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Show Democratic Clans Ready for Fray I A 11 IX AiJ.X il 1 . li ii li ii i 1 TROUBLE NOV I IS PREDICTED I Democratic Facfaists I in a Muddle. I Church Question May Be Fought Out With B. H. H Roberts as Ltader, Raco for Committeeman Uncertain Seventh District Names Candi-dates Candi-dates State Convention Gossip. f & -rr' , 4- Slate Host Favored. 4- 4 Prank J. Cannon, "VTeber. 1 4- 4- Frank I-C Nebeker, Cachn. 4- 4- Joseph Tj. Rawlins, Salt Lake. 4- 4- Simon 33 amber gor. Salt Lake. 4- George TVhlttcmore, Juab. 4- 4- Sam King, Utah. 4- h -r.I :.. -r DEMOCRATS of Utah were at sea jH last night as to the probable out-come out-come of today's State convention. The party, it is generally ad-mi ad-mi t ted, Is In an ugly broil. Prospect a jH for a row:' so apparent the first of the week, have Increased and it was. the opinion of the leaders of the factions there are several of them at a late hour Wednesday, that nothing can pre-vent pre-vent a stormy session. It is known that 1C the Mormon and Gentile leaders could get together and agree on a silent policy, a policy leaving the polygamy question alone, that trouble would be avoided. But cline to permit the convention to pro-cecd pro-cecd without showing their hands and the conservatives appear to be power-less power-less to prevent a muddle. Considerable Peace Talk. V Not all Mormons are urging instruc- ll tlons against the anti-polygamy move- jf mcnt Scores of them are counseling peace. They insist that anything that may take tho shape of a united stand jH In opposition to the anil-church sentl-mcnt sentl-mcnt will clinch the Work of the antis and make Utah a center of attack throughout the Presidential campaign. What Extremists- Arg-ue. On the other hand the extremists, whose leader Is Brigham H. Roberts, argue that the Democratic National convention will certainly adopt an anti-polygamy anti-polygamy plank that anything Utah Democrats may do cannot prevent it and that it Is only proper that thf jl friends of the church go to St. Louis jJ and sustain their position for the local benefit that may be derived. Some Gentile Democrats deplore the condition Into which the party has fallen. They can see only a disastrous end and have worked for several days to prevent a clash. Panning- the Plames. There Is an element among the Gen-tiles Gen-tiles of the party who are fanning the Uames. They say if tho Mormon lead-era lead-era do not make the Dubois resolution an Issue today that one of their num-her num-her will do so. A strong man, not elected a delegate, but who has been provided with a proxy, they say. has been coached, and will open up the ball at the first opportunity. It would scsm that today! conven-tion conven-tion must mark a split In the party. It will be a lively convention, though the purpose of the meeting of the party was originally Intended to select fix delegates to the National convention. Former Senator Rawlins's Position. Former Senator Rawlins is quoted as opposed to the Utah delegation going to St. Louis Instructed to combat the Dubois resolution against polygamy, or for the purpose of Interfering with any plan Dubois or others may have look-ing look-ing to the inserting in the Democratic National platform of an anti-polygamy With others, the former Senator Is jH said to believe such a movement would crystallxc the anti-Mormon scntlmsnt In the country and commit the Demo- jH cratlc party in such manner as would compel the party press and speakers to make onslaught on the church. Temporary Officers Not Selected. The State committee met at the of-nee of-nee of James H. Moyle yesterday fore-noon fore-noon to decide on temporary ofllccrs of the convention, but on account of a 'H misunderstanding the attendance was IH miall. No action was taken other than HH the canvas of a few names, but the sen-selection sen-selection of T. R. Johnson of Ogden tot temporary chairman and Prank K. Nebeker of Lognn for permanent chair- jM man. This waa tt,.mcro suggestion, I! ? 1 h , f-HHfH-K-H- HIIIHH -- ! Men Who :: Are :: Anxious - - to Become - - Members of the l': National Committee I. 'i ... i O. W. Powers. - . . I ' -- " ? I 1 . ! however, and the committee came to I "wi no decision. d, 1 ! The committee will meet again to- U day nt 10 o'clock on the stage of the f f ,; Salt lake Theatre to select temporary 1 , officers to report to the convention at H-f 10:30 o'clock. Kfj Committeeman Contest Still Hot. Hl ! Late last night it looked very much BA ,jj like Judge Powers had the lead for 1 i, jij, 4 National committeeman, with D. II. 1 w ' Peery a close second. V 1 - J j. H. Tarbet is still a candidate, not- I withstanding the sharp contest be- ' tween Powers and Peery has caused 1 u the Democrats to line up largely for ; , ,' I J the leaders. Indeed, it is claimed by i I some that the fight between the forces I ! . of the leaders may be to Tarbet's ad- H$ li rt vantage, and his stock is considered at Hj J J j J 1 a higher figure than Jor several days. . f v ! A ' y The old liners are almost, without j I ' ,! ', exception, for Powers. The young men l' 1 v y; I are very generally regarded as sup- I ' 1 J porters of Peery. HLJ, '1 J Brlgham H. Roberts Is perhaps 'the Hl ! , most active leader of Peery's forces HV , and the common talk Is that the Mor- J f ' mon delegates are following Roberts's h A j lead In this contest as well as In others, h l yu Roberts will appear in the convention H 1 1 a a proxy for a Washington county 'i i'1 '!'' delegate. I jj , I (, King- for Powers. I. f Judge King Is the most prominent of r , 'y Judge Powers's friends. He has j if I worked hard for Powers's success and k. t 'i If! believes the Judge will win. It Is pos- H'' ' Is slble lhat Judee King will not be able r ' I to attend today's convention. He is en- K I gaged In a lawsuit that may make it t 1 Impossible for him to be present, but J . j liis friends will be on hand and have t I li I, matters In full control. Htj ' Warm Time in Seventh. B 4 U ' '! , required more than three hours to " s t untangle the knots in the Seventh Ju- fljr ' dicial district last night and nominate H' a Judicial candidate. I I ' The convention was held at the "Wll- B ' 1 : I fon 'hotel and the district was well t 1 II, represented. Benjamin F. L,uke of Wd ,w ll. Emery county was chairman and George Christiansen of San Pete sec- Hf rotary. l r !i The credentials committee' was com- . i'j posed of L. N. Harmon. Carbon, W. !' j l A. Schaffer, Grand; James Peterson, '. 