The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
CAUCUS OF DEMOCRATS
DISCUSSES SITUATION
Effort to Solve Senatorial Problem Ends Meeting
After Midnight.
Agreement On Debate Of Investigation Committees Report
Mention Of Geo. Q CannOn'S Name Causes Row.

I cause lHe joint Assembly was TOO IN
Wieldy to consider them as a whole.
! If every member in the joint assembly
should constitute himself a committee
! Of one to look into the charges, l be-
! lieve that each one would have reported
differently on the question. The COM
mlttee has no Jurisdiction over a. W.
McCune. nor over Representative Law,
! except in impeaching him I for one
Will not vote for either one of the re-
ports presented"
Don't you think it proper for us to
| exOnerate certain members, for in
stance, Senator Chambers?" asked Mrs.
Horne. Either exonerate him or fire
| him?"
Some may want to criticise him.
others may not, replied President Neb-
eker. The committee ought to have
presented the evidence, not its findings
! from the evidence. That was beyond
the scope Of it's authority"
/ Senator Chambers wanted the full
report of both committees spread upon
the journal from to lizard Il
| have been done a. gross injustice" he
said, "and 1 want the world to read.
l propose that my course shall be vim
| dicated. The contract between Mr.. Nc
! Cune and myself might, perhaps, be
| construed by persons so desiring it as
against the honor of one or both of US,
but it was a square, honest business
| u cliASetNl ltOll nave lltNCI llE lily llLE
| pledged myself to vote for A. W. Nc
Cune, and if he had not made the con-
/ tract with me l should have voted for
him just the same. Therefore, 1 want
both reports to be placed in the min
utes."
Mrs. Horne's substitute was then
adopted, Representative Cook being the
| only one to vote against it.
! Speaker Roylance introduced reso-
luton that the majority of members
I present rule on all questions in the
| caucus, and that all members vote as
a unit in the joint assembly on all sub
jects decided by the caucus. Repre-
sentative Jackson said that if that ap-
| piled to the question of a United States
senator he should withdraw. and Rep
| resentative Fisher felt the same way
about it. FaTr said that the resolution
was too far-reaching, and wanted it
laid aside
Representative O'Neil deprecated
anything that might tend to disturb
the harmony of the meeting. He
| thought that the whole Democratic
party was endangered by the present
fight. He wanted to see a Democratic
senator elected, and prayed that the
members try to get together on the
questions before them He did not cen
sure any man for his opinion. but felt
that it was due to the party that all
. SuOulu NlGlu d llLLlE anu DItdh uONu
the barrier that had arisen between
the two wings of the party in the leg
islature.
Speaker Roylance then, though with
some objection from President Nebe-
ker and Representative Lapish, with
drew his resolution
PEERY STARTED A ROW.
Then came a somewhat spirited con-
troversy all about President George @.
Cannon. whose name has been lately
mentioned as a candidate. Senator
Peery introduced a resolution to the
effect that it be the sense Of the eau
Gus that the members pledge them
selves not to vote for George Q. Can
non for United States senator.
I'm glad Senator Peery has intro
duced this resolution said Senator
Thomas. for. 1 want this matter set
tied. I don't want President Cannon
discussed here
President Nebeker moved an amend
ment to strike out the name of George
O. Cannon and insert the words ANY
other than a Democrat"
II suppose you mean a. w. McCune?'
asked Thomas.
why. yes replied President Nebe-
ker," when you come down to it. We
are not here to pledge ourselves to any
one candidate. As Democrats I hope
we can rise above the interests of any
single man. If possible we propose TO
get together to elect a Democratic SEN
ator and that should be our aim and
that alone"
But I object to your amendment"
said Thomas, Its an insult to suggest
such things in a Democratic caucus. 1t
is wrong to introduce the name OF
George @. Cannon here
Seems to me you're trying hard to
do it yourself interrupted Senator
Peery.
Il shall vote against any proposition
which goes to determine US to vote for
any man until we pass rule by which
we shall be governed" cried Senator
Evans.
Hansen said that two or three days
ago he should have voted for the resO-
; luton, but now he could not. He
thought it altogether out of place. L
don't believe Mr.. Peery intended to
| convey anything beyond what is on the
face of the resolution he said, but it's
to what is behind and beyond it that
object"
at the turn things had taken, moved
an adjournment, but it was voted
down.
PLEDGED TO GEORGE Q. CANNON.
"The greatest danger on the political
:
ator Peery, ''is the candidacy of George
, @. Cannon. 1t was given to me straight
today that in the Republican caucus
this noon all the members but G. z.
Harris and Sorenson promised to vote
for him BY his cunning and his subtle
methods that man has done more dam
age to the Democratic party
Were not here to discuss President
Cannon" cried Senator Thomas. HE
is an honOred citizen and 1 object to
having his name banded about. for he
is a man for whom have the greatest
respect"
rs it proper for one Democrat to go
to another and ask him to support
George Q. Cannon for the senatOrship?"
Lasked Peery.
'I said it wasn't proper to discuss him
here" Thomas replied.
"Why don't you stop it then?" Peery
inquired.
''If you don't want Democrats to vote
for President Cannon don't talk as you
are doing. People aren't gong TO be
scared off in that matter"
The chairman raped for order and
Representative Mansfield made vigor-
Gus plea for unity and harmony Let
, us talk of Democrats and not outsid-
, ers," said he. for if this caucus ad-
io.1rns without harmony then it's q