The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-09
BARTCH'S VOTE
PRESENT PROBLEM
Wonder How Many of the Leg
islatOrs Will Support Him.
APPEARANCE OF A CONTEST
THIS Is WHAT sMooT MEN
WANT.

POPULATION on the outcome of
= Wednesday nights senatorial
caucus is confined TO estimates of
Judge Barteh's strength. Surface indi-
cations are that Sutherland will receive
all but two or three of the fifty-seven/
Republican votes 1t is said however.
that the SmoOt agents may throw a
number of votes to Bartch for the DUR
pose of making the affair look like a
contest If this is done il viii be for
the erect II may have on Senator
SmootS case. Votes to the number Of
say hfteen or twenty, would not result
IN the defeat Of Sutherland, and would
enable Shoots. friends To deny the
charge that nobody dared to enter the
ring against the SmoOt man.
1t is, therefore, believed that the
Bartch boom contains about a 20 per
cent solution Of Smootism. If he makes
a reasonable showing it win be because
the Smoot men have decided to let him
have few votes for appearance sake.
Bartch at Church Office.
According to a story vouched for by
a prominent business man of Salt Lake,
whatever church backing Judge Bartch
may get, if he gets any, viii come from
Senator SmOOt. not from President
Smith The story is to the effect that
Judge Bartch within the past few days
and asked to see President Smith
President Smith begged 10 be excused.
While waiting for President Smiths
response, Judge Bartch, according 10
the story. engaged in conversation with
President LunQ. In the course Of this
talk Judge BarJch is said to have urged
that he is at this time the man best
fitted to represent Utah in the senate.
because he has always been a friend
Of the Mormon people, has worked IN
N--.e-- gmna.
and other reasons, is peculiarly well
equipped to restore peace at home and
a-TOad. President Lund is reported 10
have listened. without comment TO
Judge Bartch's exposition Cf his quail
fications.
A Republican member of the lesisla
ture has been put in possession of a
story to the effect that friends of Judge
Bartch in Washington urged upon
Senator SmOOt the desirablity OF
Bartch's election Judge Bartch is said
TO have taken SmOOt to about twenty
senators who assured SmOOt that his
chances of retaining his seat would be
much strengthened if the senate were
convinced that SmOOt were not eXerciS-
ing absolute dictatiOn in Utah politics.
These senators are said to have sug-
gested the election of Bartch would be
more likely to help the case of Smoot
than would the election Of Sutherland
because the latter Is regarded as one
OF the foremost nEuleS uI lIle DlIiubL
following. The story leads the legfsia-
tor TO believe the Sutherland vote may
be smaller than is generally antlcl-
pated.
Sutherland in Absolute Control.
There is. however. no surface indi-
cation that the SmOOt influence viii
take a vote from Sutherland. Senator
Kearns can probably control two or
three Republican votes in the legiSla-
with Senator KearnS a few days ago
and may get the Kearns votes. There
is little likelihood that Sutherland can
get the Kearns votes under any cir
cumstances.
Sutherland men laugh at talk to the
effect that any Of Sutherland's support
ers are TO be drawn away from him
They claim he viii get fifty-five of the
fifty-seven Republican votes on the
first ballot, let appearances be what
they may
Both houses of the legislature will
meet in formal session at noon today
The time today viii probably be Occu-
pied by the swearing in Of the mem
bers, the formal election of officers,
etc.
The session that begins today will be
the sixth since statehood
Members of the senate, with their
postOffice addresses, follow
List of Senators.
First District-Peter Clegg, Tooele City
Second District-A. g. Barber, Logan
Third District-Wesley K Walton,
Woodruff.
Fourth District-Charles r. Holdings
/ worth Ogden; David Mckay, Huntsville
Fifth District-Frederick Rasband. Park
City
Sixth District-Stephen II. Love, Samuel
/ c. Park. George n. Lawrence. W N Viii
liams Simon Bamberger. Salt Lake City
Seventh District-C. F. Loose, Provo
I Henry Gardner. Spanish Fork.
Eighth DISTRICT. c. Callister, Fill
more
Ninth District-C. 2. Larson. Manti.
Tenth District-Willis Johnson, Circle
Vile
| Eleventh District-A. B. Lewis, Milford
| Twelfth Decentralization Bennion, Yer
nal.
/ Democrats. All others are Republicans.
Members of House.
! The house is composed Of the following
! Beaver-IOhn f. TOltOn. Beaver City.
/ Box Elder. W Fishburn, Brigham
! City.
| Cached. r. Roberts. Logan; W. ii