Show Q CANNON NAMED exciting scenes in the joint assembly during the nominating speeches and the replies church influence charged A democrat placed the church man in nomination representative robison opposes the effort to elect a goldbug republican by democratic Vote callister attempts to the beilig aus standing Robison of sah lake march 8 the joint assembly met at noon on the first roll call for senator heber berinson Berin lon a democrat of salt lake and formerly a man made a strong speech in favor of hon george Q cannon of the first presidency of the mormon church said mr cannon had aa surel mm today that he was an advocate ot arco balven representative bywater made a i speech in which he strongly opposed i cannon principally on the ground that cannon Is a republican the ballot resulted king 13 mccune 25 F J cannon 9 george Q cannon 13 sutherland 3 adjournment was then taken until P tonight salt dakra march 8 A bitter elo was precipitated in the today by tho presentation of thon amp of geo Q cannon as a senatorial can uldage harsh words were aal tomo of the speakers in opposing th great church man charged openly that church influence had been used an waa now used to promote alj candidacy when tha time had arrived for ahr senate to ballot senator robison too tr alio floor he said I 1 understand an effort la to bo made to elect a goldbug gold bug republican it free silver democrats foist upon the democracy of this state a goldbug gold bug republican they will live to regret it with sorrow and tears senator edmunds said leave the mor mons alone and eventually they will elect a president of the united states if the democracy of the state desires to advance the state to the most exalted position in the of states its adherents must first retain their pelf respect which they cannot do by electing a bug republican senator what will the nation say what will the silver people of the west say they will say that we as a people practice duplicity and are not worthy abo franchises we possess they will simply say we have disregarded party lanoe to indulge our religious prejudices that we are mixing politics and religion in disregard of the higher duties of american citizenship they will charge that we have bowed down to ecclesiastical influence and lost our independence as voters of a hatate what will become of the democratic party in the state in 1900 do you want to mix politics and religion do you want to elect a goldbug gold bug ro publican over the protest of democrat lc votes it you do then follow the i louree being dictated by some of our party who value the ambitions of an individual as above the welfare of their party representative beniton then took the floor he eald that like law he had a sensation to spring and that probably in doing so he would be charged with church influence he eald be was not dictated to tako the course he was pursuing by church influence any more so than by any other influence he as a democrat who had hoped for an election since the balloting commenced but inasmuch as the party had demonstrated demon its inability to make a choice between tho can illda tea already named he felt it his duty to labor to break tho deadlock he bald 4 I 1 dont expect a reelection re election that I 1 take this move my conscience demands it my sense ot duty to my state demands it standing by my convictions none can say I 1 am a coward maybo yaa will charge me with church influence it mav have been church influence that caused me to vote for mccune in presenting the name I 1 do I 1 am supporting that which my own blood my conscience and my honor dictate I 1 wonder why the bribery investigation committee did not report that law bo expelled I 1 might tell you something in regard to that senator rob dmn was wrong in speaking a while ago of a goldbug gold bug republican he does not know the boari meaning geo Q cannon he talks about I 1 had 1 talk with him yesterday I 1 know how he stands on the great political issues this Is a peculiar legislature elected under peculiar circumstanced while party lines were not strongly drawn I 1 have been voting tor my first choice until I 1 have be cannot be elected we have now reached a crisis in our legislative deliberations when something heroic must bo done I 1 havo talked with the man who has been called a ho said he believed in the free coinage of silver in tho free coinage of gold as well as silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 and it elected he would do all he could to accomplish at that ratio and it unsuccessful would take less said he was a protectionist that he believed in protection and stood in tho same position tha tSam randall did who was repeatedly elected to congress by the democratic party and also made speaker of the house he had not changed on the other democratic principles which he had long espoused he was a republican on account of the tariff question when the great division movement begun in this detate this man believed in dividing the people on party lines at that time it was generally believed a great majority of the people were naturally democrats the man admitted that ho used church influence in politics except that at the time of the division movement he used the best efforts to divide the brothers and sisters equally between the national parties because it was not necessary to be all democrats for doing that I 1 say he acted the part of a patriot and statesman it Is not necessary tor me to tell you more you know the man geo Q cannon you have known him tor years he 1 no dark horse he is a walto man for years he had thought there was no hope for geo Q cannon to be rewarded tor his great work things ara different now president cannon stated to me that it it would bring on the old fight and bitterness ter ness ho would not enter the race he will not be a partisan it he boea to tho senate he will represent the whole people be a tower of strength and a mighty influence tor the good of the state I 1 voted tor roberts I 1 now desire to vote for a man who has kept the law strictly and honestly no objection can be made to him for ho la an upright conscientious clean man the democrats among the disgruntled may say that the republicans seated their big gun now let us seat a little gun or son of a gun whichever you wish it all utah will be proud of this man let us send him back to do honor to the people and glorify our I 1 vote for geo Q cannon great applause long continued