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

| usually out of pure exuberance of spir-
It's, for the news they CLEANED of the
| proceedings within was very limited
and Outlines distorted, but anyway.
they had nothing else to do, SO they
yelled.
RIDEOUT PLEADS FOR KING.
Senator Rideout sounded the first gun
Of the evening when his name was call
ed on the one hundred and fifty-fourth
ballot. He asked the majority members
/ OF the Democratic party to yield and
come to King in the following words:
Ladies and gentlemen, we have only
a few moments left now in which to
elect a United States senator. Some
thing over two weeks ago today prom
ised to vote for a. w. McCune. l did
so at that time because I believed that
there &c Id be no election unless he
| was elected. / could see no end to the
| contest. on the next day after made
that promise Representative Law made
certain charges upon this floor. Today
my friends having importuned me are
men l have learned to love. 1t places
a man in a peculiar situation when
friends on the one side are begging that
| he vote in order to save the party, and
| friends on the other side are begging
| him not to vote to save the party.
Therefore a man must act on his own
! judgment, whether that judgment be
right or wrong. l am not here tonight
I to speak one word against the charac-
| ter of any man.. believe too much of
| that has been done already If there is
anything in this world | prize more
| than another it is my character, and /
| believe that every man and woman be-
! fore me prize their character. A man
without character is like a ship with
out a rudder, tossed hither and thither
at the mercy of the waves. But if a
power on earth can restore it? There
! fore I shall be careful what L say to-
night in relation to character. There
| is one point l desire to touch upon l
spoke here yesterday of public senti-
ment. Probably my words might have
been misconstrued. l spoke of the pub
| lie sentiment that goes to the prison
cell and drags forth the murderer and
hangs him; | spoke of the pubic Senti-
ment before which thrones have totter-
ed. Public sentiment has wrought
miracles. l say beware of public senti
ment. / was told today by one of my
| dearest friends that if 1 would vote for
McCune, that high honors would wait
me in the political life of Utah in the
future. 1 was told by another man,
one of my friends, that if 1 did not
litical death My friends we gather
today the fruit of independence that
was given to us by the toll of our fore
fathers. No one would like to see a
United States senator elected better
than myself, and l say to my friends
who are here, you who have declared
that King is your first choice come to
him tonight and we can decide this
question. Those who are voting for him
tonight will stay with him. Now, you
who have declared him, as your first
choice, there is no reason why you
should not come to him and elect him
tonight, and if you do not do so, the
blame will rest on you. 1 have sought
to do what [ thought right in this legis-
lature, so that my children and my
children's children might arise and say
that l did right and that l was worthy
of the trust placed in my hands svhen
l was made a member of this assembly,
and 1 vote for w H King
TANNERS APPEAL.
Senator Tanner followed quickly
upon the heels of Senator Rideout. APP
pealing to his fellow Democrats not to
disgrace themselves by breaking faith
with their party. His speech was elo-
quent, and he was frequently inter
rupted by tumultuous applause from
the spectators. He said:
81 have listened with great interest
to the remarks made by the honorable
senator from Salt Lake county, and
have weighed them well. No doubt
many Of you felt that his plea was ad-
dressed to me because early in this
session l cast my vote for w. H. King.
l came to this legislature unpledged to
any candidate From that day to this
I have remained unpledged, and I am
unpledged now: but l wish to say to
the honorable gentleman that from the
time this legislature began, the Hon. A.
w McCune has been my first choice.
You may feel that my course has been
inconsistent, but l believe when | came
here that my constituents desired the
election of the Hon. w. H. King.
so long as | felt that there were
chances for the election Of King, felt
that it was my duty to serve my con-
stituents. and l voted for the honorable
gentleman. But when 1 felt that his
chances of election had passed and that
my candidate was in the ascendaucy,
1 cast my vote for the man of my first
choice, and from that day to this ! have
voted for him, day by day, and there
has never been time, from that day
to this, that l could have left that
candidate and been consistent in my
course. There has never been d time
thai my candidate has not had a ma
iority of the Democratic votes of this
legislatu re, and so long, ladies and gen.
tlernen. as | can believe he stands in
the lead and has the support of the
Democratic party. l will be found here,
voting for him, though l may go down
to a political grave.
AS regards the stain that was at
tempted 10 be cast upon him, to me
feel that it was one of the foulest con-
spiracies ever concOcted. and to me he
is the same high-minded, honorable
gentleman that he was before; and be-
sides having respect for him, besides
l. 1T 81 eIaOh 10.
my duty to stand here in defense of
him, because it was the enemies of the
Democratic party who. l believe, at
tempted to drag him down, and there
by defeat the viii Of the majority of
the Democratic party. [. for one. am
willing TO go back to my constituents
along with the minority OF the Demo-
cratic party, and if l do not fare so
well as they, | will say that l assume
the responsibility But there is one
ether proposition presents itself before
this legislature. There is another can
didate who was launched here but yes
terday, and we hear runors that diff
ferent ones here and there are going
to support him. We find members of
the Democratic party. elected by the
voice OF the Democratic people, given
a solemn obligation to discharge, some
of them have so far forgotten that OBJ
legation that they have violated the
compact entered into with their party.
There is, 1 am informed. quite g num-
Der who contemplate doing it, and
what is the cause? What is the in
fuence that leads to this? We find
that the paper and individuals who
have condemned this influence in the
past are silent. I appeal to the Demo-
cratic members of this legislature, do
not disgrace yourselves. Do not bring
disgrace and reproach on the fair state
of Utah by breaking faith with your
political party and the people of the
United States. That is all have to say
in regard to this matter, but, ladies and
gentlemen, 1 once more take pleasure