Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-15 | Page 2 | Utah Senator to be Chosen next Tuesday

I UTAH SENATOR TO TO BE I CHOSEN NEXT TUESDAY Term of Senator Smoot Expires Expires Expires Ex Ex- pires at ai Close of Present Congress The Utah tah legislature le next nest Thursday will choose an United States Slates senator Senator Reed heed moots moot's term expiring with Ith this session of ot congress The Tho senator Is a candidate to succeed him him- self Senator Carl A. A Badger of or Salt Lake Lale will present the name namo of ot Senator Smoot In the thc Senate and Representative tive John II IL Wootton of or American Fork Utah county will present th the name of or Senator Smoot in the House The election will wUl come In the regular regular regular regu regu- lar order of or business s fono following the tite statute statute- which provides ldes for the election of the United States StateR senator on tho the second Tuesday of ot tho legislative e session set see sion slon before a a. term expires The procedure as defined by br statute calls for Cor tho the nomination and vote ote in each house When the ballot banol Is taken both houses meet In Joint session and the re result Is la announce announced If ono one candidate can can- has received the majority vote yote of or each cach house as u lL separate vote ot gel he is declared duly elected d. d It If In either f for I or both houses one candidate has not received a majority a vote yote is taken tak at the joint meeting until one candidate candi candi- dato date shan shall have o received cd a majority voto veto of ot the tho joint session