Show THE POLITICAL ARENA t J Wells Is Gradually Losing Strength Among Republicans At W IVINS FOR GOVERNOR STRONG SEXTIMEXT STARTED FOR BIIt HERE LAST lIGHT Believed He VI1I Accept the Xomin ntion at the llanrts of His Party Ogden Standard Says Crane Was g Defeated Br TrcacltcryTrilmnes S Continued AttacJcsSlinority Men bern of the Utah Com 111ssion Repudiate Re-pudiate the PlatformDemocrat 10 Possibilities For County Superintendent Su-perintendent of Sclioola Before this campaign is over tht Republicans Re-publicans will have some very important impor-tant truths impressed upon their memories mem-ories They will learn that popularity in certain directions does not always mean popularity before the voters They will learn that the power to act well the governors part on the stage does not mean that the man can successfully suc-cessfully create the part in real life Above all they will learn that a I fierce light beats upon the man who I aspires to high places In his moreL more-L humble walk he might be considered the prince of good fellows he might V be considered a capable business man Yet of popularity or at the acme when he desires to rise above his position po-sition into something of far greater importance then even his friends will begin to regard him in a new way I failings that have never before left an impression will be magnlfr a Virtues Vir-tues that sufficed for his former condition con-dition will be minimized His whole appearance before the people will be changed Criticism that was never before leveled at him will have free scope and will be allowed to dwell on those things which would unfit him to succeed in his ambitions Will Grow Weaker Heber M Wells will grow weaker from this time on said a prominent politician yesterday On election day he will be just as nice a fellow He J will be just as clean He will have just as many friends He will be as popular as a young business man He will attract as much applause when he goes on the stage But he will have shown that he is not yet experienced enough to undertake the duties of the first governor of the stat of Utah That is an office which will test the I full power of the brainiest man The governor must guide the state during I I S the first years of its development have a heavy part in shaping the legislation and In carrying out the various laws To take a young man with no previous pre-vious experience in an executive department de-partment with no foundation of good practical principles of government one who has kept out of touch with the vital questions in the state for some years as Wells certainly has and put V him into the office would be a misfortune V misfor-tune Tins Democratic Nominee Talk about Wells opponent was still very common yesterday There was A no settled idea as to just who y auld be nominated Moses Thatcher was I pushed forward to a great extent But it is known that his health would not allow him to take upon himself the onerous burdens of governor The senatorship is the only oflice his ft friends would advise him to take George W Thatcher was also men I tioned However the possible candidacy candi-dacy of Moses Thatcher for the senate sen-ate would cause him to refuse the nomination Brigham Young for rea Ions best known to himself but evident evi-dent to those acquainted with conditions condi-tions was announced as being unable I to run R C Lund of St George has business interests that must suffer Richard W who has been i1 Young mentioned I men-tioned has told his friends he could j not accept The talk during the afternoon therefore S there-fore narrowed down to a great extent to Anthony W Ivins of St George While Mr Ivins is not seeking the L fC nomination and his business interests q would suffer if he accepted still his fri ° nds do not < Joubt that if the nomination nom-ination were offered to him as the voice of the party he would accept and make a good strong campaign At some of the city caucuses last evening even-ing there was a great deal of enthusiasm enthu-siasm for him as he combines all the points of strength alleged in favor of Heber M Wells with a better acquaintanceship ac-quaintanceship with publis affairs and a record showing the position would not be too large for him It looks as though a far reaching boom will t e I started for him before the convention meets III Republican Harmony Republican harmony seems to be one of those iridescent dreams mentioned men-tioned by John J Ingalls The Tri i bune yesterday continued Its attack on Crane declaring that the Tribune had downed the corrupt element of the party The Crane men yesterday f were up in arms against this proposItion propo-sition They declared that it was such an insult as they could not afford to stand without some protest They are now more determined than ever to fight the Tribune The extent of this idea is shown by an Ogden Standard editorial reading as follows Hon Chas Crane was yesterday defeated defeat-ed in the house of his friends Men who owed their exalted