Show DRIVING IN THE WEDGE Thirteen men nine of whom were present on proxies and all calling themselves the Republican committee for Salt Lake county have formally form llly decided that no man who votes against Harry Harr Joseph nay may call himself a Re Republican Republican publican Of course the resolutions are not worded that way but that is s the intent of or the action aimed at the Insurgents who decline to act with the Smoot machine in party part affairs Now the question arises what constitutes constitutes constitutes a Republican in this county The Themen Themen Themen men read out of the ranks and reprimanded reprimanded reprimanded for daring to organize a pro proU U test against me machine arc are an au prom prominent promInent prominent in their party they the all vote their ticket straight and the most conspicuous of them have been elected to rep represent represent represent resent their party in the state legisla legislature legislature legislature ture Their sole offense is a most nat natural natural natural ural objection to being classed with men like Joseph and an aversion to being run over by the Smoot machine machineLike machIneLike machineLike Like most American citizens they thc believe they the have a right to express their theirs sentiments right out In open meeting and they have had hall the temerity to work for the defeat of the machine within the party To a rank outsider the resolutions of ot the county committee look like a joke or else a aple apiece piece e of bitter sar sarcasm sarcasm sarcasm It the he Republican party in Utah has got to the stage where a man manlike manlike manlike like Joseph can crowd out of at the party such men as rove Love and Lawrence anti and Park and Benner Smith because they opposed his appointment to a state offee of office 0 fice fee then the Republican party has taken a long lon step toward final dissolution dissolution dissolution tion and defeat Viewed in that light the Joseph may ma possibly be regarded as a public benefactor be because because because cause the machine which he represents is certainly as obnoxious to the major majority majority ity It of its own voters as it is to every everybody everybody I body bod else who has had occasion to watch the effect of its management on the affairs of the state If it can pro proscribe proscribe proscribe scribe such leaders lenders as as are attacked by bythe bythe bythe the resolutions of the committee it is in a fair way to write Its own on doom and give decent politics a chance I Joseph is only an incident in the pro program program program gram the nub of the situation is in inthe Inthe inthe the willingness of his masters to drive from the party part the few tew men of stand standing standIng standIng ing who were willing to tolerate almost anything rather than desert the regu regular regUlar regular lar organization Democrats natural naturally ly enjoy the fray fra portending as It does another split in an already al eady demoralized party part and the chance to w win the sup support supPort support port of the better element of the opposition opposition opposition as well as of all that large part of ot the community which is sick and lUred tired of ot the arrogant intolerance of the machine and its leaders The day of the Josephs and and has been long in the theland theland theland land but It H is drawing to a close and nothing could hasten its end quite so I rapidly as Just such resolutions aJ as the committee adopted |