and he also found that he could not help to discriminate against Utah because it was a
western State without alienating from the support of the protectionists in the Senate
such western men as Senator Stewart and some others. He was too manly to bear off the
sins of the secret Democratic purpose, and was too mindful of the interests of the
East to help break the protection line or let any Republican Senator vote for the Wilson
or free-trade bill. Finally he came out flat-footed, declared himself for Utah's ad-
mission, and wrote Senator Faulkner a letter that he was in favor of admission and that
as a member of the sub-committee of the Territorial Committee for Utah he was ready to
report favorably. This broke the line, and with Senators White, Hill and Call, Demo-
cratic members of the Committee, favorable, and under the leadership of Seantor Hans-
brough, a Republican member of the Committee whose services I should have mentioned
earlier, we were able to stampede a favorable report from the Committee to the Senate.
This surprised the Democratic line again by tactics the same as we had surprised it by
the passage of the bill in the House. After it was out of the Committee and on the
calendar of the Senate it was not longer possible for the Democrats to defeat it except
by open opposition. I should have said at the outset of our program in the Senate we
found in Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota as valuable and helpful a fir[^ri^]end as we
have found any place in this contest. In conjunction with Senator Allison, who as an
older Senator had that acquired power which is peculiar to the Senate, and acting on
his suggestions, he has been our active and working friend and reliance in the Senate.
A member of the Committee, a western man who had lived in California and other western
States, exceedingly popular in manner and influential and respected by all who know him,
he was labored day by day and constantly in our behalf, not only in the Senate and in
the Committee, but coming almost every night to our rooms to help lay our plans and
programs. Many of the most valuable suggestions have come from him in making the fight.
I want you and your people to know that you never can owe more to any man outside of
your own people than to Senator Hansbrough. He is a young man, in his first term in
the Senate, but sure to be returned and to become one of the most powerful members of
this exalted body, so that his friendship in the future will be as valuable as it has
and he also found that he could not help to discriminate against Utah because it was a
western State without alienating from the support of the protectionists in the Senate
such western men as Senator Stewart and some others. He was too manly to bear off the
sins of the secret Democratic purpose, and was too mindful of the interests of the
East to help break the protection line or let any Republican Senator vote for the Wilson
or free-trade bill. Finally he came out flat-footed, declared himself for Utah's admission, and wrote Senator Faulkner a letter that he was in favor of admission and that
as a member of the sub-committee of the Territorial Committee for Utah he was ready to
report favorably. This broke the line, and with Senators White, Hill and Call, Democratic members of the Committee, favorable, and under the leadership of Seantor Hansbrough, a Republican member of the Committee whose services I should have mentioned
earlier, we were able to stampede a favorable report from the Committee to the Senate.
This surprised the Democratic line again by tactics the same as we had surprised it by
the passage of the bill in the House. After it was out of the Committee and on the
calendar of the Senate it was not longer possible for the Democrats to defeat it except
by open opposition. I should have said at the outset of our program in the Senate we
found in Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota as valuable and helpful a friend as we
have found any place in this contest. In conjunction with Senator Allison, who as an
older Senator had that acquired power which is peculiar to the Senate, and acting on
his suggestions, he has been our active and working friend and reliance in the Senate.
A member of the Committee, a western man who had lived in California and other western
States, exceedingly popular in manner and influential and respected by all who know him,
he was labored day by day and constantly in our behalf, not only in the Senate and in
the Committee, but coming almost every night to our rooms to help lay our plans and
programs. Many of the most valuable suggestions have come from him in making the fight.
I want you and your people to know that you never can owe more to any man outside of
your own people than to Senator Hansbrough. He is a young man, in his first term in
the Senate, but sure to be returned and to become one of the most powerful members of
this exalted body, so that his friendship in the future will be as valuable as it has
"Letter from James Sullivan Clarkson, 11 July 1894," p. 21, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Vlnz