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Show 1 &.& Politics and Things H k ' ,npHE fnct that the revolution is on H j went clear ver the heads of Hp, the Ropublicau party of Utah, H for a majority of the delegates to H the state convention Thursday re-H re-H newed their allegiance to the "interim "inter-im ests" that have controlled the party, HL half-heartedly applauded a fatuous HHj platform and declared themselves In Hh ; favor of rotation In office which is m . neighbor to perpetuity. This is the H ' ticket the Republicans of the state B nominated: H For Governor William Spry, re- B nominated. B For Justice of Suprome Court. J. B E. Frick, renominated. B For Congressmen. Joseph Howell, B renominated; Jacob Johnson, a San- B pete alias. B For Secretary of State. David Mat- B tson, .now state treasurer. B For Attorney General. A. R. Bar- B nes, renominated. B , For State Treasurer. Jesse D. Jew- B kes, now state auditor. B For State Auditor. L. G. Kelly, B now deputy auditor. B ' For State Superintendent of Pub- B lie Instruction. A. C. Nelson, renom- B Inated. B For Presidential Electors. Mar- B garet Zano Witcher, Salt Lake; J. N. B Davis, Uintah; E. D. Wooley, Kane; H Eph Homer, Utah county. B The convention was remarkable for H its bitterness from the devotion by fl Senator George Sutherland, its chair- B man, of all but two minutes of his BM hour's keynoting to an attack upon Bfl the Bull Moose party down to the B defeat of Mrs. Margaret Zane Witcher B for state treasurer. Enthusiasm for B candidates ran high; few of the dele- Bj gates understood or cared about the H platform. The intrinsic value of a B party was minimized by the expedi- H ency of bargaining for support of H delegates. Take for instance, the H congressional fight. Harry S. Joseph H and Banner X. Smith of Salt Lake H were the chief contenders against H; Congressman Joseph Howell from Hf Cache and Judge Jacob Johnson from t Sanpete and Judge J. F. Chidester B of Sevier. Mr. Howell was renoml- B nated on the first ballot and it took H t tnro more to decide that geography B ' ' was more important than the super- H ior fitness of Benner X. Smith; that B a ;combination with another candl- B date was more essential to the gentle- B man from Sanpete than the party loy- Bj alty of Harry Joseph. B Weber county became the joke of B the convention. Samuel G. Dye had JB carried tho primary and controlled B the delegation, beating Dave Mattson B in his own county. Things looked B gloomy for Dave until some one set B a trap for Dye who was a candidate B for state treasurer. Dave wanted to B change his office from that of treas- B urer to that of seoretary of state. B Jesse Jewkes, who halls from Emery B county, wanted to trade the state audi- 1 torship for the state treasurership, so he and Mattson formed a' combi-nation combi-nation while Dye was pluming himself him-self over the flight he had made V through the Weber county primaries. He threw his delegation for Johnson on the final ballot for congress, after waiting long enough to figure up tho vote and decide the matter, for Joseph Jos-eph needed only a few. Charles R. Hollingsworth, a long time enemy of Joseph's, was with the Dye faction and when Weber county had discovered discov-ered that the fate of the Salt Lake miner lay with the Ogden fellows, tho bulk of the vote went to Johnson uml Joseph was beaten. This was the ruin of Dye, for Joseph and his allies retaliated and Mattson finally forced a complete surrender of Weber county coun-ty by getting the solid fifty-two votes. Governor Spry, Justice Frick and A. C. Nelson had no opposition, while the opposition to Attorney General Barnes was inconsequential. Charles S. Tingey, the present secretary of state, was ousted from that office because be-cause he sought a third term. Mattson Matt-son was too strong for him and though Tingey's friends put up a hard fight the majority of the delegates dele-gates were against a third term. It took Mattson two ballots to arrive. The most spectacular fight of the convention was over the treasurer-ship. treasurer-ship. Mrs. Witcher went up against a cold-blooded combination that had held intact through the day and evening. even-ing. Mattson's forces were interlinked interlink-ed with the Jewkes crowd on the theory that if rotation in office is good for one it Is good for both. Utah county supported John H. Wootton for the place on the flm ballot, withdrew with-drew him on the second and threw the majority of the vote to Mrs. Witcher. The race of this woman against a man with a cohesive fighting fight-ing force was a remarkable tribute to her popularity for she received 308 votes, or nine less than a majority ma-jority of the convention. In many respects conventions are the same year after year. This time it happened that the questlpn of party par-ty policy was submerged by the slated Btrength of rival candidates and the old-time 'matter of strengthening the ticket didn't cut much ice. The "man who" fellow was the same old pest. Even Fred Price went so far as to make the damaging admission that his own birth was an accident when he had a candidate who was not a native son. F. E. Francisco, an excited insurance in-surance man, seconded the nomination nomina-tion of Governor Spry by saying: "From the pearly waters of the Pacific Paci-fic to the Atlantic his name is a byword by-word In every home; from the gulf to the the the " "O, cbme on home," yelled a delegate. dele-gate. A sensation that wasn't played in full