Show CUTLER PLANS 4 h KEPT SECRET 1 Desperate Effort by Smoot io to toLand Land His HisMan Man STORY OF COMBINATION SHOOT SMOOT SAID SAU TO HAM HAH TO o Secrecy as to the of the fight still the of the Cutler campaign Their work is being done away down deep and how effective it fe is being done will likely noti be known until the day of the convention unless a ft change of pro gramme is decided But the Cutler forces are re none the he less in earnest Smoot who found Cut Cutler Cuther her ler is said lo to be so anxious to get the nomination for pr Cutler that Ive h is prepared to sacrifice every other man manon manon on slate to save his candidate for governor While little of the work of the Cutler men appears on the surface there is no doubt that they have hae a working organization that has been busy for a along along long time past The foundation of the Cutler campaign was laid months be before before fore the other candidate made their preparations and the for Cutler has hafe been steadily under way ever since With the Wells etlo people expressing a belief that they will win on the first ballot the Cutler people maintaining that Cutler will be nominated on the first ballot and with the Hammond forces making no claims but keeping busy the outlook for a turbulent con convention is bright Some Seine of the prophets have figured a victory for Hammond basing it on the extreme bitterness shown toward Wells by the Cutler crowd Should Wells prove stronger than Cutler they contend the Cutler strength will be given to Hammond as an against Wells Persistent rumors yesterday were to the effect that such a deal was al already already ready in process of formation The rumors lacked direct It has been welt well understood that the re tattoos lations between Wells Welle and Hammond in this fight would not permit either cither to form an alliance with any candi date except the other In fact it is confidently predicted that the weak man of the two wilt will throw threw his strength to the other Of course Hammond could not keep Cutler votes away from Mm hint in the convention even If he desired to do this but it is argued that his relations to Wells preclude the possibility of a deal with Cutler |