Show POLITICAL MEET BILL ADVANCED Bones of oC a R political skeleton were rattled in let the Utah senate Monday and when their echo died a bill set sot ting tine up procedure to b be followed at political conventions was advanced to third reading calendar The thing that transpired In fn Utah at the last Democratic state convention conven tion at Provo declared Senator George M. M f. f Miller D. D Carbon would make Tammany blush for o shame Senator tor Miller was speaking for the Holbrook bill which among other things would require nomination nomina nomina- tion of all candidates before the tak taking ing of or a vote by ballot When Senator J. J Frances Fowles D. D Weber objected to the Carbon solons solon's remarks Senator Miller warned his colleague that he had better not ask him to repeat repent what went on at the convention Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Fowles said he didn't care care er or he was told or not Senator Wilford Day R. R Iron hinted the legislature itself has not been without shame In some instances and explained he had seen logrolling logroll ing swapping of votes and trades not altogether for the good of the people in his long career carcer as a lawmaker Senator Holbrooks Holbrook's bill was finally amended to delate a 3 provision that when no candidate had a majority of ol the convention votes the second ballot tallot would be on the three highest candidates and the next on the two highest Senator Ira A. A Huggins D. D Weber Weber We We- ber pointed out such a provision might have excluded Abraham Lincoln Lin Lin- coin coln from the presidential nomination nomina tion in 1860 Since L Lincoln was a Republican none of or the predominantly Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic senate seemed to care and the amendment passed Senators Day and O. O C. C Bowman R. R Wayne cast the two dissenting votes when the bill aill was advanced to third reading I |