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Show CHURCH REPUBLICANS IN CONVENTION TODAY. Four hundred and seventy-three mon selected as delegates to the church Republican Re-publican State convention, callod for tho purposo of designating six dole-gates dole-gates lo tho Republican National convention con-vention in Chicago, will conveno in tho Salt Lako Theater at 11 o'clock this morning. There aro ten pronounced candidates for delegates. They aro: Apostlo-Senator Reed Smoot. Jack-Apostle-Senutor Gcorgro Sutherland- Klder Josoph Howell. W. D. Llvlnpston of Sanpete. Dr. C. M. Wilson of Summit. Postmaster William Glasmann of Op-den. Op-den. .Tames P. Drlscoll of Juab. John C. McClaln of Salt Lake. Thomas Seavy of Garfield. Judge George W. Bartch of Salt Lake. Tho first throo named aro certain lo go, tho throo comprising tho Congressional Congres-sional delegation not having had honors eenough hoaped upon them, and because they are the direct representatives of tho band of twenty-six who dominate tho politics, of Utah. Of tho others .named, Livingston of Sanpoto is likely lo bo chosen, as his count' is included" in the four whero tho hierarchy selects its candidates for Congressional and State offices. Then it is a free-for-all for the othor two delegates. When tho call for tho convention was issued tho intention at that timo was to havo tho convontion instruct the delegation to Chicago for Taft. Since then, however, the foolers that havo been put out from Washington us In tho probable nomination of Rooscvolt, if a atampedo could bo started in tho convention, and tho fact that tho power of tho administration was used to aid Snjoot in rotaining his scat lu tho Senate causod tho band of twenty-six to order a chango in plans, honco the delegation will not be instructed. in-structed. Tho great feature of tho convontion EroniisQd is tho renunciation of Aposllo enator Reed Smoot by his .jack-Mormon colleague. Senator Sutherland mude public in Washington somo timo since tho fact that ho would soon stato reasons why ho believed it was not for the best interests of the Church Republican Repub-lican party to havo Apostlo Smoot on-tor on-tor tho senatorial contnst to succeed himself. This renunciation of his boyhood boy-hood friend and tho man to whom ho owos his political life, it is said, is now in tho hands of tho federal bunch, probably prob-ably tho Throo Button Corporal, although al-though this, is not dofinitc. It is possiblo pos-siblo that it may not bo read at all, owing to tho application of tho thumb scrow by the band of twenty-six. Tho insurgents propose to be hoard, and ns thero aro numbered among them HQVoral speakers who aro well known as orators, thero is every indication that the fur will fly. ( The resolutions will indorse tho national na-tional and state administrations and tho dolcgntion in Congress, unless the renunciation re-nunciation of Smoot by Sutherland is mado, when any indorsement of Suth- I erland will bo eliminated. At tho several sev-eral county conventions whero delegates wore selected tho temperance question was brought in, this in view of tho utterances ut-terances of the hiorarch at tho recent conforenco of tho church, and it may bo that tho. resolutions will declaro for local option. Street talk Wednesday night had it that tho band of twenty-six would bo sustained, but as this would not bo done by merely tho holding up of hands, but upon a roll call, the question will not Jikel' come up, although tho street had it that tho matter would bo sprung in tho convontion either by Pecwoo Thomas or Harry S. Joseph. |