positions to Crane proved recreant to his cause Charles Crane was defeated by those whom he trusted by those in whom he believed by those whom he had honored by those who had promised him support by those who held the cup of promise to his lips nnd broke It to his heart All the tricks and schemes known to politics were ex hausted by unscrupulous tricksters to accomplish the defeat of Mr Crane but while they accomplished their selfish designs de-signs in defeating Crane they suffered a greater calamity In having their own can didate A L Thomas laid on the tlaugli tr blocks and completely annihilated In fact ho was not even considered as a possible candidate This utter defeat for the Tribune must be humiliating Indeed It has at last been taught that Its lying sheet has no longer influence in Utah Repudiate Calumny I The minority members of the Utah Commission wish it distinctly understood under-stood that the insulting denunciation of the Utah commissIon in the Republican Republi-can state platform does not meet with their approval They do not think there is any right to charge the Demo yAratic members ii such a way and believe that in the endeavor to be partisan par-tisan Allen and his committee went very far into the realms of the imaginary im-aginary S Superintendent of Schools The Cffht for the control of Salt Lake county outside the city will be very interesting this year The Republicans Re-publicans claim that they have a safe woikfns majority and could elect a yellow dog on their ticket They had nearly 700 last fall and actually have the presumption to claim that this will 1 o increased next November They are however counting without their ftosts The reform county court of this county Jias effectually settled any S aajoriiy they might have had even if he return of better times Tkg not been r S iasJ4 or rigwtQ Jiaa 106 > oS 0 a i J i M i i tWUkitmfWM WiiMimMJIiilfrmiwm mmniil < mi a set of harness a horse cow or other valuable thing svflll willingly blame his loss onto the incompetency of the county court and its failure to give a proper compensation to the sheriff The outside county is thoroughly disgusted dis-gusted with the salary grabbers who form the county court There is a thorough determination to teach the Republican party a lesson and to defeat de-feat its candidates whenever It is shown that they are not fit to l > e trusted with the direction of the peoples peo-ples affairs Outside of Salt Lake the county is certainly Democratic and the city itself is not at all certain to go Republican under present conditions o Democratic Candidates There will be a race for the Democratic Demo-cratic nomination for superintendent of public instruction Charlie Short the Republican nominee is giving a great deal of dissatisfaction throughout through-out the county He is a carpet bagger having but recently removed to Farmers ward from Park City He has no particular interests in this county and is merely one of the office seekers who have come here because they think it is possible for them to be elected in such a supposedly safe Republican county Carpet baggers will get but small favor from the honest hon-est people in the outside county and any attempt to come here and get revenue will bring defeat The two chief candidates on the Democratic side are Oscar Van Cott and Horace Cummings Oscar Van Cott would make a good fight against Short right in his own precinct He has been born and raised in Farmers wars and is teaching school thereafter there-after having graduated from the University Uni-versity He is well and favorably known all over the county For five years he has taught school successfully and will make a good superintendent Professor Cummings is another Utah boy who Is not a carpet bagger He is 37 years old and has lived in Salt Lake city and county for about threefourths of that time He worked to educate himself at the University and graduated gradu-ated in the normal course He began his teaching in East Mill Creek He taught in several wards in Salt Lake and the B Y College at Logan For the last four years he has been principal prin-cipal of the Central Seminary in East Mill Creek a high school supported by the wards in the southern part of the county Last year he took the degree of bachelor of letters at the University and has been engaged to teach there this year in the normal training school Xomlnute n Laboring Man The board of labor has taken action in the matter of presenting a name to the Democratic convention for nomination nomi-nation on the legislative ticket The Herald is in receipt of the following communication on this subject The organized labor of the city and county have determined to present to the Democratic convention the name of G A Whittaker for legislative honors Mr Whittaker is an honest son of toil and has filled many positions posi-tions of honor and trust among the labor element of the city He is a true Democrat and is in every way competent compe-tent to fill the position He is