senator acry jumped to his feet and said 1 I object to the applauding of such treasonable utterances as those just made bywater said 1 I want it understood that I 1 do not consider it heroic for democrats to vote for a pronounced republican who 23 ago reversed himself because of the tariff the tariff question aft not the great issue everyone knows silver la the creat issue I 1 now declare that while god gives me breath and sunshine of life I 1 will not be a party to this scheme I 1 will not vote for goo Q cannon great applause I 1 question no mans conscience or convictions but I 1 do protest against this irregular proceeding in the name of heroic necessity I 1 am not convinced that mccune 1 guilty and so help me god I 1 will vote tor him until I 1 am convinced to the contrary 1 shall not stoop to mingle in the slime and falth of the venom spit at mccune with all due respect for the religious convictions of mormon jew and and with due regard for the obligations I 1 owe my party I 1 again vote for A W mccune bishop callaster Cal llster who presides over tho bishopric in which representative who opposed cannons nomination resides created an uproar when ho started to question the standing of representative in the dominant church he said without fear of contradiction I 1 deny that representative Is a good latter day saint in good standing representative hansan interrupted by raising a point of order against any mans religion being brought into question senator smoot said it was not the place to arraign representative son tor his religious views representative lapish thought roli ison should not have brought up the subject representative onell objected to a mans church standing being on the floor then stated that it bishop callaster Cal llster wished to continue ho would put the matter to a vote ot the joint assembly at this point there was a great uproar but callister cleared the atmosphere by declining to ask for an appeal to the entire body and cut hia speech short by saying if it Is treason to vote for geo Q cannon then make the best of it I 1 desire to record my vote tor geo Q cannon representative cook stated there was no reason why geo Q cannon should bo sprung at this late date 1 I vote for W II 11 king my choice and j the peoples choice representative cummungs who was a member of the bribery committee j read a lengthy statement giving bis views on the senatorial situation he wanted the deadlock broken and thought that the party was greater than any individual he was reluctant to leave his choice but he desired a man who had influence at home and abroad and who would be a credit to tho state to represent utah in the senate of the uniti ed states and would therefore cast bis vote for aco fi cannon representative fisher said I 1 want to state once tor all that I 1 will botein accordance with my conscience and strict compliance with my duty to party by voting for W II 11 king C Z harris said I 1 vote for george Q cainnon Cann non representative jackson those who do not believe in standing by their party its principles and its men should get over on the other side where they belong and henceforth give allegiance to the republican party representative johnson I 1 have heard what representative has said and in reply to him will say I 1 agree that george Q cannon Is a great man and that he ha aja great son and I 1 hereby nail my flag to bis mast where it will go down to victory or defeat I 1 vote for frank J cannon representative murdock in poll bics tics I 1 am a republican and believe that every man has tho right to follow the dictates of his conscience we have struggled tor two months and failed to elect a senator during that time I 1 have been treated courteously by all and have voted for a republican I 1 now propose to again vote tor a republican a man of the people who will do more for the people than any other man I 1 vote for george Q cannon who it elected senator will be the owr of any man on the floor of congress and can do more for the good i of the state and its people than any man we can send this Is a crisis and the question Is shall we elect a senator the democrats have so far failed to perform that duty and now at the closing hours of this legislature they should join with us and elect george Q cannon rawlans and roberts should be representation enough for the democrats and they should not be so selfish as to insist upon a vacancy tather than return a republican representative onell I 1 do not believe in jeopardizing the democracy of the state and nation by electing a republican let us as democrats harmonize and stand by a man who supports the chicago platform and favors free silver at 16 to 1 such a man Is A W mccune joseph parry the most peculiar proposition has been presented of representatives changing their votes because a minority of the investigation committee brought in an adverse report I 1 came here to vote for W II 11 king but the abuse heaped upon mr mccune first elicited my sympathy for the man and then won my support I 1 cannot understand why men should change because a minority a very small minority of the committee of investigation vesti gation should have failed to exonerate sir mccune I 1 will not change my vote and cannot for the sake 0 decency do so for the honor of my party and state I 1 again cast my vote for I 1 A W mccune and I 1 will continue to do so unless he can be proved guilty ot the charges made against him cummungs here arose and said there was absolutely nothing in the testimony before the investigation committee to prove the guilt of mr mccune but it was for other reasons that he was not voting for mr mccune now representative welch joke the democrats he said that in the early part of the fight they invited the republicans public ans to help them settle the senatorial question and they then refused afterward when they showed a disposition to take a hand in determining the result democrats rebuked them and told them to keep out of the fight and now that they had sprung a candidate of their own the democrats were etall dissatisfied with their conduct nut inasmuch as the democrats could not agree among themselves he invited them to come over to his side and help them elect georgeq cannon a senator mrs home cautioned the democrats I 1 not to let the republicans pull the wool over their eyes but to stand by party principles and party men mra senator cannon was speaking as the standard went to press |