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Show 1 ' fr-HH-4-Hv- : ' I AMONG TIE POLITICIANS J IB "I am pleased lo soo Tho Tribuno dcal- Ins. freely and frankly with tlvo local pollt- B ical situation :uul that It stems disposed I to give men of all partis a fair jihnke. regardless of clan or The Tribune -faction." 'rnnl W I Wants All Poiitl-J;.n $ftlt Laker, cal Infonnation. jK an observation i Tho Tribune upprc- 1 cite. Tt believes time a nowspapw t should prlnl the mvws, logcthor w tli ai goner.nl comment or gossip thitt m.i , prove of Interest or helpful to it leant I, tomo portion of tho paper" cllcnitlo. I T" noHUonl department of Too fiib mo I 's to anything pertln ng V'.iLmo m- or politics Interesting to the- J"1"?0.1" H i tain countrv. It Is edited lor no one, nut I tor all? Sine VuWIehws will "PP.1""? I, i any ma'-'or- ot a legitimate character that 1 ' nuh-Brso tho pwlas interest In this ' , department. iv matter from what source I, It may coma. I John C. Cutler wan ' , TJUllJ,.,?.UIi,7 1 Thursday Jivjulriag into his political in- terests. a t o I The nicotine of the members of the Salt 1 , Lake, county' Republican comwtteo w 111 I ' ho held at 5 o'clock Saturday a'r?" V tj.c Yaune Men's Republican cluniooms. I Tho principal purple of this meetmg is I tPVa time and decide on tAna""eJCn- I i sheeting delojratos to the. Stato cunven- I v don, to bo hell In this city tho 25th. ln- i ' st-ajit. I1 For soma rf-ason tho anti-Cutler forces V which mans Uie friends of the Ooxoinor E ami the Secretary of State, wero in the I host of spirits yesterday they have ap- R - p&arcd to bo for a week. One oft ce. H nn active Hamniomi I . Governorship ic'ws 'h-id I .,. ,1 few loose screws n.m I Still Holds on found lliat had I , the Boards. twin a part of tho I Cutler machine and ho saw that unless these ravrs v:ovc rr- covered the work for tho sugar and woolen mill man would not .bo ftcG. He would not specify, but declared that I It had been proven to a moral ceiialnt that the mission of Cutlerltes to soutnein and central Utah had bon a complete. I failure. Ho further doolaicd that Uio claim that Cutler would carry a big vot" In Webor. Box Rider. Davis, Morgan and Salt Lake counties was baaed on nothing Hut the desire of some of those who wished their champion to win. This friend to tho Secretary also do- dared that whllo Hammond cannot nov count on eiftugh votCH to land him, ho Is saining dally and has moW rank-and-file supporter." than cither of tho oilier oili-er candidates. Tho Secretary himself, whllo not nt all boastful, dcclarod thot things lookod good to him and everybody knows he Is not a braggart. Oik. of Mr. Cutler's friends said, he, personally, per-sonally, had no doubt of Cutler's nomination, nomina-tion, but ha admitted that some claims nifldo hist week imd not born.o lrult. An-' An-' other Cutlor man eald: "Seliator famoot is In this contest lo win. Ho had hoped I it would not be necessary to ask his friends to aid him. but tho character of tho light is now Mich that tho Senator has burned his bridges. It Is a personal matter and .the Senator In asking his friends, personally and uy letter, to ns-clst ns-clst in the organization." Ono of the south Slate Republicans who received a letter from tho Junior Scnator said to a Salt Lako friend. "I like Reed Smoot, I bellevo he Is a noble friend and a good man, but he has erred in making this campaign and I cannot afford to as- slst him In doing a thing I believe will be obliging his enemies " Another said he would help dofeat Cutler as a means of disproving claims ' of tho power of an anostlo in politics. I " o Republicans who hoped to' see the contest con-test for Governor pass without a fierce Htrugglo now fear that unless the leading champions of tho Governor and Mr. Cutler Cut-ler desist a bad breach may result. Others whilo admitting tho sharpness of the struggle, say It Is not at all serious ( that tho rivalry is not .and will not bo acrimonious. II Tho Wells ftupportors appear to bo very 1 confident. They say the dovolopment of tho week thus far Is most encouraging. . Thoy say that nearly Good Word all of their advices for hr PoInt to al1 '"lcreus- Goveraor. Vor of the Upvcr-hoWB Upvcr-hoWB renomlnatlon. "Tho attempt to distort tho third term ida Into something dangerous and un-American," un-American," said ono of the Governor s friends yesterday, 'is proving something of a boomerang and Is consequently being abandoned. It is seen to bo a confession that "Vclls cannot be objected to on any other 'ground that ln character and ability abil-ity and record his (lualltlcatlons are beyond be-yond criticism. ".Moreover, it is observed that Uio cry against his nomination for a third term Is 1 cunningly raised and most loudly re peated by the workcis of those who would like to step Into his shoes. The people sec through the little game they are not go-I go-I ing to be frightened or fooled by anything so transparent. I am something of a horseman, you know, and you will un-, un-, derstand what 1 mean when I say that , tho candidates having settled down to ' their running, the race is practically over. 1 Wells leads all the way and wins, and tho others will receive only such mention as belongs to thoso who 'also ran.' " I 0 Tho Governor was found ln his office during tho afternoon yesterday, with coat and suspenders otV, licking Into the cam-1 cam-1 pign with the spirit of an old-time poll- I ' tlcian. 