The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
united states than any other man from

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ed to the speeches that have been
made on this floor, and have not even
! thought II necessary TO bear my teStl-
mony until this morning. The repre-
sentative on the other side of the house,
Mr.. Bennion, has excited my feelings,
and l shall have to explain what he has
said. He has stated that if the Repub-
/ lican members would withdraw, that it
might be settled in ten minutes. de-
sire to state that if they will Withdraw,
| we will settle it in two minutes
Representative Cook, referring to the
proceedings in the Democratic caucus
last Monday evening, stated that the
supporters of the leading candidate in
sisted on the majority choice being the
nominee of the caucus. He opposed the
two-thirds rule, and stood for thirty
two as necessary to a choice from the
Democratic side Of the legislature.
VOTED FOR CANNON.
Jackson made a speech in changing
his vote to Cannon. He referred with
humer to Bennion's singing ability.
Then he continued:
L have voted here for two good men
for 104 ballots, and am now ready to
change. I have been urged not to, and
a near and dear friend just sent me a
note asking me to refrain. 1t has been
said to me that my political future
would be changed if l took this steD:
that was leaving my party. All, sir,
little care what becomes of my pollti
cal future. / have been told what my
political future would be if 1 did not
vote for A. w. McCune. l honor any
man who resents an imputation to his
manhood, and believe 1 am doing right
in voting, as l do, for Hon. Frank j.
Cannon"
Representative Lapish said he had
received no message of any sort from
his constituency urging him to break
the deadlock and help elect the senator.
On the contrary he had been assured
by Otto Malmberg, county treasurer of
Utah county, that his constituents en-
dorsed his support of both Judge King
and Judge Powers.
L simply wish to state, said Repre-
sentative Mansfield, that [ think the
clown senatorial act was performed last
Thursday night in the Salt Lake the
atre. cast my vote again for the Hon.
A. w. McCune.'
DEFENDING THE DEMOCRACY.
Representative McQuarrie made sew
eral distinct hits in his speech, in
which he said:
Coming as 1 do from one of the
small and remote towns and knowing
that l would meet here the representa-
tive men of the metropolitan parts of
our state, l expected to bow recognition
TO their superior wisdom and ability.
But it has provoked a smile when l
have seen with what ease and self as
surance, and I might say egotism,
some of our friends in their own mind,
soar into the higher realms of thought
and with their few followers perch
upon the highest crags of reason and
look down with mingled contempt and
pity on us poor creatures struggling in
the dark valley below. However, we
can afford not to envy them, for even
upon their exalted position overlooking
the world, instead of seeing struggling
humanity and making the proper eff
forts to relieve them, they see only one
man, and having him in their minds
eye they hear the people of this great
nation crying Frank ]. Cannon" They
think he has taken up his abode in
every household and that lisping chill
dren are speaking his name.
IF we remembered Mr.. Cannon for
what we have heard him say, we would
thing of him only as the most formid-
able foe our Democracy ever had, and
the one who had said the meanest
things against our party and its lead
ers Only three years ago he went
through this state destroying our
strongholds and promising bimetallism
w
in the st. Louis convention he found he
had been mistaken and had the cour-
age to acknowledge it and sever his
allegiance to that party, the electric
wires that brought the news had hardly
ceased to vibrate before we buried the
past deep down in our souls and on the
grave sweet forget-me-notS begun to
bloom. We welcomed him into our
party and promised to remember him in
I
thized with him more as he stood up
before his Kissing associates in the st.
Louis convention had l not been able
to see in the background thousands of
people strengthening his arm and
shouting his praises. 1 take it that no
victorious general ever received a
greater ovation than did Frank J. Can
non on his return through the west to
his native state.
while the prodigal was enjoying the
feast. where was o. w. Powers and
William H. King and the other great
leaders of the Democracy, who had
fought longer and as ably as he? Were
they sulking outside the tent? No,
they, too, were shouting his praises.
Then, I ask, why is he not in the Dem
ocratic party? If it is Democratic prin-
ciple that is keeping him out, then
Democrats cannot vote for him. But
his followers say there was no union
of the forces because they ran coun-
ter to mems ambition. Then the fact
is he wanted to be king of kings and
lord of lords, and the faithful sons of
Democracy who had worked for years
must bury their hopes. 1t was not
within the power of William II. King
or O. w. Powers or any leader of the
party, either to bestow or withhold the
They could not even give
it to themselves, and not until the peo-
pie had spoken and their representa-
tiveS were chosen could that Office be
of.
L believe, if Senator Cannon had
joined the party in good faith, and his
character had remained as bright and
clear as his intellect, no power in the |
state would have restrained US from
expressing our appreciation of his aid
by saying he should succeed himself |
We are asked where will we get our !
aid in the year 1900 / say from every |
true believer Of bimetallism, whether |
be is an office-holder or not.
What has ever been done for o. w. |
Powers, and still every campaign he
abors for the principle regardless of |
reward. Because of differences that |
existed years ago, some of us have not |
yet overcome our prejudice and have |
not yet that confidence which we |
should have before bestowing upon him |
The highest honor within the gift of our
state. Still 1 can say for those 1 rep |
resent that we are learning to love him
more and to fear him less.
Robert Ingersoll once said that he
wished he could utter words that could |
De shaped into sentences like serpents
hat he could Writhe and hiss so that he
night express his hatred for those
Who. though fighting for what they
considered to be their rights, were
lighting against their brethren and the
lag which had protected them. With