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Show I NEITHER MAS ji 'J. Wells and Cutler Are I! :!; Claiming It H Hammerid Rflen Say H Con- trsls the Situatien and Hi; EVIay Win. - ''ill! ! : j; ' Hemnrkablo Mix-Up in Utah Politics Hj ; ji That Has Best Politicians Guess- l ., ; Hi ''! jff Claims of Candidates. jj.' :rf Wells - 2 : J ,4- Cutlor H'' ','$ H- Hammond HO i i 2! -f Necessary to choice. 23 L I , f' W With the close of the week there comes V) nothing In the shape of positive Informa- Kl tion that will Indicate that cither of tho ; .?;, three candidates for the Republican nom-ji nom-ji iiljl lnatlon for Governor will control enough , jj votes In next Thursday's convention to ' (i givo him tho nomination on first ballot. f Gov. Wells claims thirteen moro than a 1 ' j' majority of tho convention. The Cutler 'ij managers say the merchant will have at ( i ; least twenty-nine votes more than Is ne- Hj i'i cessnry to nominate. Secretary Hammond , If1 f says he is confident he will have 110 votes ,')' on (list ballot. J ! There Is a growing feeling- that some i j : very wild figuring Is being done in each ;!' camp. "Somebody Is fooling somebody it t else" Is tho way one mnn jokingly put it. j i i I Secretary of State Hammond's Salt i I' ;i Lake managers say he has to their cer- . I ' tain knowledge 11-1 votes outside of Cache ,i jjv county. The "Secretary himself telephoned t! tMat n0 ,,a;, about clgiitcon In Cache, with i; ' reason to believe he mny get several others. He has llgurcd his total known j )", (I votes nt HO. 9 I H - The Cutler managers declared last night ' u i that there Is no question about victory r H j for Mr. Cutler. They sa they have fully v soventy votes In Salt Lake county and ij that forty Is sufficient to nominate the , 'l i merchant. Some of the Cutler men said i 5 ' the county would develop eighty-live and ' lir,j that Cutler will have only a few short of i rji 300 In the convention and elect tho entire I r. Cutler olatc. i k1 J "I believe Cutler haB sixty to slxty-llvo j , i I i; votes In Salt Lako county." dcclnrcd a 1 j : Cutler man whose name, at his request, Is y, : withheld. "I also feel that Cutler will ii 1 control the convention, though not by any J m considerable majority. My Judgment Is tl'l that Hammond has forty voles in tho r f . ! county and Wells the others, r "Gov. Wells is badly mistaken In his J , ili,; claim of aupport. Ho claims men who aro ,'' !" uiHiucstlonably for Hammond or for I '(' Cutler." 1 "I am positive that I shall win easily," i1 ) said Mr, Cutler. "I huvc assurances that hi i; cannot be doubted. I feel that the pcoplo ( i J 1 of Utah have favorqd my candidacy and . i' f ! that the delegates will stand by me in , r , convention." 1 1 j "There Is not the shadow of doubt )f 1 about it," declared Gov. Wells. "My re- : ;ii t nomination will be on the llrat ballot." i'i in And the Governor spoko with such ! 'f earnestness that he impressed his friends ' ill i with the idea that ho fully counts on a , )h decisive victory. r "The next Governor will be James T. ! 'k , Hammond," was the poslUvc statement of , i i i one of the few men who have kept out 1 J , of the local fights 1 K From a consensus of opinion of men ' i iU I vsho have been onlookers in the gnibema- (jjl torlal contest and those who have at- 31 ' tempted to sift the facts from the great , amount of political chaff, it is believed ' j that no one can say now what tho ma- ' 'i'1; : . Jorlty of the delegates will do next Thurs- ' ') Either of the candidates may win. ,( ' Neither has the nomination tacked down, 'lit,'! The managers who make tho best com- r '1' nli! blnations aro, the ones that will cairj' i their candidates through, , 1 i t If U I i 1 ;j j,1 Col. John Matcer, ono of Gov. Wolls'9 ! l. managers, when asked If he regarded tho , ' situation as favorable