view of the Republican convention Thursday, but one that for a time threatened a personal encounter between be-tween the governor of the state ' and a defeated candidate for congress, furnished a choice morsel of gossip for the politicians. Harry Joseph charged Governor Spry with being the cause of his defeat. He averred that W. D. Cci dlandj a member of the state land board, and a friend of the governor, who went to Sanpete county and put Jake Johnson in the congressional! . race, circulated certain stories detrimental detri-mental to Joseph. At noon on the day of tho convention Mr. Joseph claims that he wrote Governor Spry a letter calling attention to the stories circulated circu-lated by Candland and some other close friends of the governor. Thi3 letter, says Joseph, was not answered. In fact, Mr. Joseph claims that no attention at-tention was paid to it when a word from the governor, who knew the stories stor-ies to be false, could have stopped them. After he was beaten for the nomination, Harry Joseph hunted up Governor Spry and started to argue '.he matter. The governor asserted that it wa3 none of his affair and friends of his say that the governor, for obvious reasons, could not mix in the other fights of the convention. Mr. Joseph became excited and those who heard the conversation and saw him in action ac-tion say that a personal encounter was expected. The governor bristled up too but was not as excited as the gentleman from Salt Lake. Mr. Joseph attributes his defeat to the governor. As a matter of fact it is quite likely that the Jewkes-Mattson combination had more to do with his defeat than anything else. Senator Joseph M. Dixon,, of Montana, Mon-tana, national chairman of the Progressive Pro-gressive party, came to Salt Lake Tuesday to confer with Utah leaders. lead-ers. State Chairman Wesley K. Walton Wal-ton and National Committeeman Moroni Mo-roni Hoiner met Mr. Dixon in Denver Den-ver and accompanied him here. The national chairman met hundreds of Progressives in Salt Lake and addressed ad-dressed a meeting of women at the organization of an auxiliary. Mr. Dixon is sanguine. He recalled tests that have been made In various vari-ous parts of the east and in tho Mis- slssippi valley states which sho.w the trend of sentiment toward Roosevelt. Taft, it has been proven, is not a factor fac-tor in this race. Mr. Dixon met a number of Idaho leaders while here and discussed the situation with them. The Progressives in Idaho are hopeful of carrying that state for Roosevelt. The Montana state convention con-vention is to be held at Helena today when Colonel Roosevelt (will make an address. . The Democrats, after talking of fusion w.lth the Progressives upon a non-partisan judicial ticket, named one of their own, witjh Ogden Hlles, Carl Evans, A. J. Weber, and -Cj, S. Varian as members of their . own party, and Judge T. D. Lewis,. Republican, Re-publican, as an evidence of . their good faith In the matter of nonrparti-sanship. nonrparti-sanship. Ray VanCobt was named for district attorney. Hiles, Weber and Varian have been with the American Amer-ican party until this year. It is Intimated In-timated that Weber and Varian will withdraw. The Progressives will name a straight Progressive judicial ticket, it is said, and many Democrats Demo-crats are in sympathy with this move, owing to the fact that one of the present judges waB named on the Democratic ticket. The American party county com-'mittee com-'mittee held a meeting Tuesday night to decide whether tho party should remain dead or come back to life. The sentiment of the committee and of the former Americans generally is that the party rest in peace, as a party. There is ample opportunity to get Into an independent movement this year and there seems to be slight Inclination on the part of most of them to revive the party. The committee decided to take no action, but to have its members interview Informally a number of former American Amer-ican party leaders. - . . I The Progressive state convention ' at Ogden nrxt Friday will very likely (Continued on Page 14.) K POLITICS. Hi (Continued from Page G.) H name Nephi L. Morris of Salt Lake H as Its candidate for governor. Mr. H Morris has a record for independence H in Utah, politics and is said to have H a wide following over the state. Mr. H Morris was chairman of the Johnson m meeting last week and made a crack H erjack talk along Progressive lines H State Chairman Wesley K. Walton M issued the official call which is found M in another part of this paper and H he is now busy at headquarters in m the Wilson hotel with the arrange- B ments for the convention. There will m be a special train from Salt Lake and H it Is expected that an enormous H crowd will go from here. B HI Progressives of Nebraska assert ev- BM ery Republican candidate for congress HH in the state has onllsted in the Roose- m volt party. None of them now is in H accord with President Taft, it is said, H. although during the campaign they H; decline to say anything against him. HB The sweeping claim of the Progres- H sives is based on the statement tha H Congressmen Kinkaid and Sloan, the H two doubtful members, have aligned H themselves with the new party. H Only one of the Republican candi- H dates for congress has been sharply H active in opposition to President H Taft's candidacy. This is Paul Clark H o( the First district, who says he H, sMIl is a Republican, but makes no HI secret of the fact that he will vote H for Col. Roosevelt and make