Show senatorial CONTEST LAST tuesday at 4 p m the balloting lotin for united states senator began three candidates received the most of the votes hon moses thatcher received 19 hon J L rawlins 18 and hon H P henderson 16 the hugest joke yet sprung in the legislature occurred on that day bhea mr robinson from kne kane county proposed the name of arthur brown an am audible smile went through h the house and it was clearly evident that mr brown would not be elected on the first ballot wednesdays wednesday ballot resulted in giving to mr thatcher 21 votes a gain of two to mr henderson 17 votes rotes a gain of one to mr rawlins 16 votes a loss of two the result of thursdays ballot was as follows mr thatcher received 21 votes no gain over wednesday mr henderson Ue received 19 votes a gain of two over the day previous mr rawlins received 14 votes a loss of two from wednesdays wednesday vote fridays ballot T 24 H 20 R 13 scattering votes have been given to powers goodwin chambers thomas and lawrence frota from the foregoing it is plainly seen that no one is ia at present able to tell what the final result will be some are an confident that mr thatcher has the strongest following and that when it reaches a final showdown show down he will carry off the senatorial plum the rawlins and henderson supporters are respectively possessed of a similar confidence in faor of their candidates there are other persons persona pretty well informed on the situation of affairs who think it no unlikely story that a dark horse will be sprung on the legislature great lists of petitioners petition ers have been presented to the legislators asking them to elect mr thatcher A very peculiar circumstance occurred the other day with reference to the petition signed a by the members of the late county convention ven tion one heber iverson of this city si dined signed ned the petition in the arese prese presence nee of mr D C dunbar and mr james C jensen its purpose was clearly explained to him and from all points of view it is plain that he signed the same freely and voluntarily and for the purposes therein mentioned yet on the following r day he wrote a letter denying nying b that he signed it iro voluntarily but bu t on the contrary that he signed a it andea duress azid and false pretences pretenses and that he supposed or was told that it was a peti petition tiou in behalf oi of mr rawlins Baw lia dunbar danbar and jensen un on der oath swear that iverson signed the petition of hi his ts own free will and under a dear clear explanation of Us its contents aud purpose of the truthfulness and fairness 9 of the actions of these gentlemen we ke have no doubt A A cloud per hapa enveloped mr Iver eversons iversons sons mind after lie he had aigner zi led the petition r and in endeavoring to retrace his steps he got bawled up AW AH interest is ii clai centered kroa in this mutes contest for it beaus so ao much uch to the people of this state the gisto olgiate laa late campaign was the edver ab aad aaa consequently the 2 i aw shall il be seat to 0 tile the S senate ml abst be ab boye ova thip things an aad emir ear ft ftfe at g the senate of the united states is the chief battlefield upon which the silver fight is to be waged and hence utah demands that her representative in this all important cause shall stand as firm as the everlasting hills then and then only can we expect to win the fight |