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Show - LEGISLATORS NOMINATE REED SMOOT Mormon Apostle for Senator in the Face of Nation's Pro" test Roosevelt Censured. Apot-tK Reed Smoot... 3a iv,n,.( SS.R1.)n orge Sutherland 6 Iie!r M. Wells 2 -t- I i;. ,:.. y Cannon T,.i ;,j 4b f 'pH! v;,s the result of the first vote taken in the Republican caucus for sen- it rtah. held Wednesday in the city and county building. Before 1 was announced, however. Senators Stephen H. Love and Willis 1 1 i had voted for George M. Cannon, and Senator C. P. Larsen, who ! 1 -! Sutherland, changed to Smoot. swelling the apostle's total to - with five for Sutherland, and two for Wells. 1 n of the - !cus, all present are bound to vote for the successful v. hn his nar . coi t s before the legislature. - ,.,-e seven ' cr.ues Senators George N. Lawrence and Hoyt Sher-1 Sher-1 r' - ikecou..-n.i Representatives J.J. Stewart and Charles Brink of f 1 .yi,w, William E. White of Piute county,' Edwin C. Lee of Carbon ' " 1 John V. Child of Weber county. Of these Child sent word that he A 1 11 or Smoot. The others will not support the caucus choice when he "ms '"-!!-" the legislature. N1 t xas placed in nomination by Senator A. b! Lewis of Beaver county, 'h' ' ' i member of'th dominant church. E. P. Evans of Summit county 11 i" J '.ox vis. Senator S H. Love of Salt Lake county named George M. " 1 hoke two years ago, and Senator E. M. Allison,-jr.. nominated his ''ongressman Sutherland. , , 1 v ere H score or so of seconding speeches, nearly all for Smoot. When ; r v..js taken, the line-up was found to be as follows: 1 - out-senators Gardner, H. S. Larsen, Lewis Loose. McKay and I V ill--rsentatives Anderson, Austin. Barrett, Chipman. Colton. ondon, "V" 3,r"1"- FiRhburn. Hall. Haslam. Hawly. J- ..Johnson J. H. Johnson, 1 Lu h" M.larland. McRae. Merrill. Nash. Redd, Richards, Roberts, Smith, J -""'. Tietjen. Watts. Wilson and Hull 35. e4Bt9t,VM Wam. h. V' land-Senators C. P. Larsen and Allison; Represented es Ham- 1 v trt,f,. Molyneux and Peterson 6. r "i W.hs-Representatives Cahoon and -Evans 2. I - uiinon Senators Love and Johnson 2. - Mr to, , f thl "ambers who voted for Smoot, Lewis. Loose. Barrett Condon. Mrs. f iff h d,1,i Xash' are non-Mormons. The others are members of the dominant " c s ( 1 Is to be rewarded by Speaker Hull by being made . head ! of the SUr n jiciary. the most important in the house , Her prinopal op ;ftn foi the position. Representative William E White of Pi un' , f to ao into the caucus because he was elected as an ant -S oot ia )h c ,ht 155 tn be punished. Barrett is to be made chairman of the mm,e 1 ";d,,I,rs and of the committee on mines and mining, Condon and Aasn 1, ,t0 h- ne taken care of in the distribution. The J?? t;J until today in order to make sure that the representam es deiiverea I fl'0'-355-',' and voted for Smoot. ' .. . Herald- After the caucus had adjourned. Apostle Smoot said to The Herald. ccm-il Ttame out just as I expected. When I am elected and th prope "me f'm. I shall go with my credentials to Washington, prepared to take -. my seat ' '.f Ba whether I shall be there on, the 4th or March tobe ' 'trbnutin ' ti e other members, as I have not conslderfvVhashoPdSnotf be and I ,ulj expect to be seated. I know of no reason why I should not oe. a a .1 ' . " Jam confident that when the senate learns the facts of the case, there will.be practically no opposition to my being seated." When the time came !n the caucus to bear testimony and to explain votes, a number of those present announced that Smoot had been the issue of the campaign, that those who vcted the Republican ticket were voting .for Smoot for senator, and therefore, regardlsss of personal convictions, -they, as representatives, repre-sentatives, must vote for Smoot. Dr. A. S. Condsn-of Ogden explained his vote in that way. ----- - Senator H. S. Larsen of Box Elder county said that as long as a political party sought the influence of high c hurch officials cn the stump or to contribute to campaign funds, the party should be ready to give the officials a share of the offices and spoils. Therefore, although he was for Sutherland personally, as long as his constituents and the majority of the people in the state wanted Smoot. he was Zor the ancstle. - . . Several speeches were made vindicating resentment of the recent action of President Roosevelt in seeking to influence the result. Representative "Ft, W: Fishburn of Box Elder county spoke along these lines, and Eaid he ' was lor set- r ; , 1 " """" ; u tling at once whether a high church official could -sit in congress. Senator Allison took a fall out of Senator Kearns, while eulogizing his candidate, can-didate, Congressman-Sutherland. . . H. When the time came to count noses, it wa3 found that the Salt Lake county delegation was for Smoot, with the exception of Hamlin, who voted for Sutherland; Suth-erland; Cahoon, who supported Wells, and Love, who supported Cannon, changing chang-ing later to Smoot. With the exception of Allison, the -Weber county deler 'nation went body, breeches and skirts to Smoot. The work of N. P. Nelson, -Congressman Sutherland's secretary, was seen in the attitude of the Sanpeters, who all stood for Sutherland, although Senator CP. Larsen changed to Smoot before the result was announced.' In changing to Smoot at the last minute, Senator Love announced: "I will be with him to the last ditch." Of the members who remained out of the caucus, it is expected that Senator. Sen-ator. Lawrence, Representatives Stewart and Lee. and possibly Representative White will vote for Governor Wells. Senator Sherman has not expressed a choice. Representative Brink is understood to be-for Sutherland. i . - . - |