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Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-07-14 | Page 14 | Dubois Talks of the Convention

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Date 1908-07-14
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City Salt Lake City
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Article Title Dubois Talks of the Convention
Type article
Date 1908-07-14
Paper Salt Lake Tribune
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 14
OCR Text IS TALKS 5T i TIJMESIfl I; i Believes That Bryan and Kern jj Will Be Elected in I Noveinhcr. ! V4 NO FRICTI0X OF ANY KIND; ' j, , - NO DEEP WOUNDS TO HEAL c I 1 Idaho Regular Democracy Was Sustained hy tho National . Convention. tTi L ,T ''There aro forty-six stars in H19 s L ' , '- American flag today." said former -K Senator Dubois at the Cullon hotol Mon- il h- ' day evening. "These forlysix stars BrK, rcprosent forty-six states, and of theso 1 -.a forty-six slates Bryan is entitled to ! f and should receive the voto that waj "S3 cast for Kooscvelt in 100-1, 'J ho contin- M ucd. "Every delegation at heart wai jjj for Bryan, aud they knew that tho "J Democracy of their state3 was for j .Jl Bryan, and when it camo to the test ''tS of voting every voice excepting about .. js J00 responded on the roll call for tho great commoner. ; "No such spontaneous tributo wns '.-i ever paid to a candidate for this hifjli office. There are Republicans in every ' " community that intend to vote for him, r and there is scarcely any defection 1 :& among Democrats. '. v "There was no friction of any consequence conse-quence and no deep wounds inflicted at J' the convention. The platform is ono ! r suited to tho times and to Mr. Bryan, ? " and was adopted unanimously, both iu s 'j; committee and by the convention. Kent Strong Man. b "The candidate for vice-president ia r strong and able, and will bring much v- strength io the 'ticket. Altogether, I tp- ' '. 31 gard Mr. Brvan's chances for success as decidedly better than Mr. Tuft's." :i, l "Do you think the action of the na- S tional convention has ended the opposi- j , tion of the faction in Idaho which hns ' been fighting the party ?" was asked. ' sl "I should think they would have no following now. The sub-committee of y. u? the national Democratic committee and ;'. m the national Democratic committee ' 5 unanimously sustained the regular dele- " gation from Idaho, and the committee on credentials and the national eonven- ; tion also sustained the regular Democ- ' ii racy of Idaho. 01 ''The faction was given e'ery oppor- ti lunit3" to make their showing and laid " ; particular stress on tho fact that tho &: Mormons were their friends and the fez enemies of the Democratic party of tho k state. isei Dubois Sustained. ' "The national convention most dc- j .' cidedly supported and sustained the con- j! test which the Democrats of Idaho aro fc making to enforce the constitution of P' the state and to suppress polygamy. .. They understood the issue and indorsed t i it in Idaho. , L "The committee on resolutions r&i fr. fused by a vote of 20 to IS to put :l 1! plank iu tho platform declaring agains; 7 : polygamy and for the separation of po- Jitical affairs between church and ' i j state, becauso Judge "William II. King, , of Utah, who was a member of the com- . .' r mittce on resolutions, said it would de- , stroy any hope of canying Utah for '.' ) Bryan. $ "'Judge Iving claimed lo represent tho Democrats of Utah, and conveyed J the impression that with this plank , J left out tliero would be largo numbers ' ; of Mormon Democrats, especially in ',',! Utah, who would vote for Mr. Bryan. .. ' As this plank was of no particular con- , f sequence after the Idaho delegation c was seated, and as the argument was . made by those not familiar with con- . ( k ditions. the convention having in- , : fM dorscd the Democrats of Idaho in their : t M Mormon fight by seating their dclega- t j.m tion, it would be but fair to give tho u. Mormon Democrats of Utah an oppor ; 7 jM tunity to vote for Mr. Bryan b' leav ing out this plank. : fgfl "Putting in or leaving out the po- , '; lygamy plank would not change in my '. judgment ono vote in Idaho. .; 1 M Will Maintain Positon. al "The Idaho Democrats, of course, in r their state convention at Wallace, will :j ikH maintain their positon for tho enforce- ). ; ment of the state coustituiou and for ) the enactment of adequate legislation i ,j for the suppression of polygamy. ' "Tho delegations to the Wallacfl convention from Ada, Canyon and El- j more counties, who solidly bolted tin) J Vim Twin I-'alls convention and who were rc-fused rc-fused recognition at the national con-ventiou, con-ventiou, will not, of course, be al lowed to participate in the Wallacfl '; convention. It is not jto bo presumed that they will ask for admission to ; JJjM that convention. ' .'H "Theso bolters claim that tkcv aro t interested in the election of Mr. Bryan chiefly. Judgo King claims that tM ! Mormon Democrats will voto for Mr. Bryan, tho polygamy plauk being lert , wm out of the national platform. Tlio a regular Democracy to a voter will, or 'sa.mm course, support Mr. Bryan. tpM Motives of Bolters. '; gH "Any further factional' opposition : upon the part of the bolters would uis- . Uijum close so plainly the motives which ac- ti(H tualo them that it would be impossible for them to give a plausible explana- r tfl lion. . . . ftH "There are so many thousands 01 lt(H Republicans in Idaho who will .support , our party on tho Mormon question mat tyrM I think "we will carry the state ana t legislative tickets. If the. Mormons m live up .to the pledges which hnyo been , mm made for Ihcm, and in any ?,nsidcraDie mm numbor (say, one-fourth of all the Alor- . , mon voters') vote for Mr. Bryan, ho , ( H will carry the state also. J ;,U "I am quite sure of a vtf JOT Republican vote for our state ticket. mm I am by no means sure that auv con-sidcrable con-sidcrable number of Mormons will "oto . mm for Mr. Bryan. (' "Bryan ought to receive cn Democratic voto in the state. an"i receive tho votes of a largo number 01 Republicans in Jdnho." JH 'I
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