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Show CRANE DOWSED. The meeting of tbe republican executive ex-ecutive committee Monday in Salt Lake was dramatically interesting if not spectacularly startling. Mr. CuarleB Crane, the successful chairman chair-man of the committee, was dragooned finally into tendering his resignation which, with the usual and customary polite regrets, was thankfully and tearfully accepted. This is a distinct and clearly defined, sharp cut victory for the Tribune. It is real funny to note the illy-concealed gratification of tbe paper, and its early and awkward effort to pick up tha jangled notes ot discord and to weave them into a bit of harmony which may, under Mr. I Cannon's care, be made available to force a decent semblance of harmony and a living chance for the g. o. p. during dur-ing the campaign. The Tribune would like to epeak of him now as the noble Crane, the eelf-sarificing Crane, and i go farther, even, than that; but the thing is yet too raw even for that paper. pa-per. It will take three or four weeks for it to gathtr the nerve sufficient to enable it to do this, if it ever does. Without this the schism goeB on, and inharmony will rule. The Tribune evidently regards the Bhelfing of Crane as the eqaelching of Trumbo, or, indeed, as the cleansing of that matter so that he may yet win a decent place in the estimation of the republican people of Utah. Now the Tribune evidently understands the difference between the two men. Crane compared with Trumbo is a poor man and Crane has no sugar trust nor even a Southern Pacific railroad behind him. But the glittering Trumbo has both and after it gets through with U1U1 IUC Xliuuuu ti ... - ' idea of the worth of money in politics than ever before. Because Crane is out of the way it by no means follows that Col. Isaac is on his way to the political grave yard, nor, indeed, is it altogether clear that the Tribune cares to Bee him buried at once, if ever. Altogether Al-together it is a queer kettle of fish anyway. any-way. But one thing is made very clear and that is that the power of the Tribune is aB great as ever it was, and also that it is not exactly safe to - - tool with itB langs Inside of the repub- "SS lican party. It has never been dead enough for that vet and it may be a long time until that day dawns. It now remains to be seen what success George M. Cannon will have in gathering up the raveled threads in the skein and in weaving it into a woot of harmony. Here both old and young Utonians may pause to reflect upon the power of the Tribune and the fact that it and one of the name of Cannon have locked shields in a battle bat-tle such as must be waged to beat the old-time democratic force of the new state. Is itpoesible? Has it ccme to paes that the Tribune has forced itself into the confidence ani esteem of the Cannons as it has forced the obnoxious obnox-ious Crane from the chairmanship of the republican party? If it now succeeds suc-ceeds in bending Cannon to its will and purposes it will have wrought such a miracle as prophets and apostles have neyer yet succeeded in launching. Verily are these the days of surprises. sur-prises. People will be on the watch to eee if the Tribune will now be satisfied satis-fied and come under the rale of the Cannons, or if the Cannons will call in a body at the Tribune office and surrender sur-render with becoming docility. So far as we are concerned we will be surprised sur-prised at nothing, save only at a republican re-publican victory this fall under all these circumstances. , |