The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-09
WORKING FOR
GENTLE VOTES
Smoot Forces Are Active in This
Direction.
ALLISON SEEMS TO HAVE IT
spEAKERSHIP CONTEST Is STILL
AN OPEN FIGHT.
ALLISON SEEMS TO HAVE 1T

With the assurance Of an overwhelm-
ing Mormon majority in the Repub-
Hcan caucus. Apostle Reed Smoot and
his friends are now hustling for non
Norman votes They have landed a
number. and there were many yester-
day who were predicting that Smoot
would have the solid Republican vote
when the balloting begins in the legis-
lature after the caucus
So far as can now be learned. only
three names viii pe presented when the
senatOrship question comes up. These
three are Apostle Reed SmOot, Con-
gresham George Sutherland and Gov
ernOr Heber NJ Wells. On the first
ballot Wells anG Sutherland will re-
ceive complimentary votes. SmOOt
may not have a majority on the first
ballot. but after the complimentary
votes have been cast he can have as
much of the Sutherland strength as
be needs to make a majority of the
caucus But it is not believed that he
viii need many, if any at all.
Shoots hope is to go to Washington
with the record of having a large Cen
tile vote back Of him, in addition to
the Norman strength. He thus hopes
20 strengthen his case before the Unit
for admission Strong opposition is ex-
pected in the east to his admission.
and he hopes to overcome this by pre-
senting himself as the unanimous
choice of the Republicans of Utah in
both houses of the legislature.
Wants Non-Mormon Votes.
To attain this end, the friends of
Smoot are doing a large amount of
trading and catering to the non-Mor-
mon element. One concession will be
the election Of Z. NJ. Allison. jr., of
Weber county, as president of the SEN
ate. Mr.. Allison is said to have eight
of the twelve Republican senators lined
up fOr him. and unless something en-
tirely unforeseen arises, he Will be
elected at the caucus tonight over s.
II. Love Of Salt Lake county. Allison
is. of course. a Sutherland man, and
his candidacy is favored by the SmOot
interests as a concession to the Suth-
erland forces and the non MormOns.
The prospective election of Allison
initiates strongly against the chances
of Dr. A J. Condor for the speaker
ship of the mouse, as both men come
from Ogden Dr. Condons friends have
not given up the fight by any means
and are still claiming a majority in the
caucus. but the other contingents think
differently. The consensus of opinion
yesterday was that either w. H. Bar
Tett of Beaver county or Thomas Hull
of salt Lake would be chosen. Alma
Nolineux of Grand county and T. II.
Merrill of Cache county are figured as
being out of the running. unless there
should be some altogether unexpected
change in the situation.
Barrett Is Favored.
Barrett was a prominent member OF
the house two years ago. He will get
some votes from Salt Lake county and
number from the southern part of
the state. The Sutherland forces are
not unfFiendly TO him, and neither is
-SmOot, as the apostle would like the
votes of Barrett and other nom Nor
mons among his friends when the SEN
atOrship question comes up. Mr.. Bar
rett's strength is mt confined to nom
MOrmons for that matter. as a num-
Der of his strongest supporters are
prominent members of the dominant
church
Hull starts out with claim of six
out of the ten members from Salt Lake
county. In addition to these he has a
number of votes from the outside coun-
ties. and nobody denies that he win
have strong following when the bal
lOting begins. He has always been a
pronounced Smoot man. and in some
quarters he is looked upon as the
Smoot candidate. However Smoot has
not so much to gain by electing him
speaker as he would have by electfng
man who might otherwise vote
against him.
A large amount Of trading is being
done on the. various offices and com
mittee positions in both houses. Vari-
Gus promises are being made by each
of the candidates Salt Lake county
has an especially large list of apDli-
Cants, and the members from this coun-
ty may possibly yield the speakership
in order to get a larger slice of the
patronage.
For Minor Positions.
\ horde of applicants for positions
swarmed yesterday about the members
who had arrived in the city. For
every position there are a large num-
Der Of candidates. F. j.. Henderson, of
Weber county. Selden l. Clawson of
Salt Lake and George Crosby of Sewer
county are among the applicants for
the job of chief clerk of the house. A
". Jensen of Sanpete county would
like to be either chief clerk of the
house or secretary of the senate. Thorn
as Rowberry of TOOele county would
like to be sergeant-at-arms of the
senate
are J. J. Worse. colored, of Salt Lake
and Marion Palmer of Fayette, San
pete county. L. c. Camp has been an
efficient party worker for some time.
He was promised a county Job and
then dumped, and his friends think he
ought to have some recognition. Carl
A. Badger Of Salt Lake is a candidate
Tor secretary Of the senate, and Miss
Caroline B. Williams is among the APP
plicants for positions as committee
clerks.
Among the senators who are now in
the city to attend the caucus tonight
are H 5. Larsen of Box Elder, Willis
johnson of Piute, G. P. Larsen of San
pete and A 3. Lewis of Beaver. county.
The representatives now in town in
clude W II. Barratt and DR.. A. :.
CONDOR, candidates for the speaker
ship; +. W. Fishburn of Box Elder
Alfred Luther Of GARFIELD. ]. II. John
son OF Kane, c. W. Watts Of Millard
William +. White Of Piute. William
Metcaf and Lorenzo Peterson of San