| Show SAME gAME OLD GAME i Professing ProCessIng to believe they the have more otes votes than the Democrats In Salt Lake the th Republican managers have practically practically practically confessed the specIousness of their own claims abandoned their council nominees and appropriated Democratic aldermanic nominations for formost formost formost most of the wards If It were possible they would like to abandon more can candidates candidates candidates on the main city eIt ticket and amI force fusion all down the line In spite of Democratic opposition Nominally the fusion effort Is to save the city from American rule really It is designed by the Republicans to tole give le them a n chance for some of the of or offices flees and If Ir need be to trade off oft the heads of the ticket for council votes If It It were carried out In the fullness hoped for by b James Devine former American and now chairman of the Republican party part It could have but butone butone butone one result the same result resu t by bythe bythe bythe the tactics of or the Republicans RepublIc ns two years ears ago when they succeeded in electing the American ticket at the eleventh hour by b detaching voters who meant to support Morris but wore per persuaded persuaded persuaded that Lynch I was the thi th only man who could beat Thompson In that election Lynch carried one lection district Thompson won on the i olty Ity was afflicted with the two years if Jr American rule loaded down with i treasury deficit and given two in in the tax rat all because the Republicans pursued exactly the same tactics they are following now IH In 11 that election election o they achieved achieved their main pur purpose pose the defeat of Morris and in this their only purpose Is exactly the same to defeat the Democrats at any an cost even at the cost of or American vic victory victory tory tOI Why Wh should the Republicans prefer fin nn American triumph to Democratic victory Nothing could be simpler if Ir the Democrats won the Republicans would be bo left Ift without any excuse for appealing to religious prejudice In po political affairs they would have to face the possibility of a dissolution of or the American party and a return to the Republican ranks of the men who de deserted deserted the party part to form the Ameri Amerl American can n wing of or the same political faith they the would be brought Into a presidential presidential presidential year with a fight on their hands for control of the Republican machine and that is the last thing the tile present faction In control of or federal offices de desires desIres desires sires It has easy sailing now with a large and influential faction of the Re Republican Republican Republican publican party taking no part In its Us affairs If the Americans went back Into the Republican party where they the belong the Smoot crowd would no longer have hae undisputed sway and they might be ousted from control On the other hand if It they the can insure two more years of American control two more mor years of Republican division In the state they are certain of or their t pickings In state and federal offices The Tho city ia 15 of oC minor importance as compared with the th state and national patronage and so 20 long as the tile Amer American American ican Scan organization is kept kep up Smoot and his federal as assured f su red of their control in state tate and fed federal federal federal eral affairs The movement for fusion in the tho First and Second municipal wards originated before the conventions ons and was due to toa toa toa a desire to get tha tho best s men Possible to t displace Mn coun councilmen lElen I i I who had abandoned their own party pary lines after accepting nomination and election as partisans But In the other wards nonsuch no inch condition existed In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Fourth Fourth particularly IY the D Demo Democratic Democratic mo cratic candidates candidates were men whose character Justified il support from all the parties Fusion was not needed nor was It desired by b the Democrats and the Republican effort to steal Democratic Demo Democratic Democratic cratic votes rotes vot s by stealing one of or the candidates without the approval of his party was simply a strategic move to establish a trading basis with which to deprive Morris of the Independent vote which would otherwise be his In other words it was a Republican move to help the American candidates and split the Democratic vote vole The scheme will fall In Its purpose though It may prove of material bene benet bener t r to the Americans whom the Re Republicans Republicans Republicans publicans affect to oppose If It the Dem Democratic Democratic Democratic campaign management could be induced to join the game and approve fusion in all the wards on all the can candidates candidates candidates it would inevitably result In defections from both the Republican and Democratic ranks to the Ameri Amen Americans AmerIcans cans Apparently the Republicans have not counted the cost to them themselves themselves selves possibly they do not care what It costs but large numbers of their own voters In the Fourth and elsewhere w wIll III not tolerate any an such trading as is proposed If It the Republicans are anxious to elect the American ticket they have taken exactly the right road to that destination but the Democrats will not join them and If Morris is defeated by Bransford the Republicans alone will have to shoulder the responsibility just as they had to bear It two years ago when the same ruse elected Thompson The rhe Herald believes Morris has a most excellent chance to win even with the double handicap of a combination of effort by the Americans and Re Republicans Republicans Republicans publicans who are both working for forthe forthe forthe the same end though with different methods It believes the Americans will lose control of or the council In spite of the Republican attempt to job the Democrats In the wards Nothing can defeat Morris except the success of Re Republican Republican Republican publican plans to demoralize the sup supporters supporters supporters porters of Morris by trading him off In Inthe InI Inthe inthe I the fusion game Do the Republicans care to assume the responsibility for another American victory |
