The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-20
WHO WILL WIN
SENATORSRIP2
Small Chance for Nomination
Tomorrow Night.
LANNAN SWITCHES
TO ARTHUR L. THOMAS
More Talk of a Mccormick
Brown Combination.


the legislature are spending today at
home with their families in order to
ESCAPE the pulling and hauling around
10 which they were subjected last week
Enough remained in town, though. to
make il worth the candidates while TO
keep their headquarters open and
their traps baited.
Nearly all the shades of human emo
ton could have been found in the ranks
OF the aspirants yesterday. They
ranged from hilarity of the most genu-
ine order in the Mccormick camp down
10 the darkest gloom in the haunt of
the Salisburyites. About the only con-
ISOLATION the latter crowd gets out of
the vote of Friday night is that the
Salisbury strength can caucus in
clothes closet or any other limited
space where nobody can hear it COM
muning with itself.
Senator Browns people were con-
siderably perturbed. The last ballot
was a most gTieVOuS disappointment
10 them and they could hardly conceal
their dissatisfaction " here they mad
confidently counted on at least d dozen
votes, they got less than half Of that
number and no man was willing to say
where more could be obtained for Mon
day night
Governor Thomas was as clipper and
serene yesterday as if the night were
already won. our votes didn't seem
10 filter away a little bit, as was so
confidently predicted said one of the
legislators who voted for him. 1t
isn't going to filter any Monday night,
either. The man who beats US VIII be
the next United States senator and by
that I mean we viii certainly be first
or second
SmCot for KeaTns.
Another happy outfit bore the Kearns
brand. Every man of them, from Man
ager Lippman down to the humblest
worker was busy telling how it hap
pened that KeaTns got so many votes
and claiming that he viii have more
shortly II was asserted that no less
a person than Apostle Reed Smoot had
entered the lists for Kearns.
It was claimed that Gardner of Titan
county was a SmOOt product and that
there are others who will stay with
Mr. Kearns because SmOOt wants them
TO. 1t is known that Apostle SmOOt
mas considerable influence with Bench
and Christensen of Sanpete- Both OF
these legislators voted for Kearns on
the tenth ballot and those in a posi-
ton to know say they viii stay with
the Silver King magnate-
Brown-M Mccormick Combine.
The most persistent rumor Of yester-
day was that a combination would be
effected this week between Senator
Brown and Mr.. Mccormick whereby
tie latter, in consideration Of taking
care of Browns friends, was to in
herit the Brown vote when il becomes
clear that the ex-senator has no
chance 10 win. Tt is true that at pres
ent- SO far as surface indications go,
Brown and Mccormick between them
have only fourteen votes, or five short
of the required number
The Mccormick men say, however,
that whenever they get as many as
fourteen. enough others Will drop into
the band wagon to insure the nOmina-
zion of the banker No verilcatiOn Of
the report could be secured. 1t was
stated by the Brown adherents that
the possibility of his defeat had not
Yet occurred TO them and until it did,
they would decline to talk or think
about combina tons with anybody.
Another report had it that a combi-
nation of all the other candidates was
10 be formed against KeaTns- Tt was
even declared that an attempt had
been made to hold a meeting Of the
interested parties. Just who was to
be made the beneficiary Of the anti
kearns combine was not made exactly
clear. Still 1t was talked of and the
Kesrnsites professed to believe the
story was correct.
No Nomination Tomorrow.
No me mber Of the legislature could
be found yesterday who was willing to
say that he would change his vote to-
morrow night Even in Mr.. Salisbury 5
strength there. was no sign of disin-
IeEration. George NJ Cannons four
votes are practically sure to stay with
him, for a few more ballots anyway,
and the others can hardly hope to gain
unless a stampede is started in some
bOdy'S direction.
10 was acknowledged by most Of the
politicians that there is little chance
for a nomination tomorrow night. The
legislators generally want to vote for
their friends at least one night more
and possibly longer. Some elements of
bitterness are beginning to creep into
the contest, too, and il would not be
at all surprising if every caucus held
ghis week is fTuitlesS.
The separate ballot occurs on Tues
day and the first iOint ballot on Wed
nesday. COnsiders Die money has been
posted by Republicans with faith in
the ability of their party TO carry out
campaign pledges, in the proposition
that senator viii be elected on the
first joint ballot This money is almost
as good as lost right now. The leading
men are too nearly punched for a
break TO come SO soon unless some