Show balters alake a call the provisional committee of the balters met in salt lake yesterday and decided on a convention for the aith dinst in salt lake as a sort of adjunct adjan t to the democratic convention at provo it is another bold step in the direction they are surely trending and soon complete affiliation with the democrats may be expected until that time comes air powers has given his word of honor aa announced n in in his organ the salt lake tribune that he will treat them with fairness he rea realizes lizea they have already done much for democracy the call of the convention for the same date as the democratic state tate convention is to see that fairness fair nem is ia exercised which means fusion the salt lake tribune admits as ranch muela in its report of the meeting whether such each operation cooperation co ca shall ahall extend beyond fusion in support of bryan and SavaIl Sawall is of oc course yet an uncertainty but members of the committee discussed the possibility of union on other matters with much favor the agreeable suggestion was entertained that perhaps toe the democrats in recognition of the support of the tha democratic electors by the independent republicans might be willing to indorse an independent for congreso Con gresa bat so some no of the committeemen were generous go nerous enough to adv advance once the argument arff ament that a dam democrat should be elected who would bu bo in entire sympathy with the bryan administration this argument was com by those who instated insisted that there were just as good silver men in the republican party as in ia the demo cratic and that a silver republican should be preferred by the independents depend to a democrat for CoD congress gress combinations with the democrats on legislative tickets were taken into consideration n in dealing with tie the subject of fusion fusion and the disposition was to re lard them as desiraye desi rabe still in the face of these democratic tendencies the balters still set them selves up as republicans and criticism criticise critic ise Lse the state republican committee commit tea for callin calling 9 two conventions the address issued sned on oa that question is decidedly weak it calls the action of the committee a usurpation of power but bat gives no reason for the assertion other than that the entire paty ty is heretical when the bt at louis plat formis measured by ail party platforms of the past back of this whole bolting movement stand the salt lake tribune 0 OW W powers 0 E allen alien 0 S varian bt fet al men who were loth to accept division on national part party y lines in utah and who now bra are plainly pulling together for a purpose it is true frank J cannon is in with them bat as we said a few daya ago he be is simply proving himself a boy in politics and the people may not wake up to a realization of where they are drifting drift ung until the hungry officeholders office holders of the past part are back in office again mr powers has hag the strings and he will use them to good advantage |