Show labors of william giesmann GI asmann in organizing clubs throughout the state in retiring from the presidency ot the republican league of utah william giesmann GI asmann made the following report of the work performed he was unable to give more of his time to the organization of the clubs and therefore declined election reelection re and was succeeded by john henry smith of salt lake city the report shows the interest that has been aroused within the republican party in the work to the officers and members of the republican league of utah the national republican league of the united states found its birth at the memorial services held on the an niver sary of abraham Lincol ns birthday february under the auspices of the young mens republican club of new york city at this club celebration there were present several hundred of the republican lead ers of the nation and chauncey depew is said to have made a most eloquent plea tor the organization of clubs all over the land in order that republica elsm might again be triumphant over and democracy which was then in power senator foraker of ohio who was present at this gra nd republican love feast after alg return home joined hands with the th en congressman william mckinley and others and arranged tor the organ of a republican club in every precinct in the state of ohio the first state league of republican clubs was thus organized in ohio at which wll liam mckinley was the principal speaker after this the league clubs sprang up all over the land and the first national league convention was held in new york city the place of its inspiration and of its birth and so alg orous was the work of the national league that after the campaign of closed benjamin harrison said my election as president can be traced directly to the grandest political organization on earth the republican league clubs of the united states the present president of the unit ed states william mckinley said there has never been in the history of parties in the united states any such potent agency for the dis semina tion of political information as the national republican league the work of the league club Is litt ie understood in utah ninety nine out of every one hundred citizens be lieve the league clubs have no mission to perform than to boost individual for office this is wrong in the struggle tor office the league takes no part the league Is a school a republican school its officers are te achels republican teachers education and organization are the hatchw of the league clubs the republican clubs form the volunteer army of the republican party the officers of the league clubs are men and wo men who voluntarily give their time and money for the good of the party the state league does not and under its authority can not outline or are party policies that alone belongs to the conventions of the regular party while the league club promulgates the established doctrines of the party the last report of the national sec detary shows that tha republican league clubs have enrolled aver three million voters on the local club rolls A grand army of volunteer workers comprising over one third of the total republican vote of the nation the unit is the club each voting district can have one or more clubs while sp acial and general league clubs may be organized each club selects delegates to the state convention and this state convention selects ten delegates to the national convention which will be held july 1900 at st paul glnn THE UTAH republican LEAGUE this brings us to the republican league of utah several attempts have been made to establish league clubs in utah and a state league was originally formed at murray utah with re from fifteen clubs arthur brown was the organizing officer under the old league the constitution provided tor the annual election of state league officers yet only two elections took place in ten years un til not one club remained in good standing and the old utah league wh ich never had a legal existence after its first meeting in murray passed out of existence in january 1899 the national co became anxious for the organization of clubs in utah and addressed hon hoyt sherman of the national league executive committee on the importance of the immediate organization of clubs in utah several aneff attempts were made to reorganize the old state league and finally in march 1899 by authority of the national committee the officers of the provisional republican league wore appointed consisting of president william giesmann GI asmann vice president john henry smith secretary B H jones treasurer george sutherland and auditor james cloves this corn hesitated to undertake the worl without any finances whatever the national committee was appealed to and senator hanna replied that they had no funds and requested the committee to ask the local leaders to pro vide the necessary money to complete the league organization in the state accordingly your committee called upon a number of republicans and secured in subscriptions but some of the subscriptions have not been paid the following did not wait to be called upon a second time but promptly sent their checks for the amounts stated W S mccornack McCorn lck 2500 james C chapman 2500 james T hammond 2500 R S anderson 1000 C E jayne 1000 D R hammond 1000 E B critchlow 1000 J E