| Show THE POLITICAL ARENA Tribunes Bulldozing Tactics Cause an Open Rebftllion HOW ITS ACTION IS VIE WED INTERFERENCE WITH THE SLATE I NOT THE STATE I I I That i What the Tribune li Credited i Cred-ited With Being Afraid Of Republican I Re-publican Members Object to Being Ordered About LIke Csiitlt A Queer Day at Hentlquuricri ISvo Stories About the Two Cannons Arthur Brown Onto Ills Job The Republican Conference Majority jority After More Votes In the House The Tribune has certainly succeeded In stirring the animals up with its persistent booming of Frank J Cannon Can-non and its strenuous efforts by the use of every sort of inuendo covert and open threats to create a senti ment against Hon George Q Cannon but the effect of it all judging from expressions heard all over the city and chiefly among Gentile politicians is just the opposite to that which the Tribune evidently desired to produce That journal in the view of the leaders lead-ers of the party it is supposed to represent I repre-sent has simply laid down the law and expects the Republican members of the legislature to put on its collar I and obey orders without Question I in effect takes the position that for any man to support any Mormon candidate I for the Senate other than Frank J is rank treason And i has argued the matter so strongly that it ha simply sim-ply created a rebellion Those who were inclined to support Frank now say they object to being driven like a lot of cattle and the harder the whip cracks the stronger will become their objection I dont care whether George Q Cannon Can-non or Frank J Cannon is elected said one prominent Gentile yesterday But this thing of ordering us to vote for one man and by a wave of the hand clearing the field of all other candidates is something that will be resented The paper has done Frank more harm with its editorials on this subject than all other subjects com bined I do not know that George Q is a candidate remarked another But this Tribune talk about interference with the state is all rot Its interference interfer-ence with the slate that Is worrying a certain gentleman The claim that this championing of Frank and attack on his father originates origi-nates from a purely selfish motive is of course common talk now and the prevailing belief about the headquarters headquar-ters is that the singular attitude assumed sumed by the paper is due entirely to the ambitions of the writer of the edi torials But thats another story S C C Matters politically were exceedingly quiet yesterday Nearly all the legis lators who could availed themselves of the opportunity to spend Sunday at home and those who remained behind be-hind busied themselves preparing the bills which they intend introducing or arranging their personal affairs so a to be able to devote themselves to a steady pull at making laws the com ing eek The city members gave their attention to business with the same idea in view for there is a general gen-eral inclination on the part of the members to accomplish a much as possible this week knowing there will be little actual business transacted once the balloting for senators begin until the vexing contest is out of the way As there are no reliable indica tions at present that I will be settled set-tled very speedily the members hope to dispose of the emergency needs in legislation next Tuesday before the real contest begins These conditions operated to make the senatorial headquarters look deserted I de-serted yesterday for few members visited them and without members a seat of information where light can be obtained relative to the qualifications qualifica-tions of a candidate and his claims for the office is in a poor way to do business As a result there were few developments of any kind The theme of interest and the I subject most liberally discussed was I the caucus which has finally been arranged ar-ranged upon the terms of the call I stated Thursday by Senator Jones and Representative Bolitho Some highly edifying developments are looked for eifing II before that caucus is over i a certain action is attempted which it is now confidently expected will be The caucus according to the call Is to be held Tuesday evening at 8 oclock in the representatives hall in the joint building and is for the purpose pur-pose of considering the senatorial question ques-tion and to organize a party caucus for the session What the result of the caucus will be Is interesting politicians mightily for notwithstanding that the call distinctly states that no member shall be bound by it to do anything more than attend there is a feeling among some that once in caucus an effort will be made to pass a resolution nullifying this condition of the call and making the action of the cauuus binding upon those present The more conservative scout the idea as impossible impos-sible and say that no leader would attempt at-tempt anything so manifestly unfair for the caucus would be sure to be bolted This is doubtless the true view still the other contingency has been considerably mooted What is cnsiderably considered consid-ered the correct estimate of what will be done is that a party caucus will be organized and that no action that will materially change the present condition condi-tion of the senatorial situation will betaken I be-taken One of the stories that is going the rounds concerning the candidacy of George Q Cannon and which is believed be-lieved to emenate from the headquarters I headquar-ters of Frank J is to the effect that I the elder Cannon is doing the sphynx in the interest of his son that he is I not a candidate in any sense and that II he refuses to commit himself either one way or the other in the hope that Frank will be elected without opposition opposi-tion believing that if he were to declare de-clare himself out of the race entirely another candidate of the people would at once spring up in opposition to his son How much truth there is in the report Mr Cannon probably alone knows There are very few people if any at all who believe it contains any e Another story also perambulating about the headquarters and which undoubtedly un-doubtedly did not emenate from the exdelegates managers is to the effect that Ben Rich went to Representative Thorn who was supposed according to the story to favor the candidacy of George Q and informed him that he Rich had had a conference with the first presidency and had been requested re-quested to say to Mr Thorn that it was the desire of the presidency that he support rank J Mr Thorn is said to have transferred his allegiance not doubting that the message was authorized author-ized But quoth the story Mr Thorn himself met the first presidency and was informed that no such message had ever been sent him and now the story further runs there is a coldness between the manager of Cannon the younger and the gentleman from Utah Anyone who thinks Arthur Brown isnt on to this job in a senatorial contest con-test has lost his reckoning if a statement state-ment made concerning his canvass yesterday is true I is said of Mr Brown that wishing to keep the members mem-bers his own supporters in particular particu-lar from visiting the headquarters of other candidates evenings he provides them with theatre tickets and sends them out to laugh at the antics of the comedian to be bewitched with the coyness of the soubrette or weep with the melodramatic heroine until the headauarters are closed for the night C C I TheBennett men were as confident as ever yesterday and claim that their candidate will win like a Iace horse C C C There was unusual activity at the Trambo headquarters and even the Hon Charles Crane found time to leave the inner sanctum and go out hustling This crowd is interested In hustn some way in the coming conference C C i The Democratic members of the house are preparing to make a vigorous vigor-ous stand in the contest for the seats of Representatives Smoot Larsen and Lemmon of Utah county and if any such thing as fairness Is to be had from the Republican majority they propose to have it if not they will see that the Injustice of their political opponents the ponents are amply spread upon journal for the benefit of the people who elect legislatures The first step in the matter was taken yesterday and in it appeared very plainly the fine Italian hand of the Republican manipulator The elections committee met at the close of yesterdays yester-days session and appointed exCom missioner Dudley of Provo commis notwith sioner to take testimony standing that the committee had received re-ceived no authorization from the house Representative Mansfield demurred to the proceeding but the committee of I I course had a Republican majority and appointed the commissioner against the protest of the Democrats Another irregularity of the proceeding proceed-ing lay in the fact that Chairman Lewis had in his possession the three petitions of contest although they had never been referred to the committee They were simply filed on Tuesday and were mot referred in any manner hence they should not have been out of the clerks possession How they came to be in Mr Lewis possession is a matter which he and the chief clerk alone can tell I is certain i cer-tain he had no right to them and asa I as-a matter of fact the whole proceeding was unwarranted for the matter was not and could not be in the hands of the committee until so directed by the house That this is s can be shown by the journal which contains no record of any such reference of the contest The Democrats were taken somewhat by surprise by the committee for they did not look for such action but expected ex-pected instead that the contests would fee conducted openly and above board They propose now to make as strong a fight as their minority is capable of |
