The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-09
Makeup of the Body That Meets
Today.
FORTY-ONE DEMOCRATS
FOUR FROM WEBER CLASSED AS
FUSIoNISTS.
Ten Votes Required to Carry Meas
ure In the Senate, Twenty-three
In the House, and Tbirty-two to
Elect United States Senator On
Joint Ballot.

There are eighteen state senators and
forty-ii.e members CT the house of repre-
se;taiiNes. Out CT the entire membership
the Democrats number forty-one, fourteen
being in the senate and twenty-seven in
the house. In the senate there are two
Republicans and in the house there are as
many as there are Democratic senators,
lnat Is, fourteen. Cannon fuSioniSIs from
W eDer county number six, two IN the
senate and four in the house. Classed as
national party men the fusionists are
Tour democrats, one Republican and one
POpuliSt.
len W ties are required to carry a
measure in the senate and twenty lnree
IN the house and thirJy-two on JOINT ball
lot to elect a United States senator.
Following is a list OF the senator's and
representatives constituting the third leg
lslature OF the state of Utah:
STATE SENATORS.
First District-Wiliam G. Nebeker of
ToOele county.
Second Dlstrict-Joseph Howell of Cache
county.
Third District-Aquila Nebeker of Rich
county.
Fourth District-Lewis w. shurtiif and
Fred j. Aiesel of Weber county.
nth District-Robert {. Chambers of
Summit county.
Sixth District-Martha H Cannon
David II. Peery, jr., David .. kiedout
Jr., Richard *. thomas and Orson F.
Seventh District-Abraham o. Smoot
and Abel J. Evans of Utah county.
i;ightE District-Joseph " Robson of
Millard county.
Ninth DiStrict-FeTdinand Alder of San
pete county.
Tenth District-Isaac X Wright of
Sewer county.
Eleventh District-Rollin r. Tanner of
Beaver county.
twelfth District-Hardin Bennion of
Cintah county.
Alessrs. Nepeker. Shurtlif, Chambers,
Rideout, Robson, Wright ana Mrs.
CaunOl drew lOGg-term lots at the
last session and are the holdoVer MEM
bers. Mr.. Peery was elected to fill the
Senator Whitaker.
Inete are only two Republicans in the
senate, Messrs. Howell and Alder.
All ihe other senators are Democrats.
but Mr.. Shurtliff is deemed to be in SYM
pathy with the fusion movement in Weber
county promoted by Senator Frank j.
Cannon, and which resulted in the election
OF Mr.. Kiesel TO a seat in the state senate.
REPRESENTATIVES,.
The membership and personnel in the
house are as follows:
Beaver County-John r. Murdoch RepD.
Box Elder County-John z. Holmgren
Cache County-Aaron F. Farr, jr.,
Dem), Charles u. Harris (RepD, Albert
Carbon County-Reuben C. Miller CRep.).
Davis County-JOhn Fisher (Dem.).
Emery County-Jasper Robertson
Garfield County-Jesse w. Crosby, jr.,
Grand County-Lester Taylor Rep0.
Iron County-John Parry Qem9.
Juab County-Claude V. Wheeler,
Kane County-Joseph E. Robinson
5iiiiard County-Thomas c. Callister
(Rep).
Morgan County-Charles A. welch
Piute County-John H. Fullmer Oem.).
Rich Counry-David S. Cook Dem.).
salt Lake County-Heber Bennion, Jo-
seph 6. Bywater, Horace Cummings, AL
bert W. Forman, John +. Hansen. Alice
NJ Horne. Charles II. Jackson, Benjamin
T Lloyd. Richard B. Shepard and Samuel
W. Stewart, al Democrats.
San Juan County-L. II. Redd Dem.).
Sanpete County-Parley Christensen
and c. w. Sorenson, both Republicans.
Sewer County-Barnard II. Greenwood
Summit County-James Ivers Rep).
Tooele COunty-George f. Richards
Tintah County-William O'Nei Oem).
Utah County-John E. Belts, Marinus
Larsen, Joseph Lapish and William NJ.
all Democrats.
Wasatch County-James w. Clyde
washington County-John G. McQuarrie
Wayne County-M w. Mansfield Dem.).
Weber County-George W. Bramwell
Dem). Nathan J. Harris (Rep.). Tillman
D. Johnson Dem.). Sherman S. Smith
C'op0. The last four are all Cannon
fUSiOnistS.
Senators Howell, K:esel, Aquila Nebeker.
Shurtlif, Whitney, Smoot, Evans and
Robson have served the people OF Utah
in the capacity of legislators al sessions
prior to last session, and as far back as
territorial days.
~. Wheeler. Robinson. Cook, Callister.
Bennion. Shepard Larson. Roylance and
Mansfield have also held seats in previous
Utah legislatures.