to his Gubernator- r''.;! ial candidate, said , I ') "Yes, tho situation improves from our hi standpoint, steadily. Every evening j .H , h ! when wo count tho chickens to be hatched 1 , J on the 25th, wo llnd moro eggs pipping. V 1 , week ago no one l N i1 Meteer Claims talked nomination I li It on on thc ,lrst ballot. iriL' tj j. -d n i. 2s'ow we aro bank- I i 'if:, First Ballot. ng on it. ', I "Of course there is tl ' ''! dome guesswork yet in approximating 1 It' out Salt Lake strength. There aro some - in half-hearted adherents of various candl- 1 dates who tell us wo have their good will Hj. ' and a horde of sccond-choico supporters ,;;; whom wo do not Include in our column. I 7 (ii Takfng only thoge absolutely pledged to i'i us, we havo llfty-fur of Salt Lake's 125 I ' ,i , i j delegates. Where to placo the other i seventy-one we do not pretend to say. Hl if! But the Cutler claim Is absurd on its hi face, becauso It Includes delegates un- ) ' questionably for Gov. Wells. J . "V.ro are not bragging nor Inflating thc i m i ! figures to scare thc other side, but aro Hl i t counting only our assured support, bo- cause It Is only flvo days until our esti- '),! J mate must bo verified. -I " r 1 8 "Outside this county there aro about BBW ,t P 100 delegates who aro absolutely proin- A i lJ Ised the Governor. Add to that the llftv- J, ' ' (;, ll J four hero and you have more than enough fl l', to nominate on thc first ballot. And . I ) ', ,1 when thc first ballot Is taken, don't be BBH '. V , surprised if the Salt Lake count runs a f l dozen or moro over this pledged flfty- BB , , four. ' ij "Tho Cache county newn loolts good to J i I-. I . -j us. It is a body blow to the Cutler force BBBBJ f!f 'l :md can not possibly injure us, since at f ' ' ' , time have we counted on anything ' r i from there, conceding It to Mr. Hammond. BSH "News comes to us tonight that Tooele , , I'vlJ rounty is practically unanimous for Gov, AH, . Mji'l Wells. That Is something we had not J, ' . 'j.t ) previously Included In our estimates. Juab J i ti) I'll county Js sending- us some unexpected BBJ' ; min" votes and tonight we had encouraging V I 'i fltti! news from Box Elder. Until this report BBbVi' V JIs!1 13 verified, however. It win not bo ln- BkW I'I ' ' P 111 I cludedf in our total of 241. which Js made BBbVT 1 ' pjjil up of delegations positively known to be , , f r I a 11 "The summing up of the final week be- BBH !'l ! l"Pll fore tno convention Is most cheering. All BBH I hW) the 0,d oppositions are melting away. The BBBBJ t , Mi third term rag hu3 been chewed thread- BBBBJ i l 1 1 ll HI bare. The attempt to alienate our friends BBBV 1 ( li HX by forcing thd Senatorial Issue has failed. BBBV ,1 MM Tnc Carbon county strike makeshift has BBBV , r ,R.1 not mado good. Gov. Wells is tho cholco BBBBjl' . i of the mai'sos, as well as the most proml- BBBBJT ., It ji. nent. nf Utah s cltlcns, and in the end BBBBjl I, ,' IJiLTll they v;ln. The end Is near and tliu win- BBBJ I i'ir i i; M( nlK looks surer than at any other point BBBBJ A j irl J: In mo race." bH ri i . m ;i BBBBJ ,I , i pn Chairman Anderson of the Republican BBHI ' 'l n I" ifll State committee, who has been criticised BBBBV T'J ft;, K I g1. In several quarters because of his falluro BBBJ v t Hum to call tho Slate committee together on BBH 1 ii V ' lPlr August 20, as It was understood he would BjbJBJ i i .ji rMUf do at tho last com- BlBJ imUU "P to - De-mlttee meeting, was BH I . ' lm partmont to De- ,s0,li, ay , BBBBV '1 '(111 i- mi t he had Issued a call i! ? t i llV6r ThoBe otters f0r a meeting beforo BBBBJ . , l( t HLH the State convention. BBBBjl 1 T in! "I have.'" he declared. "I sent out a call BBBBW 'j 10 connn,Uccmcn 10 mccL on tne 2Ith InsUmt. I mailed thc call, I believe It was on tho 17th." State Committeeman John Mctecr said