Show THREATS TO GO BACK New Republican Converts Dissatisfied Dis-satisfied with What They Find Claimios That a Disposition Is ManIfest ta Mare Ilicm Eat Top Much RIm Crow There was as much excited conferring whispering and rushing about in Republican Republi-can circles yesterday as though the G O P were in the last throes of dissolution or Wiley Brown had removed his allegiance to the party The commotion was due to a variety of causes The first was a notice in THE HERALD that Jim Devine had captured tomorrows to-morrows convention for Frank Cannon j tile second was the well authenticated report re-port that Varian Van Home and other recent re-cent converts who are not yet thoroughly acclimated to the new conditions had issued is-sued a pronunciamento to the effect that they could not support Frank Cannon if he were nominated These disturbing influences however how-ever were us nothing compared to the receipt of a very private and confidential confi-dential communication from a strong delegation dele-gation of the erring Republican brethren In the Liberal ranks This communication so the best informed reports agree laid u down very vigorously that Liberal Republicans Republi-cans had been carefully watching the straight Republican movement and had felt confident that somo man whom all true Republicans could vote for would be put up for Congress Now however It looks as though there wore danger of a man being nominated who would divide Republicans more widely than ever Briefly if the straights felt inclined to make a new deal all arouna defer Thursdays convention call a new one and invite Liberal Lib-eral Republicans in then they the Liberal Republicans would see that no Liberal territorial convention was held this fall All of which means that if Frank Cannon Can-non is nominated there will be a Liberal ticket in the field If not and a man acceptable ac-ceptable to both wings is put up the Liberal Lib-eral convention will be called off Among the probable acoeptablea are named O J Salisbury Judge Zane George A Lowte or W H Dickaou Just how the straights took this intimation inti-mation THE HERALD reporter not being in their confidence is unable to say This much was freely whispered among the elect however that the convention was tot close at hand to be deferred Some delegates del-egates were already in town and many others were on the way The disposition was to do everything possible to placate 1 the Liberal brethren and may be if Frank Cannons retirement would answer why then the straights would see what could be done about it At any rate it was I arranged that a very private meeting should be held last evening to talk it over Every one realizes however that the situation is a delicate one and here are some of the difficulties First Will i be possible to down Cannon Can-non He is In the position of the racehorse in the lead in the home stretch and now to ask him to pull up and let some other horse I precede him under the wire will some of his friends think ba asking just a little too much Those who know Cannon best say he will refuse to back out Second What assurance have the I straights that the LIberal brethern can I J deliver the goods It Is said that it can only be done by the Liberals announcing to their rank and file that the fight for the county treasury will be made just the same as ever this fall and tbat they only abandon the national fight on account of the impossibility of getting get-ting any lamb to offer himself as 1 burnt offering Whether this will go down with the great rantankerous unwashed that makes up the rank and file of the grand old Liberal party today may well be < doubted Third Where does Judge Powers the chairman of the territorial Liberal committee I com-mittee come ml What about the Tusca roras Are they to be handed over as part of the merchandise in the deal Judge Powers who has just returned from a trip to Lincoln Neb to confer with W H Irvine said last evening to a HERALD reporter that he know nothing of the reported re-ported deal and that the Liberal territorial terri-torial convention would be called for Oct is or 9 |