Show BAD fAITH IS Es CHARGED BY MATTSON Much Bitterness Shown by Re Republican Republican Republican publican Candidates on Eve of State Convention CHRISTENSEN HOPES HE MAY DEFEAT HOWELL ORDER OF NOMINATIONS MAY DETERMINE THE RESULT Hes a fine man I despise him This was the tenor of ot the remarks cir circulated circulated last night around the headquarters of or the Republican candidates who will wilt have e their names presented to the Republican convention today toda The fight will be a most bitter one and the result at least for tor the nomination for congress congressman man will depend largely on the order of ot business decided upon by the committed committe this morning Howell depends largely on 11 carrying the convention with him on the first ballot and with this Ibis object In view desires that the order of ot business s place the naming of or electors first with the congressional nomination second and the gubernatorial nomination third followed by b tho the re remainder remainder of or the state offices The Christensen forces feeling that Howell has made pledges fledges which he will wiil willbe willbe be unable to fulfill to the other candi candidates candidates candidates dates for state offices demand that the nomination for congressman be placed last on the order ord r of ot business in order that the delegates delegate who have received promises of or support from the Howell fac mc faction faction tion may ma have hac a chance to see whether the Howell forces mean to fulfill their thel pledges or not Weber Wants Mattson The real balance of ot power lies with the Weber county delegation This delegation delegation tion comprising votes has come down to the convention with the I sole purpose of ot securing the tha nomination of oC state treasurer for Cor David Mattson They neither know nor care whether Howell or Christensen be nominated ii if I they can secure the nomination for Cor treas tress for Weber county It has been the hope of ot the machine facton facCon that they would be able to put the th Weber eber county delegation off oCt with the attorney general generalship generalship generalship ship but this hope has been absolute v destroyed by the statement from Judge TUde John D Murphy Murph that he lie Is for Mattson first last and all the time and that he will absolutely not accept the nomination for Cor attorney attorn e general J T E Bagley Bagle has also declared himself as being more than willing wilting to withdraw It If the nomination for Cor attorney attorn e general he be banded rut cut ut as a stop stopgap stopgap stopgap gap to satisfy the demands of oC Weber eber county for the This leaves leavea but one candidate for attorney general from Weber county Halvorsen who ho can cannot cannot cannot not control his own delegation and who h may ma safely be neglected as a possibIlIty Mattson says sas he lu received r the assurance that he would be supported by the ma machine machine machine chine and this was the program laid out until Monday Monda afternoon At that time Hmo pressure was brought to bear on the How Ilow Howell Howell ell eli crowd and Mattson was unconditionally ally turned down by the machine in favor f ur of oC J Parley Parle White The impetus behind this movement was not hard to find findS W WS WS S McCornick whose bank hank has had the th custody of oC the state funds since the pres present present ent incumbent has been state treasurer showed a decided disinclination to seeing the very ver profitable state funds fund trans transferred erred to tooan toan an Ogden bank and attended the informal caucus held In the Wilson VUon hotel lobby hobby lobb In person Although he de devoted devoted devoted voted most of ot his conversation to C S the machine candidate for secre secretary tarv tary tat of oC state there was no doubt as to the candidate In whose interests he lie was present White is supported by b o a ma majority majority majority of or the Salt Lake county count delegation because of ot the fact that Mattson might transfer the state funds to Ogden Says He Was Betrayed Mattson was as loath to believe belle that he ha had been betrayed by the machine man managers managers managers agers but the talk of oC the support given White was so public that he lie was unable to overlook It After fter a conference with Mr Howell late last night Mr Mattson announced that he did not trust the as assurances assurances assurances of ot the machine and that they would be forced to deliver the goods to him before beCore he would turn over oer the We Vo Weber Weber ber county delegation to Howell Sev Several Several eral erat proposed trades Including a proposed consolidation between Christensen and Mattson attson j discussed last night but no definite coalition was formed both parties waiting for the announcement of ot the order of business The Weber county delegation state that they the will not be put oft off with the at attorney attorney attorney torney generalship and that it must be bethe bethe bethe the nomination for tor treasurer or nothing with them Chairman Kuchler and Dele Delegate Delegate gate Hendershot both state that they the are ara against the machine They say that they have used every evet effort to forestall the encroachments of at the thc American party In Weber county count and that in return they have seen the church candidates take out of ot elective and appointive offices In Weber county Christensen Has Small Chance A close canvass of ot the Christensen forces Corces last lost night showed that he needs but votes to secure the nomi nomination nomination nation Should an alliance be formed be between between between tween Chistensen and Mattson It will un undoubtedly undoubtedly give ghe Christensen the nomina nomination nomination nomination tion for congress With Murphy and Bagley out of ot th thrace the therace therace race and with Halvorsen overlooked the therace therace therace race for attorney general lies between Barnes and Robinson both of ot Salt Lake LakeI I Senator Sutherland has laid special stress upon the necessity of or carrying Bingham In the coming election and It is possible that