Show REACTION HAS SET IN Republicans Making An Effort to Hedge On Hanna PARTISANS ARETALKED TO U THEY DECLINE TO SAY MUCH IN RETURN Allen Cannot See Anything of Silver I the Republican Declaration Provo Enquirer Defines The Paryt Position Candidates Are Shy and Fear the Result A sort of reaction set in yesterday and the Republicans whO had been somewhat rattled over the publication of the Hanna letter decided that something must be done to counteract the effects of the same and get in condition for the campaign The Tribune set a lot of reporters working on interviews with members of the party and this morning the result of their labors will be made manifest Not a very heavy grist is expected The vel Republicans did not like to say much The question What do you think of the Hanna I Han-na letter and thb answers thereto reminded re-minded one of the story of the German I who for some offense gave his son a threshing The Teuton laid it on the I young man until the juvenile ached in every ev-ery joint and when he had finished he threw the sobbing urchin away from him I with the remark Dere you tam rascal now vat you links tnks tont tinks noting was the sniffling I answer Yah put you do You finks tarn me Now I licks you for dat That was about the frame of mind the aboQt I interviewed were in when asked What do you think of the Hanna letter I However some of them talked Take i Hon C E Allen for instance He sam what he thought of the letter in plain terms declaring it was no more tnan lie expected and that Miller was right when he wanted to know what Mr Banna expected ex-pected of the faithful out in this neck of the woods That is Mr Miller was politically right from his standpoint Of course monometallism Mr Allen does not believe in gold Mr Allen also took occasion to say a few words concerning the platform promulgated pro-mulgated by Mr Thomas and his committed com-mitted They ask Republicans to endorse en-dorse the administration and if that does not mean a approval of the policy relating re-lating to finance what does it mean Then Mr Allen smole a smile and went Into the office of the CentennialEureka and began some work which he had been contemplating for some timeS I < time-S > 4 > < The telephones were working yesterday between this city and the outside and after t ltho dt ter a wait of 24 hours the Ertquirer comes to the front with an editorial expression on the Hanna letter I must have been that the phones were not working right for the Enquirer says The Republicans of Utah are willing to stand on the St Louis platform and they are opposed to the depreciated currency I cur-rency which would inevitably follow the adoption of such a system of finance as outlined in the Chicago platform In the words of the St Louis platform the Republicans I Re-publicans of Utah are unalterably opposed op-posed to every measure calculated to debase de-base our currency or impair the credit of our country But they are not opposed to the free coinage of silver by agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world and they stand committed to the promotion of free coinage of silver I when not calculated to debase the cur rency of this country Either the Enquirer is wrong or Mr I Thomas and his committee have made a mistake Mr Thomas and his committee officially promulgate the following senti ofci al promulgate folowing sent ment in the call for the election of delegates dele-gates All who believe In silver protection protec-tion and reciprocity and In working for these vital interests within the Republican Repub-lican party and who endorse the magnificent nificent record of President William McKinley Ivlnley in his conduct of public affairs are invited to participate in the primaries maries After reading the declaration of the Enquirer En-quirer one would be prompted to say that Mr Thomas and his committee should have amended the above to read All wno beleve in silver by international agreement agree-ment etc etc etc The Enquirer winds up its article with The Enquirer has stood on the platform plat-form of the national convention at St Louis believing that it was in the fullest sense bimetallic in its teachings We have pointed our readers to the effects of Independent Inde-pendent free coinage in other countries such as Mexico and China and haves I have-s own by statistics that this country would be unable to bring all of the depreciated de-preciated silver or the world up to a parity par-ity with gold At the same time we have said that when the time should come as come it must that leadings commercial nations of the world are ready torecog nize silver then this country must join them for free coinage TJiat will be the stand for the Republicans of the west to take this year and if that is coming in conflict with the national chairman we shall feel sorry but we feel that it is not in conflict with the St Louis platform plat-form The Enquirer being the champion of the McKinley party in this state at present it is presumed this expression is author ity and that at the state convention a declaration will be made in accord therewith there-with And this Is what people expect if the statements of members of the party can be relied upon The Republican party in Utah will nat declare for free coinage I coin-age of silver but will say We are for age Sliver with an international agreement flver 000 I An attempt to carry out this programme will meet with some opposition when the convention meets But it will go through I for the federal officeholders and men who expect something at the hands of the administration ad-ministration will persist in obeying the I behests of the chairman of the national committee This Is expected by all who I are familiar with the situation There I are some who will fight the plan but the best they can hope for will be a compromise I com-promise There will be no declaration In favor of the free coinage of silver or even limited coinage except by international I agreement The party is pledged to maintain main-tain the gold standard until such time as other nations see fit to let us let go and the Utah Republicans are going to be inline in-line t The publication 4 of the Hanna letter has had a very soothing effect on the aspirations aspira-tions of candidates for office on the Republican i Re-publican ticket I is understood that no one wi accept the nomination for congress I con-gress with the exception of General Taylor who proposes I to stan by tne j flag and make the race Nearly all the aspirants for the justice ship of the supreme court have decided to withdraw and give the nomination to Judge Zane who they claim is better I balance fitted to be defeated than any or all of the Inadvertantly this paper c said a short time ago that Henry Peer was being I urged to run for the lower house of the legislature It should have read upper house meaning the state senate Mr Peery has a large following who are I backing him for the place v sHam o Ham Naylor is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the office of county sheriff Several of his friends have requested him to run for the place and he has consented to make the race c2nsent J I is a long time before t the state convention con-vention of the Democratic party will beheld be-held but the friends of the candidates are working with a view to advance the interests I in-terests of their respective champions Harris Evans Smoot Nebeker RIdeout I and the others who have been suggested will each have a following in the convention I conven-tion tionNo < I No action has been taken concerning the selection of an executive committee for the silver Republicans and no meeting of the committee has been called with a view to promulgating a call for a state convention con-vention it is understood the powers that be are awaiting the return of Senator Cannon from the east i 4 Several Republicans were heard to remark re-mark yesterday that The Heralds Washington Wash-ington dispatch to the effect that the Hanna letter was written for the purpose pur-pose of relieving the national committee from responsibility and that the committee commit-tee expects western Republicans to declare de-clare for silver was a ray of hope through the gloom because the cpmmurii cation of Hanna to Miller did not mean anything A waggish Democrat hearing this declared the letter was not unlike the planks in the platform the Republican Repub-lican party they meant nothing either > a 04 < The Salina Press reads the riot act to the boys by saying Up todate we have not received that little amount of 9 owed us by the Republican counfy committee fJ1 0 < It may be that the > boys imagine the Press is asleep this summer and that it is going to have nothing to say when the cam nothing paign opens All of which is construed to mean that someone must pungie up < S > < 3 > < 5 > < Joe Colby is mentioned as a candidate for the legislature from Salina district Peter Scorup has Declined says the Press and Joe is listed for the 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