falck 1000 L B adams 1000 nelson fell 2500 G B wells 1000 heber M wells A C bishop 2500 geo L nye 1000 thos H allton 1000 B X smith 1000 L P palmer 1000 C 0 whittemore 2500 geo A lowe 2500 E P ellison 1000 comans womans republican club 1000 total receipts the above gives a complete account of all the money received by the republican state league of utah expenditures george sutherland treasurer reports expenditures to the amount of which have been referred to the auditing committee on january ast 1st mr sutherland res his office as treasurer turning over a balance of to his success or mrs W H jones th e present treasurer reports vouchers paid to the amount of which with mr sutherlands Sut herlands report will be audited and reported later on to this convention the president has visited various parts of the state devoting from one to three weeks out of each month since july 1899 to the organization of the clubs private business alone preventing us from giving more time no provisions bavo been made for the payment of the expenses of the organizing officers therefore the presidents work has been performed at his own expense and without the expectation of future compensation whatever the following clubs excepting the comans womans republican club of salt lake city have been organized either by or und erthe direct management ol 01 the president of the state league and to which clubs charters have been issued Q az W 0 o S 1 ca I name of clubs county ocr presidents of clubs r B 0 TO 1 3 1 frisco beaver W H bonnett 2 farr weber 51 nathaniel C raleon 3 ogden city weber 0 P mcdowell 4 milton morgan 47 W E criddle 5 and 2nd morgan morgan 66 hon dan helner 6 deseret mallard 72 joshua bennett 7 ath fillmore mallard 46 frank hansen oasis mallard 45 david day 9 kanosh mallard jas gardner 10 iron 71 alley G williams 11 leavington leamington Lea mallard 35 jos overson 12 holden mallard 60 J E hunter 13 huntsville weber 86 W G smith 14 eden weber 40 jas 15 west weber weber wm C hunter 16 hinckley mallard frank T slaughter 17 meadow mallard 29 chas smith 18 central devler 12 A R hawley 19 weber 94 robert cowan 20 ogden city weber 69 G A dackson 21 salana devler J W 22 ogden city weber 73 23 ogden city weber 57 david jensen 24 lako point thoele tooele 44 wm dark 23 alth ogden city weber jos W bailey 26 Rl verdale weber 50 jos fife 27 star beaver 31 august buchannon 28 premont wayne 32 W A taylor 29 30 aurora sevier 31 jno larson 31 glenwood devler 56 A T Al droyd 32 joseph city devler 75 A M Warrens tl 33 rockville washington 29 david hirschl 34 canyon creek morgan 81 john 35 wales san pete 75 A J ross 36 elsynore Els lnore devler 71 chas J olson 37 annabella sevier 47 ellas 38 sevier 79 thos 39 monroe devler edward nazer 40 diute piute 60 hon chas morrall plute 39 johnson 42 alhfield devler soren 43 stirling san pete 42 A lowrey kingston diute piute 27 beking TE King r s 45 ast 1st manti san pete 45 J P madsen 46 corinne box elder 86 H A bancroft 47 mayfield Mayfle ld san pete 70 M P Sor rensen jr 48 mantl san pete 35 P A poulson 49 and 2nd pleasant grove utah J D wadley SO ard 3rd mantl san pete 56 alfred alder 61 ard 3rd ogden city weber 58 0 P mcdowell 52 ast 1st ogden city weber 65 edwin kerwin 53 salt lake city salt lake H C pherson 54 washington washington 49 andrew sproul jr 55 Sp ringdale washington 32 F D gatford Git ford 56 salt lake city salt lake 18 G M richards 57 salt lake city salt lake 58 A S geddes 58 gait lake city salt lake 20 arthur J dails 59 salt lake city salt lake 56 angus K Nl cholson 1 60 salt lake city salt lake 34 william price 61 salt lake city salt lake 22 A H nash 62 hemeter summit 62 geo roberts 63 salt lake city salt lake 42 dennis C eichnor 64 salt lake city salt lake 35 chas H post 65 salt lake city salt lake 39 alviras snow 66 salt lake city salt lake 25 frank H rudy 67 salt lake city salt lake 35 F W price 68 salt lake city salt lake 33 E W duncan 69 salt lake city salt lake 39 chas A 70 ogden city weber jas E halverson 71 ath ogden city weber D W eells 72 ogden city weber W R white 73 ogden city weber A J warner 74 ogden city weber felix 75 ogden city weber 92 jas W rider 76 and 2nd ogden cily weber sylvester packer 77 ath ogden city weber 70 sidney stevens 78 ath ogden city weber 60 W D vandyke jr 79 ogden city weber 77 A T hestmark 80 bear river box elder 80 hon jno P holmgreen 81 salt lake city salt lake 34 jas T mcknight 82 north ogdon weber geo S dean 83 toquerville washington 50 walter H slack 84 levan juab E W peterson 85 spanish fork utah jesse P holt jr 86 and 2nd manti san pete 27 warren C snow 87 Re dimond devler 91 jas B Sor rensen 88 geoa peoa summit 36 J A marchant 89 newton cache 58 A E christensen 90 parleys park summit 25 win archibald 91 vernon thoele tooele 23 walter james 92 salt lake city salt lake 28 ellas woodruff 93 grantsville Grants ville thoele tooele 51 william spry 91 mapleton utah 67 R L mendenhall 95 salt lake city salt lake 17 F C loofbourow 96 carbon 44 harry thomas 97 salt lake city salt lake 41 chris B diehl 98 leeds washington 25 E C olsen 99 virgin washington SO ira E bradshaw Parag oonah iron 44 W A mcbride mammoth juab 32 W H enders erda thoele tooele 79 chas E warr ast 1st smithfield cache 93 J F hillyard Hll lyard and 2nd smithfield cache 53 H F peterson rep club S L city mrs