The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-23

eighteen votes I'd help him out i
really don't want 10 land IN the kearns
camp 1 like the Brown men best %
L must make my word good
AT this point the anti-Kearns men
brnka in with earnest injunctions 70
HoIngren TO stay with Brown. Keep
v1ur promise" Keep yOlIr promise.
shouted the kcarnsites, and between
The fires Holmgren stood helpless.
I'm a poor politician IN the hands
of a crowd like this" he went on, 3nal-
~ Last night when ] didn't vote for
kearns after ne had received eighteen
votes, the kearns men came 10 me ana
said Damn your little picture, why
didn't you keep your promiseE Now
I'm going 10 give the Brown people an
other chance j guess III be damned
all around before I get through with
this question
First Ballot.
There were no other speeches, and
the frs ballot stood,
For Kearns-Senat0r Johnson, Rep
resentatives Anderson Axton, Bench,
Christensen. Davis. Gardner, Glas-
mann. O. w. Johnson, Hamiin, Kelly,
Mcmillan. Morris, Stevens. stuart, van
Horne, Williams. Total, Il.
For McCornick-Barrett. Cutler, Ev-
ans Hall. Hewlett, Homer, d. O.. John
son. Mcfarland. Sharp, South. To-
tai TO-
OF Brow srt-lleA+tAs -AltAFls <AilA1tiAA
Howell. Larson. Lawrence. Love; Rep
resentatives Holmgren, smith To
tai g.
For Salisburv-Senator Sherman.
For acknowledgements Phil
lips.
on the second ballot Kearns retained
his l.. The only change was Han $
switch from Mccormick % Brown
In the third. Barrel went from Me
COrnick 10 Brown and Phillips left
Thomas and went over To the ex-sena-
tor. Kearns' vote was the same.
Brown reached high-water mark In
the fourth. gaining Sharp from Nc
Cornick and making his total II votes
The only change I'm the fifth was
Sharp's switch from Brown back to
Mccormick
Evans Goes to Kearns.
At the end of the fifth a recess was
taken by unanimous consent. Tt lasted
five minutes and its effects were not
apparent until the name of Mosiah
Evans, who had been counted hard
and fast Mccormick man, was called
on the sixth ballot. As Evans rose
the faces of the kearns men broke
into smiles, for they knew the begin
ming Of the enc was at hand.
1t seems To me- said Mr.. Evans,
that we are getting further away
from an election all the time. When 1
spoke. to the voters Of Utah county
during the Campaign / told them that
we would settle the seuatOrship at the
earliest opportunity. / think we ought
now to go before the people with g
clean record. The man 1 shall now
vote for is a young man who possesses
all the necessary qualifications and 1
take pleasure in casting my vote Tor
Thomas hearns."
There was a cheer from the Kearns
adherents as Evans finished and feel
81 #fm-e
that a. nomination would be T1dde on
this ballot. Holmgren's vote was await
ed with the keenest interest and when
ne answed Arthur Brown" there was
a sigh of relief from The ants.
Secretary John Axiom wasn't salts
fled. Before ne announced TIE result
ne called TO HOlmgren- Il am wait
ing for you, Mr.. HOlmgreE, on your
promise"
But HoImgren refused to be moved,
although the ballot showed Is votes for
Kearns. There was no change on the
seventh. On the eighth Hall went from
Mccormick to Brown. The ninth pro-
duced absolutely no change
Holmgren Settles It.
Neither did the call on the tenth. Be
fore the result had been announced,
though. HOlmgreH rose and said; This
thing has got to be decided. Ny Brown
friends may down me if they want TO.
but they shall not say 1 never kept my
Promise. Gentlemen, I'm sorry to say
it, but I'm going to change my vote
TO a man who is in every way inferior
to Arthur Brown. L change my vote
from Brown to kearns."
A quickly suppressed cheer arose
from tine Kearns side of the house and
then the secretary announced that
Kearns had received enough votes to
nominate him.
The caucus started to breaking up
without a formal motion, but Chairman
Barrett held them while he recognized
Senator Alder with motion to make
the nomination of Kearns unanimous
The nomination was seconded by Sen
ator Howell and a chorus of ayes arose
when the question was put The chair
man seemed 70 hesitate about calling
for the negative vote He was remind
ed OF it by half a dozen legislators
when he asked If there were any of a
contrary mind No response came and
Eearns was declared the unanimous
choice of the caucus. An immediate
ad1aUrnmen- was taken.