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Show Pvivgeivtpertiiveivt political joiivters & This will be the last number of The Western Weekly issued prior to the Republican state convention. Next Tuesday the war-liorses war-liorses and stalwarts of the party will gather in solemn conclave in the theatre and there name a state ticket. There will be a number of interesting fights on at the convention, conven-tion, one of which will revolve around the office of state treasurer. In fact the battle of the convention will be when nominations for that office are announced. Just what the outcome is going to be and who will be the victor is as yet a serious problem. Many forecasts have been made during the past few days, with this candidate or that named as the chosen one ; that he is on the slate ; that he has the support sup-port of this or that wing of the party. But that has not solved the problem, nor will the result be announced until after one of the hardest j- battles ever fought in a convention in this state is ended. (Geography will cut a wide swath in the battle, but this will be largely minimized in view of the fight that will come off in the W eber delegation. The Weberites will come with a split delegation. Part of it will be for Halverson for attorney-general, while the rest will be r for Mattson for state treasurer. Mattson claims the solid delegation while Halvorsen maintains he will control a majority. But whethcr-a solid or a split delegation, the whole matter will simmer down to the report of the committee on order of business If the old rule is followed out, the nominations will be in the following follow-ing order : Justice, congressman, three presidential electors, governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney-general, superintendent superintend-ent of public instruction. This is in the order in which the proclamation proclama-tion of the governor is couched. But if the order of business is changed by which the naming of the attorney-general precedes the nomination of the treasurer, it may break the slate and hurl the hopes of budding aspirants to the sweltering swel-tering asphalt. The candidates for all the offices before the convention are as follows: For justice, W. M. McCarty, M. A. Brecden; for Congress, Joseph Howell, P. P. Christensen; with Benner X. Smith as an eleventh-hour-compromise-dark-horse candidate ; presidential electors, no known avowed candidates ; for governor, William Spry, with strong probabilities of a dark horse being sprung at the eleventh hour; for secretary of state, C. S. Tingey, J. A. Edwards, Don Colton ; for auditor, audi-tor, Jesse Jewkes, Ivor Ajax, Walter Calderwood ; for treasurer, David Mattson, H. P. Myton, J. Parley White, H. L. Cummings, H. E. Smythe; for attorney-general, Willard Hanson, Harry J. Robinson, A. F. Barnes, C. S. Patterson, N. H. Tanner, George Halvorsen, John Murphy, John Baglcy ; for superintendent of public instruction, A. C. Nelson. Geography is well represented with eleven counties represented in candidates, out of the twenty-seven in the state. Geographical apportionment has undergone considerable change in view of the fact that Mr. Spry, who, it was first claimed would be charged to Tooele county, will now be charged to Salt Lake. There is no assurance yet that this claim will be denied, but if Mr. Spry hails from Salt Lake county it would make a difference in the chances of Ajax of Tooele, who aspires for the office of auditor. If Mr. Spry is charged to Tooele it would kill Ajax, but if Mr. Spry is charged to Salt Lake it would leave an open battle between the candidates for - auditor, to be charged from other sections of the state. I More depends on the outcome of the Weber fight than anything -S'else. If the treasurer is named from Weber, it may entirely change J the geographical line-up, but if, on the contrary Halvorsen is named as attorney-general it would settle Mattson, candidate for treasurer, and give other offices to the cow counties. Owing to the terrific fight that will be made in Salt Lake county, astute politicians are not averse to making more allowance for the outside counties, as the vote will be so close in Salt Lake county, that in case of defeat of the ticket, it would require a larger majority in the outside districts to overcome the effect of the reverse. The majority of the candidates for state offices are not considering consider-ing geographical distribution, basing this assumption on the fact that heretofore Salt Lake has had all the plums, maintaining that now the other counties ,-e entitled to more recognition. This feeling is accen-tuated accen-tuated by the ct that there are so many dissensions in the party, so many adverse elements to rings or combinations, that it may be necessary neces-sary to placate the outside counties in order to hold the heads of the ticket. That there will be a warm fight on for congressional honors is now assured. Mr. Howell claims he has the Cache delegation solid, but Mr. Christensen, his opponent, claims that this advantage will be largely overcome by reason of the support he will receive from the south, cast and west. In fact, Mr. Christcnsen's adherents maintain that Cache is not solid for HoweH'but that in view of the fact that their man also hails from Cache, he may receive more recognition there than he is given credit for. The fight for congressman is going to be a show in itself. Both Mr. Howell and Mr. Christensen have been making an