W H jones ast 1st provo PI view utah 22 ath provo utah 36 ast 1st springville Spring ville utah 69 E W peterson salt lake city salt lake 17 nephi mathews ath salt lake city salt lake 28 geo goodwan Goodw ln and 2nd salt lake city salt lake 22 john thorne ast 1st salt lake city salt lake 17 henry van pelt ath salt lake city salt lake 28 J L weyler ath salt lake city salt lake 27 ath salt lake city salt lake 7 W J meeks ath salt lake city salt lake 6 amos morton ath salt lake city salt lake 7 geo L nye 1 ard 3rd salt lake city salt lake 7 peter johnson spring city san pete 35 simon T beck thurber wayne 21 james grant the following is a list of the partially organized clubs and the name of the president of each club no charter will be issued to these clubs until the membership enrollments are sent to the state presidents office BEAVER COUNTY MILLARD COUNTY beaver C E murdoch oak city jas S anderson CACHE COUNTY orvillo thompson ast 1st logan W brangham MORGAN COUNTY and 2nd logan john paterson Pc terson geo Y robbins providence joseph A smith ast 1st morgan ed wadsworth martin oisen PIUTE COUNTY benson T H reese koosharem Koo sharem jasa jorgenson mendon M bird marksville marysville Marys ville R C price college james nielson Niels cn SALT LAKE COUNTY clarkston alma jensen salt lake city jacob M weiler lewiston jas H anderson salt lake city chas E davey coveville veville Co joseph S alien salt lake city jas J giles afred ballam hyde salt lake city J J J corum ARBON COUNTY salt lake city harry cartwright castle gate jas 0 harrlson salt lake city W B martin spring glen C H cook esth salt lake city E J eardley helper P 0 salt lake city W P appleby helper J tom fitch salt lake city chas margetts price H W damon salt lake city chas bonnette wellington I 1 B roberts salt lake city D W gamble minnie maud E C lee salt lake city W R jones jr price P 0 salt lane city jas M campbell scofield J webber salt lake city robt bridge winter quarters john james salt lake city W P dails scofield P 0 sath salt lake city geo alawrence NL awrence clear creek W L jones salt lake city lance earls scofield P 0 sugar forest dale geo M cannon DAVIS COUNTY alter david reed west bountiful duncan kappen SANPETE south bountiful john A hatch ast 1st mt pleasant henry holler centerville Cent erville jno W wooley and 2nd mt pleasant jas munson ast 1st farmington davis hess ard 3rd mt pleasant thos braby ast 1st kaysville Kays ville C burton jr ath mt pleasant A johnson layton rutus adams ast 1st swen 0 nellson syracuse katon love and 2nd lorenzo peterson clearfield richard hamblen melburn F M stewart clinton mark A chulds indianola Ind lanola taylor aldwell Tl dwell jno A ross so hooper SEVIER COUNTY so weber J W earl east bountiful jno H barlow ast 1st richfield simon carlsten IRON COUNTY son carowan parowan Pa rowan W H lyman SUMMIT COUNTY summit S C hullett jr coalville Co alville alma eldredge cedar alfred froyd manship wanship Wan ship robert young JUAB COUNTY woodland W J pace ast 1st eureka jas P driscoll upton alfred blomquist juab chas V clinton marion jno B hoyt KANE COUNTY echo ea blako kanab jno F brown chas mills mt carmel lorenzo jolley rockfort rockport Rock port wm chas W carroll kamas john pack ranch jno W seaman oakley james evans johnson nepal johnsonjr park city wm harris TOOELE COUNTY ast 1st thoele tooele wm marke washington COUNTY ast 1st mercur A B gibson crafton alfred jones james brown WAYNE COUNTY ophar arkle warren lyman E H maxfield lake view elijah spray teasdale alfred altberg Ast berg st john edward arthur hackman deep creek geo felt E H mcdougall sunshine C C beauregard WEBER COUNTY UTAH COUNTY ast 1st hooper david C lowe bedar fort orson hacking kanesville Kanes ville C L white andrew park W st goshen P nelson ogden make snore J C creer marriott M L marriott manning ralph pleasant view jas jensan COUNTY ast 1st plain city edwin alx haber A C hatch roy M F robinson CITY AND COUNTY LEAGUES city and county leagues have bee n established aa follows and are only partially organized i www county city president secretary cache logan J C K logan joseph odell george T homas hyrum soren H ansen richmond hon Z C harris i tr i wellsville hon jos howell iron hon E L dark salt lake city R L C ampbell alma kaiz sail pete A H christen sen mantl P 0 fantt J P ma adsen mt pleasant webb green ephraim C J F isher gunelson Gunn lson wm M outcalt provo harvey cluff M H graham springville Spring ville D C job jr ogden adly geo L corey M A breeden beaver hon J R M beaver P 0 wallard hanson thus showing legally organized R clubs to which charters have been issued with voters enrolled and all their names are now on file in the presidents office making the I 1 argean list of names ever gathered in the state of utah tor any political org and cluba partially ormes with several thousand more na enrolled considering that your president r practically no assistance from the other officers of the state league a nd that the work performed was that 0 a man who nad very little ot his time to spare the results ore certainly gratifying in the extreme I 1 do not hesitate to say that the republican clubs of utah today with less than on e thard of the state organized present the strongest political organization eve r established in the state and yet this organization can only be |