Saturday evening: "I heard Chairman An-dri.son An-dri.son had Issued a call and asked him about It, not hnvlhg received mine. He xald ho had mailed It to me at the Alias block, Gov. Wells's headquarters. I did not receive re-ceive It. I have Just talked with Committeeman Commit-teeman J. Fred Wcy of this county, and ho has not received his Neither has Jesse M. Smtlh, tho committeeman from Davis county.' Word from Ogdou Saturday night was received to tho effect that Rudolph Kuch-ler, Kuch-ler, the AVobcr county committeeman, had received no call. District Chairman J. 13. Jnyno of thc Fifty-third district, tho ono In which the county Inllrmary Is located, says tho property owners of tho district were very Indignant because tho Inmates were brought to the primary Friday night to outvote the residents. Gov. Wells was at Ogden Saturday to confer with his Wober county friends. Ho Is conlldent that thero will bo no break In the delegation formerly reported for him that he will havo thirty-live votes out of Weber county. a According lo a report from Cache county, coun-ty, tho result of tho convention Saturday led to tho determination of thc county to urgo only tho namo of Joseph Howell. A. A. Law and Herschel Bullen, Jr., were both candidates for Secretary of State, but as neither could count on an absolutely absolute-ly solid vote from Cache county, It Is said that each, decided to withdraw. Hon. Lindsay R. Rogcrcs visited Ogden on a political mission Saturday. He reported re-ported that Gov. Wells Is certain of receiving re-ceiving thirty-flvo of tho forty-ilvo votes in Weber county, that Hammond has four, Cutler two and four uncertain. Democratic State Chairman Frank J. Cannon will participate In tho campaign In Maine. He has boon Invited by tho Natlonnl Democratic Speakers' bureau, and will leave for tho Pine Tree Stato within a few days. The Maine Slato oloc-tlon oloc-tlon will bo held early In September. Hon. James C. Leary will look after the duties of the chairman during Senator Cannon'3 absence. This Is taken as a practical certainty that Mr. Leary will succeed Senator Cannon as chairman of tho State committee. Supportors rf Charles S. Tlngey claimed Saturday that the present Stato Auditor would have CO votes In Salt Lake county. P'ormer Chief Devinc's friends say he will have fully 75 and possibly 100. Other candidates can-didates for Secretary of State are making no public claims. a The following statement ha? been Issued Is-sued by W. "P. Hougli. chairman of tho executlvo committee of tho Colored Republican Re-publican club: The Progressive Colored Republican club was organized ono year ago by the colored citizens of Salt Lako City, drawing largely from tho McKlnloy Republican club, and the best citizens of color In Utah. Conditions In thc McKIn-ley McKIn-ley club having forced this Issue upon us. The stand for purer politics, and a general bottermcnt of conditions for tho race. We Indorse President Roosevelt and Fairbanks as thc head of the ticket. In President Roosevelt we feel that wo havo a champion for the rights accorded us and guaranteed by thc Constitution of tho United States "We arc willing to cost our fortunes whorcvor he may lend, and nbldo by the decision of the people feeling satisfied that with such able and stalwnrt Republicans Repub-licans at tho helm that we go forward to certain victory. Organized for tho purposo of assisting, and doing our sharo in contributing In defraying campaign expenses, dlsscmcnatlng literature, and expounding tho doctrine of true Republicanism. Repub-licanism. No bettor evidence of tho confidence con-fidence reposed in this club could bo obtained ob-tained than to havo witnessed the outing given by tho club on thc ISth Inst at Cal-dcrs. Cal-dcrs. whero more than 500 persons from Salt Lake, Murray and Mill Creek participated. par-ticipated. This