Show POlTICIANS AT MT PLEASANT WALTON POURED OIL ON THE WATON POURD OI ONTH TROUBLED WATERS Unification of the Party Which Divided Di-vided On the Silver Question Is the Work I Hand t I Pleasant Aug HThe opening movement of the fall campaign in San Ietevpounty was made yesterdayat a meeting of the Republican county committee com-mittee in Fairview A good representation represen-tation of the committee was present and taton besides a number of prominent Republicans of the county and state in and did participate were invited to vartciDate the deliberations of the committee of State Chairman Walton was one this number he took a very active part in the meeting counseling and advising and generally overseeing the work performed per-formed Generally speaking the session was harmonious Some little friction deal of discussion were and a great aroused 3 during the consideration of the silver question but it resulted in nothing noth-ing serious and the committee as the representatives of the Republican party in Sanpete county go before their constituents con-stituents with a call for all persons believing be-lieving in silver reciprocity and protection pro-tection to unite under the Republican banner during the coming campaign The call is identical with that adopted by the Salt Lake county committee teeOther business transacted by the meeting was the calling of the county meetng convention to be held in Mt Pleasant the exact date to be decided upon by the county chairman and the delegates were apportioned among the different cities This action of the party in including the silver proposition in their call a the principal issue is of course taken to bring about a unification of the party and the majority of the party believe implicitly that this will be the result They take the position generally gener-ally that the silver Republicans cannot hold off from a platform having these three great issues for its tenets and a the party straight appears to be adopting adopt-ing them through the medium of this call it is insisted that there exrs no longer any occasion for the ruptw There are a few goldbugs in this city who as yet cannot consent to give their support to the idea of a consoli dation of the party on these terms out the probabilities are that their party will not lose their support on account wi the prominence given the silver question Those of the goldbugs who yet hold aloof insist that they are in a measure breaking away from the recognized measre principles of the party and they desire the issue to be made straight a between gold and silver cannot prevail This idea of course prevai Siver Republicans will as a rule return re-turn into the ranks of their party as the silver protection and reciprocity idea is their belief and platform exactly ex-actly Under these conditions the situation does not appear so hopeless to the Republicans Re-publicans as it did a month ago in fact some of the workers are beginning to feel very sanguine of success in the county this fall Democrats affect to look upon tneir opponents with disdain so fa a their putting up a winning flgnt is concerned concern-ed They claim unequivocally everything every-thing in sight and are laying their plans accordingly They will of course attempt to draw the silver element away from the Republicans and to themselves their strongest and what they expect to make the most effective means for this accomplishment Is the position other states and also the national na-tional organizations ofthe Republicans tonal are taking this yearthe adoption of the gold standard unreservedly as the Democrats claim They insist that the party cannot adopt silver as a vital tenet locally while the atonal organization organ-ization does not in any manner recognize recog-nize the white metal What the result will be remains to be seen Sanpete can be counted upon to furnish some decidedly decid-edly interesting politics this fall |