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Show EMMS mm men AREJPLQTTERS Chairman of Republican County Central Committee Com-mittee Charges United States Marshal Anderson Ander-son and Others With Hatching Conspiracy Antagonistic to Governor. Gover-nor. DECLARES MEETING TO BE IRREGULAR Withdraws From Session, Ses-sion, Which Selects T. A. Callister to Head Committee; Regular Precinct Representatives Representa-tives Will Hold Another An-other Meeting to Repudiate Repu-diate Callister's Election. Elec-tion. AFTER a period of peace n 1 tranquillity covering sixteen pSars, there i a schism in the eountv Republican central committee. com-mittee. Tho breach is wide and grow-iuu grow-iuu hourly wider, and at tbis moment there appears small chance of bridging the chasm. The- schism has been present in em bryo form for several months. Late'v the differences have Increased, IfitbJu B ttcc).. tliov bathe become acute, and last nigirl they luri forth in all their ferocity. I I The net result of last night's pro ceedings was: First Tbe declaration by County Chairman J. U, EHdredge, .'r.. that tbe meeting sras illegal. Second the acceptance of the renisj nation of Mr. Bldredge ns chairman, Third Tbe charge made bv Mr. Lid redge this! the meeting and the event leading op to it were the fruits of a plot batched by United states afgrsbal James Jl. a.ndersoo and others in the interest of the Bttti -Spry propaganda. Fourth The. election of T. A. al-litter al-litter as successor to Mr. Bldredge. Fifth The declaration of a number of elected committeemen to hold another an-other meeting to repudiate last nigbt's action nod to oust T. A. Callister, Eldredge Long in Service. In December, 1010, ttoon after tMC campaign of that year, -Mr tldredgo tendered his resignation as county chairman. Be had served his party as secretary or chairman of the tountj committee for a matter of sixteen years, ami bis friends boasted thju -.lodv' h(l neer lost a candidate. The resignation lay dormant uotil a meeting of the committee recently held iu tbe governor's office. At tbat meeting t he resignation was taken lip and considered The understand! ngj according to some, uas that the resignation resig-nation should lie o:i the table until the next regular--emphasis on the "regular" meeting of the committee. which would be just prior to the coun tv convention along in latei summer. Until that time, it was tbo understand-ing, understand-ing, Mr. Eldredge should continue to be the head of the committee nominal nomi-nal I v, at least. The primaries of Thursday night had the effect of making relations already strained even more si rained. Some of the "boys1 wanted quick h i ion oa the Bldredge resignation, and to thn' end s call was circulated Friday by John F. Bowman and ticutgc Wilson for a meeting to DC held ln?t night in the Melnlyre building. Neither M Wilson nor Mr. Bowman is a mssnbei of the committee, Mr Bowman last night held S proxy. n Anderson s Proxy Challenged. - The membership of the county com- , mittee is fifteen) ten from the city sn-l five from the county. After tho meol bag last night. Marshal Anderson told the reporters that the cull bud benn signed b-. .vni members ol the committee com-mittee a". I that another meniler bad "acquisced." That would make ei?bt memborS) a majority of the commit At the beginning of last night's f meeting W. T. Edward of the Third precinct, started a the presiding of- (Oontlnued on Page FoorteenO ELDREDGE ARRAIGNS MARSHALL MM (Continued From Page One,) ficer. Shortly afterward Chairman BIdredge came in. and (here were two chairmen. Everybody wanted to make a speech, and usually succeeded, for if he didn't catch the eye of one chairman, chair-man, he was pretty certain to catch that of the other. Mr. Eldredee asserted that the meeting meet-ing was not legally called and further more declared that any business that mif'ht be transacted would bo irregular, irregu-lar, Furthermore, Mr. BIdredge denied the right of Marshal Anderson to have a voice in the committee's action Under Un-der a proxy held by Mr. Anderson from j W. A. Leathum. Mr. Eldredge declared j that Mr. Anderson was a resident of the Fourth ward and that Leatuatn was a resident of the Second, or had I been bel'oro his removal. At a previ ous meeting of the committee, Mr. Loatham resigned in person, and the precinct chairman was instructed to call a meeting of the precinct committee commit-tee to fill the vacancy. Therefore, he said. Marshal Anderson held a proxy from a person who no longer was a committeeman, and Chairman Eldredgo refused absolutely to recognize Mr. Anderson or permit him to address the meeting. Eldredge Charges Conspiracy. Continuing, Mr. Eldrcdge charged Marshal Anderson and George Davis, ,i committeeman from the Third, with haine been a party to a conspiracy which bad for its object, the placing at the head of the count committee a man who was antagonistic to Governor Gover-nor Sprv, "Mr. T. A. Callistcr, brother of the XTuIted States internal rovenue collector, who lias been