The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-21
SENTIMENT FAvoRS SEATING
GOVERNORS APPOINTEFS.
Leading Members of the Senate Con-
WINGED That the Exclusion of
Such Appointees Is Wrong-Sen-
ate Opposes Election By the Peo-
ple-Next Presidential Tickets.
Especial Correspondence.l

and the Republicans are left without a
senator by the failure to elect in Della
ware. There is, however, among public
men Of both parties in Washington, great
disgust at legislatures of these two states.
There is nothing very pleasant about
vacancies depriving states of representa-
the past particularly in one congress,
during which Washington, Montana and
Wyoming had each but one senator, nave
convinced many leading senators that the
rule adopted by the senate refusing to
recognize senators appointed by governors
to fill vacancies caused like those that
now exist in Utah and Delaware, Dy leg
islative failure to act, is incorrect and
The failure of senatorial elections by
state legislatures makes it every year
also more evident that change must be
made in the method of electing senators.
The house of representatives, with only
eleven dissenting votes. declared itself
last year in favor of the direct election OF
senator's by the people. Of the eleven
tiSsidentS four came from Connecticut.
The Nutmeg state is notorious for having
a system of representation in the leglsla-
ture certain to insure Republican success.
1t is the Old Town system, by which
each country township is entitled to as
many votes in the legislature as either of
the great cities of New Haven, Hartford
or Bridge port. The opposition to senatorial
election by the people which revealed II
self in the Connecticut congressional dele
CATION. is therefore, no evidence what
ever of popular opinion Oh the subject In
that state.
1t is a peculiar fact that California.
which has just been scandaliZed by a long
and yet unfinished senatorial deadlock,
has by an overwhelming majority OF her
popular vote, declared for the election OF
senators by the people Many states
mended the same course. When it is fully
understood that the only thing blocking
the submission to the people OF constltu-
tional amendment for the poPuiap e se',
ate itself it is believed that there Will ne
such a pressure on that body that 1t VIII
vote for submission. The occurrences
legislatures of California Utah, Pennsyi-
yania and Delaware, have CONVINCED
everyone who has observed them at close
range that our constitutional machinery
in the matter of electing senators is sadly
defective.
PARTY LINES BROKEN DOWN
Another feature of these contests that
parties in the national capital. is the
course taken by Republican members OF
the legislature in voting Tor Ciark IN Il
Montana, of Democratic members IN Utan
in voting for George Q. Cannon, ana OF
Democratic members in Delaware castlng
their votes for the notorious ). EoWaro
Addicks No one here who Is at an "a
formed about the contests In any OF tiese
Inducements that are necessary 10
make a legislator who was elected py one
noIitical party cast his vote Tor a lneTlper
of the other party for Ihe HlSh oiilGe u ua
the Democrats who disSraced themselves
bv voting for AddickS have practlcaiily
been ostraciZed by their associates IN ING
legislature. and by formal resolution OF
Marty committees drummed out OF the
Democratic organization. :. 80
There seems little doubt that, IN me
long run, the Democratic party VIII pro ON
b. the failure to elect from Delawa re
The Philadelphia Press, owned by tns
postmaster general of the present ADMIN
istration. says in its current issue: Prooc
ahlv in two years more the legislature OF
delaware viii again be Democratic ana
viii elect a Democrat to the Senafe, out
better so than that the RepuDHcahs Snoulo
be responsible for the election OF Addlcks.
who represents nothing but money ana
the INSCRIPTIONS use Of I. ana whose
election would bring rep-odch and ais
credit TO the party and - the state re-
sponsible for imposing sH@n d man On ''i'
nited States senate. 80
Delaware Republicans agree with INC
postmaster generals paper tnat an .Hg
probabilities are that the Democrats VIII
carry the next legislature ard secure Il
member of their own party for s=i2t"f.
Addicks' friends say tina. ne WI! certainly
make good his threat and see TO II thar
for some years Republican, chances OF o,
success will be dim and diaohanous IN
Delaware There is not much afection
among Republican leaders here for Adj
dicks but whatever the op1ectlonS 70
him nersonally members of the Repup-
Iicai, national committee admit that MS
money has been very potential IN carry
ing the state for the Republicans the
three times they have SUCCEEDED. /! Is
also claimed that Addicks was q prodlgal
eiver 10 Hanna'S campaign tuna IN 1880
Notwithstanding the rude manner IN Whlch
he was thrown out of the 81. Louls con-
yention which nominated MI Mckinley.
Pan
disappointed at the failure TO e!ect a
senator in Delaware. They really deslred
to have Republican elected: and cared
very little whether it was Addlcbs or some
one of the regulars. ~
While the senatorial elections are still
pending in California and Pennsyivanla,
there is a very strong prooaplllty: PAL
to elect. Should these vacancies continue
and Utah. Delaware and California go
Democratic in $780, the big Republican
majority in the new senate would drop
almost to the vanishing point.
HOBART'S SUCCESSOR.
The announcement made semi-officiaily
this week that Vice President Hobart Will
not run for reelection has attracted much
attention to the possible choice of McKin-
iev's running mate. Just at present there
is a great deal of talk about Governor
Roosevelt of New York. Many ReDub-
Iicans believe the Mckinley and Roose-
welt ticket would be an ideal one, 1t IS
curious that it should be claimed that
Vice President Hobarts withdrawal from
the race is mainly due to the fact that
New Jersey is recognized as the greatest
trust breeder among the states OF the
Union. MI. Hobarts admlnlstratlon OF
the office of vice president has been an
excellent one. He is very popular in the
senate and efficient in the, chair 1t is
almost laughable that the best presiding
officer that the Republican party has fur
nished to the senate for many years
should be barred out Of the race because
his state is friendly to trusts, when the
Republican party, through its national adj
ministration, stands back of and fosters
every gigantic trust in the country.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
There is also a great deal of current
Democratic national ticket. No doubt Is
expressed by silver Democrats of the
ability of Mr.. Bryan to carry the next
national convention. Some OF the eastern
Democrats. however. are already figuring
on holding enough delegates away from
Bryan TO deprive him of the two-thirds
vote necessary to nominate. New YORK
politicians who have been here this week
claim 314 votes in the next convention as
certain TO be against Bryan. In this list.
they count all the delegates from New
York. Pennsylvania. New England, Della
ware MARYLAND, Wisconsin. Washington
and Oregon. Even with this compilation
they only get eight more votes than the
necessary one-third. If the Democrats
opposed to Bryan can do no better figur-
ing than this, they might as well retire
from the contest. Minnesota has free
silver governor, Delaware a free silver
congressman, and the silver Democrats
are in the saddle in every one of the
states named except Connecticut and pos
sibly New York. Connecticut is really the
only state in the Union in which the
Democratic organization has been re-
dictionary.
The claim that Washington may send a
solid gold delegation to the national con-
vention is regarded as uproariouSly funny
by Congressman j. Hamilton Lewis and
other silver men from that state.