1 I "Well, I see you give us all a roast this morning," said he to The Tribuno man, rnferrlntr to an article In which tho ob- Jectlona to the threo gubernatorial candl- dates were pointed ouu "That's all right. I rm not complaining, you see. Fact Is, I i i am In most excellent humor. Why shouldn't I be good-natured? Things arc coming my way. Assurances arc given , ' , mo of strong support I had not counted i i , on. I have many personal and written I ' ; indorsements every day, and you will sco . In tho end that thoro is forco behind i them." e 1 1 Sentiment in Salt Lake City has shifted j 1 , . a bit from last week. During tho closing t I days there was no mistaking the surface ; drift to ilr. Cutler. Those who wore for ,' I Hammond and Wells admitted tho pro-pondorancc pro-pondorancc of Cutler talk, and thcro was . a belief among some of the politicians , "on tho fence" that Sonator Smoot's sup- H, , port of Mr. Cutler had started tho lido H1 ; strong in tho business man's direction. For somo reason this has subsided, and r ; tho others arc having an inning. But tho I Taco is yet to be won, and there Is a pos- 1 . slbllltv of development of conditions that 1 i ' I w-lli bring tho contest down to a struggle 1 1 between either two. At least this i3 froo ' ly discussed and reasons- for It arc given , . that are certainly logical. ' Judge JL. W. Shurtllff, who was on the , ' ' "VIco-Prcsidcntlal Notmcation committee, i yesterday telegraphed Gov. TIebcr M Ht- ' Wells from Indianapolis aa follows: "Senator Fairbanks sondH you personal I i , gretlnge. GTeat times here today." I 5 President J, A. ilondrickson of the Lo- I 1 gah knitting work3, and one of Cache Hr.ij county's best-known Ilepubl leans, visited ' . , friends ln Salt Lako yesterday. Mr. Ilcn- lli . ' 'drlckuon reported a strong Hammond scn- ' ' timent in Cauho county. He and the Sec- ( , rotary of State arc friends of long stand- Hi I - ' , Supporters of ex-Fire Chief Jamos Do- I ' vino say ho is making considerable head. . y way ln his contest for tho Republican ' nomination for Secretary of State. An interesting contest for" the Salt Iako hi dck'Eales In tho raco for Attorncy-Gcn- i , eral la devoloplng bctweon tne friends of v. W. A. Leo and tho lncumljcnt, M. A- , , ( Brcoflen. Attorney Ix:o Is oulto contldcnt I I of success. So is the Altorney-GcncrnL tf! Senator Charles W. Fairbanks has takon ' his llrst real vacation ln twenty years V this summer. In discussing tho matter of J vacations with a Salt Lako friend several jj 1 1 months ago. tho next Vice-President snld 1! 1 ho had found all tho vacation ho needs In JTiTtTTT.i'rii r i i-1 a change of duties. It it 1 ways rc3ts him, he says, to rointu his work. The Senator la ope of the busiest men ln the country. H' Is never i-ile. Indeed, ho has not been Idle during the past month while In Michigan in a miminor cot-tago cot-tago he had furnished for this season. Some say Ju has been studying natural conditions with a view to a long speech-making speech-making campaign. At any rato, ho vycreu from li la usual courao and seemed lo nn taking a rest in the oool woods along ono of Michigan's most attractive lakes. t County Attorney Edward Pik? of Juab county Is In the city from Eureka. fl V A meeting of tho Democratic State com-mittco com-mittco and tho Salt Lako county committee com-mittee will bo held nt the headquarters In thrt Atlas block this forenoon. It Is probable that dates for the State convention and tho time of selecting tho county delegates will bo llxed at these meetings. C 4 National Domocratlc Chairman Tom TaggarL has appointed W. F. Shechan of New York chairman of the Democratic national executive committee Sheehan Is tho man who hud such contempt for the Bryan Democracy In 1S9C that he resigned as a member of the committee and de-cHnod de-cHnod to nftlllnt with the party. Ho will be the real campaign manager for . Judgo Parker. m Conntv Clerk Phil Bachman of Utah county Is a candidate for renomlnatlon. ' Stato Committeeman 11. ISullon, Jr.. of Cache counlv wnj circulating among tho nollticlans of Salt Lako yyntordny. It is possible he may become a candidate for I ho nomination for Secretary of