event goes down In history his-tory as to largest outing over given by colored people In tho State of Utah. In our efforts to labor for' tho purification of tho ballot, and representation, rathor than tlnanclal compensation, wo ask tho recognition duo us by thc Republicans of Salt Lako city and tho Stato of Utah." Mayor J. D. Stack of Eureka was in Salt Lako Saturday on his way to Park City. Mayor Stack says that tho Republican primary at Eureka Friday evening was one of tho largest over hold there. Tho contest for the delegates was spirited, and tho result was a victory for Wells for Governor and Tlngey for Secretary Sec-retary of State. Tho delegates from Mammoth Mam-moth and Sliver City, he says, are also for Wells and Tlngey. making tho delegation delega-tion of six from that portion of Juab county solid for the two candidates nnmrwl Piute county's four dolegatcs to tho Stato convention are: II. D. Wiley of Clrclevllle. Charles Morrill of Junction, John S. Baler of Marysvale and Charles Skongnard of Kimberly. , They aro Instructed In-structed for Hcbcr M. Wells for Governor. Gover-nor. Tho delegates selected In thc various districts of Salt Lake county, as reported to date follow: 1. J, J. Thomas, E. rvnna. 2. John E. Wlncomb. J. E. Cox. 3. D Rr Hammond, Peter E. Hart. 4. William Done. H S. Tonner. 5. C. E. Christen. Sidney 13. Davis. C. D. M. Griffiths. John Zink. 7. Gcmer Thomas John E. Hill. 8. W. J. Mocks, Theodore Lovcndale. 9. Arthur Brown, F. C. Richmond. 10. Joseph Chrlstlanson, A. B. Pitts. 11. Thomas Hobday, E. J. Swr.ner. 12. J. H Preece. Carl Badger. 13. R. H. Sholcs, Louis T. Cannon. 14. John Miller. 15. Lycurgus Wilson. , 10. R. B. Wells. Peter Chrlstlanson. 17 R. M. Smith. IS. E. H. Eardlcy, Bert Pratt. 19. A. C. Thorne. 20. M. A. Brandt. M. Whltakcr. 21. S. Ewing. 22. James Rao. S. T. 8wuluni. 23. Jcvse W. Fox. 24. Qulncy B. Nichols. 25. Thomas JT. Evans. 2G. Fred W. Price. 27. Dr. E. S. Wright. J. J. Sncll. 2S. F. S. Tlngey, A. F. Doremus. 29. H. Chrlstophcrson, Duncan McFad-dcn. McFad-dcn. 30. C. W. Huhl. 2L Z, S. Derrick. 22. Robert Bridge, John D. Smith. 33. H. C. Anderson, Alfred Gardner. 3-1. Walter Wcstcrman. , 5. F. B. Gowan. 25. J. C. Sandbcnr. 37, Elbrldge L. Thomas. as. Bonner X. Smith. 39. P. J. Anson. L. R. Rogers. 10. John Nicholson. Ernest Brown. 41. Alex Lyon. H. C. Edwards. 42. D. A. Affleck, V. P. Hemphill. 13. John T. Lynch, W. B. Androw. 44. George A. Sheets, 43. S. B. Westerfleld, W. R. White. 4G. G. W. Miller. ) 47. T. R. Black. Arthur Grc?ham. 48. L. U. Colbuth. Karl D. Hardy. M9. James Langton, Dr. H. M. Mayo. 50. A. W. Copn. 61. A. L. Slmondl. II. W. Griffiths. 52. A. Fred Wey. Bl. Frank Culler, W. R. Jones. Jr. 61. Henry Quayle. S. T. 'Whltakcr. m. Albert Capson. CO. A. A. Fuller. 57. E. R. Morgan. O. W. Carlson. 6S.,J. 1. A. Wright. 59. James Godfrey. CO, J. G. Torrence, R Cahoon. 01 George Ames. C2. B. B. Bllner. Joseph Taylor, 0',. W. G. Panter. G7. W. B. Kehre. OS. Samuel Perry. i 72. Heber A. Smith, D. O. Rldeout. 74. and 92. S. G. PIgman. 75. Seth Plxton. 77. H. Nordberg, Fred A. Cooper, Jr. 78. P. F. Roosa. Joseph Spence. 79 Louis Brlnghurst. SO. A. P. Mayben-y, Dr. Stranp. 2. A, T. Williams. ' l, 53. Isaac W. Coon. r 84. R. B. Deland. ' .. 3. David Mackay, . y SC. Eph Clawson. 7. Dan Harrington. , SS. David A. Smith. 1 9. T. R. Cutler. 