circulating false and malicious stones about the governor and his administration, in or- dor to discredit him whilo pretendiuc on the surface to bo his friend." -Mr. Anderson denied the charge that it was an auti-Sprv movement. Harry Joseph made a conciliatory speech, one of the kind of speeches for which Mr. Joseph Is justly celebrated. But for some reason or other even the eloquence of the redoubtable Harry failed to conciliate, and the oil he poured on the troubled waters might have been poured Into a badgor hole. Harsh Words Pass. One of the things Mr. Joseph proposed pro-posed was that the meeting adjourn until Wednesday night, by which time,; he said, the personal presence of all the committeemen could be procured, and thus do away with the question of so many proxies. "Why this great hastel" asked Mr, Joseph. "What's the awful hurry to havo this meeting?" But the suggestion was lost In loud cries for "the question," whatever it happened at the timo to lc. It was reported after the meeting that the be had been passed between two of the most prominent participants, but the hostilities were confined to speech, although moro streuuous demonstrations demonstra-tions wer imminent, it was said. After concluding his keen-edged remarks, re-marks, Mr, EJdredge, refusing to recognize rec-ognize the validity of the meotiug, withdrew and was followed bv George C Buckle, committeeman ffrom the First. Fred W. Price, president of the Young Men's Republican club, wflio waa in the meeting, also marched out. Thereafter the gathering reorganized with W. T. Edward as chairman. Callister Chosen Chairman: The first thing to be done was to take from the table the resignation of Mr. BIdredge and accept it. Then, on motion of John F. Bowman, who held the proxv of Axel feteelo, committeeman com-mitteeman from the First, T. A. Callister Callis-ter was selected as chairman of the county committee to succeed Mr. BIdredge. Mr. Callister is a brother of E. II. Callister, internal revenue collector col-lector and well-known federal bunch ' ' leader In order to soften the blow to Mr. BIdredge, the Mclntyre building meeting meet-ing also adopted a resolution designed to relax any ruffled feathers that Mr. Eldredge might hare. The resolution follows: Whfrras, Througrli circumstances that have sjieen, our chairman, lion, i i". E3 dredge, Jr., has resigned a.i t liairman of the. Salt l ake Republio-:m Republio-:m county committee; and W'hfrea:', Said re slrin Hon has unanimously been accepted at a pe-clally pe-clally called meclltiff of. said committee: com-mittee: therefore, bo it Itesolved, That we, the Republican county committee Of Salt Take county, coun-ty, voicing the sentiment of the party, lesret to be deprived of 1 1 i 3 valued services, arid tbj thanku of the Republican party of Halt Lake county, through it- regular county committee, are hcreb3' tendered Mr. PHdredge for his dulgent, valiant, ofll'.letit and continued efforts for continuous party success during hie Incumbency us chairman. The resolution was prepared bv a rom- MHltec consisting of Unrry S. Joseph und Nephi t. S. C. J onsen. j "Freedom of Committee." .Moreover, a resolution was adopted ex-i-iHiing to Mr. BIdredge "thr, freedom of the committee at any of Its meeting " Tl.c meaning of the utter rcbi.iiui ion appeared ap-peared somewhat obscure, but a member i of, meeting enlightened tb reporter bj sijyiTit: "Oh. jody oan i-;on,o and all around any tinm m have a meeting." ; The. following attended tbe Mclntyre ; building Mietlnpr: Committeemen First orcein, ;, r;r,-,r,. C. Buckle (withdrew); Tbird product W T Edward, George Davis; Fifth pre- 1 t'lnct, W II Fotland being four out of ten Ity commit t semen. County Nephl c S. C. Jenaen, W, ir Lyon- being two out of live county com , halt I eemen Proxies -Theodore r, dolman, representing repre-senting a. V. Anderson; .Jr-Kbo Cannon, 1 representing EC C. Bagloy; John K Bow- ' man, representing A n. Steele; James i li Anderson representing w. a. Lc;itb-sm; Lc;itb-sm; ES. ) ESaraley, representing J. Iff. ; i-turhidRc: Harry S Joseph, representing Prank M, EHdredge. The clialrm;Mi vu given full authorltj i to appoint a secretary, assistant secre- j tary and other officers. 1 Alter the action of the -Mclntyre build- ling meeting became known last liicbt a i mirnher of the regularly oiectd committeemen commit-teemen -who were not present ai the meeting declared it their purpose to :iii I a "regular" meeting of tho county cum- i milieu, nt Which only the elected commit, teemen would t-o present, and at which, according to their statements, th- action taken last night would be repudiated and chairman elected t0 succeed Mr Cal-iisier. Cal-iisier. with whom, n number of them aid, it would tie Impossible to work harmoniously and to the best Interests nf th- party These committeeman said, furthermore lllnat it was an unheard-of proceeding io 'It a county committee. meeting at which almost all the attendants held proxlei Thi rj laid the ling to be e led would be made 'm r tbe acnulns I uommitteemen. |