The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-09

shoulder to shoulder. Here at the very
first solicitation, we find some of ,oul
people deserving the cause of bimetal-
ism God forbid that that time should
ever arise when / can say l have for
saken my principles, forsaken thai
which is true that which [ pledged my
constituents TO stand for and TO work
for. that l would vote for a Democrat
as senator to the United States senate
and then because, forsooth, some one
asked ME to cast my ballot for a Re-
publican, | should so to work and pros
titute my vote We could not afford TO
do it. we cannot afford to do it, wish
this distinctly understood, that no man
Lean desert the Democratic party and
vote for Republican and still stand
as Democrat. l look upon this mat
ter seriously. Every man and woman
in this great state who believes in BIZ
InetalliSm is anxiously awaiting to see
if the pledges of their representatives
are to be fulfilled. We were not elected
to come here and vote for Republicans,
| we pledged ourselves, we fought long.
hard fight, there was time and money
| expended by both parties and for both
parties. [ admire my Republican
friends for standing by their standard
and setting an example worthy of a
set an example that we should follow,
standing shoulder to shoulder through
! out this great contest. Today because
a Republicans name is presented here,
the first thing that some of you are
| doing is to flee and deliver some Of the
chattels. as it were, of the Democratic
party into the hands of the Republican
party. You are doing what you have
no right to do. And if you continue to
! do SO, you will be relegated to the
ranks of the Republicans. l shall vote
( for A. W. McCune."
Representative Law changed from
Frank ]. Cannon to George Sutherland
amid a dead silence. Representative
Taylor stayed with Sutherland and re-
cedved applause Representative WEIGH
| advised his Democratic friends to keep
cool and then he voted for George Q.
Cannon
Senator Howell, who had voted on roll
call for George Sutherland, changed his
vote to George @. Cannon and again
there were hisses
The result of the ballot was: A w
McCune, 26; w. H. King. II; Frank J.
Cannon, 6: George Sutherland. 8:
George @. Cannon. 10.
Again was Senator Alder applauded
when, on the one hundred and forty
seventh ballot, he voted for George
Sutherland There were no changes
among the senators and no speeches.
Representative Bennion resented
Representative O'Neils words, and
went back at him as follows:
BENNION'S REPLY.
81 had no idea that these Democrats
would stir up such a big fuss. 1 have
been trying for over sixty days to elect
a good straight Democratic senator.
have tried hard to get my Democratic
friends together on this matter in
every way L could conceive of. and [
only go to this Republican in despera-
ton, in order to get some kind of a |
senator elected. My Democratic friends /
say we had better have no senator at |
all than to have a Republican. l never |
felt that l should hold my Republican
friends in such enmity as that. 1t /
would be an awful calamity to have !
q Republican in office. 1 thought that I
when man was elected to an Office, |
that he represented. not only his own |
party, but all of the constituency of |
the state or district. L am legislating /
not only for the Democrats, but for the /
Republicans. 1 am going to legislate /
in favor of the Republicans as we'll as
the Democrats. l am not that narrow
and contracted that L cannot legislate
for both. There are over forty Demo-
Gratis in this legislature. They have
plCIlIy ~ GiGCl d ScuolOI IL luc1 WANT
to get together and do it. l did not
think my vote was so important that
they could not elect a Democratic SEN
ator without my vote. There are near
ly forty of them now-let them get to-
gether. 1 promise if you will get
thirty-one will come to you. AS I'M
derstand it, we are subject to Roberts
Rules of Order and not Queensber-
rvs. My vote belongs to me. The
DpODlp Of this pOl1ntV sent me bare tO. Z
use my vote as l saw fit in my wisdom
and judgment. I understand that Mr.
ONefl remarks that he was sent here
to vote for Mr.. W. II. King, but if he
saw fit in his wisdom to change his
vote, l have no criticism to offer. L
think he had the right to do it when
he saw fit. But l have not accepted
money from anybody. nor any bribe
from anyone, and my vote is not
bought. L dare say that if all the Re
pubicans and Democrats could be
heard from, 1 would have them at my
back"
Mr.. O'Neil had to have his say in re-
ply, and he sent it back like this:
Il wish the gentleman to retract a
portion of his speech, if 1 might term
t such. l never made the assertion
which he says L did, nor uttered the
words he said l did. And as for being
bought, he has received as much money
,or his vote as 1 have
There was a row in the Hobbies Just
lere and Senator Evans demanded that
he Hobbies be either cleared or the .
people be forced to keep quiet SheD-
ard suggested sending for the police
out to this Smoot objected. saying that
here were men paid by the state to
Keep order and they ought to do it.
he would be sorry to have the people
hut out of Democratic meeting. but {
when they insulted their servants by !
efusing to maintain order they would !
lave to be shut out. A hush had :
pread over the crowds by this time ard :
When Representative Cummings sot !
lp to vote it was amid perfect quiet. :
lie simply wanted to say that he had ;
AIKEN his present course because he :
cared there would be no election ana {
because he thought the people were y
higher than the party and they needed 7
senator in congress. In reply 10 the / :
harge that O'Neil had made that he +
lad given away his vote he said he :
bought it better to give it away than !
o throw it away as his colleagues 6
we're doing. He voted again for i
ieorge Q. Cannon.
REPRESENTATIVE LAPISH. C
representative Lapish was the next G
o unbosom himself. He spoke as fol- 4
ows: l
Tonight l want to take a little of I,
our time to explain my position in this j
fight My leaning towards !
udge Powers was well known when | l
rsE came here to this legislature, but t
was elected without any pledges what !,
yer. However, when l saw that Judge
lowers chances We're not very great. 1 !,
hanged TO William Fl. King. and after y
citing for William II. King for a num- =
er OF ballots L changed back to Judge 4
overs Now, McCune is a generou. +
IAN, have no doubt, but cannot ex- 9
ect man to assist me that 1 wouldn't =