Robinsons strength in the mining town may give him the nomination The nomination for or state auditor was traded about by the machine several times during the day Ajax vho who has been slated for the nomination was turned down for Cor Calderwood who had a t larger delegation but late in the even evening evenIng evening ing Whispering Bill Bm Spry demanded that Ajax AjaC be again given the support of or orI the machine alleging that as he came cams I from Crom Tooele county he must receive his support and In addition It I was advisable to have bave at least one Gen Cen Gentile Gentile Centile tile on tho the ticket Little doubt Is entertained as ius to the ilie theL I I L Continued on Page 2 l BAD FAITH IS CHARGED BY MATTSON Continued from Page 1 nomination of or for secretary of state McCarthy as justice of or the su en supreme supreme preme court and Nelson as superintendent of or schools Alma Eldredge with Insurgent blood pounding fiercely In his veins declared his Intention ot of nominating Jesse Tesse M 11 Smith for governor Benner X Smith will also bt b placed In nomination for congressman and should the early ballots show weakness upon the part port of either the Howell or ChrIs Chrls ChrIstensen Christensen forces may gather in some few votes Officers Are Chosen The state Republican committee at its meeting held last night decided on the temporary officers and these officers will willbe willbe willbe be made permanent by the convention The list was compiled complied with the Idea of ot saving time in deciding on the perma permanent permanent nent organization The list follows Chairman Senator George Sutherland first vice Ice chairman E W VIP V Robinson of or Cache county second vice chairman Mo Moslah Mosiah Io siah Evans of Box Elder county third vice chairman Samuel Judd of Wash Washington WashIngton Washington ington county count fourth vice chairman John F Chidester of ot Sevier county sec see secretary secreta reta G M Jorgensen of or Wasatch W satch coun county county county ty first assistant secretary E B T Jones of or Utah county second assistant secre secretary secretary tary A B of ot Weber county third assistant secretary secreta W J T Seely Seel of or Emery county fourth assistant secretary C Dennis White of or Beaver Deaver county fifth assistant secretary Henry Stehle of ot Da Du Davis DuIs Davis vis Is county sixth assistant secretary E EE EE EE E Sprague of or Plute Piute county count arms arias B B D Mann Iann of Salt Lake county first assistant Willard Pace of or Wayne Vayne county count second assistant Thomas Sevy of ot Gar Oar Garfield Garfield field county third assistant arms O 0 M 11 Porter of Morgan county fourth assistant James Clawson of ot Sanpete county count fifth assist assistant assistant assistant ant Enos EloS Bennion of or Uintah county count chaplain Rev Re J E Carver of Weber county After these gentlemen had been named It was wa moved that the remaining delegates del gates to the con convention convention convention be made assistant chaplains but the motion was lost presumably because the chair knew the past records of ot most of ot the delegates Alma Eldredge made an Impassioned plea for tor purity In politics In the state committee meeting but although his speech resounded through the corridors It produced little effect on the callous committeemen For Railroad Commission H Alma Reiser will introduce oa a resolution resolution I tion in the convention demanding a n rail rall railroad railroad road commission This resolution was ex cx expected expected by the railroad men and D S Spencer and other Short Line workers were prominent among the gathering of delegates d urging opposition to the resolution resolution resolution tion The resolution reads as ns follows tollow Whereas It Is our belief bellet that proper regulation of ot railroads and railroad trat traffic tic fic Is of or the utmost Importance and Is In fn Inseparably inseparably linked with the material wel web welfare welfare fare of Utah and Whereas It is our belief that each state should have hao a voice in such regu regulation lation be it Resolved Resoled That we the Republicans of Utah in convention assembled pledge our ourselves ourselves selves elves and the executive officers of or the state to the support of oc a measure establishing establishing lishing a railroad commission commissions Postmasters Are Plentiful In spite of or the regulations of the post postoffice postoffice office department there are at least four Cour postmasters named among the dele delegates delegates gates of ot the th convention which will as assemble assemble a today toda Most of oC these men come as the leaders of their respective delegations delegations delegations and with the expectation of ot con controlling controlling controlling trolling at least a part of ot their delegation del gatlon In support of ot the federal crowd headed b by Smoot Sutherland Spry Sp Callister and Anderson The names of these postman postmasters are aro as follows A Hansen of ot Eph Ephraim Ephraim raim Sanpete county A A Johnson Fairview Sanpete county Rufus RuCus Adams Layton Davis county E Eo R Booth Ne Nephi Nephi phi Juab county F R B Lyman Oak City Millard county count L W Anderson Brig Brigham Brigham Brigham ham Box Elder county Frann Frans L Chase Chose Centerville Davis county B D F Boothe Brigham City Box Elder county alter alternate alternate alternate nate Joseph Odell Odd Logan Cache county John lohn A Latham atham Wellsville Cache coun county co n nty ty tv Neils Nells Sevier county count Stephen W Ross Lehl Lehi Utah county Samuel Judd St StGeorge George Wash W Washington sh ington county Peter Martin Park City Summit county In addition to these thesel Daniel Helmer Heimer and Israel Call who are q brothers of or postmasters at Morgan City and Bountiful are delegates Howell will be bo nominated In the conven tion by Carl Badger of ot Salt SaIl Lake and will be he seconded by b E W Robinson R ot of Logan Christensen will probably be nominated by Rev Re P A Simpkin and will be seconded by b Judge Hatch of Summit county and Pratt of or Tooele and Fife of or Salt Lake |