Stato. a - Promoters of tho "Parker Day" oullng expect a big crowd at Saltair todayv c o u Onil I.. Thompson of Sclplo cn-Jovs cn-Jovs the distinction of being tho only can-dldatn can-dldatn for the lower houso from Millard county on the Republican ticket. Mr. Thompson sls very popular In his county. Ills nomination will bo by ncclamatlonand his election Is absolutely certain. Ho served the State in tho first session of the Legislature as a member of the lower house. ln speaking of the political situation In Millard county. Mr. Thompson said yesterday: yes-terday: "Tho prospect for Republican success is first-class with a county vol" of about S00. The Republicans will carry tho election bv a, majority of from 160 to L'W " Of candidates now before tho public. Mr. Thompson said: "Unless Thomas C. -Cal-llstor should be a candidate for the Senate Sen-ate from tho counties of Juab and Millard, Mil-lard, he will be renominated and re-elect-od Ountv Clerk of Millard. Nels Beauregard, Beau-regard, the present Sheriff, Is a candidate for renomlnatlon. 1 have hoard no other names mentioned for tho office. Mrs. T. E. Robl"in nr.pl res lo the nomination for Countv Recorder. There are several candidates can-didates for County Attorney on the Republican Re-publican ticket. The names of E. L. Cropper Crop-per of Kanosh. Bert King of Flllmoro and Thomas Memmott of Sclplo are mentioned men-tioned J. F. ICnox of Beaver Is a candidate candi-date for District Judge and Alex Melville Mel-ville of Millard for District Attorney. Unless Calllster 6hould get Into the Senatorial Sen-atorial light. It looks ns If C. W. Watts of Millard would get the nomination. "We shall have our county convention at Fillmore. August 13. when county officers of-ficers will be nominated and delegatoa elected to tho district and Stato conventions." conven-tions." Tho political situation In Grand and San Juan counties looks extremely favorable favor-able for tho Republican party, declares Mons Peterson of Moab, who is In Salt Luko to attend thc session of thd State Board of Horticulturists. Krlonds of Mr. Peterson are anxious that he should accept the nomination for the lower house of tho Legislature from Grand county. Mr. Peterson was a member mem-ber of the Stnto constitutional convention of 1S33. He Is a consistent Republican. Politics had hardly shaped Itself ln his county ns yet, ho declared, and candidates can-didates had not begun to make their announcements an-nouncements as yet. Tho name of J. M. Cunningham had been mentioned for tho lower houso from San Juan, ho said. George Whltmore, Jr., of Ncphl and Messr?. Sorcnson. BIgler and Candland constituted the advance guard from Juab county which came ln last evening to attend the "Parker Day" celebration at tho lake today. They report that Georgo Whltmore, Sr., and a number of others I will como up this The Unterrifled morning, accompa- Comint? nl0(1 b' n .lolif ne0" coming le from the gnnpct0 to Town. valley and that tho crowd from that portion por-tion of the Stato will bo a large one. A F. AVeeter Dan Shields and former Mayor Smith of Park City came down last night and said that Summit county would be well represented. Hon. A. W. Foreman Fore-man called at the Democratic headquarters headquar-ters lo say that Bingham had sold ICO tickets and they would all be hero this morning. The Logan people telephoned to tho effect thot their crowd would bo here on the I2-.01 train and that thero would be a bunch of them. They expect to b reinforced at Brlgham City and other points. The Ogden special will arrive ar-rive at 10 o'clock and the Provo and Eureka special will bo hero at about tho same time. Nearly ICO youn? ladles who havo been selected ns members of the reception committee com-mittee called at the Young Men's Democratic Demo-cratic club rooms yesterday and wero glvon badges which they will wear today. The ladles manifested Interest In tho event and said the.v would bo on hand early to receive visitors and to bid them a hearty welcome. It was decided to have the spcechmak-lng spcechmak-lng begin about G-30 In order that everybody every-body may Tiave an opportunity of hearing hear-ing tho flve-mlnutc addresses. . Col. John Meteor of Richfield, one of the busiest and best-Informed of southern Utah's Republicans, Is In the city to tako a blrds'-cyc view of the State political situation. He had considerable to say about politics in a Col. Meteer general talk with ci.Pc Tho Tribune last oies night. Asked about Things up. tho condition ns ho viewed it, the colonel said: "Generally speaking, southern Utah, by all the measures possible to take at tlus time, Is mora solidly Republican than ever before since tho division on party lines. The last thing to causo tho party concern con-cern Is the result of tho approaching election. elec-tion. That