91. John C. Sandberg. m 1 The Young Men's Republican club rooms presented a scene of great activity all day Saturday In preparation for tho big ratification .and rally, which la to bo given at Saltnlr Friday, August 25 Half a dozen committees, Secretary Acomb and a stenographer wore kept busy attending at-tending to preliminary details and pcr-' pcr-' feeling arrange- t? Lifl . . ments In tho varl- itnancation ous departments Into Committeo3 which tho gorat Aro Busy. under t a k I n g of y handling Republicans Republi-cans from every section sec-tion of Utah has been divided Representatives of tho club will today leave for various parts of tho Stato to advertise the rally and perfect arrangements arrange-ments for thc handling of tho excursion. Fred W. Prlco goes to Nophl. Jack Acomb to Park City. President P. P. Chrlstenson to Logan. C. S. Buckwalter. to Bingham. W. J. Lenker to Price. J. CI. Myers and A. Ti Edlot to Ogdon. From tho chairmen of tho Ropubllenn orranlzatlon nt nil of these and many other localities throughout tho Stato. tho reports thus far received Indicate that a constantly Increasing interest Is manuest and that thc delegations that will attond from out Hide points will exceed In number and slzo the previous expectations of tho executive commlttoo. , , Tho fact that Hon. W. E. Borah of Boise, Ida . Is to bo tho principal orator of the day. It Is believed, will prove a great drawing card. Mr. Borah's reputation reputa-tion as a forceful, able, eloquent and magnetic speaker Is known throughout the West and tho party workers of Utah welcome tho opportunity for a closer acquaintance with him. , A telegram from Olympla lasl night stated that tho order for clams had boon received and would be filled In time. Ihc idnm tmko will bo In charge of men who havo sorved an apprenticeship at this brnnch of tho culinary art anil will gratify the expectations of tho most fastidious. fa-stidious. The committee on music has arranged for thc Ropubllenn Qunrtette, which, with Llzzlo Thomas Edwards, as vocalist, and tho Utah Stato band, will furnish a musical programmo of suporlor excellence. excel-lence. The executive committee has named tho following as tho advertising committee, which will have charge of tho Important work of giving the rally proper publicity: W. L. Dunn, chairman; Henry Heath, George Wilson. Orson H Hewlett. Jo-soph Jo-soph MacKnlght. W. B. Booth. E. W Kelly. Fred C. Bnssett, O. F. Gatehouse. S. C. Wing. John Y Smith. Jr.. A. S. Reiser, W. L. Emery, A. L. Hamlin, Wright Pickering. William Edwards, A. A. Butler. W. H. Wilkinson and Byron Sperry. Tho following committee will have charge of all parado arrangements: B. Bailey Ba-iley wood, grand marshal; aides, Col. E--M. Allison. Gen. John Q. Cannon. Capt. J. Wash Young, Capt. Walter Shoup. Col J A. Nystrom. Co!-, John C. Mackay. Capt. F. G. Palmer. Col. James Devlne. Col. Jako Morltz and Capt. Joseph Chamberlain. Cham-berlain. The committee on speakers have decided to Invite Senators Kearns and Smoot Congressman Howell, former Congressman Congress-man Sutherland and tho Republican I nominee for Governor to deliver short speeches. i u I It was current Saturday that Sheriff Frank C Emery, llovenue Collector fal-llster fal-llster and State Treasurer J. D. Grov Dixon went to Ogden yesterday and promised prom-ised to withdraw C. A. Glazier for treasurer treas-urer If R. A. Moves would deliver hU Weber county friends to Cutler. A repoi t from Ogdon says this was attempted, hot that the delegates declined to bo traded Tho circumstance was communicated to Provo and Mr Gla-Will Gla-Will xer discussed the "Nor Rfx question of being wot -ue sacrificed for Cutler Sacrificed. freely with his ifrlcnds S a t u raday night. He , gave out the following fol-lowing concerning tho matter. That Insofar as his being culled of or withdrew from ' the race. he would neither bo called off nor would ho be withdrawn. Ho said ho Is now and would still continue to be a candidate for Stale Treasurer, all tho reports to the contrary notwithstanding. And ho did not bellovc his friends would thank him to do so, as ho had received letters and assurances that gavo him every reason to think he would win out. Ho says this Is emphatic and hopes It will sot at rest all rumors that may bo set afloat from now until the convention Is over. |