| Show SMOOT IS THE CAUCUS NOMINEE FOR SENATOR need smoot 38 volet acore sutherland votes ik M wom 2 votes tha salt lake tribune though opposed to heed smoote senatorial candidacy gives alie follow in fair and impartial account of last nighta republican caucus in salt lakes nothing now stands between aiosi tie reed smoot and an election to the united states senate but the mere form of casting the votes in the legislature next week the above figura tell the satorv of the caucus of the lepul liean members held last night in the civil courtroom in the city and county building there were forty five members ot the legislature present in alic baucm ten members of the senate and thirty five of the lower house the aba were and lawrence or the senators and brink and stewart of aalt lake white of pinto child of weber and eo oa 01 cairon of alic house members most of these men were opposed to the candidacy of air sinott and did not care to bo bound by alic action of the caucus it is conceded on all sides that alie result of the caucus the elac lion of the united states senator but thirty two votes are required to elect in bonit t ebion of the legislature all who voted for the apostle in the caucus will vote for him in alic legislature to eliat lie will have not less than thir ty eight votes wuen it comes to a final showdown lie may have some others the who voted for mr smoot in alie caucus were H S laren of malvay of weber stephen il love of salt lake william N williams of salt lake henry gardner of atah C E lao e of utah C P of willis johnson 0 and A B lawi of beaver alic alio voted for mr smoot were F W faiburn of box elder thomas H merrill david R roberta and william W hall of cache sirs mary 0 coulter dr A S condon anil archibald mcfarland of weber james A of morgan william sarv of A smith thomas hull daniel mcrae winiard done A II 11 kahli camei y haheim of salt lake james B wilson of wasatch Wa hatch john Q stone george austin stephen L Chip nian and charlea A of don B colton of vintah E johnson of emery asa II 11 haw lev of bevier charles W watts of millard william H bardelt of beaver alfred luther of garfield morgan richards jr of grand joel H jehnwn of kane and wayne H redd of san tuan the senators who voad for mr arland were C P larcen of sanpete mid E M allison of weber alic representatives mere A L of salt lake william metcalf and lorenzo paterson Pc terson of sanpete and alma moly acox of grand of these senator lar ten changed to smoot before alic result itha ballot wis announced the senators who voted for george M cannon were willis Jo linson of pi and S II 11 love of salt lake bogli of changed to smoot alie ballot was announced those who voted for gov wells were james W cahoon of salt lake and edward P evans of summit the caucus organized by el epting williim II 11 barratt chairman after alie meeting had been called to order and alic object in C JS loo c live david R Pi was mide sec and Sena torII S larsan moved that a committee of fiver be appointed on nile and order of business the chair appointed senators larsan of boxelder Box elder and Allis and represent a austin and Chi aliis after a long dif reported senator alleion Alli ion in favor af rou call fc mccond cond tion of for fre no to last inora than ian minutes and no speech to last more than file minutes that a majority of the caucus would be required to nominate and that ten ballots would be taken before adjournment if no nominations ocic made any member was to be given a chance to change his vote the result of the ballot cadi member to be bound by the result of the caucus and all voting to be viva voce on motion of senator gardner the report wap adopts d at point calhoon calioon of salt lake was so completely ely that he never discovered what etrick him he moved to adjourn the caucus to monday night you arc out of order was alie allot the chairman hurled at hain ani he fell back without another word to y i nominations for candidates for L nit i ed states senator were then declared to be in order and senator A B lewis started the ball rolling by naming iteen smoot in ft neat little speech in which he eulogized his candidate very highly representative edward P E was ohp next man on the floor and in an earnest little impromptu he placed goy M well before alic caucus this cama in alie nature of a surprise to some aho vho had classed evana for smoot senator S II 11 love waa next recognized and everybody knew lie was up tp name george M cannon they were not di appointed senator love said he nominated mr fannon two yeah ago and he saw no reason why lie should not do BO at the present time after cahoon had earnestly seconded alie nomination pi gov wells senator gardner mr smoot he said eliat patriotism was ground into his nature and chad had wide experience at home and abroad representative ausaw said lie voicing the of his alc plc at biome in seconding the nomination of mr smoot senator johnon seconded