Is go certain that It is entirely en-tirely overshadowed by tho question of the personnel of tho Republican ticket ln tho State, districts and counties "Naturally, tho district comprising Sevier, Se-vier, Wayne, Piute, Garfield and Knnc counties most Interests me. Tho first four of these counties comnriEe tho Tonth Senatorial Sen-atorial district and tne entire five counties coun-ties make up tho Sixth Judicial district. "As an Illustration of. our way of doing business, 1 might remind you that tho Sixth Judicial district has already nominated nomi-nated Its Ropuhilcan ticket and tho Tenth Senatorial Republican has been called to meet at Richfield on August 27, two days after tho Stato convention, while tho county convention of Sovler is scheduled for September 3, whereas no J5cmocratlo convention dates aro yet set in the Judicial Ju-dicial or Senatorial districts or Sevior countv. "Another Illustration of tho signs of tho limes down In the cow counties might be drawn from a conversation I enjoyed on tho train this morning, with probably tho most influential Democrat of tho mining camp of Klmberly. He Informed mo that this year .ho Intended voting for Roosevelt and thought while ho was nt it he would vot'er straight, and that ho knew a score of other alleged Democrats of his camp who expect to do tho same thing. When the ballots aro counted and peoplo aro wondering how It happened, you may attribute the unexpected slzo of the Republican majority to tho fact that there are many professed Democrats In Utah who will this fall voto for Roose-volt, Roose-volt, but who for obvious reasons do not now deslro to announce their conversion from the housetops. "As ln other localities In Utah, tho Gubernatorial Gu-bernatorial situation la the all-absorbing question with tin. For the reason that wo know tho Republican nominee, whoever who-ever he may bo, will be Utah's next Governor, Gov-ernor, wo arc tho moro deeply Interested Interest-ed In the coming nomination. "Cutler Is a dead ono In Sevier county, or. rather, ho never lived. The pxplana-lion pxplana-lion Is simple. Mavor Christiansen ot Richfield Is an asnlrunt for tho nomination nomina-tion for State Trenauir. All of southern Utah wants him and wants him bad. The combine back of Mr. Cutlor Is also backing back-ing Mr. Glazier of Provo for Stato Treasurer. Treas-urer. That Is why wo could not bo Cutler Cut-ler people It vn wanted to, without deserting de-serting our only candidate, Christiansen. We do not expect to desert him. "Governor Wolls and Secretary Hammond Ham-mond have steadfast frlendt In our district. dis-trict. The former leads In Sevier. Waynn and Kane, I think, while at present I believe the latter Is stronger In Pluto ami Garlieid. Among the friends of ono thero Is no fight Kgalnst the other. The Republicans Re-publicans are all tinll-Cutler and the-anti-Cutler sentiment is simply being allowed to drift ln natural channels. In m opinion, the reason Governor Wells is tno favorite ln Sovler, Wayne and Kane is that ho Is tho bettor known, and tho reason Secretary Hammond leads elsewhere else-where Is that Govornor Wells has necessarily neces-sarily disappointed rome candidates tor ."ppolntlvo offices who have led tho anll-Cutlcrs anll-Cutlcrs to Hammond. Either pf thoso two would look good to me. Wells has nmplv proved bin worth and Hammon-l has loft no loophole for doubt of his ability. abil-ity. I do not pr.tcnd lo give an estimate of Mr. ruticr. because we do not know-him; know-him; but my opinion Is that his chief strength lies In Senator Smoot's boosting and wo owo nothing to Senator Smoot. who Is our arch-antogonlat In our contest for State Treasurer, our only local desire. "When T volco my disapproval of tho methods being resorted to, In dragging Sonator Kearns Into every proposition not in accord with tho Smnol-Suthciiand combine. I vole the feelings expressed evory day by Sovler Republicans. Tho ' reason .wo. cannot add our names to that combines 3lnte Is obvious. They have an aspirant for Iho same nomination that wo want. But because wo cannot do this, wo are dullv being charged with having Ffrved ounwlvp.s up to Senator Knarns. That Is falso and puorilc. 1 owe beiiator Kearns nothing. Ho owes mo nothing. Ho has never solicited my support .-inci i have never volunteered It. In this 1 am ln the same position os the balance or tho friends to Christiansen, who. of course, cannot do business with Smoot. Bui this bullvragglng policy, I am awaro. i.s lending lend-ing to .hive Into the Kearns camp men who before vui'e neutral, and It la only human nature to display sonic such stubbornness stub-bornness at false accusations. Senator Kearns has nothing In do with our case. We aro out for Christiansen. Senator Smoot has something to do with our case. Ho is out for Glazier." |