his cam S paign on that issue. i H If the Oklahoma State Fair nsso- H clatlon's invitation to Theodore Rooso- 1 velt to deliver an address in Oklahoma Okla-homa City on Sept. 24, the day of the opening of the fair, has been accepted accept-ed by the managers of Roosevelt's campaign in the spirit in which the Invitation was extended, voters of Oklahoma Ok-lahoma who come to the capital to hear the Bull Moose candidate probably prob-ably will have to pay 50 cents each. This is the price of admission to the park. If tho visitors want seats in the grand stand 25 cents extra will be charged. This feature of the Roosevelt day at the fair has caused the Progressive organization of the state to demand of the fair association that the candidate candi-date be released from his obligation to the association to the extent ot delivering his principal speech outside the gates of the park or in the city. The Progressive leaders estimate that tho coming of the colonel will bring not less than 50,000 people to the city. They are unwilling the candidate candi-date Bhall be placod on a par with the other paid attractions of the fair and that tho several thousand Progressives Pro-gressives in Oklahoma shall have, to pay to hear a candidate for tho piesl-dency piesl-dency speak. State elections in thirty-five of the forty-eight states, to be held In conjunction con-junction with the national election on November 5, will mark the passing from state power and in some instances in-stances from public life of many of the notable governors of the country. Some of the executives, like Gov. Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri, will retire because of a constitutional prohibition pro-hibition against a second term Others are quitting to seek higher honors, INMHHHHUVnHHHHI and still others voluntarily will return re-turn to private pursuits. One governor, Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, is the nominee of the Democracy for president, and two others, Hiram W. Johnson of California Califor-nia and Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana, In-diana, are vice presidential nominees, the former of the Progressive and the latter of the Democratic party. Another of the retiring executives, Walter R. Stubbs, Kansas' militant governor, has received the primary indorsement in-dorsement for United States senator. Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio, who also is slated to quit, was an unsuccessful contender for the presidential nomination nomina-tion of his party. He may seek son atorial honors. A few of the governors, notably Charles S. Deneen of Illinois, are candidates can-didates for re-election. Among those whose terms are drawing to a close and most of whom will go out of office of-fice early in the new year are the following: Simeon E. Baldwin, Connecticut. Efugene N. Fobs, Massachusetts. Chase S. Osborn, Michigan. Chester H. Aldrlch, Nebraska. Robert P. Bass, New Hampshire. John A. DIx, New York. John Burke, North Dakota. Robert S. Vessey, oSuth Dakota. William E. Glasscock, West Virginia. Vir-ginia. Francis B. McGovern, Wisconsin. States in addition to those mention-od mention-od where gubernatorial elections will be held in November aie Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennea-see, Tennea-see, Texas, Utah, and Washington. HHHHHHHHMHHHHI Among the senators whose retirement retire-ment has been made certain by primaries pri-maries or voluntary announcements are Shelby M. Cullom, who has represented repre-sented Illinois for thirty years at Washington; Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, Tex-as, long a picturesque figure at the national capital; W. Murray Crane of Massachusetts, co-leader with Senator Penrose of the Republican majority; Charles Cuitls of Kansas; Thomas H. Paynter of Kentucky, a Lorlmer aid; Leroy Percy of Mississippi, and Ben (Pitchfork) Tillman of South Carolina. Caro-lina. Others whoso terms will expire early in 1913 are Joseph M. Dixon of Montana, Mon-tana, director-in-chief of the Progres sive national campaign; Jeff Davis o' Arkansas; August O. Bacon of Georgia; Geor-gia; John H. Bankhead of Alabama; Jonathan Bourne Jr. of Oregon; Frank O. Briggs, New Jersey; Norris Brown, Nebraska; Henry E. Burnham, New Hampshire; J. Murphy Foster, Lcuis iana; Robert J. Gamble, South Dakota; Dako-ta; Simon Guggenheim, Colorado; William S. Kenyon, Iowa; Thomas S. Martin, Virginia; Knuto Nelson, Minnesota; Min-nesota; Robert L. Owen, Oklahoma; Harry A. Richardson, Delaware; F. M. Simmons, North Carolina; William Alden Smith, Michigan; Francis E. Warren, Wyoming; Clarence W. Wat-son, Wat-son, West Virginia; W. P. Borah, Idaho; and George P. Wotmore, Rhofe Island. Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas, WiU-lam WiU-lam S. Kenyon of Iowa, and Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma are among the few in the long list of those whose terms sured of being re-elected. Tho successor of Paynter and Percy already have been chosen. OlUa (Continued on Pngo IB ) POLITICS. (Continued from Page 14.) James, long a dominant Democratic figure In the house, will succed Senator Sen-ator Paynter, while former Gov. James K. Vardamaa will be the new senator from Mississippi. Third party .tickets in most of tho states where local elections will be held in November may spoil the calculations of the old party political leaders, and In addition may add 'to the difficulties confronting not a few of the senators who aspire to succeed themselves. , |