a ready debater a man of firm convictions and enjoys the respect and confidence of all who know him If nominated he will add strength to the ticket and win the support of the entire labor element ele-ment R G SLEATER STEPHEN TYNE E C DAVIS i Committee S Sew Colored Paper The Broadax is the name of a new colored paper the initial number of which came out yesterday It is Democratic Dem-ocratic and gives some very good advice ad-vice to the colored voters It points to the defeat of Bruce Johnson as an example of the love borne for the negroes ne-groes by the Republican party In the opening address Mr Julius F Taylor the editor < says There is no logical reason why a colored man should be a Republican any more than he should be a Mormon a Methodist or a Baptist It is time the colored people peo-ple should act from reason and not from impulse and prejudice This is an active age new questions have arisen the old have passed away and if we keep pace with the progress of the ape we must deal with live questions and not with those that are dead and buried As long as the colored people align themselves with any political party for no other reason than for a prejudice or for a sentiment sen-timent so long they show to the world they are not as broadminded and intelligent intelli-gent a class of people as they ought to be and must be before they are entitled to tho recognition they deserve Tribune Eats Crow And now comes the authenticated tale that although the Tribune gang is putting on a tface f of rejoicing over the nomination of Heber M Wells the fact is that never was the knife plunged deeper into the vitals of the organization Readers of The Herald have read that the Oquirrh club will ratify the selections made in the convention at the theatre next IMonday evening Inasmuch I In-asmuch us the club won a victory in I the convention even in the selection of Mr Wells it was meet and proper it should ratify As soon as this determination deter-mination was reached the chairman of the organization called upon the chairman chair-man of the territorial committee Mr George M Cannon and informed > him I of the determination of the association associa-tion Mr Cannon professed to be very much pleased at the action of the society so-ciety He admitted that the territorial committee was not fixed financially I that it could not afford to go to the expense of hiring the theatre a band and all that sort of thing and congratulated congrat-ulated the Oquirrh boys on the fact that they were Heber M Wells too was delighted to think the Oquirrh would get together and celebrate his selection Other candidates smole broad smiles in anticipation of the coming event McCallum hustled for brass bands Fred Dennis wrote poetical circulars I of Invitation Bloor rustled around and secured < the theatre and the other I members scoured the town for banners ban-ners and other decorations and did other little odd jobs calculated to make the affair a grand success Just as the enthusiasm had reached its height just when joy had donned her red dress preparatory to doing do-ing the unconfined waltz George M Cannon came in with his face a little longer than usual He was sorry he said to learn there were objections to the club holding a meeting such as was projected MteCallum with that bland and childlike smile which serves as the i velvet for the claw underneath asked who objected Well ahem began the chairman chair-man there are several You see it is regarded as a sort of a Tammany affair af-fair and ahahah well there is You need say no more interpolated interpolat-ed McCallum I knaw where the objection ob-jection comes from without your naming nam-ing the balance Here the claw was displayed to an alarming extent Mr Cannon this club is not a Tammany organization It was formed for the purpose of furthering the Interests of the entire Republican party a work that it is doing the best it knows how The chairman of the city committee has cooperated < with us the chairman of the county committee has worked with us in this matter and we ratify We ratify We ratify The 800 members of this club stand as a wall behind the members of the executive committee com-mittee which has the ratification in hand I repeat we ratify And as a result the club will hold its meeting just the same From the responses which are being received from leading Republicans it appears that it will be a success from a Republican Re-publican standpoint But it is easy to see where the objection ob-jection came from Although the Tribune Trib-une claims a victory for the gang in the nomination of Heber M Wells it is a fact that members of the Oquirrh club saw a chance to do a little fine work in the interest of uniting the warring factions and made the selection selec-tion The Tribune wants to claim all the credit and is jealous of the strong organization which has fed it the largest and most nauseating dose of crow any aggregation ever swallowed and it is with a wry face the outfit is taking its dose |