open fight for some months, but lately a small boom has been started for Benner X. Smith of Salt Lake. Whether the sponsors of Mr. Smith hope to make him a compromise candidate is a question. Whether he I is strong enough to hope for anything as a receptive candidate is also a question. In view of the fact that his opponents have been making an open fight for so long and become so familiar to the voters and delegates it is claimed by the opponents of Mr. Smith that he stands little if any show. It is a fact that Mr. Smith was named to the state senate last election only through the personal efforts of the late O. J. Salisbury, who was at that time state chairman. Mr. Smith, after the convention j that named him had adjourned, said he did not know he was a caiuli- i date until he was informed that he was nominated. ; ' Such being the case, it resolves itself into a matter of his having the powers behind him this time. If he is slated for the position he may win, but if his candidacy is only an embryonic movement, merely j a sort of tickler to gauge the feeling of the members of the Republican Republi-can part)', Mr. Smith may see where it will be to his advantage not to make the race, until such time as he has made preparations for a careful, conscientious and earnest campaign. And now comes the announcement that "Col." Ed Loose is being groomed for state chairman, this against the budding hopes of those favored by other elements. Shame unto the bosses or ring or clique or faction or element that launched the name of the "Col.", loose on an unsuspecting public. Not content with making several kinds of monkeyshines of the poor colonel, now he must be handed a lemon in the shape of an office that means much labor, much condemnation, much experience, and the necessity of keeping his barrel wide open. Whether it is the fact that his barrel is badly needed that is the cause of this latest development, is not known. It has ahvays been known, however, that his barrel was a most important thing. In justice to Mr. Loose it must be said that he has stated he will not accept the chairmanship. His duties at home and in business will absolutely forbid him taking it. In addition, the colonel is not altogether satisfied satis-fied that he is being handed any honors for the sake of merit, but believes be-lieves it is more as a consolation prize. Those mentioned for state chairman, outside of Col. Ed Loose, are James Christiansen, at present state treasurer, James Dcvinc and Col. Wesley K. Walton. As Col. Walton is making an active campaign cam-paign to be returned to the senate it is said he will not be a candidate candi-date for the office of state chairman. Although the coming Republican state convention is the main topic of interest in political circles, yet the naming of officials for the county ticket is becoming an interesting one. It is generally conceded con-ceded that Joseph Sharp wll land the nomination for sheriff. Mr. ft Sharp has been an honest, efficient official as chief criminal deupty K to Sheriff Emery and will have the backing of all the workers of the party. For county clerk the names of Mrs. Margaret Zane Witcher, I Howard A. King and W. H. Farnsworth are" mentioned. Mrs. 1 Witcher is making a hard and strenuous fight, and as she was a deupty I in the office for several years, her friends declare she is fitted in every 1 way for the office. Basing their assumption on whatever sentiment tliere is in the matter, her friends maintain that inasmuch a the women of the state have been casting honest and loyal votes, without recompense, it is now time their sex should be represented. For county recorder there are Fred J. A. Jaques, F. C. Bassett and J. J. Myers. Each of the men named have a large following of ! friends, all of whom are working hard. For treasurer Jack Grocsbcck will likely succeed himself as will ' Frank Hegenbotham, county auditor. Amos Gabbott is mentioned as t a candidate for assessor, while Job P. Lyon is the only candidate for . county attorney and will likely pull down the r, m. V For the legislature and other offices there r number of candi- , : dates. '"' (Continued on Page 18.) ' . I Pertinent Politics I (Continued from Pago 13.) ML President John M. Hayes of the Young Men's Republican Club W has announced the appointment of the following committees of the C'U'J : ITT I Executive committee: First precinct, Julian Riley; second, J. J. Myers; third, T. A. Callistcr; fourth, John James; fifth, Will II. Fol- land. County outside of Salt Lake, Harry J. Robinson, Bingham ; C. A. Nicholas, Garfield. I House committee: First precinct, A. S. Reiser; second, 1 ctcr b. Condic; third, F. J. A. Jaqucs; fourth. M. II. Krcible; fifth, Job P. I Lyon. County outside of Salt Lake, D. M. Haigh, Murray; Dr. I. I E. Straup, Bingham. I Next Monday evening the Young Men's Republican Club will I give a smoker and reception to the delegates to the Republican state I convention, in the rooms of the club in the Atlas block. Everybody is invited and a good time assured all who attend. There will be only I an informal program, but there will be music, singing and a general good time. I The joke of the season! The great political joke of the century! I Here comes the American party club of Salt Lake and goes on I record as being opposed to the removal of the redlight district to the I west side. The club met last Tuesday evening and adopted severe I condemnatory resolutions, containing such expressions as: "It has H come to the attention of the American club of Salt Lake City that H a company lias been incorporated contrary to the laws of the state. H the ordinances of the city and as an offense against public decency." And at the meeting Frank I. Scfrit, manager of the Tribune, the party I organ, during the course of his remarks ancnt the resolution, and H speaking in favor of it said : "This was the first time since the matter H of the proposed establishing of a red light district had come up that the American party has had an opportunity to express itself against H any move toward the establishment of such a district." This is taken H verbatim from the Tribune. And yet that same paper contains an ar-H ar-H tide reporting a resolution of the city council as follows: H "We, your committee on municipal laws, beg leave to report as H follows, in the matter of petitions protesting against the contemplated 4 H moving of the red light district to the west side of the city : Yc report H that we find no authority in the law for the council or for any official H of the city to act favorably upon the matter of establishing such a dis- H trict in any part of the city and to take "any official action of the H establishment of such a district anywhere within the boundaries of B the city would be clearly a lawless act and a breach of the oath of H office in any official undertaking to establish such a district or con- I, nive at the establishment of the same," and follows it up with this H delectable bit of news, immediately following the city council rcso- H1 lution: "After several weeks' delay the council took up and acted H upon the protests against the removal of the district presented to it by H west sidcrs. The committee on municipal laws, with which the pro-tests pro-tests had been for weeks, recommended that the petitions be filed and its report was unanimously adopted." H Ye shades of Apollo and of Lyre. What does it mean? And yet H the Tribune has been reporting the progress of the work on the H West side for weeks; it reported the incorporation of the company, H which is headed by some Mrs. Topham, which that paper referred H to as "Belle London, a notorious woman of Ogden," and even the H American party building inspector issued a building permit weeks ago for this work to go. on. Yet now, at this late day the Tribune, the American party, Frank I. Sefrit and the members of that party find out it is going on, and that it should not go on. It is so palpably a poor bid for the votes of those who arc pro-testing pro-testing against the moving of the district that the lack of good faith shown all along in the matter should prevail sufficiently to show what a thin structure it is on which an' ephemercal plea is based. P. P. Christcnscn, candidate before the Republican state conven-Hon conven-Hon for congress, has opened up magnificent headquarters in the Kenyon hotel, which he will maintain until after convention. Some wise politicians arc saying that Internal Revenue Collector Ed. Callister will not take a very pronounced interest in this cam- . paign or be active in politics this fall. They say that some party leaders have taken exception to his aggressiveness. If this is true one of the shrewdest, cleverest, most astute and able politicians that any party in this state can boast of will be missing. Mr. Callister's friends' of course all swear by him, while his enemies give him credit for being a hard and determined fighter, and he usually fights in the open-at that. However, if this dope is anything like the story about Col. Ed. Loose dropping out of politics, it would seem that Mr. Cal lister must be slated for some important executive position in his party. The result of the Republican primaries in this city last Thursday evening has proven a surprise to Republicans generally. It has been generally supposed that the ring was in control of Salt Lake county. But according to Mr. Christensen, he will have the majority of the . 4, Salt Lake county delegation as against Mr. Howell. On top of this comes the word from different sections of the state that many, if not the majority of the delegations are anti-machine, while the greater portion of the remainder arc uninstructed. With such a condition confronting con-fronting the Republican convention next Tuesday, it looks as if slates will be smashed all to pieces. It is being freely circulated about Salt Lake that there will be a determined and spirited effort to ignore the machine entirely. There is a persistent rumor to the effect that a dark horse candidate will be sprung for governor, a man who has been free in the past from machine politics. Then with the nomination of Christensen for congress, there will be other changes. It is said that some of the candidates who have been told they have been selected for preferment, will have their faith and hopes cruelly punctured. ii The fight for state auditor has practically simmered down to be- , tween Ajax of Tooele and Calderwood of Summit. With Spry, who is making the race for governor, charged to Salt Lake, it leaves Tooele representation in the person of Ajax. Politicians figure that logically and geographically the office should go to Tooele county. From present indications James Christiansen will be named as state Republican chairman. Mr. Christiansen is a bright, clever young Republican, a man who would represent every clement, without fear or favor. He enjoys the confidence of business men and politicians. |
