat2
| Second, a question which may require
more time and discussion than I shall
! be able to give, is this, and the two
! questions are so fine that l am almost
unable to draw the dividing line, that
| if we are Democrats, and we allow our
acknowledgements, one after the other
| as they are put up, to be knocked
| down by villainouS character assasSins,
then / say where is the Democratic
party going to land? L believe as hon
estly as any man that McCunelis inno-
cent of all the bribery charges pre-
ferred against him. 1t comes now to
the question as to what is best for the
Democratic party to do. say to my
Democratic friends now since / have
got doubt in my mind as to the pos
sible election of McCune, believe we
should go into a caucus tonight and
obliterate the names of all candidates
heretofore put up, and I will join you.
L consider that there are two duties to
perform; that is, the election of a Dem
ocratic United States senator, and, sec
ondly, there is the standing by the man
and the men who have been so vilely
villified. 1t is a fine point, but L reiterate
my perfect confidence in McCune: 1
have not the slightest doubt of his in
nocence. But l believe that if he
thought the Democratic party would
suffer by our staying with him, and
thereby failing to elect a Democratic
senator, l believe he would get out of
the race. l propose that we go into a
caucus and obliterate the names here
not be elected, then I propose to return
to McCune and give him my ballot as
1 have given MIN my confidence. I
was elected by the Democratic party,
and they declared for the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver If I voted for
a Republican 1 ought to get up and
say. l give you warning that l leave
the Democratic party We talk about
conscience and our constituency. I
IA Inc ac rio tp GOV =,
constituency demand me to stay with
McCune. If you gentlemen, you Demo-
cratic gentlemen, will go into a caucus
now, tonight, and wipe the slate clean,
and select some other good Democrat,
l will go with you. I vote at this time
for Hon. A. W. McCune."
MANSFIELD'S JUSTIFICATION.
Representative Mansfield had a word
to say in justification of his move to
George @. Cannon. Here is what ne
said:
Il just want to say this, that during
the session of this legislature. / have
taken the imitation of getting caucus.
Here in this Legislature is the majority
of the Democratic party upholding
candidate and they claim they are
holding for principle that the major
ity of that party should rule the min
ority of the party. Now, L say once and
for all, that 1 can here honestly dis
charge the obligations resting upon me
as a Democratic member of this assem-
bly,. L made every effort to get the
party into caucus before the first ballot
was cass, that it might be settled, but
only seven other men would attach
their names to that document Now
all, L have burned the bridges behind
me. l have placed my hand to the
plow and L Will plow the furrow deep
and will not look back. l say now 1
have risen above partisanship, and
propose to give my vote to a man who,
while he may or may not be elected,
will do as much for Utah as any man
within the state, and 1 vote for George
Q. Cannon
SHEPARD STANDS BY MCUNE.
As speeches were in order, Represent
tative Shepard came forward with one
of his own supporting McCune. 1t was
as follows:
II have been voting ever since this
legislature convened for the majority
candidate, and I am today with that
candidate The Democratic party has
tried several times to get a caucus. but
the minority members have taken their
rags and gone home and said they
would not play. 1, for one, at this time,
do not propose to change. I stand solid
ly for A. w. McCune. 1 believe in the
rights of majorities. l do not believe
that the minority of my party has a
right 10 dictate TO the majority what it
shall do. From the first my choice has
been the choice of the people, the choice
OF the Democratic party. the choice of
the majority. I am not going into a
caucus with Mr.. Mansfield and Mr.. Nc
Quarrie. At the caucus the other night
the proposition was made that we elect
some other man. 1t may not be right,
it may not be Just, it may not be in the
interest of the Democratic party, but |.
for one, will vote for my choice and the
choice of the Democratic party l. for
one, do not propose to so into caucus
at the request of the minority who
have tried to defeat the election of A.
W. McCune, and if 1 can help it they
are not going to sllcceed. I don't care
if they all go over to George Q. Cannon,
l propose TO stay with McCune to the
end. L vote for the Hon. A W. Nc
Cune."
1T is now within one hour or little
more, until we have to close our cleo
ton, said Representative Larsen.
This morning, or yesterday, rather. l
began to do what 1 could to hurry this
thing along. l made up my mind 1
would change for anyone who seemed
to stand the best chance of election,
anything to elect a United States sena-
tor. l started in by voting for McCune,
and staid with him until some of his
men began to leave him, and then 1
thought it was about time for me to
leave. Then 1 went over to King He
did not gain any and 1 intend to change
my vote again for the last time. now
vote for the Hon. George @. Cannon
RICHARDS BOOM STARTED.
Representative Lloyd took tine floor to
say:
"As L said before, it is my desire to
see a Democrat elected senator l pro-