alie nomination of mr cannon he said he voted tor ahn two years ago and was still coin meed that if ant to he colim wield a great influx ance for he good of ohp mate representative barratt said mr would represent altah in wah agton as it houll be represented and leaker hull of abo as te friend of roosevelt a man who be welcomed to washington done fioke of alie puri vand v and integrity of mr sinott a idail t whom no legitimate w bronc ini lored lor Md all the good bilings that had n said of mr 6 moot and hall spoke amne vein john B colton inter noann 1113 am t oratory at tah 1 1 K enough to move that alie i to vote HP wn sat vain senator allian cl 1 a of order him ali n h f i 1 r E ik ever under alic aulos rulos so long as anyone to lalk dr A S london gave an elaborate explanation as to why ho would vote for mr smoot he said inspiration the of every movement in alic campaign and the inspiration of every vote was that mr smoot would go to the senate if the republicans won if lie coull not endorse this in alic campag agn it would have been his duty to resign since lie endorsed indorsed indor sed it by remaining on jhc thc ticket it was liia duty to carry oufa the wishes of the people representatives radd and spoke in eulogy of mr smoot n representative Fis liburn said tharo was a question be tand eliat tha sooner it was fettled alic better it would be for the state lie purposed to settle it for all time by voting foi mr ngoot he spoke in high terms for hi s candidate as did also senator williams who followed hini when senator allion presented the anine of congressman sutherland Sut heiland were cheers strong and Ii earty lie said lie vas wll equipped cd brilliant as a lawyer biad much experience peri ence aa a legislator both in state and nation lie lias a record unblemished and integrity unquestioned representatives colton and men ill added a few more bouquets to mr smoots collection and iuro said sanio nice things about mr representative andersen fraid it was i question as to whether afie members of alic legislature legisla turc were to listen to alio voice of the people of Utai or whether they were to be dictated adby people taic bbate lie 8 aid he thought it was the duty of tip men to do as alio people to dp lie was proud of mr fe mool and proud of the opportunity to vote for him G Q 6 ti G G 6 at this point representative sarv aid taid t lie was ready to cast his ballot but before lie could get a chance to do so ho was doomed to to still more oratory ruthc molyneux cux said he came and uninstructed that he was desirous of voting for the man who would do the most good for the state and ho was convinced that mr sutherland was the man representative bihon who had been acting as doorkeeper all the evening reached ahn limit at this point lie cried out tor a piece of paper big enough to write smoot on but before anyone could get to him with the paper senator mckay secured the floor ho said lie biad elected senators before ire wanted a iliin noted for honesty and truthfulness to his marriage vows mr smoot was this man in his estimation and he proceeded to eulogio him then came the long looked for relief senator johnson johns on was lie man of the hoier lie moved that the rules be suspended and that a ballot be taken the motion went through as it on greased skids alie ballot was then taken re sullins in 31 for smoot G for sutherland 2 for wells and 2 for cannon before afie result was announced senator ivarson of was recognized and told why he proposed to change liis vote from sutherland to smoot lie said lie was not in sympathy with the light thit had been waged upon mr and that so long us the democrats and republicans were doing all in their power to gel li igli officials to nc n c all the influence chev posses wd to convert people to their way of thinking chev should lie willing to permit alip o officials to re echo sonic of lie lionor senator johnson and love then changed from cannon to smoot in very neat little speeches senator johnson said eliat mr smoot had never asked him to vote for him he never anyone to vote for him came from all parts fai theio till the cluin nan had td rip for order senator love said he had taci utmost confidence in mr integrity and ability the onla in his mind was as to whether it was wise to send a church official to the senate he was haill coin juiced eliat mr cannon was the better man but he bowed to the will of alifi majority the corrected vote was then announced noun ced cpr smoote Smoot 5 for sutherland and 2 for wells it was a matter of surprise to some that no effort was 0 make the nomination of mr smoot unanimous is ia usually done lut no move of eliat kind was made and the inference drawn was int hie smoot did hot wish to fttie athe temper all through tue caucus wal act rn motions of senator allison the caucus was maile permanent for tho acs ion fion f to be called at adv time by the for alic consideration of parter business |
