Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-09
CUMMINGS IS DEFEATED.
stand-Pat Republicans Say They VIII
Fight Until Doomsday to Keep
Him Out of the Senate.

! Des Moines, Ia, Sent. S.-Trues 70
1 their pledge to one another, AZ stand
rat Republicans in the state legislature
today prevented the election Of Gov. AZ.
| s.. Cummins to the United States SEN
| ate to fiji ont the unexpiled term of
| the late w. B. Allison. These AZ SEN
| ators and representatives refused to
cast their votes for Gov. Cummins and,
| With the AZ Democrats whoSyoted for
| Porter, they outnumbered the 65 Re
publicans FWho voted for Gummins. Not:
only did the stand-patters prevent an
| election today, but they declared that
il Is their intention to continue IN their
course, deadlocking the legislature, II
1t is necessary. 10 keep Gummtns4 on
sides say tonight that they will mot
yield.
There is a disposition among many
men OF both factions to hurry the pri-
mary law legislation, for which the
extra session was convened. and then
adjourn. Today's voting was conduct
ged by each branch of the Legislature
separately The house proceeded to
the roll call on senator in the morn
ing.
With the very first response from a
stand-pat Republican il became evil
dent that the stand-pat plan to pre-
vent an election would he carried out.
Every stand atter stood by his pledge,
and when the vote was announced II
was found to stand as follows:
C.nmmins, "A; Claude r.. Porter
\ Democrat. 81; Funk. 4; Perkins.
William Lara bee, ], With the stand-pat
strength OF rs votes cast for various
candidates, including Walter, Il. Smith,
w. r. Hepburn, g. n. Haugen and A.
#. Dawson, of the Iowa delegation IN
Congress
In the senate the vote was postponed
until afternoon There Cummins re-
sceived q and Porter II. while the ~
votes of the stand-patters were scst-
tered, as in the house. In both houses
the stand patters explained their OPP
position to Cummins on the ground
that they did not believe In proceed
Ing with+san election until the peopl K
had chance to express their prefer
5ence in primary election.
+ Governor Cummins was seen at his
,offica after the vote in the senate. He
said that he had nothing to say for
publication, but that~he regretted that
so many Republicans had found It
necessary TO bolt the decision of their
party caucus. 4 "a,
Tonight much bitterness Is expressed
among the progressives. who talk of
boiling the state and Legislative tickets
to give their majority recognition.
The stand-patters are much elated.
They figure that the defeat of the gov
ernor at this time effectively desor-
ganizes the progressive forces and
make his success impossible. There are
those who think the effect on the
movement which he has been leading
will be very detrimental and that 1t 4
will begin to disintegrate.
Democrats We're jubllant at today's
events. They are hopeful that the joint
session will disclose the fact that the
stand patters have forced a deadlock,
and will hasten the enactment of any
kind of primary law In order to COM
pei adjournment as quickly as possible
and while the Republicans are at log
gerheads.
There was talk tonight among the
stand-patters that they would stand
for the election of any man In the joint
session, except Cnmmins, and sug-
lgested that ahe Withdraw and permit
the election sof some one either the
choice of the majority Of the party
caucus or OF the total number OF rep
resentatives Of the assembly as repre-
scented In the caucus. isi III