1 Emery; George A. Adams, San Juan; KL I j L. F. Becker, San Pete. On permanent j) 111 organization and order of business L. HkK; l; Hoffman, . Carbon; W. A. Schaffer, jij 1 ' Grand; A. M. Truman, Emery; G. A. rl, L f V Adams, San Juan; Peter Sundwell, San i Petc' Vif ' I , i George Christiansen nominated Ferd h f , Erickson of San Pete for District Judge U ' . and he was selected without opposition. ,' The tug of war was over the nomi- Ll'l ! ,! j,: nation for District Attorney. Twice Hf(' I i( the convention took a recess to enable f , ' I f delegates to caucus. Then a wrangle 1 j 1 , ; developed over how the delegates 1 '(ll should vote, and some warm words H ! passed between delegates from Carbon HI 1 ; and San Pete. I , In order to count the votes the con- Hr ' v 'j A'entlon was dissolved and the vote.4 H'- '1 canvassed by each county separately. Hn , : 1 ' San Juan had one delegate and he ad- H1 hi Journed to the bar hud held a caucus t , , -j by himself and decided that the San Ftl II j' ' Juan Democracy favored A. N. Truman LU I1 , n of Emery for District Attorney. San B V llf k 1,ete was lately represented and a Hf ' i fij small-sized row developed as to Hl c 'Mil whether the county should vote solidly H) ' h m for J. W. Cherry or vote secretly and ' fill present an anti-Cherry delegate to vote HL. i ' for Truman. The resut was the antl 5 ja was gagged and twenty-six votes cast for Cherrj'. BH . I l'i When the convention reconvened HH 1 . A'i Cherry had a large majority of the HHy I'lj otes and was declared the nominee. 1 , , j He and his opponent had never met ' 5 and tliev "hook hands before the con- fi 1 1 j: ventlon, Truman )Iedglng his support B l ( to the victor. .1 1 ' ( I The Seventh district -Is Republloiin, V j 1' but Democrats express belief of carry- I l ing It lor their ticket, Bi Friends to D. H. Peery count the Herald Her-ald against him an,d there were threats of retaliation Wednesday. Last night there was a well supported story alloat to the effect that Judge W. H. King may be again entered In the race for delegate to St. Louis, in which event his brother. Sam King, will withdraw. with-draw. As the story goes, the purpose is to give to the Utah delegation the influence influ-ence of the Judge's acquaintance with the party leaders. Mayor Anderson of Manti. prominent among the county Republicans, has been spending some time in the city. The small child of Judge Rolapp of Ogden was burled Wednesday and Chairman Frank Cannon returned to Ocden to attend the funeral. a o Expressions from a majority of the delegates to the Democratic State convention, con-vention, who were at the hotels last night, were in opposition to the introduction intro-duction of the polygamy fight into to-duy's to-duy's proceedings. Those of Salt Lake City who have been working zealously to prevent making the church an issue seem to have lnlluenced many and It Is believed that a resolution Instructing the delegate to the National convention conven-tion will he voted down. An attempt may be made to Instruct for one or the other of the Presidential candidates, but this, too. will be opposed, op-posed, unless local Interests enter Into the selection of 'the delegate and change conditions present last night. Sam King was one of the handsome figured in the Wilson hotel lobby last night. He is '.a. prime favorite with his party workers and it Is said he can be elected a delegate to St. Louis unless his brother. W. H. King, be entered In the race. Even then, it Is believed he could be elected If he would permit his name to be used. a Jt Is believed that , while there arc several other active and receptive candidates can-didates that the six National delegates will be selected from the following Moses Thatcher, Frank Cannon, Frank Ncbeker, W. C. Maginnis, Sam King George Whittcmore. John R. Barnes' J. L. Rawlins, W. H. King, James h' Moyle, Sam Newhouse, Simon Bamberger Bamber-ger and Henry P. Henderson. ft u Quite a sprinkling of women delegates dele-gates are in the city to attend the convention. con-vention. There is a feeling on the part of some of the men that one of the National Na-tional delegates should be a bright woman, wo-man, but no considerable number of delegates arc found to favor any particular par-ticular woman. Some one Is expected to be honored with an alternate delegateshlp, however, how-ever, which is ns well as the Republican Republi-can have done toward the women of Utah. w If Brlgham H. Roberts speaks In today's to-day's convention favoring the instruction instruc-tion of the delegates, there Is a wcll-"deflned wcll-"deflned rumor that Chairman Cannon will speak against Instructions. From this double-barreled round of oratory music Is expected to follow. Supporters of Henry Peery claimed Inst night that the Salt Lake county caucus was largely In favor of Mr. Peery for National committeeman. . This was denied by friends of Judge Powers, who Insisted that the delegation delega-tion was not fully represented and that no action taken Indicated a greater opposition op-position to the Judge than had been calculated on. |